List of oldest living United States governors
The following are lists of the politicians who were or are the longest living and oldest still-living governors of each U.S. state. The current oldest living U.S. state governor is John M. Patterson (born September 27, 1921), aged 99 years, 131 days, Governor of Alabama from 1959 to 1963. The second oldest living U.S. state governor is Al Quie (born September 18, 1923), aged 97 years, 140 days, Governor of Minnesota from 1979 to 1983. Albert Rosellini (1910–2011), the Governor of Washington from 1957 to 1965, lived the longest lifespan of any governor, having died at the age of 101 years, 262 days.
Territorial governors are included in italics.
Longest living U.S. governors
Start Date | End Date | Governor | State | Birth Date | Gubernatorial term(s) | Party |
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December 7, 1787 | December 12, 1787 | Thomas Collins[1] | Delaware | 1732 | 1786–1789 | No party |
December 12, 1787 | April 17, 1790 | Benjamin Franklin[2] | Pennsylvania | January 17, 1706 | 1785–1788 | No party |
April 17, 1790 | July 25, 1790 | William Livingston | New Jersey | November 30, 1723 | 1776–1790 | Federalist |
July 25, 1790 | October 8, 1793 | Josiah Bartlett | New Hampshire | November 21, 1729 | 1790–1794 | Democratic-Republican |
October 8, 1793 | October 2, 1803 | Samuel Adams[3] | Massachusetts | September 27, 1722 | 1794–1797 | Democratic-Republican |
October 2, 1803 | February 13, 1813 | Samuel Ashe | North Carolina | March 24, 1725 | 1795–1798 | Democratic-Republican |
February 13, 1813 | August 17, 1816 | Samuel Johnston | North Carolina | December 15, 1733 | 1787–1789 | Federalist |
August 17, 1816 | June 24, 1817 | Thomas McKean | Pennsylvania | March 19, 1734 | 1799–1808 | Democratic-Republican |
June 24, 1817 | September 18, 1819 | John Langdon | New Hampshire | June 26, 1741 | 1785–1786, 1788–1789, 1805–1809, 1810–1812, | Democratic-Republican |
September 18, 1819 | March 19, 1829 | John Tayler | New York | July 4, 1742 | 1817 | Democratic-Republican |
March 19, 1829 | May 17, 1829 | John Jay | New York | December 12, 1745 | 1795–1801 | Federalist |
May 17, 1829 | June 10, 1832 | Joseph Hiester | Pennsylvania | November 18, 1752 | 1820–1823 | Democratic-Republican |
June 10, 1832 | September 24, 1834 | Jonas Galusha | Vermont | February 11, 1753 | 1809–1813, 1815–1820 | Democratic-Republican |
September 24, 1834 | December 11, 1838 | Isaac Tichenor | Vermont | February 8, 1754 | 1797–1807, 1808–1809 | Federalist |
December 11, 1838 | April 7, 1844 | Morgan Lewis | New York | October 16, 1754 | 1804–1807 | Democratic-Republican |
April 7, 1844 | December 22, 1850 | William Plumer | New Hampshire | June 25, 1759 | 1812–1813, 1816–1819 | Democratic-Republican |
December 22, 1850 | December 25, 1862 | Joshua Hall | Maine | October 22, 1768 | 1830 | Democratic |
December 25, 1862 | October 16, 1869 | Joseph Ritner | Pennsylvania | March 25, 1780 | 1835–1839 | Anti-Masonic |
October 16, 1869 | February 3, 1870 | Allen Trimble | Ohio | November 24, 1783 | 1822, 1826–1830 | National Republican |
February 3, 1870 | October 10, 1870 | Mordecai Bartley | Ohio | December 16, 1783 | 1844–1846 | Whig |
October 10, 1870 | November 1, 1874 | Enos T. Throop | New York | August 21, 1784 | 1829–1832 | Democratic |
November 1, 1874 | February 27, 1877 | Joseph Johnson | Virginia | December 19, 1785 | 1852–1856 | Democratic |
February 27, 1877 | December 18, 1885 | Hiland Hall | Vermont | July 20, 1795 | 1858–1860 | Republican |
December 18, 1885 | April 27, 1894 | Nathaniel S. Berry | New Hampshire | September 1, 1796 | 1861–1863 | Republican |
April 27, 1894 | June 13, 1896 | Alpheus Felch | Michigan | September 28, 1804 | 1846–1847 | Democratic |
June 13, 1896 | August 23, 1898 | Moody Currier | New Hampshire | April 22, 1806 | 1885–1887 | Republican |
