This list contains the 50 Governors of states in the United States who have served for the longest years consecutively or otherwise. Territorial and colonial governors are not included.[1]

By Time in Office
# Governor State Party Took office Left office Time in office
1 Terry Branstad[2] Iowa Republican January 14, 1983 January 15, 1999 8,169 days
January 14, 2011 May 24, 2017
2 George Clinton New York Democratic-Republican July 30, 1777 June 30, 1795 7,641 days
July 1, 1801 June 30, 1804
3 George Wallace Alabama Democratic January 14, 1963 January 16, 1967 5,848 days
January 18, 1971 January 15, 1979
January 17, 1983 January 19, 1987
4 Jerry Brown California Democratic January 6, 1975 January 3, 1983 5,847 days
January 3, 2011 January 7, 2019
5 Bill Janklow South Dakota Republican January 1, 1979 January 6, 1987 5,845 days
January 7, 1995 January 3, 2003
6 Jim Rhodes Ohio Republican January 14, 1963 January 11, 1971 5,840 days
January 13, 1975 January 10, 1983
Jim Hunt North Carolina Democratic January 8, 1977 January 5, 1985 5,840 days
January 9, 1993 January 6, 2001
8 Edwin Edwards Louisiana Democratic May 9, 1972 March 10, 1980 5,784 days
March 12, 1984 March 14, 1988
January 13, 1992 January 8, 1996
9 Arthur Fenner Rhode Island Country May 5, 1790 October 15, 1805 5,642 days
10 Albert Ritchie Maryland Democratic January 14, 1920 January 9, 1935 5,475 days
11 Nelson Rockefeller New York Republican January 1, 1959 December 18, 1973 5,466 days
12 Rick Perry Texas Republican December 21, 2000 January 20, 2015 5,144 days
13 Tommy Thompson Wisconsin Republican January 5, 1987 February 1, 2001 5,142 days
14 Cecil Andrus Idaho Democratic January 4, 1971 January 23, 1977 5,132 days
January 5, 1987 January 2, 1995
15 John Taylor Gilman New Hampshire Federalist June 5, 1794 June 6, 1805 5,119 days
June 3, 1813 June 6, 1816
16 James R. Thompson Illinois Republican January 10, 1977 January 14, 1991 5,118 days
17 Robert D. Ray Iowa Republican January 16, 1969 January 14, 1983 5,112 days
18 George W. P. Hunt Arizona Democratic February 14, 1912 January 1, 1917 5,108 days
December 25, 1917 January 6, 1919
January 1, 1923 January 27, 1929
January 5, 1931 January 2, 1933
19 William Milliken Michigan Republican January 22, 1969 January 1, 1983 5,093 days
20 William Livingston New Jersey Federalist August 31, 1776 July 25, 1790 5,076 days
21 James Fenner Rhode Island Democratic-Republican, Law and Order May 6, 1807 May 1, 1811 4,749 days
May 5, 1824 May 4, 1831
May 2, 1843 May 6, 1845
22 Isaac Halstead Williamson New Jersey Democratic-Republican February 6, 1817 October 30, 1829 4,650 days
23 John Kitzhaber Oregon Democratic January 9, 1995 January 13, 2003 4,428 days
January 10, 2011 February 18, 2015
24 William Carroll Tennessee Democratic-Republican, Democratic October 1, 1821 October 1, 1827 4,395 days
October 1, 1829 October 12, 1835
25 Arch A. Moore Jr. West Virginia Republican January 13, 1969 January 17, 1977 4,391 days
January 14, 1985 January 16, 1989
26 Butch Otter Idaho Republican January 1, 2007 January 7, 2019 4,390 days
27 Bruce King New Mexico Democratic January 1, 1971 January 1, 1975 4,386 days
January 1, 1979 January 1, 1983
January 1, 1991 January 1, 1995
28 Daniel J. Evans Washington Republican January 11, 1965 January 12, 1977 4,385 days
29 G. Mennen Williams Michigan Democratic January 1, 1949 January 1, 1961 4,384 days
Michael Dukakis Massachusetts Democratic January 2, 1975 January 4, 1979 4,384 days
January 6, 1983 January 3, 1991
John Engler Michigan Republican January 1, 1991 January 1, 2003 4,384 days
32 Thomas E. Dewey New York Republican January 1, 1943 December 31, 1954 4,383 days
Robert E. Smylie Idaho Republican January 3, 1955 January 2, 1967 4,383 days
Orval Faubus Arkansas Democratic January 11, 1955 January 10, 1967 4,383 days
John A. Burns Hawaii Democratic December 3, 1962 December 2, 1974 4,383 days
Cal Rampton Utah Democratic January 4, 1965 January 3, 1977 4,383 days
George Ariyoshi Hawaii Democratic December 2, 1974 December 1, 1986 4,383 days
Edgar Herschler Wyoming Democratic January 6, 1975 January 5, 1987 4,383 days
Richard Lamm Colorado Democratic January 14, 1975 January 13, 1987 4,383 days
Mario Cuomo New York Democratic January 1, 1983 December 31, 1994 4,383 days
Roy Romer Colorado Democratic January 13, 1987 January 12, 1999 4,383 days
George Pataki New York Republican January 1, 1995 December 31, 2006 4,383 days
43 Arthur B. Langlie Washington Republican January 13, 1941 January 8, 1945 4,382 days
January 12, 1949 January 14, 1957
William L. Guy North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League January 4, 1961 January 2, 1973 4,382 days
45 Bill Clinton Arkansas Democratic January 9, 1979 January 19, 1981 4,366 days
January 11, 1983 December 12, 1992
46 William A. Egan Alaska Democratic January 3, 1959 December 5, 1966 4,324 days
December 7, 1970 December 2, 1974
47 John Marshall Stone Mississippi Democratic March 29, 1876 January 2, 1882 4,305 days
January 13, 1890 January 20, 1896
48 Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Connecticut Federalist December 1, 1797 August 7, 1809 4,267 days
49 John Sevier Tennessee Democratic-Republican March 30, 1796 September 23, 1801 4,193 days
September 23, 1803 September 20, 1809
50 Howard Dean Vermont Democratic August 13, 1991 January 8, 2003 4,167 days

References

  1. ↑ "The Top 50 Longest Serving Governors in US History (Updated)". 29 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Terry Branstad Is Now The Longest-Serving Governor In American History". The Huffington Post (archived). Associated Press. December 14, 2015. Archived from the original on January 2, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
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