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The oldest current state governor is Kay Ivey of Alabama, who was born on () October 15, 1944 (age 80). The youngest current state governor is Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas, who was born on () August 13, 1982 (age 42).
John Richard Williams (October 29, 1909 – August 24, 1998) was an American radio announcer and politician.After gaining public recognition throughout Arizona because of his work in radio, he went on to become a two-term mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, and a three-term governor of Arizona.
On Jan. 17, 1994, at 4:31 a.m., a violent shudder tore through Southern California. The Northridge earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.7, killed about 60 people and damaged or destroyed more than ...
As a Republican governor in a state with Democratic majorities in both chambers of its state legislature, Schwarzenegger made use of his veto power. On September 27, 2008, Schwarzenegger signed and vetoed about a hundred bills each, facing a September 30 deadline at which unsigned bills automatically became law. [53]
In 1968, he was elected governor as a Republican, with 51.2% of the vote, narrowly beating incumbent Democrat Sam Shapiro. His lieutenant governor was Democrat and future U.S. Senator Paul Simon, the only time that Illinois elected a Governor and Lt. Governor of different parties. [1] (However, on at least two other occasions there was an ...
Many of California’s COVID-19 restrictions were rolled back months ago, so it can be easy to forget that the Golden State is still under a pandemic state of emergency.
Nelson Webster Dewey (December 19, 1813 – July 21, 1889) was an American lawyer, land speculator, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the first Governor of Wisconsin, and also served in the Wisconsin Senate and served several years in the Wisconsin Territory government before Wisconsin achieved statehood.
Democrat Josh Shapiro took the oath of office Tuesday to become the 48th governor of Pennsylvania, placing his hand on a stack of three Jewish Bibles at Tuesday’s inaugural ceremony outside the ...