List of Governors of California by time in office

3,927 days Earl Warren from 1943 to 1953

70033761000000000003,761 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	70033927000000000003,927	1
34/39	Jerry Brown	70033761000000000003,761	2
33	Ronald Reagan	70032926000000000002,926	3
35	George Deukmejian	70032926000000000002,926	3
32	Pat Brown	70032919000000000002,919	5
36	Pete Wilson	70032919000000000002,919	5
38	Arnold Schwarzenegger	70032604000000000002,604	7
23	Hiram Johnson	70032263000000000002,263	8
24	William Stephens	70032126000000000002,126	9
31	Goodwin Knight	70031918000000000001,918	10
37	Gray Davis	70031778000000000001,778	11
28	Frank Merriam	70031675000000000001,675	12
13	William Irwin	70031491000000000001,491	13
10	Henry Huntly Haight	70031464000000000001,464	14
18	Henry Markham	70031464000000000001,464	14
21	George Pardee	70031464000000000001,464	14
26	C. C. Young	70031463000000000001,463	17
29	Culbert Olson	70031463000000000001,463	17
3	John Bigler	70031462000000000001,462	19
20	Henry Gage	70031462000000000001,462	19
15	George Stoneman	70031459000000000001,459	21
9	Frederick Low	70031456000000000001,456	22
25	Friend Richardson	70031456000000000001,456	22
22	James Gillett	70031455000000000001,455	24
19	James Budd	70031454000000000001,454	25
27	James Rolph	70031243000000000001,243	26
17	Robert Waterman	70031213000000000001,213	27
11	Newton Booth	70031177000000000001,177	28
14	George Clement Perkins	70031098000000000001,098	29
5	John B. Weller	7002731000000000000731	30
4	J. Neely Johnson	7002730000000000000730	31
7	John G. Downey	7002727000000000000727	32
8	Leland Stanford	7002699000000000000699	33
1	Peter Burnett	7002385000000000000385	34
2	John McDougall	7002364000000000000364	35
12	Romualdo Pacheco	7002285000000000000285	36
16	Washington Bartlett	7002248000000000000248	37
6	Milton Latham	70005000000000000005	38