Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin (born August 14, 1945) was the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1997 to 2005. Prior to this, he was the Governor of California from 1987 to 1994. A lifelong Nationalist, Martin won two broad electoral victories and is credited with mainstreaming the party in the wake of the unpopular conservative turn in the late 1980's and early 1990's.