List of Governors of Arizona

Governor of Arizona
Seal of Arizona
Incumbent Doug Ducey since January 5, 2015
Style	The Honorable
Residence	No official residence
Term length	Four years, can succeed self once; eligible again after 4-year respite
Inaugural holder	George W. P. Hunt
Formation	February 14, 1912
Deputy	None
Salary	$95,000 (2013)^[1]
Website	www.azgovernor.gov

The Governor of Arizona is the head of the executive branch of Arizona's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Arizona Legislature, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.^[2]

Twenty-two people have served as governor over 26 distinct terms. All of the repeat governors were in the state's earliest years, when Thomas Edward Campbell alternated as governor for 17 years and, after a two-year gap, Hunt served another term. One governor was successfully impeached, Evan Mecham, and one resigned upon being convicted of a felony, Fife Symington III. The longest-serving governor was Hunt, who was elected seven times and served just under fourteen years. The longest single stint was Bruce Babbitt's, who was elected to two 4-year terms after succeeding to the office following the death of his predecessor, serving nearly nine years total. Wesley Bolin had the shortest term, dying less than five months after succeeding into office. Four governors were actually born in Arizona: Thomas Edward Campbell, Sidney Preston Osborn, Rose Mofford, and Bruce Babbitt. Arizona has had four female governors, the most in the United States, and is also the only state where female governors have served in a consecutive order.^[3] Because of a string of death in office, resignations, and an impeachment, Arizona has not had a governor whose term began and ended because of "normal" election circumstances since Jack Williams was in office (1967-1975).

The current Governor is Doug Ducey, who was elected on November 4, 2014.

Governors 1
- Confederate Arizona 1.1
- Governors of the Territory of Arizona 1.2
- Governors of the State of Arizona 1.3
See also 2
Notes 3
References 4
External links 5

Governors

Confederate Arizona

Lewis Owings, Governor of the provisional Arizona Territory and first Governor of Confederate Arizona

John Noble Goodwin, first Governor of Arizona Territory

Richard C. McCormick, second Governor of Arizona Territory

In Tucson between April 2 and April 5, 1860, a convention of settlers from the southern half of the New Mexico Territory drafted a constitution for a provisional 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' N. On April 2,^[4] they elected a governor, Lewis Owings. The provisional territory was to exist until such time as an official territory was created, but that proposal was rejected by the U.S. Congress at the time.^[5]

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 Confederate States of America.^[6] Lewis Owings remained as territorial governor.

The Confederacy took ownership of the territory on August 1, 1861, when forces led by Lieutenant Colonel

