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 October 12, 2018.

State governors

State Governor Date of Birth Date of Inauguration Age at Inauguration Time in Office Current
Age
Party
Alabama Kay Ivey October 15, 1944 April 10, 2017 72 years, 177 days 1 year, 185 days 73 years, 362 days Republican
Alaska Bill Walker April 16, 1951 December 1, 2014 63 years, 229 days 3 years, 315 days 67 years, 179 days Independent
Arizona Doug Ducey April 9, 1964 January 5, 2015 50 years, 271 days 3 years, 280 days 54 years, 186 days Republican
Arkansas Asa Hutchinson December 3, 1950 January 13, 2015 64 years, 41 days 3 years, 272 days 67 years, 313 days Republican
California Jerry Brown April 7, 1938 January 3, 2011 72 years, 271 days 7 years, 282 days 80 years, 188 days Democratic
Colorado John Hickenlooper February 7, 1952 January 11, 2011 58 years, 338 days 7 years, 274 days 66 years, 247 days Democratic
Connecticut Dan Malloy July 21, 1955 January 5, 2011 55 years, 168 days 7 years, 280 days 63 years, 83 days Democratic
Delaware John Carney May 20, 1956 January 17, 2017 60 years, 242 days 1 year, 268 days 62 years, 145 days Democratic
Florida Rick Scott December 1, 1952 January 4, 2011 58 years, 34 days 7 years, 281 days 65 years, 315 days Republican
Georgia Nathan Deal August 25, 1942 January 10, 2011 68 years, 138 days 7 years, 275 days 76 years, 48 days Republican
Hawaii David Ige January 15, 1957 December 1, 2014 57 years, 320 days 3 years, 315 days 61 years, 270 days Democratic
Idaho Butch Otter May 3, 1942 January 1, 2007 64 years, 243 days 11 years, 284 days 76 years, 162 days Republican
Illinois Bruce Rauner February 18, 1957 January 12, 2015 57 years, 328 days 3 years, 273 days 61 years, 236 days Republican
Indiana Eric Holcomb May 2, 1968 January 9, 2017 48 years, 252 days 1 year, 276 days 50 years, 163 days Republican
Iowa Kim Reynolds August 4, 1959 May 24, 2017 57 years, 293 days 1 year, 141 days 59 years, 69 days Republican
Kansas Jeff Colyer June 3, 1960 January 31, 2018 57 years, 242 days 254 days 58 years, 131 days Republican
Kentucky Matt Bevin January 9, 1967 December 8, 2015 48 years, 333 days 2 years, 308 days 51 years, 276 days Republican
Louisiana John Bel Edwards September 16, 1966 January 11, 2016 49 years, 117 days 2 years, 274 days 52 years, 26 days Democratic
Maine Paul LePage October 9, 1948 January 5, 2011 62 years, 88 days 7 years, 280 days 70 years, 3 days Republican
Maryland Larry Hogan May 25, 1956 January 21, 2015 58 years, 241 days 3 years, 264 days 62 years, 140 days Republican
Massachusetts Charlie Baker November 13, 1956 January 8, 2015 58 years, 56 days 3 years, 277 days 61 years, 333 days Republican
Michigan Rick Snyder August 19, 1958 January 1, 2011 52 years, 135 days 7 years, 284 days 60 years, 54 days Republican
Minnesota Mark Dayton January 26, 1947 January 3, 2011 63 years, 342 days 7 years, 282 days 71 years, 259 days Democratic
Mississippi Phil Bryant December 9, 1954 January 10, 2012 57 years, 32 days 6 years, 275 days 63 years, 307 days Republican
Missouri Mike Parson September 17, 1955 June 1, 2018 62 years, 257 days 133 days 63 years, 25 days Republican
Montana Steve Bullock April 11, 1966 January 7, 2013 46 years, 271 days 5 years, 278 days 52 years, 184 days Democratic
Nebraska Pete Ricketts August 19, 1964 January 8, 2015 50 years, 142 days 3 years, 277 days 54 years, 54 days Republican
Nevada Brian Sandoval August 5, 1963 January 3, 2011 47 years, 151 days 7 years, 282 days 55 years, 68 days Republican
New Hampshire Chris Sununu November 5, 1974 January 5, 2017 42 years, 61 days 1 year, 280 days 43 years, 341 days Republican
New Jersey Phil Murphy August 16, 1957 January 16, 2018 60 years, 153 days 269 days 61 years, 57 days Democratic
