Lieutenant Governor of California

Lieutenant Governor of California
Lieutenant Governor of California
	California State Seal
	Incumbent; Eleni Kounalakis; since January 7, 2019
Style	Madam Lieutenant Governor; The Honorable;
Appointer	Governor of California
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	John McDougall
Formation	California Constitution
Salary	$130,490
Website	ltg.ca.gov

The Lieutenant Governor of California is a constitutional statewide elected office in the executive branch of the state government of the U.S. state of California. It is the second highest-ranking official in the state government. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor for a four-year term. Official duties of the lieutenant governor are under the current California Constitution are to serve as the president of the California Senate, serve as the acting governor in the absence of the governor from the state or to become the governor in the event of the governor's death, resignation or impeachment.

Eleni Kounalakis is the current Lieutenant Governor of California, in office since January 2019, under Gavin Newsom.

List[change | change source]

Lieutenant Governors of the State of California
No.	Lieutenant Governor		Term in office	Party	Election
1		John McDougal	December 20, 1849 – January 9, 1851	Democratic	1849 ^[b]^[c]	Peter Hardeman Burnett
2		David C. Broderick (acting)	January 9, 1851 – January 8, 1852	Democratic	1849 ^[b]^[c]	John McDougal
3		Samuel Purdy	January 8, 1852 – January 9, 1856	Democratic	1851	John Bigler
3		Samuel Purdy	January 8, 1852 – January 9, 1856	Democratic	1853	John Bigler
4		Robert M. Anderson	January 9, 1856 – January 8, 1858	American	1855	J. Neely Johnson
5		Joseph Walkup	January 8, 1858 – January 9, 1860	Democratic	1857	John B. Weller
6		John G. Downey	January 9, 1860 – January 20, 1860	Democratic	1859 ^[d]	Milton Latham
7		Isaac N. Quinn (acting)	January 20, 1860 – January 7, 1861	Democratic		John G. Downey
8		Pablo de la Guerra (acting)	January 7, 1861 – January 10, 1862	Democratic		John G. Downey
9		John F. Chellis	January 10, 1862 – December 10, 1863	Republican	1861	Leland Stanford
10		Tim N. Machin	December 10, 1863 – December 5, 1867	Republican	1863 ^[e]	Frederick Low
11		William Holden	December 5, 1867 – December 8, 1871	Democratic	1867	Henry Huntly Haight
12		Romualdo Pacheco	December 8, 1871 – February 27, 1875	Republican	1871 ^[f]	Newton Booth
13		William Irwin (acting)	February 27, 1875 – December 9, 1875	Democratic	1871 ^[f]	Romualdo Pacheco^[g]
14		James A. Johnson	December 9, 1875 – January 8, 1880	Democratic	1875	William Irwin
15		John Mansfield	January 8, 1880 – January 10, 1883	Republican	1879	George Clement Perkins
16		John Daggett	January 10, 1883 – January 8, 1887	Democratic	1882	George Stoneman
17		Robert Waterman	January 8, 1887 – September 13, 1887	Republican	1886 ^[h]	Washington Bartlett^[i]
18		Stephen M. White (acting)	September 13, 1887 – January 8, 1891	Democratic	1886 ^[h]	Robert Waterman^[g]
19		John B. Reddick	January 8, 1891 – January 11, 1895	Republican	1890	Henry Markham
20		Spencer G. Millard	January 11, 1895 – October 25, 1895	Republican	1894 ^[j]	James Budd^[i]
21		William T. Jeter	October 25, 1895 – January 3, 1899	Democratic	1894 ^[j]	James Budd^[i]
