U.S. States F-K
Party abbreviations: Dem = Democratic Party (liberal,
formerly D-R);
Ind = Independent;
Rep = Republican Party (conservative [est.1854 as anti-slavery]);
Mil
= Military;
- Former parties: D-R = Democratic-Republican
Party (pro-states rights, 1794-1829, renamed Dem); D-W = Democrat-Whig
Party; J-R = Jeffersonian Republican Party (also known as D-R);
K-N = Know-Nothing Party (anti-immigrant, anti-Roman Catholic,
Unionist, formally called American Party, 1853-1860); N-R = National
Republican Party (anti-Jacksonian, 1826-1834);
Pop = Populist Party (populist, 1884-1908); Pro = Prohibition Party (advocated alcohol prohibition,
1867-1920);
Uni = Union Party (or Constitutional Union Party, formed
chiefly by remnants of the AP and southern Whigs, May 1860-1861);
U-D
= Union Democratic Party (conservative, pro-Union, opposed civil rights
for slaves, 1860-1868); Whg = Whig Party (pro-federal govt., anti-Jacksonian,
1834-1854/60)
Florida
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French Governors at Fort Caroline
22 Jun 1564 - 10 Sep 1565 René Goulaine de Laudonnière
(b. 1529 - d. 1574) 10 Sep 1565 - 20 Sep 1565 Jean Ribault (b. 1520 - d. 1565)
Sep 1565 - 20 Sep 1565 René Goulaine de Laudonnière
(s.a.)
(acting for Ribault)
Spanish Governors
8
Sep 1565 - 17 Sep 1574 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
(b. 1519 - d. 1574)
17 Sep 1574 - 24 Feb 1576 Diego Velasco (interim)
24 Feb 1576 - 5 Sep 1576 Hernando de Miranda
5 Sep 1576 - 1577 Gutierre de Miranda (acting)
1577 - 9 Jul 1594 Pedro Menéndez Márquez (acting to 1578)
9 Jul 1594 - 24 Nov 1595 Domingo Martínez de Avendaño
24 Nov 1595 - 2 Jun 1597 Alonso de las Alas
+ Bartolomé de Argüelles
+ Juan Menéndez Márquez
(acting)
2 Jun 1597 - 20 Oct 1603 Gonzalo Méndez de Canzo
20 Oct 1603 - 1610
Pedro de Ibarra
1610 - 23 Nov 1612
Juan Fernández de Olivera
23 Nov 1612 - 1613 Juan de Arraçola
+ José de Olivera
(acting)
1613 - 2 Aug 1618
Juan Trevino de Guillamas
2 Aug 1618 - 28 Oct 1624 Juan de Salinas
28 Oct 1624 - 23 Jun 1630 Luís de Rojas y Borja
23 Jun 1630 - 21 Sep 1631 Andrés Rodríguez de Villegas
21 Sep 1631 - 29 Jul 1633 Nicolás Ponce de León (1st time)
+ Eugenio de Espinosa
(acting)
29 Jul 1633 - 26 Nov 1638 Luís de Horruytiner
26 Nov 1638 - 10 Apr 1645
Damián de Vega Castro y Pardo
10 Apr 1645 - 11 Apr 1646
Benito Ruíz de Salazar y Vallecilla
(1st time)
11 Apr 1646 - 8 Jan 1648
Pedro Horruytiner Benedit (1st time)
+ Francisco Menéndez Márquez (acting)
8 Jan 1648 - 14 May 1651 Benito Ruíz de Salazar y Vallecilla
(2nd time)
14 May 1651 - 19 Oct 1651 Nicolás Ponce de León (2nd time)
(acting)
19 Oct 1651 - 18 Jun 1654 Pedro Horruytiner Benedit
(2nd time)
18 Jun 1654 - 20 Feb 1659 Diego de Rebolledo y Suárez de
Aponte
20 Feb 1659 - 2 Nov 1663
Alonso de Aranguiz y Cortes
2 Nov 1663 - 30 Dec 1664 Nicolás Ponce de León (3rd time)
(acting)
30 Dec 1664 - 6 Jul 1671 Francisco de la Guerra y de la Vega
6 Jul 1671 - 8 Jul 1673 Manuel de Cendoya
8 Jul 1673 - 3 May 1675 Nicolás Ponce de León (4th time)
(acting)
3 May 1675 - 28 Sep 1680 Pablo de Hita Salazar
28 Sep 1680 - 11 Apr 1687 Juan Márquez Cabrera
11 Apr 1687 - 20 Aug 1687 Pedro Aranda y Avellaneda (acting)
20 Aug 1687 - 21 Sep 1693 Diego de Quiroga y Losada
21 Sep 1693 - 1699
Laureano José de Torres Ayala y (b. 1645 - d. 1722)
Quadros Castellanos
1699 - 9 Apr 1706
José de Zúñiga y Cerda
9 Apr 1706 - 13 Jul 1716
Francisco de Corcoles y Martínez
13 Jul 1716 - 30 Oct 1716 Pedro de Olivera y Fullana
30 Oct 1716 - 3 Aug 1718 Juan de Ayala Escobar (acting)
3 Aug 1718 - 21 May 1734 Antonio de Benavides Bazan y Molina
21 May 1734 - 12 Mar 1737 Francisco del Moral Sanchez
12 Mar 1737 - 11 Sep 1737 Manuel José de Justís (acting)
11 Sep 1737 - 8 Aug 1749 Manuel de Montiano
(b. 1685 - d. 1762)
8 Aug 1749 - 3 Jun 1752 Melchor de Navarrete
3 Jun 1752 - 18 Apr 1755 Fulgencio García de Solís (acting)
18 Apr 1755 - 21 Apr 1758 Alonso Fernández de Heredia
21 Apr 1758 - 6 Dec 1761
Lucas Fernando de Palacio
y Valenzuela
7 Dec 1761 - 20 Mar 1762 Alonso de Cárdenas (acting)
20 Mar 1762 - 20 Jul 1763 Melchor Feliú
East Florida
Governors
20 Jul 1763 - 30 Jul 1763 John Hedges (acting)
30 Jul 1763 - 28 Aug 1764 Francis Ogilvie (acting)
28 Aug 1764 - 9 May 1771 James Grant
(b. 1720 - d. 1806)
9 May 1771 - 1 Mar 1774 John Moultrie
(b. 1729 - d. 1798)
1 Mar 1774 - 12 Jul 1784 Patrick Tonyn
(b. 1725 - d. 1804)
12 Jul 1784 - Jul 1790 Vicente Manuel de
Céspedes y (b. 1721? - d. 18..)
Velasco
Jul 1790 - Mar 1796 Juan
Nepomuceno de Quesada y
Barnuevo
Mar 1796 - Jun 1796 Bartolomé
Morales
Jun 1796 - Mar 1811 Enrique
White
Mar 1811 - Jun 1812 Juan
José de Estrada (1st time)
Jun 1812 - Jun 1815 Sebastián
Kindelán y Oregón (b. 1763 - d. 1836)
Jun 1815 - Jan 1816 Juan
José de Estrada (2nd time)
Jan 1816 - 10 Jul 1821 José Coppinger (acting to 1817)
West Florida
Governors
6 Aug 1763 - 20 Oct 1763 Augustin Prevost (acting) (b. 1723 - d. 1786)
20 Oct 1763 - Oct 1764 Robert Farmar (acting) (b. 1717 - d. 1778) Oct 1764 - Jan 1767
George Johnstone
(b. 1730 - d. 1787)
Nov 1763 - Feb 1764 Robert Farmar (s.a.)
(acting for Johnstone)
Jan 1767 - 1769
Montfort Browne (acting)
2 Apr 1769 - 2 May 1769
John Eliot (did not take office) (d. 1769)
1769 - 10 Aug 1770
Elias Durnford (acting) (b. 1739 - d. 1794) 10
Aug 1770 - 9 May 1781 Peter Chester
(b. 1717 - d. 1799)
9 May 1781 - 1783
Arturo O'Neill de Tyrone O'Kelly (b. 1736 - d. 1814)
1783 - 1796
Enrique White
1796
Francisco de Paula Gelabert
1796 - 1811
Vicente Folch y Juan
1811 - 1812
Francisco San Maxent
1812 - 1813
Mauricio de Zúñiga (1st time)
1813 - 1815
Mateo González Manrique
1815 - 1816
José de Soto
1816
Mauricio de Zúñiga (2nd time)
1816
Francisco Maximiliano de San Maxent
1816 - May 1818
José Fascot
26 May 1818 - 4 Feb 1819 William King (U.S. commander)
1819 - 17 Jul 1821
José María Callava
Republic of West Florida
2 Oct 1810 - 10 Dec 1810
2 Oct 1810
Republic of West Florida
10 Dec 1810
Incorporated into Louisiana.
Chairman of the Convention
2 Oct 1810 - 10 Oct 1810 John Rhea
(b.
