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Encyclopedia > Governor of Pennsylvania

List of Pennsylvania Governors

The office of Pennsylvania governor was created by the state's Constitution of 1790. Before 1790, those who are listed below had held the office called president of the state Supreme Executive Council.


Presidents of the Supreme Executive Council to 1790

  1. 1777-1778.....Thomas Wharton, Jr. (no party affiliation)
  2. 1778..............George Bryan (no party affiliation)
  3. 1778-1781.....Joseph Reed (no party affiliation)
  4. 1781-1782.....William Moore (no party affiliation)
  5. 1782-1785.....John Dickinson (no party affiliation)
  6. 1785-1790.....Benjamin Franklin (no party affiliation)

Governors since 1790

Term Began Term Ended Governor Party Notes
21 Dec 1790 17 Dec 1799 Thomas Mifflin None
17 Dec 1799 20 Dec 1808 Thomas McKean Dem-Rep
20 Dec 1808 16 Dec 1817 Simon Snyder Dem-Rep
16 Dec 1817 19 Dec 1820 William Findlay Dem-Rep
19 Dec 1820 16 Dec 1823 Joseph Hiester Dem-Rep
16 Dec 1823 15 Dec 1829 John Andrew Shulze Dem-Rep
15 Dec 1829 15 Dec 1835 George Wolf Dem-Rep
15 Dec 1835 15 Jan 1839 Joseph Ritner Anti-Masonic
15 Jan 1839 21 Jan 1845 David Rittenhouse Porter Democratic First Gov. under Constitution of 1838
21 Jan 1845 09 Jul 1848 Francis Rawn Shunk Democratic Resigned
09 Jul 1848 26 Jul 1848 - office vacant; see below -
26 Jul 1848 20 Jan 1852 William Freame Johnston Whig
20 Jan 1852 16 Jan 1855 William Bigler Democratic
16 Jan 1855 19 Jan 1858 James Pollock Whig
19 Jan 1858 15 Jan 1861 William Fisher Packer Democratic
15 Jan 1861 15 Jan 1867 Andrew Gregg Curtin Republican
15 Jan 1867 21 Jan 1873 John White Geary Republican
21 Jan 1873 21 Jan 1879 John Frederick Hartranft Republican First Gov. under Constitution of 1874
21 Jan 1879 16 Jan 1883 Henry Martin Hoyt Republican
16 Jan 1883 18 Jan 1887 Robert Emory Pattison Democratic
18 Jan 1887 20 Jan 1891 James Addams Beaver Republican
20 Jan 1891 15 Jan 1895 Robert Emory Pattison Democratic 2nd Administration
15 Jan 1895 17 Jan 1899 Daniel Hartman Hastings Republican
17 Jan 1899 20 Jan 1903 William Alexis Stone Republican
20 Jan 1903 15 Jan 1907 Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker Republican
15 Jan 1907 17 Jan 1911 Edwin Sydney Stuart Republican
17 Jan 1911 19 Jan 1915 John Kinley Tener Republican
19 Jan 1915 21 Jan 1919 Martin Grove Brumbaugh Republican
21 Jan 1919 16 Jan 1923 William Cameron Sproul Republican
16 Jan 1923 18 Jan 1927 Gifford Pinchot Republican
18 Jan 1927 20 Jan 1931 John Stuchell Fisher Republican
20 Jan 1931 15 Jan 1935 Gifford Pinchot Republican 2nd Administration
15 Jan 1935 17 Jan 1939 George Howard Earle Democratic
17 Jan 1939 19 Jan 1943 Arthur Horace James Democratic
19 Jan 1943 03 Jan 1947 Edward Martin Republican Resigned; see below.
03 Jan 1947 21 Jan 1947 John Cromwell Bell, Jr. Republican
21 Jan 1947 16 Jan 1951 James Henderson Duff Republican
16 Jan 1951 18 Jan 1955 John Sydney Fine Republican
18 Jan 1955 20 Jan 1959 George Michael Leader Republican
20 Jan 1959 15 Jan 1963 David Leo Lawrence Democratic
15 Jan 1963 17 Jan 1967 William Warren Scranton Republican
17 Jan 1967 19 Jan 1971 Raymond Philip Shafer Republican
19 Jan 1971 16 Jan 1979 Milton Jerrold Shapp (Shapiro) Democratic First Gov. under Constitution of 1968
16 Jan 1979 20 Jan 1987 Richard "Dick" Thornburgh Republican
20 Jan 1987 17 Jan 1995 Robert Patrick Casey Democratic
June, 1993 January, 1994 Mark S. Singel Democratic Acted as Governor; see below.
17 Jan 1995 05 Oct 2001 Thomas Joseph Ridge Republican Resigned; see below.
05 Oct 2001 21 Jan 2003 Mark Stephen Schweiker Republican Acted as Governor, 13 Sep - 05 Oct, 2001
21 Jan 2003 - current - Edward G. Rendell Democratic
  • - Following Governor Shunk's resignation due to illness, an interregnum of 17 days occurred before Governor Johnston was sworn in, during which time the office was vacant. Under the state's constitution of the time, the Speaker of the Senate should have become Governor upon Shunk's resignation. Johnston however was not officially notified until six days after Shunk's death (17 days following his resignation).
  • - Governor Martin resigned to take a seat in the United States Senate.
  • - In June 1993, Governor Casey underwent a heart-lung transplant operation, installing Singel as Acting Governor until he recovered. Exact dates for this temporary transfer of power are still being researched.
  • - On September 13, 2001, Governor Ridge was enlisted to aid in national homeland security efforts following the September 11th terrorist attacks, temporarily transferring his powers to Schweiker. He later resigned to accept the position of Director of Homeland Security (now Secretary of Homeland Security).

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Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4172 words)
Pennsylvania (the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) is one of four states of the United States of America that is called a commonwealth.
Pennsylvania's nickname "The Keystone State" is quite apt, as the state forms a geographic bridge both between the Northeastern states and the Southern states, and between the Atlantic seaboard and the Midwest.
Pennsylvania is bisected diagonally by ridges of the Appalachian Mountain chain from southwest to northeast.
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Pennsylvania is divided into 60 judicial districts[1], most of which (save Philadelphia and Allegheny Counties) have district justices (formerly called justices of the peace), who preside mainly over minor criminal offenses and small civil claims.
Pennsylvania is 180 miles (290 km) north to south and 310 miles (500 km) east to west.
In 1961 an exposed seam of coal at Centralia, Pennsylvania caught fire and forced eventually almost the entire community to abandon their settlement; the coal fire is still burning today and is estimated to last 100 years more.
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