Michigan State Governors

	Stevens Thomson Mason
	Governor #: 1 Term Start: October 6, 1835 Term End: January 7, 1840 Number of Terms: 1 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Edward Mundy	Born: October 27, 1811 Birth (place): Leesburg, Virginia Died: January 4, 1843 Died (place): New York City Spouse(s): Julia Phelps Profession: *** Religion: Episcopalian

	William Woodbridge
	Governor #: 2 Term Start: January 7, 1840 Term End: February 23, 1841 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Whig Lt. Governor(s): J. Wright Gordon	Born: August 20, 1780 Birth (place): Norwich, Connecticut Died: October 20, 1861 Died (place): Detroit, Michigan Spouse(s): Juliana Trumbull Profession: *** Religion: Congregationalist

	James Wright Gordon
	Governor #: 3 Term Start: February 23, 1841 Term End: January 3, 1842 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Whig Lt. Governor(s): Thomas J. Drake	Born: 1809 Birth (place): Plainfield, Connecticut Died: December, 1853 Died (place): Pernambuco, Brazil Spouse(s): 0 Profession: *** Religion: ***

	John Stewart Barry
	Governor #: 4 Term Start: January 3, 1842 Term End: January 5, 1846 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Origen D. Richardson	Born: January 29, 1802 Birth (place): Amherst, New Hampshire Died: January 14, 1870 Died (place): Constantine, Michigan Spouse(s): Mary Kidder Profession: *** Religion: ***

	Alpheus Felch
	Governor #: 5 Term Start: January 5, 1846 Term End: March 3, 1847 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): William L. Greenly	Born: September 28, 1804 Birth (place): Limerick, Maine Died: June 13, 1896 Died (place): Ann Arbor, Michigan Spouse(s): Lucretia W. Lawrence Profession: *** Religion: Methodist

	William L. Greenly
	Governor #: 6 Term Start: March 3, 1847 Term End: January 3, 1848 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Charles P. Bush	Born: September 18, 1813 Birth (place): Hamilton, New York Died: November 29, 1883 Died (place): Adrian, Michigan Spouse(s): Elizabeth Profession: *** Religion: ***

	Epaphroditus Ransom
	Governor #: 7 Term Start: January 3, 1848 Term End: January 7, 1850 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): William M. Fenton	Born: March 24, 1798 Birth (place): Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts Died: November 11, 1859 Died (place): Fort Scott, Kansas Spouse(s): Almira Cadwell Ransom Profession: *** Religion: Episcopalian

	John Stewart Barry
	Governor #: 8 Term Start: January 7, 1850 Term End: January 1, 1852 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): William M. Fenton	Born: January 29, 1802 Birth (place): Amherst, New Hampshire Died: January 14, 1870 Died (place): Constantine, Michigan Spouse(s): Mary Kidder Profession: *** Religion: ***

	Robert McClelland
	Governor #: 9 Term Start: January 1, 1852 Term End: March 7, 1853 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Calvin Britain, Andrew Parsons	Born: August 1, 1807 Birth (place): Greencastle, Pennsylvania Died: August 30, 1880 Died (place): Detroit, Michigan Spouse(s): Sarah Elizabeth Sabine McClelland Profession: Politician, Lawyer, Teacher Religion: ***

	Andrew Parsons
	Governor #: 10 Term Start: March 7, 1853 Term End: January 3, 1855 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): George Griswold	Born: July 22, 1817 Birth (place): Hoosick, New York Died: June 6, 1855 Died (place): Corunna, Michigan Spouse(s): Marrietta Clason Profession: *** Religion: Episcopalian

	Kinsley Scott Bingham
	Governor #: 11 Term Start: January 3, 1855 Term End: January 5, 1859 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): George Coe	Born: December 16, 1808 Birth (place): Camillus, New York Died: October 5, 1861 Died (place): Green Oak Township, Michigan Spouse(s): Margaret Warden, Mary Warden Profession: *** Religion: ***

	Moses Wisner
	Governor #: 12 Term Start: January 5, 1859 Term End: January 2, 1861 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Edmund B. Fairfield	Born: June 3, 1815 Birth (place): Springport, New York Died: January 5, 1863 Died (place): Lexington, Kentucky Spouse(s): Angeolina Hascall Profession: *** Religion: ***