1753 - d. 1832)
10 Oct 1810 - 24 Oct 1810 Committee of Public Safety
- John W. Leonard
- Edmund Hawes
- John H. Johnston
24 Oct 1810 - 26 Nov 1810 Executive Committee
- John H. Johnston
- John Mills
- Philip Hickey
(b. 1778 - d. 1859)
- John Morgan
- William Barrow
(b. 1765 - d. 1823)
Governor
26 Nov 1810 - 10 Dec 1810 Fulwar Skipwith
(b. 1765 - d. 1839)
Florida
Commissioner
10 Mar 1821 - 13 Nov 1821 Andrew Jackson
(b. 1767 - d. 1845) Mil
Governors
17 Apr 1822 - 24 Apr 1834 William Pope Duval
(b. 1784 - d. 1854) Dem
24 Apr 1834 - 16 Mar 1836 John Henry Eaton
(b. 1790 - d. 1856) Dem
16 Mar 1836 - 2 Dec 1839 Richard Keith Call (1st time)
(b. 1792 - d. 1862) Whg
2 Dec 1839 - 19 Mar 1841 Robert Raymond Reid
(b. 1789 - d. 1841) Dem
19 Mar 1841 - 11 Aug 1844 Richard Keith Call (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Whg
11 Aug 1844 - 25 Jun 1845 John Branch
(b. 1782 - d. 1863) Rep
25 Jun 1845 - 1 Oct 1849 William Dunn Moseley
(b. 1795 - d. 1863) Dem
1 Oct 1849 - 3 Oct 1853 Thomas Brown
(b. 1785 - d. 1867) Whg
3 Oct 1853 - 5 Oct 1857 James Emilius Broome
(b. 1808 - d. 1883) Dem
5 Oct 1857 - 7 Oct 1861 Madison Starke Perry
(b. 1814 - d. 1865) Dem
7 Oct 1861 - 1 Apr 1865 John Milton
(b. 1807 - d. 1865) Dem
1 Apr 1865 - 19 May 1865 Abraham Kurkindolle Allison
(b. 1810 - d. 1893) Dem
(acting)
13 Jul 1865 - 20 Dec 1865 William Marvin (provisional)
(b. 1808 - d. 1902) Non-party
20 Dec 1865 - 4 Jul 1868 David Shelby Walker
(b. 1806 - d. 1891) Dem
4 Jul 1868 - 7 Jan 1873 Harrison Reed
(b. 1813 - d. 1899) Rep
7 Jan 1873 - 18 Mar 1874 Ossian Bingley Hart
(b. 1821 - d. 1874) Rep
18 Mar 1874 - 2 Jan 1877 Marcellus Lovejoy Stearns
(acting) (b. 1839 - d. 1891) Rep
2 Jan 1877 - 4 Jan 1881 George Franklin Drew
(b. 1827 - d. 1900) Dem
4 Jan 1881 - 7 Jan 1885 William Dunningston Bloxham
(b. 1835 - d. 1911) Dem
(1st time)
7 Jan 1885 - 8 Jan 1889 Edward Aylesworth Perry
(b. 1831 - d. 1889) Dem
8 Jan 1889 - 3 Jan 1893 Francis Philip Fleming
(b. 1841 - d. 1908) Dem
3 Jan 1893 - 5 Jan 1897 Henry Laurents Mitchell
(b. 1831 - d. 1903) Dem
5 Jan 1897 - 8 Jan 1901 William Dunningston Bloxham
(s.a.)
Dem
(2nd time)
8 Jan 1901 - 3 Jan 1905 William Sherman Jennings
(b. 1863 - d. 1920) Dem
3 Jan 1905 - 5 Jan 1909 Napoleon Bonaparte Broward
(b. 1857 - d. 1910) Dem
5 Jan 1909 - 7 Jan 1913 Albert Waller Gilchrist
(b. 1858 - d. 1926) Dem
7 Jan 1913 - 2 Jan 1917 Park Trammell
(b. 1876 - d. 1936) Dem
2 Jan 1917 - 4 Jan 1921 Sidney Johnston Catts
(b. 1863 - d. 1936) Dem/Pro
4 Jan 1921 - 6 Jan 1925 Cary Augustus Hardee
(b. 1876 - d. 1957) Dem
6 Jan 1925 - 8 Jan 1929 John Wellborn Martin
(b. 1884 - d. 1958) Dem
8 Jan 1929 - 3 Jan 1933 Doyle Elam Carlton
(b. 1887 - d. 1972) Dem
3 Jan 1933 - 5 Jan 1937 David Sholtz
(b. 1891 - d. 1953) Dem
5 Jan 1937 - 7 Jan 1941 Frederick Preston Cone
(b. 1871 - d. 1948) Dem
7 Jan 1941 - 2 Jan 1945 Spessard Lindsay Holland
(b. 1892 - d. 1971) Dem
2 Jan 1945 - 4 Jan 1949 Millard Fillmore Caldwell,
Jr. (b. 1897 - d. 1984) Dem
4 Jan 1949 - 6 Jan 1953 Fuller Warren
(b. 1905 - d. 1973) Dem
6 Jan 1953 - 28 Sep 1953 Daniel Thomas McCarthy
(b. 1912 - d. 1953) Dem
28 Sep 1953 - 4 Jan 1955 Charley Eugene Johns (acting)
(b. 1905 - d. 1990) Dem
4 Jan 1955 - 3 Jan 1961 LeRoy Collins
(b. 1909 - d. 1991) Dem
3 Jan 1961 - 5 Jan 1965 Cecil Farris Bryant
(b. 1914 - d. 2002) Dem
5 Jan 1965 - 3 Jan 1967 William Haydon Burns
(b. 1912 - d. 1987) Dem
3 Jan 1967 - 5 Jan 1971 Claude Roy Kirk, Jr.
(b. 1926)
Rep
5 Jan 1971 - 2 Jan 1979 Reubin O'Donovan Askew
(b. 1928)
Dem
2 Jan 1979 - 3 Jan 1987 Daniel Robert Graham
(b. 1936)
Dem
3 Jan 1987 - 6 Jan 1987 John Wayne Mixson
(b. 1922)
Dem
6 Jan 1987 - 8 Jan 1991 Robert Martinez
(b. 1934)
Rep
8 Jan 1991 - 12 Dec 1998 Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr.
(b. 1930 - d. 1998) Dem
13 Dec 1998 - 5 Jan 1999 Kenneth "Buddy" Hood
MacKay (b. 1933)
Dem
5 Jan 1999 - 2 Jan 2007 John Ellis "Jeb" Bush
(b. 1953)
Rep
2 Jan 2007 -
Charlie Crist
(b. 1956)
Rep
Franklin: see Tennessee
Georgia
Resident Trustee
12 Feb 1733 - 11 Jul 1743 James Edward Oglethorpe
(b. 1696 - d. 1785)
Presidents
11 Jul 1743 - 8 Apr 1751 William Stephens
(b. 1671 - d. 1753)
8 Apr 1751 - 6 Dec 1752 Henry Parker
(d. 1752)
6 Dec 1752 - 30 Oct 1754 Patrick Graham
(d. 1755)
Royal Governors
30 Oct 1754 - 16 Feb 1757 John Reynolds
(b. 1713 - d. 1788)
16 Feb 1757 - 31 Oct 1760 Henry Ellis
(b. 1721 - d. 1806)
31 Oct 1760 - 29 Dec 1778 James Wright (1st time)
(b. 1716 - d. 1785)
(absent Mar 1776 - 14 Jul 1779)
29 Dec 1778 - 4 Mar 1779 Sir Archibald Campbell (b. 1738 - d. 1791)
(provisional)
4 Mar 1779 - 14 Jul 1779 James Marcus Prevost (acting) (b. 1736 - d. 1781)
14 Jul 1779 - 11 Jul 1782 James Wright (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Presidents of the Council of Safety
22 Jun 1775 - 11 Dec 1775 William Ewen (1st time) (b. c.1720-d.1776/77)Whg
11 Dec 1775 - 20 Feb 1776 George Walton
(b. 1750 - d. 1804) Whg 20 Feb 1776 - 1 May 1776 William Ewen (2nd time)
(s.a.) Whg
1
May 1776 - 22 Feb 1777 Archibald Bulloch
(b. 1730 - d. 1777) Whg
4 Mar 1777 - 8 May 1777 Button Gwinnett (acting)
(b. 1735 - d. 1777) Whg
Governors
8 May 1777 - 10 Jan 1778 John Adam Treutlen
(b. 1726 - d. 1782) Whg
10 Jan 1778 - 21 Jan 1779 John Houstoun (1st time)
(b. 1744 - d. 1796) Whg
21 Jan 1779 - 27 Jul 1779 William Glascock (acting) (b. 1730 - d. 1793)
27 Jul 1779 - 6 Aug 1779 Seth John Cuthbert (acting) (b. 1741 - d. ....)
6 Aug 1779 - 3 Nov 1779 John Wereat
(b. 1730 - d. 1799) Whg
4 Nov 1779 - 4 Jan 1780 George Walton
(1st time)
(s.a.) Whg/Fed
4 Jan 1780 - 16 Feb 1780 Richard Howley
(b. 1740 - d. 1784) Whg
16 Feb 1780 - 18 Feb 1780 Humphrey Wells (acting)
Whg
18 Feb 1780 - 18 Aug 1781 Stephen Heard
(b. 1740 - d. 1815) Whg
Aug 1780 - 18 Aug 1781 Myrick Davies (acting
for Heard)
Whg
18 Aug 1781 - 3 Jan 1782 Nathan Brownson
(b. 1741 - d. 1796) Whg 3
Jan 1782 - 8 Jan 1783 John Martin
(b. 1730 - d. 1786) Non-party
8 Jan 1783 - 9 Jan 1784 Lyman Hall
(b. 1724 - d. 1790) Non-party
9 Jan 1784 - 6 Jan 1785 John Houstoun (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Non-party
6 Jan 1785 - 9 Jan 1786 Samuel Elbert
(b. 1740 - d. 1788) Non-party
9 Jan 1786 - 9 Jan 1787 Edward Telfair (1st time)
(b. 1735 - d. 1807) Non-party
9 Jan 1787 - 9 Jan 1788 George Mathews (1st time)
(b. 1739 - d. 1812) Non-party
15 Jan 1788 - 7 Jan 1789 George Handley
(b. 1752 - d. 1793) Non-party
(acting to 26 Jan 1788)
7 Jan 1789 - 9 Nov 1789 George Walton (2nd time)
(s.a.)
J-R
9 Nov 1789 - 7 Nov 1793 Edward Telfair (2nd time)
(s.a.)
J-R
7 Nov 1793 - 15 Jan 1796 George Mathews (2nd time)
(s.a.)
J-R
15 Jan 1796 - 12 Jan 1798 Jared Irwin (1st time)
(b. 1751 - d. 1818) D-R
12 Jan 1798 - 3 Mar 1801 James Jackson
(b. 1757 - d. 1806) D-R
3 Mar 1801 - 7 Nov 1801 David Emanuel (acting)
(b. 1744 - d. 1810) D-R
7 Nov 1801 - 4 Nov 1802 Josiah Tattnall, Jr.
(b. 1765 - d. 1803) D-R
4 Nov 1802 - 23 Sep 1806 John Milledge
(b. 1757 - d. 1818) D-R
23 Sep 1806 - 10 Nov 1809 Jared Irwin (2nd time)
(s.a.)
D-R
(acting)
10 Nov 1809 - 5 Nov 1813 David Brydie Mitchell (1st
time) (b. 1766 - d. 1837) D-R
5 Nov 1813 - 20 Nov 1815 Peter Early
(b. 1773 - d. 1817) D-R
20 Nov 1815 - 4 Mar 1817 David Brydie Mitchell (2nd
time) (s.a.)
