This is a list of lieutenant governors of the U.S. state of California, 1850 to present. In California, the Lieutenant Governor and the Governor do not run together on the same ticket. The Lieutenant Governor can therefore be affiliated with a different political party than that of the Governor. Per the 1879 California Constitution, the Lieutenant Governor is the President of the State Senate.
Democratic (22) American (1) Republican (26) Progressive (1)
As of January 2017,[update] there are seven former U.S. lieutenant governors of California (seven official, one acting) who are currently living at this time. The oldest living U.S. lieutenant governor of California is John L. Harmer (served 1974–1975, born 1934, age 82). The most recent U.S. lieutenant governor of California to die was Edwin Reinecke (served 1969–1974, born 1924) on December 24, 2016.