External links

^ "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
^ AZ Const. art. 5
^ "Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano".
^ Robinson, William Morrison (1941). Justice in Grey: A History of the Judicial System of the Confederate States of America. Harvard University Press. p. 310. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
^ McClintock pp. 142–143
^ Colton, Ray Charles (1985). The Civil War in the Western Territories. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 9–10.
^ ^a ^b Colton, Ray Charles (1985). The Civil War in the Western Territories. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 122–123.
^ Cowles, Calvin Duvall (1900). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
^ Wellman, Paul Iselin (1987). Death in the Desert: The Fifty Years' War for the Great Southwest. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 83–85.
^ Heidler, David Stephen; Jeanne t. Heidler; David J. Coles (2002). Encyclopedia Of The American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 1412.
^ Wagoner p. 20
^ McClintock p. 329
^ McGinnis, Ralph Y.; Calvin N. Smith (1994). Abraham Lincoln and the Western Territories. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 91.
^ Goff pp. 26–27
^ Nicolson, John (1974). The Arizona of Joseph Pratt Allyn. University of Arizona Press. p. 39.
^ Goff p. 55
^ Goff p. 66
^ Goff pp. 76–77
^ ^a ^b ^c Walker, Dale L. (1997). Rough Rider: Buckey O'Neill of Arizona. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 23–24.
^ Goff p. 88
^ ^a ^b Wagoner p. 221
^ Goff pp. 98–99
^ Goff p. 112
^ Walker, Dale L. (1997). Rough Rider: Buckey O'Neill of Arizona. University of Nebraska Press. p. 81.
^ Wagoner p. 276
^ Goff pp. 118–119
^ "Arizona". Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. New. series, Volume 17 (1892 ed.). 1893. p. 16. Retrieved October 10, 2008.
^ Goff p. 127
^ A Biographical Congressional Directory, 1774 to 1903.
^ Goff p. 129
^ Goff p. 146
^ Lincoln Library, Carl Sandburg Collections (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library) (1897). "Arizona". Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. 3rd. series, Volume 1 (1896 ed.). p. 26. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
^ Johnson, Rossiter; John Howard Brown (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. The Biographical Society. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
^ Goff pp. 154–155
^ "Franklin, Benjamin Joseph".
^ McClintock p. 345
^ Goff p. 167
^ Wagoner p. 345
^ Roth, Mitchel P.; James Stuart Olson (2001). Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 207.
^ McClintock p. 346
^ Goff p. 132
^ "Resignation of Arizona's Governor".
^ Goff p. 136
^ Goff p. 178
^ Herner, Charles (1970). The Arizona Rough Riders. University of Arizona Press. p. 221.
^ ^a ^b ^c McClintock p. 354
^ Goff p. 189
^ McClintock p. 359
^ Goff p. 199
^ ^a ^b ^c AZ Const. art 5, § 1
^ Ralph E. Hughes v. Douglas K. Martin (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.”
^ Berman, David R. (1998). Arizona Politics & Government: The Quest for Autonomy, Democracy, and Development. University of Nebraska Press. p. 112.
^ AZ Const. art. 5, old § 1
^ ^a ^b AZ Const. art 5, § 6
^ ^a ^b "Arizona Governor Rose Mofford". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
^ "Arizona Governor George Wylie Hunt". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
^ "Arizona Governor Evan Mecham". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
^ Mullaney, Marie Marmo (1994). Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1988–1994. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 29–30.
^ "Arizona Governor J. Fife Symington III". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
^ Todd S., Purdum (1997-09-04). "Arizona Governor Convicted Of Fraud and Will Step Down".

Specific

"Constitution of the State of Arizona".

Constitution

"Arizona: Past Governors Bios".
Goff, John S. (1978). Arizona Territorial Officials Volume II: The Governors 1863–1912. Black Mountain Press.
McClintock, James H. (1916). Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern: The Nation's Youngest Commonwealth Within a Land of Ancient Culture. The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.
Wagoner, Jay J. (1970). Arizona Territory 1863–1912: A Political History. University of Arizona Press.

General

References

^ The range given is from the date the governor took the oath of office in Arizona, to the date the governor left office. Due to the distance from Washington, D.C., to Arizona, many governors were appointed and confirmed months before being able to exercise power in the territory.
^ Gurley died on August 19, 1863, prior to taking office as governor.
^ ^a ^b Resigned to take an elected seat as delegate to the United States House of Representatives.
^ It is unknown when Frémont took the oath of office; Goff states that he and his family arrived in Prescott on the afternoon of October 6, 1878.
^ Resigned; Frémont spent little time in the territory; and the Secretary of the Territory asked him to resume his duties or resign, and he chose resignation.^[19]
^ Resigned after Grover Cleveland was elected, so that the Democrat could appoint a Democrat as governor.^[21]
^ Resigned due to a disagreement with the federal government on arid land policy.^[25]
^ Resigned to handle family business out of state.^[28]
^ Hughes had abolished many territorial offices, and unhappy officials successfully petitioned President Cleveland to remove him.^[33]
^ Resigned to serve in the Spanish–American War.^[39]
^ Asked by President Roosevelt to resign for opposing the Newlands Reclamation Act.^[43]
^ Resigned to accept appointment as assistant chief of the records and pension bureau at the United States Department of War.^[46]
^ Includes three terms served by a repeat governor.
^ Includes one term served by a repeat governor.
^ Repeat governors are officially numbered only once; subsequent terms are marked with their original number italicized.
^ Each term for which a governor is elected is listed here; if multiple governors served in a single term, due to resignations, deaths, and the like, then that term will be shared among those governors. If a governor was elected multiple times, then there will be multiple terms listed for that governor.
^ Campbell's narrow election win was overturned by the Arizona Supreme Court on December 22, 1917, which, following a recount, awarded the office to Hunt. Campbell vacated the office three days later.^[56]
^ Osborn died in office; as secretary of state, Garvey became governor.
^ The Constitution was amended in 1968 to increase gubernatorial terms from two to four years; Williams' first two terms were for two years, his third was for four years.
^ Castro resigned to take post as United States Ambassador to Argentina. As secretary of state, Bolin became governor, but died in office before the end of the term. The secretary of state at the time of Bolin's death had been appointed^[55] not elected, and therefore not in the line of succession according to the Arizona constitution.^[54] Therefore, as state attorney general, Babbitt then became governor.
^ Mecham was impeached and removed from office on charges of obstruction of justice and misuse of government funds.^[57] As secretary of state, Mofford became governor.
^ Arizona adopted runoff voting after Evan Mecham won with only 43% of the vote. The 1990 election was very close, and a runoff was held on February 26, 1991, which Symington won, and he was inaugurated on March 6, 1991.^[58] He resigned after being convicted of bank fraud, since state law does not allow felons to hold office; the conviction was later overturned and he was pardoned by President Bill Clinton.^[59] As secretary of state, Hull became governor. She did not take the oath of office until September 8, but she was governor for those three days regardless of the delay.^[60]
^ Napolitano resigned to become United States Secretary of Homeland Security. As secretary of state, Brewer became governor.
^ Governor Ducey's term expires on on January 7, 2019; he will not be term limited.

