Historical Record
Previous Governors of Washington
Governors who previously held office in Washington, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesBob FergusonDemocrat2025–2029
Jay InsleeDemocrat2013–2025
Bob FergusonDemocrat2010–2023
Christine GregoireDemocrat2005–2013
Gary LockeDemocrat1997–2005
Mike LowryDemocrat1993–1997
Booth GardnerDemocrat1985–1993
John SpellmanRepublican1981–1985
Dixy Lee RayDemocrat1977–1981
Daniel J. EvansRepublican1965–1977
Albert RoselliniDemocrat1957–1965
Arthur B. LanglieRepublican1949–1957
Monrad WallgrenDemocrat1945–1949
Arthur B. LanglieRepublican1941–1945
Clarence D. MartinDemocrat1933–1941
Roland H. HartleyRepublican1925–1933
Louis F. HartRepublican1919–1925
Ernest ListerDemocrat1913–1919
Marion E. HayRepublican1909–1913
Albert E. MeadRepublican1905–1909
Samuel G. CosgroveRepublican1909–1909
Henry McBrideRepublican1901–1905
John Rankin RogersIndependent1897–1901
John McGrawRepublican1893–1897
Elisha P. FerryRepublican1889–1893
Miles Conway MooreIndependent1889–1889
Eugene SempleIndependent1887–1889
Watson C. SquireIndependent1884–1887
William A. NewellIndependent1880–1884
Elisha P. FerryIndependent1872–1880
Edward S. SalomonIndependent1870–1872
Alvan FlandersIndependent1869–1870
Marshall F. MooreIndependent1867–1869
George Edward ColeIndependent1866–1867
William PickeringIndependent1861–1866
Richard D. GholsonRepublican1859–1861
William H. WallaceIndependent1861–1861
Fayette McMullenIndependent1857–1859
Isaac StevensIndependent1853–1857