August 23, 1898 | February 28, 1899 | James Madison Wells | Louisiana | January 8, 1808 | 1865–1867 | Republican |
February 28, 1899 | July 9, 1902 | William Marvin | Florida | April 14, 1808 | 1865 | Democratic |
July 9, 1902 | April 27, 1909 | Frederick Holbrook | Vermont | February 15, 1813 | 1861–1863 | Republican |
April 27, 1909 | February 3, 1912 | Frederick Robie | Maine | August 12, 1822 | 1885–1887 | Republican |
February 3, 1912 | June 4, 1912 | Royal C. Taft | Rhode Island | February 14, 1823 | 1888–1889 | Republican |
June 4, 1912 | January 8, 1914 | Simon Bolivar Buckner | Kentucky | April 1, 1823 | 1887–1891 | Democratic |
January 8, 1914 | May 16, 1920 | Levi P. Morton | New York | May 16, 1824 | 1895–1896 | Republican |
May 16, 1920 | April 4, 1923 | Horace Boies | Iowa | December 7, 1827 | 1890–1894 | Democratic |
April 4, 1923 | April 3, 1924 | Ebenezer J. Ormsbee | Vermont | June 8, 1834 | 1886–1888 | Republican |
April 3, 1924 | January 28, 1925 | Augustus O. Bourn | Rhode Island | October 1, 1834 | 1883–1885 | Republican |
January 28, 1925 | April 12, 1933 | Adelbert Ames | Mississippi | October 31, 1835 | 1868–1870, 1874–1876 | Republican |
April 12, 1933 | October 30, 1939 | Roswell K. Colcord | Nevada | April 25, 1839 | 1891–1895 | Republican |
October 30, 1939 | August 23, 1945 | Martin Frederick Ansel | South Carolina | December 12, 1850 | 1907–1911 | Democratic |
August 23, 1945 | September 6, 1946 | John I. Cox | Tennessee | November 23, 1855 | 1905–1907 | Democratic |
September 6, 1946 | April 11, 1949 | Chase Osborn | Michigan | January 22, 1860 | 1911–1913 | Republican |
April 11, 1949 | May 9, 1958 | Fenimore Chatterton | Wyoming | July 21, 1860 | 1903–1905 | Republican |
May 9, 1958 | August 12, 1958 | Augustus Owsley Stanley | Kentucky | May 21, 1867 | 1915–1919 | Democratic |
August 12, 1958 | May 19, 1966 | Theodore F. Green | Rhode Island | October 2, 1867 | 1933–1937 | Democratic |
May 19, 1966 | June 12, 1969 | Percival Proctor Baxter | Maine | November 22, 1876 | 1921–1925 | Republican |
June 12, 1969 | December 19, 1977 | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Wyoming | November 29, 1876 | 1925–1927 | Democratic |
December 19, 1977 | March 3, 1980 | Forrest C. Donnell | Missouri | August 20, 1884 | 1941–1945 | Republican |
March 3, 1980 | October 12, 1987 | Alf Landon | Kansas | September 9, 1887 | 1933–1937 | Republican |
October 12, 1987 | April 21, 1990 | Frank Lausche | Ohio | November 14, 1895 | 1945–1947, 1949–1957 | Democratic |
April 21, 1990 | June 10, 1993 | Milward Simpson | Wyoming | November 12, 1897 | 1955–1959 | Republican |
June 10, 1993 | October 20, 1996 | J. Bracken Lee | Utah | January 7, 1899 | 1949–1957 | Republican |
October 20, 1996 | November 5, 2000 | Jimmie Davis | Louisiana | September 11, 1899 | 1944–1948, 1960–1964 | Democratic |
November 5, 2000 | June 26, 2003 | Strom Thurmond | South Carolina | December 5, 1902 | 1947–1951 | Democratic |
June 26, 2003 | April 19, 2004 | Frank B. Morrison | Nebraska | May 20, 1905 | 1961–1967 | Democratic |
April 19, 2004 | November 15, 2004 | Elmer L. Andersen | Minnesota | June 17, 1909 | 1961–1963 | Republican |
November 15, 2004 | October 10, 2011 | Albert Rosellini | Washington | January 21, 1910 | 1957–1965 | Democratic |
October 10, 2011 | April 10, 2015 | Raúl Héctor Castro | Arizona | June 12, 1916 | 1975–1977 | Democratic |
April 10, 2015 | February 4, 2016 | Edgar Whitcomb | Indiana | November 6, 1917 | 1969–1973 | Republican |
February 4, 2016 | January 17, 2017 | David P. Buckson | Delaware | July 25, 1920 | 1960–1961 | Republican |
January 17, 2017 | John Malcolm Patterson | Alabama | September 27, 1921 | 1959–1963 | Democratic |
- First governor following ratification of the Constitution.
