Historic Michigan Governors
Northwest Territory
| Name | Party | Dates | Biographies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur St. Clair | ... | 1787-1800 | .. |
| Winthrop Sargent | ... | Acting (1796) | ... |
Indiana Territory
| Name | Party | Dates | Biographies |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Henry Harrison | ... | 1800-1805 | ... |
Michigan Territory
| Name | Party | Dates | Biographies |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Hull | ... | 3/1/1805-10/29/1813 | ... |
| Stanley Griswold | ... | Acting (1806) | Congressional Biography History of First Cong. Church, New Milford, Conn. |
| Reuben Atwater | ... | Acting (1811-1812) | Michigan Biographies |
| Lewis Cass | Democrat | 10/29/1813-8/6/1831 Acting Governors: William Woodbridge, James Witherell, John T. Mason, Stevens T. Mason | Congressional Biography Michigan Biographies |
| George B. Porter | ... | 8/6/1831-7/6/1834 Acting Governor: Stevens T. Mason | ... |
| Stevens T. Mason | ... | 7/6/1834-9/8/1835 Acting Governors: Charles Shaler, John S. Horner | ... |
State of Michigan
| Name | Party | Dates | Biographies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevens T. Mason | Democrat | 1/26/1837-1/7/1840 | ... |
| William Woodbridge | Whig | 1/7/1840-2/23/1841 | ... |
| James W. Gordon | Whig | 2/24/1841-1/3/1842 | ... |
| John S. Barry | Democrat | 1/3/1842-1/5/1846 | ... |
| Alpheus Felch | Democrat | 1/5/1846-3/3/1847 | Congressional Biography Bentley Library |
| William L. Greenly | Democrat | 3/4/1847-1/3/1848 | ... |
| Epaphroditus Ransom | Democrat | 1/3/1848-1/7/1850 | ... |
| John S. Barry | Democrat | 1/7/1850-1/1/1852 | ... |
| Robert McClelland | Democrat | 1/1/1852-3/7/1853 | Congressional Biography |
| Andrew Parsons | Democrat | 3/8/53-1/3/1855 | ... |
| Kinsley S. Bingham | Republican | 1/3/1855-1/5/1859 | Congressional Biography |
| Moses Wisner | Republican | 1/5/1859-1/2/1861 | ... |
| Austin Blair | Republican | 1/2/1861-1/3/1865 | ... |
| Henry H. Crapo | Republican | 1/3/1865-1/6/1869 | ... |
| Henry P. Baldwin | Republican | 1/6/1869-1/1/1873 | Congressional Biography |
| John J. Bagley | Republican | 1/1/1873-1/3/1877 | ... |
| Charles M. Crosswell | Republican | 1/3/1877-1/1/1881 | ... |
| David H. Jerome | Republican | 1/1/1881-1/1/1883 | ... |
| Josiah W. Begole | Democrat | 1/1/1883-1/1/1885 | Congressional Biography |
| Russell A. Alger | Republican | 1/1/1885-1/1/1887 | Congressional Biography |
| Cyrus G. Luce | Republican | 1/1/1887-1/1/1891 | ... |
| Edwin B. Winans | Democrat | 1/1/1891-1/1/1893 | Congressional Biography |
| John T. Rich | Republican | 1/1/1893-1/1/1897 | ... |
| Hazen S. Pingree | Republican | 1/1/1897-1/1/1901 | ... |
| Aaron T. Bliss | Republican | 1/1/1901-1/1/1905 | ... |
| Fred M. Warner | Republican | 1/2/1905-1/2/1911 | ... |
| Chase S. Osborne | Republican | 1/2/1911-1/1/1913 | ... |
| Woodbridge N. Ferris | Democrat | 1/1/1913-1/1/1917 | Congressional Biography |
| Albert E. Sleeper | Republican | 1/1/1917-1/1/1921 | ... |
| Alex J. Groesbeck | Republican | 1/1/1921-1/1/1927 | ... |
| Fred W. Green | Republican | 1/1/1927-1/1/1931 | ... |
| Wilbur M. Brucker | Republican | 1/1/1931-1/1/1933 | ... |
| William A. Comstock | Democrat | 1/1/1933-1/1/1935 | |
| Frank D. Fitzgerald | Republican | 1/1/1935-1/1/1937 | ... |
| Frank Murphy | Democrat | 1/1/1937-1/1/1939 | Bentley Library |
| Frank D. Fitzgerald | Republican | 1/1/1939-3/6/1939 | |
| Luren D. Dickinson | Republican | 3/16/1939-1/1/1941 | ... |
| Murray D. VanWagoner | Democrat | 1/1/1941-1/1/1943 | ... |
| Harry F. Kelly | Republican | 1/1/1943-1/1/1947 | ... |
| Kim Sigler | Republican | 1/1/1947-1/1/1949 | ... |
| G. Mennen Williams | Democrat | 1/1/1949-1/1/1961 | Bentley Library |
| John B. Swainson | Democrat | 1/1/1961-1/1/1963 | Bentley Library |
| George W. Romney | Republican | 1/1/1963-1/22/1969 | Bentley Library |
| William G. Milliken | Republican | 1/22/1969-1/1983 | Bentley Library |
| James. J. Blanchard | Democrat | 1/1983-1/1991 | Congressional Biography Bentley Library |
| John M. Engler | Republican | 1/1991-1/2003 | Governor's Archived Web Site Bentley Library |
| Jennifer Granholm | Democrat | 1/2003- | Governor's Web Site |
tag this page
