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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]
2 January 1947: Edward Martin, Governor of Pennsylvania, to assume office as a Senator. 19 January 1949: Alben W. Barkley, United States Senator, to assume office as the Vice President of the United States the next day. 30 November 1950: Richard Nixon, United States Representative, to prepare to assume office as a Senator.
The list below contains election returns from all sixty-seven gubernatorial elections in Pennsylvania sorted by year, beginning with the first in 1790 and ending with the most recent in 2022. Incumbent governors are listed as well as elected governors and runner(s)-up in each election, including major third-party candidates (garnering 5% or ...
The only instance since at least 1980 in which the second in line reached a state governorship was on January 8, 2002, when New Jersey Attorney General John Farmer Jr. acted as governor for 90 minutes between Donald DiFrancesco and John O. Bennett's terms in that capacity as president of the Senate following governor Christine Todd Whitman's ...
Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [16] As of the 2022 elections [update] , there are 12 female state governors currently serving.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, but raised in Upper Dublin Township in the Philadelphia suburbs, Shapiro became the 48th governor of Pennsylvania after assuming office in January 2023.
Democratic Party governors of Pennsylvania (1 C, 15 P) R. Republican Party governors of Pennsylvania (25 P) Pages in category "Governors of Pennsylvania"
A senior adviser to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro who abruptly resigned this week had been accused earlier this year of sexual harassment by a coworker who said his behavior forced her to quit ...