D-R
4 Mar 1817 - 24 Oct 1819 William Rabun
(b. 1771 - d. 1819) D-R
24 Oct 1819 - 5 Nov 1819 Matthew Talbot (acting)
(b. 1767 - d. 1827) D-R
5 Nov 1819 - 7 Nov 1823 John Clark
(b. 1766 - d. 1832) D-R
7 Nov 1823 - 7 Nov 1827 George Michael Troup
(b. 1780 - d. 1856) D-R
7 Nov 1827 - 4 Nov 1829 John Forsyth
(b. 1780 - d. 1841) D-R
4 Nov 1829 - 9 Nov 1831 George Rockingham Gilmer
(1st time)(b. 1790 - d. 1859) D-W
9 Nov 1831 - 4 Nov 1835 Wilson Lumpkin
(b. 1783 - d. 1870) U-D
4 Nov 1835 - 8 Nov 1837 William Schley
(b. 1786 - d. 1858) U-D
8 Nov 1837 - 6 Nov 1839 George Rockingham Gilmer
(2nd time)(b. 1790 - d. 1859) D-W
6 Nov 1839 - 8 Nov 1843 Charles James McDonald
(b. 1793 - d. 1860) Dem
8 Nov 1843 - 3 Nov 1847 Geroge Walker Crawford
(b. 1798 - d. 1872) Whg
3 Nov 1847 - 5 Nov 1851 George Washington Towns
(b. 1802 - d. 1854) Dem
5 Nov 1851 - 9 Nov 1853 Howell Cobb
(b. 1815 - d. 1868) U-D
9 Nov 1853 - 6 Nov 1857 Herschel Vespasian Johnson
(b. 1812 - d. 1880) U-D
6 Nov 1857 - 17 Jun 1865 Joseph Emerson Brown
(b. 1821 - d. 1894) Dem
17 Jun 1865 - 14 Dec 1865 James Johnson (provisional)
(b. 1811 - d. 1891) Dem
14 Dec 1865 - 13 Jan 1868 Charles Jones Jenkins
(b. 1805 - d. 1883) Dem
30 Mar 1867 - 10 Jan 1868 John Pope
(b. 1822 -
d. 1892) Mil (U.S. military governor)
10 Jan 1868 - 13 Jul 1868 George G. Meade
(b. 1815 - d. 1872) Mil (U.S. military governor)
13 Jan 1868 - 4 Jul 1868 Thomas H. Ruger (1st time)(acting) (b. 1833 - d. 1907) Mil
4
Jul 1868 - 30 Oct 1871 Rufus Brown Bullock
(b. 1834 - d. 1907) Rep
13 Jul 1868 - 1868 Thomas H. Ruger (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Mil
(U.S. military governor)
22 Dec 1869 - 15 Jul 1870 Alfred H. Terry
(b. 1827 - d. 1890) Mil (U.S. military governor)
30 Oct 1871 - 12 Jan 1872 Benjamin Conley (acting)
(b. 1815 - d. 1886) Rep
12 Jan 1872 - 12 Jan 1877 James Milton Smith
(b. 1823 - d. 1890) Dem
12 Jan 1877 - 4 Nov 1882 Alfred Holt Colquitt
(b. 1824 - d. 1894) Dem
4 Nov 1882 - 4 Mar 1883 Alexander Hamilton Stephens
(b. 1812 - d. 1883) D-W
5 Mar 1883 - 10 May 1883 James Stoddard Boynton (acting)
(b. 1833 - d. 1902) Dem
10 May 1883 - 9 Nov 1886 Henry Dickerson McDaniel
(b. 1836 - d. 1926) Dem
9 Nov 1886 - 8 Nov 1890 John Brown Gordon
(b. 1832 - d. 1904) Dem
8 Nov 1890 - 27 Oct 1894 William Jonathan Northen
(b. 1835 - d. 1913) Dem
27 Oct 1894 - 29 Oct 1898 William Yates Atkinson
(b. 1854 - d. 1899) Dem
29 Oct 1898 - 25 Oct 1902 Allen Daniel Candler
(b. 1834 - d. 1910) Dem
25 Oct 1902 - 29 Jun 1907 Joseph Meriwether Terrell
(b. 1861 - d. 1912) Dem
29 Jun 1907 - 26 Jun 1909 Hoke Smith (1st time)
(b. 1855 - d. 1931) Dem
26 Jun 1909 - 1 Jul 1911 Joseph Mackey Brown (1st time)
(b. 1851 - d. 1932) Dem
1 Jul 1911 - 16 Nov 1911 Hoke Smith (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
16 Nov 1911 - 25 Jan 1912 John Marshall Slaton (1st time)
(b. 1866 - d. 1955) Dem
25 Jan 1912 - 28 Jun 1913 Joseph Mackey Brown (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
28 Jun 1913 - 26 Jun 1915 John Marshall Slaton (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
26 Jun 1915 - 30 Jun 1917 Nathaniel Edwin Harris
(b. 1846 - d. 1929) Dem
30 Jun 1917 - 25 Jun 1921 Hugh Manson Dorsey
(b. 1871 - d. 1948) Dem
25 Jun 1921 - 30 Jun 1923 Thomas William Hardwick
(b. 1872 - d. 1949) Dem
30 Jun 1923 - 25 Jun 1927 Clifford M. Walker
(b. 1877 - d. 1954) Dem
25 Jun 1927 - 27 Jun 1931 Lamartine Griffin Hardman
(b. 1856 - d. 1937) Dem
27 Jun 1931 - 10 Jan 1933 Richard Brevard Russell, Jr.
(b. 1897 - d. 1971) Dem
10 Jan 1933 - 12 Jan 1937 Eugene Talmadge (1st time)
(b. 1884 - d. 1946) Dem
12 Jan 1937 - 14 Jan 1941 Eurith Dickinson Rivers
(b. 1895 - d. 1967) Dem
14 Jan 1941 - 12 Jan 1943 Eugene Talmadge (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
12 Jan 1943 - 14 Jan 1947 Ellis Gibbs Arnall
(b. 1907 - d. 1992) Dem
14 Jan 1947 - 18 Mar 1947 Herman Eugene Talmadge (1st time)
(b. 1913 - d. 2002) Dem
18 Mar 1947 - 17 Nov 1948 Melvin E. Thompson (acting)
(b. 1903 - d. 1980) Dem
17 Nov 1948 - 11 Jan 1955 Herman Eugene Talmadge (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
11 Jan 1955 - 13 Jan 1959 S. Marvin Griffin
(b. 1907 - d. 1982) Dem
13 Jan 1959 - 15 Jan 1963 Samuel Ernest Vandiver, Jr.
(b. 1918 - d. 2005) Dem
15 Jan 1963 - 11 Jan 1967 Carl Edward Sanders
(b. 1925)
Dem
11 Jan 1967 - 12 Jan 1971 Lester Garfield Maddox
(b. 1915 - d. 2003) Dem
12 Jan 1971 - 14 Jan 1975 James Earl "Jimmy" Carter
(b. 1924)
Dem
14 Jan 1975 - 11 Jan 1983 George D. Busbee
(b. 1927 - d. 2004) Dem
11 Jan 1983 - 13 Jan 1991 Joe Frank Harris
(b. 1936)
Dem
13 Jan 1991 - 11 Jan 1999 Zell Bryan Miller
(b. 1932)
Dem
11 Jan 1999 - 13 Jan 2003 Roy Barnes
(b. 1948)
Dem
13 Jan 2003 -
Sonny Perdue
(b. 1946)
Rep
Hawaii
Kings¹
1795 - 8 May 1819
Kamehameha I "the Great"
(b. 1758? - d. 1819)
20 May 1819 - 14 Jul 1824 Kamehameha II
(b. 1797 - d. 1824)
14 Jul 1824 - 6 May 1825 Queen Elisabeta Kaahumanu
-Regent (b. 1772? - d. 1832)
(regent [for Kamehameha II from 1823;
for Kamehameha III to 5 Jun 1832])
6 May 1825 - 15 Dec 1854 Kamehameha III
(b. 1814 - d. 1854)
Jun 1832 - Mar 1833 Kinau
(Kaahumanu II) (f) -Regent (b. 1805 - d. 1839)
25 Feb 1843 - 31 Jul 1843 Lord George Paulet -U.K. Commander
(b. 1803 - d. 1879)
25 Feb 1843 - 31 Jul l843 Kekauluohi (f) - Regent
(b. 1794 - d. 1845)
15 Dec 1854 - 30 Nov 1863 Kamehameha IV
(b. 1834 - d. 1863)
30 Nov 1863
Princess Victoria Kamamalu (f) (b. 1838 - d. 1866)
(Kaahumanu IV) -Regent
30 Nov 1863 - 11 Dec 1872 Kamehameha V
(b. 1830 - d. 1872)
11 Dec 1872 - 9 Jan 1873 Executive Ministry
- Ferdinand William Hutchison
(b. 1819 - d. 1893)
- Robert Stirling (1st time)
- Stephen Henry Phillips
(b. 1823 - d. 1897)
9 Jan 1873 - 3 Feb 1874 William Charles Lunalilo
(b. 1835 - d. 1874)
3 Feb 1874 - 13 Feb 1874 Executive Ministry
- Edwin Oscar Hall
(b. 1810 - d. 1883)
- Charles Reed Bishop
(b. 1822 - d. 1915)
- Robert Stirling (2nd time)
- Albert Francis Judd
(b. 1838 - d. 1900)
13 Feb 1874 - 20 Jan 1891 David Kalakaua
(b. 1836 - d. 1891)
Queen¹
20 Jan 1891 - 17 Jan 1893 Liliuokalani
(b. 1838 - d. 1917)
(regent to 29 Jan 1891; formally abdicates
24 Jan 1895)
Chairman of the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety
14 Jan 1893 - 17 Jan 1893 Henry Ernest Cooper (in rebellion)
(b. 1857 - d. 1929)
Chairman of the Executive Council of the Provisional Government
17 Jan 1893 - 15 Feb 1893 Sanford Ballard Dole
(b. 1844 - d. 1926)
President of the Provisional Government
15 Feb 1893 - 4 Jul 1894 Sanford Ballard Dole
(s.a.)
President
4 Jul 1894 - 14 Jun 1900 Sanford Ballard Dole
(s.a.)
Governors
14 Jun 1900 - 23 Nov 1903 Sanford Ballard Dole
(s.a.)