22		Jacob H. Neff	January 3, 1899 – January 6, 1903	Republican	1898	Henry Gage
23		Alden Anderson	January 6, 1903 – January 8, 1907	Republican	1902	George Pardee
24		Warren R. Porter	January 8, 1907 – January 3, 1911	Republican	1906	James Gillett
25		Albert Joseph Wallace	January 3, 1911 – January 5, 1915	Republican	1910	Hiram Johnson^[k]
26		John Morton Eshleman	January 5, 1915 – February 28, 1916	Progressive	1914 ^[l]
—	Vacant		February 28, 1916 — July 22, 1916	—
27		William Stephens	July 22, 1916 – March 15, 1917	Republican
—	Vacant		March 15, 1917 — January 6, 1919	—		William Stephens
28		C. C. Young	January 7, 1919 – January 4, 1927	Republican	1918	William Stephens
28		C. C. Young	January 7, 1919 – January 4, 1927	Republican	1922	Friend Richardson
29		Buron Fitts	January 4, 1927 – November 30, 1928	Republican	1926 ^[m]	C. C. Young
—	Vacant		November 30, 1928 — December 4, 1928	—
30		Herschel L. Carnahan	December 4, 1928 – January 6, 1931	Republican
31		Frank Merriam	January 5, 1931 – June 2, 1934	Republican	1930 ^[n]	James Rolph
—	Vacant		June 2, 1934 — January 7, 1935	—	1930 ^[n]	Frank Merriam
32		George J. Hatfield	January 8, 1935 – January 2, 1939	Republican	1934	Frank Merriam
33		Ellis E. Patterson	January 2, 1939 – January 4, 1943	Democratic	1938	Culbert Olson
34		Frederick F. Houser	January 4, 1943 – January 6, 1947	Republican	1942	Earl Warren
35		Goodwin Knight	January 6, 1947 – October 5, 1953	Republican	1946
35		Goodwin Knight	January 6, 1947 – October 5, 1953	Republican	1950 ^[o]
36		Harold J. Powers	October 5, 1953 – January 5, 1959	Republican	1950 ^[o]	Goodwin Knight
36		Harold J. Powers	October 5, 1953 – January 5, 1959	Republican	1954	Goodwin Knight
37		Glenn M. Anderson	January 5, 1959 – January 2, 1967	Democratic	1958	Pat Brown
37		Glenn M. Anderson	January 5, 1959 – January 2, 1967	Democratic	1962	Pat Brown
38		Robert Finch	January 2, 1967 – January 8, 1969	Republican	1966 ^[p]	Ronald Reagan
39		Edwin Reinecke	January 8, 1969 – October 2, 1974	Republican	1966 ^[p]
39		Edwin Reinecke	January 8, 1969 – October 2, 1974	Republican	1970 ^[q]
40		John L. Harmer	October 2, 1974 – January 6, 1975	Republican	1970 ^[q]
41		Mervyn M. Dymally	January 6, 1975 – January 8, 1979	Democratic	1974	Jerry Brown^[i]
42		Mike Curb	January 8, 1979 – January 3, 1983	Republican	1978	Jerry Brown^[i]
43		Leo T. McCarthy	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995	Democratic	1982	George Deukmejian^[g]
					1986	George Deukmejian^[g]
					1990	Pete Wilson^[g]
44		Gray Davis	January 3, 1995 – January 4, 1999	Democratic	1994	Pete Wilson^[g]
45		Cruz Bustamante	January 4, 1999 – January 7, 2007	Democratic	1998	Gray Davis (recalled November 17, 2003)
					2002	Gray Davis (recalled November 17, 2003)
					2002	Arnold Schwarzenegger^[g]
46		John Garamendi	January 7, 2007 – November 3, 2009	Democratic	2006 ^[r]
47		Mona Pasquil (acting)	November 3, 2009 – April 27, 2010	Democratic
48		Abel Maldonado	April 27, 2010 – January 10, 2011	Republican
48		Abel Maldonado	April 27, 2010 – January 10, 2011	Republican	2010 ^[s]	Jerry Brown^[i]
49		Gavin Newsom	January 10, 2011 – January 7, 2019	Democratic	2010 ^[s]
49		Gavin Newsom	January 10, 2011 – January 7, 2019	Democratic	2014
50		Eleni Kounalakis	January 7, 2019 – present	Democratic	2018 ^[t]	Gavin Newsom

Notes[change | change source]

