Historical Record
Previous Governors of Pennsylvania
Governors who previously held office in Pennsylvania, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesJosh ShapiroDemocrat2023–2027
Tom WolfDemocrat2015–2023
Tom CorbettRepublican2011–2015
Ed RendellDemocrat2003–2011
Mark SchweikerRepublican2001–2003
Tom RidgeRepublican1995–2001
Bob Casey Sr.Democrat1987–1995
Dick ThornburghRepublican1979–1987
Milton ShappDemocrat1971–1979
Raymond P. ShaferRepublican1967–1971
William ScrantonRepublican1963–1967
David L. LawrenceDemocrat1959–1963
George M. LeaderDemocrat1955–1959
John S. FineRepublican1951–1955
James H. DuffRepublican1947–1951
John C. Bell Jr.Republican1947–1947
Edward MartinRepublican1943–1947
Arthur JamesRepublican1939–1943
George Howard Earle IIIDemocrat1935–1939
Gifford PinchotRepublican1931–1935
John Stuchell FisherRepublican1927–1931
Gifford PinchotRepublican1923–1927
William Cameron SproulRepublican1919–1923
Martin Grove BrumbaughRepublican1915–1919
John K. TenerRepublican1911–1915
Edwin Sydney StuartRepublican1907–1911
Samuel W. PennypackerRepublican1903–1907
William A. StoneRepublican1899–1903
Daniel H. HastingsRepublican1895–1899
Robert E. PattisonDemocrat1891–1895
James A. BeaverRepublican1887–1891
Robert E. PattisonDemocrat1883–1887
Henry M. HoytRepublican1879–1883
John F. HartranftRepublican1873–1879
John W. GearyRepublican1867–1873
Andrew Gregg CurtinRepublican1861–1867
William F. PackerDemocrat1858–1861
James PollockIndependent1855–1858
William BiglerDemocrat1852–1855
William F. JohnstonIndependent1848–1852
Francis R. ShunkDemocrat1845–1848
David R. PorterDemocrat1839–1845
Joseph RitnerIndependent1835–1839
George WolfDemocrat1829–1835
John Andrew ShulzeIndependent1823–1829
Joseph HiesterIndependent1820–1823
William FindlayIndependent1817–1820
Simon SnyderIndependent1808–1817
Thomas McKeanIndependent1799–1808
Thomas MifflinIndependent1790–1799
Thomas MifflinIndependent1788–1790
Benjamin FranklinIndependent1785–1788
John DickinsonIndependent1782–1785
William MooreIndependent1781–1782
Joseph ReedIndependent1778–1781
George BryanIndependent1778–1778
Thomas Wharton Jr.Independent1777–1778