- Became oldest living governor upon Pennsylvania's ratification of the Constitution.
- Became oldest living governor upon taking office.
Oldest living U.S. Governors
These are the 100 oldest living United States governors. The longevity in this table is calculated as of February 5, 2021. Territorial governors are included but not ranked.
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Patterson]] | {{Birth date|1921|9|27}} | 1959–1963 | [[Alabama]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1921|9|27}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Al Quie]] | {{Birth date|1923|9|18}} | 1979–1983 | [[Minnesota]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1923|9|18}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Linwood Holton]] | {{Birth date|1923|9|21}} | 1970–1974 | [[Virginia]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1923|9|21}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Dale E. Wolf]] | {{Birth date|1924|9|6}} | 1992–1993 | [[Delaware]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1924|9|6}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Jimmy Carter]] | {{Birth date|1924|10|1}} | 1971–1975 | [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1924|10|1}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Ted Schwinden]] | {{Birth date|1925|8|31}} | 1981–1989 | [[Montana]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1925|8|31}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Daniel J. Evans]] | {{Birth date|1925|10|16}} | 1965–1977 | [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1925|10|16}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[George Ariyoshi]] | {{Birth date|1926|3|12}} | 1974–1986 | [[Hawaii]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1926|3|12}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Phil Batt]] | {{Birth date|1927|3|4}} | 1995–1999 | [[Idaho]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1927|3|4}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[George Nigh]] | {{Birth date|1927|6|9}} | 1963, 1979–1987 | [[Oklahoma]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1927|6|9}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Winfield Dunn]] | {{Birth date|1927|7|1}} | 1971–1975 | [[Tennessee]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1927|7|1}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Edwin Edwards]] | {{Birth date|1927|8|7}} | 1972–1980, 1984–1988, 1992–1996 | [[Louisiana]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1927|8|7}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Bill Sheffield]] | {{Birth date|1928|6|26}} | 1982–1986 | [[Alaska]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1928|6|26}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Roy Romer]] | {{Birth date|1928|10|31}} | 1987–1999 | [[Colorado]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1928|10|31}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Frank Farrar]] | {{Birth date|1929|4|2}} | 1969–1971 | [[South Dakota]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1929|4|2}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Robert D. Fulton]] | {{Birth date|1929|5|13}} | 1969 | [[Iowa]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1929|5|13}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Stan Stephens]] | {{Birth date|1929|9|16}} | 1989–1993 | [[Montana]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1929|9|16}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Douglas Wilder]] | {{Birth date|1931|1|17}} | 1990–1994 | [[Virginia]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1931|1|17}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Kenneth M. Curtis]] | {{Birth date|1931|2|8}} | 1967–1975 | [[Maine]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1931|2|8}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Julian Carroll]] | {{Birth date|1931|4|16}} | 1974–1979 | [[Kentucky]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1931|4|16}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Lowell Weicker]] | {{Birth date|1931|5|16}} | 1991–1995 | [[Connecticut]] | {{party shading/A Connecticut Party}}|A Connecticut Party | {{ayd|1931|5|16}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Philip Noel]] | {{Birth date|1931|6|6}} | 1973–1977 | [[Rhode Island]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1931|6|6}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Thomas P. Salmon]] | {{Birth date|1932|8|19}} | 1973–1977 | [[Vermont]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1932|8|19}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | ''N/A'' | ''[[Carlos Romero Barceló]]'' | ''{{Birth date|1932|9|4}}'' | ''1977–1985'' | ''[[Puerto Rico]]'' | {{party shading/New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)}}|''New Progressive'' | ''{{ayd|1932|9|4}}'' |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Richard Riley]] | {{Birth date|1933|1|2}} | 1979–1987 | [[South Carolina]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1933|1|2}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Buddy MacKay]] | {{Birth date|1933|3|22}} | 1998–1999 | [[Florida]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1933|3|22}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Frank Murkowski]] | {{Birth date|1933|3|28}} | 2002–2006 | [[Alaska]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1933|3|28}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Pete Wilson]] | {{Birth date|1933|8|23}} | 1991–1999 | [[California]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1933|8|23}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Madeleine M. Kunin]] | {{Birth date|1933|9|28}} | 1985–1991 | [[Vermont]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1933|9|28}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Michael