List of oldest living United States governors

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. state governor is John M. Patterson (born September 27, 1921, aged 96), Governor of Alabama from 1959 to 1963. 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.

Longest living U.S. governors

Start DateEnd DateGovernorStateBirth Date
December 7, 1787December 12, 1787Thomas Collins[1]Delaware1732
December 12, 1787April 17, 1790Benjamin Franklin[2]PennsylvaniaJanuary 17, 1706
April 17, 1790July 25, 1790William LivingstonNew JerseyNovember 30, 1723
July 25, 1790October 8, 1793Josiah BartlettNew HampshireNovember 21, 1729
October 8, 1793October 2, 1803Samuel Adams[3]MassachusettsSeptember 27, 1722
October 2, 1803February 13, 1813Samuel AsheNorth CarolinaMarch 24, 1725
February 13, 1813August 17, 1816Samuel JohnstonNorth CarolinaDecember 15, 1733
August 17, 1816June 24, 1817Thomas McKeanPennsylvaniaMarch 19, 1734
June 24, 1817September 18, 1819John LangdonNew HampshireJune 26, 1741
September 18, 1819March 19, 1829John TaylerNew YorkJuly 4, 1742
March 19, 1829May 17, 1829John JayNew YorkDecember 12, 1745
May 17, 1829June 10, 1832Joseph HiesterPennsylvaniaNovember 18, 1752
June 10, 1832September 24, 1834Jonas GalushaVermontFebruary 11, 1753
September 24, 1834December 11, 1838Isaac TichenorVermontFebruary 8, 1754
December 11, 1838April 7, 1844Morgan LewisNew YorkOctober 16, 1754
April 7, 1844December 22, 1850William PlumerNew HampshireJune 25, 1759
December 22, 1850December 25, 1862Joshua HallMaineOctober 22, 1768
December 25, 1862October 16, 1869Joseph RitnerPennsylvaniaMarch 25, 1780
October 16, 1869February 3, 1870Allen TrimbleOhioNovember 24, 1783
February 3, 1870October 10, 1870Mordecai BartleyOhioDecember 16, 1783
October 10, 1870November 1, 1874Enos T. ThroopNew YorkAugust 21, 1784
November 1, 1874February 27, 1877Joseph JohnsonVirginiaDecember 19, 1785
February 27, 1877December 18, 1885Hiland HallVermontJuly 20, 1795
December 18, 1885April 27, 1894Nathaniel S. BerryNew HampshireSeptember 1, 1796
April 27, 1894September 11, 1894Pío PicoCaliforniaMay 5, 1801
September 11, 1894June 13, 1896Alpheus FelchMichiganSeptember 28, 1804
June 13, 1896August 23, 1898Moody CurrierNew HampshireApril 22, 1806
August 23, 1898February 28, 1899James Madison WellsLouisianaJanuary 8, 1808
February 28, 1899July 9, 1902William MarvinFloridaApril 14, 1808
July 9, 1902December 8, 1906Alonzo GarcelonMaineMay 6, 1813