	Austin Blair
	Governor #: 13 Term Start: January 2, 1861 Term End: January 3, 1865 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): James M. Birney, Joseph R. Williams, Henry T. Backus, Charles S. May	Born: February 8, 1818 Birth (place):Caroline, New York Died: August 6, 1894 Died (place):Jackson, Michigan Spouse(s): Sarah L. Ford Profession: *** Religion: ***

	Henry Howland Crapo
	Governor #: 14 Term Start: January 3, 1865 Term End: January 6, 1869 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Ebenezer Grosvenor, Dwight May	Born: May 24, 1804 Birth (place): Dartmouth, Massachusetts Died: July 23, 1869 Died (place): Flint, Michigan Spouse(s): Mary A. Slocum Crapo Profession: Businessman Religion: Christian

	Henry Porter Baldwin
	Governor #: 15 Term Start: January 6, 1869 Term End: January 1, 1873 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Morgan Bates	Born: February 22, 1814 Birth (place): Coventry, Rhode Island Died: December 31, 1892 Died (place): Detroit, Michigan Spouse(s): Harriet M. Day, Sibyle Lambard Profession: *** Religion: Episcopal

	John Judson Bagley
	Governor #: 16 Term Start: January 1, 1873 Term End: January 3, 1877 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Henry H. Holt	Born: July 24, 1832 Birth (place): Medina, New York Died: December 27, 1881 Died (place): Detroit, Michigan Spouse(s): Frances E. Newbury Profession: *** Religion: Unitarian

	Charles Miller Croswell
	Governor #: 17 Term Start: January 3, 1877 Term End: January 1, 1881 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Alonzo Sessions	Born: October 31, 1825 Birth (place): Newburgh, New York Died: December 13, 1886 Died (place): Adrian, Michigan Spouse(s): Lucy M. Eddy, Elizabeth Musgrave Profession: *** Religion: Presbyterian

	David Howell Jerome
	Governor #: 18 Term Start: January 1, 1881 Term End: January 1, 1883 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Moreau S. Crosby	Born: November 17, 1829 Birth (place): Detroit, Michigan Died: April 23, 1896 Died (place): Saginaw, Michigan Spouse(s): Lucy Peck Profession: *** Religion: Episcopalian

	Josiah Williams Begole
	Governor #: 19 Term Start: January 1, 1883 Term End: January 1, 1885 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Moreau S. Crosby	Born: January 20, 1815 Birth (place): Groveland, New York Died: June 5, 1896 Died (place): Flint, Michigan Spouse(s): Harriet A. Miles Profession: *** Religion: Presbyterian

	Russell Alexander Alger
	Governor #: 20 Term Start: January 1, 1885 Term End: January 1, 1887 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Archibald Buttars	Born: February 27, 1836 Birth (place): Medina County, Ohio Died: January 24, 1907 Died (place): Washington, D.C Spouse(s): Annette H. Henry Profession: General, Politician Religion: ***

	Cyrus Gray Luce
	Governor #: 21 Term Start: January 1, 1887 Term End: January 1, 1891 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): James H. MacDonald, William Ball	Born: July 2, 1824 Birth (place): Windsor, Ohio Died: March 18, 1905 Died (place): Coldwater, Michigan Spouse(s): Julia A. Dickinson, Mary Thompson Profession: *** Religion: Presbyterian

	Edwin Barush Winans
	Governor #: 22 Term Start: January 1, 1893 Term End: January 1, 1893 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): John Strong	Born: May 16, 1826 Birth (place): Avon, New York Died: July 4, 1894 Died (place): Hamburg Township, Michigan Spouse(s): Elizabeth Galloway Profession: *** Religion: Episcopalian

	John Tyler Rich
	Governor #: 23 Term Start: January 1, 1893 Term End: January 1, 1897 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): J. Wight Giddings, Alfred Milnes, Joseph R. McLaughlin	Born: April 23, 1841 Birth (place): Conneautville, Pennsylvania Died: March 28, 1926 Died (place): St. Petersburg, Florida Spouse(s): Lucretia M. Winship Profession: *** Religion: ***

	Hazen Stuart Pingree
	Governor #: 24 Term Start: January 1, 1897 Term End: January 1, 1901 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Thomas B. Dunstan, Orrin W. Robinson	Born: August 30, 1840 Birth (place): Denmark, Maine Died: June 18, 1901 Died (place): London, England Spouse(s): Frances Gilbert Profession: *** Religion: Baptist

