Governors
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Governor of Arizona : Sidney Preston Osborn (Democratic )
Governor of Arkansas : Benjamin Travis Laney (Democratic )
Governor of California : Earl Warren (Republican )
Governor of Colorado : John Charles Vivian (Republican ) (until January 14), William Lee Knous (Democratic ) (starting January 14)
Governor of Connecticut : Charles W. Snow (Democratic ) (until January 8), James L. McConaughy (Republican ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Delaware : Walter W. Bacon (Republican )
Governor of Florida : Millard F. Caldwell (Democratic )
Governor of Georgia :
Governor of Idaho : Arnold Williams (Democratic ) (until January 6), C. A. Robins (Republican ) (starting January 6)
Governor of Illinois : Dwight H. Green (Republican )
Governor of Indiana : Ralph F. Gates (Republican )
Governor of Iowa : Robert D. Blue (Republican )
Governor of Kansas : Andrew F. Schoeppel (Republican ) (until January 13), Frank Carlson (Republican ) (starting January 13)
Governor of Kentucky : Simeon S. Willis (Republican ) (until December 9), Earle C. Clements (Democratic ) (starting December 9)
Governor of Louisiana : Jimmie H. Davis (Democratic )
Governor of Maine : Horace A. Hildreth (Republican )
Governor of Maryland : Herbert R. O'Conor (Democratic ) (until January 3), William Preston Lane, Jr. (Democratic ) (starting January 3)
Governor of Massachusetts : Maurice J. Tobin (Democratic ) (until January 2), Robert F. Bradford (Republican ) (starting January 2)
Governor of Michigan : Harry Kelly (Republican ) (until January 1), Kim Sigler (Republican ) (starting January 1)
Governor of Minnesota : Edward John Thye (Republican ) (until January 8), Luther W. Youngdahl (Republican ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Mississippi : Fielding L. Wright (Democratic )
Governor of Missouri : Phil M. Donnelly (Democratic )
Governor of Montana : Sam C. Ford (Republican )
Governor of Nebraska : Dwight Griswold (Republican ) (until January 9), Val Peterson (Republican ) (starting January 9)
Governor of Nevada : Vail M. Pittman (Democratic )
Governor of New Hampshire : Charles M. Dale (Republican )
Governor of New Jersey : Walter Evans Edge (Republican ) (until January 21), Alfred E. Driscoll (Republican ) (starting January 21)
Governor of New Mexico : John J. Dempsey (Democratic ) (until January 1), Thomas J. Mabry (Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Governor of New York : Thomas Dewey (Republican )
Governor of North Carolina : R. Gregg Cherry (Democratic )
Governor of North Dakota : Fred G. Aandahl (Republican )
Governor of Ohio : Frank J. Lausche (Democratic ) (until January 13), Thomas J. Herbert (Republican ) (starting January 13)
Governor of Oklahoma : Robert S. Kerr (Democratic ) (until January 13), Roy J. Turner (Democratic ) (starting January 13)
Governor of Oregon : Earl Snell (Republican ) (until October 30), John H. Hall (Republican ) (starting October 30)
Governor of Pennsylvania :
Governor of Rhode Island : John Orlando Pastore (Democratic )
Governor of South Carolina : Ransome Judson Williams (Democratic ) (until January 21), Strom Thurmond (Democratic ) (starting January 21)
Governor of South Dakota : Merrill Q. Sharpe (Republican ) (until January 7), George T. Mickelson (Republican ) (starting January 7)
Governor of Tennessee : Jim Nance McCord (Democratic )
Governor of Texas : Coke R. Stevenson (Democratic ) (until January 21), Beauford H. Jester (Democratic ) (starting January 21)
Governor of Utah : Herbert B. Maw (Democratic )
Governor of Vermont : Mortimer R. Proctor (Republican ) (until January 9), Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. (Republican ) (starting January 9)
Governor of Virginia : William M. Tuck (Democratic )
Governor of Washington : Monrad C. Wallgren (Democratic )
Governor of West Virginia : Clarence W. Meadows (Democratic )
Governor of Wisconsin : Walter S. Goodland (Republican ) (until March 12), Oscar Rennebohm (Republican ) (starting March 12)
Governor of Wyoming : Lester C. Hunt (Democratic )
Lieutenant governors
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Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas : James Lavesque Shaver (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), Nathan Green Gordon (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of California : Frederick F. Houser (Republican ) (until January 7), Goodwin Knight (Republican ) (starting January 7)
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : William Eugene Higby (Republican ) (until January 14), Homer L. Pearson (Republican ) (starting January 14)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : vacant (until January 8), James C. Shannon (Republican ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware : Elbert N. Carvel (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Georgia : Melvin E. Thompson (Democratic ) (starting January 14 and ending March 18), vacant (starting March 18)
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho : A. R. McCabe (Democratic ) (until January 6), Donald S. Whitehead (Democratic ) (starting January 6)
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : Hugh W. Cross (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : Richard T. James (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : Kenneth A. Evans (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : Jess C. Denious, Sr. (Republican ) (until January 13), Frank L. Hagaman (Republican ) (starting January 13)
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : Kenneth H. Tuggle (Republican ) (until December 9), Lawrence Wetherby (Democratic ) (starting December 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : J. Emile Verret (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : vacant (starting January 2), Arthur W. Coolidge (Republican ) (starting January 2)
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : Vernon J. Brown (Republican ) (until January 1), Eugene C. Keyes (Republican ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : C. Elmer Anderson (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : vacant
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : Walter Naylor Davis (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Montana : Ernest T. Eaton (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : Roy W. Johnson (Republican ) (until January 9), Robert B. Crosby (Republican ) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : vacant (until January), Clifford A. Jones (Democratic ) (starting January)
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico : James B. Jones (Democratic ) (until January 1), Joseph Montoya (Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of New York : Joseph R. Hanley (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : Lynton Y. Ballentine (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : Clarence P. Dahl (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : George D. Nye (Democratic ) (until January 13), Paul M. Herbert (Republican ) (starting January 13)
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma : James E. Berry (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : John C. Bell, Jr. (Republican ) (until January 21), Daniel B. Strickler (Republican ) (starting January 21)
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : vacant (until month and day unknown), John S. McKiernan (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : vacant (until January 21), George Bell Timmerman, Jr. (Democratic ) (starting January 21)
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota : Sioux K. Grigsby (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : Larry Morgan (Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), George Oliver Benton (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Texas : John Lee Smith (Democratic ) (until January 21), Allan Shivers (Democratic ) (starting January 21)
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : Lee E. Emerson (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : Lewis Preston Collins II (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Washington : Victor A. Meyers (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : Oscar Rennebohm (Republican )