Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This page was last edited on 30 September 2024, at 17:45 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
These are lists of governors of U.S. states and territories. See Governor for an introduction and List of United States governors for the current incumbents. Subcategories
A total of 15 current governors previously served as lieutenant governor, while 11 previously served in the United States House of Representatives. [13] The governor's office has term limits in 37 states and 4 territories; these terms are four years except in New Hampshire and Vermont , where governors serve two-year terms.
Governor Branstad resigned on May 24, 2017, to become the United States Ambassador to China. He held the title of Governor of Iowa for 22 years. On December 14, 2015, he became the longest-serving governor in US history, breaking the record held by George Clinton of New York, who served 21 years from 1777 to 1795 and from 1801 to 1804.
Terry Branstad is the longest-serving governor in American history, with a tenure of 22 years, 4 months, and 13 days, as governor of Iowa. This list contains the 50 governors of states in the United States who have served for the longest years, consecutively or otherwise. Pre-statehood territorial and colonial governors are not included. [1]
One day after Alabam Gov. Robert Bentley resigned, a new Morning Consult poll reveals the least and most liked governors in the country. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail.
Though the top standings haven't strayed much from results earlier this year, some chief executives seem to have fallen further out of favor among voters.
As Governor, Clinton supported the death penalty. [2] According to some sources, Clinton had previously been an opponent of the death penalty in his early years, but changed his position by the time that he was governor. [23] [24] In 1979, Clinton commuted the death sentence of convicted murderer James L. Surridge. Surridge later committed ...