Oldest living United States governor
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The following are lists of the politicians who were or are the longest living and oldest still-living governors of each U.S. state. The current oldest living U.S. governor is Raul Castro of Arizona; Albert Rosellini (1910–2011), the governor of Washington from 1957 to 1965, lived the longest lifespan of any governor, having died at the age of 101 years, 262 days.
A list of earliest serving United States governors is also available.
Longest living U.S. governors [edit]
| Start Date | End Date | Governor | State | Birth Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 7, 1787 | December 12, 1787 | Thomas Collins[1] | Delaware | 1732 |
| December 12, 1787 | April 17, 1790 | Benjamin Franklin[2] | Pennsylvania | January 17, 1706 |
| April 17, 1790 | July 25, 1790 | William Livingston | New Jersey | November 30, 1723 |
| July 25, 1790 | October 8, 1793 | Josiah Bartlett | New Hampshire | November 21, 1729 |
| October 8, 1793 | October 2, 1803 | Samuel Adams[3] | Massachusetts | September 27, 1722 |
| October 2, 1803 | February 13, 1813 | Samuel Ashe | North Carolina | March 24, 1725 |
| February 13, 1813 | August 17, 1816 | Samuel Johnston | North Carolina | December 15, 1733 |
| August 17, 1816 | June 24, 1817 | Thomas McKean | Pennsylvania | March 19, 1734 |
| June 24, 1817 | September 18, 1819 | John Langdon | New Hampshire | June 26, 1741 |
| September 18, 1819 | March 19, 1829 | John Tayler | New York | July 4, 1742 |
| March 19, 1829 | May 17, 1829 | John Jay | New York | December 12, 1745 |
| May 17, 1829 | June 10, 1832 | Joseph Hiester | Pennsylvania | November 18, 1752 |
| June 10, 1832 | September 24, 1834 | Jonas Galusha | Vermont | February 11, 1753 |
| September 24, 1834 | December 11, 1838 | Isaac Tichenor | Vermont | February 8, 1754 |
| December 11, 1838 | April 7, 1844 | Morgan Lewis | New York | October 16, 1754 |
| April 7, 1844 | December 22, 1850 | William Plumer | New Hampshire | June 25, 1759 |
| December 22, 1850 | December 25, 1862 | Joshua Hall | Maine | October 22, 1768 |
| December 25, 1862 | October 16, 1869 | Joseph Ritner | Pennsylvania | March 25, 1780 |
| October 16, 1869 | February 3, 1870 | Allen Trimble | Ohio | November 24, 1783 |
| February 3, 1870 | October 10, 1870 | Mordecai Bartley | Ohio | December 16, 1783 |
| October 10, 1870 | November 1, 1874 | Enos T. Throop | New York | August 21, 1784 |
| November 1, 1874 | February 27, 1877 | Joseph Johnson | Virginia | December 19, 1785 |
| February 27, 1877 | December 18, 1885 | Hiland Hall | Vermont | July 20, 1795 |
| December 18, 1885 | April 27, 1894 | Nathaniel S. Berry | New Hampshire | September 1, 1796 |
| April 27, 1894 | September 11, 1894 | Pío Pico | California | May 5, 1801 |
| September 11, 1894 | June 13, 1896 | Alpheus Felch | Michigan | September 28, 1804 |
| June 13, 1896 | August 23, 1898 | Moody Currier | New Hampshire | April 22, 1806 |
