The following is a list of current United States governors by age. This list includes the 50 state governors, the five territorial governors, as well as the mayor of Washington, D.C. in office as of June 10, 2024.
State governors
State | Governor | Date of birth | Date of inauguration |
Age at inauguration |
Time in office | Current age |
Party |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | Kay Ivey | October 15, 1944 | April 10, 2017 | 72 years, 177 days | 7 years, 61 days | 79 years, 239 days | Republican |
Alaska | Mike Dunleavy | May 5, 1961 | December 3, 2018 | 57 years, 212 days | 5 years, 190 days | 63 years, 36 days | Republican |
Arizona | Katie Hobbs | December 28, 1969 | January 2, 2023 | 53 years, 5 days | 1 year, 160 days | 54 years, 165 days | Democratic |
Arkansas | Sarah Huckabee Sanders | August 13, 1982 | January 10, 2023 | 40 years, 150 days | 1 year, 152 days | 41 years, 302 days | Republican |
California | Gavin Newsom | October 10, 1967 | January 7, 2019 | 51 years, 89 days | 5 years, 155 days | 56 years, 244 days | Democratic |
Colorado | Jared Polis | May 12, 1975 | January 8, 2019 | 43 years, 241 days | 5 years, 154 days | 49 years, 29 days | Democratic |
Connecticut | Ned Lamont | January 3, 1954 | January 9, 2019 | 65 years, 6 days | 5 years, 153 days | 70 years, 159 days | Democratic |
Delaware | John Carney | May 20, 1956 | January 17, 2017 | 60 years, 242 days | 7 years, 145 days | 68 years, 21 days | Democratic |
Florida | Ron DeSantis | September 14, 1978 | January 8, 2019 | 40 years, 116 days | 5 years, 154 days | 45 years, 270 days | Republican |
Georgia | Brian Kemp | November 2, 1963 | January 14, 2019 | 55 years, 73 days | 5 years, 148 days | 60 years, 221 days | Republican |
Hawaii | Josh Green | February 11, 1970 | December 5, 2022 | 52 years, 297 days | 1 year, 188 days | 54 years, 120 days | Democratic |
Idaho | Brad Little | February 15, 1954 | January 7, 2019 | 64 years, 326 days | 5 years, 156 days | 70 years, 116 days | Republican |
Illinois | J. B. Pritzker | January 19, 1965 | January 14, 2019 | 53 years, 360 days | 5 years, 148 days | 59 years, 143 days | Democratic |
Indiana | Eric Holcomb | May 2, 1968 | January 9, 2017 | 48 years, 252 days | 7 years, 153 days | 56 years, 39 days | Republican |
Iowa | Kim Reynolds | August 4, 1959 | May 24, 2017 | 57 years, 293 days | 7 years, 17 days | 64 years, 311 days | Republican |
Kansas | Laura Kelly | January 24, 1950 | January 14, 2019 | 68 years, 355 days | 5 years, 148 days | 74 years, 138 days | Democratic |
Kentucky | Andy Beshear | November 29, 1977 | December 10, 2019 | 42 years, 11 days | 4 years, 183 days | 46 years, 194 days | Democratic |
Louisiana | Jeff Landry | December 23, 1970 | January 8, 2024 | 53 years, 16 days | 154 days | 53 years, 170 days | Republican |
Maine | Janet Mills | December 30, 1947 | January 2, 2019 | 71 years, 3 days | 5 years, 160 days | 76 years, 163 days | Democratic |
Maryland | Wes Moore | October 15, 1978 | January 18, 2023 | 44 years, 95 days | 1 year, 144 days | 45 years, 239 days | Democratic |
Massachusetts | Maura Healey | February 8, 1971 | January 5, 2023 | 51 years, 331 days | 1 year, 157 days | 53 years, 123 days | Democratic |
Michigan | Gretchen Whitmer | August 23, 1971 | January 1, 2019 | 47 years, 131 days | 5 years, 161 days | 52 years, 292 days | Democratic |
Minnesota | Tim Walz | April 6, 1964 | January 7, 2019 | 54 years, 276 days | 5 years, 155 days | 60 years, 65 days | Democratic (DFL) |
Mississippi | Tate Reeves | June 5, 1974 | January 14, 2020 | 45 years, 223 days | 4 years, 148 days | 50 years, 5 days | Republican |
Missouri | Mike Parson | September 17, 1955 | June 1, 2018 | 62 years, 257 days | 6 years, 9 days | 68 years, 267 days | Republican |
Montana | Greg Gianforte | April 17, 1961 | January 4, 2021 | 59 years, 262 days | 3 years, 158 days | 63 years, 54 days | Republican |
Nebraska | Jim Pillen | December 31, 1955 | January 5, 2023 | 67 years, 5 days | 1 year, 157 days | 68 years, 162 days | Republican |
Nevada | Joe Lombardo | November 8, 1962 | January 2, 2023 | 60 years, 55 days | 1 year, 160 days | 61 years, 215 days | Republican |
New Hampshire | Chris Sununu | November 5, 1974 | January 5, 2017 | 42 years, 61 days | 7 years, 157 days | 49 years, 218 days | Republican |
New Jersey | Phil Murphy | August 16, 1957 | January 16, 2018 | 60 years, 153 days | 6 years, 146 days | 66 years, 299 days | Democratic |
New Mexico | Michelle Lujan Grisham | October 24, 1959 | January 1, 2019 | 59 years, 69 days | 5 years, 161 days | 64 years, 230 days | Democratic |
New York | Kathy Hochul | August 27, 1958 | August 24, 2021 | 62 years, 362 days | 2 years, 291 days | 65 years, 288 days | Democratic |
