The following is a list of governors of the Mexican state of Jalisco from 1821. The current Constitution indicates a term of six years in length, which cannot be renewed under any circumstances. It also stipulates the qualifications for becoming governor: a Mexican citizen by birth, at least 30 years of age, and a resident of Jalisco for at least five years prior to election. Elections are held concurrently with presidential elections.
List of governors Rulers of the Province of Nueva Galicia during Independent Mexico (1821–1823) GovernorTerm of officePartyNotes Start EndPedro Celestino Negrete13 June 182125 June 1821José Antonio de Andrade y Baldomar26 June 18215 February 1822Antonio Basilio Gutiérrez y Ulloa, Victoria y Deza6 February 182219 October 1822Superior political chief due to temporary absence of Captain general Pedro Celestino NegreteLuis de Quintanar20 October 182221 June 1823Captain general and superior political chief of the province of Nueva Galicia
Rulers of the State of Jalisco during Independent Mexico (1823–1836) GovernorTerm of officePartyNotes|- Start EndLuis de Quintanar21 June 182317 June 1824Constituent governor of the State of JaliscoJosé Ma. Castañeda y Medina17 June 18243 July 1824Acting governorRafael Dávila4 July 182423 October 1824Acting vice governorJuan Nepomuceno Cumplido24 October 182423 January 1825Acting vice governorPrisciliano Sánchez Padilla24 January 182529 December 1826Almanaque Mundial 1975, p. M50Constitutional governor of the Free State of JaliscoJosé María Echauri30 December 182618 January 1827Acting governorJuan Nepomuceno Cumplido19 January 182723 September 1828Vice governorJosé Justo Corro24 September 182828 February 1829Acting governorJosé Ignacio Cañedo y Arróniz1 March 18296 February 1830Constitutional governorJosé Ignacio Herrera y Cairo7 February 18304 March 1830Vice governorRamón Navarro8 March 183015 March 1830Military impositionJuan Nepomuceno Cumplido15 March 183029 July 1830José Ignacio Cañedo y Arróniz29 July 183025 October 1830Constitucional governorJosé Ignacio Herrera y Cairo26 October 183014 February 1831Vice governorJosé Ignacio Cañedo y Arróniz15 February 183119 August 1832As a result of a conflict between the State Government and the General Command, by decree 406 of Congress, of 24 November 1831, the State Powers moved to the city of Lagos de Moreno, where they functioned since 4 December 1831, to 5 January 1832 José Ignacio Herrera y Cairo20 August 183219 February 1833Pedro Tamés Jurado1 March 183316 June 1834Constitutional governorFrancisco Cortés Valdivia17 June 183417 June 1834Acting governorSantiago Guzmán Parra18 June 183422 June 1834Acting governorJuan Nepomuceno Cumplido23 June 183411 August 1834Vice governorJosé Antonio Romero12 August 18341 December 1834ProvisionalJosé Antonio Romero2 December 18345 January 1836Constitutional governorAntonio Escobedo5 January 183625 January 1836Voter in the Departmental Governing BodyJosé Antonio Romero25 January 183618 June 1836Acting governor
Governors of Jalisco, Centralism and Federalism (1836–1857) GovernorsTerm of officePartyNotes Start EndAntonio Escobedo19 June 1836??/11/1837Vice governorJosé Justo Corro??/11/1837??/12/1837Acting governorAntonio Escobedo??/12/18378 August 1841Department of JaliscoMariano Paredes12 August 18419 September 1841Acting governorJoaquín Castañeda10 September 18414 November 1841Voter in the Departmental Governing BodyMariano Paredes y Arrillaga??/05/1842??/01/1843Governor and general commanderJosé María Jarero5 February 184323 March 1843Governor and general commander of the Department of JaliscoJosé Antonio Mozo??/05/1843??/02/1844Department of JaliscoManuel Antonio Cañedo2 March 18449 March 1844Department of JaliscoPánfilo Galindo??/03/1844??/05/1844Department of JaliscoAntonio Escobedo6 May 184420 May 1846Constitucional governor of the Department of JaliscoJuan Nepomuceno Cumplido20 May 18466 June 1846Acting governor of the State of JaliscoJosé María Yáñez12 June 184614 August 1846Acting governor of the State of JaliscoJuan Nepomuceno Cumplido15 August 184623 November 1846Acting governor of the State of JaliscoJoaquín Angulo24 November 1846??/09/1847Acting governorSabás Sánchez Hidalgo??/09/1847??/09/1847Acting governorJoaquín Angulo??/09/184729 February 1848Acting governorJosé Guadalupe Montenegro1 March 18481 March 1848Joaquín Angulo2 March 184822 March 1848José Guadalupe Montenegro23 March 18481 May 1848Joaquín Angulo2 May 18487 August 1848José Guadalupe Montenegro8 August 184819 November 1848Joaquín Angulo20 November 184812 April 1849José Guadalupe Montenegro13 April 184925 April 1849Joaquín Angulo26 April 184915 October 1849José Guadalupe Montenegro16 October 184914 November 1849Joaquín Angulo15 November 184910 March 1850José Guadalupe Montenegro11 March 18509 May 1850Joaquín Angulo10 May 185020 June 1850José Guadalupe Montenegro21 June 185019 July 1850Joaquín Angulo20 July 185026 July 1850José Guadalupe Montenegro27 July 185011 October 1850Joaquín Angulo12 October 1850??/09/1851José Guadalupe Montenegro??/09/1851??/10/1851Joaquín Angulo??