| August 23, 1898 | February 28, 1899 | James Madison Wells | Louisiana | January 8, 1808 |
| February 28, 1899 | July 9, 1902 | William Marvin | Florida | April 14, 1808 |
| July 9, 1902 | December 8, 1906 | Alonzo Garcelon | Maine | May 6, 1813 |
| December 8, 1906 | April 27, 1909 | Frederick Holbrook | Vermont | February 15, 1814 |
| April 27, 1909 | February 3, 1912 | Frederick Robie | Maine | August 12, 1822 |
| February 3, 1912 | June 4, 1912 | Royal C. Taft | Rhode Island | February 14, 1823 |
| June 4, 1912 | January 8, 1914 | Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr. | Kentucky | April 1, 1823 |
| January 8, 1914 | May 16, 1920 | Levi P. Morton | New York | May 16, 1824 |
| May 16, 1920 | April 4, 1923 | Horace Boies | Iowa | December 7, 1827 |
| April 4, 1923 | April 3, 1924 | Ebenezer J. Ormsbee | Vermont | June 8, 1834 |
| April 3, 1924 | January 28, 1925 | Augustus O. Bourn | Rhode Island | October 1, 1834 |
| January 28, 1925 | April 12, 1933 | Adelbert Ames | Mississippi | October 31, 1835 |
| April 12, 1933 | October 30, 1939 | Roswell K. Colcord | Nevada | April 25, 1839 |
| October 30, 1939 | August 23, 1945 | Martin Frederick Ansel | South Carolina | December 12, 1850 |
| August 23, 1845 | September 6, 1946 | John I. Cox | Tennessee | November 23, 1855 |
| September 6, 1946 | April 11, 1949 | Chase S. Osborn | Michigan | January 22, 1860 |
| April 11, 1949 | May 9, 1958 | Fenimore Chatterton | Wyoming | July 21, 1860 |
| May 9, 1958 | August 12, 1958 | Augustus O. Stanley | Kentucky | May 21, 1867 |
| August 12, 1958 | May 19, 1966 | Theodore F. Green | Rhode Island | October 2, 1867 |
| May 19, 1966 | June 12, 1969 | Percival P. Baxter | Maine | November 22, 1876 |
| June 12, 1969 | December 19, 1977 | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Wyoming | November 29, 1876 |
| December 19, 1977 | May 11, 1984 | George Alexander Parks | Alaska | May 29, 1883 |
| May 11, 1984 | October 12, 1987 | Alfred M. Landon | Kansas | September 9, 1887 |
| October 12, 1987 | April 21, 1990 | Frank J. Lausche | Ohio | November 14, 1895 |
| April 21, 1990 | June 10, 1993 | Milward L. Simpson | Wyoming | November 12, 1897 |
| June 10, 1993 | October 20, 1996 | J. Bracken Lee | Utah | January 7, 1899 |
| October 20, 1996 | November 5, 2000 | Jimmie Davis | Louisiana | September 11, 1899 |
| November 5, 2000 | June 26, 2003 | Strom Thurmond | South Carolina | December 5, 1902 |
| June 26, 2003 | April 19, 2004 | Frank B. Morrison | Nebraska | May 20, 1905 |
| April 19, 2004 | November 15, 2004 | Elmer Lee Andersen | Minnesota | June 17, 1909 |
| November 15, 2004 | October 10, 2011 | Albert Rosellini | Washington | January 21, 1910 |
| October 10, 2011 | Present | Raul H. Castro | Arizona | June 12, 1916 |
Oldest still-living U.S. governors [edit]
These are the 100 oldest living United States governors. The longevity in this table is calculated up to May 14, 2013.