Notes

Timeline of Arizona

#^[15]	Portrait	Governor	Term start	Term end	Term^[16]	Party
1		George W. P. Hunt	February 14, 1912	January 1, 1917	1	Democratic
1		George W. P. Hunt	February 14, 1912	January 1, 1917	2	Democratic
2		Thomas Edward Campbell	January 1, 1917	December 25, 1917	3^[17]	Republican
1		George W. P. Hunt	December 25, 1917	January 1, 1919	3^[17]	Democratic
2		Thomas Edward Campbell	January 1, 1919	January 1, 1923	4	Republican
2		Thomas Edward Campbell	January 1, 1919	January 1, 1923	5	Republican
1		George W. P. Hunt	January 1, 1923	January 7, 1929	6	Democratic
					7
					8
3		John Calhoun Phillips	January 7, 1929	January 5, 1931	9	Republican
1		George W. P. Hunt	January 5, 1931	January 2, 1933	10	Democratic
4		Benjamin Baker Moeur	January 2, 1933	January 4, 1937	11	Democratic
4		Benjamin Baker Moeur	January 2, 1933	January 4, 1937	12	Democratic
5		Rawghlie Clement Stanford	January 4, 1937	January 2, 1939	13	Democratic
6		Robert Taylor Jones	January 2, 1939	January 6, 1941	14	Democratic
7		Sidney Preston Osborn	January 6, 1941	May 25, 1948	15	Democratic
					16
					17
					18^[18]
8		Dan Edward Garvey	May 25, 1948	January 1, 1951	18^[18]	Democratic
8		Dan Edward Garvey	May 25, 1948	January 1, 1951	19	Democratic
9		John Howard Pyle	January 1, 1951	January 3, 1955	20	Republican
9		John Howard Pyle	January 1, 1951	January 3, 1955	21	Republican
10		Ernest McFarland	January 3, 1955	January 5, 1959	22	Democratic
10		Ernest McFarland	January 3, 1955	January 5, 1959	23	Democratic
11		Paul Fannin	January 5, 1959	January 4, 1965	24	Republican
					25
					26
12		Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr.	January 4, 1965	January 2, 1967	27	Democratic
13		Jack Richard Williams	January 2, 1967	January 6, 1975	28	Republican
					29
					30^[19]
14		Raul Hector Castro	January 6, 1975	October 20, 1977	31^[20]	Democratic
15		Wesley Bolin	October 20, 1977	March 4, 1978		Democratic
16		Bruce Babbitt	March 4, 1978	January 5, 1987		Democratic
					32
					33
17		Evan Mecham	January 5, 1987	April 4, 1988	34^[21]	Republican
18		Rose Mofford	April 4, 1988	March 6, 1991	34^[21]	Democratic
19		Fife Symington III	March 6, 1991	September 5, 1997	35	Republican
19		Fife Symington III	March 6, 1991	September 5, 1997	36^[22]	Republican
20		Jane Dee Hull	September 5, 1997	January 6, 2003	36^[22]	Republican
20		Jane Dee Hull	September 5, 1997	January 6, 2003	37	Republican
21		Janet Napolitano	January 6, 2003	January 21, 2009	38	Democratic
21		Janet Napolitano	January 6, 2003	January 21, 2009	39^[23]	Democratic
22		Jan Brewer	January 21, 2009	January 5, 2015	39^[23]	Republican
22		Jan Brewer	January 21, 2009	January 5, 2015	40	Republican
23		Doug Ducey	January 5, 2015	Incumbent	41^[24]	Republican

