Governors of Michigan

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GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN

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In the 17th and 18th century, Michigan was part of French and then British holdings, and was administered by their colonial governors. After becoming part of the United States, areas of what is today Michigan were part of the Northwest Territory, Indiana Territory and Illinois Territory, and were administered by territorial governors.

In 1805, the Michigan Territory was created, and five men served as territorial governors, until Michigan was granted statehood in 1837. Since then, forty-eight individuals have held the position of state governor, including two women, Jennifer Granholm and Gretchen Whitmer.

In the below list, columns can be sorted by clicking on the arrow button in any category heading box. A "C" in the final column denotes a Notable who has been successfully connected to the Big Tree. "N/C" stands for Not Connected.

GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY

#	Governor	Born	Died	Term	Photo	C
1	William Hull	1753	1825	1805-1813		C
2	Lewis Cass	1782	1866	1813-1831		C
3	George Bryan Porter	1791	1834	1831-1834		C
4	Stevens T. Mason	1811	1843	1834-1835		C
5	John S. Turner	1802	1883	1835-1836		C

GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN

#	Governor	Born	Died	Term	Photo	C
1	Stevens T. Mason	1811	1843	1834-1835		C
2	William Woodbridge	1780	1861	1840-1844		C
3	James Wright Gordon	1809	1853	1841-1842		N/C
4	John S. Barry	1802	1870	1842-1846		C
5	Alpheus Felch	1804	1896	1846-1847		C
6	William L. Greenly	1813	1883	1847-1848		C
7	Epaphoditus Ransom	1798	1859	1848-1850		C
8	John S. Barry	1802	1870	1850-1852		C
9	Robert McClelland	1807	1880	1852-1853		C
10	Andrew Parsons	1817	1855	1853-1855		C
11	Kinsley S. Bingham	1818	1861	1855-1859		C
12	Moses Wisner	1815	1863	1859-1861		C
13	Austin Blair	1818	1894	1861-1865		N/C
14	Henry Crapo	1804	1869	1865-1869		C
15	Henry P. Baldwin	1814	1892	1869-1873		C
16	JohnJ. Bagley	1832	1881	1873-1877		C
17	Charles Croswell	1825	1886	1877-1881		C
18	David Jerome	1829	1896	1881-1883		C
19	Josiah Begole	1815	1896	1883-1885		C
20	Russell A. Alger	1836	1907	1836-1907		C
21	Cyrus G. Luce	1824	1905	1887-1891		C
22	Edwin B. Winans	1826	1894	1891-1893		C
23	John Treadway Rich	1841	1926	1893-1897		C
24	Hazen Pingree	1840	1901	1897-1901		C
25	Aaron T. Bliss	1837	1906	1901-1905		C
26	Fred M. Warner	1865	1923	1905-1911		N/C
27	Chase Osborn	1860	1949	1911-1913		C
28	Woodbridge N. Ferris	1853	1928	1913-1917		C
29	Albert Sleeper	1862	1934	1917-1921		C
30	Alex J. Grosebeck	1873	1953	1921-1927		C
31	Fred W. Green	1871	1936	1927-1931		C
32	Wilber M. Brucker	1894	1968	1931-1933		C
33	William Comstock	1877	1949	1933-1935		N/C
34	Frank Fitzgerald	1885	1939	1935-1937		C
35	Frank Murphy	1890	1949	1937-1939		N/C
36	Frank Fitzgerald	1885	1939	1939		C
37	Lauren Dickinson	1859	1943	1939-1941		C
38	Murray VanWagoner	1898	1986	1941-1943		C
39	Harry Kelly	1895	1971	1943-1947		N/C
40	Kim Sigler	1894	1953	1947-1949		C
41	G. Mennen Williams	1911	1988	1949-1961		C
42	John Swainson	1925	1994	1961-1963		C
43	George W. Romney	1907	1995	1963-1969		C
44	William Milliken	1922	2019	1969-1983		N/C
45	James Blanchard	1956	LIVING	1983-1991		N/C
46	John Engler	1948	LIVING	1991-2003		N/C
47	Jennifer Granholm	1959	LIVING	2003-2011		N/C
48	Rick Snyder	1958	LIVING	2011-2019		N/C
49	Gretchen Whitmer	1971	LIVING	2019-present		N/C