| Rank |
Governor |
Date of birth |
Gubernatorial term |
State |
Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raul H. Castro | June 12, 1916 | 1975 - 1977 | Arizona | 96 years, 336 days |
| 2 | John Anderson, Jr. | May 8, 1917 | 1961 - 1965 | Kansas | 96 years, 6 days |
| 3 | William Scranton | July 19, 1917 | 1963 - 1967 | Pennsylvania | 95 years, 299 days |
| 4 | Edgar Whitcomb | November 6, 1917 | 1969 - 1973 | Indiana | 95 years, 189 days |
| 5 | Patrick J. Lucey | March 21, 1918 | 1971 - 1977 | Wisconsin | 95 years, 54 days |
| 6 | Michael A. Stepovich | March 12, 1919 | 1957 - 1958 | Alaska | 94 years, 63 days |
| 7 | Tim M. Babcock | October 27, 1919 | 1962 - 1969 | Montana | 93 years, 199 days |
| 8 | Marvin Mandel | April 19, 1920 | 1969 - 1979 | Maryland | 93 years, 25 days |
| 9 | David P. Buckson | July 25, 1920 | 1960 - 1961 | Delaware | 92 years, 293 days |
| 10 | John J. Gilligan | March 22, 1921 | 1971 - 1975 | Ohio | 92 years, 53 days |
| 11 | John M. Patterson | September 27, 1921 | 1959 - 1963 | Alabama | 91 years, 229 days |
| 12 | Ernest Hollings | January 1, 1922 | 1959 - 1963 | South Carolina | 91 years, 133 days |
| 13 | William Milliken | March 26, 1922 | 1969 - 1983 | Michigan | 91 years, 49 days |
| 14 | John D. Vanderhoof | May 27, 1922 | 1973 - 1975 | Colorado | 90 years, 352 days |
| 15 | Rose Mofford | June 10, 1922 | 1988 - 1991 | Arizona | 90 years, 338 days |
| 16 | Wayne Mixson | June 16, 1922 | 1987 | Florida | 90 years, 332 days |
| 17 | Paul Laxalt | August 2, 1922 | 1967 - 1971 | Nevada | 90 years, 285 days |
| 18 | Daniel Walker | August 6, 1922 | 1973 - 1977 | Illinois | 90 years, 281 days |
| 19 | Victor G. Atiyeh | February 20, 1923 | 1979 - 1987 | Oregon | 90 years, 83 days |
| 20 | William F. Winter | February 21, 1923 | 1980 - 1984 | Mississippi | 90 years, 82 days |
| 21 | Arch A. Moore | April 16, 1923 | 1969 - 1977, 1985 - 1989 | West Virginia | 90 years, 28 days |
| 22 | Al Quie | September 18, 1923 | 1979 - 1983 | Minnesota | 89 years, 238 days |
| 23 | Abner L. Holton | September 21, 1923 | 1970 - 1974 | Virginia | 89 years, 235 days |
| 24 | Charles Thone | January 4, 1924 | 1979 - 1983 | Nebraska | 89 years, 130 days |
| 25 | Brendan Byrne | April 1, 1924 | 1974 - 1982 | New Jersey | 89 years, 43 days |
| 26 | Philip H. Hoff | June 29, 1924 | 1963 - 1969 | Vermont | 88 years, 319 days |
| 27 | Dale E. Wolf | September 6, 1924 | 1992 - 1993 | Delaware | 88 years, 250 days |
| 28 | Wendell H. Ford | September 8, 1924 | 1971 - 1974 | Kentucky | 88 years, 248 days |
| 29 | Jimmy Carter | October 1, 1924 | 1971 - 1975 | Georgia | 88 years, 225 days |
| 30 | John V. Evans | January 18, 1925 | 1977 - 1987 | Idaho | 88 years, 116 days |
| 31 | Keith H. Miller | March 1, 1925 | 1969 - 1970 | Alaska | 88 years, 74 days |
| 32 | Carl Sanders | May 15, 1925 | 1963 - 1967 | Georgia | 87 years, 364 days |
| 33 | Dale Bumpers | August 12, 1925 | 1971 - 1975 | Arkansas | 87 years, 275 days |
| 34 | Ted Schwinden | August 31, 1925 | 1981 - 1989 | Montana | 87 years, 256 days |
| 35 | Walter D. Miller | October 5, 1925 | 1993 - 1995 | South Dakota | 87 years, 221 days |