December 8, 1906April 27, 1909Frederick HolbrookVermontFebruary 15, 1814
April 27, 1909February 3, 1912Frederick RobieMaineAugust 12, 1822
February 3, 1912June 4, 1912Royal C. TaftRhode IslandFebruary 14, 1823
June 4, 1912January 8, 1914Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr.KentuckyApril 1, 1823
January 8, 1914May 16, 1920Levi P. MortonNew YorkMay 16, 1824
May 16, 1920April 4, 1923Horace BoiesIowaDecember 7, 1827
April 4, 1923April 3, 1924Ebenezer J. OrmsbeeVermontJune 8, 1834
April 3, 1924January 28, 1925Augustus O. BournRhode IslandOctober 1, 1834
January 28, 1925April 12, 1933Adelbert AmesMississippiOctober 31, 1835
April 12, 1933October 30, 1939Roswell K. ColcordNevadaApril 25, 1839
October 30, 1939August 23, 1945Martin Frederick AnselSouth CarolinaDecember 12, 1850
August 23, 1945September 6, 1946John I. CoxTennesseeNovember 23, 1855
September 6, 1946April 11, 1949Chase S. OsbornMichiganJanuary 22, 1860
April 11, 1949May 9, 1958Fenimore ChattertonWyomingJuly 21, 1860
May 9, 1958August 12, 1958Augustus O. StanleyKentuckyMay 21, 1867
August 12, 1958May 19, 1966Theodore F. GreenRhode IslandOctober 2, 1867
May 19, 1966June 12, 1969Percival P. BaxterMaineNovember 22, 1876
June 12, 1969December 19, 1977Nellie Tayloe RossWyomingNovember 29, 1876
December 19, 1977May 11, 1984George Alexander ParksAlaskaMay 29, 1883
May 11, 1984October 12, 1987Alfred M. LandonKansasSeptember 9, 1887
October 12, 1987April 21, 1990Frank J. LauscheOhioNovember 14, 1895
April 21, 1990June 10, 1993Milward L. SimpsonWyomingNovember 12, 1897
June 10, 1993October 20, 1996J. Bracken LeeUtahJanuary 7, 1899
October 20, 1996November 5, 2000Jimmie DavisLouisianaSeptember 11, 1899
November 5, 2000June 26, 2003Strom ThurmondSouth CarolinaDecember 5, 1902
June 26, 2003April 19, 2004Frank B. MorrisonNebraskaMay 20, 1905
April 19, 2004November 15, 2004Elmer Lee AndersenMinnesotaJune 17, 1909
November 15, 2004October 10, 2011Albert RoselliniWashingtonJanuary 21, 1910
October 10, 2011April 10, 2015Raúl Héctor CastroArizonaJune 12, 1916
April 10, 2015February 4, 2016Edgar WhitcombIndianaNovember 6, 1917
February 4, 2016January 18, 2017David P. BucksonDelawareJuly 25, 1920
January 18, 2017John M. PattersonAlabamaSeptember 27, 1921
  1. ↑ First governor following ratification of the Constitution.
  2. ↑ Became oldest living governor upon Pennsylvania's ratification of the Constitution.
  3. ↑ Became oldest living governor upon taking office.

