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There have officially been 83 governors of the State of Georgia, including 11 who served more than one distinct term (John Houstoun, George Walton, Edward Telfair, George Mathews, Jared Irwin, David Brydie Mitchell, George Rockingham Gilmer, M. Hoke Smith, Joseph Mackey Brown, John M. Slaton and Eugene Talmadge, with Herman Talmadge serving two de facto distinct terms).
Terry Branstad is the longest-serving governor in American history, with a tenure of 22 years, 4 months, and 13 days, as governor of Iowa. This list contains the 50 governors of states in the United States who have served for the longest years, consecutively or otherwise. Pre-statehood territorial and colonial governors are not included. [1]
A total of 15 current governors previously served as lieutenant governor, while 11 previously served in the United States House of Representatives. [13] The governor's office has term limits in 37 states and 4 territories; these terms are four years except in New Hampshire and Vermont , where governors serve two-year terms.
The office of the governor inside the Georgia state capitol building. There have officially been 77 governors of the state of Georgia, including 11 who served more than one distinct term. Georgia was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and ratified the Constitution of the United States on January 2, 1788. [3]
Serving as 39th US president from 1977 to 1981, ... the United States’ longest-lived president, was never afraid of speaking his mind. ... announced his bid to become governor in Georgia, where ...
A Georgia law enforcement officer, who was America's longest serving sheriff, has died at the age of 92. Former Houston County Sheriff Cullen Talton — who spent five decades on the force ...
American bureaucrat, Commissioner of the United States Bureau of Reclamation [85] Haddon Donald: 1917–2018: 101: New Zealand politician [86] William I. Donnermeyer Sr. 1924– 100: American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives [87] Fred J. Doocy: 1913–2017: 104: American banker and politician, Lieutenant Governor of ...
“For nearly 52 years, Sheriff Talton remained committed to serving and protecting the people of his community and became a beloved fixture of Georgia law enforcement,” Kemp said in a statement.