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The 1970 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 3. Democrat Milton Shapp challenged incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Ray Broderick.
The governor of Pennsylvania is the head of government of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, as well as commander-in-chief of the state's national guard. [2]The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to approve or veto bills passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, [3] as well as to convene the legislature. [4]
Casey was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, the son of Alphonsus Liguori and Marie (née Cummings) Casey.His family, of Irish descent, was originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania, but his parents moved to New York in order for his father, a devoutly Roman Catholic former coal miner who began working as a coal miner at age 10, to attend Fordham University School of Law. [4]
He was the first person to hold either office. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and as the 43rd governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2001. Ridge was born in Munhall, Pennsylvania, and raised in veterans' public housing in Erie, Pennsylvania.
The President of the Senate is the Lieutenant Governor, who has no vote except in the event of tie in the Senate, where the vote is 25-25. The legislature meets in the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. Its session laws are published in the official Laws of Pennsylvania, [6] which are codified in the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes.
Seal of Pennsylvania: 1791 [17] Ship: US Brig Niagara: April 29, 1988 [6] [18] Song "Pennsylvania" November 29, 1990 [19] [20] Steam locomotive: K4s 1361 and K4s 3750 ...
Escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante has been spotted again and has changed his appearance, police said early Sunday as they try to narrow in on the Pennsylvania fugitive.
Raymond Philip Shafer (March 5, 1917 – December 12, 2006) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 39th governor of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1971. Prior to that, he served as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967 and as a Pennsylvania state senator from 1959 to 1962.