Rep
23 Nov 1903 - 15 Aug 1907 George Robert Carter
(b. 1866 - d. 1933) Rep
15 Aug 1907 - 29 Nov 1913 Walter Francis Frear
(b. 1863 - d. 1948) Rep
29 Nov 1913 - 22 Jun 1918 Lucius Eugene Pinkham
(b. 1850 - d. 1922) Dem
22 Jun 1918 - 5 Jul 1921 Charles James McCarthy
(b. 1861 - d. 1928) Dem
5 Jul 1921 - 5 Jul 1929 Wallace Rider Farrington
(b. 1871 - d. 1933) Rep
5 Jul 1929 - 20 Apr 1934 Lawrence McCully Judd
(b. 1887 - d. 1968) Rep
20 Apr 1934 - 24 Aug 1942 Joseph Boyd Poindexter
(b. 1869 - d. 1951) Dem
7 Dec 1941 - 17 Dec 1941 Walter Campbell Short
(b. 1880 - d. 1949) Mil
(military governor)
17 Dec 1941 - 1 Jun 1943 Delos Carleton Emmons
(b. 1888 - d. 1965) Mil
(military governor)
24 Aug 1942 - 8 May 1951 Ingram Macklin Stainback
(b. 1883 - d. 1961) Dem
1 Jun 1943 - 24 Oct 1944 Robert Charlwood Richardson,
Jr. (b. 1882 - d. 1954) Mil
(military governor)
8 May 1951 - 28 Feb 1953 Oren Ethelbert Long
(b. 1889 - d. 1965) Dem
28 Feb 1953 - 2 Sep 1957 Samuel Wilder King
(b. 1886 - d. 1959) Rep
2 Sep 1957 - 3 Dec 1962 William Francis Quinn
(b. 1919 - d. 2006) Rep
3 Dec 1962 - 2 Dec 1974 John Anthony Burns
(b. 1909 - d. 1975) Dem
2 Dec 1974 - 1 Dec 1986 George Ryoichi Ariyoshi
(b. 1926)
Dem
1 Dec 1986 - 5 Dec 1994 John David Waihee III
(b. 1946)
Dem
5 Dec 1994 - 2 Dec 2002 Benjamin "Ben" J. Cayetano
(b. 1939)
Dem
2 Dec 2002 -
Linda Crockett Lingle (f)
(b. 1953)
Rep
Premiers (kuhina nui)²
1819 - 5 Jun 1832
Elisabeta Kaahumanu (f)
(s.a.)
5 Jun 1832 - 4 Apr 1839 Kinau (Kaahumanu II)(f)
(s.a.)
5 Apr 1839 - 7 Jun 1845 Kekauluohi (Kaahumanu
III)(f) (b. 1794 - d. 1845)
10 Jun 1845 - 16 Jan 1855 John Kaleipahala Young II
(b. c.1810 - d. 1857)
(Keoni Ana Opio) 16 Jan 1855 - 21 Dec 1863 Victoria Kamamalu (Kaahumanu IV)(f)(s.a.)
1863 - 24 Aug 1864
Mataio Kekuanaoa
(b. 1791 - d. 1868)
Royal Governors of Island of Hawaii 1802 - 1812
John Young
(b. 1744 - d. 1835)
1812 - 1819 Kamehameha
I
(s.a.)
1819 - 1820 Elisabeta Kaahumanu
(f) (s.a.)
1820 - 1844 John Adams
Kuakini (b. 1789
- d. 1844)
1844 - 1846 William
Pitt Leleiohoku I (b. 1821 - d. 1848)
1846 - 1855 George Luther Kapeau
(acting to Jul 1850)
15 Jan 1855 - 1874 Ruth Keelikolani (f)
(b. 1826 - d. 1883)
2 Mar 1874 - 1879 Samuel Kipi
29 Mar 1879 - 1880 Miriam Likelike (f)
(b. 1851 - d. 1887)
2 Sep 1880 - 8 Jan 1884 Victoria Kinoke Kekaulike (f) (b. 1843 - d. 1884)
21 Jan 1884 - 1886 Virginia Poomaikelani (f) (b. 1839 - d. 1895)
15 Oct 1886 - 1888 Ululani Baker (f)
(b. 1858 - d. 1902) 1888 - 1892 Vacant
8 Feb 1892 - 28 Feb 1893 John Tamatoa Baker
(b. 1852 - d. 1921)
U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1 Feb 1893 - 8 Dec 1893 John Leavitt
Stevens
(b. 1820 - d. 1895)
Special Commissioner 1893
James Henderson Blount
(b. 1837 - d. 1903)
U.S. Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary 1893
- 1897 Albert Shelby
Willis
(b. 1843 - d. 1897)
1897 - 1898 Harold
Marsh Sewall
(b. 1860 - d. 1924)
Special Agent
1898 - 1900 Harold
Marsh Sewall (s.a.)
Kauai
1810
Subject to Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands
1 Jul 1816 - 7 Jul 1817 Russian America Co. colony
at Fort Elizabeth
near Waimea (and 8 Oct 1816 Forts Alexander
and Barclay).
26 May 1824
Separate monarchy extinct.
Kings
.... - 1730
Kualii
(d. 1730)
1730 - 1770
Peleioholani
(d. 1770)
1770 - 1795
Kamakahelai (f) -Queen 1795 - 26 May 1824
George Kaumualii
(b. c.1778 - d. 1824)
(from 1821, prisoner in Honolulu)
Royal Governors of Kauai 1810 - 26 May 1824
George Kaumualii
(s.a.)
1824 - 1825 Kahalaia
Luanu'u (d.
1826)
1825 - 1839 Kaikioewa
1839 - 1842 Emelia Keaweamahi (f)
1842 - 1845 Miriam
Kekauonohi (f) (b. c.1805
– d. 1851)
21 Oct 1846 - 4 Jan 1877 Paulo Kanoa
(b. 1802 - d. 1885)
4 Jan 1877 - 1880 John E. Bush
(b. 1843 -
d. 1906)
16 Aug 1880 - 7 Jan 1881 Fred William Beckley
(b. 1845 - d. 1881)
12 Jan 1881 - 1886 Paul P. Kanoa
31 Jul 1886 - 1888 Lanihau
8 Feb 1892 - 28 Feb 1893 William Hyde Rice
(b. 1846 - d. 1924)
Russian Governor at Fort Elizabeth
1 Jul 1816 - 7 Jul 1817 Georg Anton Scheffer
(Schäffer) (b. 1779 - d. 1836)
Maui
1783
Annexes Oahu.
1 May 1795
Part of Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands.
Kings
.... - 17..
Lonohonuakini
17.. - 17..
Kaulahea II
17.. - 1736
Kekaulike Kuihonoikamoku
(d. 1736)
1736 - 1765
Kamehamehanui Ailuau
(d. 1765)
1765 - 1794
Kahekili II
(b. c.1737 - d. 1794)
1794 - Jul 1794
Kaeokulani
(d. 1794)
Jul 1794 - 1 May 1795 Kalanikupule
(d. 1795)
Royal Governors of Maui, Molokai and Lanai 1795 - 1804
Keeaumoku Papaiahiahi
(b. 1736 – d. 1804)
1804 - 1820 George Cox Kahekili Keeaumoku II (b. 1784? - d. 1824)
18.. - 18.. Kahakahaaoki Wahine-pio
1836 - 1840 Ulumaheihei
Hoapili (d. af.1840)
1840 - 1842 Kalakua
Kaheiheimalie (f) (b. c.1778 – d. 1842)
1842 - 1 Oct 1851 James Young Kanehoa
(b. 1797 – d. 1851)
3 Dec 1852 - 1874 Paul Nahaolelua
(b.
1806 - d. 1875)
23 Feb 1874 - 8 Sep 1878 William Luther Kealii Moehonua (b. 1824 - d. 1878)
9 Sep 1878 - 1886 John Owen Dominis (b. 1832 - d. 1891)
4 Oct 1886 - 1888 Robert Hoapili
Baker (b. 1847/50 -
d. 1913)
17 May 1892 - 28 Feb 1893 Thomas Wright Everett (b. 1823 - d. 1895)
Oahu
1783
Conquered by Kingdom of Maui.
Kings
.... - 1730
Kualii
(d. 1730)
1730 - 1737
Kapionookalani
(d. 1737)
1737 - 1738
Kanahaokalani
(d. 1738)
1738 - 1770
Peleioholani
(d. 1770)
1770 - 1773
Kumahana
1773 - 1783
Kaneoneo
(d. 1785)
Royal Governors of Oahu .... - Apr 1810
Isaac Davis
(b. 1758 – d. 1810)
18.. - 18.. Oliver Holmes
1824 - 182. Lydia
Namahana Piia (f)
182. - Dec 1829 Boki Kamauleule
(b. bf.1785 - d. 1829)
Dec 1829 - 1 Apr 1831 Kuini Liliha (f) (acting) (b. c.1802 – d. 1839)
1 Apr 1831 - 1833 John Adams Kuakini (acting) (b. 1789 - d. 1844)
1833 - 4 Apr 1839 Queen Elisabeta Kaahumanu
(f) (s.a.)
17 Nov 1846 - 18 Feb 1864 Mataio Kekuanaoa
(b. 1793 - d. 1868)
18 Feb 1864 - 4 Oct 1886 John Owen Dominis (1st time) (b. 1832 - d. 1891)
4 Oct 1886 - 5 Aug 1887 Curtis Piehu Iaukea (b. 1855 - d. 1940)
12 Apr 1887 - 7 Jul 1887 Antone Rosa (acting) (d. 1898)
7 Jul 1887 - 26 Jul 1887 Archibald Scott Cleghorn (1st time)(b. 1835 - d. 1910)
(acting)
5 Aug 1887 - 23 Aug 1888 John Owen Dominis (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Mar 1891 - 11 Nov 1891 John Owen Dominis (3rd time) (s.a.)
11 Nov 1891 - 28 Feb 1893 Archibald Scott Cleghorn (2nd time)(s.a.)
¹Full style of the ruler:
(a) 1810 - 14 Jun 1852: Ali‘i Nui ("King"). The traditional style of the rulers of the major Hawaiian polities is Ali‘i Nui,
literally "Great Chief." This style is adopted in the Hawaiian-language text
of the Constitution of 6 Oct 1840. The English-language text uses the style
King;
(b) 14 Jun 1852 - 6 Jul 1887: Ali‘i o ko Hawai‘i Pae ‘Aina ("King of the Hawaiian Islands");
(c) 30 Nov 1863 - 11 Dec 1872 in some documents: Ma ka Lokomaika‘i o ke Akua, Ke Ali‘i o ko Hawai‘i Pae ‘Aina ("by the grace of God, King of the Hawaiian Islands");
(d) 6 Jul 1887 - 29 Jan 1891: Mo‘i o ko Hawai‘i Pae ‘Aina ("King of the Hawaiian Islands");
(e) 29 Jan 1891 - 17 Jan 1893: Mo‘i Wahine o ko Hawai‘i Pae ‘Aina ("Queen of the Hawaiian Islands").