Dukakis]] | {{Birth date|1933|11|3}} | 1975–1979, 1983–1991 | [[Massachusetts]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1933|11|3}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[John Y. Brown Jr.]] | {{Birth date|1933|12|28}} | 1979–1983 | [[Kentucky]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1933|12|28}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[George Ryan]] | {{Birth date|1934|2|24}} | 1999–2003 | [[Illinois]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1934|2|24}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Edward D. DiPrete]] | {{Birth date|1934|7|8}} | 1985–1991 | [[Rhode Island]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1934|7|8}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[David Pryor]] | {{Birth date|1934|8|29}} | 1975–1979 | [[Arkansas]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1934|8|29}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Fob James]] | {{Birth date|1934|9|15}} | 1979–1983, 1995–1999 | [[Alabama]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1934|9|15}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Arne Carlson]] | {{Birth date|1934|9|24}} | 1991–1999 | [[Minnesota]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1934|9|24}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Jerry Apodaca]] | {{Birth date|1934|10|3}} | 1975–1979 | [[New Mexico]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1934|10|3}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Joseph E. Brennan]] | {{Birth date|1934|11|2}} | 1979–1987 | [[Maine]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1934|11|2}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Bob Martinez]] | {{Birth date|1934|12|25}} | 1987–1991 | [[Florida]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1934|12|25}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Ruth Ann Minner]] | {{Birth date|1935|1|17}} | 2001–2009 | [[Delaware]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1935|1|17}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Pete du Pont]] | {{Birth date|1935|1|22}} | 1977–1985 | [[Delaware]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1935|1|22}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | ''N/A'' | ''[[Charles Wesley Turnbull]]'' | ''{{Birth date|1935|2|5}}'' | ''1999–2007'' | ''[[United States Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]]'' | {{party shading/Democratic}}|''Democratic'' | ''{{ayd|1935|2|5}}'' |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Thomas Kean]] | {{Birth date|1935|4|21}} | 1982–1990 | [[New Jersey]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1935|4|21}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Harvey L. Wollman]] | {{Birth date|1935|5|14}} | 1978–1979 | [[South Dakota]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1935|5|14}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Richard Lamm]] | {{Birth date|1935|8|3}} | 1975–1987 | [[Colorado]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1935|8|3}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[James G. Martin]] | {{Birth date|1935|12|11}} | 1985–1993 | [[North Carolina]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1935|12|11}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Joe Frank Harris]] | {{Birth date|1936|2|16}} | 1983–1991 | [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1936|2|16}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Don Sundquist]] | {{Birth date|1936|3|15}} | 1995–2003 | [[Tennessee]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1936|3|15}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Tony Earl]] | {{Birth date|1936|4|12}} | 1983–1987 | [[Wisconsin]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1936|4|12}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Lincoln Almond]] | {{Birth date|1936|6|16}} | 1995–2003 | [[Rhode Island]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1936|6|16}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Robert List]] | {{Birth date|1936|9|1}} | 1979–1983 | [[Nevada]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1936|9|1}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Bob Graham]] | {{Birth date|1936|11|9}} | 1979–1987 | [[Florida]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1936|11|9}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Martha Layne Collins]] | {{Birth date|1936|12|7}} | 1983–1987 | [[Kentucky]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1936|12|7}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Barbara Roberts]] | {{Birth date|1936|12|21}} | 1991–1995 | [[Oregon]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1936|12|21}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | ''N/A'' | ''[[Carlos S. Camacho]]'' | ''{{Birth date|1937|2|27}}'' | ''1978–1982'' | ''[[Northern Mariana Islands]]'' | {{party shading/Democratic}}|''Democratic'' | '' {{ayd|1937|2|27}}'' |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Jim Hunt]] | {{Birth date|1937|5|16}} | 1977–1985, 1993–2001 | [[North Carolina]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1937|5|16}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Paul E. Patton]] | {{Birth date|1937|5|26}} | 1995–2003 | [[Kentucky]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1937|5|26}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Jay Rockefeller]] | {{Birth date|1937|6|18}} | 1977–1985 | [[West Virginia]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1937|6|18}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Richard Bryan]] | {{Birth date|1937|7|16}} | 1983–1989 | [[Nevada]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1937|7|16}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[James