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The following is a list of current United States governors by age. This list includes the 50 state governors, the five territorial governors, as well as the mayor of Washington, D.C. in office as of January 17, 2025.
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]
A total of 15 current governors previously served as lieutenant governor, while 11 previously served in the United States House of Representatives. [13] The governor's office has term limits in 37 states and 4 territories; these terms are four years except in New Hampshire and Vermont , where governors serve two-year terms.
American bureaucrat, Commissioner of the United States Bureau of Reclamation [85] Haddon Donald: 1917–2018: 101: New Zealand politician [86] William I. Donnermeyer Sr. 1924– 100: American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives [87] Fred J. Doocy: 1913–2017: 104: American banker and politician, Lieutenant Governor of ...
This article lists the 100 oldest living current or former state leaders whose age can be demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt. State leaders are defined to include heads of state (including representatives who act in their stead, generally a governor-general), heads of government and internationally recognized de facto leaders [α] of sovereign states with significant international recognition.
Governor Branstad resigned on May 24, 2017, to become the United States Ambassador to China. He held the title of Governor of Iowa for 22 years. On December 14, 2015, he became the longest-serving governor in US history, breaking the record held by George Clinton of New York, who served 21 years from 1777 to 1795 and from 1801 to 1804.
Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction era, and the first African American ever elected as governor.
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