THE GOVERNORS, POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS, AND TERMS OF OFFICE, 1999
Governors' Office Addresses and Phone Numbers

State or
jurisdiction
(state web site)

Past
Governors

Governor

Present
term began		 Affiliation
Alabama
1819-
 Don Siegelman [21] Jan - 99 Dem
Alaska
1959-
 Tony Knowles [29] Dec - 98 Dem
American Samoa
Tauese P.F. Sunia Jan - 97 Dem
Arizona
Jane Dee Hull [21] Jan - 99 Rep
Arkansas
1836-
 Mike Huckabee [11] Jan - 99 Rep
California
1849-
 Gray Davis [1] Jan - 99 Dem
Colorado
1876-
 Bill Owens [5] Jan - 99 Rep
Connecticut
John G. Rowland [19] Jan - 99 Rep
Delaware
Thomas R. Carper[5] Jan - 97 Dem
Florida
Jeb Bush[4] Jan - 99 Rep
Georgia
1777-
 Roy Barnes [5] Jan - 99 Dem
Guam Carl T.C. Gutierrez Jan - 99 Dem
Hawaii
1959-
 Benjamin J. Cayetano Dec - 98 Dem
Idaho
1890-
 Dirk Kempthorne Jan - 99 Rep
Illinois   George H. Ryan Jan - 99 Rep
Indiana   Frank O’Bannon Jan - 97 Dem
Iowa
1846-
 Tom Vilsack Jan - 99 Dem
Kansas   Bill Graves Jan - 99 Rep
Kentucky   Paul E. Patton Dec - 99 Dem
Louisiana   Mike Foster Jan - 2000 Rep
Maine
1820-
 Angus S. King Jr. Jan - 99 I
Maryland
1777-
 Parris N. Glendening Jan - 99 Dem
Massachusetts
1780-
 Argeo Paul Cellucci Jan - 99 Rep
Michigan   John Engler Jan - 99 Rep
Minnesota   Jesse Ventura Jan - 99 Reform
Mississippi   David Ronald Musgrove

Jan - 2000

 Dem
Missouri
1820-
 Mel Carnahan Jan - 97 Dem
Montana
1889-
 Marc Racicot Jan - 97 Rep
Nebraska
Mike Johanns Jan - 99 Rep
Nevada
1911-
 Kenny C. Guinn Jan - 99 Dem
New Hampshire
Jeanne Shaheen Jan - 99 Dem
New Jersey
1776-
 Christine T. Whitman Jan - 99 Rep
New Mexico
1912-
 Gary E. Johnson Jan - 99 Rep
New York
1777-
 George E. Pataki Jan - 99 Rep
North Carolina
1776-
 James B. Hunt Jr. Jan - 99 Dem
North Dakota
1889-
 Edward T. Schafer Jan - 99 Rep
Northern Mariana Is.
Pedro P. Tenorio Jan - 98 Rep
Ohio
Bob Taft Jan - 99 Rep
Oklahoma
1907-
 Frank Keating Jan - 99 Rep
Oregon John A. Kitzhaber, M.D. Jan - 99 Dem
Pennsylvania Tom Ridge Jan - 99 Rep
Puerto Rico Pedro Rossell— Jan - 97 Dem
Rhode Island Lincoln Almond Jan - 99 Rep
South Carolina Jim Hodges Jan - 99 Dem
South Dakota
1917-
 William J. Janklow Jan - 99 Rep
Tennessee
1796-
 Don Sundquist Jan - 99 Rep
Texas
1846-
 George W. Bush Jan - 99 Rep
Utah
1896-
 Michael O. Leavitt Jan - 97 Rep
Vermont Howard Dean, M.D. Jan - 99 Dem
Virginia
1776-
 James S. Gilmore III Jan - 98 Rep
Virgin Islands   Charles W. Turnbull Jan - 99 Dem
Washington
1853-
 Gary Locke Jan - 97 Dem
West Virginia Cecil H. Underwood Jan - 97 Rep
Wisconsin
1848-
 Tommy G. Thompson Jan - 99 Rep
Wyoming Jim Geringer Jan - 99 Rep