List of governors of Michigan explained

Post:Governor
Body:Michigan
Flag:Flag of the Governor of Michigan.svg
Flagborder:yes
Flagsize:110px
Flagcaption:Flag of the governor
Insignia:Seal of Michigan Governor.svg
Insigniasize:110px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the governor
Incumbent:Gretchen Whitmer
Incumbentsince:January 1, 2019
Style:Her Excellency[1]
Residence:Michigan Governor's Mansion
Termlength:Four years, renewable once
Precursor:Governor of Michigan Territory
Inaugural:Stevens T. Mason
Formation:November 3, 1835
Deputy:Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
Salary:$159,300 (2019)

The governor of Michigan, is the head of government of the U.S. state of Michigan as well 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] The governor is also empowered to reorganize the executive branch of the state government.[7]

In the 17th and 18th century, Michigan was part of French and then British holdings, and administered by their colonial governors. After becoming part of the United States, areas of what is today Michigan were 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-seven 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 2-year term, until the 1963 Michigan Constitution changed the term to 4 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 4-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 to become Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, then was elected to three further successive terms. The only governors to serve non-consecutive terms were John S. Barry and Frank Fitzgerald.

List of governors

Territory of Michigan

Michigan Territory was organized on June 30, 1805, from the north half of Indiana Territory. It had three governors appointed by the president of the United States, including the longest-serving governor of any territory, Lewis Cass, who served for 18 years.

!scope="colgroup" colspan="2"
GovernorTerm in officeAppointed by
1William Hull


 -
October 29, 1813
2Lewis Cass


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August 1, 1831
3data-sort-value="Porter, George"George Bryan Porter


 -
July 6, 1834
—data-sort-value="Mason, Stevens"Stevens T. Mason


 -
September 21, 1835
—data-sort-value="Horner, John"John S. Horner
[8]
 -
July 3, 1836

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.[9] The current constitution of 1963 increased this term to four years.[10] There was no term limit on governors until a 1993 constitutional amendment limited governors to two terms.[11]

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.[12] Prior to the current constitution, the duties of the office would devolve upon the lieutenant governor, without that person actually becoming governor.[13] Beginning in 1850, the term begins at noon on January 1 of the year following the election;[14] before, it had no set start date, and terms would last until when their successor was inaugurated, which would be at least the first Monday in January following their election.[15] Prior to the modern 1963 constitution, the governor and lieutenant governor were elected through separate votes, allowing them to be from different political parties. In 1963, this was changed, so that votes are cast jointly for a governor and lieutenant governor of the same political party.[16]

!scope="colgroup" colspan="3"
GovernorTerm in officePartyElectionLt. Governor
1 Stevens T. Mason

[17] 		[18]
 -
January 7, 1840
Democratic1835 
1837
2data-sort-value="Woodbridge, William"William Woodbridge

[19] 		[20]
 -
February 24, 1841
Whig1839
3data-sort-value="Gordon, James"James Wright Gordon

[21]
 -
January 3, 1842
Whig
4John S. Barry

[22] 		[23]
 -
January 5, 1846
Democratic1841
1843
5data-sort-value="Felch, Alpheus"Alpheus Felch

[24] 		[25]
 -
March 3, 1847
Democratic1845
6data-sort-value="Greenly, William"William L. Greenly

[26] 		[27]
 -
January 3, 1848
Democratic
7data-sort-value="Ransom, Epaphroditus"Epaphroditus Ransom

[28] 		[29]
 -
January 7, 1850
Democratic1847
8data-sort-value="Barry, John"John S. Barry

[30]
 -
January 1, 1852
Democratic1849
9Robert McClelland

[31] 		[32]
 -
March 7, 1853
Democratic1851
1852
10data-sort-value="Parsons, Andrew"Andrew Parsons

[33]
 -
January 3, 1855
Democratic
11Kinsley S. Bingham

[34]
 -
January 5, 1859
Republican1854
1856
12data-sort-value="Wisner, Moses"Moses Wisner

[35]
 -
January 2, 1861
Republican1858
13Austin Blair

[36]
 -
January 4, 1865
Republican1860

1862
14Henry H. Crapo

[37]
 -
January 1, 1869
Republican1864
1866
15Henry P. Baldwin

[38] 		[39]
 -
January 1, 1873
Republican1868
1870
16John J. Bagley

[40]
 -
January 3, 1877
Republican1872
1874
17Charles Croswell

[41]
 -
January 1, 1881
Republican1876
1878
18data-sort-value="Jerome, David"David Jerome

[42]
 -
January 1, 1883
Republican1880
19data-sort-value="Begole, Josiah"Josiah Begole

[43] 		[44]
 -
January 1, 1885
Democratic1882
20data-sort-value="Alger, Russell"Russell A. Alger

[45]
 -
January 1, 1887
Republican1884
21Cyrus G. Luce

[46]
 -
January 1, 1891
Republican1886
1888
22data-sort-value="Winans, Edwin"Edwin B. Winans

