Historical Record
Previous Governors of Michigan
Governors who previously held office in Michigan, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesGretchen WhitmerDemocrat2019–2027
Rick SnyderRepublican2011–2019
Jennifer GranholmDemocrat2003–2011
John EnglerRepublican1991–2003
James BlanchardDemocrat1983–1991
William MillikenRepublican1969–1983
George W. RomneyRepublican1963–1969
John SwainsonDemocrat1961–1963
G. Mennen WilliamsDemocrat1949–1961
Kim SiglerRepublican1947–1949
Harry KellyRepublican1943–1947
Murray Van WagonerDemocrat1941–1943
Luren DickinsonRepublican1939–1941
Frank FitzgeraldRepublican1939–1939
Frank MurphyDemocrat1937–1939
Frank FitzgeraldRepublican1935–1937
William ComstockDemocrat1933–1935
Albert SleeperRepublican1862–1934
Wilber M. BruckerRepublican1931–1933
Fred W. GreenRepublican1927–1931
Alex J. GroesbeckRepublican1921–1927
Woodbridge N. FerrisDemocrat1913–1917
Chase OsbornRepublican1911–1913
Fred M. WarnerRepublican1905–1911
Aaron T. BlissRepublican1901–1905
Hazen S. PingreeRepublican1897–1901
John Treadway RichRepublican1893–1897
Edwin B. WinansDemocrat1891–1893
Cyrus G. LuceRepublican1887–1891
Russell A. AlgerRepublican1885–1887
Josiah BegoleDemocrat1883–1885
David JeromeRepublican1881–1883
Charles CroswellRepublican1877–1881
John J. BagleyRepublican1873–1877
Henry P. BaldwinRepublican1869–1873
Henry H. CrapoRepublican1865–1869
Austin BlairRepublican1861–1865
Moses WisnerRepublican1859–1861
Kinsley S. BinghamRepublican1855–1859
Andrew ParsonsDemocrat1853–1855
Robert McClellandDemocrat1852–1853
John S. BarryDemocrat1850–1852
Epaphroditus RansomDemocrat1848–1850
William L. GreenlyDemocrat1847–1848
Alpheus FelchDemocrat1846–1847
John S. BarryDemocrat1842–1846
James Wright GordonIndependent1841–1842
William WoodbridgeIndependent1840–1841
Stevens T. MasonDemocrat1835–1840
John S. HornerIndependent1835–1837
Stevens T. MasonIndependent1834–1835
George Bryan PorterIndependent1831–1834
Lewis CassIndependent1813–1831
William HullIndependent1805–1813