New Mexico Susana Martinez July 14, 1959 January 1, 2011 51 years, 171 days 7 years, 284 days 59 years, 90 days Republican
New York Andrew Cuomo December 6, 1957 January 1, 2011 53 years, 26 days 7 years, 284 days 60 years, 310 days Democratic
North Carolina Roy Cooper June 13, 1957 January 1, 2017 59 years, 202 days 1 year, 284 days 61 years, 121 days Democratic
North Dakota Doug Burgum August 1, 1956 December 15, 2016 60 years, 136 days 1 year, 301 days 62 years, 72 days Republican
Ohio John Kasich May 13, 1952 January 10, 2011 58 years, 242 days 7 years, 275 days 66 years, 152 days Republican
Oklahoma Mary Fallin December 9, 1954 January 10, 2011 56 years, 32 days 7 years, 275 days 63 years, 307 days Republican
Oregon Kate Brown June 21, 1960 February 18, 2015 54 years, 242 days 3 years, 236 days 58 years, 113 days Democratic
Pennsylvania Tom Wolf November 17, 1948 January 20, 2015 66 years, 64 days 3 years, 265 days 69 years, 329 days Democratic
Rhode Island Gina Raimondo May 17, 1971 January 6, 2015 43 years, 234 days 3 years, 279 days 47 years, 148 days Democratic
South Carolina Henry McMaster May 27, 1947 January 24, 2017 69 years, 242 days 1 year, 261 days 71 years, 138 days Republican
South Dakota Dennis Daugaard June 11, 1953 January 8, 2011 57 years, 211 days 7 years, 277 days 65 years, 123 days Republican
Tennessee Bill Haslam August 23, 1958 January 15, 2011 52 years, 145 days 7 years, 270 days 60 years, 50 days Republican
Texas Greg Abbott November 13, 1957 January 20, 2015 57 years, 68 days 3 years, 265 days 60 years, 333 days Republican
Utah Gary Herbert May 7, 1947 August 11, 2009 62 years, 96 days 9 years, 62 days 71 years, 158 days Republican
Vermont Phil Scott August 4, 1958 January 5, 2017 58 years, 154 days 1 year, 280 days 60 years, 69 days Republican
Virginia Ralph Northam September 13, 1959 January 13, 2018 58 years, 122 days 272 days 59 years, 29 days Democratic
Washington Jay Inslee February 9, 1951 January 16, 2013 61 years, 342 days 5 years, 269 days 67 years, 245 days Democratic
West Virginia Jim Justice April 27, 1951 January 16, 2017 65 years, 264 days 1 year, 269 days 67 years, 168 days Republican
Wisconsin Scott Walker November 2, 1967 January 3, 2011 43 years, 62 days 7 years, 282 days 50 years, 344 days Republican
Wyoming Matt Mead March 11, 1962 January 3, 2011 48 years, 298 days 7 years, 282 days 56 years, 215 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 5 years, 282 days 68–69 years Democratic
Guam Eddie Baza Calvo August 29, 1961 January 3, 2011 49 years, 127 days 7 years, 282 days 57 years, 44 days Republican
Northern Mariana Islands Ralph Torres August 6, 1979 December 29, 2015 36 years, 145 days 2 years, 287 days 39 years, 67 days Republican
Puerto Rico Ricardo Rosselló March 7, 1979 January 2, 2017 37 years, 301 days 1 year, 283 days 39 years, 219 days New Progressive, Democratic
United States Virgin Islands Kenneth Mapp November 2, 1955 January 5, 2015 59 years, 64 days 3 years, 280 days 62 years, 344 days Independent

Demographics of state governors

Note: The following information for currently serving state governors is correct as of October 12, 2018.

  • Statistics:
    • The median age is 61 years, 302 days.
    • The median age at inauguration is 57 years, 307 days.
    • The median term length is 4 years, 112 days.
  • Age Ranges:
    • 1 governor is in their 80s;
    • 6 governors are in their 70s;
    • 24 governors are in their 60s;
    • 17 governors are in their 50s; and
    • 2 governors are in their 40s.
  • Political Party:
    • 33 Republicans (66%)
    • 16 Democrats (32%)
    • 1 Independent (2%)
  • Sex:
    • 43 Males (85%)
    • 7 Females (15%)

See also

References

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