List of Governors of Michigan




















































Governor of Michigan

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Seal of the Governor


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Flag of the Governor


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Incumbent
Gretchen Whitmer

since January 1, 2019
Style
Her Excellency[1]

Status

  • Head of State

  • Head of Government

Residence Michigan Governor's Mansion
Term length Four years, renewable once
Precursor Governor of Michigan Territory
Inaugural holder Stevens T. Mason
Formation November 3, 1835
Deputy Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
Website www.michigan.gov/gov

The Governor of Michigan is the head of the executive branch of Michigan's state government and serves as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.[2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws;[3] the power to either approve or veto appropriation bills passed by the Michigan Legislature;[4] the power to convene the legislature;[5] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment.[6] He or she is also empowered to reorganize the executive branch of the state government.[7]


Michigan was originally part of French and British holdings, and administered by their colonial governors. After becoming part of the United States, numerous areas of what is today Michigan were originally part of the Northwest Territory, Indiana Territory and Illinois Territory, and administered by territorial governors. In 1805, the Michigan Territory was created, and five men served as territorial governors, until Michigan was granted statehood in 1837. Forty-eight individuals have held the position of state governor. The first female governor, Jennifer Granholm, served from 2003 to 2011.


After Michigan gained statehood, governors held the office for a two-year term, until the 1963 Michigan Constitution changed the term to four years. The number of times an individual could hold the office was unlimited until a 1992 constitutional amendment imposed a lifetime term limit of two four-year governorships. The longest-serving governor in Michigan's history was William Milliken, who was promoted from lieutenant governor after Governor George W. Romney resigned, then was elected to three further successive terms.




Contents






  • 1 Governors


    • 1.1 Governors of the Territory of Michigan


    • 1.2 Governors of the State of Michigan




  • 2 Other high offices held


  • 3 Living former governors of Michigan


  • 4 Notes


  • 5 References





Governors


Michigan was part of colonial New France until the Treaty of 1763 transferred ownership to the Kingdom of Great Britain. During this time, it was governed by the Lieutenants General of New France until 1627, the Governors of New France from 1627 to 1663, and the Governors General of New France until the transfer to Great Britain. The 1783 Treaty of Paris ceded the territory that is now Michigan to the United States as part of the end of the Revolutionary War, but British troops were not removed from the area until 1796. During the British ownership, their governors administrated the area as part of the Canadian territorial holdings.[8]


Prior to becoming its own territory, parts of Michigan were administered by the governors of the Northwest Territory, the governors of the Indiana Territory and the governors of the Illinois Territory. On June 30, 1805, the Territory of Michigan was created, with General William Hull as the first territorial governor.[8][9]



Governors of the Territory of Michigan















































Governors of the Territory of Michigan

No.
Governor
Term in office
Appointed by
1

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William Hull

March 1, 1805

October 29, 1813

Thomas Jefferson
2

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Lewis Cass

October 29, 1813

August 6, 1831

James Madison
3

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George Bryan Porter

August 6, 1831

July 6, 1834[a]

Andrew Jackson


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Stevens T. Mason

July 6, 1834[a]

September 19, 1835

4

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John S. Horner

September 19, 1835

July 3, 1836[b]

Andrew Jackson


Governors of the State of Michigan


Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837. The original 1835 Constitution of Michigan provided for the election of a governor and a lieutenant governor every 2 years.[12] The fourth and current constitution of 1963 increased this term to four years.[13] There was no term limit on governors until a constitutional amendment effective in 1993 limited governors to two terms.[14]


Should the office of governor become vacant, the lieutenant governor becomes governor, followed in order of succession by the Secretary of State and the Attorney General.[15] Prior to the current constitution, the duties of the office would devolve upon the lieutenant governor, without that person actually becoming governor.[16] The term begins at noon on January 1 of the year following the election.[17] Prior to the 1963 constitution, the governor and lieutenant governor were elected through separate votes, allowing them to be from different parties. In 1963, this was changed, so that votes are cast jointly for a governor and lieutenant governor of the same party.[13][18]







































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































No.
Governor
Term in office
Party
Election

Lt. Governor[c]
1

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Stevens T. Mason

November 3, 1835

January 7, 1840

Democratic

1835
[b]
 

Edward Mundy

1837
2

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William Woodbridge

January 7, 1840

February 23, 1841

Whig

1839
[d]


