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List of Governors of Pennsylvania

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Know about all the Governors of Pennsylvania. The list of Governors of Pennsylvania shows all the Governors of Pennsylvania from beginning to present with their tenure and their respective political party.


List of Governors of Pennsylvania
S.no. Governor Term start Term end Party Place
1 Thomas Mifflin 21 December 1790 17 December 1799 None Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2 Thomas McKean 17 December 1799 20 December 1808 Democratic-Republican New London Township, Pennsylvania
3 Simon Snyder 20 December 1808 16 December 1817 Democratic-Republican Lancaster, Pennsylvania
4 William Findlay 16 December 1817 19 December 1820 Democratic-Republican Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
5 Joseph Hiester 19 December 1820 16 December 1823 Democratic-Republican Bern Township, Pennsylvania
6 John Andrew Shulze 16 December 1823 15 December 1829 Democratic-Republican Tulpehocken Township, Pennsylvania
7 George Wolf 15 December 1829 15 December 1835 Democratic-Republican Allen Township, Pennsylvania
8 Joseph Ritner 15 December 1835 15 January 1839 Anti-Masonic Reading, Pennsylvania
9 David R. Porter 15 January 1839 21 January 1845 Democratic Norristown, Pennsylvania
10 Francis R. Shunk 21 January 1845 9 July 1848 Democratic Trappe, Pennsylvania
11 Office vacant 9 July 1848 26 July 1848
12 William F. Johnston 26 July 1848 20 January 1852 Whig Greensburg, Pennsylvania
13 William Bigler 20 January 1852 16 January 1855 Democratic Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
14 James Pollock 16 January 1855 19 January 1858 Whig Milton, Pennsylvania
15 William F. Packer 19 January 1858 15 January 1861 Democratic Howard, Pennsylvania
16 Andrew Gregg Curtin 15 January 1861 15 January 1867 Republican Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, U.S.
17 John W. Geary 15 January 1867 21 January 1873 Republican Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
18 John F. Hartranft 21 January 1873 21 January 1879 Republican New Hanover Township, Pennsylvania
19 Henry M. Hoyt 21 January 1879 16 January 1883 Republican Kingston, Pennsylvania
20 Robert E. Pattison 16 January 1883 18 January 1887 Democratic Quantico, Maryland
21 James A. Beaver 18 January 1887 20 January 1891 Republican Millerstown, Perry County
22 Robert E. Pattison 20 January 1891 15 January 1895 Democratic Quantico, Maryland
23 Daniel H. Hastings 15 January 1895 17 January 1899 Republican Salona, Clinton County, Pennsylvania
24 William A. Stone 17 January 1899 20 January 1903 Republican Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
25 Samuel W. Pennypacker 20 January 1903 15 January 1907 Republican Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
26 Edwin Sydney Stuart 15 January 1907 17 January 1911 Republican Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
27 John K. Tener 17 January 1911 19 January 1915 Republican County Tyrone, Ireland
28 Martin Grove Brumbaugh 19 January 1915 21 January 1919 Republican Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
29 William Cameron Sproul 21 January 1919 16 January 1923 Republican Colerain Township, Pennsylvania
30 Gifford Pinchot 16 January 1923 18 January 1927 Republican Simsbury, Connecticut
31 John Stuchell Fisher 18 January 1927 20 January 1931 Republican South Mahoning Township, Pennsylvania
32 Gifford Pinchot 20 January 1931 15 January 1935 Republican Simsbury, Connecticut
33 George Howard Earle III 15 January 1935 17 January 1939 Democratic Devon, Pennsylvania
34 Arthur James 17 January 1939 19 January 1943 Republican Plymouth, Pennsylvania
35 Edward Martin 19 January 1943 2 January 1947 Republican Ten Mile, Pennsylvania
36 John C. Bell, Jr. 2 January 1947 21 January 1947 Republican Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
37 James H. Duff 21 January 1947 16 January 1951 Republican Carnegie, Pennsylvania
38 John S. Fine 16 January 1951 18 January 1955 Republican Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, US
39 George M. Leader 18 January 1955 20 January 1959 Democratic York, Pennsylvania, US
40 David L. Lawrence 20 January 1959 15 January 1963 Democratic Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,US
41 William Scranton 15 January 1963 17 January 1967 Republican Madison, Connecticut, U.S.
42 Raymond P. Shafer 17 January 1967 19 January 1971 Republican New Castle, Pennsylvania
43 Milton Shapp 19 January 1971 16 January 1979 Democratic Cleveland, Ohio
44 Dick Thornburgh 16 January 1979 20 January 1987 Republican Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
45 Robert P. Casey 20 January 1987 17 January 1995 Democratic Jackson Heights, Queens, New York
46 Tom Ridge 17 January 1995 5 October 2001 Republican Munhall, Pennsylvania, U.S.
47 Mark S. Schweiker 5 October 2001 21 January 2003 Republican Levittown, Pennsylvania
48 Ed Rendell 21 January 2003 18 January 2011 Democratic New York City, New York, U.S.
46 Tom Corbett 18 January 2011 20 January 2015 Republican Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
47 Tom Wolf 20 January 2015 Incumbent Democratic York, Pennsylvania, U.S.

 

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