[47] 		[48]
 -
January 1, 1893
Democratic1890
23John Treadway Rich

[49]
 -
January 1, 1897
Republican1892
1894
24Hazen S. Pingree

[50] 		[51]
 -
January 1, 1901
Republican1896
1898
25Aaron T. Bliss

[52] 		[53]
 -
January 2, 1905
Republican1900
1902
26Fred M. Warner

[54] 		[55]
 -
January 1, 1911
Republican1904
1906
1908
27data-sort-value="Osborn, Chase"Chase Osborn

[56]
 -
January 1, 1913
Republican1910
28Woodbridge N. Ferris

[57] 		[58]
 -
January 1, 1917
Democratic1912
1914
29Albert Sleeper

[59] 		[60]
 -
January 1, 1921
Republican1916
1918
30Alex J. Groesbeck

[61] 		[62]
 -
January 1, 1927
Republican1920
1922
1924
31Fred W. Green

[63] 		[64]
 -
January 1, 1931
Republican1926
1928
32data-sort-value="Brucker, Wilber"Wilber M. Brucker

[65] 		[66]
 -
January 1, 1933
Republican1930
33data-sort-value="Comstock, William"William Comstock

[67]
 -
January 1, 1935
Democratic1932
34data-sort-value="Fitzgerald, Frank"Frank Fitzgerald

[68] 		[69]
 -
January 1, 1937
Republican1934
35data-sort-value="Murphy, Frank"Frank Murphy

[70] 		[71]
 -
January 1, 1939
Democratic1936
36data-sort-value="Fitzgerald, Frank"Frank Fitzgerald


 -
March 16, 1939
Republican1938
37data-sort-value="Dickinson, Luren"Luren Dickinson

[72] 		[73]
 -
January 1, 1941
Republican
38data-sort-value="Van Wagoner, Murray"Murray Van Wagoner

[74] 		[75]
 -
January 1, 1943
Democratic1940
39Harry Kelly

[76] 		[77]
 -
January 1, 1947
Republican1942
1944
40data-sort-value="Sigler, Kim"Kim Sigler

[78] 		[79]
 -
January 1, 1949
Republican1946
41G. Mennen Williams

[80] 		[81]
 -
January 1, 1961
Democratic1948
1950
1952
1954
1956
1958
42data-sort-value="Swainson, John"John Swainson

