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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]
Deputy Governor: 1754–1756 Philadelphia: 22 William Denny Deputy Governor: 1756–1759 Philadelphia: Acting and 23 James Hamilton: Deputy Governor: 1759–1763 Philadelphia: 24 John Penn: Lieutenant Governor: 1763–1771 Philadelphia: Acting and 25 Richard Penn: Lieutenant Governor: 1771–1773 Philadelphia: 26 John Penn: Lieutenant Governor ...
Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections were held triennially beginning with the first election in 1790 until 1878. Gubernatorial elections have been held quadrennially since the election of 1882. Gubernatorial general elections are held on Election Day , coinciding with various other federal, statewide, and local races.
Republican Party governors of Pennsylvania (25 P) Pages in category "Governors of Pennsylvania" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Andrew Gregg Curtin (April 22, 1815 – October 7, 1894) was an American lawyer and politician.He served as the 15th governor of Pennsylvania [1] during the American Civil War, [2] helped defend his state during the Gettysburg Campaign, and oversaw the creation of the National Cemetery and the ceremony in which Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address.
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.
George Leader was the third child of Guy and Beulah Leader. He grew up on their York County poultry farm, and was educated in a one-room schoolhouse.He later graduated from York High School, then attended Gettysburg College, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania from which he received an ...
From the left Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro gives his budget address to applause by Joanna McClinton, Speaker of the House, and Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis at the state capital building ...