List of current United States governors by age

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 March 12, 2026.

State governors

State	Governor	Date of birth	Date of inauguration	Age at inauguration	Time in office	Current age
Alabama	Kay Ivey	(1944-10-15)October 15, 1944	April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)	72 years, 177 days	8 years, 336 days	81 years, 148 days	Republican
Alaska	Mike Dunleavy	(1961-05-05)May 5, 1961	December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03)	57 years, 212 days	7 years, 99 days	64 years, 311 days	Republican
Arizona	Katie Hobbs	(1969-12-28)December 28, 1969	January 2, 2023 (2023-01-02)	53 years, 5 days	3 years, 69 days	56 years, 74 days	Democratic
Arkansas	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	(1982-08-13)August 13, 1982	January 10, 2023 (2023-01-10)	40 years, 150 days	3 years, 61 days	43 years, 211 days	Republican
California	Gavin Newsom	(1967-10-10)October 10, 1967	January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	51 years, 89 days	7 years, 64 days	58 years, 153 days	Democratic
Colorado	Jared Polis	(1975-05-12)May 12, 1975	January 8, 2019 (2019-01-08)	43 years, 241 days	7 years, 63 days	50 years, 304 days
Connecticut	Ned Lamont	(1954-01-03)January 3, 1954	January 9, 2019 (2019-01-09)	65 years, 6 days	7 years, 62 days	72 years, 68 days
Delaware	Matt Meyer	(1971-09-29)September 29, 1971	January 21, 2025 (2025-01-21)	53 years, 114 days	1 year, 50 days	54 years, 164 days
Florida	Ron DeSantis	(1978-09-14)September 14, 1978	January 8, 2019 (2019-01-08)	40 years, 116 days	7 years, 63 days	47 years, 179 days	Republican
Georgia	Brian Kemp	(1963-11-02)November 2, 1963	January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	55 years, 73 days	7 years, 57 days	62 years, 130 days	Republican
Hawaii	Josh Green	(1970-02-11)February 11, 1970	December 5, 2022 (2022-12-05)	52 years, 297 days	3 years, 97 days	56 years, 29 days	Democratic
Idaho	Brad Little	(1954-02-15)February 15, 1954	January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	64 years, 326 days	7 years, 65 days	72 years, 25 days	Republican
Illinois	J. B. Pritzker	(1965-01-19)January 19, 1965	January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	53 years, 360 days	7 years, 57 days	61 years, 52 days	Democratic
Indiana	Mike Braun	(1954-03-24)March 24, 1954	January 13, 2025 (2025-01-13)	70 years, 295 days	1 year, 58 days	71 years, 353 days	Republican
Iowa	Kim Reynolds	(1959-08-04)August 4, 1959	May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)	57 years, 293 days	8 years, 292 days	66 years, 220 days	Republican
Kansas	Laura Kelly	(1950-01-24)January 24, 1950	January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	68 years, 355 days	7 years, 57 days	76 years, 47 days	Democratic
Kentucky	Andy Beshear	(1977-11-29)November 29, 1977	December 10, 2019 (2019-12-10)	42 years, 11 days	6 years, 92 days	48 years, 103 days	Democratic
Louisiana	Jeff Landry	(1970-12-23)December 23, 1970	January 8, 2024 (2024-01-08)	53 years, 16 days	2 years, 63 days	55 years, 79 days	Republican
Maine	Janet Mills	(1947-12-30)December 30, 1947	January 2, 2019 (2019-01-02)	71 years, 3 days	7 years, 69 days	78 years, 72 days	Democratic
Maryland	Wes Moore	(1978-10-15)October 15, 1978	January 18, 2023 (2023-01-18)	44 years, 95 days	3 years, 53 days	47 years, 148 days
Massachusetts	Maura Healey	(1971-02-08)February 8, 1971	January 5, 2023 (2023-01-05)	51 years, 331 days	3 years, 66 days	55 years, 32 days
Michigan	Gretchen Whitmer	(1971-08-23)August 23, 1971	January 1, 2019 (2019-01-01)	47 years, 131 days	7 years, 70 days	54 years, 201 days
Minnesota	Tim Walz	(1964-04-06)April 6, 1964	January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	54 years, 276 days	7 years, 64 days	61 years, 340 days	Democratic–Farmer–Labor^[a]
