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List of Governors of Pennsylvania

Index List of Governors of Pennsylvania

The Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the head of the executive branch of Pennsylvania's state government and serves as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [1]

137 relations: Andrew Gregg Curtin, Anti-Masonic Party, Arthur James (politician), Benjamin Franklin, Bill (law), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Bob Casey Sr., Catherine Baker Knoll, Charles Biddle, Charles Warren Stone, Chauncey Forward Black, Commander-in-chief, Continental Congress, Daniel H. Hastings, Daniel Strickler, David J. Davis, David L. Lawrence, David R. Porter, David Redick, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic-Republican Party, Dick Thornburgh, Ed Rendell, Edward C. Shannon, Edward E. Beidleman, Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician), Edwin Sydney Stuart, Ernest Kline, Executive (government), Federalist Party, Flags of governors of the U.S. states, Francis R. Shunk, Frank B. McClain, George Bryan, George Howard Earle III, George M. Leader, George Ross (Pennsylvania statesman), George Wolf, Gifford Pinchot, Government of Pennsylvania, Henry M. Hoyt, Impeachment, Interregnum, James A. Beaver, James Ewing (Pennsylvania), James H. Duff, James Irvine (Pennsylvania), James Pollock, James Potter, Jim Cawley, ..., Joe Scarnati, John Andrew Shulze, John C. Bell Jr., John Dickinson, John F. Hartranft, John K. Tener, John Latta (Lieutenant Governor), John Merriman Reynolds, John Morgan Davis, John P. S. Gobin, John S. Fine, John Stuchell Fisher, John W. Geary, Joseph Hiester, Joseph Reed (politician), Joseph Ritner, Kingdom of Great Britain, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, List of ambassadors of the United States to Austria, List of ambassadors of the United States to France, List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia, List of ambassadors of the United States to Sweden, List of colonial governors of Pennsylvania, List of Governors of Delaware, List of Governors of Kansas, List of Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections, Lloyd H. Wood, Louis Arthur Watres, Mark Schweiker, Mark Singel, Martin Grove Brumbaugh, Matthew Smith (Pennsylvania statesman), Mike Stack, Milton Shapp, National Governors Association, Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Pennsylvania Governor's Residence, Pennsylvania National Guard, Peter Muhlenberg, President of the Continental Congress, President pro tempore, Province of Pennsylvania, Raymond J. Broderick, Raymond P. Shafer, Republican Party (United States), Robert E. Pattison, Robert Jubelirer, Robert S. Murphy, Roy E. Furman, Samuel S. Lewis, Samuel W. Pennypacker, Seals of governors of the U.S. states, Simon Snyder, Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Thirteen Colonies, Thomas Kennedy (unionist), Thomas McKean, Thomas Mifflin, Thomas Wharton Jr., Ticket (election), Tom Corbett, Tom Ridge, Tom Wolf, Tuberculosis, U.S. state, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, United States Attorney General, United States Congress, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States House of Representatives, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, United States Senate, Veto, Walter Lyon (Pennsylvania), Whig Party (United States), William A. Stone, William Bigler, William Cameron Sproul, William F. Johnston, William F. Packer, William Findlay (governor), William M. Brown, William Moore (statesman), William Scranton, William Scranton III, William T. Davies. Expand index (87 more) »

Andrew Gregg Curtin

Andrew Gregg Curtin (April 22, 1815/1817October 7, 1894) was a U.S. lawyer and politician.

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Anti-Masonic Party

The Anti-Masonic Party, also known as the Anti-Masonic Movement, was the first third party in the United States.

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Arthur James (politician)

Arthur Horace James (July 14, 1883April 27, 1973) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge.

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (April 17, 1790) was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

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Bill (law)

A bill is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature.

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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress and its predecessor, the Continental Congress.

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Bob Casey Sr.

Robert Patrick Casey Sr. (January 9, 1932 – May 30, 2000) was an American politician from Pennsylvania.

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Catherine Baker Knoll

Catherine Baker Knoll (September 3, 1930 – November 12, 2008) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party.

