List of governors of Arizona

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Political post The governor of Arizona is the head of government of the U.S. state of Arizona.<ref name="governor-powers_const-5,4" /> As the top elected official, the governor is the head of the executive branch of the Arizona state government and is charged with faithfully executing state laws.<ref name="governor-powers_const-5,4">Template:Cite web</ref> The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Arizona State Legislature;<ref name="governor-powers_const-5,7">Template:Cite web</ref> to convene the legislature;<ref name="governor-powers_const-5,4" /> and to grant pardons,<ref name="governor-powers_const-5,5">Template:Cite web</ref> with the exception of cases of impeachment. The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.<ref name="governor-powers_const-5,3">Template:Cite web</ref> Arizona is one of the few states that currently does not have a governor's mansion or other official residence.

Twenty-four people have served as governor over 28 distinct terms. All of the repeat governors were in the state's earliest years, when George W. P. Hunt and Thomas Edward Campbell alternated as governor for 17 years and, after a two-year gap, Hunt served another term. One governor, Evan Mecham, was impeached by the Arizona House of Representatives and subsequently removed from office following his conviction in the Arizona Senate. Another, Fife Symington, resigned upon being convicted of a felony. The longest-serving governor was Hunt, who was elected seven times and served just under fourteen years. The longest single stint was that of Bruce Babbitt, who was elected to two four-year terms after succeeding to the office following the death of his predecessor, Wesley Bolin, serving nearly nine years total. Bolin had the shortest tenure, dying less than five months after succeeding as governor. Arizona has had five female governors, the most in the United States, and was the first—and until 2019 (when Michelle Lujan Grisham succeeded Susana Martinez in neighboring New Mexico) the only—state where female governors served consecutively.

The current governor as of January 2, 2023, is Democrat Katie Hobbs.

List of governors

Confederate Arizona

Template:Main Template:Stack In Tucson between April 2 and April 5, 1860, a convention of settlers from the southern half of New Mexico Territory drafted a provisional constitution for "Arizona Territory", three years before the United States would create such a territory. This proposed territory consisted of the part of New Mexico Territory south of 33° 40' north. On April 2,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> they elected a governor, Lewis S. Owings. The provisional territory was to exist until such time as an official territory was created, but that proposal was rejected by Congress at the time.Template:Sfn

On March 16, 1861, soon before the American Civil War broke out, a convention in Mesilla voted that the provisional territory should secede from the Union and join the Confederacy.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Lewis S. Owings remained on as the provisional governor of the territory.

The Confederacy took ownership of the territory on August 1, 1861, when forces led by Lieutenant Colonel John R. Baylor won decisive control of the territory, and Baylor proclaimed himself governor.<ref name="baylor">Template:Cite book</ref> Arizona Territory was formally organized in the Confederacy on January 18, 1862.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> On March 20, 1862, Baylor issued an order to kill all the adult Apache and take their children into slavery.<ref name="baylor" /> When Confederate President Jefferson Davis learned of this order, he strongly disapproved and demanded an explanation. Baylor wrote a letter December 29, 1862, to justify his decision, and after this was received, Davis relieved Baylor of his post and commission, calling his letter an "avowal of an infamous crime". By that time, the Confederate government of Arizona Territory was in exile in San Antonio, Texas, as the territory had been effectively lost to Union forces in July 1862;<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> no new governor was appointed.

Territory of Arizona

Arizona Territory was formed on February 24, 1863, from New Mexico Territory, remaining a territory for 49 years.Template:Sfn

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Governors of the Territory of Arizona
Template:Abbr	Governor		Term in officeTemplate:Efn	Appointing President
—	File:John Addison Gurley.jpg	John A. Gurley Template:Small	Template:Dts – August 19, 1863 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
1	File:John Noble Goodwin.jpg	John Noble Goodwin Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – April 10, 1866 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
2	File:Richard Cunningham McCormick - Brady-Handy.jpg	Richard Cunningham McCormick Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – March 4, 1869 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
3	File:Anson P. K. Safford.jpg	Anson P. K. Safford Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – April 5, 1877 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
4	File:John Philo Hoyt.jpg	John Philo Hoyt Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – June 14, 1878 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
5	File:John Charles Fremont crop.jpg	John C. Frémont Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – October 11, 1881 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
6	File:Frederick Augustus Tritle.png	Frederick Augustus Tritle Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – October 7, 1885 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
7	File:C. Meyer Zulick (Arizona Governor).jpg	C. Meyer Zulick Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – March 28, 1889 Template:Small	Template:Sortname
8	File:Lewis Wolfley (Arizona Governor).jpg	Lewis Wolfley Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – August 20, 1890 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
9	File:John Nichol Irwin - oval.jpg	John N. Irwin Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – April 19, 1892 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
10	File:N. O. Murphy.jpg	Oakes Murphy Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – April 13, 1893 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
11	File:LC hughes.jpg	L. C. Hughes Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – April 1, 1896 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
12	File:BJFranklin.jpg	Benjamin Joseph Franklin Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – July 22, 1897 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
13	File:MyronMcCord.png	Myron H. McCord Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – August 1, 1898 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
14	File:N. O. Murphy.jpg	Oakes Murphy Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – July 1, 1902 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
15	File:Alexander Brodie.jpg	Alexander Oswald Brodie Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – February 14, 1905 Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
16	File:Joseph Henry Kibbey-left profile.jpg	Joseph Henry Kibbey Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – April 15, 1909 Template:Small	Template:Sortname
17	File:Governor R E Sloan.jpg	Richard Elihu Sloan Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts Template:Efn – February 14, 1912 Template:Small	Template:Sortname