Mississippi	Tate Reeves	(1974-06-05)June 5, 1974	January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)	45 years, 223 days	6 years, 57 days	51 years, 280 days	Republican
Missouri	Mike Kehoe	(1962-01-17)January 17, 1962	January 13, 2025 (2025-01-13)	62 years, 362 days	1 year, 58 days	64 years, 54 days
Montana	Greg Gianforte	(1961-04-17)April 17, 1961	January 4, 2021 (2021-01-04)	59 years, 262 days	5 years, 67 days	64 years, 329 days
Nebraska	Jim Pillen	(1955-12-31)December 31, 1955	January 5, 2023 (2023-01-05)	67 years, 5 days	3 years, 66 days	70 years, 71 days
Nevada	Joe Lombardo	(1962-11-08)November 8, 1962	January 2, 2023 (2023-01-02)	60 years, 55 days	3 years, 69 days	63 years, 124 days
New Hampshire	Kelly Ayotte	(1968-06-27)June 27, 1968	January 9, 2025 (2025-01-09)	56 years, 196 days	1 year, 62 days	57 years, 258 days
New Jersey	Mikie Sherrill	(1972-01-19)January 19, 1972	January 20, 2026 (2026-01-20)	54 years, 1 day	51 days	54 years, 52 days	Democratic
New Mexico	Michelle Lujan Grisham	(1959-10-24)October 24, 1959	January 1, 2019 (2019-01-01)	59 years, 69 days	7 years, 70 days	66 years, 139 days
New York	Kathy Hochul	(1958-08-27)August 27, 1958	August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24)	62 years, 362 days	4 years, 200 days	67 years, 197 days
North Carolina	Josh Stein	(1966-09-13)September 13, 1966	January 1, 2025 (2025-01-01)	58 years, 110 days	1 year, 70 days	59 years, 180 days
North Dakota	Kelly Armstrong	(1976-10-08)October 8, 1976	December 15, 2024 (2024-12-15)	48 years, 68 days	1 year, 87 days	49 years, 155 days	Republican
Ohio	Mike DeWine	(1947-01-05)January 5, 1947	January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	72 years, 9 days	7 years, 57 days	79 years, 66 days
Oklahoma	Kevin Stitt	(1972-12-28)December 28, 1972	January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	46 years, 17 days	7 years, 57 days	53 years, 74 days
Oregon	Tina Kotek	(1966-09-30)September 30, 1966	January 9, 2023 (2023-01-09)	56 years, 101 days	3 years, 62 days	59 years, 163 days	Democratic
Pennsylvania	Josh Shapiro	(1973-06-20)June 20, 1973	January 17, 2023 (2023-01-17)	49 years, 211 days	3 years, 54 days	52 years, 265 days
Rhode Island	Dan McKee	(1951-06-16)June 16, 1951	March 2, 2021 (2021-03-02)	69 years, 259 days	5 years, 10 days	74 years, 269 days
South Carolina	Henry McMaster	(1947-05-27)May 27, 1947	January 24, 2017 (2017-01-24)	69 years, 242 days	9 years, 47 days	78 years, 289 days	Republican
South Dakota	Larry Rhoden	(1959-02-05)February 5, 1959	January 25, 2025 (2025-01-25)	65 years, 355 days	1 year, 46 days	67 years, 35 days
Tennessee	Bill Lee	(1959-10-09)October 9, 1959	January 19, 2019 (2019-01-19)	59 years, 102 days	7 years, 52 days	66 years, 154 days
Texas	Greg Abbott	(1957-11-13)November 13, 1957	January 20, 2015 (2015-01-20)	57 years, 68 days	11 years, 51 days	68 years, 119 days
Utah	Spencer Cox	(1975-07-11)July 11, 1975	January 4, 2021 (2021-01-04)	45 years, 177 days	5 years, 67 days	50 years, 244 days
Vermont	Phil Scott	(1958-08-04)August 4, 1958	January 5, 2017 (2017-01-05)	58 years, 154 days	9 years, 66 days	67 years, 220 days
Virginia	Abigail Spanberger	(1979-08-07)August 7, 1979	January 17, 2026 (2026-01-17)	46 years, 163 days	54 days	46 years, 217 days	Democratic
Washington	Bob Ferguson	(1965-02-23)February 23, 1965	January 15, 2025 (2025-01-15)	59 years, 327 days	1 year, 56 days	61 years, 17 days	Democratic
West Virginia	Patrick Morrisey	(1967-12-21)December 21, 1967	January 13, 2025 (2025-01-13)	57 years, 23 days	1 year, 58 days	58 years, 81 days	Republican
Wisconsin	Tony Evers	(1951-11-05)November 5, 1951	January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	67 years, 63 days	7 years, 64 days	74 years, 127 days	Democratic
Wyoming	Mark Gordon	(1957-03-14)March 14, 1957	January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	61 years, 299 days	7 years, 64 days	68 years, 363 days	Republican

