List of governors of Washington
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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox official post The governor of Washington is the head of government of Washington and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.[1][2] The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws,[3] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Washington Legislature and line-item veto power to cancel specific provisions in spending bills.[4] The Washington governor may also convene the legislature on "extraordinary occasions".[3]
Washington Territory had 14 territorial governors from its organization in 1853 until the formation of the state of Washington in 1889. Territorial governors were appointed by the president of the United States. Elisha P. Ferry had the longest term of eight years and went on to become the state's first governor. William H. Wallace was appointed governor but never took office due to being elected as the territory's congressional delegate. George Edward Cole was appointed governor and took office, but his appointment was never ratified by the U.S. Senate and he was replaced as governor after four months.
Twenty-two individuals have held the office of Governor of Washington since the state's admission to the Union, with Arthur B. Langlie serving non-consecutive terms. Populist Party candidate John Rankin Rogers is the only non-Democratic or Republican nominee to win office. The most recent governor to be from Eastern Washington was Clarence D. Martin, elected in 1932.[5] The current governor is Democrat Bob Ferguson, who took office on January 15, 2025.
List of governors
Territory of Washington
Washington Territory was organized on March 2, 1853, from the northern half of Oregon Territory.
| No. | Governor | Term in officeTemplate:Efn | Appointing President | |
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| 1 | File:Isaac Stevens (3x4 cropped).jpg | Isaac Stevens (1818–1862)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn |
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| 2 | File:LaFayette McMullen.jpg | Fayette McMullen (1805–1880)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn |
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| 3 | File:Richard D. Gholson.jpg | Richard D. Gholson (1804–1862)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn |
Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – February 14, 1861 (resigned)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn |
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| — | File:William H. Wallace (3x4 cropped).jpg | William H. Wallace (1811–1879)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn |
Template:Dts – July 8, 1861 (resigned before taking office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn |
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| 4 | File:William Pickering.jpg | William Pickering (1798–1873)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn |
Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – November 21, 1866 (removed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn |
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| 5 | File:George Edward Cole.jpg | George Edward Cole (1826–1906)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn |
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| 6 | File:MFMoore.jpg | Marshall F. Moore (1829–1870)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn |
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| 7 | File:Alvan Flanders.jpg | Alvan Flanders (1825–1894)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn |
Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – March 14, 1870 (successor appointed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 8 | File:Edward Selig Salomon.jpg | Edward S. Salomon (1836–1913)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn |
Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – April 26, 1872 (resigned)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn |
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| 9 | File:Elisha Peyre Ferry.jpg | Elisha P. Ferry (1825–1895)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn |
Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – April 26, 1880 (successor appointed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 10 | File:William A Newell.jpg | William A. Newell (1817–1901)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn |
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| 11 | File:Watson C Squire.jpg | Watson C. Squire (1838–1926)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn |
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| 12 | File:Eugene Semple.jpg | Eugene Semple (1840–1908)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn |
Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – March 23, 1889 (successor appointed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 13 | File:Miles C. Moore.jpg | Miles Conway Moore (1845–1919)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn |
Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – November 18, 1889 (statehood)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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State of Washington
Washington was admitted to the Union on November 11, 1889. The term for governor is four years,[1] commencing on the second Monday in the January following the election.[6] If the office of governor is vacant or the governor is unable to discharge their duties, the lieutenant governor assumes the duties of governor, though still officially retains the office of lieutenant governor.[7] If both the offices of governor and lieutenant governor are unable to fulfill their duties, the secretary of state is next in line, and then the treasurer.[8] There is no limit to the number of terms a governor may serve.[9] The office of lieutenant governor is not elected on the same ticket as the governor.
