What is Governor of Michigan?
{{Infobox Political post |post = Governor |body = the State of Michigan |flag = Seal of Michigan Governor.svg |flagsize = 110px |flagcaption = [[Seals of the Governors of the U.S. States|Seal of the Governor]] |insignia = Flag of the Governor of Michigan.svg |insigniasize = 120px |insigniacaption = [[Flags of the Governors of the U.S. States|Flag of the Governor]] |image = Gretchen Whitmer (2021) (cropped).jpg |incumbent = [[Gretchen Whitmer]] |incumbentsince = January 1, 2019 |style = Her Excellency <ref>{{cite book| last = Senate| first = Michigan. Legislature.| title = Journal of the Senate of the State of Michigan| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=c8IlAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA167| year = 1837| publisher = | isbn = | page = 167 }}</ref><br>The Honorable |residence = [[Michigan Governor's Mansion|Governor's mansion]]s: Lansing<br>Mackinac Island |appointer = Popularly elected |termlength = Four years, renewable once |formation = January 26, 1837 |inaugural = Stevens T. Mason |website = [http://www.michigan.gov/gov michigan.gov/gov] }} The '''Governor of Michigan''' is the [[Executive branch|chief executive]] of the [[U.S. state|U.S. State]] of [[Michigan]]. The current [[Governor]] is [[Gretchen Whitmer]], a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. ==Gubernatorial elections and term of office== From the time the state was created until the [[election]] of 1966, governors were [[election|elected]] to two-year terms. Elections are held in November and the governor took office the next January. Until 1851, elections were held in odd-numbered years. A new state [[constitution]] was created in 1850 and took effect in 1851. Because of this, there was a single one-year term of governor in 1851. After this, elections were held on even years. The [[Michigan Constitution|constitution adopted in 1963]] changed the governor's term to four years, starting in 1967. Since then, elect