²The Hawaiian office most commonly translated as that
of 'Prime minister' is Kuhina nui. The office was created in 1819
upon the death of Kamehameha I. Kamehameha's favorite wife, Ka‘ahumanu,
reported that it was the King's wish that she become in effect the co-sovereign
along with the King's young son. In her position as Kuhina nui she
ruled the Kingdom until Kamehameha II came to majority and then for the
remainder of her life. The Kuhina nui's power was greater than that
of a prime minister in the western sense. The Constitution of 1864 abolished
the office of Kuhina nui returning the power held by the
Kuhina
nui back to the
monarch.
Idaho
From 12 Mar 1907;
Adopted 15 Mar 1927
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Mayors of Boise
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Chronology
20 Oct 1818
Treaty on joint U.S.-British administration
of Oregon Country which includes Idaho
(see British Columbia).
15 Jun 1846
Oregon Country south of 40° latitude ceded
to U.S. (includes Idaho).
3 Mar 1849
Part of Oregon Territory (some
parts remain
with Oregon until 14 Feb 1859).
2 Mar 1853
Part of Washington Territory
(until 26 May
1864 also incl. Montana and Wyoming).
4 Mar 1863
Territory
3 Jul 1890
State |
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Governors
10 Mar 1863 - 1863 William Hanson
Wallace
(b. 1811 - d. 1879) Rep
1863 - 1 Aug 1864 William B. Daniels (acting)
26 Feb 1864 - 10 Apr 1866 Caleb Lyons (arrived 1 Aug 1864)
(b. 1822 - d. 1875) Rep
14 Jun 1865 - 19 Aug 1865 C. DeWitt Smith (d. 1865) Rep
(acting for Lyons)
4 Sep 1865 - 10 Apr 1866 Horace C. Gilson (acting of Lyons)
10 Apr 1866 - 1 Jul 1870 David W. Ballard
(b. 1824 - d. 1883) Rep
(suspended Mar 1867 - Dec 1867) 30 Mar 1870 - 19 Apr 1871 Edward J. Curtis (1st time)(acting)(b. 1827 - d. 1895) Rep
30 Mar 1870 - 7 Jun 1870 Samuel Bard (b. 1791 - d. 1880) Rep
(did not take office)
7 Jun 1870 - 12 Jun 1870 Gilman
Marston
(b. 1811 - d. 1890) Rep
(did not take office) 12 Jun 1870 - 15 Mar 1871 Alexander
Hamilton Conner (b.
1832 - d. 1891) Rep
(did not take office)
15 Mar 1871 - 19 Apr 1871 Ebenezer Dumont
(b. 1814 - d. 1871) Rep
(did not take office)
19 Apr 1871 - 5 Sep 1871
Thomas Meade Bowen
(b. 1835 - d. 1906) Rep
5 Sep 1871 - 24 Oct 1871
Edward J. Curtis (2nd time)(acting)(s.a.)
Rep
24 Oct 1871 - 3 Mar 1875 Thomas Warren Bennett
(b. 1831 - d. 1893) Rep
3 Mar 1875 - 16 Dec 1875 Edward J. Curtis (3rd
time)(acting)(s.a.)
Rep
16 Dec 1875 - 24 Jul 1876 David Preston Thompson
(b. 1834 - d. 1901) Rep
24 Jul 1876 - 7 Aug 1880 Mason Brayman
(b. 1813 - d. 1895) Rep
(suspended Jun 1878 - 1878)
7 Aug 1878 - 12 Jul 1880 John Philo
Hoyt
(b. 1841 - d. 1926) Rep
(did not take office) 7 Aug 1878 - 12 Jul 1880 Robert A. Sidebotham (acting) (b. 1834 - d. 1904)
12 Jul 1880 - 2 Mar 1883 John B. Neil
(b. 1842 - d. 1902) Rep
2 Mar 1883 - 1883 John Nichol
Irwin
(b. 1847 - d. 1905) Rep
1883 - 26 Mar 1884 Edward J. Curtis (4th
time)(acting)(s.a.)
Rep
26 Mar 1884 - 29 Sep 1885
William Malcolm Bunn
(b. 1842 - d. 1923) Rep
9 Jul 1885 - 29 Sep 1885 David P.B. Pride (acting for Bunn) 29
Sep 1885 - 1 Apr 1889 Edward A. Stevenson
(b. 1831 - d. 1895) Dem
1 Apr 1889 - 19 Dec 1890 George Laird Shoup
(b. 1836 - d. 1904) Rep
19 Dec 1890 - 1 Jan 1893 Norman Bushnell Willey
(b. 1838 - d. 1921) Rep
1 Jan 1893 - 4 Jan 1897 William John McConnell
(b. 1839 - d. 1925) Rep
4 Jan 1897 - 7 Jan 1901 Frank Steunenberg
(b. 1861 - d. 1905) Dem
7 Jan 1901 - 5 Jan 1903 Frank Williams Hunt
(b. 1861 - d. 1906) Dem
5 Jan 1903 - 2 Jan 1905 John Tracy Morrison
(b. 1860 - d. 1915) Rep
3 Jan 1905 - 4 Jan 1909 Frank Robert Gooding
(b. 1859 - d. 1928) Rep
4 Jan 1909 - 2 Jan 1911 James Henry Brady
(b. 1862 - d. 1918) Rep
2 Jan 1911 - 6 Jan 1913 James Henry Hawley
(b. 1847 - d. 1929) Dem
6 Jan 1913 - 4 Jan 1915 John Michner Haines
(b. 1863 - d. 1917) Rep
4 Jan 1915 - 6 Jan 1919 Moses Alexander
(b. 1853 - d. 1932) Dem
6 Jan 1919 - 1 Jan 1923 David William Davis
(b. 1873 - d. 1959) Rep
3 Jan 1923 - 3 Jan 1927 Charles Calvin Moore
(b. 1866 - d. 1958) Rep
3 Jan 1927 - 5 Jan 1931 H. Clarence Baldridge
(b. 1868 - d. 1947) Rep
5 Jan 1931 - 4 Jan 1937 Charles Ben Ross
(b. 1876 - d. 1946) Dem
4 Jan 1937 - 2 Jan 1939 Barzilla Worth Clark
(b. 1881 - d. 1943) Dem
2 Jan 1939 - 5 Jan 1941 Clarence Alfred Bottolfsen
(b. 1891 - d. 1964) Rep
(1st time)
6 Jan 1941 - 4 Jan 1943 Chase Addison Clark
(b. 1883 - d. 1966) Dem
4 Jan 1943 - 1 Jan 1945 Clarence Alfred Bottolfsen
(s.a.)
Rep
(2nd time)
1 Jan 1945 - 17 Nov 1945 Charles Clinton Gossett
(b. 1888 - d. 1974) Dem
17 Nov 1945 - 6 Jan 1947 Arnold Williams
(b. 1898 - d. 1970) Dem
6 Jan 1947 - 1 Jan 1951 Charles Armington Robins
(b. 1884 - d. 1970) Rep
1 Jan 1951 - 3 Jan 1955 Leonard "Len" Beck Jordan
(b. 1899 - d. 1983) Rep
3 Jan 1955 - 2 Jan 1967 Robert Eben Smylie
(b. 1914 - d. 2004) Rep
2 Jan 1967 - 4 Jan 1971 Donald William Samuelson
(b. 1913 - d. 2000) Rep
4 Jan 1971 - 24 Jan 1977 Cecil Dale Andrus (1st time)
(b. 1931)
Dem
24 Jan 1977 - 5 Jan 1987 John Victor Evans
(b. 1925)
Dem
5 Jan 1987 - 1 Jan 1995 Cecil Dale Andrus (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
2 Jan 1995 - 8 Jan 1999 Philip "Phil" E. Batt
(b. 1927)
Rep
8 Jan 1999 - 26 May 2006 Dirk Arthur Kempthorne
(b. 1951)
Rep
26 May 2006 - 1 Jan 2007 Jim Risch
(b. 1943)
Rep
1 Jan 2007 -
C.L. Butch Otter
(b. 1942)
Rep
Illinois
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6 Jul 1915 - 1 Jul 1970
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Adopted 1 Jul 1970
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Mayors of Chicago
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Chronology
4 Jul 1778
Part of Virginia (confirmed 9
Dec 1778)
(Illinois County).
13 Jul 1787
Part of Northwest Territory (see Ohio).
4 Jul 1800
Part of Indiana.
1 Mar 1809
Territory
3 Dec 1818
State |
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Governors
1 Mar 1809 - 6 Oct 1818 Ninian Edwards (1st time)
(b. 1775 - d. 1833) D-R
6 Oct 1818 - 5 Dec 1822 Shadrach Bond
(b. 1773 - d. 1832) D-R
5 Dec 1822 - 6 Dec 1826 Edward Coles
(b. 1786 - d. 1868) D-R
6 Dec 1826 - 6 Dec 1830 Ninian Edwards (2nd time)
(s.a.)
