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John Wayne Mixson (June 16, 1922 – July 8, 2020) was an American politician and farmer in Florida who served as the 12th lieutenant governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987, and as the 39th governor of Florida for three days in January 1987.
The lieutenant governor is the second-highest-ranking government official in 45 of the 50 U.S. states and four of the five territories.In those states and territories, he or she is the first in the line of succession in case of a vacancy in the office of governor (Note: in Massachusetts and West Virginia, the lieutenant governor only assumes powers and duties as acting governor, not succeeding ...
A lieutenant governor is an official in state governments of 45 out of 50 of the United States. In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor, standing in for that officer when they are absent from the state or temporarily incapacitated.
The John Wayne Cancer Foundation was founded in 1985 in honor of John Wayne, after his family granted the use of his name (and limited funding) for the continued fight against cancer. [184] The foundation's mission is to "bring courage, strength, and grit to the fight against cancer". [ 184 ]
Wayne Jones, Constitution Party candidate for North Carolina lieutenant governor in 2024. (submitted photo)
The original 1816 Constitution of Indiana provided for the election of a governor and a lieutenant governor every three years, limited to six years out of any nine-year period. [12] The second and current constitution of 1851 lengthened terms to four years and set the commencement of the governor's term on the second Monday in the January ...
Prior to that, she served as the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, under John Y. Brown Jr. Her election made her the highest-ranking Democratic woman in the U.S. She was considered as a possible running mate for Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale in the 1984 presidential election , but Mondale chose Congresswoman Geraldine ...
Newark Advocate veterans columnist Doug Stout, of the Licking County Library, continues the story of 2nd Lt. Wayne Crowl, as he writes to family in Mount Vernon.