	Aaron Thomas Bliss
	Governor #: 25 Term Start: January 1, 1901 Term End: January 1, 1905 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Orrin W. Robinson, Alexander Maitland	Born: May 22, 1837 Birth (place): Peterboro, New York Died: September 16, 1906 Died (place): Milwaukee, Wisconsin Spouse(s): Allaseba Phelps Profession: *** Religion: Methodist

	Fred Malthy Warner
	Governor #: 26 Term Start: January 1, 1905 Term End: January 2, 1911 Number of Terms: 1 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Alexander Maitland, Patrick H. Kelley	Born: July 21, 1865 Birth (place): Hickling, Nottinghamshire, England Died: April 18, 1923 Died (place): Milwaukee, Wisconsin Spouse(s): Martha M. Davis Profession: *** Religion: Methodist

	Chase Salmon Osborn
	Governor #: 27 Term Start: January 2, 1911 Term End: January 1, 1913 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): John Q. Ross	Born: January 22, 1860 Birth (place): Huntington County, Indiana Died: April 11, 1949 Died (place): Poulan, Georgia Spouse(s): Lillian G. Jones, Stellanova Brunt Profession: *** Religion: Presbyterian

	Woodbridge Nathan Ferris
	Governor #: 28 Term Start: January 1, 1913 Term End: January 1, 1917 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): John Q. Ross, Luren Dickinson	Born: January 6, 1853 Birth (place): Spencer, New York Died: March 23, 1928 Died (place): Washington, D.C Spouse(s): Helen Frances Gillespie, Mary Ethel McLoud Profession: *** Religion: Unitarian

	Albert Edson Sleeper
	Governor #: 29 Term Start: January 1, 1917 Term End: January 1, 1921 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Luren Dickinson	Born: December 31, 1862 Birth (place): Bradford, Vermont Died: May 13, 1934 Died (place): Lexington, Michigan Spouse(s): Mary C. Moore Profession: *** Religion: Episcopalian

	Alexander Joseph Groesbeck
	Governor #: 30 Term Start: January 1, 1921 Term End: January 1, 1927 Number of Terms: 1 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Thomas Read, George W. Welsh	Born: March 7, 1873 Birth (place): Warren, Michigan Died: March 10, 1953 Died (place): Detroit, Michigan Spouse(s): *** Profession: *** Religion: ***

	Fred Warren Green
	Governor #: 31 Term Start: January 1, 1927 Term End: January 1, 1931 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Luren Dickinson	Born: October 19, 1871 Birth (place): Manistee, Michigan Died: November 30, 1936 Died (place): Munising, Michigan Spouse(s): Helen Adeline Kelly Profession: *** Religion: Presbyterian

	Wilber Marion Brucker
	Governor #: 32 Term Start: January 1, 1931 Term End: January 1, 1933 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Luren Dickinson	Born: June 23, 1894 Birth (place): Saginaw, Michigan Died: October 28, 1968 Died (place): Detroit, Michigan Spouse(s): Clara Helen Hantel Profession: *** Religion: Presbyterian

	William Alfred Comstock
	Governor #: 33 Term Start: January 1, 1933 Term End: January 1, 1935 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Allen E. Stebbins	Born: July 2, 1877 Birth (place): Alpena, Michigan Died: June 19, 1949 Died (place): Detroit, Michigan Spouse(s): Josephine White Morrison Profession: *** Religion: Episcopalian

	Frank Dwight Fitzgerald
	Governor #: 34 Term Start: January 1, 1935 Term End: January 1, 1937 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Thomas Read	Born: January 27, 1885 Birth (place): Grand Ledge, Michigan Died: March 16, 1939 Died (place): Grand Ledge, Michigan Spouse(s): Queena M. Warner Profession: *** Religion: Congregationalist

	William Francis (Frank) Murphy
	Governor #: 35 Term Start: January 1, 1937 Term End: January 1, 1939 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Leo J. Nowicki	Born: April 13, 1890 Birth (place): Harbor Beach, Michigan Died: July 19, 1949 Died (place): Detroit, Michigan Spouse(s): None Profession: *** Religion: ***

	Frank Dwight Fitzgerald
	Governor #: 36 Term Start: January 1, 1939 Term End: March 16, 1939 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Luren Dickinson	Born: January 27, 1885 Birth (place): Grand Ledge, Michigan Died: March 16, 1939 Died (place): Grand Ledge, Michigan Spouse(s): Queena M. Warner Profession: *** Religion: Congregationalist

