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 as well as the five territorial governors in office as of May 8, 2019.

State governors

State	Governor	Date of Birth	Date of Inauguration	Age at Inauguration	Time in Office	Current Age	Party
Alabama	Ivey, KayKay Ivey	1944-10-15(1944-10-15)October 15, 1944	2017-04-10April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)	72-17772 years, 177 days	2 years, 28 days	27,23374 years, 205 days	Republican
Alaska	Dunleavy, MikeMike Dunleavy	1961-05-05(1961-05-05)May 5, 1961	2018-12-03December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03)	57-21257 years, 212 days	156 days	21,18758 years, 3 days	Republican
Arizona	Ducey, DougDoug Ducey	1964-04-09(1964-04-09)April 9, 1964	2015-01-05January 5, 2015 (2015-01-05)	50-27150 years, 271 days	4 years, 123 days	20,11755 years, 29 days	Republican
Arkansas	Hutchinson, AsaAsa Hutchinson	1950-12-03(1950-12-03)December 3, 1950	2015-01-13January 13, 2015 (2015-01-13)	64-04164 years, 41 days	4 years, 115 days	24,99368 years, 156 days	Republican
California	Newsom, GavinGavin Newsom	1967-10-10(1967-10-10)October 10, 1967	2019-01-07January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	51-8951 years, 89 days	121 days	18,83851 years, 210 days	Democratic
Colorado	Polis, JaredJared Polis	1975-05-12(1975-05-12)May 12, 1975	2019-01-08January 8, 2019 (2019-01-08)	43-24143 years, 241 days	120 days	16,06743 years, 361 days	Democratic
Connecticut	Lamont, NedNed Lamont	1954-01-03(1954-01-03)January 3, 1954	2019-01-09January 9, 2019 (2019-01-09)	65-00665 years, 6 days	119 days	23,86665 years, 125 days	Democratic
Delaware	Carney, JohnJohn Carney	1956-05-20(1956-05-20)May 20, 1956	2017-01-17January 17, 2017 (2017-01-17)	60-24260 years, 242 days	2 years, 111 days	22,99862 years, 353 days	Democratic
Florida	DeSantis, RonRon DeSantis	1978-09-14(1978-09-14)September 14, 1978	2019-01-08January 8, 2019 (2019-01-08)	40-11640 years, 116 days	120 days	14,84640 years, 236 days	Republican
Georgia	Kemp, BrianBrian Kemp	1963-11-02(1963-11-02)November 2, 1963	2019-01-14January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	55-07355 years, 73 days	114 days	20,27655 years, 187 days	Republican
Hawaii	Ige, DavidDavid Ige	1957-01-15(1957-01-15)January 15, 1957	2014-12-01December 1, 2014 (2014-12-01)	57-32057 years, 320 days	4 years, 158 days	22,75862 years, 113 days	Democratic
Idaho	Little, BradBrad Little	1954-02-15(1954-02-15)February 15, 1954	2019-01-06January 6, 2019 (2019-01-06)	64-32564 years, 325 days	122 days	23,82365 years, 82 days	Republican
Illinois	Pritzker, J. B.J. B. Pritzker	1965-01-19(1965-01-19)January 19, 1965	2019-01-14January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	53-36053 years, 360 days	114 days	19,83254 years, 109 days	Democratic
Indiana	Holcomb, EricEric Holcomb	1968-05-02(1968-05-02)May 2, 1968	2017-01-09January 9, 2017 (2017-01-09)	48-25248 years, 252 days	2 years, 119 days	18,63351 years, 6 days	Republican
Iowa	Reynolds, KimKim Reynolds	1959-08-04(1959-08-04)August 4, 1959	2017-05-24May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)	57-29357 years, 293 days	1 year, 349 days	21,82759 years, 277 days	Republican
Kansas	Kelly, LauraLaura Kelly	1950-01-24(1950-01-24)January 24, 1950	2019-01-14January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	68-35568 years, 355 days	114 days	25,30669 years, 104 days	Democratic
Kentucky	Bevin, MattMatt Bevin	1967-01-09(1967-01-09)January 9, 1967	2015-12-08December 8, 2015 (2015-12-08)	48-33348 years, 333 days	3 years, 151 days	19,11252 years, 119 days	Republican
Louisiana	Edwards, John BelJohn Bel Edwards	1966-09-16(1966-09-16)September 16, 1966	2016-01-11January 11, 2016 (2016-01-11)	49-11749 years, 117 days	3 years, 117 days	19,22752 years, 234 days	Democratic
Maine	Mills, JanetJanet Mills	1947-12-30(1947-12-30)December 30, 1947	2019-01-02January 2, 2019 (2019-01-02)	71-00371 years, 3 days	126 days	26,06271 years, 129 days	Democratic
Maryland	Hogan, LarryLarry Hogan	1956-05-25(1956-05-25)May 25, 1956	2015-01-21January 21, 2015 (2015-01-21)	58-24158 years, 241 days	4 years, 107 days	22,99362 years, 348 days	Republican
Massachusetts	Baker, CharlieCharlie Baker	1956-11-13(1956-11-13)November 13, 1956	2015-01-08January 8, 2015 (2015-01-08)	58-05658 years, 56 days	4 years, 120 days	22,82162 years, 176 days	Republican
Michigan	Whitmer, GretchenGretchen Whitmer	1971-08-23(1971-08-23)August 23, 1971	2019-01-01January 1, 2019 (2019-01-01)	47-13147 years, 131 days	127 days	17,42547 years, 258 days	Democratic
Minnesota	Walz, TimTim Walz	1964-04-06(1964-04-06)April 6, 1964	2019-01-07January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	54-27654 years, 276 days	121 days	20,12055 years, 32 days	Democratic
Mississippi	Bryant, PhilPhil Bryant	1954-12-09(1954-12-09)December 9, 1954	2012-01-10January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10)	57-03257 years, 32 days	7 years, 118 days	23,52664 years, 150 days	Republican