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Charles Biddle

Charles Biddle (December 24, 1745 – April 4, 1821) was a Pennsylvania statesman and a member of the prominent Biddle family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Charles Warren Stone

Charles Warren Stone (June 29, 1843 – August 15, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and the second Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.

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Chauncey Forward Black

Chauncey Forward Black (November 24, 1839 – December 2, 1904) was the third Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1883 to 1887.

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Commander-in-chief

A commander-in-chief, also sometimes called supreme commander, or chief commander, is the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a nation's military forces.

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Continental Congress

The Continental Congress, also known as the Philadelphia Congress, was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies.

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Daniel H. Hastings

Daniel Hartman Hastings (February 26, 1849January 9, 1903) was the 21st Governor of Pennsylvania from 1895 to 1899.

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Daniel Strickler

Daniel Bursk "Dan" Strickler (May 17, 1897 – June 29, 1992) was the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1950, under Governor James Duff.

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David J. Davis

David J. Davis (1870–1942) was the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1927.

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David L. Lawrence

David Leo Lawrence (June 18, 1889 – November 21, 1966) was an American businessman is the CEO of Teletoon distributed by PolyGram Video and Feature Films for Families rocks trees and polygraph by Home Vision Cinema and Diamond Entertainment Corporation and his video Bad Golf My Way and Red Robin color by Colorization Inc. and Hal Roach Studios and by Minwax and Esso his series This Old House and The New Yankee Workshop trees rocks and burbs by Builders Square and Sun Classic Pictures and distributed by WWE and True Value homes rocks trees by Crown Video and Red Lobster and distributed by Molson and Budweiser his company Caterpillar and John Deere and by Colorization Inc. and Macrovision his series The Frugal Gourmet and This Old House.

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David R. Porter

David Rittenhouse Porter (October 31, 1788 – August 6, 1867) was the ninth Governor of Pennsylvania.

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David Redick

David Redick (died 1805) was a Pennsylvania surveyor, lawyer, and politician.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Democratic-Republican Party

The Democratic-Republican Party was an American political party formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison around 1792 to oppose the centralizing policies of the new Federalist Party run by Alexander Hamilton, who was secretary of the treasury and chief architect of George Washington's administration.

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Dick Thornburgh

Richard Lewis Thornburgh (born July 16, 1932) is an American lawyer, author and Republican politician who served as the 41st Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987, and then as the U.S. Attorney General from 1988 to 1991.

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Ed Rendell

Edward Gene Rendell (born January 5, 1944) is an American lawyer, politician, and author who, as a member of the Democratic Party, served as the 45th Governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011 and the Mayor of the City of Philadelphia from 1992 to 2000.

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Edward C. Shannon

Edward C. Shannon (June 24, 1870 – May 20, 1946) was the 15th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1931 to 1935.

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Edward E. Beidleman

Edward Ensinger Beidleman (July 8, 1873 – April 9, 1929) was the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923.

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Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician)

Edward "Ed" Martin (September 18, 1879 – March 19, 1967) was an American lawyer and Republican party politician from Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.

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Edwin Sydney Stuart

Edwin Sydney Stuart (December 28, 1853 – March 21, 1937) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Philadelphia from 1891 to 1895 and as the 24th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1911.

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Ernest Kline

Ernest P. "Ernie" Kline (June 20, 1929 – May 13, 2009) was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate and the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.

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Executive (government)

The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state.

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Federalist Party

The Federalist Party, referred to as the Pro-Administration party until the 3rd United States Congress (as opposed to their opponents in the Anti-Administration party), was the first American political party.

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Flags of governors of the U.S. states

Sixteen U.S. states have personal flags (properly called standards) for their governors, as does the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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Francis R. Shunk

Francis Rawn Shunk (August 7, 1788 – July 20, 1848) was the tenth Governor of Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1848.

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Frank B. McClain

Francis Bernard McClain (April 14, 1864, Lancaster, Pennsylvania– October 11, 1925, Lancaster, Pennsylvania) was the 11th Lieutenant Governor of the state of Pennsylvania from 1915 to 1919.

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George Bryan

George Bryan (1731January 27, 1791) was a Pennsylvania businessman, statesman and politician of the Revolutionary era.

