List of lieutenant governors of California

Below is a list of lieutenant governors of the U.S. state of California, 1849 to present. In California, the Lieutenant Governor and the Governor do not run together on the same ticket. The Lieutenant Governor can therefore be affiliated with a different political party than that of the Governor. Per the 1879 California Constitution, the Lieutenant Governor is the President of the State Senate.

List of lieutenant governors

Lieutenant governors of the State of California
No.Lieutenant GovernorTerm in officePartyElectionGovernor[a]
1  John McDougal
(1818–1866)
December 20, 1849[b]

January 9, 1851
(succeeded to governor)
Democratic1849 Peter Hardeman Burnett
(resigned January 9, 1851)
2 David C. Broderick
(1820–1859)
January 9, 1851

January 8, 1852
(did not run)
DemocraticSucceeded from
president of
the Senate
John McDougal
3 Samuel Purdy
(1819–1882)
January 8, 1852

January 9, 1856
(lost election)
Democratic1851John Bigler
1853
4 Robert M. Anderson
(1824–1878)
January 9, 1856

January 8, 1858
(did not run)
American1855J. Neely Johnson
5 Joseph Walkup
(1819–1873)
January 8, 1858

January 9, 1860
(did not run)
Democratic1857John B. Weller
6 John G. Downey
(1827–1894)
January 9, 1860

January 20, 1860
(succeeded to governor)
Democratic1859Milton Latham
7 Isaac N. Quinn
(acting)
(1795–1865)
January 20, 1860

January 7, 1861
(presidency expired)
DemocraticSucceeded from
president of
the Senate
John G. Downey
8 Pablo de la Guerra
(acting)
(1819–1874)
January 7, 1861

January 10, 1862
(did not run)
DemocraticSucceeded from
president of
the Senate
9 John F. Chellis
(1792–1883)
January 10, 1862

December 10, 1863
(did not run)
Republican1861Leland Stanford
10 Tim N. Machin
(1822–1905)
December 10, 1863

December 5, 1867
(did not run)
Republican1863Frederick Low
11 William Holden
(1824–1884)
December 5, 1867

December 8, 1871
(did not run)
Democratic1867Henry Huntly Haight
12 Romualdo Pacheco
(1831–1899)
December 8, 1871

February 27, 1875
(succeeded to governor)
Republican1871Newton Booth
13 William Irwin
(acting)
(1827–1886)
February 27, 1875

December 9, 1875
(elected governor)
DemocraticSucceeded from
president of
the Senate
Romualdo Pacheco[c]
14 James A. Johnson
(1829–1896)
December 9, 1875

January 8, 1880
(did not run)
Democratic1875William Irwin
15 John Mansfield
(1822–1896)
January 8, 1880

January 10, 1883
(did not run)
Republican1879George C. Perkins
16 John Daggett
(1833–1919)
January 10, 1883

January 8, 1887
(did not run)
Democratic1882George Stoneman
17 Robert Waterman
(1826–1891)
January 8, 1887

September 13, 1887
(succeeded to governor)
Republican1886Washington Bartlett[d]
(died September 12, 1887)
18 Stephen M. White
(acting)
(1853–1901)
September 13, 1887

January 8, 1891
(did not run)
DemocraticSucceeded from
president of
the Senate
Robert Waterman[c]
19 John B. Reddick
(1845–1895)
January 8, 1891

January 11, 1895
(did not run)
Republican1890Henry Markham
20 Spencer G. Millard
(1856–1895)
January 11, 1895

October 24, 1895
(died in office)
Republican1894James Budd[d]
VacantOctober 24, 1895

October 26, 1895
Office vacated
by death
21 William T. Jeter
(1850–1930)
October 26, 1895[2]

January 3, 1899
(did not run)
DemocraticAppointed by
governor
22 Jacob H. Neff
(1830–1909)
January 3, 1899

January 6, 1903
(did not run)
Republican1898Henry T. Gage
23 Alden Anderson
(1867–1944)
January 6, 1903

January 8, 1907
(did not run)
Republican1902George Pardee
24 Warren R. Porter
(1861–1927)
January 8, 1907

January 3, 1911
(did not run)
Republican1906James Gillett
25 Albert Joseph Wallace
(1853–1939)
January 3, 1911

