Lieutenant Governor of Washington
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'Incumbent Brad Owen since 15 January 1997
Term length	4 Years
Inaugural holder	Charles E. Laughton
Formation	11 November 1889
Succession	First
Website	http://www.ltgov.wa.gov

The Lieutenant Governor of Washington is an elected office in the U.S. state of Washington. The current incumbent is Brad Owen, a Democrat who has served since 1997. The Lieutenant Governor serves as President of the Washington State Senate and accedes to the governorship in case of a vacancy.

There have been 15 holders of the office, three of whom have ascended to the office of Governor of Washington. Prior to statehood, there were 10 Territorial Secretaries of State of Washington that acted in the Territorial Governor's absence, but were unable to ascend to Governor.^[1]

[edit] List of Lieutenant Governors of Washington State (1889-present)^[1]

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
1	Charles E. Laughton	1889	1893	Republican
2	F.H. Luce	1893	1897	Republican
3	Thurston Daniels	1897	1901	Populist
4	Henry McBride	1901	December 26, 1901	Republican	Became Governor upon the death of John Rankin Rogers
5	Charles E. Coon	1905	1909	Republican
6	Marion E. Hay	1909	March 28, 1909	Republican	Became Governor upon the death of Samuel G. Cosgrove
7	Louis Folwell Hart	1913	June 14, 1919	Republican	Became Governor upon the death of Ernest Lister
8	William J. Coyle	1921	1925	Republican
9	W. Lon Johnson	1925	1929	Republican
10	John Arthur Gellatly	1929	1933	Republican
11	Victor A. Meyers	1933	1953	Democratic
12	Emmett T. Anderson	1953	1957	Republican
13	John A. Cherberg	1957	1989	Democratic
14	Joel Pritchard	1989	1997	Republican
15	Brad Owen	1997	Incumbent	Democratic

[edit] References

v • d • e Current lieutenant governors of U.S. states and territories and next-in-line of succession for states and territories without lieutenant governors or where the office is vacant AL Folsom (D) AK Campbell (R) AZ Goddard (D) 3 AR Halter (D) CA Steinberg (D) 2 CO O'Brien (D) CT Fedele (R) DE Denn (D) FL Kottkamp (R) GA Cagle (R) HI Aiona (R) ID Little (R) IL Madigan (D) 3 IN Skillman (R) IA Judge (D) KS Findley (D) KY Mongiardo (D) LA Landrieu (D) ME Mitchell (D) 2 MD Brown (D) MA Murray (D) MI Cherry (D) MN Molnau (R) MS Bryant (R) MO Kinder (R) MT Bohlinger (R) NE Sheehy (R) NV Krolicki (R) NH Larsen (D) 2 NJ Codey (D) 2 NM Denish (D) NY Ravitch (D) NC Dalton (D) ND Dalrymple (R) OH Fisher (D) OK Askins (D) OR Brown (D) 1 PA Scarnati (R) RI Roberts (D) SC Bauer (R) SD Daugaard (R) TN Ramsey (R) 2 TX Dewhurst (R) UT Bell (R) VT Dubie (R) VA Bolling (R) WA Owen (D) WV Tomblin (D) 2 WI Lawton (D) WY Maxfield (R) 1 DC Gray (D) 4 Terr. AS Sunia (D) GU Cruz (R) MP Inos (C) PR McClintock (NPP/D)1 VI Francis (D) 1 Secretary of State.    2 Senate President.    3 Attorney General.    4 Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia

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