Florio]] | {{Birth date|1937|8|29}} | 1990–1994 | [[New Jersey]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1937|8|29}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Dick Celeste]] | {{Birth date|1937|11|11}} | 1983–1991 | [[Ohio]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1937|11|11}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Jerry Brown]] | {{Birth date|1938|4|7}} | 1975–1983, 2011–2019 | [[California]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1938|4|7}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Neil Abercrombie]] | {{Birth date|1938|6|26}} | 2010–2014 | [[Hawaii]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1938|6|26}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Bruce Babbitt]] | {{Birth date|1938|6|27}} | 1978–1987 | [[Arizona]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1938|6|27}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Steve Cowper]] | {{Birth date|1938|8|21}} | 1986–1990 | [[Alaska]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1938|8|21}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Allen I. Olson]] | {{Birth date|1938|11|5}} | 1981–1985 | [[North Dakota]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1938|11|5}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Kay A. Orr]] | {{Birth date|1939|1|2}} | 1987–1991 | [[Nebraska]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1939|1|2}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Kit Bond]] | {{Birth date|1939|3|6}} | 1973–1977, 1981–1985 | [[Missouri]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1939|3|6}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | <span style="display:none">Schreiber, Martin J.</span>[[Martin J. Schreiber]] | {{Birth date|1939|4|8}} | 1977–1979 | [[Wisconsin]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1939|4|8}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | ''N/A'' | ''[[Roy Schneider]]'' | ''{{Birth date|1939|5|13}}'' | ''1995–1999'' | ''[[United States Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]]'' | {{party shading/Republican}}|''Republican'' | ''{{ayd|1939|5|13}}'' |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Chuck Robb]] | {{Birth date|1939|6|26}} | 1982–1986 | [[Virginia]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1939|6|26}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Brereton Jones]] | {{Birth date|1939|6|27}} | 1991–1995 | [[Kentucky]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1939|6|27}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Mike Castle]] | {{Birth date|1939|7|2}} | 1985–1992 | [[Delaware]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1939|7|2}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[John H. Sununu]] | {{Birth date|1939|7|2}} | 1983–1989 | [[New Hampshire]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1939|7|2}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Garrey Carruthers]] | {{Birth date|1939|8|29}} | 1987–1991 | [[New Mexico]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1939|8|29}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Mike Sullivan (governor)|Mike Sullivan]] | {{Birth date|1939|9|22}} | 1987–1995 | [[Wyoming]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1939|9|22}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Ben Cayetano]] | {{Birth date|1939|11|14}} | 1994–2002 | [[Hawaii]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1939|11|14}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Gaston Caperton]] | {{Birth date|1940|2|21}} | 1989–1997 | [[West Virginia]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1940|2|21}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Neil Goldschmidt]] | {{Birth date|1940|6|16}} | 1987–1991 | [[Oregon]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1940|6|16}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Lamar Alexander]] | {{Birth date|1940|7|3}} | 1979–1987 | [[Tennessee]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1940|7|3}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[John W. Carlin]] | {{Birth date|1940|8|3}} | 1979–1987 | [[Kansas]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1940|8|3}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Ted Kulongoski]] | {{Birth date|1940|11|5}} | 2003–2011 | [[Oregon]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1940|11|5}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[David Boren]] | {{Birth date|1941|4|21}} | 1975–1979 | [[Oklahoma]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1941|4|21}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Toney Anaya]] | {{Birth date|1941|4|29}} | 1983–1987 | [[New Mexico]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1941|4|29}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Ben Nelson]] | {{Birth date|1941|5|17}} | 1991–1999 | [[Nebraska]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1941|5|17}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Ted Strickland]] | {{Birth date|1941|8|4}} | 2007–2011 | [[Ohio]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1941|8|4}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | ''N/A'' | ''[[Carl Gutierrez]]'' | ''{{Birth date|1941|10|15}}'' | ''1995–2003'' | ''[[Guam]]'' | {{party shading/Democratic}}|''Democratic'' | ''{{ayd|1941|10|15}}'' |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Tommy Thompson]] | {{Birth date|1941|11|19}} | 1987–2001 | [[Wisconsin]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1941|11|19}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Bob Taft]] | {{Birth date|1942|1|9}} | 1999–2007 | [[Ohio]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1942|1|9}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Butch Otter]] | {{Birth