Missouri	Parson, MikeMike Parson	1955-09-17(1955-09-17)September 17, 1955	2018-06-01June 1, 2018 (2018-06-01)	62-25762 years, 257 days	341 days	23,24463 years, 233 days	Republican
Montana	Bullock, SteveSteve Bullock	1966-04-11(1966-04-11)April 11, 1966	2013-01-07January 7, 2013 (2013-01-07)	46-27146 years, 271 days	6 years, 121 days	19,38553 years, 27 days	Democratic
Nebraska	Ricketts, PetePete Ricketts	1964-08-19(1964-08-19)August 19, 1964	2015-01-08January 8, 2015 (2015-01-08)	50-14250 years, 142 days	4 years, 120 days	19,98554 years, 262 days	Republican
Nevada	Sisolak, SteveSteve Sisolak	1953-12-26(1953-12-26)December 26, 1953	2019-01-07January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	65-1265 years, 12 days	121 days	23,87465 years, 133 days	Democratic
New Hampshire	Sununu, ChrisChris Sununu	1974-11-05(1974-11-05)November 5, 1974	2017-01-05January 5, 2017 (2017-01-05)	42-06142 years, 61 days	2 years, 123 days	16,25544 years, 184 days	Republican
New Jersey	Murphy, PhilPhil Murphy	1957-08-16(1957-08-16)August 16, 1957	2018-01-16January 16, 2018 (2018-01-16)	60-15360 years, 153 days	1 year, 112 days	22,54561 years, 265 days	Democratic
New Mexico	Lujan Grisham, MichelleMichelle Lujan Grisham	1959-10-24(1959-10-24)October 24, 1959	2019-01-01January 1, 2019 (2019-01-01)	59-06959 years, 69 days	127 days	21,74659 years, 196 days	Democratic
New York	Cuomo, AndrewAndrew Cuomo	1957-12-06(1957-12-06)December 6, 1957	2011-01-01January 1, 2011 (2011-01-01)	53-02653 years, 26 days	8 years, 127 days	22,43361 years, 153 days	Democratic
North Carolina	Cooper, RoyRoy Cooper	1957-06-13(1957-06-13)June 13, 1957	2017-01-01January 1, 2017 (2017-01-01)	59-20259 years, 202 days	2 years, 127 days	22,60961 years, 329 days	Democratic
North Dakota	Burgum, DougDoug Burgum	1956-08-01(1956-08-01)August 1, 1956	2016-12-15December 15, 2016 (2016-12-15)	60-13660 years, 136 days	2 years, 144 days	22,92562 years, 280 days	Republican
Ohio	DeWine, MikeMike DeWine	1947-01-05(1947-01-05)January 5, 1947	2019-01-14January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	72-00972 years, 9 days	114 days	26,42172 years, 123 days	Republican
Oklahoma	Stitt, KevinKevin Stitt	1972-12-28(1972-12-28)December 28, 1972	2019-01-14January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	46-01746 years, 17 days	114 days	16,93246 years, 131 days	Republican
Oregon	Brown, KateKate Brown	1960-06-21(1960-06-21)June 21, 1960	2015-02-18February 18, 2015 (2015-02-18)	54-24254 years, 242 days	4 years, 79 days	21,50558 years, 321 days	Democratic
Pennsylvania	Wolf, TomTom Wolf	1948-11-17(1948-11-17)November 17, 1948	2015-01-20January 20, 2015 (2015-01-20)	66-06466 years, 64 days	4 years, 108 days	25,73970 years, 172 days	Democratic
Rhode Island	Raimondo, GinaGina Raimondo	1971-05-17(1971-05-17)May 17, 1971	2015-01-06January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)	43-23543 years, 234 days	4 years, 122 days	17,52347 years, 356 days	Democratic
South Carolina	McMaster, HenryHenry McMaster	1947-05-27(1947-05-27)May 27, 1947	2017-01-24January 24, 2017 (2017-01-24)	69-24269 years, 242 days	2 years, 104 days	26,27971 years, 346 days	Republican
South Dakota	Noem, KristiKristi Noem	1971-11-30(1971-11-30)November 30, 1971	2019-01-05January 5, 2019 (2019-01-05)	47-03647 years, 36 days	123 days	17,32647 years, 159 days	Republican
Tennessee	Lee, BillBill Lee	1959-10-09(1959-10-09)October 9, 1959	2019-01-19January 19, 2019 (2019-01-19)	59-10259 years, 102 days	109 days	21,76159 years, 211 days	Republican
Texas	Abbott, GreggGreg Abbott	1957-11-13(1957-11-13)November 13, 1957	2015-01-20January 20, 2015 (2015-01-20)	57-06857 years, 68 days	4 years, 108 days	22,45661 years, 176 days	Republican
Utah	Herbert, GaryGary Herbert	1947-05-07(1947-05-07)May 7, 1947	2009-08-11August 11, 2009 (2009-08-11)	62-09662 years, 96 days	9 years, 270 days	26,29972 years, 1 day	Republican
Vermont	Scott, PhilPhil Scott	1958-08-04(1958-08-04)August 4, 1958	2017-01-05January 5, 2017 (2017-01-05)	58-15458 years, 154 days	2 years, 123 days	22,19260 years, 277 days	Republican
Virginia	Northam, RalphRalph Northam	1959-09-13(1959-09-13)September 13, 1959	2018-01-13January 13, 2018 (2018-01-13)	58-12258 years, 122 days	1 year, 115 days	21,78759 years, 237 days	Democratic
Washington	Inslee, JayJay Inslee	1951-02-09(1951-02-09)February 9, 1951	2013-01-16January 16, 2013 (2013-01-16)	61-34261 years, 342 days	6 years, 112 days	24,92568 years, 88 days	Democratic
West Virginia	Justice, JimJim Justice	1951-04-27(1951-04-27)April 27, 1951	2017-01-16January 16, 2017 (2017-01-16)	65-26465 years, 264 days	2 years, 112 days	24,84868 years, 11 days	Republican
Wisconsin	Evers, TonyTony Evers	1951-11-05(1951-11-05)November 5, 1951	2019-01-07January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	67-06367 years, 63 days	121 days	24,65667 years, 184 days	Democratic
Wyoming	Gordon, MarkMark Gordon	1957-03-14(1957-03-14)March 14, 1957	2019-01-07January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	61-29961 years, 299 days	121 days	22,70062 years, 55 days	Republican

