PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR
BIOGRAPHIES
PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGIES BY FILE
NAME
Pennsylvania
Governor Biographies
Geary, John White
Hamilton, James
Logan, James
Penn
II, William
Pinchot, Gifford
Scranton, William Warren
Pennsylvania
Other Biographies
Buchanan II, James
Dallas, Alexander
Dallas, George Mifflin
Gallatin, Abraham Alfonse Albert
Franklin, Benjamin
Hamilton, James
Morris, Robert
Read II, John Meredith
Wilson, James
Pennsylvania
Governor Genealogies by Surname
Colony
of Pennsylvania Governors:
Penn II, William (Proprietor 1681-1693, 1695-1718); (Governor) 1682-1684, 1695-1701
Markham, William (Deputy Governor) June 1681-Oct, 24, 1682, 1691-1693, 1695-1699
Clayton III, William (Acting Governor) 1684-1685
Lloyd, Thomas, (president of the council &/or Deputy Governor), 1684-1686, 1690-1693
Cooke, Arthur (president of the council), 1686-1688
Blackwell, Captain John (Deputy Governor) 1688-1690
Hamilton, Andrew (Lieutenant Governor) 1701-1703)
Shippen, Edward (president of the council) 1703-1704
Evans, John (Lieutenant Governor), 1704-1709
Gookin, Charles (Lieutenant Governor) 1709-1717
Keith, Sir William (Lieutenant Governor) 1717-1726
Penn, John (Proprietor) 1718-1746
Penn, Thomas (Proprietor) 1718-1777
Penn I, Richard (Proprietor) 1718-1771
Gordon, Patrick (Lieutenant Governor) 1726-1736
Logan, James (president of the council 1736-1738
Thomas, George (Lieutenant Governor) 1738-1747
Palmer, Anthony (president of the council) 1746-1748
Hamilton, James (Lieutenant Governor) 1748-1754, 1759-1763; president of the council, 1771
Morris, Robert Hunter (Deputy Governor) 1754-1756
Denny, William (Lieutenant Governor) 1756-1759
Penn, John, son of Richard Penn (Proprietor) 1771-1779; (Lieutenant Governor) 1763-1771, 1773-1776
Penn II, Richard (Lieutenant Governor) 1771-1773
Penn, John, son of Thomas (Proprietor) 1777-1779
State of Pennsylvania
Governors:
Franklin, Benjamin (president) 1775-1776, 1785-1788
Rittenhouse, David (chairman council of safety) 1776
Wharton, Thomas (president) 1776-1778
Bryan, George (acting president) 1778
Reed, Joseph (president) 1778-1781
Moore, William (president), 1781-1782
Dickinson, John (president) 1782-1785
Mifflin, Thomas (president) 1788-90; (governor) 1790-1799
McKean I, Thomas 1799-1808
Snyder, Simon 1808-1817
Findlay, William 1817-1820
Hiester, Joseph 1820-1823
Shulze, John Andrew 1823-1829
Wolf, George 1829-1835
Ritner, Joseph 1835-1839
Porter, David Rittenhouse 1839-1845
Shunk, Francis Rawn 1845-1848
Johnston, William Freame 1848-1852
Bigler, William 1852-1855
Pollock, James 1855-1858
Packer, William Fisher 1858-1861
Curtin, Andrew Gregg 1861-1867
Geary, John White 1867-1873
Hartranft, John Frederick 1873-1879
Hoyt, Henry Martin 1879-1883
Pattison, Robert Emory 1883-1887, 1891-1895
Beaver, James Addams 1887-1891
Hastings, Daniel Hartman 1895-1899
Stone, William Alexis 1899-1903
Pennypacker, Samuel Whitaker 1903-1907
Stuart, Edwin Sydney 1907-1911
Tener, John Kinley 1911-1915
Brumbaugh, Martin Grove 1915-1919
Sproul, William Cameron 1919-1923
Pinchot, Gifford 1923-1927, 1931-1935
Fisher, John Stuchell 1927-1931
Earle III, George Howard 1935-1939
James, Arthur Horace 1939-1943
Martin, Edward 1943-1947
Bell II, John Cromwell 1947
Duff, James Henderson 1947-1951
Fine, John Sydney 1951-1955
Leader, George Michael 1955-1959
Lawrence, David Leo 1959-1963
Scranton, William Warren 1963-1967
Shafer, Raymond Philip 1967-1971
Shapp, Milton Jerrold 1971-1979
Thornburgh, Richard 1979-1987
