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William Burnet (March 1687/88 [1] – 7 September 1729) was a British civil servant and colonial administrator who served as governor of New York and New Jersey (1720–1728) and Massachusetts and New Hampshire (1728–1729).
Peter Hardeman Burnett (November 15, 1807 – May 17, 1895) was an American politician who served as the first elected governor of California from December 20, 1849, to January 9, 1851. Burnett was elected Governor almost one year before California's admission to the Union as the 31st state in September 1850. [a]
as military governor 2: Francis Lovelace (1621–1675) 1668: 1673: 3: Anthony Colve (Dutch Governor) 1673: 1674: Dutch former naval captain who became Governor under a restored Dutch rule 4: Edmund Andros (1637–1714) 1674: 1683: 5: Anthony Brockholls (c. 1656) 1681: 1683: Commander-in-Chief of British Forces and acting governor 6: Thomas ...
The 1849 California gubernatorial election was held on November 13, 1849, to elect the first governor of California. Peter Hardeman Burnett won in a five-way race. Burnett was subsequently sworn in as governor on December 20, 1849, with the military governor, Bennet C. Riley, ceding de facto executive authority to him.
The 1938 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Burnet Rhett Maybank, Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, won the contested Democratic primary and defeated Republican Joseph Augustis Tolbert in the general election becoming the 99th governor of South Carolina.
Burnet Rhett Maybank (March 7, 1899 – September 1, 1954) was a three-term US senator, the 99th governor of South Carolina, and mayor of Charleston, South Carolina.He was the first governor from Charleston since the American Civil War (1861-1865) and one of twenty people in United States history to have been elected mayor, governor, and United States senator.
David Gouverneur Burnet (April 14, 1788 – December 5, 1870) was an early politician within the Republic of Texas, serving as the interim president of Texas in 1836, the second vice president of the Republic of Texas (1839–1841), and the secretary of state (1846) for the new state of Texas after it was annexed to the United States.
The lieutenant governor controlled the province, acting as governor unless the commissioned governor was present. [34] In 1741 the governance of Massachusetts and New Hampshire was divided. [35] As a result, during the tenures of the last two governors, Benning and John Wentworth, the role of the lieutenant governor diminished.