Oldest living U.S. Governors

These are the 100 oldest living United States governors. The longevity in this table is calculated as of October 12, 2018.

Rank
 Governor
 Date of birth
 Gubernatorial term
 State
 Lifespan
1 John M. Patterson September 27, 1921 1959–1963 Alabama 97 years, 15 days
2 Ernest Hollings January 1, 1922 1959–1963 South Carolina 96 years, 284 days
3 William Milliken March 26, 1922 1969–1983 Michigan 96 years, 200 days
4 Wayne Mixson June 16, 1922 1987 Florida 96 years, 118 days
5 William F. Winter February 21, 1923 1980–1984 Mississippi 95 years, 233 days
6 Al Quie September 18, 1923 1979–1983 Minnesota 95 years, 24 days
7 A. Linwood Holton, Jr. September 21, 1923 1970–1974 Virginia 95 years, 21 days
8 Dale E. Wolf September 6, 1924 1992–1993 Delaware 94 years, 36 days
9 Jimmy Carter October 1, 1924 1971–1975 Georgia 94 years, 11 days
10 Keith H. Miller March 1, 1925 1969–1970 Alaska 93 years, 225 days
11 Ted Schwinden August 31, 1925 1981–1989 Montana 93 years, 42 days
12 Daniel J. Evans October 16, 1925 1965–1977 Washington 92 years, 361 days
13 George Ariyoshi March 12, 1926 1974–1986 Hawaii 92 years, 214 days
14 Harry Hughes November 13, 1926 1979–1987 Maryland 91 years, 333 days
15 Phil Batt March 4, 1927 1995–1999 Idaho 91 years, 222 days
16 George Nigh June 9, 1927 1963
1979–1987		 Oklahoma 91 years, 125 days
17 Winfield Dunn July 1, 1927 1971–1975 Tennessee 91 years, 103 days
18 Edwin Edwards August 7, 1927 1972–1980
1984–1988
1992–1996		 Louisiana 91 years, 66 days
19 Bill Sheffield June 26, 1928 1982–1986 Alaska 90 years, 108 days
20 Roy Romer October 31, 1928 1987–1999 Colorado 89 years, 346 days
21 Frank Farrar April 2, 1929 1969–1971 South Dakota 89 years, 193 days
22 Robert D. Fulton May 13, 1929 1969 Iowa 89 years, 152 days
23 Stan Stephens September 16, 1929 1989–1993 Montana 89 years, 26 days
24 Murphy J. Foster July 11, 1930 1996–2004 Louisiana 88 years, 93 days
25 Douglas Wilder January 17, 1931 1990–1994 Virginia 87 years, 268 days
26 Kenneth M. Curtis February 8, 1931 1967–1975 Maine 87 years, 246 days
27 Julian Carroll April 16, 1931 1974–1979 Kentucky 87 years, 179 days
28 Lowell P. Weicker May 16, 1931 1991–1995 Connecticut 87 years, 149 days
29 Philip W. Noel June 5, 1931 1973–1977 Rhode Island 87 years, 129 days
30 Dick Thornburgh July 16, 1932 1979–1987 Pennsylvania 86 years, 88 days
31 Thomas P. Salmon August 19, 1932 1973–1977 Vermont 86 years, 54 days
32 Richard Riley January 2, 1933 1979–1987 South Carolina 85 years, 283 days
33 Buddy MacKay March 22, 1933 1998–1999 Florida 85 years, 204 days
34 Frank Murkowski March 28, 1933 2002–2006 Alaska 85 years, 198 days
35 Pete Wilson August 23, 1933 1991–1999 California 85 years, 50 days
36 Madeleine M. Kunin September 28, 1933 1985–1991 Vermont 85 years, 14 days
37 Michael Dukakis November 3, 1933 1975–1979
1983–1991		 Massachusetts 84 years, 343 days
38 John Y. Brown December 28, 1933 1979–1983 Kentucky 84 years, 288 days
39 George Ryan February 24, 1934 1999–2003 Illinois 84 years, 230 days
40 Edward D. DiPrete July 8, 1934 1985–1991 Rhode Island 84 years, 96 days
41 David Pryor August 29, 1934 1975–1979 Arkansas 84 years, 44 days
42 Fob James September 15, 1934 1979–1983
1995–1999		 Alabama 84 years, 27 days
43 Arne Carlson September 24, 1934 1991–1999 Minnesota 84 years, 18 days
44 Jerry Apodaca October 3, 1934 1975–1979 New Mexico 84 years, 9 days
45 Joseph E. Brennan November 2, 1934 1979–1987 Maine 83 years, 344 days
46 Bob Martinez December 25, 1934 1987–1991 Florida 83 years, 291 days
47 Ruth A. Minner January 17, 1935 2001–2009 Delaware 83 years, 268 days
48 Pierre S. du Pont January 22, 1935 1977–1985 Delaware 83 years, 263 days
