35. Isabel Reina Payne
2021–2029 (current)
Democratic
34. Caroline Melanie Mercer
2013–2021
Democratic
33. Charles Edwin Wright
2005–2013
Republican
32. David James Allen
1997–2005
Democratic
31. Thomas Cleveland Martin
1989–1997
Republican
30. Joseph Patrick Aguilar
1981–1989
Democratic
29. Roy Denver Canales
1973–1981
Republican
28. Charles Adrian Hollister
1965–1973
Democratic
27. William Ross Schneider
1957–1965
Republican
26. James Devereaux Carter
1949–1957
Democratic
25. Robert Langston Rodriguez
1941–1949
Republican
24. Robert Will Cortez
1933–1941
Democratic
23. Thomas Wentworth Callahan
1925–1933
Republican
22. Joseph Victor Ladner
1917–1925
Democratic
21. George Barton Harvey
1909–1917
Republican
20. Michael Adam West
1901–1909
Democratic
19. William Barrett Harvey
1893–1901
Democratic
18. Raymond Herbert Talbot
1885–1893
Democratic
17. Horatio Benedict Crownsfield
1877–1885
Republican
16. Lee Benedict Wagner
1869–1877
Democratic
15. Jonathan Pierce Carini
1865–1869
Republican
14. Alexander Charles Chamberlain
1861–1865
Democratic
13. Raymond Brooks Ayala
1857–1861
Republican
12. Henry Calder Vaughn
1853–1857
Democratic
11. William Randolph Carter
1850–1853
Whig
10. George Wilbur Jackson
1846–1850 (Territorial Governor, transitioned into statehood for first months)
Whig
9. Clarence Colborne Vallance
1842–1846 (Territorial)
Whig
8. Charles Wyndham Harron
1838–1842 (Territorial)
Democratic
7. Reginald Boone Carteret
1834–1838 (Territorial)
Independent (Frontier nonpartisan era)
6. Elias Hartwell Pennington
1830–1834 (Territorial)
Democratic
5. Jonathan Avery Rutledge
1826–1830 (Territorial)
Democratic–Republican
4. Zachary Julian Hansen
1822–1826 (Territorial)
Democratic–Republican
3. William Bradford Stewart
1818–1822 (Territorial)
Federalist
2. Michael Farrand Sherrer
1814–1818 (Territorial)
Federalist
1. Governor Pro Tempore: Michael Farrand Sherrer
1810–1814 (Territorial)
Federalist
First recognized territorial executive; statehood achieved 1850.