List of United States governors who died in office

This is a list of United States governors who died in office.

List

Governor Death and burial
Governor Party State Date of death Age at death (years) Cause Place of death Place of burial Source
Archibald Bulloch None Georgia February 22, 1777 47 Possibly poisoned Savannah, Georgia Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia [1]
William Livingston Federalist New Jersey July 25, 1790 66 Unknown Elizabeth, New Jersey Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York City [2]
George Plater Federalist Maryland February 10, 1792 56 Unknown Annapolis, Maryland Sotterley, Maryland [3]
John Hancock None Massachusetts October 8, 1793 56 Natural causes Hancock Manor, Boston, Massachusetts Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts [4]
Samuel Huntington Federalist Connecticut July 16, 1796 64 Unknown Norwich, Connecticut Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut [5]
Thomas Chittenden None Vermont August 25, 1797 67 Unknown Williston, Vermont Thomas Chittenden Cemetery, Williston, Vermont [6]
Gunning Bedford Federalist Delaware September 30, 1797 55 unknown New Castle, Delaware Immanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery, New Castle, Delaware [7]
Oliver Wolcott Federalist Connecticut December 1, 1797 71 Natural causes Litchfield, Connecticut East Cemetery, Litchfield, Connecticut [8]
Increase Sumner Federalist Massachusetts June 7, 1799 52 Angina pectoris Roxbury, Massachusetts Granary Burying Ground [9]
Edward Rutledge Federalist South Carolina January 23, 1800 50 Gout Charleston, South Carolina Saint Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina [10]
Moses Gill None Massachusetts May 20, 1800 67 Unknown Boston, Massachusetts Unknown
Arthur Fenner Country Rhode Island October 15, 1805 59 Unknown Providence, Rhode Island Unknown [11]
James Sullivan Democratic-Republican Massachusetts December 10, 1808 64 Unknown Boston, Massachusetts Granary Burying Ground [12]
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Federalist Connecticut August 7, 1809 69 Unknown Lebanon, Connecticut Unknown [13]
George William Smith Democratic-Republican Virginia December 26, 1811 49 Richmond Theatre fire Richmond, Virginia Monumental Church, Richmond, Virginia [14]
Roger Griswold Federalist Connecticut October 25, 1812 50 Unknown Norwich, Connecticut Griswold Cemetery, Lyme, Connecticut
George Madison Democratic-Republican Kentucky October 14, 1816 53 unknown Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
William Rabun Democratic-Republican Georgia October 24, 1819 48 fever Hancock County, Georgia Powelton Baptist Church, Powelton, Hancock County, Georgia
William Wyatt Bibb Democratic-Republican Alabama July 10, 1820 38 Riding accident Elmore County, Alabama Coosada, Alabama
John Collins Democratic-Republican Delaware April 16, 1822 46 unknown Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware unknown
Joseph Haslet Democratic-Republican Delaware June 20, 1823 53-54 Unknown Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford, Delaware
William Eustis Democratic-Republican Massachusetts February 6, 1825 71 pneumonia Boston, Massachusetts Granary Burying Ground
Frederick Bates Democratic-Republican Missouri August 4, 1825 48 pneumonia Chesterfield, Missouri Thornhill estate
Walter Leake Democratic-Republican Mississippi November 6, 1825 63 unknown Hinds County, Mississippi unknown
DeWitt Clinton Democratic-Republican New York February 11, 1828 58 heart failure Albany, New York old Swan Street Cemetery
George Izard Democratic-Republican Arkansas Territory November 22, 1828 52 Gout Little Rock, Arkansas Mount Holly Cemetery [15]
Pierre Derbigny National Republican Louisiana October 6, 1829 60 carriage accident Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Saint Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Enoch Lincoln Democratic-Republican Maine October 8, 1829 40 unknown Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine
Daniel Martin National Republican Maryland July 11, 1831 50 Fell off his horse Talbot County, Maryland Spring Hill Cemetery, Easton, Maryland
Abram M. Scott National Republican Mississippi June 12, 1833 48 cholera Jackson, Mississippi unknown
John Breathitt Democrat Kentucky February 21, 1834 47 Tuberculosis Frankfort, Kentucky Maple Grove Cemetery, Breathitt County, Kentucky
Caleb P. Bennett Democrat Delaware May 9, 1836 77 unknown Wilmington, Delaware Friends Burial Ground, Wilmington, Delaware
James Clark Whig Kentucky August 27, 1839 60 unknown Frankfort, Kentucky Winchester, Kentucky
Patrick Noble Democrat South Carolina April 7, 1840 52-53 Unknown Columbia, South Carolina Willington Cemetery, McCormick County, South Carolina
Thomas Reynolds Democrat Missouri February 9, 1844 47 suicide Jefferson City, Missouri Woodlawn Cemetery, Jefferson City, Missouri
Thomas Stockton Whig Delaware March 2, 1846 64 unknown New Castle, Delaware Immanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery
Joseph Maull Whig Delaware May 3, 1846 64 unknown Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard
William Henry Bissell Republican Illinois March 18, 1860 48 unknown Springfield, Sangamon County, illinois Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, illinois
Ashbel P. Willard Democrat Indiana October 4, 1860 39 internal bleeding Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota New Albany
John Willis Ellis Democrat North Carolina July 7, 1861 40 unknown Red Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Old English Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina
Louis P. Harvey Republican Wisconsin April 19, 1862 41 Drowning Savannah, Tennessee Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin
Hamilton Rowan Gamble Republican Missouri January 31, 1864 65 infection unknown Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
William Cannon Republican Delaware March 1, 1865 55 unknown Bridgeville, Sussex County, Delaware Bridgeville Methodist Cemetery
John Milton Democrat Florida April 1, 1865 57 gunshot wound Marianna, Jackson County, Florida Saint Luke's Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson County, Florida
John Brough Union Ohio August 29, 1865 53 Gangrene Cleveland, Ohio Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio
John L. Helm Democrat Kentucky September 8, 1867 65 unknown Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky Helm Place, Hardin County, Kentucky
Peter T. Washburn Republican Vermont February 7, 1870 55 Unknown Woodstock, Vermont River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont
Ossian B. Hart Republican Florida March 18, 1874 53 pneumonia Jacksonville, Jackson County, Florida Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida
Tod Robinson Caldwell Republican North Carolina July 11, 1874 56 cholera morbus Hillsborough, North Carolina Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, North Carolina
Joseph Emile Harley Democrat South Carolina February 27, 1942 61 Cancer Unknown Baptist Cemetery, Barnwell, South Carolina
James D. Williams Democrat Indiana November 20, 1880 72 Pyelonephritis Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana Walnut Grove Cemetery, Knox County, Indiana
Louis A. Wiltz Democrat Louisiana October 16, 1881 38 tuberculosis New Orleans, Louisiana unknown
Alexander H. Stephens Democrat Georgia March 4, 1883 71 unknown Crawfordville, Georgia A. H. Stephens State Park,
Taliaferro County, Georgia
Washington Bartlett Democrat California September 12, 1887 63 Bright's disease Oakland, California Mountain View Cemetery Oakland, California
Joseph R. Bodwell Republican Maine December 15, 1887 67 unknown Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine unknown
John S. Marmaduke Democrat Missouri December 28, 1887 54 pneumonia Jefferson City, Missouri Woodland Cemetery, Jefferson City, Missouri
Daniel Gould Fowle Democrat North Carolina April 7, 1891 60 unknown Raleigh, North Carolina Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina
Alvin Peterson Hovey Republican Indiana November 23, 1891 70 unknown Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana Bellefontaine Cemetery, Posey County, Indiana
Joshua H. Marvil Republican Delaware April 8, 1895 69 unknown Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware Laurel Hill Cemeterym, Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware
Frederic T. Greenhalge Republican Massachusetts March 5, 1896 53 Kidney disease Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell Cemetery
William Goebel Democrat Kentucky February 3, 1900 44 gunshot wound Frankfort, Kentucky unknown
William J. Samford Democrat Alabama June 11, 1901 56 Unknown Tuscaloosa, Alabama Unknown
William Gregory Republican Rhode Island December 16, 1901 52 Bright's disease North Kingstown, Rhode Island Unknown
John Rankin Rogers Democrat Washington December 26, 1901 63 Lobar pneumonia Olympia, Washington Woodbine Cemetery, Puyallup, Washington
DeForest Richards Republican Wyoming April 28, 1903 56 kidney disease Cheyenne, Wyoming Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyoming
John M. Pattison Democrat Ohio June 18, 1906 59 Bright's disease Milford, Ohio Greenlawn Cemetery, Milford, Ohio
Samuel G. Cosgrove Republican Washington March 28, 1909 61 heart attack Paso Robles, California Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Washington
George L. Lilley Republican Connecticut April 21, 1909 49 Unknown Hartford, Connecticut Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut
John Albert Johnson Democrat Minnesota September 21, 1909 48 Complications from surgery Rochester, Minnesota Unknown
Winfield Scott Hammond Democrat Minnesota December 30, 1915 52 stroke Clinton, Louisiana Unknown
Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca Democrat New Mexico February 18, 1917 52 Unknown Santa Fe, New Mexico Mount Calvary Cemetery Las Vegas, New Mexico
James Withycombe Republican Oregon March 3, 1919 64 heart condition Salem, Oregon City View Cemetery, Salem, Oregon
Ernest Lister Democrat Washington June 14, 1919 48 heart and kidney disease Seattle, Washington Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Washington