State of Arizona

The state of Arizona was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912, the last of the contiguous states to be admitted.

The state constitution of 1912 called for the election of a governor every two years.<ref name="const-art5sec1">AZ Const. art 5, § 1</ref> The term was increased to four years by a 1968 amendment.<ref name="1968amend">Ralph E. Hughes v. Douglas K. Martin Template:Webarchive (PDF), (Arizona Supreme Court 2002-08-20). “Nelson involved two allegedly conflicting amendments both approved by voters in the 1968 election, to Article 5 of the Arizona Constitution. ... The other amendment, proposition 104, extended the term of offices of the executive department, including the office of state auditor, from two years to four years.”</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The constitution originally included no term limit,<ref>AZ Const. art. 5, old § 1</ref> but an amendment passed in 1992 allows governors to succeed themselves only once;<ref name="const-art5sec1" /> before this, four governors were elected more than twice in a row. Gubernatorial terms begin on the first Monday in the January following the election.<ref name="const-art5sec1" /> Governors who have served the two term limit can run again after four years out of office.

Arizona is one of the few states which does not have a lieutenant governor. Instead, in the event of a vacancy in the office of governor, the secretary of state, if elected, succeeds to the office. If the secretary of state was appointed rather than elected, or is otherwise ineligible to hold the office of governor, the next elected and eligible person in the line of succession assumes the office. The state constitution specifies the line of succession to be the Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer and Superintendent of Public Instruction, in that order.<ref name="governor-replacement_const-5,6">Template:Cite web</ref> If the governor is out of the state or impeached, the next elected officer in the line of succession becomes acting governor until the governor returns or is cleared.<ref name="governor-replacement_const-5,6" /> In either case, any partial term counts toward the limit of two consecutive terms.

The line of succession has reached beyond the secretary of state only once, when Attorney General Bruce Babbitt became governor upon the death of Wesley Bolin. Rose Mofford had been appointed secretary of state to replace Bolin after Bolin succeeded to the governorship. Bolin had become governor when Raúl Héctor Castro resigned to accept appointment as ambassador to Argentina. Mofford later became acting governor after Evan Mecham was impeached by the House of Representatives, and succeeded to the governorship when Mecham was removed from office after his conviction by the Senate.

