Governors - Governor of Alabama: George S. Houston (Democratic)
- Governor of Arkansas: Augustus Hill Garland (Democratic) (until January 11), William Read Miller (Democratic) (starting January 11)
- Governor of California: William Irwin (Democratic)
- Governor of Colorado: John Long Routt (Republican)
- Governor of Connecticut: Charles R. Ingersoll (Democratic) (until January 3), Richard D. Hubbard (Democratic) (starting January 3)
- Governor of Delaware: John P. Cochran (Democratic)
- Governor of Florida: Marcellus Stearns (Republican) (until January 2), George Franklin Drew (Democratic) (starting January 2)
- Governor of Georgia: James Milton Smith (Democratic) (until January 12), Alfred H. Colquitt (Democratic) (starting January 12)
- Governor of Illinois: John Lourie Beveridge (Republican) (until January 8), Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) (starting January 8)
- Governor of Indiana: Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic) (until January 8), James D. Williams (Democratic) (starting January 8)
- Governor of Iowa: Samuel J. Kirkwood (Republican) (until February 1), Joshua G. Newbold (Republican) (starting February 1)
- Governor of Kansas: Thomas A. Osborn (Republican) (until January 8), George T. Anthony (Republican) (starting January 8)
- Governor of Kentucky: James B. McCreary (Democratic)
- Governor of Louisiana:
- Governor of Maine: Seldon Connor (Republican)
- Governor of Maryland: John Lee Carroll (Democratic)
- Governor of Massachusetts: Alexander H. Rice (Republican)
- Governor of Michigan: John J. Bagley (Republican) (until January 3), Charles Croswell (Republican) (starting January 3)
- Governor of Minnesota: John S. Pillsbury (Republican)
- Governor of Mississippi: John M. Stone (Democratic)
- Governor of Missouri: Charles Henry Hardin (Democratic) (until January 8), John Smith Phelps (Democratic) (starting January 8)
- Governor of Nebraska: Silas Garber (Republican)
- Governor of Nevada: Lewis R. Bradley (Democratic)
- Governor of New Hampshire: Person C. Cheney (Republican) (until June 7), Benjamin F. Prescott (Republican) (starting June 7)
- Governor of New Jersey: Joseph D. Bedle (Democratic)
- Governor of New York: Lucius Robinson (Democratic) (starting January 1)
- Governor of North Carolina: Curtis Hooks Brogden (Republican) (until January 1), Zebulon Baird Vance (Democratic) (starting January 1)
- Governor of Ohio: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) (until March 2), Thomas L. Young (Republican) (starting March 2)
- Governor of Oregon: La Fayette Grover (Democratic) (until February 1), Stephen F. Chadwick (Democratic) (starting February 1)
- Governor of Pennsylvania: John F. Hartranft (Republican)
- Governor of Rhode Island: Henry Lippitt (Republican) (until May 29), Charles C. Van Zandt (Republican) (starting May 29)
- Governor of South Carolina: Wade Hampton III (Democratic)
- Governor of Tennessee: James D. Porter (Democratic)
- Governor of Texas: Richard B. Hubbard (Democratic)
- Governor of Vermont: Horace Fairbanks (Republican)
- Governor of Virginia: James L. Kemper (Democratic)
- Governor of West Virginia: John J. Jacob (Democratic)/(Independent) (until March 4), Henry M. Mathews (Democratic) (starting March 4)
- Governor of Wisconsin: Harrison Ludington (Republican)
Lieutenant governors - Lieutenant Governor of California: James A. Johnson (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Lafayette Head (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: George G. Sill (Republican) (starting January 3), Francis Loomis (Democratic) (starting January 3)
- Lieutenant Governor of Florida: vacant (until month and day unknown), Noble A. Hull (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Archibald A. Glenn (Democratic) (until January 8), Andrew Shuman (Republican) (starting January 8)
- Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Leonidas Sexton (Republican) (until January 13), Isaac P. Gray (Democratic) (starting January 13)
- Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Joshua G. Newbold (Republican (until February 1), vacant (starting February 1)
- Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Melville J. Salter (Republican) (until January 8), Lyman U. Humphrey (Republican) (starting January 8)
- Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: John C. Underwood (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Caesar Antoine (Republican) (until April 24), Louis A. Wiltz (Democratic) (starting April 24)
- Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Horatio G. Knight (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Henry H. Holt (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Alonzo Sessions (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: James Wakefield (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: John M. Stone (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Norman Jay Coleman (Democratic) (until January 8), Henry Clay Brockmeyer (Democratic) (starting January 8)
- Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Othman A. Abbott (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Jewett W. Adams (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of New York: William Dorsheimer (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: vacant (until January 1), Thomas J. Jarvis (Democratic) (starting January 1)
- Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: Thomas Lowry Young (Republican) (until March 2), H. W. Curtiss (Republican) (starting March 2)
- Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: John Latta (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Henry Tillinghast Sisson (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), Albert Howard (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: William Dunlap Simpson (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: Thomas H. Paine (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), Hugh M. McAdoo (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Texas: vacant
- Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Redfield Proctor (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: Henry Wirtz Thomas (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Charles D. Parker (Democratic)
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