James Wright Gordon
3

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James Wright Gordon

February 23, 1841

January 3, 1842

Whig

Thomas J. Drake
4

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John S. Barry

January 3, 1842

January 5, 1846

Democratic

1841


Origen D. Richardson

1843
5

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Alpheus Felch

January 5, 1846

March 3, 1847

Democratic

1845
[e]

William L. Greenly
6

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William L. Greenly

March 4, 1847

January 3, 1848

Democratic

Charles P. Bush
7

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Epaphroditus Ransom

January 3, 1848

January 7, 1850

Democratic

1847

William M. Fenton
8

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John S. Barry

January 7, 1850

January 1, 1852

Democratic

1849
9

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Robert McClelland

January 1, 1852

March 7, 1853

Democratic

1851
[f]

Calvin Britain

1852
[g]

Andrew Parsons
10

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Andrew Parsons

March 8, 1853

January 3, 1855

Democratic

George Griswold
11

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Kinsley S. Bingham

January 3, 1855

January 5, 1859

Republican

1854


George Coe

1856
12

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Moses Wisner

January 5, 1859

January 2, 1861

Republican

1858

Edmund Burke Fairfield
13

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Austin Blair

January 2, 1861

January 3, 1865

Republican

1860

James M. Birney
(resigned April 3, 1861)

Joseph R. Williams
(died June 15, 1861)

Henry T. Backus

1862

Charles S. May
14

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Henry H. Crapo

January 3, 1865

January 6, 1869

Republican

1864

Ebenezer O. Grosvenor

1866

Dwight May
15

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Henry P. Baldwin

January 6, 1869

January 1, 1873

Republican

1868

Morgan Bates

1870
16

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John J. Bagley

January 1, 1873

January 3, 1877

Republican

1872

Henry H. Holt

1874
17

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Charles Croswell

January 3, 1877

January 1, 1881

Republican

1876

Alonzo Sessions

1878
18

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David Jerome

January 1, 1881

January 1, 1883

Republican

1880

Moreau S. Crosby[h]
19

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Josiah Begole

January 1, 1883

January 1, 1885

Democratic

1882
20

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Russell A. Alger

January 1, 1885

January 1, 1887

Republican

1884

Archibald Buttars
21

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Cyrus G. Luce

January 1, 1887

January 1, 1891

Republican

1886

James H. MacDonald

1888

William Ball
22

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Edwin B. Winans

January 1, 1891

January 1, 1893

Democratic

1890


John Strong
23

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John Treadway Rich

January 1, 1893

January 1, 1897

Republican

1892


J. Wight Giddings

1894

Alfred Milnes
(resigned June 1, 1895)

Joseph R. McLaughlin
24

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Hazen S. Pingree

January 1, 1897

January 1, 1901

Republican

1896

Thomas B. Dunstan

1898

Orrin W. Robinson
25

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Aaron T. Bliss

January 1, 1901

January 1, 1905

Republican

1900

1902

Alexander Maitland
26

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Fred M. Warner

January 1, 1905

January 2, 1911

Republican

1904

1906

Patrick H. Kelley

1908
27

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Chase Osborn

January 2, 1911

January 1, 1913

Republican

1910

John Q. Ross[h]
28

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Woodbridge Nathan Ferris

January 1, 1913

January 1, 1917

Democratic

1912

1914

Luren Dickinson[h]
29

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Albert Sleeper

January 1, 1917

January 1, 1921

Republican

1916

1918
30

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Alex J. Groesbeck

January 1, 1921

January 1, 1927

Republican

1920

Thomas Read

1922

1924

George W. Welsh
31

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Fred W. Green

January 1, 1927

January 1, 1931

Republican

1926

Luren Dickinson

1928
32

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Wilber M. Brucker

January 1, 1931

January 1, 1933

Republican

1930
33

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William Comstock

January 1, 1933

January 1, 1935

Democratic

1932


Allen E. Stebbins
34

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Frank Fitzgerald

January 1, 1935

January 1, 1937

Republican

1934


Thomas Read
35

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Frank Murphy

January 1, 1937

January 1, 1939

Democratic

1936


Leo J. Nowicki
36

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Frank Fitzgerald

January 1, 1939

March 16, 1939

Republican

1938
[i]


