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| State | Chief Executive | Successor to a Vacancy |
| Alabama | • GOVERNOR | • President of the State Senate (1819-1867) [under State's 1st and 2nd Constitutions: would merely become "acting Governor"; next in line of succession: Speaker of the State House of Representatives] • Lieutenant Governor (1867-1875) [under State's 3rd Constitution: elected separately from GOVERNOR; next in line of succession: President pro Tempore of the State Senate] • President of the State Senate (1875-1901) [under State's 4th Constitution: would merely become "acting Governor"; next in line of succession: Speaker of the State House of Representatives] • Lieutenant Governor (1901--) [under State's 5th Constitution: elected separately from GOVERNOR; next in line of succession: President pro Tempore of the State Senate, then Speaker of the State House of Representatives, followed- if ever necessary- by Statewide Elected Executive Officers] |
| Alaska | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor (1959--) [under State's 1st Constitution] |
| American Samoa | • Governor | • Lieutenant Governor |
| Arizona | • GOVERNOR | • Secretary of State (1912--) [under State's 1st Constitution; next in line of sucession: State Attorney General] |
| Arkansas | • GOVERNOR | • President of the State Senate (1836-1864) [under State's 1st Constitution: would merely become "acting Governor"; next in line of succession: Speaker of the State House of Representatives] • Lieutenant Governor (1864-1874) [under State's 2nd and 3rd Constitutions: elected separately from Governor; next in line of succession: President (pro Tempore) of the Senate] • President of the State Senate (1874-1914) [under State's 4th Constitution: would merely become "acting Governor"; next in line of succession: Speaker of the State House of Representatives] • Lieutenant Governor (1914--) [via Amendment to the State's 4th Constitution: elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| California | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor (1850--) [under State's 1st and 2nd Constitutions: elected separately from GOVERNOR; originally, next in line of succession: President (pro Tempore) of the State Senate, then (after State Constitutional Amendment of 1898) Speaker of the State Assembly... subsequently, the Legislature was authorized to determine a line of succession beyond the Lieutenant Governor by statute] |
| Colorado | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor |
| Connecticut | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor |
| Delaware | • PRESIDENT (1776-1792) [under the State's 1st Constitution] • GOVERNOR (1792--) [under the State's 2nd, 3rd and 4th Constitutions] | • Speaker of the Legislative Council (1776-1792) [under State's 1st Constitution: would merely become "acting President"; next in line of succession: Speaker of the House of Assembly] • Speaker of the State Senate (1792-1897) [under the State's 2nd and 3rd Constitutions: would merely become "acting Governor"; next in line of succession: Speaker of the State House of Representatives] • Lieutenant Governor (1897--) [under State's 4th Constitution; next in the line of succession: Secretary of State, then Attorney General, President pro Tempore of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives] |
| Florida | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR] • President of the State Senate [under State's 4th Constitution; next in line of succession: Speaker of the State House of Representatives] • President of the State Senate (1845-1865) [under State's 1st Constitution; next in line of succession: Speaker of the State House of Representatives] • Lieutenant Governor (1865-1887) [under State's 2nd and 3rd Constitutions; next in line of succession: Speaker of the State House of Representatives (1865-1868), President pro Tempore of the State Senate (1868-1887)] |
| Georgia | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| Guam | • Governor | |
| Hawaii | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [Elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated separately from Governor] |
| Idaho | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| Illinois | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated separately from Governor] |
| Indiana | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; next in line of succession: President pro Tempore of the State Senate (1816-1851)] |
| Iowa | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| Kansas | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated with Governor as well] |
| Kentucky | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated with Governor as well] |
| Louisiana | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| Maine | • GOVERNOR | • President of the State Senate |
| Maryland | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR] |
| Massachusetts | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| Michigan | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [Nominated by convention separately from the gubernatorial primary; elected on same ticket with Governor.] |
| Minnesota | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated with Governor as well] |
| Mississippi | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| Missouri | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| Montana | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated separately from Governor] |
| Nebraska | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR] |
| Nevada | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| New Hampshire | • GOVERNOR | • President of the State Senate |
| New Jersey | • GOVERNOR | • President of the State Senate (--2009) [becomes "acting Governor" only and must remain a member of the State Senate in order to hold such position; next in the line of succession is the Speaker of the State General Assembly. NEW JERSEY has no Lieutenant Governor] • Lieutenant Governor (2009--) |
| New Mexico | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated separately from Governor] |
| New York | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated separately from Governor] |
| North Carolina | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| North Dakota | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR] |
| Northern Marianas | • Governor | |
| Ohio | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated with Governor as well] |
| Oklahoma | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| Oregon | • GOVERNOR | • Secretary of State |
| Pennsylvania | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR] |
| Puerto Rico | • Governor | |
| Rhode Island | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| South Carolina | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| South Dakota | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated with Governor as well] |
| Tennessee | • GOVERNOR | • Speaker of the State Senate |
| Texas | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| Utah | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR] |
| Vermont | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| Virgin Islands | • Governor | |
| Virginia | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| Washington | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR] |
| West Virginia | • GOVERNOR | • President of the State Senate |
| Wisconsin | • GOVERNOR | • Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR] |
| Wyoming | • GOVERNOR | • Secretary of State |
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