Territorial governors

Territory	Governor	Date of birth	Date of inauguration	Age at inauguration	Time in office	Current age
American Samoa	Pula Nikolao Pula	December 31, 1955	January 3, 2025	69 years, 3 days	1 year, 68 days	70 years, 71 days	Republican
Guam	Lou Leon Guerrero	November 8, 1950	January 7, 2019	68 years, 60 days	7 years, 64 days	75 years, 124 days	Democratic
Northern Mariana Islands	David M. Apatang	July 10, 1948	July 23, 2025	77 years, 13 days	232 days	77 years, 245 days	Independent
Puerto Rico	Jenniffer González-Colón	August 5, 1976	January 2, 2025	48 years, 150 days	1 year, 69 days	49 years, 219 days	New Progressive
U.S. Virgin Islands	Albert Bryan	February 21, 1968	January 7, 2019	50 years, 320 days	7 years, 64 days	58 years, 19 days	Democratic

Federal district mayor

The District of Columbia is a federal district that elects a mayor that has similar powers to those of a state or territorial governor.^[2] The cities of Washington and Georgetown within the district elected their own mayors until 1871, when their governments were consolidated into a reorganized District of Columbia by a congressional act.^[3] The district's chief executive from 1871 to 1874 was a governor appointed by the president of the United States; the office was replaced by a board of commissioners with three members appointed by the president—two residents and a representative from the United States Army Corps of Engineers.^[3]^[4] The Board of Commissioners was originally a temporary body but was made permanent in 1878 with one member selected to serve as the Board President, in effect the city's chief executive.^[5] The system was replaced in 1967 by a single mayor–commissioner and home rule in the District of Columbia was fully restored in 1975 under a reorganized government led by an elected mayor.^[6]

District	Mayor	Date of birth	Date of inauguration	Age at inauguration	Time in office	Current age	Party
District of Columbia	Muriel Bowser	August 2, 1972	January 2, 2015	42 years, 153 days	11 years, 69 days	53 years, 222 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 69 years, 88 days.
- The median age at inauguration is 65 years, 37 days.
- The median term length is 11 years, 263 days.
- The average age among Republicans is 69 years, 113 days.
- The average age among Democrats is 70 years, 14 days.

Age Ranges:
- 1 governor is in her 80s;
- 10 governors are in their 70s;
- 16 governors are in their 60s;
- 17 governors are in their 50s; and
- 6 governors are in their 40s.

Political Party:
- 26 Republicans (52%)
- 24 Democrats (48%)

Sex:
- 36 Males (72%)
- 14 Females (28%)

Notes

^ The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is affiliated with the national Democratic Party.^[1]

References

^ Erlandson, Henry (January 25, 2020). "Why is Minnesota's Democratic Party called the DFL?". Star Tribune. Minneapolis. Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
^ Nirappil, Fenit (June 21, 2017). "Can a change of titles make DC seem more stately? Ask Gov. Bowser". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 17, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Governing the District of Columbia: Overview and Timeline (Report). Congressional Research Service. January 29, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
^ Davis, Henry E. (December 29, 1899). "The Political Development of the District of Columbia". Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 1: 215. JSTOR 24526084.
^ Frommer, Frederic (June 21, 2022). "D.C. elected its own mayors in the 1800s — until Congress stepped in". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
^ Martin, Douglas (October 28, 2003). "Walter Washington, 88, Former Mayor of Washington, Dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 27, 2024.

[2] The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is affiliated with the national Democratic Party.^[1]

[1] Erlandson, Henry (January 25, 2020). "Why is Minnesota's Democratic Party called the DFL?". Star Tribune. Minneapolis. Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.

[List_of_current_United_States_governors_Post-DCGovernor-3] Nirappil, Fenit (June 21, 2017). "Can a change of titles make DC seem more stately? Ask Gov. Bowser". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 17, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2024.

[List_of_current_United_States_governors_CRS-DC-4] Governing the District of Columbia: Overview and Timeline (Report). Congressional Research Service. January 29, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.

[5] Davis, Henry E. (December 29, 1899). "The Political Development of the District of Columbia". Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 1: 215. JSTOR 24526084.

[6] Frommer, Frederic (June 21, 2022). "D.C. elected its own mayors in the 1800s — until Congress stepped in". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2024.

[7] Martin, Douglas (October 28, 2003). "Walter Washington, 88, Former Mayor of Washington, Dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 27, 2024.

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