Democratic (16)^[13] Republican (10)^[14]

Parties

Arizona is one of seven 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 first 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. 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.^[54] The line of succession has gone beyond secretary of state once, when Bruce Babbitt, as attorney general, became governor upon the death of Wesley Bolin; the secretary of state at the time, Rose Mofford, was an appointee to replace Bolin,^[55] who himself had succeeded to the office due to the resignation of his predecessor, Raul Hector Castro. Mofford would later succeed Evan Mecham as governor when he was impeached.

The state constitution of 1912 called for the election of a governor every two years.^[50] The term was increased to four years by a 1968 amendment.^[51]^[52] The constitution originally included no term limit,^[53] but an amendment passed in 1992 allows governors to succeed themselves only once;^[50] 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.^[50] Governors who have served the two term limit can run again after four years out of office.

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

Governors of the State of Arizona

#	Governor	Term in office^[1]	Appointed by
—	John A. Gurley	—^[2]	Abraham Lincoln
1	John Noble Goodwin	December 29, 1863^[13]^[14] – March 4, 1865^[3]	Abraham Lincoln
2	Richard C. McCormick	July 9, 1866^[15] – March 4, 1869^[3]	Andrew Johnson
3	Anson P. K. Safford	July 9, 1869^[16] – April 5, 1877	Ulysses S. Grant
4	John P. Hoyt	May 30. 1877^[17] – June 12, 1878	Rutherford B. Hayes
5	John C. Frémont	October 6, 1878^[18]^[4] – October 11, 1881^[19]^[5]	Rutherford B. Hayes
6	Frederick Augustus Tritle	March 8, 1882^[19]^[20] – October 7, 1885^[21]^[6]	Chester A. Arthur
7	C. Meyer Zulick	November 2, 1885^[22] – March 28, 1889	Grover Cleveland
8	Lewis Wolfley	April 8, 1889^[23] – August 20, 1890^[24]^[7]	Benjamin Harrison
9	John N. Irwin	January 21, 1891^[26] – April 20, 1892^[27]^[8]
10	Nathan Oakes Murphy	May 11, 1892^[29]^[30] – April 5, 1893
11	L. C. Hughes	April 12, 1893^[31] – April 1, 1896^[32]^[9]	Grover Cleveland
12	Benjamin Joseph Franklin	April 18, 1896^[34] – July 29, 1897^[35]	Grover Cleveland
13	Myron H. McCord	July 29, 1897^[36]^[37] – August 1, 1898^[38]^[10]	William McKinley
14	Nathan Oakes Murphy	August 1, 1898^[40]^[41] – June 30, 1902^[42]^[11]	William McKinley
15	Alexander O. Brodie	July 1, 1902^[44]^[45] – February 14, 1905^[46]^[12]	Theodore Roosevelt
16	Joseph H. Kibbey	March 7, 1905^[46]^[47] – May 1, 1909	Theodore Roosevelt
17	Richard Elihu Sloan	May 1, 1909^[48]^[49] – February 14, 1912	William Howard Taft

Arizona Territory was formed on February 24, 1863 from New Mexico Territory, remaining a territory for 49 years.^[11] On January 18, 1867, the northwestern corner of the territory was transferred to the state of Nevada.^[12]

For the period before Arizona Territory was formed, see the list of Governors of New Mexico Territory.

Governors of the Territory of Arizona

no new governor was appointed. ^[10], as the territory had been effectively lost to Union forces in July 1862;San Antonio, Texas By that time, the government of Confederate Arizona was in exile in ^[9] 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."Jefferson Davis Confederate President When ^[7] and take their children into slavery.Apache On March 20, 1862, Baylor issued an order to kill all the adult [8]

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List of Governors of Arizona