| 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|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
|
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
|
unknown
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
