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Governors of Oregon

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GOVERNORS OF OREGON

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On June 3, 1845, George Abernethy was elected to serve as Provisional Governor of the Oregon Country, thus becoming the first person in Oregon to hold the title of governor. The Abernethy administration technically ended when Oregon gained territorial status on 14 Aug 1848, although Abernethy continued to carry out his duties until Governor Lane arrived at Oregon City March 3, 1849. President Polk initially appointed Brigadier General James Shields to be Oregon's first territorial governor and Shields was confirmed by the Senate, but he declined the position and Joseph Lane was appointed in his place. Due to difficulties with transportation and communications there were several times when a departing governor left office and a new governor could not yet take over. This resulted in several local individuals acting as territorial governor until the new executive was appointed and arrived to take office. In all, the Oregon Territory had four Territorial Governors and three Acting-Governors. Oregon has had 38 governors since achieving statehood in 1859, including two women. Only one individual, John Kitzhaber, has held two non-consecutive terms.

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 OREGON TERRITORY
# Governor Born Died Term Photo C
George Abernethy180618791848C
xJames Shields180618791848C
1Joseph Lane180118811849-1950C
ActKintzing Prichette180018691850No Known ImageN/C
2John P. Gaines179518571850-1853C
ActJoseph Lane180118811853C
ActGeorge Law Curry182018781853C
3John W. Davis179918591853-1954C
4George Law Curry182018781854-1859C


GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF OREGON
# Governor Born Died Term Photo C
1John Whiteaker182019021859-1862C
2A.C. Gibbs182518861862-1866C
3George Lemuel Woods183218901866-1870C
4LaFayette Grover182319111870-1877C
5Stephen F. Chadwick182518951877-1878C
6W.W. Thayer182718991878-1882C
7Zenas Ferry Moody183219171882-1887C
8Sylvester Pennoyer183119021887-1895C
9William Paine Lord183819111896-1899C
10Theodore Thurston Geer185119241899-1903C
11George Earl Chamberlain185419281903-1909C
12Frank W. Benson185819111909-1910C
13Jay Bowerman187619571910-1911C
14Oswald West187319601911-1915C
15James Withycombe185419191915-1919C
16Ben W. Olcott187219521919-1923C
17Walter M. Pierce186119641923-1927C
18I.L. Patterson185919291927-1929C
19A.W. Norblad188119601929-1931C
20Julius Meier187419371931-1935C
21Charles H. Martin186319461935-1939C
22Charles A. Sprague188719691939-1943C
23Earl Snell189519471943-1947C
24John Hubert Hall189919701947-1949C
25Douglas McKay189319591949-1952C
26Paul L. Patterson190019561952-1956C
27Elmo Smith190919681956-1957C
28Robert D. Holmes190919761957-1959C
29Mark Hatfield192220111959-1967C
30Tom McCall191319831967-1975C
31Robert W. Straub192020021975-1979C
32Victor Atiyeh192320141979-1987C
33Neil Goldschmidt1940LIVING1987-1991N/C
34Barbara Roberts1936LIVING1991-1995N/C
35John Kitzhaber1947LIVING1995-2003N/C
36Ted Kulongoski1940LIVING2003-2011N/C
37John Kitzhaber1947LIVING2011-2015N/C
38Kate Brown1960LIVING2015-2023N/C
39Tina Kotek1966LIVING2023-presentN/C




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