List of United States governors who died in office explained

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
Archibald Bulloch	None	Georgia	February 22, 1777	47	Unknown	Savannah, Georgia	Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
William Livingston	Federalist	New Jersey	July 25, 1790	66	Unknown	Elizabeth, New Jersey	Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York City
George Plater	Federalist	Maryland	February 10, 1792	56	Unknown	Annapolis, Maryland	Sotterley, Maryland
John Hancock	None	Massachusetts	October 8, 1793	56	Unknown	Hancock Manor, Boston, Massachusetts	Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts
Samuel Huntington	Federalist	Connecticut	July 16, 1796	64	Unknown	Norwich, Connecticut	Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut
Thomas Chittenden	None	Vermont	August 25, 1797	67	Unknown	Williston, Vermont	Thomas Chittenden Cemetery, Williston, Vermont
Gunning Bedford	Federalist	Delaware	September 30, 1797	55	unknown	New Castle, Delaware	Immanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery, New Castle, Delaware
Oliver Wolcott	Federalist	Connecticut	December 1, 1797	71	Unknown	Litchfield, Connecticut	East Cemetery, Litchfield, Connecticut
Increase Sumner	Federalist	Massachusetts	June 7, 1799	52	angina pectoris	Roxbury, Massachusetts	Granary Burying Ground
Edward Rutledge	Federalist	South Carolina	January 23, 1800	50	Gout	Charleston, South Carolina	unknown
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
James Sullivan	Democratic-Republican	Massachusetts	December 10, 1808	64	Unknown	Boston, Massachusetts	Granary Burying Ground
Jonathan Trumbull Jr.	Federalist	Connecticut	August 7, 1809	69	Unknown	Lebanon, Connecticut	Unknown
George William Smith	Democratic-Republican	Virginia	December 26, 1811	49	Richmond Theatre fire	Richmond, Virginia	Monumental Church, Richmond, Virginia
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
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	unknown	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\|unknown \|-\|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		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		Greenlawn Memorial Park Colma, California
Frank Henry Cooney		Montana	December 15, 1935	62	heart failure	Great Falls, Montana	Saint Mary Cemetery, Missoula
Oscar K. Allen		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		Illinois	October 6, 1940	61	unknown	Winnetka, Cook County, Illinois	Zion Gardens Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
Paul B. Johnson Sr.		Mississippi	December 26, 1943	63	unknown	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	unknown
Thomas L. Bailey		Mississippi	November 2, 1946	58	unknown	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		Unknown
Sidney Preston Osborn		Arizona	May 25, 1948	64	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	Phoenix, Arizona	Greenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery, Phoenix, Arizona
Beauford H. Jester		Texas	July 11, 1949	56	heart attack	Houston, Texas	Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Texas
Daniel T. McCarty		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