| 36 | Daniel J. Evans | October 16, 1925 | 1965 - 1977 | Washington | 87 years, 210 days |
| 37 | George Ariyoshi | March 12, 1926 | 1974 - 1986 | Hawaii | 87 years, 63 days |
| 38 | Harry Hughes | November 13, 1926 | 1979 - 1987 | Maryland | 86 years, 182 days |
| 39 | John Spellman | December 29, 1926 | 1981 - 1985 | Washington | 86 years, 136 days |
| 40 | Phil Batt | March 4, 1927 | 1995 - 1999 | Idaho | 86 years, 71 days |
| 41 | George Nigh | June 9, 1927 | 1963, 1979 - 1987 | Oklahoma | 85 years, 339 days |
| 42 | James B. Edwards | June 24, 1927 | 1975 - 1979 | South Carolina | 85 years, 324 days |
| 43 | Winfield Dunn | July 1, 1927 | 1971 - 1975 | Tennessee | 85 years, 317 days |
| 44 | Edwin Edwards | August 7, 1927 | 1972 - 1980, 1984 - 1988, 1992 - 1996 | Louisiana | 85 years, 280 days |
| 45 | Frank R. Keyser | August 17, 1927 | 1961 - 1963 | Vermont | 85 years, 270 days |
| 46 | William Allain | February 14, 1928 | 1984 - 1988 | Mississippi | 85 years, 89 days |
| 47 | George Sinner | May 19, 1928 | 1985 - 1992 | North Dakota | 84 years, 360 days |
| 48 | George Deukmejian | June 6, 1928 | 1983 - 1991 | California | 84 years, 342 days |
| 49 | Bill Sheffield | June 26, 1928 | 1982 - 1986 | Alaska | 84 years, 322 days |
| 50 | Reubin Askew | September 11, 1928 | 1971 - 1979 | Florida | 84 years, 245 days |
| 51 | Robert D. Ray | September 26, 1928 | 1969 - 1983 | Iowa | 84 years, 230 days |
| 52 | Albert Brewer | October 26, 1928 | 1968 - 1971 | Alabama | 84 years, 200 days |
| 53 | Roy Romer | October 31, 1928 | 1987 - 1999 | Colorado | 84 years, 195 days |
| 54 | David F. Cargo | January 13, 1929 | 1967 - 1971 | New Mexico | 84 years, 121 days |
| 55 | Frank Farrar | April 2, 1929 | 1969 - 1971 | South Dakota | 84 years, 42 days |
| 56 | Stan Stephens | September 16, 1929 | 1989 - 1993 | Montana | 83 years, 240 days |
| 57 | Murphy J. Foster | July 11, 1930 | 1996 - 2004 | Louisiana | 82 years, 307 days |
| 58 | David Hall | October 20, 1930 | 1971 - 1975 | Oklahoma | 82 years, 206 days |
| 59 | Olene S. Walker | November 15, 1930 | 2003 - 2005 | Utah | 82 years, 180 days |
| 60 | Douglas Wilder | January 17, 1931 | 1990 - 1994 | Virginia | 82 years, 117 days |
| 61 | Kenneth M. Curtis | February 8, 1931 | 1967 - 1975 | Maine | 82 years, 95 days |
| 62 | Julian Carroll | April 16, 1931 | 1974 - 1979 | Kentucky | 82 years, 28 days |
| 63 | Lowell P. Weicker | May 16, 1931 | 1991 - 1995 | Connecticut | 81 years, 363 days |
| 64 | Philip W. Noel | June 5, 1931 | 1973 - 1977 | Rhode Island | 81 years, 343 days |
| 65 | Cecil D. Andrus | August 25, 1931 | 1971 - 1977, 1987 - 1995 | Idaho | 81 years, 262 days |
| 66 | Zell Miller | February 24, 1932 | 1991 - 1999 | Georgia | 81 years, 79 days |
| 67 | Mario Cuomo | June 15, 1932 | 1983 - 1994 | New York | 80 years, 333 days |
| 68 | Dick Thornburgh | July 16, 1932 | 1979 - 1987 | Pennsylvania | 80 years, 302 days |
| 69 | Thomas P. Salmon | August 19, 1932 | 1973 - 1977 | Vermont | 80 years, 268 days |
| 70 | Richard Riley | January 2, 1933 | 1979 - 1987 | South Carolina | 80 years, 132 days |