Luren Dickinson
37

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Luren Dickinson

March 16, 1939

January 1, 1941

Republican

Matilda Dodge Wilson
38

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Murray Van Wagoner

January 1, 1941

January 1, 1943

Democratic

1940


Frank Murphy
39

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Harry Kelly

January 1, 1943

January 1, 1947

Republican

1942


Eugene C. Keyes

1944

Vernon J. Brown
40

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Kim Sigler

January 1, 1947

January 1, 1949

Republican

1946

Eugene C. Keyes
41

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G. Mennen Williams

January 1, 1949

January 1, 1961

Democratic

1948


John W. Connolly

1950


William C. Vandenberg[h]

1952

Clarence A. Reid[h]

1954


Philip Hart

1956

1958

John Swainson
42

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John Swainson

January 1, 1961

January 1, 1963

Democratic

1960

T. John Lesinski[j]
43

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George W. Romney

January 1, 1963

January 22, 1969

Republican

1962

1964

1966
[k][l]


William Milliken
44

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William Milliken

January 22, 1969

January 1, 1983

Republican

Thomas F. Schweigert

1970

James H. Brickley

1974

James Damman

1978

James H. Brickley
45

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James Blanchard

January 1, 1983

January 1, 1991

Democratic

1982


Martha Griffiths

1986
46

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John Engler

January 1, 1991

January 1, 2003

Republican

1990


Connie Binsfeld

1994

1998

Dick Posthumus
47

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Jennifer Granholm

January 1, 2003

January 1, 2011

Democratic

2002


John D. Cherry

2006
48

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Rick Snyder

January 1, 2011

January 1, 2019

Republican

2010


Brian Calley

2014
49

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Gretchen Whitmer
January 1, 2019

present

Democratic

2018
[m]


Garlin Gilchrist


Other high offices held


Several governors also held other high positions within the state and federal governments. Eight governors served as U.S. House of Representatives members, while seven held positions in the U.S. Senate, all representing Michigan. Others have served as ambassadors, U.S. Cabinet members, and state and federal Supreme Court justices.


* Denotes those offices for which the governor resigned the governorship.






























































Governor
Gubernatorial term
Other offices held
Source

Lewis Cass
1813–1831 (territorial)

President pro tempore of the Senate, Ambassador to France, U.S. Secretary of War, U.S. Secretary of State, Democratic Party candidate for President of the U.S. (1848)
[20]

William Woodbridge
1840–1841

Territorial Delegate; United States Senator (March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1847)
[21]

Robert McClelland
1852–1853

U.S. Secretary of the Interior*
[22]

Russell A. Alger
1885–1887

U.S. Secretary of War
[23]

Wilber M. Brucker
1931–1933

U.S. Secretary of the Army
[24]

Frank Murphy
1937–1939

High Commissioner to the Philippines, U.S. Attorney General, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Governor-General of the Philippines
[25]

G. Mennen Williams
1949–1961

Ambassador to the Philippines, Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
[26]

George W. Romney
1963–1969

U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development*
[27]

James Blanchard
1983–1991

Ambassador to Canada
[28]


Living former governors of Michigan


As of April 2019, there are five living former governors of Michigan. The most recent death of a former governor was that of George W. Romney (served 1963–69) on July 26, 1995, 18 days after his 88th birthday. Romney was also the most recently serving governor of Michigan to have died. The state's living former governors are:

































Governor Gubernatorial term Date of birth (and age)

William Milliken
1969–1983

(1922-03-26) March 26, 1922 (age 97)

James Blanchard
1983–1991

(1942-08-08) August 8, 1942 (age 76)

John Engler
1991–2003

(1948-10-12) October 12, 1948 (age 70)

Jennifer Granholm
2003–2011

(1959-02-05) February 5, 1959 (age 60)

Rick Snyder
2011–2019

(1958-08-19) August 19, 1958 (age 60)


Notes





  1. ^ ab Porter died in office; as territorial secretary, Mason acted as governor until a replacement was appointed.[10]


  2. ^ ab Horner was appointed Secretary and Acting Governor to replace Stevens T. Mason. In October 1835, Michigan authorized a state constitution and elected Mason as governor of the new state, although the state was not admitted until 1837. Horner was mostly ignored by the people of Michigan and resigned to be Secretary of Wisconsin Territory in July 1836.[11]


  3. ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.


  4. ^ Woodbridge resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate; as lieutenant governor, Gordon acted as governor for the remainder of the term.


