List of governors of Pennsylvania

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox official post The governor of Pennsylvania is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well as commander-in-chief of the state's national guard.<ref>PA Constitution article IV, § 7</ref>

The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to approve or veto bills passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly,<ref>PA Constitution article IV, § 15</ref> as well as to convene the legislature.<ref>PA Constitution article IV, § 12</ref> The governor may grant pardons except in cases of impeachment, but only when recommended by the Board of Pardons.<ref>PA Constitution article IV, § 9</ref>

There have been seven presidents and 48 governors of Pennsylvania, with two governors (Robert E. Pattison and Gifford Pinchot) serving non-consecutive terms, totaling 55 terms in both offices. The longest term was that of the first governor, Thomas Mifflin, who served three full terms as governor in addition to two years as President of the Continental Congress. The shortest term belonged to John C. Bell Jr., who served only 19 days as acting governor after his predecessor, Edward Martin, resigned.

The current governor is Josh Shapiro, who took office on January 17, 2023.

Governors

Template:For Pennsylvania was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on December 12, 1787.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Before it declared its independence, Pennsylvania was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Presidents of the Supreme Executive Council

The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 created the Supreme Executive Council as the state's executive branch, with a president as its head.<ref>1776 Constitution § 3</ref> The president was chosen annually by the council, though with no specific term dates.<ref>1776 Constitution § 19</ref>

The constitution created the position of "vice-president", though no provision was made if the office of the president became vacant, which occurred four times later. Contemporary sources continue to label the chief executive in such times as the vice-president, without any notion of succeeding in the presidency. One acting president, George Bryan, was subsequently recognized later as a full-fledged governor, due to his acting as president for over six months.

Presidents of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania

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1	File:Thomas Wharton (1735 - 1778), by Charles Willson Peale (1741 - 1827).jpg	Thomas Wharton Jr. Template:Small <ref name="nga-wharton">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="smull">Template:Cite book</ref> – May 23, 1778 Template:Small	Template:Sortname
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4	File:William Moore (Pennsylvania).jpg	William Moore Template:Small <ref name="nga-moore">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="smull" /> – November 7, 1782 Template:Small	Template:Sortname
5	File:John Dickinson portrait.jpg	John Dickinson Template:Small <ref name="nga-dickinson">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="smull" /> – October 18, 1785 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname
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7	File:Thomas Mifflin.jpg	Thomas Mifflin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mifflin">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="smull" /> – December 21, 1790 Template:Small	Template:Sortname

Governors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

File:Five PA-Governors.jpg

Five governors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who have served since 1995, (left to right): Mark Schweiker, Tom Ridge, Tom Wolf, Tom Corbett and Ed Rendell, pose in front of the east facade of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg at Wolf's January 2015 gubernatorial inauguration

The 1790 constitution abolished the council and replaced the president with a governor,<ref>1790 Constitution article II, § 1</ref> and established a three-year term for governor commencing on the third Tuesday of the December following the election, with governors not allowed to serve more than nine out of any twelve years.<ref>1790 Constitution article IV, § 3</ref> The 1838 constitution moved the start of the term to the third Tuesday of the January following the election, and allowed governors to only serve six out of any nine years.<ref>1838 Constitution article II, § 3</ref> The 1874 constitution lengthened the term to four years, and prohibited governors from succeeding themselves.<ref>1874 Constitution article IV, § 3</ref> The current constitution of 1968 changed this to allow governors to serve two consecutive terms, with no lifetime limit.<ref>PA Constitution article IV, § 3</ref>

Under the 1968 constitution, Milton Shapp was the first governor to serve two terms, and Tom Corbett was the first incumbent governor to lose a re-election bid.

