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Terry Branstad is the longest-serving governor in American history, with a tenure of 22 years, 4 months, and 13 days, as governor of Iowa. This list contains the 50 governors of states in the United States who have served for the longest years, consecutively or otherwise. Pre-statehood territorial and colonial governors are not included. [1]
The longest serving incumbent U.S. governor is Greg Abbott of Texas, who took office on January 20, 2015.The most recently inaugurated governor is Bob Ferguson of Washington, who took office on January 15, 2025. [12]
A member of the Republican Party, he served three terms in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979 before serving as the 39th Governor of Iowa from 1983 to 1999 and again as the 42nd Governor of the state from 2011 to 2017. He is the longest-serving governor in United States history. Branstad served as the United States Ambassador ...
Gov. Henry McMaster was sworn into office Jan. 11 for his second full term, putting the Republican on track to be South Carolina’s longest-serving governor after he first stepped into the role ...
The longest-serving current governor is Greg Abbott of Texas, who was re-elected to his third term in 2022 and seeking re-election to a fourth term in 2026. The longest-serving governor of all time was Terry Branstad of Iowa, who was elected to his sixth (non-consecutive) term in 2014. Governor Branstad resigned on May 24, 2017, to become the ...
Thompson, the state's longest-serving governor, told reporters Tuesday that by campaigning in both counties in one day, the former president will send a message that: "I want your vote.
The current governor, Kim Reynolds, is the first woman to hold the position and was sworn in on May 24, 2017. The longest-serving is Terry Branstad, who served from 1983 to 1999 and then again from 2011 to 2017. He is the longest-serving governor in U.S. history, surpassing the previous record of 21 years set by George Clinton of New York.
Democratic Sen. Bob Casey is one of the longest-serving senators in Pennsylvania’s history. ... whose father served as a two-term governor of the state. ... of a vote right now that just started ...