List of living former United States governors
This is a list of living former United States Governors and Acting Governors.
Oldest living United States governor
Earliest serving living governors
is the earliest serving governor still living. He is the last governor that first began a term in the 1950s.| Rank | Governor | Term began | Term ended | State | Party |
| 1 | John Malcolm Patterson | January 19, 1959 | January 14, 1963 | Alabama | Democratic |
| 2 | George Nigh | January 6, 1963 January 3, 1979 | January 14, 1963 January 12, 1987 | Oklahoma | Democratic |
| 3 | Daniel J. Evans | January 11, 1965 | January 12, 1977 | Washington | Republican |
| 4 | Kenneth M. Curtis | January 5, 1967 | January 2, 1975 | Maine | Democratic |
| 5 | Robert D. Fulton | January 1, 1969 | January 16, 1969 | Iowa | Democratic |
| 6 | Frank Farrar | January 7, 1969 | January 5, 1971 | South Dakota | Republican |
| 7 | Linwood Holton | January 17, 1970 | January 12, 1974 | Virginia | Republican |
| 8 | Jimmy Carter | January 12, 1971 | January 14, 1975 | Georgia | Democratic |
| 9 | Winfield Dunn | January 16, 1971 | January 18, 1975 | Tennessee | Republican |
| 10 | Edwin Edwards | May 9, 1972 March 12, 1984 January 13, 1992 | March 10, 1980 March 14, 1988 January 8, 1996 | Louisiana | Democratic |
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Alaska
American Samoa
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Northern Mariana Islands
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
U.S. Virgin Islands
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Other notes
In Minnesota, "Democratic-Farmer-Labor" is not a third party, but the Minnesota equivalent of the Democratic Party. In Minnesota, "Independent-Republican" was once used for the Minnesota equivalent of the Republican Party.In North Dakota, "Democratic-NPL" is not a third party, but the North Dakota equivalent of the Democratic Party. The full name for the party is the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party.
Third parties are linked only if they refer to specific third parties, and not just "independent" in general.
Puerto Rico operates under a different party system than the rest of the United States; however politicians of either party may affiliate also with the national Democratic or Republican parties.