Governors of Washington
Name	Party	Term of Office
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS
Isaac I. Stevens	Democrat	1853-1857
Fayette McMullen	Democrat	1857-1859
Richard Gholson	Democrat	1859-1861
William H. Wallace	Republican	1861-1862
William Pickering	Republican	1862-1866
George E. Cole	Democrat	1866-1867
Marshall F. Moore	Republican	1867-1869
Alvin Flanders	Republican	1869-1870
Edward S. Salomon	Republican	1870-1872
Elisha P. Ferry	Republican	1872-1880
William A. Newell	Republican	1880-1884
Watson C. Squire	Republican	1884-1887
Eugene Semple	Democrat	1887-1889
Miles C. Moore	Republican	1889-statehood, November 11, 2025
STATEHOOD ESTABLISHED 1889
Elisha P. Ferry	Republican	1889-1893
John H. McGraw	Republican	1893-1897
John R. Rogers	Democrat	1897-1901
Henry McBride	Republican	1901-1905
Albert E. Mead	Republican	1905-1909
Samuel G. Cosgrove	Republican	1909
Marion E. Hay	Republican	1909-1913
Ernest Lister	Democrat	1913-1919
Louis F. Hart	Republican	1919-1925
Roland H. Hartley	Republican	1925-1933
Clarence D. Martin	Democrat	1933-1941
Arthur B. Langlie	Republican	1941-1945
Mon C. Wallgren	Democrat	1945-1949
Arthur B. Langlie	Republican	1949-1956
Albert Dean Rosellini	Democrat	1957-1965
Daniel Jackson Evans	Republican	1965-1977
Dixie Lee Ray	Democrat	1977-1981
John Dennis Spellman	Republican	1981-1985
Booth Gardner	Democrat	1985-1992
Mike Lowry	Democrat	1992-1996
Gary Locke	Democrat	1997-present