Washington Territorial and State Governors
Territory Governors
| Name | Affiliation | Assumed Office | Term(s) | Birth | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Ingalls Stevens | Democrat | 03/17/1853 | 1853-1857 | 03/25/1818 | 09/01/1862 |
| Charles H. Mason (Acting) | Democrat | 03/26/1854 05/12/1855 08/1857 | 03/1854 - 12/1854 05/1855 - 01/19/1856 08/1857 - 09/1857 | 1830 | 07/29/1859 |
| Fayette McMullen | Democrat | 09/1857 | 1857-1859 | 1810 | 11/08/1880 |
| Charles H. Mason (Acting) | Democrat | 08/1858 | 08/1858 - 07/1859 | 1830 | 07/29/1859 |
| Richard D. Gholson | Democrat | 07/1859 | 1859 - 1861 | 01/31/1802 | 08/28/1861 |
| Henry M McGill (Acting) | 05/1860 | 1860 - 1861 | 1831 | 1915 | |
| William Henson Wallace | Republican | 04/1861 | 1861 | 07/19/1811 | 02/07/1879 |
| L. Jay S. Turney (Acting) | 1861 | 1861 - 1862 | 05/20/1881 | ||
| William Pickering | Republican | 06/1862 | 1862 - 1866 | 1798 | 04/22/1873 |
| George E. Cole | Democrat | 11/21/1866 | 1866 - 1867 | 12/23/1826 | 12/03/1906 |
| Marshall F. Moore | Republican | 03/04/1867 | 1867 - 1869 | 02/12/1829 | 02/26/1870 |
| Alvan Flanders | Republican | 1869 | 1869 - 1870 | 08/02/1825 | 03/14/1894 |
| Edward Selig Salomon | Republican | 04/1870 | 1870 - 1872 | 12/25/1836 | 07/18/1913 |
| Elisha Peyre Ferry | Republican | 04/1872 | 1872 - 1880 | 08/09/1825 | 10/14/1895 |
| William Augustus Newell | Republican | 04/1880 | 1880 - 1884 | 09/05/1817 | 08/08/1901 |
| Watson Carvosso Squire | Republican | 04/1884 | 1884 - 1887 | 05/18/1836 | 06/07/1926 |
| Eugene Semple | Democrat | 04/1887 | 1887 - 1889 | 06/12/1840 | 08/28/1908 |
| Miles Conway Moore | Republican | 03/1889 | 1889 | 04/17/1845 | 12/18/1919 |
STATE GOVERNORS
View biographies of current and former State Governors
| Name | Affiliation | Assumed Office | Website | Term(s) | Birth | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisha Peyre Ferry | Republican | 11/11/1889 | 1889 - 1897 | 08/09/1825 | 10/14/1895 | |
| John Harte McGraw | Republican | 01/09/1893 | 1893 - 1897 | 10/04/1850 | 06/23/1910 | |
| John Rankin Rogers | Populist / Democrat | 01/11/1897 01/14/1901 | 1897 - 1901 | 09/04/1838 | 12/26/1901 | |
| Henry McBride | Republican | 12/26/1901 | 1901 - 1905 | 02/07/1856 | 10/06/1937 | |
| Albert Edward Mead | Republican | 01/09/1905 | 1905 - 1909 | 12/14/1861 | 03/19/1913 | |
| Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove | Republican | 01/27/1909 | 1909 | 04/10/1847 | 03/28/1909 | |
| Marion E. Hay | Republican | 03/28/1909 | 1909 - 1913 | 12/09/1865 | 11/21/1933 | |
| Ernest Lister | Democrat | 01/11/1913 01/08/1917 | 1913 - 1919 | 06/15/1870 | 06/14/1919 | |
| Louis Folwell Hart | Republican | 06/14/1919 01/10/1921 | 1919 - 1925 | 01/04/1862 | 12/05/1929 | |
| Roland Hill Hartley | Republican | 01/12/1925 01/14/1929 | 1925 - 1933 | 06/26/1864 | 09/21/1952 | |
| Clarence Daniel Martin | Democrat | 01/09/1933 01/11/1937 | 1933 - 1941 | 06/29/1864 | 08/11/1955 | |
| Arthur Bernard Langlie | Republican | 01/13/1941 | 1941 - 1945 | 07/25/1900 | 07/24/1966 | |
| Monrad Charles Wallgren | Democrat | 01/10/1945 | 1945 - 1949 | 04/17/1891 | 09/18/1961 | |
| Arthur Bernard Langlie | Republican | 01/12/1949 01/12/1953 | 1949 - 1957 | 07/25/1900 | 07/24/1966 | |
| Albert Dean Rosellini | Democrat | 01/14/1957 01/09/1961 | 1957 - 1965 | 01/21/1910 | 10/10/2011 | |
| Daniel Jackson Evans | Republican | 01/11/1965 01/13/1969 01/08/1973 | 1965 - 1977 | 10/16/1925 | 09/20/2024 | |
| Dixy Lee Ray | Democrat | 01/12/1977 | 1977 - 1981 | 09/03/1914 | 01/02/1994 | |
| John Dennis Spellman | Republican | 01/14/1981 | 1981 - 1985 | 12/29/1926 | 01/16/2018 | |
| Booth Gardner | Democrat | 01/16/1985 01/11/1989 | 1985 - 1993 | 08/21/1936 | 03/15/2013 | |
| Michael Edward Lowry | Democrat | 01/13/1993 | 1993 - 1997 | 03/08/1939 | ||
| Gary Locke | Democrat | 01/15/1997 01/10/2001 | 1997 - 2005 | 01/21/1950 | ||
| Christine Gregoire | Democrat | 01/12/2005 01/14/2009 | 2005 - 2013 | 03/24/1947 | ||
| Jay Inslee | Democrat | 01/16/2013 | 2013 - 2025 | 02/09/1951 | ||
| Bob Ferguson | Democrat | 1/15/2015 | 2025 - | 02/23/1965 |