North Carolina | Roy Cooper | June 13, 1957 | January 1, 2017 | 59 years, 202 days | 7 years, 161 days | 66 years, 363 days | Democratic |
North Dakota | Doug Burgum | August 1, 1956 | December 15, 2016 | 60 years, 136 days | 7 years, 178 days | 67 years, 314 days | Republican |
Ohio | Mike DeWine | January 5, 1947 | January 14, 2019 | 72 years, 9 days | 5 years, 148 days | 77 years, 157 days | Republican |
Oklahoma | Kevin Stitt | December 28, 1972 | January 14, 2019 | 46 years, 17 days | 5 years, 148 days | 51 years, 165 days | Republican |
Oregon | Tina Kotek | September 30, 1966 | January 9, 2023 | 56 years, 101 days | 1 year, 153 days | 57 years, 254 days | Democratic |
Pennsylvania | Josh Shapiro | June 20, 1973 | January 17, 2023 | 49 years, 211 days | 1 year, 145 days | 50 years, 356 days | Democratic |
Rhode Island | Dan McKee | June 16, 1951 | March 2, 2021 | 69 years, 259 days | 3 years, 100 days | 72 years, 360 days | Democratic |
South Carolina | Henry McMaster | May 27, 1947 | January 24, 2017 | 69 years, 242 days | 7 years, 138 days | 77 years, 14 days | Republican |
South Dakota | Kristi Noem | November 30, 1971 | January 5, 2019 | 47 years, 36 days | 5 years, 157 days | 52 years, 193 days | Republican |
Tennessee | Bill Lee | October 9, 1959 | January 19, 2019 | 59 years, 102 days | 5 years, 143 days | 64 years, 245 days | Republican |
Texas | Greg Abbott | November 13, 1957 | January 20, 2015 | 57 years, 68 days | 9 years, 142 days | 66 years, 210 days | Republican |
Utah | Spencer Cox | July 11, 1975 | January 4, 2021 | 45 years, 177 days | 3 years, 158 days | 48 years, 335 days | Republican |
Vermont | Phil Scott | August 4, 1958 | January 5, 2017 | 58 years, 154 days | 7 years, 157 days | 65 years, 311 days | Republican |
Virginia | Glenn Youngkin | December 9, 1966 | January 15, 2022 | 55 years, 37 days | 2 years, 147 days | 57 years, 184 days | Republican |
Washington | Jay Inslee | February 9, 1951 | January 16, 2013 | 61 years, 342 days | 11 years, 146 days | 73 years, 122 days | Democratic |
West Virginia | Jim Justice | April 27, 1951 | January 16, 2017 | 65 years, 264 days | 7 years, 146 days | 73 years, 44 days | Republican |
Wisconsin | Tony Evers | November 5, 1951 | January 7, 2019 | 67 years, 63 days | 5 years, 155 days | 72 years, 218 days | Democratic |
Wyoming | Mark Gordon | March 14, 1957 | January 7, 2019 | 61 years, 299 days | 5 years, 155 days | 67 years, 88 days | Republican |
Territorial governors
Territory | Governor | Date of birth | Date of inauguration | Age at inauguration | Time in office | Current age |
Party |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
American Samoa | Lemanu Peleti Mauga | January 3, 1960[1] | January 3, 2021 | 61 years, 0 days | 3 years, 159 days | 64 years, 159 days | Democratic |
Guam | Lou Leon Guerrero | November 8, 1950 | January 7, 2019 | 68 years, 60 days | 5 years, 155 days | 73 years, 215 days | Democratic |
Northern Mariana Islands | Arnold Palacios | August 22, 1955[2] | January 9, 2023 | 67 years, 140 days | 1 year, 153 days | 68 years, 293 days | Independent |
Puerto Rico | Pedro Pierluisi | April 26, 1959 | January 2, 2021 | 61 years, 251 days | 3 years, 160 days | 65 years, 45 days | New Progressive, Democratic |
United States Virgin Islands | Albert Bryan | February 21, 1968 | January 7, 2019 | 50 years, 320 days | 5 years, 155 days | 56 years, 110 days | Democratic |
Mayors of federal districts
District | Mayor | Date of birth | Date of inauguration | Age at inauguration | Time in office | Current age | Party |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Columbia | Muriel Bowser | August 2, 1972 | January 2, 2015 | 42 years, 153 days | 9 years, 160 days | 51 years, 313 days | Democratic |
Demographics of state governors
Note: The following information for currently serving state governors is correct as of 2021.
- Statistics (not counting territorial governors):
- The median age is 67 years, 179 days.
- The median age at inauguration is 63 years, 128 days.
- The median term length is 9 years, 354 days.
- The average age among Republicans is 67 years, 204 days.
- The average age among Democrats is 68 years, 105 days.
- Age Ranges:
- 10 governors are in their 70s;
- 21 governors are in their 60s;
- 12 governors are in their 50s; and
- 7 governors are in their 40s.
- Political Party:
- 28 Republicans (56%)
- 22 Democrats (44%)
- Sex:
- 41 Males (82%)
- 9 Females (18%)
See also
References
- ^ "Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga". National Governors Association. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ^ "Arnold Palacios". National Governors Association. Retrieved January 31, 2023.