| 71 | Norman H. Bangerter | January 4, 1933 | 1985 - 1993 | Utah | 80 years, 130 days |
| 72 | Wendell Anderson | February 1, 1933 | 1971 - 1976 | Minnesota | 80 years, 102 days |
| 73 | Buddy MacKay | March 22, 1933 | 1998 - 1999 | Florida | 80 years, 53 days |
| 74 | Frank Murkowski | March 28, 1933 | 2002 - 2006 | Alaska | 80 years, 47 days |
| 75 | Pete Wilson | August 23, 1933 | 1991 - 1999 | California | 79 years, 264 days |
| 76 | Madeleine M. Kunin | September 28, 1933 | 1985 - 1991 | Vermont | 79 years, 228 days |
| 77 | Michael Dukakis | November 3, 1933 | 1975 - 1979, 1983 - 1991 | Massachusetts | 79 years, 192 days |
| 78 | John Y. Brown | December 28, 1933 | 1979 - 1983 | Kentucky | 79 years, 137 days |
| 79 | George Ryan | February 24, 1934 | 1999 - 2003 | Illinois | 79 years, 79 days |
| 80 | Edward D. DiPrete | July 8, 1934 | 1985 - 1991 | Rhode Island | 78 years, 310 days |
| 81 | David Pryor | August 29, 1934 | 1975 - 1979 | Arkansas | 78 years, 258 days |
| 82 | Fob James | September 15, 1934 | 1979 - 1983, 1995 - 1999 | Alabama | 78 years, 241 days |
| 83 | Arne Carlson | September 24, 1934 | 1991 - 1999 | Minnesota | 78 years, 232 days |
| 84 | Jerry Apodaca | October 3, 1934 | 1975 - 1979 | New Mexico | 78 years, 223 days |
| 85 | James Holshouser | October 8, 1934 | 1973 - 1977 | North Carolina | 78 years, 218 days |
| 86 | Joseph E. Brennan | November 2, 1934 | 1979 - 1987 | Maine | 78 years, 193 days |
| 87 | Bob Martinez | December 25, 1934 | 1987 - 1991 | Florida | 78 years, 140 days |
| 88 | Ruth A. Minner | January 17, 1935 | 2001 - 2009 | Delaware | 78 years, 117 days |
| 89 | Pierre S. du Pont | January 22, 1935 | 1977 - 1985 | Delaware | 78 years, 112 days |
| 90 | Thomas Kean | April 21, 1935 | 1982 - 1990 | New Jersey | 78 years, 23 days |
| 91 | Harvey L. Wollman | May 14, 1935 | 1978 - 1979 | South Dakota | 78 years, 0 days |
| 92 | Jane D. Hull | August 8, 1935 | 1997 - 2003 | Arizona | 77 years, 279 days |
| 93 | Richard Lamm | September 12, 1935 | 1975 - 1987 | Colorado | 77 years, 244 days |
| 94 | James G. Martin | December 11, 1935 | 1985 - 1993 | North Carolina | 77 years, 154 days |
| 95 | Joe F. Harris | February 16, 1936 | 1983 - 1991 | Georgia | 77 years, 87 days |
| 96 | Don Sundquist | March 15, 1936 | 1995 - 2003 | Tennessee | 77 years, 60 days |
| 97 | Joseph P. Teasdale | March 29, 1936 | 1977 - 1981 | Missouri | 77 years, 46 days |
| 98 | Anthony S. Earl | April 12, 1936 | 1983 - 1987 | Wisconsin | 77 years, 32 days |
| 99 | James R. Thompson | May 8, 1936 | 1977 - 1992 | Illinois | 77 years, 6 days |
| 100 | Lincoln Almond | June 16, 1936 | 1995 - 2003 | Rhode Island | 76 years, 332 days |
See also [edit]
- List of the oldest United States Governors
- Oldest living United States president
- List of oldest surviving members of the House of Representatives
- Dean of the United States House of Representatives
- Dean of the United States Senate
- Longest living United States Senator
- Earliest serving United States Senator
- Earliest serving United States governor
- List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service