January 5, 1915
(did not run)
Republican1910Hiram Johnson[e]
(resigned March 15, 1917)
26 John Morton Eshleman
(1876–1916)
January 5, 1915

February 28, 1916
(died in office)
Progressive1914
VacantFebruary 28, 1916

July 22, 1916
Office vacated
by death
27 William Stephens
(1859–1944)
July 22, 1916

March 15, 1917
(succeeded to governor)
RepublicanAppointed by
governor
VacantMarch 15, 1917

January 6, 1919
Office vacated
by succession to governor
William Stephens
28 C. C. Young
(1869–1947)
January 7, 1919

January 4, 1927
(elected governor)
Republican1918
1922Friend Richardson
29 Buron Fitts
(1895–1973)
January 4, 1927

November 30, 1928
(resigned)[f]
Republican1926C. C. Young
VacantNovember 30, 1928

December 4, 1928
Office vacated
by resignation
30 Herschel L. Carnahan
(1879–1941)
December 4, 1928

January 6, 1931
(did not run)
RepublicanAppointed by
governor
31 Frank Merriam
(1865–1955)
January 5, 1931

June 2, 1934
(succeeded to governor)
Republican1930James Rolph
(died June 2, 1934)
VacantJune 2, 1934

January 7, 1935
Office vacated
by succession to governor
Frank Merriam
32 George J. Hatfield
(1887–1953)
January 8, 1935

January 2, 1939
(did not run)[g]
Republican1934
33 Ellis E. Patterson
(1897–1985)
January 2, 1939

January 4, 1943
(lost election)
Democratic1938Culbert Olson
34 Frederick F. Houser
(1904–1989)
January 4, 1943

January 6, 1947
(did not run)[h]
Republican1942Earl Warren
(resigned October 4, 1953)
35 Goodwin Knight
(1896–1970)
January 6, 1947

October 4, 1953
(succeeded to governor)
Republican1946
1950
36 Harold J. Powers
(1900–1996)
October 5, 1953

January 5, 1959
(lost election)
RepublicanSucceeded from
president of
the Senate
Goodwin Knight
1954
37 Glenn M. Anderson
(1913–1994)
January 5, 1959

January 2, 1967
(lost election)
Democratic1958Pat Brown
1962
38 Robert Finch
(1925–1995)
January 2, 1967

January 8, 1969
(resigned)[i]
Republican1966Ronald Reagan
39 Edwin Reinecke
(1924–2016)
January 8, 1969

October 2, 1974
(resigned)[j]
RepublicanAppointed by
governor
1970
40 John L. Harmer
(1934–2019)
October 2, 1974

January 6, 1975
(lost election)
RepublicanAppointed by
governor
41 Mervyn Dymally
(1926–2012)
January 6, 1975

January 8, 1979
(lost election)
Democratic1974Jerry Brown[d]
42 Mike Curb
(b. 1944)
January 8, 1979

January 3, 1983
(did not run)[k]
Republican1978
43 Leo T. McCarthy
(1930–2007)
January 3, 1983

January 3, 1995
(did not run)
Democratic1982George Deukmejian[c]
1986
1990Pete Wilson[c]
44 Gray Davis
(b. 1942)
January 3, 1995

January 4, 1999
(elected governor)
Democratic1994
45 Cruz Bustamante
(b. 1953)
January 4, 1999

January 7, 2007
(term-limited)
Democratic1998Gray Davis
(recalled November 17, 2003)
2002
Arnold Schwarzenegger[c]
46 John Garamendi
(b. 1945)
January 7, 2007

November 3, 2009
(resigned)[l]
Democratic2006
47 Mona Pasquil
(acting)
(b. 1962)
November 3, 2009

April 27, 2010
(successor took office)
DemocraticAppointed by
governor
[m]
48 Abel Maldonado
(b. 1967)
April 27, 2010

January 10, 2011
(lost election)
RepublicanAppointed by
governor
2010
[n]
Jerry Brown[d]
49 Gavin Newsom
(b. 1967)
January 10, 2011

January 7, 2019
(elected governor)
Democratic
2014
50 Eleni Kounalakis
(b. 1966)
January 7, 2019

Incumbent[o]
Democratic2018Gavin Newsom
2022

Notes

References

General
  • "History of California Constitutional Officers" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
Constitutions
Specific