List of Governors of Washington

This is a list of governors of the U.S. state of Washington. Washington is one of only 11 states in which gubernatorial elections occur the same years as presidential elections. In most states, gubernatorial elections occur in even-numbered years that are not presidential election years (years like 2002 or 2006, which are even-numbered but not evenly divisble by 4). Presidential elections occur in every year that is evenly divisible by 4, like 2004 or 2008. Five states hold elections in odd numbered years, two states, New Hampshire and Vermont are the only states in which governors have two year terms. Elections in these states occur every even numbered year.

List of Washington Territory governors (1853-1889)

=List of Washington State governors (1889-present)=

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Further reading

*cite book|author=Meany, Edmond S|title=Governors of Washington : territorial and state|publisher=University of Washington|year=1915 [http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/publications_detail.aspx?p=30 Available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection] Includes: Territorial governors: Isaac Ingalls Stevens -- Fayette McMullin -- Richard D. Gholson -- William H. Wallace -- William Pickering -- George E. Cole -- Marshall F. Moore -- Alvan Flanders -- Edward S. Salomon -- Elisha Peyre Ferry -- William Augustus Newell -- Watson Carvossa Squire -- Eugene Semple -- Miles Conway Moore. State governors: Elisha Peyre Ferry -- John Harte McGraw -- John Rankin Rogers -- Henry McBride -- Albert Edward Mead -- Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove -- Marion E. Hay -- Ernest Lister