D-R
6 Dec 1830 - 17 Nov 1834 John Reynolds
(b. 1789 - d. 1865) Dem
17 Nov 1834 - 3 Dec 1834 William Lee Davidson Ewing
(b. 1795 - d. 1846) Dem
3 Dec 1834 - 7 Dec 1838 Joseph Duncan
(b. 1794 - d. 1844) Dem
7 Dec 1838 - 8 Dec 1842 Thomas Carlin
(b. 1789 - d. 1852) Dem
8 Dec 1842 - 9 Dec 1846 Thomas Ford
(b. 1800 - d. 1850) Dem
9 Dec 1846 - 10 Jan 1853 Augustus Chaflin French
(b. 1808 - d. 1864) Dem
10 Jan 1853 - 12 Jan 1857 Joel Aldrich Matteson
(b. 1808 - d. 1873) Dem
12 Jan 1857 - 18 Mar 1860 William Harrison Bissell
(b. 1811 - d. 1860) Rep
18 Mar 1860 - 14 Jan 1861 John Wood (acting to 21 Mar 1860)
(b. 1798 - d. 1880) Rep
14 Jan 1861 - 16 Jan 1865 Richard Yates
(b. 1815 - d. 1873) Rep
16 Jan 1865 - 11 Jan 1869 Richard James Oglesby (1st time)
(b. 1824 - d. 1899) Rep
11 Jan 1869 - 13 Jan 1873 John McAuley Palmer
(b. 1817 - d. 1900) Rep
13 Jan 1873 - 23 Jan 1873 Richard James Oglesby (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
23 Jan 1873 - 8 Jan 1877 John Lourie Beveridge
(b. 1824 - d. 1910) Rep
8 Jan 1877 - 8 Feb 1883 Shelby Moore Cullom
(b. 1829 - d. 1914) Rep
16 Feb 1883 - 30 Jan 1885 John Marshall Hamilton
(b. 1847 - d. 1905) Rep
30 Jan 1885 - 14 Jan 1889 Richard James Oglesby (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
14 Jan 1889 - 10 Jan 1893 Joseph Wilson Fifer
(b. 1840 - d. 1938) Rep
10 Jan 1893 - 11 Jan 1897 John Peter Altgeld
(b. 1847 - d. 1902) Dem
11 Jan 1897 - 14 Jan 1901 John Riley Tanner
(b. 1844 - d. 1901) Rep
14 Jan 1901 - 9 Jan 1905 Richard Yates
(b. 1860 - d. 1936) Rep
9 Jan 1905 - 3 Feb 1913 Charles Samuel Deneen
(b. 1863 - d. 1940) Rep
3 Feb 1913 - 8 Jan 1917 Edward FitzSimmons Dunne
(b. 1853 - d. 1937) Dem
8 Jan 1917 - 10 Jan 1921 Frank Orren Lowden
(b. 1861 - d. 1943) Rep
10 Jan 1921 - 14 Jan 1929 Lennington Small
(b. 1862 - d. 1936) Rep
14 Jan 1929 - 9 Jan 1933 Louis Lincoln Emmerson
(b. 1863 - d. 1941) Rep
9 Jan 1933 - 6 Oct 1940 Henry Horner
(b. 1878 - d. 1940) Dem
6 Oct 1940 - 13 Jan 1941 John Henry Stelle
(b. 1891 - d. 1962) Dem
13 Jan 1941 - 10 Jan 1949 Dwight Herbert Green
(b. 1897 - d. 1958) Rep
10 Jan 1949 - 12 Jan 1953 Adlai Ewing Stevenson
(b. 1900 - d. 1965) Dem
12 Jan 1953 - 9 Jan 1961 William Grant Stratton
(b. 1914 - d. 2001) Rep
9 Jan 1961 - 21 May 1968 Otto Kerner, Jr.
(b. 1908 - d. 1976) Dem
21 May 1968 - 13 Jan 1969 Samuel Harvey Shapiro
(b. 1907 - d. 1987) Dem
13 Jan 1969 - 8 Jan 1973 Richard Buell Ogilvie
(b. 1923 - d. 1988) Rep
8 Jan 1973 - 10 Jan 1977 Daniel Walker
(b. 1922)
Dem
10 Jan 1977 - 14 Jan 1991 James Robert Thompson, Jr.
(b. 1936)
Rep
14 Jan 1991 - 11 Jan 1999 James "Jim" R. Edgar
(b. 1946)
Rep
11 Jan 1999 - 13 Jan 2003 George H. Ryan
(b. 1934)
Rep
13 Jan 2003 - 29 Jan 2009 Rod Blagojevich
(b. 1956)
Dem 29 Jan 2009 -
Patrick "Pat" J. Quinn
(b. 1948) Dem
Indiana
Adopted 31
May 1917
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Governors
13 May 1800 - 28 Dec 1812 William Henry Harrison
(b. 1773 - d. 1841) Mil
28 Dec 1812 - 3 Mar 1813 John Gibson (acting)
(b. 1740 - d. 1822)
3 Mar 1813 - 7 Nov 1816 Thomas Posey
(b. 1750 - d. 1818) D-R
7 Nov 1816 - 12 Sep 1822 Jonathan Jennings
(b. 1784 - d. 1834) J-R
12 Sep 1822 - 5 Dec 1822 Ratliff Boon
(b. 1781 - d. 1844) J-R
5 Dec 1822 - 12 Feb 1825 William Hendricks
(b. 1782 - d. 1850) J-R
12 Feb 1825 - 7 Dec 1831 James Brown Ray
(b. 1794 - d. 1848) Ind
7 Dec 1831 - 6 Dec 1837 Noah Noble
(b. 1794 - d. 1844) N-R;1834 Whg
6 Dec 1837 - 9 Dec 1840 David Wallace
(b. 1799 - d. 1859) Whg
9 Dec 1840 - 6 Dec 1843 Samuel Bigger
(b. 1802 - d. 1846) Whg
6 Dec 1843 - 26 Dec 1848 James Whitcomb
(b. 1795 - d. 1852) Dem
26 Dec 1848 - 5 Dec 1849 Paris Chipman Dunning
(b. 1806 - d. 1884) Dem
5 Dec 1849 - 12 Jan 1857 Joseph Albert Wright
(b. 1810 - d. 1867) Dem
12 Jan 1857 - 4 Oct 1860 Ashbel Parsons Willard
(b. 1820 - d. 1860) Dem
4 Oct 1860 - 14 Jan 1861 Abram Adams Hammond
(b. 1814 - d. 1874) Dem
14 Jan 1861 - 16 Jan 1861 Henry Smith Lane
(b. 1811 - d. 1881) Rep
16 Jan 1861 - 23 Jan 1867 Oliver Hazard Perry Morton
(b. 1823 - d. 1877) Rep
23 Jan 1867 - 13 Jan 1873 Conrad Baker
(b. 1817 - d. 1885) Rep
13 Jan 1873 - 8 Jan 1877 Thomas Andrews Hendricks
(b. 1819 - d. 1885) Dem
8 Jan 1877 - 20 Nov 1880 James Douglas Williams
(b. 1808 - d. 1880) Dem
20 Nov 1880 - 10 Jan 1881 Isaac Pusey Gray (1st time)
(b. 1828 - d. 1895) Dem
10 Jan 1881 - 12 Jan 1885 Albert Gallatin Porter
(b. 1824 - d. 1897) Rep
12 Jan 1885 - 14 Jan 1889 Isaac Pusey Gray (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
14 Jan 1889 - 23 Nov 1891 Alvin Peterson Hovey
(b. 1821 - d. 1891) Rep
23 Nov 1891 - 9 Jan 1893 Ira Joy Chase
(b. 1834 - d. 1895) Rep
9 Jan 1893 - 11 Jan 1897 Claude Matthews
(b. 1845 - d. 1898) Dem
11 Jan 1897 - 14 Jan 1901 James Atwell Mount
(b. 1843 - d. 1901) Rep
14 Jan 1901 - 9 Jan 1905 Winfield Taylor Durbin
(b. 1847 - d. 1928) Rep
9 Jan 1905 - 11 Jan 1909 James Frank Hanly
(b. 1863 - d. 1920) Rep
11 Jan 1909 - 13 Jan 1913 Thomas Riley Marshall
(b. 1854 - d. 1925) Dem
13 Jan 1913 - 8 Jan 1917 Samuel Moffett Ralston
(b. 1857 - d. 1925) Dem
8 Jan 1917 - 10 Jan 1921 James Putnam Goodrich
(b. 1864 - d. 1940) Rep
10 Jan 1921 - 30 Apr 1924 Warren Terry McCray
(b. 1865 - d. 1938) Rep
30 Apr 1924 - 12 Jan 1925 Emmett Forrest Branch
(b. 1874 - d. 1932) Rep
12 Jan 1925 - 14 Jan 1929 Edward L. Jackson
(b. 1873 - d. 1954) Rep
14 Jan 1929 - 9 Jan 1933 Harry Guyer Leslie
(b. 1878 - d. 1937) Rep
9 Jan 1933 - 11 Jan 1937 Paul Vories McNutt
(b. 1891 - d. 1957) Dem
11 Jan 1937 - 13 Jan 1941 Maurice Clifford Townsend
(b. 1884 - d. 1954) Dem
13 Jan 1941 - 8 Jan 1945 Henry Frederick Schricker
(b. 1883 - d. 1966) Dem
(1st time)
8 Jan 1945 - 10 Jan 1949 Ralph Fesler Gates
(b. 1893 - d. 1978) Rep
10 Jan 1949 - 12 Jan 1953 Henry Frederick Schricker
(s.a.)
Dem
(2nd time)
12 Jan 1953 - 14 Jan 1957 George North Craig
(b. 1909 - d. 1992) Rep
14 Jan 1957 - 9 Jan 1961 Harold Willis Handley
(b. 1909 - d. 1972) Rep
9 Jan 1961 - 11 Jan 1965 Matthew Empson Welsh
(b. 1912 - d. 1995) Dem
11 Jan 1965 - 13 Jan 1969 Roger Douglas Branigin
(b. 1902 - d. 1975) Dem
13 Jan 1969 - 9 Jan 1973 Edgar Doud Whitcomb
(b. 1917)
Rep
9 Jan 1973 - 13 Jan 1981 Otis Ray Bowen
(b. 1918)
Rep
13 Jan 1981 - 9 Jan 1989 Robert Dunkerson Orr
(b. 1917 - d. 2004) Rep
9 Jan 1989 - 13 Jan 1997 Birch Evans "Evan" Bayh III
(b. 1955)
Dem
13 Jan 1997 - 13 Sep 2003 Frank Lewis O'Bannon
(b. 1930 - d. 2003) Dem
9 Sep 2003 - 10 Jan 2005 Joseph "Joe" Eugene Kernan
(b. 1946)
Dem
(acting for O'Bannon to 13 Sep 2003)
10 Jan 2005 -
Mitch Daniels
(b. 1949)
Rep
¹There was a residue of Indiana Territory that continued
to exist under that name until 3 Dec
1818, when it was attached to Michigan Territory.
Iowa
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11 May 1917 - 29 Mar 1921
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Adopted
29 Mar 1921
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Mayors of
Des Moines
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Chronology
26 Mar 1804
Part of Louisiana Territory.
2 Feb 1809
Part of Illinois Territory.
7 Dec 1812
Part of Missouri Territory.
10 Aug 1821
Unorganized territory.
28 Jun 1834
Part of Michigan Territory.
4 Jul 1836
Part of Wisconsin Territory.
12 Jun 1838
Territory (effective 3 Jul 1838).