| No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. GovernorTemplate:Efn | |||
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| 1 | File:Elisha Peyre Ferry.jpg | rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;"| | Elisha P. Ferry (1825–1895)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[10] |
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| 2 | File:Governor John H. McGraw, circa 1893-1897.jpg | John McGraw (1850–1910)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[12] |
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| 3 | File:John Rankin Rogers.jpg | style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | John Rankin Rogers (1838–1901)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[14] |
Template:Dts[15] – December 26, 1901 (died in office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PopulistTemplate:Sfn | 1896 | style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | Template:Sortname |
| style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | DemocraticTemplate:Sfn | 1900 | style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn | ||||
| 4 | File:Governor Henry McBride.jpg | rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | Henry McBride (1856–1937)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[16] |
Template:Dts[17] – January 11, 1905 (lost nomination)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Sfn |
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| 5 | File:Governor Albert E. Mead.jpg | Albert E. Mead (1861–1913)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[18] |
Template:Dts[19] – January 27, 1909 (lost nomination)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Sfn |
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| 6 | File:Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove.jpg | Samuel G. Cosgrove (1847–1909)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[20] |
Template:Dts[21] – March 28, 1909 (died in office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 7 | File:Governor Marion E. Hay.jpg | Marion E. Hay (1865–1933)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[22] |
Template:Dts[23] – January 15, 1913 (lost election)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 8 | File:Governor Ernest Lister.jpg | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | Ernest Lister (1870–1919)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[24] |
Template:Dts[25] – June 14, 1919 (died in office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 9 | File:Louis F. Hart LCCN2014716914.jpg | rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | Louis F. Hart (1862–1929)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[26] |
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| 10 | File:Roland Hill Hartley.jpg | Roland H. Hartley (1864–1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[28] |
Template:Dts[29] – January 11, 1933 (lost nomination)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn |
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| 11 | File:Clarence Daniel Martin.jpg | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | Clarence D. Martin (1886–1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[30] |
Template:Dts[31] – January 15, 1941 (lost nomination)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn |
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| 12 | File:Arthur Bernard Langlie (cropped).jpg | style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | Arthur B. Langlie (1900–1966)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[32] |
Template:Dts[33] – January 10, 1945 (lost election)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 13 | File:Governor Monrad Charles Wallgren (cropped).jpg | style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | Monrad Wallgren (1891–1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[34] |
Template:Dts[35] – January 12, 1949 (lost election)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 14 | File:Arthur Bernard Langlie (cropped).jpg | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | Arthur B. Langlie (1900–1966)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[32] |
Template:Dts[36] – January 16, 1957 (did not run)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Sfn |
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| 15 | File:Albert D. Rosellini (cropped).jpg | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | Albert Rosellini (1910–2011)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[37] |
Template:Dts[38] – January 13, 1965 (lost election)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 16 | File:Daniel J. Evans.jpg | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | Daniel J. Evans (1925–2024)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[39] |
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| 17 | File:Dixy Lee Ray (cropped).jpg | style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | Dixy Lee Ray (1914–1994)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sfn[41] |
Template:Dts[42] – January 14, 1981 (lost nomination)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn |
Democratic[41] | 1976 | ||
| 18 | File:JohnDSpellman.jpg | style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | John Spellman (1926–2018)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [43] |
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Republican[43] | 1980 | ||
| 19 | File:Booth Gardner (3x4 cropped).jpg | rowspan="11" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| | Booth Gardner (1936–2013)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [45] |
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Democratic[45] | 1984 | ||
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| 20 | File:Michael E. Lowry.jpg | Mike Lowry (1939–2017)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [47] |
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Democratic[47] | 1992 | |||
| 21 | File:Gary Locke.jpg | Gary Locke (b. 1950)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [49] |
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| 22 | File:ChristineGregoireOfficial (cropped).jpg | Christine Gregoire (b. 1947)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [51] |
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See also
- List of Washington state legislatures
- Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Washington
Notes
References
- General
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- ↑ WA Const. art. III, § 8.
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- ↑ Washington State Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 11th legislature, 152, accessed July 20, 2023
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