List of Governors of California by time in office

3,927 days Earl Warren from 1943 to 1953

&100000000000033080000003,308 days Jerry Brown from 1975 to 1983 and from 2011 to present

248 days Washington Bartlett in 1887

5 days Milton Latham in 1860

This is a list of California Governors by time in office. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.

Earl Warren and Jerry Brown are the only Governors of California ever to win more than two terms. Milton Latham ran for Governor for the sole purpose of having himself appointed to the United States Senate, which he had the California State Legislature do within five days of his taking office as Governor.

# in office	Governor	Days	Rank
30	Earl Warren	&100000000000039270000003,927	1
34/39	Jerry Brown	&100000000000029430000002,943	2
33	Ronald Reagan	&100000000000029260000002,926	3
35	George Deukmejian	&100000000000029260000002,926	3
32	Pat Brown	&100000000000029190000002,919	5
36	Pete Wilson	&100000000000029190000002,919	5
38	Arnold Schwarzenegger	&100000000000026040000002,604	7
23	Hiram Johnson	&100000000000022630000002,263	8
24	William Stephens	&100000000000021260000002,126	9
31	Goodwin Knight	&100000000000019180000001,918	10
37	Gray Davis	&100000000000017780000001,778	11
28	Frank Merriam	&100000000000016750000001,675	12
13	William Irwin	&100000000000014910000001,491	13
10	Henry Huntly Haight	&100000000000014640000001,464	14
18	Henry Markham	&100000000000014640000001,464	14
21	George Pardee	&100000000000014640000001,464	14
26	C. C. Young	&100000000000014630000001,463	17
29	Culbert Olson	&100000000000014630000001,463	17
3	John Bigler	&100000000000014620000001,462	19
20	Henry Gage	&100000000000014620000001,462	19
15	George Stoneman	&100000000000014590000001,459	21
9	Frederick Low	&100000000000014560000001,456	22
25	Friend Richardson	&100000000000014560000001,456	22
22	James Gillett	&100000000000014550000001,455	24
19	James Budd	&100000000000014540000001,454	25
27	James Rolph	&100000000000012430000001,243	26
17	Robert Waterman	&100000000000012130000001,213	27
11	Newton Booth	&100000000000011770000001,177	28
14	George Clement Perkins	&100000000000010980000001,098	29
5	John B. Weller	&10000000000000731000000731	30
4	J. Neely Johnson	&10000000000000730000000730	31
7	John G. Downey	&10000000000000727000000727	32
8	Leland Stanford	&10000000000000699000000699	33
1	Peter Burnett	&10000000000000385000000385	34
2	John McDougall	&10000000000000364000000364	35
12	Romualdo Pacheco	&10000000000000285000000285	36
16	Washington Bartlett	&10000000000000248000000248	37
6	Milton Latham	&100000000000000050000005	38