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While the 1861 secessionist constitution kept the office the same, the 1865 constitution, following Georgia's surrender, limited governors to two consecutive terms of two years each, allowing them to serve again after a gap of four years. [20] The Reconstruction constitution of 1868 increased the governor's term to four years. [21]
The Rules and Regulations of the Colony, drafted in 1776, provided for a president to serve a term of 6 months. [7] A formal constitution was drafted in 1777, providing for a governor to serve a term of one year, but no more than one year out of every three. [8] The term was lengthened to two years in 1789, but with no term limit. [9]
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]
The Georgia State Capitol, housing the offices of the Governor and the halls of the General Assembly. The legislature of Georgia is the General Assembly, a bicameral body consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate has 56 members and the House has 180 members. Lawmakers serve 2-year terms and work part-time.
In the context of the politics of the United States, term limits restrict the number of terms of office an officeholder may serve. At the federal level, the president of the United States can serve a maximum of two four-year terms, with this being limited by the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution that came into force on February 27, 1951.
A total of 15 current governors previously served as lieutenant governor, while ten previously served in the United States House of Representatives. [14] 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. [9] [15]
Over 360,000 Georgia voters had their eligibility challenged by the Texas-based organization True the Vote leading up to the 2021 U.S. Senate runoff. Georgia state Senator Max Burns
The lieutenant governor succeeds to the gubernatorial office (the powers and duties but not the office, in Massachusetts and West Virginia), if vacated by impeachment, death, or resignation of the previous governor. Lieutenant governors also serve as unofficial acting state governors in case the incumbent governors are unable to fulfill their ...