Casey I, Robert Patrick 1987-1995
Singel, Mark Stephen 1993-1994
Ridge, Thomas Joseph 1995-2001
Schweiker, Mark Stephen 2001-2003
Rendell, Edward Gene 2003- 2011
Corbett II, Thomas W. 2011-
U.S. Senators
from Pennsylvania, Genealogies by Surname, With Dates
of Service:
Maclay, William 1789-1791
Morris II, Robert 1789-1795
Gallatin, Abraham Alfonse Albert 1793-1794 (blocked from serving)
Ross, James 1794-1803
Bingham II, William 1795-1801
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel 1801
Logan, George 1801-1807
Maclay, Samuel 1803-1809
Gregg II, Andrew 1807-1813
Leib, Michael 1809-1814
Lacock, Abner 1813-1819
Roberts II, Jonathan 1814-1821
Lowrie, Walter 1819-1825
Findlay, William 1821-1827
Marks II, William 1825-1831
Barnard, Isaac Dutton 1827-1831
Dallas, George Mifflin 1831-1833
Wilkins, William 1831-1834
McKean, Samuel 1833-1839
Buchanan II, James 1834-1845
Sturgeon, Daniel 1840-1851
Cameron, Simon 1845-1849, 1857-1861, 1867-1877
Cooper, James 1849-1855
Brodhead II, Richard 1851-1857
Bigler, William 1856-1861
Wilmot, David 1861-1863
Cowan, Edgar 1861-1867
Buckalew, Charles Rollins 1863-1869
Scott I, John 1869-1875
Wallace, William Andrew 1875-1881
Cameron, James Donald 1877-1897
Mitchell, John Inscho 1881-1887
Quay, Matthew Stanley 1887-1899, 1901-1904
Penrose, Boies 1897-1921
Knox, Philander Chase 1904-1909, 1917-1921
Oliver, George Tener 1909-1917
Crow I, William Evans 1921-1922
Pepper II, George Wharton 1922-1927
Reed, David Aiken 1922-1935
Vare, William Scott 1927-1929
Grundy, Joseph Ridgway 1929-1930
Davis, James John 1930-1945
Guffey, Joseph F. 1935-1947
Myers, Francis John 1945-1951
Martin, Edward 1947-1959
Duff, James Henderson 1951-1957
Clark II, Joseph Sill 1957-1969
Scott II, Hugh Doggett 1959-1977
Heinz II, Henry John 1977-1991
Schweiker, Richard Schultz 1969-1981
Specter, Arlen 1981-2011
Wofford II, Harris Llewellyn 1991-1995
Santorum, Richard John 1995-2007
Casey II, Robert Patrick 2007-at least 2011
Toomey II, Patrick Joseph 2011-
Pennsylvania
Other Genealogies by Surname
Armstrong II, John
Bache II, Richard
Baldwin, Henry
Biddle, Francis Beverley
Biddle, Nicholas
Black, Jeremiah Sullivan
Borie, Adolphus Edward
Bradford V, William
Brewster I, Benjamin Harris
Brooke, John Rutter
Campbell, James
Carlucci III, Frank Charles
Clingan, William
Clymer, George
Coleman II, William Thaddeus
Dallas, Alexander James
Duane I, William John
Duane II, William John
FitzSimons, Thomas
Forward I, Walter
Galloway, Joseph
Gates II, Thomas Sovereign
Gilpin, Henry Dilworth
Gordon, Kermit
Grier, Robert Cooper
Grow, Galusha Aaron
Hackman (Franklin) (Barnes), Barbara
Haig II, Meigs Alexander
Hazard, Ebenezer
Ickes II, Harold LeClair
Ingersoll II, Jared
Ingham, Samuel Delucenna
Jackson, William
Jones, William
Lewis II, Andrew Lindsay "Drew"
MacVeagh, Isaac Wayne
MacVeagh, Franklin
McGranery, James Patrick
McKennan, Thomas McKean Thompson
Mellon, Andrew William
Meredith, Samuel
Meredith II, William Morris
Mitchell (Rivlin), Alice
Morris I, Gouverneur
Morton II, John
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad
Palmer, Alexander Mitchell
Perry, William James
Porter, James Madison
Randall, Samuel Jackson
Roberdeau, Daniel
Roberts, Owen Josephus
Roop, James Clawson
Ross II, George
Rush, Benjamin
Rush, Richard
Shiras III, George
Smith, James
Smith, Jonathan Bayard
Strong II, William
Tarbell, Ida Minerva
Taylor, George
Wanamaker III, John Nelson
Wayne, Anthony
Wilson, James
Wilson, William Bauchop
Pennsylvania
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