28 Dec 1846
State |
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Governors
3 Jul 1838 - 15 Aug 1838 William B. Conway (acting)
(d. 1839)
Dem
15 Aug 1838 - 13 May 1841 Robert Lucas
(b. 1781 - d. 1853) Dem
13 May 1841 - 18 Nov 1845 John Chambers
(b. 1780 - d. 1852) Whg
18 Nov 1845 - 3 Dec 1846 James Clarke
(b. 1812 - d. 1850) Dem
3 Dec 1846 - 4 Dec 1850 Ansel Briggs
(b. 1806 - d. 1881) Dem
4 Dec 1850 - 9 Dec 1854 Stephen P. Hempstead
(b. 1812 - d. 1883) Dem
9 Dec 1854 - 13 Jan 1858 James Wilson Grimes
(b. 1816 - d. 1872) Whg
13 Jan 1858 - 11 Jan 1860 Ralph Phillips Lowe
(b. 1805 - d. 1883) Rep
11 Jan 1860 - 14 Jan 1864 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (1st time)
(b. 1813 - d. 1894) Rep
14 Jan 1864 - 16 Jan 1868 William Milo Stone
(b. 1827 - d. 1893) Rep
16 Jan 1868 - 11 Jan 1872 Samuel Merrill
(b. 1822 - d. 1899) Rep
11 Jan 1872 - 13 Jan 1876 Cyrus Clay Carpenter
(b. 1829 - d. 1898) Rep
13 Jan 1876 - 1 Feb 1877 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Rep
1 Feb 1877 - 17 Jan 1878 Joshua Giddings Newbold
(b. 1830 - d. 1903) Rep
17 Jan 1878 - 12 Jan 1882 John Henry Gear
(b. 1825 - d. 1900) Rep
12 Jan 1882 - 14 Jan 1886 Buren Robinson Sherman
(b. 1836 - d. 1904) Rep
14 Jan 1886 - 27 Feb 1890 William Larrabee
(b. 1832 - d. 1912) Rep
27 Feb 1890 - 11 Jan 1894 Horace Boies
(b. 1827 - d. 1923) Dem
11 Jan 1894 - 16 Jan 1896 Frank Darr Jackson
(b. 1854 - d. 1938) Rep
16 Jan 1896 - 13 Jan 1898 Francis Marion Drake
(b. 1830 - d. 1903) Rep
13 Jan 1898 - 16 Jan 1902 Leslie Mortimer Shaw
(b. 1848 - d. 1932) Rep
16 Jan 1902 - 24 Nov 1908 Albert Baird Cummins
(b. 1850 - d. 1926) Rep
24 Nov 1908 - 14 Jan 1909 Warren Garst
(b. 1850 - d. 1924) Rep
14 Jan 1909 - 16 Jan 1913 Beryl Franklin Carroll
(b. 1860 - d. 1939) Rep
16 Jan 1913 - 11 Jan 1917 George W. Clarke
(b. 1852 - d. 1936) Rep
11 Jan 1917 - 13 Jan 1921 William Lloyd Harding
(b. 1877 - d. 1934) Rep
13 Jan 1921 - 15 Jan 1925 Nathan Edward Kendall
(b. 1868 - d. 1936) Rep
15 Jan 1925 - 15 Jan 1931 John Hammill
(b. 1875 - d. 1936) Rep
15 Jan 1931 - 12 Jan 1933 Daniel Webster Turner
(b. 1877 - d. 1969) Rep
12 Jan 1933 - 14 Jan 1937 Clyde LaVerne Herring
(b. 1879 - d. 1945) Dem
14 Jan 1937 - 12 Jan 1939 Nelson George Kraschel
(b. 1889 - d. 1957) Dem
12 Jan 1939 - 14 Jan 1943 George Allison Wilson
(b. 1884 - d. 1953) Rep
14 Jan 1943 - 11 Jan 1945 Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper
(b. 1896 - d. 1971) Rep
11 Jan 1945 - 13 Jan 1949 Robert Donald Blue
(b. 1898 - d. 1989) Rep
13 Jan 1949 - 21 Nov 1954 William Shane Beardsley
(b. 1901 - d. 1954) Rep
22 Nov 1954 - 13 Jan 1955 Leo Elthon
(b. 1898 - d. 1967) Rep
13 Jan 1955 - 17 Jan 1957 Leo Arthur Hoegh
(b. 1908 - d. 2000) Rep
17 Jan 1957 - 12 Jan 1961 Herschel Cellel Loveless
(b. 1911 - d. 1989) Dem
12 Jan 1961 - 17 Jan 1963 Norman Arthur Erbe
(b. 1919 - d. 2000) Rep
17 Jan 1963 - 1 Jan 1969 Harold Everett Hughes
(b. 1922 - d. 1996) Dem
1 Jan 1969 - 16 Jan 1969 Robert Fulton
(b. 1929)
Dem
16 Jan 1969 - 14 Jan 1983 Robert Ray
(b. 1928)
Rep
14 Jan 1983 - 15 Jan 1999 Terry Edward Branstad
(b. 1946)
Rep
15 Jan 1999 - 12 Jan 2007
Thomas "Tom" J. Vilsack
(b. 1950)
Dem
12 Jan 2007 -
Chet Culver
(b. 1966)
Dem
Jefferson: see Colorado
Kansas
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23 Mar 1927 - 30 Jun
1963
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Adopted 30 Jun 1963
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Map
of Kansas
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Hear
State Song "Home on the Range"
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Text
of State Song Adopted 30 Jun 1947
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State
Constitution (29 Jan 1861)
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Capital: Topeka (Fort Leavenworth 30 May 1854-1854; Lecompton 1855-1858; Pawnee 1855; Shawnee
Mission 1854-1855)
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Motto: Ad astra per aspera (To the stars through difficulties)
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Nickname: Sunflower State
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Population: 2,809,547 (2008)
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Chronology
26 Mar 1804
Part of Louisiana Territory.
7 Dec 1812
Part of Missouri Territory.
10 Aug 1821
Unorganized territory.
30 May 1854
Territory
29 Jan 1861
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Governors
29 Jun 1854 - 16 Aug 1855 Andrew Horatio Reeder
(b. 1807 - d. 1864) Dem
16 Aug 1855 - 7 Sep 1855 Daniel Woodson (1st time)
(acting) (b. 1824 - d. 1894) Dem
7 Sep 1855 - 18 Aug 1856 Wilson Shannon
(b. 1802 - d. 1877) Dem
4 Mar 1856 - 10 May 1856 Charles L. Robinson
(b. 1818 - d. 1894) Rep
(in rebellion, at Topeka)
18 Aug 1856 - 9 Sep 1856 Daniel Woodson (2nd time)
(acting) (s.a.)
Dem
9 Sep 1856 - 12 Mar 1857 John White Geary
(b. 1819 - d. 1873) Dem
12 Mar 1857 - 16 Apr 1857 Daniel Woodson (3rd time) (acting)
(s.a.)
Dem
16 Apr 1857 - 27 May 1857 Frederick Perry Stanton (1st time)
(b. 1814 - d. 1894) Dem
(acting)
27 May 1857 - 16 Nov 1857 Robert James Walker
(b. 1801 - d. 1869) Dem
16 Nov 1857 - 21 Dec 1857 Frederick Perry Stanton (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
(acting)
21 Dec 1857 - 10 Oct 1858 James William Denver
(b. 1817 - d. 1892) Dem
(acting to 12 May 1858)
10 Oct 1858 - 18 Dec 1858 Hugh Sleight Walsh (acting)
(b. 1810 - d. 1877) Dem
18 Dec 1858 - 17 Dec 1860 Samuel Medary
(b. 1801 - d. 1864) Dem
17 Dec 1860 - 9 Feb 1861 George Monroe Beebe (acting)
(b. 1836 - d. 1927) Dem
9 Feb 1861 - 12 Jan 1863 Charles L. Robinson
(s.a.)