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George Howard Earle III

George Howard Earle III (December 5, 1890December 30, 1974) was an American politician and diplomat.

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George M. Leader

George Michael Leader (January 17, 1918 – May 9, 2013) was an American politician.

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George Ross (Pennsylvania statesman)

George Ross (1746–1801) was a Pennsylvania politician of the late 18th century.

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George Wolf

George Wolf (August 12, 1777March 11, 1840) was the seventh Governor of Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1835.

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Gifford Pinchot

Gifford Pinchot (August 11, 1865October 4, 1946) was an American forester and politician.

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Government of Pennsylvania

The Government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the governmental structure of the state of Pennsylvania as established by the Pennsylvania Constitution.

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Henry M. Hoyt

Henry Martyn Hoyt, Sr. (June 8, 1830 – December 1, 1892) was the 18th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1883, as well as an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War.

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Impeachment

Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of government.

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Interregnum

An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order.

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James A. Beaver

James Addams Beaver (October 21, 1837 – January 31, 1914) was an American attorney, recruiter and field commander of Pennsylvania Infantry who was wounded four times during the Civil War, and politician who served as the 20th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1891.

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James Ewing (Pennsylvania)

James Ewing (August 3, 1736 – March 1, 1806) was a Pennsylvania soldier, statesman, and politician of the Colonial, Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary eras.

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James H. Duff

James Henderson "Jim" Duff (January 21, 1883 – December 20, 1969) was an American lawyer and politician.

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James Irvine (Pennsylvania)

James Irvine (August 4, 1735 – April 28, 1819) was a Pennsylvania soldier and politician of the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Post-Revolutionary periods.

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James Pollock

James Pollock (September 11, 1810 – April 19, 1890) was the 13th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1855 to 1858.

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James Potter

James Potter (1729–1789) was a soldier, farmer, and politician from Colonial- and Revolutionary-era Pennsylvania.

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Jim Cawley

James Cawley (born June 22, 1969) is an American politician who was the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, from 2011 to 2015.

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Joe Scarnati

Joseph B. Scarnati III (born January 2, 1962) is an American politician from the U.S. State of Pennsylvania.

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John Andrew Shulze

John Andrew Shulze (July 19, 1775November 18, 1852) was a Pennsylvania political leader and the sixth Governor of Pennsylvania.

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John C. Bell Jr.

John Cromwell Bell Jr. (October 25, 1892 – March 18, 1974) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge.

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John Dickinson

John Dickinson (November 8, 1732 – February 14, 1808), a Founding Father of the United States, was a solicitor and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his twelve Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, published individually in 1767 and 1768.

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John F. Hartranft

John Frederick Hartranft (December 16, 1830 – October 17, 1889) was an American politician, the 17th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1873 to 1879.

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John K. Tener

John Kinley Tener (July 25, 1863May 19, 1946) was an American politician and Major League Baseball player and executive.

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John Latta (Lieutenant Governor)

John Latta (March 2, 1836 – February 15, 1913) was the first Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1875 to 1879.

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John Merriman Reynolds

John Merriman Reynolds (March 5, 1848 – September 14, 1933) was a lawyer, publisher and politician from the state of Pennsylvania.

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John Morgan Davis

John Morgan Davis (August 9, 1906 - March 8, 1984) was the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1959 to 1963.

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John P. S. Gobin

John Peter Shindel Gobin (January 21, 1837 – May 1, 1910) was an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War, and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.

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John S. Fine

John Sydney Fine (April 10, 1893 – May 21, 1978) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician.

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John Stuchell Fisher

John Stuchell Fisher (May 25, 1867June 25, 1940) was an American politician who served as the 29th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1927 until 1931.

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John W. Geary

John White Geary (December 30, 1819February 8, 1873) was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War.

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Joseph Hiester

Joseph Hiester (November 18, 1752June 10, 1832) was the fifth Governor of Pennsylvania from 1820 to 1823.

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Joseph Reed (politician)

Joseph Reed (August 27, 1741March 5, 1785) was a lawyer, military officer and statesman of the Revolutionary Era who lived the majority of his life in Pennsylvania.