Territorial governors

Territory	Governor	Date of Birth	Date of Inauguration	Age at Inauguration	Time in Office	Age Now	Party
American Samoa	Lolo Matalasi Moliga	1949	January 3, 2013	63–64 years	6 years, 125 days	69–70 years	Democratic
Guam	Lou Leon Guerrero	November 8, 1950	January 7, 2019	68 years, 60 days	121 days	68 years, 181 days	Democratic
Northern Mariana Islands	Ralph Torres	August 6, 1979	December 29, 2015	36 years, 145 days	3 years, 130 days	39 years, 275 days	Republican
Puerto Rico	Ricardo Rosselló	March 7, 1979	January 2, 2017	37 years, 301 days	2 years, 126 days	40 years, 62 days	New Progressive, Democratic
United States Virgin Islands	Albert Bryan	February 21, 1968	January 7, 2019	50 years, 320 days	121 days	51 years, 76 days	Democratic

Demographics of state governors

Note: The following information for currently serving state governors is correct as of May 8, 2019.

• Statistics (not counting territorial governors):
  • The median age is 62 years, 145 days.
  • The median age at inauguration is 58 years, 94 days.
  • The median term length is 4 years, 320 days.
  • The average age among Republicans is 62 years, 170 days.
  • The average age among Democrats is 63 years, 71 days.

• Age Ranges:
  • 6 governors are in their 70s;
  • 21 governors are in their 60s;
  • 16 governors are in their 50s; and
  • 7 governors are in their 40s.

• Political Party:
  • 27 Republicans (54%)
  • 23 Democrats (46%)

• Sex:
  • 41 Males (82%)
  • 9 Females (18%)

See also

• List of current United States lieutenant governors by age
• List of current United States governors