	Luren Dudley Dickinson
	Governor #: 37 Term Start: March 16, 1939 Term End: January 1, 1941 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Matilda Dodge Wilson	Born: April 15, 1859 Birth (place): Grand Ledge, Michigan Died: April 22, 1943 Died (place): Charlotte, Michigan Spouse(s): Zora Della Cooley Profession: *** Religion: Methodist

	Murray Delos Van Wagoner
	Governor #: 38 Term Start: January 1, 1941 Term End: January 1, 1943 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Frank Murphy	Born: March 18, 1898 Birth (place): Kingston, Michigan Died: June 12, 1986 Died (place): Farmington Hills, Michigan Spouse(s): Helen Jossman Profession: *** Religion: Episcopalian

	Harry Francis Kelly
	Governor #: 39 Term Start: January 1, 1943 Term End: January 1, 1947 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Eugene C. Keyes, Vernon J. Brown	Born: April 19, 1895 Birth (place): Ottawa, Illinois Died: February 8, 1971 Died (place): West Palm Beach, Florida Spouse(s): Anne V. O'Brien Profession: *** Religion: Roman Catholic

	Kimber Cornellus Sigler
	Governor #: 40 Term Start: January 1, 1947 Term End: January 1, 1949 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Eugene C. Keyes	Born: May 2, 1894 Birth (place): Schuyler, Nebraska Died: November 30, 1953 Died (place): November 30, 1953 Spouse(s): Mae L. Pierson Profession: *** Religion: Methodist

	Gerhard Mennen Williams
	Governor #: 41 Term Start: January 1, 1949 Term End: January 1, 1961 Number of Terms: 3 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): John W. Connolly, William C. Vandenberg, Clarence A. Reid, Philip A. Hart, John B. Swainson	Born: February 23, 1911 Birth (place):Detroit, Michigan Died: February 2, 1988 Died (place):Detroit, Michigan Spouse(s):Nancy Lace Quirk Profession: *** Religion:Episcopalian

	John Burley Swainson
	Governor #: 42 Term Start: January 1, 1961 Term End: January 1, 1963 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): T. John Lesinski	Born: July 31, 1925 Birth (place): Windsor, Ontario Died: May 13, 1994 Died (place): Manchester, Michigan Spouse(s): Alice Nielsen Profession: *** Religion: ***

	George Wilcken Romney
	Governor #: 43 Term Start: January 1, 1963 Term End: January 22, 1969 Number of Terms: 1 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): T. John Lesinski, William Milliken	Born: July 8, 1907 Birth (place): Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico Died: July 26, 1995 Died (place): Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Spouse(s): Lenore Romney Profession: *** Religion: Mormon

	William Grawn Milliken
	Governor #: 44 Term Start: January 22, 1969 Term End: January 1, 1983 Number of Terms: 4 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Thomas F. Schweigert, James H. Brickley, James J. Damman, James H. Brickley	Born: March 26, 1922 Birth (place):Traverse City, Michigan Died: Alive Died (place): Alive Spouse(s): Helen Milliken Profession: *** Religion: ***

	James Johnston Blanchard
	Governor #: 45 Term Start: January 1, 1983 Term End: January 1, 1991 Number of Terms: 2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Martha Griffiths	Born: August 8, 1942 Birth (place): Detroit, Michigan Died: Alive Died (place): Alive Spouse(s): Paula Blanchard, Janet Blanchard Profession: Lawyer Religion: Unitarian

	John Mathias Engler
	Governor #: 46 Term Start: January 1, 1991 Term End: January 1, 2003 Number of Terms: 3 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Connie Binsfeld, Dick Posthumus	Born: October 12, 1948 Birth (place): Mount Pleasant, Michigan Died: Alive Died (place): Alive Spouse(s): Colleen Engler (divorced), Michelle Engler Profession: Lawyer Religion: Roman Catholic

	Jennifer Mulhern Granholm
	Governor #: 47 Term Start: January 1, 2003 Term End: January 1, 2011 Number of Terms: 2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): John D. Cherry, Jr.	Born: February 5, 1959 Birth (place): Vancouver, Canada Died: Alive Died (place): Alive Spouse(s): Daniel Mulhern Profession: Lawyer Religion: Roman Catholic

	Richard D. "Rick" Snyder
	Governor #: 48 Term Start: January 1, 2011 Term End: Incumbent Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Brian Calley	Born: August 19, 1958 Birth (place): Battle Creek, Michigan Died: Alive Died (place): Alive Spouse(s): Sue Snyder Profession: Business executive, Venture capitalist Religion: Presbyterian