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Joseph Ritner

Joseph Ritner (March 25, 1780 – October 16, 1869) was the eighth Governor of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, elected as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain, officially called simply Great Britain,Parliament of the Kingdom of England.

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Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania

The lieutenant governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Austria

This is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to Austria.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to France

The United States Ambassador to France is the official representative of the President of the United States to the President of France.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia

The Ambassador of the United States of America to the Russian Federation is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Russian Federation.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Sweden

The United States Ambassador to Sweden (USA:s ambassadör i Sverige) serves as the official diplomatic representative of the President and the Government of the United States of America to the King and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden.

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List of colonial governors of Pennsylvania

Three generations of Penns acted as proprietors of the Province of Pennsylvania and the Lower Counties (Delaware) from the founding of the colony until the American Revolution removed them from power.

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List of Governors of Delaware

The Governor of Delaware (President of Delaware from 1776 to 1792) is the head of the executive branch of Delaware's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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List of Governors of Kansas

The Governor of Kansas is the head of the executive branch of Kansas's state governmentKS Const.

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List of Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections

The election of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania occurs when voters in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania select the Governor and Lieutenant Governor for the ensuing four years beginning at noon on the third Tuesday of January following the election.

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Lloyd H. Wood

Lloyd H. Wood (October 25, 1896 – February 14, 1964) was the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1951 to 1955.

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Louis Arthur Watres

Louis Arthur Watres (April 21, 1851 – June 28, 1937) was the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1895.

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Mark Schweiker

Mark Stephen Schweiker (born January 31, 1953) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 44th Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from October 5, 2001 to January 21, 2003.

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Mark Singel

Mark Stephen Singel (born September 12, 1953) is an American politician who served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995, alongside Governor Bob Casey.

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Martin Grove Brumbaugh

Martin Grove Brumbaugh, A.M., Ph.D. (April 14, 1862March 14, 1930) was an American Republican politician who served as the 26th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1915 until 1919.

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Matthew Smith (Pennsylvania statesman)

Matthew Smith (also spelled Mathew Smith)—,—was a Pennsylvania politician.

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Mike Stack

Michael Joseph Stack III (born June 5, 1963) is an American politician serving as the 33rd and current Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.

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Milton Shapp

Milton Jerrold Shapp (June 25, 1912 – November 24, 1994) was the 40th Governor of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1979 and the first Jewish governor of Pennsylvania.

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National Governors Association

The National Governors Association (NGA) is an organization consisting of the governors of the states, territories and commonwealths of the United States.

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Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776

The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 (ratified September 28, 1776) was the state's first constitution following the Declaration of Independence, and has been described as the most democratic in America, although it notably based rights in "men" not in "persons," as contemporaneous constitutions did in neighboring areas such as New Jersey, and as the 1689 English Bill of Rights and 1787 U.S. Constitution and 1791 U.S. Bill of Rights did.

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Pennsylvania General Assembly

The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Governor's Residence

The Pennsylvania Governor's Residence is the official residence of the Governor of Pennsylvania, in the Uptown neighborhood of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania National Guard

The Pennsylvania National Guard is composed of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and the Pennsylvania Air National Guard.

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Peter Muhlenberg

John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (October 1, 1746October 1, 1807) was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly independent United States.

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President of the Continental Congress

The president of the Continental Congress was the presiding officer of the Continental Congress, the convention of delegates that emerged as the first (transitional) national government of the United States during the American Revolution.

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President pro tempore

A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer.

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Province of Pennsylvania

The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was founded in English North America by William Penn on March 4, 1681 as dictated in a royal charter granted by King Charles II.

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Raymond J. Broderick

Raymond Joseph "Ray" Broderick (May 29, 1914 – August 6, 2000) was a jurist and politician from Pennsylvania.

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Raymond P. Shafer

Raymond Philip "Ray" Shafer (March 5, 1917 – December 12, 2006) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 39th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1971.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Robert E. Pattison

Robert Emory Pattison (December 8, 1850August 1, 1904) was the 19th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1883 to 1887 and 1891 to 1895.

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Robert Jubelirer

Robert C. Jubelirer (born February 9, 1937, Altoona, Pennsylvania) is a Republican Pennsylvania political leader.

