List of Michigan governors from first to last

Michigan joined the Union on January 26, 1837, becoming the 26th state of the United States. This was during a period of significant expansion and development in the United States, with many states being admitted in the early to mid-19th century. Michigan’s admission to the Union followed a resolution of a boundary dispute with Ohio, known as the Toledo War, which ultimately led to Michigan gaining the western part of the Upper Peninsula as compensation for ceding the Toledo Strip to Ohio.

Stevens T. Mason became the first governor of Michigan on November 3, 1835.

Here is a chronological list of the governors of Michigan from first to last.

No.	Governor	Term in Office	Party
1	Stevens T. Mason	November 3, 1835 – January 7, 1840	Democratic
2	William Woodbridge	January 7, 1840 – February 24, 1841	Whig
3	James Wright Gordon	February 24, 1841 – January 3, 1842	Whig
4	John S. Barry	January 3, 1842 – January 5, 1846	Democratic
5	Alpheus Felch	January 5, 1846 – March 3, 1847	Democratic
6	William L. Greenly	March 3, 1847 – January 3, 1848	Democratic
7	Epaphroditus Ransom	January 3, 1848 – January 7, 1850	Democratic
8	John S. Barry	January 7, 1850 – January 1, 1852	Democratic
9	Robert McClelland	January 1, 1852 – March 7, 1853	Democratic
10	Andrew Parsons	March 7, 1853 – January 3, 1855	Democratic
11	Kinsley S. Bingham	January 3, 1855 – January 5, 1859	Republican
12	Moses Wisner	January 5, 1859 – January 2, 1861	Republican
13	Austin Blair	January 2, 1861 – January 4, 1865	Republican
14	Henry H. Crapo	January 4, 1865 – January 1, 1869	Republican
15	Henry P. Baldwin	January 1, 1869 – January 1, 1873	Republican
16	John J. Bagley	January 1, 1873 – January 3, 1877	Republican
17	Charles Croswell	January 3, 1877 – January 1, 1881	Republican
18	David Jerome	January 1, 1881 – January 1, 1883	Republican
19	Josiah Begole	January 1, 1883 – January 1, 1885	Democratic
20	Russell A. Alger	January 1, 1885 – January 1, 1887	Republican
21	Cyrus G. Luce	January 1, 1887 – January 1, 1891	Republican
22	Edwin B. Winans	January 1, 1891 – January 1, 1893	Democratic
23	John Treadway Rich	January 1, 1893 – January 1, 1897	Republican
24	Hazen S. Pingree	January 1, 1897 – January 1, 1901	Republican
25	Aaron T. Bliss	January 1, 1901 – January 2, 1905	Republican
26	Fred M. Warner	January 2, 1905 – January 1, 1911	Republican
27	Chase Osborn	January 1, 1911 – January 1, 1913	Republican
28	Woodbridge N. Ferris	January 1, 1913 – January 1, 1917	Democratic
29	Albert Sleeper	January 1, 1917 – January 1, 1921	Republican
30	Alex J. Groesbeck	January 1, 1921 – January 1, 1927	Republican
31	Fred W. Green	January 1, 1927 – January 1, 1931	Republican
32	Wilber M. Brucker	January 1, 1931 – January 1, 1933	Republican
33	William Comstock	January 1, 1933 – January 1, 1935	Democratic
34	Frank Fitzgerald	January 1, 1935 – January 1, 1937	Republican
35	Frank Murphy	January 1, 1937 – January 1, 1939	Democratic
36	Frank Fitzgerald	January 1, 1939 – March 16, 1939	Republican
37	Luren Dickinson	March 16, 1939 – January 1, 1941	Republican
38	Murray Van Wagoner	January 1, 1941 – January 1, 1943	Democratic
39	Harry Kelly	January 1, 1943 – January 1, 1947	Republican
40	Kim Sigler	January 1, 1947 – January 1, 1949	Republican
41	G. Mennen Williams	January 1, 1949 – January 1, 1961	Democratic
42	John Swainson	January 1, 1961 – January 1, 1963	Democratic
43	George W. Romney	January 1, 1963 – January 22, 1969	Republican
44	William Milliken	January 22, 1969 – January 1, 1983	Republican
45	James Blanchard	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1991	Democratic
46	John Engler	January 1, 1991 – January 1, 2003	Republican
47	Jennifer Granholm	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2011	Democratic
48	Rick Snyder	January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2019	Republican
49	Gretchen Whitmer	January 1, 2019 – Incumbent	Democratic