States
Governors of Oregon

Term	Governor	Party
Under Provisional Government:
July 14, 1845 March 3, 1849	George Abernethy
Under Territorial Government:
March 3, 1849 June 18, 1850	Joseph Lane	Democrat
June 18, 1850 August 18, 1850	Kintzing Prichette	Democrat
August 18, 1850 May 16, 1853	John P. Gaines	Whig
May 16, 1853 May 19, 1853	Joseph Lane	Democrat
May 19, 1853 December 2, 1853	George L. Curry	Democrat
December 2, 1853 August 1, 1854	John W. Davis	Democrat
August 1, 1854 March 3, 1859	George L. Curry	Democrat
Under State Government:
March 3, 1859 September 10, 1862	John Whiteaker	Democrat
September 10, 1862 September 12, 1866	A. C. Gibbs	Republican
September 12, 1866 September 14, 1870	George L. Woods	Republican
September 14, 1870 February 1, 1877	LaFayette Grover	Democrat
February 1, 1877 September 11, 1878	Stephen F. Chadwick	Democrat
September 11, 1878 September 13, 1882	W. W. Thayer	Democrat
September 13, 1882 January 12, 1887	Z. F. Moody	Republican
January 12, 1887 January 14, 1895	Sylvester Pennoyer	Democrat Populist
January 14,1895 January 9, 1899	William Paine Lord	Republican
January 9, 1899 January 14, 1903	T. T. Geer	Republican
January 15,1903 February 28, 1909	George E. Chamberlain	Democrat
March 1, 1909 June 17, 1910	Frank W. Benson	Republican
June 17, 1910 January 8, 1911	Jay Bowerman	Republican
January 11, 1911 January 12, 1915	Oswald D. West	Democrat
January 12, 1915 March 3, 1919	James Withycombe	Republican
March 3, 1919 January 8, 1923	Ben W. Olcott	Republican
January 8, 1923 January 10, 1927	Walter M. Pierce	Democrat
January 10, 1927 December 21, 1929	I. L. Patterson	Republican
December 22, 1929 January 12, 1931	A. W. Norblad	Republican
January 12, 1931 January 14, 1935	Julius L. Meier	Independent
January 14, 1935 January 9, 1939	Charles H. Martin	Democrat
January 9, 1939 January 11, 1943	Charles A. Sprague	Republican
January 11,1943 October 28, 1947	Earl Snell	Republican
October 30,1947 January 10, 1949	John H. Hall	Republican
January 10, 1949 December 27, 1952	Douglas McKay	Republican
December 27, 1952 January 31, 1956	Paul L. Patterson	Republican
February 1,1956 January 14, 1957	Elmo Smith	Republican
January 14, 1957 January 12,1959	Robert D. Holmes	Democrat
January 12, 1959 January 9, 1967	Mark O. Hatfield	Republican
January 9, 1967 January 13, 1975	Tom McCall	Republican
January 13, 1975 January 8, 1979	Robert W. Straub	Democrat
January 8, 1979 January 12, 1987	Victor G. Atiyeh	Republican
January, 12, 1987 January 14, 1991	Neil Goldschmidt	Democrat
January, 14, 1991 January 9, 1995	Barbara Roberts	Democrat
January 9, 1995 January 13, 2003	John Kitzhaber	Democrat
January 13, 2003 present	Ted Kulongoski	Democrat

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