  5. ^ Felch resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate; as lieutenant governor, Greenly acted as governor for the remainder of the term.


  6. ^ After a new state constitution was drafted in 1850, McClelland was elected to a single one-year term in 1851. He was then re-elected to a full two-year term in 1852.[19]


  7. ^ McClelland resigned to be United States Secretary of the Interior; as lieutenant governor, Parsons acted as governor for the remainder of the term.


  8. ^ abcde Represented the Republican Party.


  9. ^ Fitzgerald died in office; as lieutenant governor, Dickinson acted as governor for the remainder of the term.


  10. ^ Represented the Democratic Party.


  11. ^ This was the first four-year term under the new constitution.


  12. ^ Romney resigned to be United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; as lieutenant governor, Milliken succeeded him.


  13. ^ Whitmer's first term expires January 1, 2023.






References


General



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  • "Chronology of Michigan History" (PDF). Michigan Manual 2003–2004. Michigan Legislative Council. Retrieved January 2, 2013.


Constitutions



  • "Constitution of 1835". Michigan Legislative Council. Retrieved January 4, 2012.


  • "Constitution of 1850". Michigan Legislative Council. Retrieved January 4, 2012.


  • "Constitution of 1908". Michigan Legislative Council. Retrieved November 19, 2018.


  • "Constitution of 1963". Michigan Legislative Council. Retrieved January 3, 2013.


Specific




  1. ^ Macomb, Alex (1837). "No. 20: Letter from Major General Macomb, to His Excellency the Governor of Michigan, Accompanying a Copy of Military Tactics". Documents Accompanying the Journal of the Senate. Detroit: John S. Bagg, State Printer. p. 167 – via Google Books.


  2. ^ 1963 Michigan Constitution, Article 5, Section 12


  3. ^ 1963 Michigan Constitution, Article 5, Section 8


  4. ^ 1963 Michigan Constitution, Article 5, Section 19


  5. ^ 1963 Michigan Constitution, Article 5, Section 15


  6. ^ 1963 Michigan Constitution, Article 5, Section 14


  7. ^ 1963 Michigan Constitution, Article 5, Section 2


  8. ^ ab "Chronology of Michigan History" (PDF). Michigan Manual 2003–2004. Michigan Legislative Council. pp. 1–5. Retrieved January 1, 2013.


  9. ^ "Laws of Illinois Territory". Western Illinois University. Retrieved January 2, 2013.


  10. ^ Dunbar, Willis F. & May, George S. (1995). Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State (Third Revised ed.). William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 276–78. ISBN 9780802870551.


  11. ^ Dunbar, Willis F. & May, George S. (1995). Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State (Third Revised ed.). William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 208–11. ISBN 9780802870551.


  12. ^ 1835 Const. art. V, § 1


  13. ^ ab MI Const. art. V, § 21


  14. ^ MI Const. art. V, § 30


  15. ^ MI Const. art. V, § 26


  16. ^ 1835 Const. art. V, § 13


  17. ^ "Executive Branch". State of Michigan. Retrieved January 3, 2013.


  18. ^ 1835 Const. art. V, § 3


  19. ^ Gardner, Washington (1913). History of Calhoun County, Michigan. Lewis Pub. Co. p. 220.


  20. ^ "Cass, Lewis (1782–1866)". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and Historian of the United States Senate. Retrieved January 1, 2013.


  21. ^ "Woodbridge, William (1780–1861)". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and Historian of the United States Senate. Retrieved January 1, 2013.


  22. ^ "McClelland, Robert (1807–1880)". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and Historian of the United States Senate. Retrieved January 1, 2013.


  23. ^ "Alger, Russell Alexander (1836–1907)". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and Historian of the United States Senate. Retrieved January 1, 2013.


  24. ^ "Michigan Governor Wilbur Marion Brucker". National Governors Association. Retrieved January 1, 2013.


  25. ^ "Michigan Governor Frank Murphy". National Governors Association. Retrieved January 1, 2013.


  26. ^ "Michigan Governor Gerhard Mennen Williams". National Governors Association. Retrieved January 1, 2013.


  27. ^ "Michigan Governor George Wilcken Romney". National Governors Association. Retrieved January 2, 2013.


  28. ^ "Blanchard, James Johnston (1942–)". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and Historian of the United States Senate. Retrieved January 1, 2013.











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