Governors - Governor of Alabama: Robert B. Lindsay (Democratic)
- Governor of Arkansas: Powell Clayton (Republican) (until March 17), Ozra Amander Hadley (Republican) (starting March 17)
- Governor of California: Henry Huntly Haight (Democratic) (until December 8), Newton Booth (Republican) (starting December 8)
- Governor of Connecticut: James E. English (Democratic) (until May 16), Marshall Jewell (Republican) (starting May 16)
- Governor of Delaware: Gove Saulsbury (Democratic) (until January 17), James Ponder (Democratic) (starting January 17)
- Governor of Florida: Harrison Reed (Republican)
- Governor of Georgia: Rufus Bullock (Republican) (until October 30), Benjamin Conley (Republican) (starting October 30)
- Governor of Illinois: John M. Palmer (Republican)
- Governor of Indiana: Conrad Baker (Republican)
- Governor of Iowa: Samuel Merrill (Republican)
- Governor of Kansas: James M. Harvey (Republican)
- Governor of Kentucky: John W. Stevenson (Democratic) (until February 3), Preston H. Leslie (Democratic) (starting February 3)
- Governor of Louisiana: Henry C. Warmoth (Republican)
- Governor of Maine: Joshua Chamberlain (Republican) (until January 4), Sidney Perham (Republican Party) (starting January 4)
- Governor of Maryland: Oden Bowie (Democratic)
- Governor of Massachusetts: William Claflin (Republican)
- Governor of Michigan: Henry P. Baldwin (Republican)
- Governor of Minnesota: Horace Austin (Republican)
- Governor of Mississippi: James L. Alcorn (Republican) (until November 30), Ridgley C. Powers (Republican) (starting November 30)
- Governor of Missouri: Joseph W. McClurg (Republican) (until January 4), B. Gratz Brown (Liberal Republican) (starting January 4)
- Governor of Nebraska: David Butler (Republican) (until June 2), William H. James (Republican) (starting June 2)
- Governor of Nevada: Henry G. Blasdel (Republican) (until January 2), Lewis R. Bradley (Democratic) (starting January 2)
- Governor of New Hampshire: Onslow Stearns (Republican) (until June 8), James A. Weston (Democratic) (starting June 8)
- Governor of New Jersey: Theodore Fitz Randolph (Democratic)
- Governor of New York: John Thompson Hoffman (Democratic)
- Governor of North Carolina: Tod Robinson Caldwell (Republican)
- Governor of Ohio: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
- Governor of Oregon: La Fayette Grover (Democratic)
- Governor of Pennsylvania: John W. Geary (Republican)
- Governor of Rhode Island: Seth Padelford (Republican)
- Governor of South Carolina: Robert Kingston Scott (Republican)
- Governor of Tennessee: Dewitt Clinton Senter (Republican) (until October 10), John C. Brown (Democratic) (starting October 10)
- Governor of Texas: Edmund J. Davis (Republican)
- Governor of Vermont: John W. Stewart (Republican)
- Governor of Virginia: Gilbert Carlton Walker (Democratic)
- Governor of West Virginia: William E. Stevenson (Republican) (until March 4), John J. Jacob (Democratic)/(Independent) (starting March 4)
- Governor of Wisconsin: Lucius Fairchild (Republican)
Lieutenant governors - Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Edward H. Moren (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: James M. Johnson (Republican) (until March 14), vacant (starting March 14)
- Lieutenant Governor of California: William Holden (Democratic) (until December 8), Romualdo Pacheco (Republican) (starting December 8)
- Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Julius Hotchkiss (Democratic) (until May 16), Morris Tyler (Republican) (starting May 16)
- Lieutenant Governor of Florida: vacant (until month and day unknown), Samuel T. Day (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: John Dougherty (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: William Cumback (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Madison Miner Walden (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Henry C. Bulis (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Charles Vernon Eskridge (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Peter Percival Elder (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: vacant (until September 5), John G. Carlisle (Democratic) (starting September 5)
- Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Oscar J. Dunn (Republican) (until November 22), P. B. S. Pinchback (Republican) (starting November 22)
- Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Joseph Tucker (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Morgan Bates (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: William H. Yale (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Ridgley C. Powers (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Alexander K. Davis (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Edwin Obed Stanard (Republican) (until January 4), Joseph J. Gravely (Liberal Republican) (starting January 4)
- Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: James S. Slingerland (political party unknown) (until January 2), Frank Denver (political party unknown) (starting January 2)
- Lieutenant Governor of New York: Allen C. Beach (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Tod R. Caldwell (Republican) (until month and day unknown), vacant (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: John C. Lee (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Pardon Stevens (political party unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Alonzo J. Ransier (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: Dorsey B. Thomas (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), John C. Vaughn (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Texas: vacant
- Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: George N. Dale (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: John Lawrence Marye, Jr. (Conservative)
- Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Thaddeus C. Pound (Republican)
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