One governor, Evan Mecham, was successfully impeached, and one, Fife Symington, resigned upon being convicted of a felony.

The longest-serving governor was Hunt, who was elected seven times and served just under fourteen years.

The longest single stint was that of Bruce Babbitt, who was elected to two four-year terms after succeeding to the office following the death of his predecessor, Wesley Bolin, serving nearly nine years total.

[10] On March 16, 1861, soon before the American Civil War broke out, a convention in Mesilla voted that the provisional territory should secede from the Union and join the Confederacy.

[13] On March 20, 1862, Baylor issued an order to kill all the adult Apache and take their children into slavery.

[12] When Confederate President Jefferson Davis learned of this order, he strongly disapproved and demanded an explanation.

The line of succession has reached beyond the secretary of state only once, when Attorney General Bruce Babbitt became governor upon the death of Wesley Bolin.

Bolin had become governor when Raúl Héctor Castro resigned to accept appointment as ambassador to Argentina.

Starting with the 2026 election cycle, Arizona will have a lieutenant governor, pursuant to a 2022 amendment to the constitution.