Editing Governor of Michigan (section)

==History of the office==
[[File:Thomas Mickell Burnham - Stevens Thomson Mason - 57.268 - Detroit Institute of Arts.jpg|thumb|200px|Governor [[Stevens T. Mason]], the first governor of the State of Michigan]]
Forty-seven people have been governor of the state over forty-nine distinct periods, with two, [[John S. Barry]] and [[Frank Fitzgerald]], serving non-consecutive terms. Before statehood, there were five governors of the [[Michigan Territory]]. [[Stevens T. Mason]], Michigan's first governor, also served as a territorial governor. He was elected governor at age 23 as a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in 1835 and served until 1840. Mason was the youngest state governor in United States history.

[[Jennifer Granholm]] became the first [[List of female governors in the United States|female governor]] of Michigan on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded Engler; she served for 8 years, until January 1, 2011.