Frederic Hale Parkhurst Republican Maine January 31, 1921 56 pneumonia Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine
William B. Ross Democrat Wyoming October 2, 1924 50 complications due to an Appendectomy Cheyenne, Wyoming Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Henry L. Fuqua Democrat Louisiana October 11, 1926 60 unknown Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Roselawn Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Henry L. Whitfield Democrat Mississippi March 18, 1927 58 unknown Jackson, Mississippi Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Mississippi
Austin Peay Democrat Tennessee October 2, 1927 51 Intracerebral hemorrhage Nashville, Tennessee Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee
Aram J. Pothier Republican Rhode Island February 4, 1928 73 unknown Woonsocket, Rhode Island L'Eglise du Precieux Sang, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
I. L. Patterson Republican Oregon December 21, 1929 70 Pneumonia Eola, Oregon Mount Crest Abbey, Salem, Oregon
Frank Emerson Republican Wyoming February 18, 1931 48 pneumonia Cheyenne, Wyoming Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Arthur Seligman Democrat New Mexico September 25, 1933 62 Unknown Santa Fe, New Mexico Fairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
James Rolph Republican California June 2, 1934 64 Heart attack Santa Clara County, California Greenlawn Memorial Park Colma, California
Frank Henry Cooney Democrat Montana December 15, 1935 62 heart failure Great Falls, Montana Saint Mary Cemetery, Missoula
Oscar K. Allen Democrat Louisiana January 28, 1936 53 Brain hemorrhage Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana unknown
Floyd B. Olson Farmer–Labor Minnesota August 22, 1936 44 stomach cancer Rochester, Minnesota Unknown
Frank Fitzgerald Republican Michigan March 16, 1939 54 Heart attack Grand Ledge, Michigan Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Michigan
Henry Horner Democrat Illinois October 6, 1940 61 Complications from stroke Winnetka, Cook County, Illinois Zion Gardens Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
Paul B. Johnson Sr. Democrat Mississippi December 26, 1943 63 unknown Hattiesburg, Mississippi unknown
Thomas L. Bailey Democrat Mississippi November 2, 1946 58 Stroke Jackson, Mississippi unknown
Walter Samuel Goodland Republican Wisconsin March 12, 1947 84 heart attack Madison, Wisconsin Graceland Cemetery, Racine, Wisconsin
Earl Snell Republican Oregon October 28, 1947 52 Plane crash Near Dog Lake, Lake County, Oregon Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem, Oregon
James L. McConaughy Republican Connecticut March 7, 1948 60 Coronary thrombosis Hartford, Connecticut Unknown
Sidney Preston Osborn Democrat Arizona May 25, 1948 64 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Phoenix, Arizona Greenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery, Phoenix, Arizona
Beauford H. Jester Democrat Texas July 11, 1949 56 heart attack Houston, Texas Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Texas
Daniel T. McCarty Democrat Florida September 28, 1953 41 pneumonia Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida Palms Cemetery
William B. Umstead Democrat North Carolina November 7, 1954 59 Common Cold Durham, North Carolina Mount Tabor Church, Rougemont, North Carolina
William S. Beardsley Republican Iowa November 21, 1954 53 car accident Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa New Virginia cemetery, New Virginia, Iowa
Paul L. Patterson Republican Oregon January 31, 1956 55 Coronary occlusion Portland, Oregon River View Cemetery, Portland, Oregon
Clinton Clauson Democrat Maine December 30, 1959 64 unknown Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine Pine Grove Cemetery
Ralph G. Brooks Democrat Nebraska September 9, 1960 62 unknown Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Nebraska
Donald Grant Nutter Republican Montana January 25, 1962 46 plane crash Wolf Creek, Montana Sidney City Cemetery, Sidney, Montana
Lurleen Wallace Democrat Alabama May 7, 1968 41 Colon cancer Montgomery, Alabama Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama
Wesley Bolin Democrat Arizona March 4, 1978 68 Heart attack Phoenix, Arizona Multiple locations
Hugh Gallen Democrat New Hampshire December 29, 1982 58 Blood infection Boston, Massachusetts Saint Rose of Lima New Catholic Cemetery, Littleton, New Hampshire
Richard A. Snelling Republican Vermont August 13, 1991 64 Heart attack Shelburne, Vermont Shelburne Village Cemetery. Shelburne, Vermont
George S. Mickelson Republican South Dakota April 19, 1993 52 plane crash near Dubuque, Iowa Greenwood Cemetery, Brookings, South Dakota
Lawton Chiles Democrat Florida December 12, 1998 68 Heart attack Tallahassee, Florida "Jubilee", Chiles family estate, Tallahassee, Florida
Mel Carnahan Democrat Missouri October 16, 2000 66 plane crash near Hillsboro, Missouri Carson Hill Cemetery, Mill Spring, Missouri
Frank O'Bannon Democrat Indiana September 13, 2003 73 stroke Chicago, Illinois Cedar Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Indiana

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