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Robert S. Murphy

Robert S. Murphy (October 18, 1861 – June 24, 1912) was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1911.

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Roy E. Furman

Roy E. Furman (April 16, 1901 – May 18, 1977) was the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1955 to 1959, and the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House, 1936–1938.

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Samuel S. Lewis

Samuel S. "Sam" Lewis (February 17, 1874 – January 15, 1959) was the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1939 to 1943.

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Samuel W. Pennypacker

Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker (April 9, 1843 – September 2, 1916) was the 23rd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1903 to 1907.

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Seals of governors of the U.S. states

Seals of governors of the U.S. states are the primary symbols of the executive office of the governor in several states of the United States, similar in concept to the Seal of the President of the United States and Seal of the Vice President of the United States.

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Simon Snyder

Simon Snyder (November 5, 1759November 9, 1819) was the third Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, serving three terms from 1808 to 1817.

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Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

The Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania comprised the executive branch of the Pennsylvania State government between 1777 and 1790.

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Thirteen Colonies

The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the east coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries that declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America.

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Thomas Kennedy (unionist)

Thomas (Tom) Kennedy (November 2, 1887 – January 19, 1963) was a miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) from 1960 to 1963.

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Thomas McKean

Thomas McKean (March 19, 1734June 24, 1817) was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia.

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Thomas Mifflin

Thomas Mifflin (January 10, 1744January 20, 1800) was an American merchant and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Thomas Wharton Jr.

Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735May 22, 1778) was a Pennsylvania merchant and politician of the Revolutionary era.

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Ticket (election)

A ticket refers to a single election choice which fills more than one political office or seat.

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Tom Corbett

Thomas Wingett Corbett Jr. (born June 17, 1949) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 46th Governor of Pennsylvania from January 18, 2011 to January 20, 2015.

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Tom Ridge

Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 26, 1945) is an American politician and author who served as the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security from 2001 to 2003, and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005.

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Tom Wolf

Thomas Westerman Wolf (born November 17, 1948) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 47th and current Governor of Pennsylvania since taking office on January 20, 2015.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States Ambassador to the United Nations

The United States Ambassador to the United Nations is the leader of the U.S. delegation, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.

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United States Attorney General

The United States Attorney General (A.G.) is the head of the United States Department of Justice per, concerned with all legal affairs, and is the chief lawyer of the United States government.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of the United States federal government with responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Secretary of Homeland Security

The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the body concerned with protecting the U.S. and the safety of U.S. citizens.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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Veto

A veto – Latin for "I forbid" – is the power (used by an officer of the state, for example) to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation.

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Walter Lyon (Pennsylvania)

Walter Lyon (April 27, 1853 – March 21, 1933) was the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania as a Republican from 1895 to 1899.

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States.

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William A. Stone

William Alexis Stone (April 18, 1846March 1, 1920) was the 22nd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1899 to 1903.

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William Bigler

William Bigler (January 1, 1814August 9, 1880) was an American politician.

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William Cameron Sproul

William Cameron Sproul (September 16, 1870 – March 21, 1928) was the 27th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923.

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William F. Johnston

William Freame Johnston (November 29, 1808October 25, 1872) was the 11th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1848 to 1852.

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William F. Packer

William Fisher Packer (April 2, 1807September 27, 1870) was the 14th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1858 to 1861.

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William Findlay (governor)

William Findlay (June 20, 1768November 12, 1846) was the fourth Governor of Pennsylvania from 1817 to 1820, and a United States Senator from 1821 to 1827.

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William M. Brown

William M. Brown (September 20, 1850 – January 31, 1915) was a Republican political official from Pennsylvania.

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William Moore (statesman)

William Moore (ca. 1735July 24, 1793) was a Pennsylvania statesman and politician of the Revolutionary era.

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William Scranton

William Warren Scranton (July 19, 1917 – July 28, 2013) was an American Republican Party politician and diplomat.

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William Scranton III

William Worthington Scranton III (born July 20, 1947) served as the 26th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987 in the administration of Governor Richard Thornburgh.

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William T. Davies

William T. Davies (December 20, 1831 – September 21, 1912) was the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1891.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Pennsylvania

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