↑ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
↑ A civilian government was formed in late 1849 prior to official statehood, and operated as the state government for ten months before official statehood was granted.^[1]
↑ Burnett resigned and McDougal succeeded him; as president of the senate, Broderick acted as lieutenant governor for the remainder of the term.
↑ Latham resigned and Downey succeeded him. As president of the senate, Quinn acted as lieutenant governor until the legislative session ended, at which time de la Guerra was elected president of the senate and acted as lieutenant governor for the remainder of the term.
↑ First term under an 1862 constitutional amendment, which lengthened terms to four years.
↑ Booth resigned and Pacheco succeeded him; as president of the senate, Irwin acted as lieutenant governor for the remainder of the term.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 ^7.4 Represented the Republican Party.
↑ Bartlett died in office and Waterman succeeded him; as president of the senate, White acted as lieutenant governor for the remainder of the term.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 Represented the Democratic Party.
↑ Millard died in office; Jeter was appointed by Budd to succeed him.
↑ Represented the Progressive Party during Stephens' term.
↑ Eshleman died in office; Stephens was appointed to succeed him. Johnson later resigned and Stephens succeeded him; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.
↑ Fitts resigned to serve as a special prosecutor; Carnahan was appointed to succeed him.
↑ Rolph died in office and Merriam succeeded him, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
↑ Warren resigned and Knight succeeded him; as president pro tempore of the senate, Powers succeeded Knight.
↑ Finch resigned to be United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and Reinecke was appointed to succeed him.
↑ Reineke was forced to resign when convicted and sentenced for perjury; it was later overturned on appeal. Harmer was appointed to succeed him.
↑ Garamendi resigned to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives; Maldonado was appointed to succeed him, and Pasquil was appointed to act as lieutenant governor pending Maldonado's confirmation.
↑ Newsom delayed his swearing in as lieutenant governor until January 10, 2011, to remain mayor of San Francisco; Maldonado stayed on as lieutenant governor until then.^[2]
↑ Kounalakis' first term expires on January 2, 2023.

References[change | change source]

↑ "Peter Hardeman Burnett". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on November 14, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
↑ Upton Oot, John (January 7, 2011). "Newsom's Dual Role Raises Legal Quandary". The Bay Citizen. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2015.

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[1] Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.

[3] A civilian government was formed in late 1849 prior to official statehood, and operated as the state government for ten months before official statehood was granted.^[1]

[4] Burnett resigned and McDougal succeeded him; as president of the senate, Broderick acted as lieutenant governor for the remainder of the term.

[5] Latham resigned and Downey succeeded him. As president of the senate, Quinn acted as lieutenant governor until the legislative session ended, at which time de la Guerra was elected president of the senate and acted as lieutenant governor for the remainder of the term.

[6] First term under an 1862 constitutional amendment, which lengthened terms to four years.

[7] Booth resigned and Pacheco succeeded him; as president of the senate, Irwin acted as lieutenant governor for the remainder of the term.

[gov-rep-8] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 ^7.4 Represented the Republican Party.

[9] Bartlett died in office and Waterman succeeded him; as president of the senate, White acted as lieutenant governor for the remainder of the term.

[gov-dem-10] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 Represented the Democratic Party.

[11] Millard died in office; Jeter was appointed by Budd to succeed him.

[12] Represented the Progressive Party during Stephens' term.

[13] Eshleman died in office; Stephens was appointed to succeed him. Johnson later resigned and Stephens succeeded him; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.

[14] Fitts resigned to serve as a special prosecutor; Carnahan was appointed to succeed him.

[15] Rolph died in office and Merriam succeeded him, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.

[16] Warren resigned and Knight succeeded him; as president pro tempore of the senate, Powers succeeded Knight.

[17] Finch resigned to be United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and Reinecke was appointed to succeed him.

[18] Reineke was forced to resign when convicted and sentenced for perjury; it was later overturned on appeal. Harmer was appointed to succeed him.

[19] Garamendi resigned to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives; Maldonado was appointed to succeed him, and Pasquil was appointed to act as lieutenant governor pending Maldonado's confirmation.

[21] Newsom delayed his swearing in as lieutenant governor until January 10, 2011, to remain mayor of San Francisco; Maldonado stayed on as lieutenant governor until then.^[2]

[22] Kounalakis' first term expires on January 2, 2023.

[2] "Peter Hardeman Burnett". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on November 14, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.

[20] Upton Oot, John (January 7, 2011). "Newsom's Dual Role Raises Legal Quandary". The Bay Citizen. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2015.

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