Executive Branch of Michigan
Michigan Territory
Governor of Michigan Territory
William Hull
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1753; d. November 29 1825.
Non-Partisan
1805 – 1813
Lewis Cass
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1782; d. June 17 1866.
Non-Partisan
1813 – 1831
Michigan
Governor of Michigan
Robert McClelland
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1807; d. August 30 1880.
Democratic Party
1852 – 1853
Russell Alexander Alger
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1836; d. January 24 1907.
Republican Party
1885 – 1887
George Wilcken Romney
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1907; d. July 26 1995.
Republican Party
1963 – 1969
James Johnston Blanchard
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1942.
Democratic Party
1983 – 1991
John Mathias Engler
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1948.
Republican Party
1991 – 2003
Richard Dale “Rick” Snyder
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 19 1958.
Republican Party
2011 – 2019
Gretchen Esther Whitmer
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1971.
Democratic Party
2019 – present
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
Martha Wright Griffiths
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1912; d. April 22 2003.
Democratic Party
1983 – 1991
Government of Michigan
Secretary of State of Michigan
Candice Sue Miller
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1954.
Republican Party
1995 – 2003
Legislature of Michigan
Michigan State Senate
Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate
Robert “Robbie” VanderLaan
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1930; d. November 1 2015.
Republican Party
1971 – 1974
John Mathias Engler
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1948.
Republican Party
1984 – 1990
Michael Dean “Mike” Bishop
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1967.
Republican Party
2007 – 2011
Minority Leader of the Michigan State Senate
Gretchen Esther Whitmer
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1971.
Democratic Party
2011 – 2015