49 Thomas Kean April 21, 1935 1982–1990 New Jersey 83 years, 174 days
50 Harvey L. Wollman May 14, 1935 1978–1979 South Dakota 83 years, 151 days
51 Jane D. Hull August 8, 1935 1997–2003 Arizona 83 years, 65 days
52 Richard Lamm September 12, 1935 1975–1987 Colorado 83 years, 30 days
53 James G. Martin December 11, 1935 1985–1993 North Carolina 82 years, 305 days
54 Jere Beasley December 12, 1935 1972 Alabama 82 years, 304 days
55 Joe F. Harris February 16, 1936 1983–1991 Georgia 82 years, 238 days
56 Don Sundquist March 15, 1936 1995–2003 Tennessee 82 years, 211 days
57 Anthony S. Earl April 12, 1936 1983–1987 Wisconsin 82 years, 183 days
58 James R. Thompson May 8, 1936 1977–1991 Illinois 82 years, 157 days
59 Lincoln Almond June 16, 1936 1995–2003 Rhode Island 82 years, 118 days
60 Robert List September 1, 1936 1979–1983 Nevada 82 years, 41 days
61 Bob Graham November 9, 1936 1979–1987 Florida 81 years, 337 days
62 Martha L. Collins December 7, 1936 1983–1987 Kentucky 81 years, 309 days
63 Barbara Roberts December 21, 1936 1991–1995 Oregon 81 years, 295 days
64 James B. Hunt May 16, 1937 1977–1985
1993–2001		 North Carolina 81 years, 149 days
65 Paul E. Patton May 26, 1937 1995–2003 Kentucky 81 years, 139 days
66 John D. Rockefeller June 18, 1937 1977–1985 West Virginia 81 years, 116 days
67 Richard Bryan July 16, 1937 1983–1989 Nevada 81 years, 88 days
68 James Florio August 29, 1937 1990–1994 New Jersey 81 years, 44 days
69 Richard F. Celeste November 11, 1937 1983–1991 Ohio 80 years, 335 days
70 Jerry Brown April 7, 1938 1975–1983
2011–		 California 80 years, 188 days
71 Neil Abercrombie June 26, 1938 2010–2014 Hawaii 80 years, 108 days
72 Bruce Babbitt June 27, 1938 1978–1987 Arizona 80 years, 107 days
73 Steve Cowper August 21, 1938 1986–1990 Alaska 80 years, 52 days
74 Allen I. Olson November 5, 1938 1981–1985 North Dakota 79 years, 341 days
75 Kay Orr January 2, 1939 1987–1991 Nebraska 79 years, 283 days
76 Kit Bond March 6, 1939 1973–1977
1981–1985		 Missouri 79 years, 220 days
77 Martin J. Schreiber April 8, 1939 1977–1979 Wisconsin 79 years, 187 days
78 Chuck Robb June 26, 1939 1982–1986 Virginia 79 years, 108 days
79 Brereton Jones June 27, 1939 1991–1995 Kentucky 79 years, 107 days
80 John H. Sununu July 2, 1939 1983–1989 New Hampshire 79 years, 102 days
81 Michael Castle July 2, 1939 1985–1992 Delaware 79 years, 102 days
82 Garrey Carruthers August 29, 1939 1987–1991 New Mexico 79 years, 44 days
83 Mike Sullivan September 22, 1939 1987–1995 Wyoming 79 years, 20 days
84 Ben Cayetano November 14, 1939 1994–2002 Hawaii 78 years, 332 days
85 Gaston Caperton February 21, 1940 1989–1997 West Virginia 78 years, 233 days
86 Neil Goldschmidt June 16, 1940 1987–1991 Oregon 78 years, 118 days
87 Lamar Alexander July 3, 1940 1979–1987 Tennessee 78 years, 101 days
88 Gerald L. Baliles July 8, 1940 1986–1990 Virginia 78 years, 96 days
89 John W. Carlin August 3, 1940 1979–1987 Kansas 78 years, 70 days
90 Ted Kulongoski November 5, 1940 2003–2011 Oregon 77 years, 341 days
91 David L. Boren April 21, 1941 1975–1979 Oklahoma 77 years, 174 days
92 Toney Anaya April 29, 1941 1983–1987 New Mexico 77 years, 166 days
93 Ben Nelson May 17, 1941 1991–1993 Nebraska 77 years, 148 days
94 Ted Strickland August 4, 1941 2007–2011 Ohio 77 years, 69 days
95 Tommy Thompson November 19, 1941 1987–2001 Wisconsin 76 years, 327 days
96 Bob Taft January 9, 1942 1999–2007 Ohio 76 years, 276 days
97 Butch Otter May 3, 1942 2007– Idaho 76 years, 162 days
98 John Ashcroft May 9, 1942 1985–1993 Missouri 76 years, 156 days
99 Parris Glendening June 11, 1942 1995–2003 Maryland 76 years, 123 days
100 James Blanchard August 8, 1942 1983–1991 Michigan 76 years, 65 days

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