[82] 		[83]
 -
January 1, 1963
Democratic1960
43George W. Romney

[84] 		[85]
 -
January 22, 1969
Republican1962
1964
1966
44William Milliken

[86] 		[87]
 -
January 1, 1983
Republican
1970
1974
1978
45James Blanchard

[88] 		[89]
 -
January 1, 1991
Democratic1982
1986
46John Engler

[90] 		[91]
 -
January 1, 2003
Republican1990
1994
1998
47Jennifer Granholm

[92] 		[93]
 -
January 1, 2011
Democratic2002
2006
48Rick Snyder

[94] 		[95]
 -
January 1, 2019
Republican2010
2014
49Gretchen Whitmer

[96] 		[97]
 -
Incumbent		Democratic2018
2022

See also

References

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External links

Notes and References

  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 . 167 . 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. Book: Carter, Clarence Edwin . The Territorial Papers of the United States . 1945 . U.S. Government Printing Office . XII: The Territory of Michigan 1829-1837, continued . 979 . en.
  9. 1835 Const. art. V, § 1
  10. MI Const. art. V, § 21
  11. MI Const. art. V, § 30
  12. MI Const. art. V, § 26
  13. 1835 Const. art. V, § 13
  14. Web site: Executive Branch . January 3, 2013 . State of Michigan.
  15. 1835 Const. art. XII, § 10
  16. 1835 Const. art. V, § 3
  17. Web site: Stevens Thomson Mason . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  18. Book: Michigan Legislative Manual and Official Directory . 1895 . 146 . en.
  19. Web site: William Woodbridge . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  20. Michigan Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1840 sess., 9, accessed September 27, 2023
  21. Web site: James Wright Gordon . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  22. Web site: John Stewart Barry . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  23. Michigan Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1842 sess., 7, accessed September 27, 2023
  24. Web site: Alpheus Felch . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  25. Michigan Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1846 sess., 4, accessed September 27, 2023
  26. Web site: William L. Greenly . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  27. News: 1847-03-04 . Resignation of Gov. Felch . 2 . Detroit Free Press . 2023-03-10.
  28. Web site: Epaphroditus Ransom . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  29. Michigan Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1848 sess., 7, accessed September 27, 2023
  30. Michigan Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1850 sess., 4, accessed September 27, 2023
  31. Web site: Robert McClelland . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  32. News: 1852-01-01 . Gov. McClelland . 2 . Detroit Free Press . 2023-03-10.
  33. Web site: Andrew Parsons . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  34. Web site: Kinsley Scott Bingham . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  35. Web site: Moses Wisner . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  36. Web site: Austin Blair . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  37. Web site: Henry Howland Crapo . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  38. Web site: Henry P. Baldwin . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  39. News: 1869-01-04 . The Oath of Office Administered to Gov. Baldwin . 4 . Detroit Free Press . 2023-03-11.
  40. Web site: John J. Bagley . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  41. Web site: Charles Miller Croswell . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  42. Web site: David Howell Jerome . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  43. Web site: Josiah Williams Begole . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  44. News: 1883-01-02 . Arrival of Gov. Begole at Lansing . 7 . Detroit Free Press . 2023-03-11.
  45. Web site: Russell Alexander Alger . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  46. Web site: Cyrus Gray Luce . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  47. Web site: Edwin Baruch Winans . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  48. News: 1891-01-03 . Michigan's New Executive . 1 . St. Joseph Saturday Herald . 2023-03-11.
  49. Web site: John Tyler Rich . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  50. Web site: Hazen Stuart Pingree . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  51. News: 1897-01-02 . Takes His Seat . 4 . The Herald-Palladium . 2023-03-11.
  52. Web site: Aaron Thomas Bliss . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  53. News: 1901-01-02 . It Is Now Governor Bliss . 1 . Detroit Free Press . 2023-03-11.
  54. Web site: Fred Maltby Warner . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  55. Book: Municipal Manual of the City of Detroit . 1914 . City of Detroit . 98 . en . March 11, 2023.
  56. Web site: Chase Salmon Osborn . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  57. Web site: Woodbridge Nathan Ferris . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  58. News: 1913-01-01 . Is First Democrat To Take Governor's Oath in the Last 22 Years . 1 . The Times Herald . 2023-03-11.
  59. Web site: Albert Edson Sleeper . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  60. News: 1917-01-01 . Governor Sleeper to Take Office Today As Cannon Boom Salute . 1 . Detroit Evening Times . United Press . 2023-03-11.
  61. Web site: Alexander Joseph Groesbeck . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  62. News: Murphy . Robert G. . 1921-01-02 . New Governor at State Helm . 1 . Detroit Free Press . 2023-03-11.
  63. Web site: Fred Warren Green . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  64. News: 1927-01-01 . Green Grasps State's Helm . 1 . Lansing State Journal . 2023-03-11.
  65. Web site: Wilbur Marion Brucker . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  66. News: 1931-01-01 . Brucker Takes State Reins Today . 1 . Lansing State Journal . 2023-03-11.
  67. Web site: William Alfred Comstock . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  68. Web site: Frank Dwight Fitzgerald . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  69. News: 1935-01-01 . New Governor Stresses Need of Wise Laws . 3 . Lansing State Journal . 2023-03-13.
  70. Web site: Frank Murphy . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  71. News: 1937-01-01 . Crowds View Inaugural of New Officials . 1 . Lansing State Journal . 2023-03-13.
  72. Web site: Luren Dudley Dickinson . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  73. News: 1939-03-17 . Weakened Heart Fails After Influenza Attack . 1 . Detroit Free Press . 2023-03-10.
  74. Web site: Murray Delos Van Wagoner . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  75. News: George . Hub M. . 1941-01-02 . Unified State Rule Pledged as Van Wagoner Takes Office and Both Sides Bury Hatchet . 1 . Detroit Free Press . 2023-03-13.
  76. Web site: Harris Francis Kelly . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  77. News: Haswell . James M. . 1943-01-02 . Kelly Dedicates State to Achieving Victory . 1 . Detroit Free Press . 2023-03-13.
  78. Web site: Kimber Cornellus Sigler . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  79. News: George . Hub . 1947-01-02 . Takes Oath as Governor of Michigan . 1 . Detroit Free Press . 2023-03-13.
  80. Web site: Gerhard Mennen Williams . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  81. News: George . Hub M. . 1949-01-02 . Gov. Williams Takes Oath . 1 . Detroit Free Press . 2023-03-13.
  82. Web site: John Burley Swainson . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  83. News: Baird . Willard . 1961-01-02 . Governor Sworn In . 1 . Lansing State Journal . 2023-03-13.
  84. Web site: George Wilcken Romney . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  85. News: Baird . Willard . 1963-01-02 . Romney Urges New Confidence in State . A1 . Lansing State Journal . 2023-03-13.
  86. Web site: William Grawn Milliken . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  87. News: 1969-01-22 . Milliken Now 44th Governor . A1 . Lansing State Journal . 2023-03-13.
  88. Web site: James Johnston Blanchard . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  89. News: Albight . John B. . 1983-01-02 . Blanchard Takes Reins As Governor . 1A . Lansing State Journal . 2023-03-13.
  90. Web site: John Engler . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  91. News: Andrews . Chris . 1991-01-02 . Engler Vows New Spirit of Enterprise . 1A . Lansing State Journal . 2023-03-13.
  92. Web site: Jennifer M. Granholm . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  93. News: Andrews . Chris . Range . Stacey . 2003-01-02 . First Female Governor Takes Office . 1A . Lansing State Journal . 2023-03-13.
  94. Web site: Rick Snyder . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  95. News: Stanton . Ryan J. . Ann Arbor's Rick Snyder Sworn In As Michigan's 48th Governor at Inauguration Ceremony . 2023-03-13.
  96. Web site: Gretchen Whitmer . March 9, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  97. News: Cappelletti . Joey . 2023-01-01 . Historic Term Begins in Michigan As Whitmer, Others Sworn In . en . Associated Press . 2023-03-13.

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