Starting with the 2026 election cycle, Arizona will have a lieutenant governor, pursuant to a 2022 amendment to the constitution.<ref name="Barchenger">Template:Cite news</ref> Nominees will be chosen by each party's gubernatorial nominee, with the governor and lieutenant governor then chosen by general election voters on a joint ticket.<ref name="Barchenger"/> If the offices of governor and the lieutenant governor become vacant at the same time, the amended law provisions of the state constitution are that the secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer or the superintendent of public instruction will assume the office of governor and then appoint the lieutenant governor pending state legislative approval.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Governors of the State of Arizona
Template:Abbr Template:Efn	Governor			Term in office	Party	Election
1	File:George WP Hunt.jpg	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;"\|	George W. P. Hunt Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hunt">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 1, 1917 Template:Small Template:Efn	Democratic Template:Sfn	1911
1	File:George WP Hunt.jpg	1914			Democratic Template:Sfn
2	File:Thomas E Campbell 2.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	Thomas Edward Campbell Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 25, 1917 Template:Small	Republican Template:Sfn	1916 Template:Efn
1	File:George WP Hunt.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	George W. P. Hunt Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hunt" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 6, 1919 Template:Small	Democratic Template:Sfn	1916 Template:Efn
2	File:Thomas E Campbell 2.jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	Thomas Edward Campbell Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 1, 1923 Template:Small	Republican Template:Sfn	1918
2	File:Thomas E Campbell 2.jpg	1920	Thomas Edward Campbell Template:Small Template:Sfn		Republican Template:Sfn
1	File:George WP Hunt.jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	George W. P. Hunt Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hunt" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 7, 1929 Template:Small	Democratic Template:Sfn	1922
		1924
		1926
3	File:John Calhoun Phillips (Arizona Governor).jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	John Calhoun Phillips Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-phillips">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 5, 1931 Template:Small	Republican Template:Sfn	1928
1	File:George WP Hunt.jpg	rowspan="11" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	George W. P. Hunt Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hunt" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 2, 1933 Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Democratic Template:Sfn	1930
4	File:Benjamin Baker Moeur (Arizona Governor).jpg	Benjamin Baker Moeur Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-moeur">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 4, 1937 Template:Small Template:Sfn	Democratic Template:Sfn	1932
4	File:Benjamin Baker Moeur (Arizona Governor).jpg			Democratic Template:Sfn	1934
5	File:Rawghlie Clement Stanford.jpg	Rawghlie Clement Stanford Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-stanford">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 2, 1939 Template:Small	Democratic Template:Sfn	1936
6	File:Robert Taylor Jones.jpg	Robert Taylor Jones Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-jones">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 6, 1941 Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Democratic Template:Sfn	1938
7	File:Sidney Preston Osborn.jpg	Sidney Preston Osborn Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-osborn">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – May 25, 1948 Template:Small	Democratic Template:Sfn	1940
					1942
					1944
					1946
8	File:Dan E. Garvey (Arizona Governor).jpg	Dan Edward Garvey Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-garvey">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 1, 1951 Template:Small Template:Efn	Democratic Template:Sfn	Template:Small
8	File:Dan E. Garvey (Arizona Governor).jpg			Democratic Template:Sfn	1948
9	File:John Howard Pyle (Arizona governor).jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	John Howard Pyle Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pyle">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 3, 1955 Template:Small	Republican Template:Sfn	1950
9	File:John Howard Pyle (Arizona governor).jpg	1952			Republican Template:Sfn
10	File:Ernest W. McFarland (AZ).png	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	Ernest McFarland Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mcfarland">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 5, 1959 Template:Small	Democratic Template:Sfn	1954
10	File:Ernest W. McFarland (AZ).png	1956			Democratic Template:Sfn
11	File:Paul Fannin.jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	Paul Fannin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-fannin">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 4, 1965 Template:Small	Republican Template:Sfn	1958
		1960
		1962
12	File:Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr (tight crop).jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr. Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-goddard">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 2, 1967 Template:Small	Democratic Template:Sfn	1964
13	File:Jack Williams (Arizona politician) (cropped).jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	Jack Williams Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-williams">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 6, 1975 Template:Small Template:Efn	Republican Template:Sfn	1966
		1968
		1970 Template:Efn
14	File:Raúl Héctor Castro (AZ).png	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	Raúl Héctor Castro Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-castro">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – October 20, 1977 Template:Small Template:Efn	Democratic Template:Sfn	1974
15	File:Wesley Bolin (Arizona governor).jpg	Wesley Bolin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bolin">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – March 4, 1978 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="nga-bolin" />	Template:Small
16	File:Bruce Babbitt (AZ).png	Bruce Babbitt Template:Small <ref name="nga-babbitt">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 5, 1987 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="nga-babbitt" />	Template:Small Template:Efn
					1978
					1982
17	File:Evan Mecham (Arizona governor) (1).jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	Evan Mecham Template:Small <ref name="nga-mecham">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – April 4, 1988 Template:Small Template:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-mecham" />	1986
18	File:Rose Mofford 2012.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	Rose Mofford Template:Small <ref name="nga-mofford">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – March 6, 1991 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="nga-mofford" />	Template:Small
19	File:Fife Symington by Gage Skidmore.jpg	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	Fife Symington Template:Small <ref name="nga-symington">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – September 5, 1997 Template:Small Template:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-symington" />	1990–1991 Template:Efn
19	File:Fife Symington by Gage Skidmore.jpg	1994			Republican<ref name="nga-symington" />
20	File:Jane Dee Hull by Gage Skidmore.jpg	Jane Dee Hull Template:Small <ref name="nga-hull">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 6, 2003 Template:Small Template:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-hull" />	Template:Small
20	File:Jane Dee Hull by Gage Skidmore.jpg			Republican<ref name="nga-hull" />	1998
21	File:Janet Napolitano by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	Janet Napolitano Template:Small <ref name="nga-napolitano">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 20, 2009 Template:Small Template:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-napolitano" />	2002
21	File:Janet Napolitano by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg	2006			Democratic<ref name="nga-napolitano" />
22	File:Jan Brewer by Gage Skidmore 5.jpg	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	Jan Brewer Template:Small <ref name="nga-brewer">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 5, 2015 Template:Small Template:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-brewer" />	Template:Small
22	File:Jan Brewer by Gage Skidmore 5.jpg	2010			Republican<ref name="nga-brewer" />
23	File:Doug Ducey by Gage Skidmore 13.jpg	Doug Ducey Template:Small <ref name="nga-ducey">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 2, 2023 Template:Small Template:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-ducey" />	2014
23	File:Doug Ducey by Gage Skidmore 13.jpg			Republican<ref name="nga-ducey" />	2018
24	File:Katie Hobbs (52688750292) (cropped).jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"\|	Katie Hobbs Template:Small <ref name="nga-hobbs">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – IncumbentTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-hobbs" />	2022

Timeline

Timeline of Arizona governors

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