Rep
12 Jan 1863 - 9 Jan 1865 Thomas Carney
(b. 1824 - d. 1888) Rep
9 Jan 1865 - 4 Nov 1868 Samuel Johnson Crawford
(b. 1835 - d. 1913) Rep
4 Nov 1868 - 11 Jan 1869 Nehemiah Green
(b. 1837 - d. 1890) Rep
11 Jan 1869 - 13 Jan 1873 James Madison Harvey
(b. 1833 - d. 1894) Rep
13 Jan 1873 - 8 Jan 1877 Thomas Andrew Osborn
(b. 1836 - d. 1898) Rep
8 Jan 1877 - 13 Jan 1879 George Tobey Anthony
(b. 1824 - d. 1896) Rep
13 Jan 1879 - 8 Jan 1883 John Pierce St. John
(b. 1833 - d. 1916) Rep
8 Jan 1883 - 12 Jan 1885 George Washington Glick
(b. 1827 - d. 1911) Dem
12 Jan 1885 - 14 Jan 1889 John Alexander Martin
(b. 1839 - d. 1889) Rep
14 Jan 1889 - 9 Jan 1893 Lyman Underwood Humphrey
(b. 1844 - d. 1915) Rep
9 Jan 1893 - 14 Jan 1895 Lorenzo Dow Lewelling
(b. 1846 - d. 1900) Pop
14 Jan 1895 - 11 Jan 1897 Edmund Needham Morrill
(b. 1834 - d. 1909) Rep
11 Jan 1897 - 9 Jan 1899 John Weedham Leedy
(b. 1849 - d. 1935) Pop 9 Jan 1899
- 12 Jan 1903 William Eugene Stanley
(b. 1848 - d. 1910) Rep
12 Jan 1903 - 9 Jan 1905 Willis Joshua Bailey
(b. 1854 - d. 1932) Rep
9 Jan 1905 - 11 Jan 1909 Edward Wallis Hoch
(b. 1849 - d. 1925) Rep
11 Jan 1909 - 13 Jan 1913 Walter Roscoe Stubbs
(b. 1858 - d. 1929) Rep
13 Jan 1913 - 11 Jan 1915 George Hartshorn Hodges
(b. 1866 - d. 1947) Dem
11 Jan 1915 - 13 Jan 1919 Arthur Capper
(b. 1865 - d. 1951) Rep
13 Jan 1919 - 8 Jan 1923 Henry Justin Allen
(b. 1868 - d. 1950) Rep
8 Jan 1923 - 12 Jan 1925 Jonathan McMillan Davis
(b. 1871 - d. 1943) Dem
12 Jan 1925 - 14 Jan 1929 Benjamin Sanford Paulen
(b. 1869 - d. 1961) Rep
14 Jan 1929 - 12 Jan 1931 Clyde Martin Reed
(b. 1871 - d. 1949) Rep
12 Jan 1931 - 9 Jan 1933 Harry Hines Woodring
(b. 1890 - d. 1967) Dem
9 Jan 1933 - 11 Jan 1937 Alfred Mossman Landon
(b. 1887 - d. 1987) Rep
11 Jan 1937 - 9 Jan 1939 Walter August Huxman
(b. 1887 - d. 1972) Dem
9 Jan 1939 - 11 Jan 1943 Payne Harry Ratner
(b. 1896 - d. 1974) Rep
11 Jan 1943 - 13 Jan 1947 Andrew Frank Schoeppel
(b. 1894 - d. 1962) Rep
13 Jan 1947 - 28 Nov 1950 Frank Carlson
(b. 1893 - d. 1987) Rep
28 Nov 1950 - 8 Jan 1951 Frank Lester Hagaman
(b. 1894 - d. 1966) Rep
8 Jan 1951 - 10 Jan 1955 Edward Ferdinand Arn
(b. 1906 - d. 1998) Rep
10 Jan 1955 - 3 Jan 1957 Frederick Lee Hall
(b. 1916 - d. 1970) Rep
3 Jan 1957 - 14 Jan 1957 John Berridge McCuish
(b. 1906 - d. 1962) Rep
14 Jan 1957 - 9 Jan 1961 George Docking
(b. 1904 - d. 1964) Dem
9 Jan 1961 - 11 Jan 1965 John A. Anderson, Jr.
(b. 1917)
Rep
11 Jan 1965 - 9 Jan 1967 William Henry Avery
(b. 1911 - d. 2009) Rep
9 Jan 1967 - 13 Jan 1975 Robert Blackwell Docking
(b. 1925 - d. 1983) Dem
13 Jan 1975 - 8 Jan 1979 Robert Frederick Bennett
(b. 1927 - d. 2000) Dem
8 Jan 1979 - 12 Jan 1987 John William Carlin
(b. 1940)
Dem
12 Jan 1987 - 14 Jan 1991 John Michael Hayden
(b. 1944)
Rep
14 Jan 1991 - 9 Jan 1995 Joan Finney (f)
(b. 1925 - d. 2001) Dem
9 Jan 1995 - 13 Jan 2003 William Preston Graves
(b. 1953)
Rep
13 Jan 2003 - 28 Apr 2009 Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius (f) (b.
1948)
Dem
28 Apr 2009 - Mark V. Parkinson
(b. 1957)
Dem
Kentucky
Adopted 26 Mar 1918
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Map
of Kentucky
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Hear
State Song "My Old Kentucky Home"
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Text
of State Song Adopted 19 Mar 1928
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State
Constitution (3 Aug 1891)
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Capital: Frankfort (Lexington 1 Jun 1792- 5 Dec 1792; Confederate capital 1861-65 Bowling Green; Harrodsburg 1776-1780; Boonesborough 1775-1776)
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Motto: United we stand, divided we fall
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Nickname: Bluegrass State
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Population: 4,306,767 (2008)
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Mayors of
Louisville
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Chronology
17 Mar 1775
Transylvania Company purchases most of
Kentucky from the natives.
23 May 1775
Provisional Government of Transylvania
(not recognized by Virginia or by the
Continental Congress).
31 Dec 1776
Part of Virginia (Kentucky County).
1 Jun 1792
Commonwealth of Kentucky
20 Nov 1861
Secession by part of the state,
ruled by a "Provisional Government."
10 Dec 1861
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President of Provisional Government
23 May 1775 - 31 Dec 1776 Richard Henderson
(b. 1735 - d. 1785) Non-party
Governors
4 Jun 1792 - 7 Jun 1796 Isaac Shelby (1st time)
(b. 1750 - d. 1826) J-R
7 Jun 1796 - 5 Sep 1804 James Garrard
(b. 1749 - d. 1822) J-R
5 Sep 1804 - 1 Sep 1808 Christopher Greenup
(b. 1750 - d. 1818) J-R
1 Sep 1808 - 24 Aug 1812 Charles Scott
(b. 1739 - d. 1813) J-R
24 Aug 1812 - 5 Sep 1816 Isaac Shelby (2nd time)
(s.a.) J-R
5 Sep 1816 - 19 Oct 1816 George Madison
(b. 1763 - d. 1816) J-R
19 Oct 1816 - 7 Sep 1820 Gabriel Slaughter
(b. 1767 - d. 1830) J-R
7 Sep 1820 - 24 Aug 1824 John Adair
(b. 1757 - d. 1840) D-R
24 Aug 1824 - 26 Aug 1828 Joseph Desha
(b. 1768 - d. 1842) D-R
26 Aug 1828 - 4 Sep 1832 Thomas Metcalfe
(b. 1780 - d. 1855) N-R
4 Sep 1832 - 22 Feb 1834 John Breathitt
(b. 1786 - d. 1834) Dem
22 Feb 1834 - 30 Aug 1836 James T. Morehead
(b. 1797 - d. 1854) N-R
30 Aug 1836 - 12 Sep 1839 James Clark
(b. 1779 - d. 1839) Whg
12 Sep 1839 - 2 Sep 1840 Charles A. Wickliffe
(b. 1788 - d. 1869) Whg
2 Sep 1840 - 4 Sep 1844 Robert P. Letcher
(b. 1788 - d. 1861) Whg
4 Sep 1844 - 6 Sep 1848 William Owsley
(b. 1782 - d. 1862) Whg
6 Sep 1848 - 31 Jul 1850 John J. Crittenden
(b. 1787 - d. 1863) Whg
31 Jul 1850 - 2 Sep 1851 John L. Helm (1st time)
(b. 1802 - d. 1867) Whg
2 Sep 1851 - 4 Sep 1855 Lazarus W. Powell
(b. 1812 - d. 1867) Dem
4 Sep 1855 - 30 Aug 1859 Charles S. Morehead
(b. 1802 - d. 1868) K-N
30 Aug 1859 - 18 Aug 1862 Beriah Magoffin
(b. 1815 - d. 1885) Dem
20 Nov 1861 - 9 Apr 1862 George W. Johnson
(b. 1811 - d. 1862) Dem
(Confederate provisional governor)
4 Oct 1862 - 9 Apr 1865 Richard Hawes
(b. 1797 - d. 1877) Dem
(Confederate provisional governor)
18 Aug 1862 - 1 Sep 1863 James F. Robinson
(b. 1800 - d. 1882) Uni
1 Sep 1863 - 3 Sep 1867 Thomas E. Bramlette
(b. 1817 - d. 1875) Uni
3 Sep 1867 - 8 Sep 1867 John L. Helm (2nd time)
(b. 1802 - d. 1867) Dem
8 Sep 1867 - 5 Sep 1871 John W. Stevenson
(b. 1812 - d. 1886) Dem
5 Sep 1871 - 31 Aug 1875 Preston H. Leslie
(b. 1819 - d. 1907) Dem
31 Aug 1875 - 2 Sep 1879 James B. McCreary (1st time)
(b. 1838 - d. 1918) Dem
2 Sep 1879 - 5 Sep 1883 Luke P. Blackburn
(b. 1816 - d. 1887) Dem
5 Sep 1883 - 30 Aug 1887 J. Proctor Knott
(b. 1830 - d. 1911) Dem
30 Aug 1887 - 2 Sep 1891 Simon B. Buckner
(b. 1823 - d. 1914) Dem
2 Sep 1891 - 10 Dec 1895 John Young Brown
(b. 1835 - d. 1904) Dem
10 Dec 1895 - 12 Dec 1899 William O. Bradley
(b. 1847 - d. 1914) Rep
12 Dec 1899 - 31 Jan 1900 William S. Taylor
(b. 1853 - d. 1928) Rep
31 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900 William Goebel
(b. 1856 - d. 1900) Dem
3 Feb 1900 - 10 Dec 1907 J.C.W. Beckham
(b. 1869 - d. 1940) Dem
10 Dec 1907 - 12 Dec 1911 Augustus E. Willson
(b. 1846 - d. 1931) Rep
12 Dec 1911 - 7 Dec 1915 James B. McCreary (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
7 Dec 1915 - 19 May 1919 Augustus O. Stanley
(b. 1867 - d. 1958) Dem
19 May 1919 - 9 Dec 1919 James Dixon Black (b. 1849 - d. 1938) Dem
9
Dec 1919 - 11 Dec 1923 Edwin P. Morrow
(b. 1878 - d. 1935) Rep
11 Dec 1923 - 13 Dec 1927 William J. Fields
(b. 1874 - d. 1954) Dem
13 Dec 1927 - 8 Dec 1931 Flem D. Sampson
(b. 1873 - d. 1967) Rep
8 Dec 1931 - 10 Dec 1935 Ruby Laffoon
(b. 1869 - d. 1941) Dem
10 Dec 1935 - 12 Dec 1939 A.B. Chandler (1st time)
(b. 1898 - d. 1991) Dem
12 Dec 1939 - 7 Dec 1943 Keen Johnson
(b. 1896 - d. 1970) Dem
7 Dec 1943 - 9 Dec 1947 Simeon S. Willis
(b. 1879 - d. 1965) Rep
9 Dec 1947 - 27 Nov 1950 Earle C. Clements
(b. 1896 - d. 1985) Dem
27 Nov 1950 - 13 Dec 1955 Lawrence W. Wetherby
(b. 1908 - d. 1994) Dem
13 Dec 1955 - 8 Dec 1959 A.B. Chandler (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
8 Dec 1959 - 10 Dec 1963 Bert T. Combs
(b. 1911 - d. 1991) Dem
10 Dec 1963 - 12 Dec 1967 Edward T. Breathitt
(b. 1924 - d. 2003) Dem
12 Dec 1967 - 7 Dec 1971 Louie B. Nunn
(b. 1924 - d. 2004) Rep
7 Dec 1971 - 9 Dec 1975 Wendell Ford
(b. 1924)
Dem
9 Dec 1975 - 11 Dec 1979 Julian M. Carroll
(b. 1931)
Dem
11 Dec 1979 - 13 Dec 1983 John Y. Brown, Jr.
(b. 1933)
Dem
13 Dec 1983 - 8 Dec 1987 Martha Layne Collins (f)
(b. 1936)
Dem
8 Dec 1987 - 10 Dec 1991 Wallace Wilkinson
(b. 1941 - d. 2002) Dem
10 Dec 1991 - 12 Dec 1995 Brereton C. Jones
(b. 1939)
Dem
12 Dec 1995 - 9 Dec 2003 Paul Patton
(b. 1937)
Dem
9 Dec 2003 - 11 Dec 2007 Ernie Fletcher
(b. 1952)
Rep
11 Dec 2007 - Steve
Beshear
(b. 1944) Dem
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