| Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. | California |
2011 - 2019 1975 - 1983 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger | California |
2003 - 2011 |
Republican |
| Gov. Gray Davis | California |
1999 - 2003 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Pete Wilson | California |
1991 - 1999 |
Republican |
| Gov. George Deukmejian | California |
1983 - 1991 |
Republican |
| Gov. Ronald Wilson Reagan | California |
1967 - 1975 |
Democrat, Republican |
| Gov. Edmund Gerald Brown | California |
1959 - 1967 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Goodwin Jess Knight | California |
1953 - 1959 |
Republican |
| Gov. Earl Warren | California |
1943 - 1953 |
Republican |
| Gov. Culbert L. Olson | California |
1939 - 1943 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Frank Finley Merriam | California |
1934 - 1939 |
Republican |
| Gov. James Rolph | California |
1931 - 1934 |
Republican |
| Gov. Clement Calhoun Young | California |
1927 - 1931 |
Republican |
| Gov. Friend William Richardson | California |
1923 - 1927 |
Republican |
| Gov. William Dennison Stephens | California |
1917 - 1923 |
Republican |
| Gov. Hiram Warren Johnson | California |
1911 - 1917 |
Republican, Progressive |
| Gov. James Norris Gillett | California |
1907 - 1911 |
Republican |
| Gov. George Cooper Pardee | California |
1903 - 1907 |
Progressive, Republican |
| Gov. Henry Tifft Gage | California |
1899 - 1903 |
Republican |
| Gov. James Herbert Budd | California |
1895 - 1899 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Henry Harrison Markham | California |
1891 - 1895 |
Republican |
| Gov. Robert Whitney Waterman | California |
1887 - 1891 |
Republican |
| Gov. Washington Bartlett | California |
1887 - 1887 |
Democrat |
| Gov. George Stoneman | California |
1883 - 1887 |
Democrat |
| Gov. George Clement Perkins | California |
1880 - 1883 |
Republican |
| Gov. William Irwin | California |
1875 - 1880 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Romualdo Pacheco | California |
1875 - 1875 |
Republican |
| Gov. Newton Booth | California |
1871 - 1875 |
Republican |
| Gov. Henry Huntly Haight | California |
1867 - 1871 |
Republican, Democrat |
| Gov. Frederick Ferdinand Low | California |
1863 - 1867 |
Union |
| Gov. Amasa Leland Stanford | California |
1862 - 1863 |
Republican |
| Gov. John G. Downey | California |
1860 - 1862 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Milton Slocum Latham | California |
1860 - 1860 |
Democrat |
| Gov. John B. Weller | California |
1858 - 1860 |
Democrat |
| Gov. John Neely Johnson | California |
1856 - 1858 |
American (Know-Nothing) |
| Gov. John Bigler | California |
1852 - 1856 |
Democrat |
| Gov. John McDougal | California |
1851 - 1852 |
Independent Democrat |
| Gov. Peter Hardeman Burnett | California |
1849 - 1851 |
Independent Democrat |
