List of pre-statehood governors of California
This is a list of pre-statehood governors of California. For governors of the state, see List of Governors of California.
Spanish Governors of Alta California, 1804-1822
- 1804-1814: José Joaquín de Arillaga
- 1814-1815: José Darío Argüello (acting)
- 1815-1822: Pablo Vicente Solá
Mexican Governors of Alta California, 1822-1847
- 1822-1825: Luis Antonio Argüello
- 1825-1831: José Maria de Echeandía
- 1831-1832: Manuel Victoria
- 1832: Pío Pico
- 1832-1833: Augustín Zamorano and José Maria de Echeandía
- 1833-1835: José Figueroa
- 1835-1836: José Castro (acting)
- 1836: Nicolas Gutierrez (acting)
- 1836: Mariano Chico
- 1836: Nicolas Gutierrez (acting)
- 1836-1842: Juan B. Alvarado
- 1842-1845: Manuel Micheltoreno
- 1845-1846: Pío Pico
- 1846-1847: José María Flores (in opposition to the United States in Los Angeles)
- 1847: Andrés Pico (in opposition to the United States in Los Angeles)
(see also Governor of Baja California for Baja California, which remains part of Mexico)
President of the California Republic, June-July 1846
- 1846: William Brown Ide (in Sonoma)
American Military Governors of California, 1846-1849
- 1846: John Drake Sloat
- 1846-1847: Robert Field Stockton
- 1847: John C. Frémont
- 1847: Stephen W. Kearny
- 1847-1849: Richard Barnes Mason (acting)
- 1849: Persifor Frazer Smith
- 1849: Bennett Riley
Governor of the Territory of California, 1849-1850
- 1849-1850: Peter H. Burnett (Democrat)