date|1942|5|3}} | 2007–2019 | [[Idaho]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1942|5|3}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[John Ashcroft]] | {{Birth date|1942|5|9}} | 1985–1993 | [[Missouri]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1942|5|9}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Parris Glendening]] | {{Birth date|1942|6|11}} | 1995–2003 | [[Maryland]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1942|6|11}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[James Blanchard]] | {{Birth date|1942|8|8}} | 1983–1991 | [[Michigan]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1942|8|8}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Nathan Deal]] | {{Birth date|1942|8|25}} | 2011–2019 | [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1942|8|25}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | ''N/A'' | ''[[Sila María Calderón|Sila M. Calderón]]'' | ''{{Birth date|1942|9|23}}'' | ''2001–2005'' | ''[[Puerto Rico]]'' | {{party shading/Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)}}|''Popular Democratic'' | ''{{ayd|1942|9|23}}'' |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Donald Carcieri]] | {{Birth date|1942|12|16}} | 2003–2011 | [[Rhode Island]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1942|12|16}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Gray Davis]] | {{Birth date|1942|12|26}} | 1999–2003 | [[California]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1942|12|26}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Tony Knowles (politician)|Tony Knowles]] | {{Birth date|1943|1|1}} | 1994–2002 | [[Alaska]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1943|1|1}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Robert J. Bentley]] | {{Birth date|1943|2|3}} | 2011–2017 | [[Alabama]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1943|2|3}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Jim Risch]] | {{Birth date|1943|5|3}} | 2006–2007 | [[Idaho]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1943|5|3}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Jim Guy Tucker]] | {{Birth date|1943|6|13}} | 1992–1996 | [[Arkansas]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1943|6|13}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Bob Kerrey]] | {{Birth date|1943|8|27}} | 1983–1987 | [[Nebraska]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1943|8|27}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Buddy Roemer]] | {{Birth date|1943|10|4}} | 1988–1992 | [[Louisiana]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1943|10|4}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Phil Bredesen]] | {{Birth date|1943|11|21}} | 2003–2011 | [[Tennessee]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1943|11|21}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | ''N/A'' | ''[[Joseph Franklin Ada]]'' | ''{{Birth date|1943|12|3}}'' | ''1987–1995'' | ''[[Guam]]'' | {{party shading/Republican}}|''Republican'' | ''{{ayd|1943|12|3}}'' |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Ed Rendell]] | {{Birth date|1944|1|5}} | 2003–2011 | [[Pennsylvania]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1944|1|5}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Frank Keating]] | {{Birth date|1944|2|10}} | 1995–2003 | [[Oklahoma]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1944|2|10}} <!-- |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Mike Hayden]] | {{Birth date|1944|3|16}} | 1987–1991 | [[Kansas]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1944|3|16}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Angus King]] | {{Birth date|1944|3|31}} | 1995–2003 | [[Maine]] | {{party shading/Independent}}|Independent | {{ayd|1944|3|31}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | ''N/A'' | ''[[Pedro Rosselló]]'' | ''{{Birth date|1944|4|5}}'' | ''1993–2001'' | ''[[Puerto Rico]]'' | {{party shading/New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)}}|''New Progressive'' | ''{{ayd|1944|4|5}}'' |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Jim Geringer]] | {{Birth date|1944|4|24}} | 1995–2003 | [[Wyoming]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1944|4|24}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Steve Beshear]] | {{Birth date|1944|9|21}} | 2007–2015 | [[Kentucky]] | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | {{ayd|1944|9|21}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Jan Brewer]] | {{Birth date|1944|9|26}} | 2009–2015 | [[Arizona]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1944|9|26}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Bob Riley]] | {{Birth date|1944|10|3}} | 2003–2011 | [[Alabama]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1944|10|3}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Kay Ivey]] | {{Birth date|1944|10|15}} | 2017– | [[Alabama]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1944|10|15}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Donald DiFrancesco]] | {{Birth date|1944|11|20}} | 2001–2002 | [[New Jersey]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1944|11|20}} |- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF" | _row_count | [[Jim Gibbons (American politician)|Jim Gibbons]] | {{Birth date|1944|12|16}} | 2007–2011 | [[Nevada]] | {{party shading/Republican}}|Republican | {{ayd|1944|12|16}}---> |}
See also
- Oldest living United States president
- List of the oldest living members of the United States House of Representatives
- Dean of the United States House of Representatives
- Dean of the United States Senate
- List of longest-living United States Senators
- List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service
- List of living former United States governors