/10/185129 February 1852Jesús López Portillo1 March 185226 July 1852Gregorio Dávila26 July 185213 September 1852José María Blancarte13 September 185220 October 1852Governor and general commanderJosé María Yáñez20 October 185210 June 1853Governor and general commanderJosé Palomar y Rueda10 June 185316 July 1853Acting governorJosé María Ortega17 July 185313 May 1855Governor and general commanderManuel Gamboa14 May 185522 August 1855Governor and general commanderIgnacio Comonfort23 August 185531 August 1855Santos Degollado1 September 18554 January 1856Governor and general commanderGregorio Dávila4 January 18565 February 1856Substitute governorSantos Degollado6 February 185630 May 1856Governor and general commanderJosé Ignacio Herrera y Cairo30 May 185630 July 1856Substitute governorAnastasio Parrodi31 July 185616 December 1856Governor and general commander
Rulers of Jalisco during the Reform and the Second Empire, until the Restored Republic (1857–1867)
GovernorTerm of officePartyNotes Start EndGregorio Dávila17 December 18568 February 1857Substitute governorAnastasio Parrodi2 March 185718 January 1858Jesús Leandro Camarena18 January 185817 March 1858Substitute governorJosé Silverio Núñez17 March 185823 March 1858Governor and general commanderUrbano Tovar24 March 18586 April 1858Department of JaliscoPedro Ogazón7 April 18587 April 1858Substitute governorUrbano Tovar8 April 18582 June 1858Department of JaliscoFrancisco García Casanova3 June 185823 September 1858Governor and general commander of the Department of JaliscoJosé María Blancarte24 September 185828 October 1858Pedro Ogazón29 October 185816 December 1858José Quintanilla18 December 18588 January 1859Leonardo Márquez8 January 185920 March 1859Luis Tapia27 March 185914 May 1859Leonardo Márquez15 May 185928 May 1859Governor and commander in chiefLuis Tapia29 May 18592 September 1859Governor and general commander due to temporary absence of Leonardo MárquezLeonardo Márquez3 September 185914 November 1859Department of JaliscoLuis Tapia15 November 185914 December 1859Adrián Woll15 December 185924 May 1860Governor and general commanderPedro Espejo??/05/1860??/05/1860Governor and commander due the absence of Woll during the first days of MayPedro Valadez24 May 186026 May 1860Severo Castillo??/06/18602 November 1860Governor and general in chiefPedro Ogazón2 November 186030 July 1861Governor and general commanderIgnacio Luis Vallarta1 August 18611 September 1861Substitute governorPedro Ogazón2 September 186123 December 1861Ignacio Luis Vallarta23 December 186111 February 1862Pedro Ogazón12 February 1862??/10/1862Constitucional governorManuel Doblado??/10/18625 December 1862Governor and military commanderJesús López Portillo6 December 186217 December 1862Governor and military commanderManuel Doblado??/12/1862??/03/1863Pedro Ogazón??/03/186320 June 1863Governor and general commander of the States of Jalisco and ColimaJosé María Arteaga20 June 18631863Ángel Bravo18631863Rómulo Díaz de la Vega7 January 18647 August 1864Superior political prefect. The antagonistic sides, monarchist and republican, controlled only parts of the StateDomingo Llamas8 August 186411 December 1864Superior political prefectJosé María Arteaga18641864Anacleto Herrera y Cairo24 July 1864??/09/1864José María Gutiérrez Hermosillo??/09/1864??/10/1864Mariano Morett12 December 18647 May 1865Superior political prefectJesús López Portillo8 May 18654 October 1865Superior political prefectMariano Morett18651866Teodoro Marmolejo18661866Mariano Morett18661866Teodoro Marmolejo18661866Juan Carlos Jontan18661866Jesús López Portillo18661866Francisco Gutiérrez??/08/1866??/12/1866Imperial commissary and general commanderEulogio Parra21 December 186626 December 1866Military commander of the State of JaliscoDonato Guerra18661867Antonio Gómez Cuervo16 January 18678 December 1867Governor and acting military commander
Governors of Jalisco since the Restored Republic until 1877 (1867–1877)
GovernorTerm of officePartyNotes Start EndAntonio Gómez Cuervo8 December 186717 May 1868Constitutional governorEmeterio Robles Gil18 May 18681 March 1869Substitute governorAntonio Gómez Cuervo2 March 186917 January 1870Constitutional governorFlorentino Carrillo17 January 18706 April 1870Governor and military commanderAntonio Gómez Cuervo6 April 187028 February 1871Constitutional governorJesús Leandro Camarena11 June 187012 June 1870Acting governor, simultaneously with Antonio Gómez CuervoAurelio Hermoso13 June 187028 February 1871Substitute, simultaneously with Antonio Gómez CuervoJesús Leandro Camarena1 March 187115 July 1871Acting governorFélix Barrón15 July 187126 September 1871Substitute governorIgnacio Luis Vallarta27 September 187128 February 1875Constitutional governorJesús Leandro Camarena1 March 18759 February 1876Constitutional governorJosé Ceballos9 February 187624 November 1876Governor and military commanderLeopoldo Romano??/11/1876??/01/1877In charge of the government and the military command, due to the temporary absence of José Ceballos
Governors of the State of Jalisco during the Porfiriato (1877–1911)