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Five governors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who have served since 1995, (left to right): Mark Schweiker, Tom Ridge, Tom Wolf, Tom Corbett and Ed Rendell, pose in front of the east facade of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg at Wolf's January 2015 gubernatorial inauguration. The 1790 constitution abolished the council and ...
The next gubernatorial election in Pennsylvania is scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026. The list below contains election returns from all sixty-seven gubernatorial elections in Pennsylvania sorted by year, beginning with the first in 1790 and ending with the most recent in 2022. Incumbent governors are listed as well as elected governors ...
The 1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was the first gubernatorial election after the establishment of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a U.S. state. Thomas Mifflin, the incumbent President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was elected as the first Governor of Pennsylvania.
The Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania[a] was the collective directorial executive branch of the Pennsylvanian state government between 1777 and 1790. It was headed by a president and a vice president (analogous to a governor and lieutenant governor, respectively). The best-known member of the Council was Benjamin ...
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Governor; ... 1790 42RS, 27CS: 1791–1872 ... 2017 Josh Shapiro (D ...
Deputy Governor: 1748–1754 Philadelphia: 21 Robert Hunter Morris: Deputy Governor: 1754–1756 Philadelphia: 22 William Denny Deputy Governor: 1756–1759 Philadelphia: 23 James Hamilton: Deputy Governor: 1759–1763 Philadelphia: 24 John Penn: Lieutenant Governor: 1763–1771 Philadelphia: 25 Richard Penn: Lieutenant Governor: 1771–1773 ...
Pennsylvania’s four living former governors on Monday sent a letter to the main party candidates vying for the position on Nov. 8, urging them to respect and accept the results of the election ...
Constructed in 1940 and previously the governor's "summer residence", it became available for Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor in 1968 when the current governor's residence was completed in Harrisburg. [5] It was transferred to the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs after legislation to do so passed in 2019. [7] [8]