If the office of governor becomes vacant through death, resignation, or conviction on impeachment, the lieutenant governor becomes governor for the remainder of the term; if the office is only temporarily vacant due to disability of the governor, the lieutenant governor only acts out the duties of governor.<ref>PA Constitution article IV, § 13</ref> Should both offices be vacant, the president pro tempore of the state senate becomes governor.<ref>PA Constitution article IV, § 14</ref> The position of a lieutenant governor was created in the 1874 constitution; prior to then, the speaker of the senate would act as governor in cases of vacancy. Originally, the lieutenant governor could only act as governor; it was not until the 1968 constitution that the lieutenant governor could actually become the sitting governor in that fashion. The office of governor has been vacant for an extended period once before, a 17-day gap in 1848 between the resignation of the previous governor and the swearing in of his acting successor. Governors and lieutenant governors are elected on the same political party ticket.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Governors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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1	File:Thomas Mifflin.jpg	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Thomas Mifflin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mifflin" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 17, 1799 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	NoneTemplate:Efn	1790	Office did not exist
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		1796
2	File:ThomasMcKean3.jpg	Thomas McKean Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mckean">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 20, 1808 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Efn	1799
					1802
				rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Constitutionalist	1805
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		1811
		1814
4	File:WFindley.jpg	William Findlay Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-findlay">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 19, 1820 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1817
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		rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|			Jacksonian	1826
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		1832
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9	File:DavidRittenhousePorter.jpg	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	David R. Porter Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-porter">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 21, 1845 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1838
		1841
10	File:Francis R. Shunk Governor of Pennsylvania.tif	Francis R. Shunk Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-shunk">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – July 9, 1848 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1844
					1847
11	File:W F Johnston (cropped).jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	William F. Johnston Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-johnston">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – January 20, 1852 Template:Small	WhigTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
		1848
12	File:William Bigler (cropped).jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	William Bigler Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bigler">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 16, 1855 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1851
13	File:James Pollock Pennsylvania Governor.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	James Pollock Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pollock">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 19, 1858 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	WhigTemplate:Efn	1854
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15	File:Andrew Curtin2 (cropped).jpg	rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Andrew Gregg Curtin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-curtin">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 15, 1867 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1860
		1863
16	File:Gen. J.W. Geary Crop.jpg	John W. Geary Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-geary">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 21, 1873 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1866
					1869
17	File:JohnFHartranft.jpg	John F. Hartranft Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hartranft">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 21, 1879 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1872
					1875	rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
18	File:Henry M. Hoyt - Brady-Handy.jpg	Henry M. Hoyt Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hoyt">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 16, 1883 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1878	Template:Sortname
19	File:RobertEPattison.png	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Robert E. Pattison Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pattison">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 18, 1887 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1882	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
20	File:J A Beaver.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	James A. Beaver Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-beaver">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 20, 1891 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1886	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
19	File:RobertEPattison.png	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Robert E. Pattison Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pattison" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 15, 1895 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1890	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
21	File:Old time notes of Pennsylvania; a connected and chronological record of the commercial, industrial and educational advancement of Pennsylvania, and the inner history of all political movements since (14579858397).jpg	rowspan="10" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Daniel H. Hastings Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hastings">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 17, 1899 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1894	rowspan="10" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
22	File:William Alexis Stone.jpg	William A. Stone Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-stone">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 20, 1903 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1898	Template:Sortname
23	File:Portrait of Samuel W. Pennypacker.jpg	Samuel W. Pennypacker Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pennypacker">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 15, 1907 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1902	Template:Sortname
24	File:Edwin S Stuart 1909.jpg	Edwin Sydney Stuart Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-stuart">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 17, 1911 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1906	Template:Sortname
25	File:JohnKTener.jpg	John K. Tener Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-tener">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 19, 1915 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1910	Template:Sortname
26	File:MartinGBrumbaugh.jpg	Martin Grove Brumbaugh Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-brumbaugh">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 21, 1919 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1914	Template:Sortname
27	File:William Cameron Sproul.jpg	William Cameron Sproul Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-sproul">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 16, 1923 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1918	Template:Sortname
28	File:Gifford Pinchot 3c03915u.jpg	Gifford Pinchot Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pinchot">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 18, 1927 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1922	Template:Sortname
29	File:John Stuchell Fisher.jpg	John Stuchell Fisher Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-fisher">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 20, 1931 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1926	Template:Sortname
28	File:Gifford Pinchot 3c03915u.jpg	Gifford Pinchot Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pinchot" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 15, 1935 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1930	Template:Sortname
30	File:GeorgeHEarle.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	George Howard Earle III Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-earle">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 17, 1939 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1934	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
31	File:Arthur H. James (Pennsylvania governor).jpg	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Arthur James Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-james">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 19, 1943 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1938	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
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33	File:John C. Bell Jr. (Pennsylvania governor).jpg	John C. Bell Jr. Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bell">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 21, 1947 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
34	File:James Henderson Duff.jpg	James H. Duff Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-duff">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 16, 1951 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1946	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
35	File:John S. Fine (PA).jpg	John S. Fine Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-fine">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 18, 1955 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1950	Template:Sortname
36	File:George M. Leader (Pennsylvania governor) (cropped).jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	George M. Leader Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-leader">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 20, 1959 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1954	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
37	File:David L. Lawrence (Pennsylvania governor).jpg	David L. Lawrence Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-lawrence">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 15, 1963 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1958	Template:Sortname
38	File:William Scranton (PA).png	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	William Scranton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-scranton">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 17, 1967 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1962	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
39	File:GovShaferMay67 N2.tif	Raymond P. Shafer Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-shafer">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 19, 1971 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1966	Template:Sortname
40	File:Milton Shapp (1976).png	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Milton Shapp Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-shapp">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 16, 1979 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1970	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1974
41	File:Dick Thornburgh (PA).jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Dick Thornburgh Template:Small <ref name="nga-thornburgh">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 20, 1987 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-thornburgh" />	1978	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1982
42	File:Bob Casey 1986 Color Correction.jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Bob Casey Sr. Template:Small <ref name="nga-casey">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 17, 1995 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-casey" />	1986	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
		1990
43	File:Tom Ridge (cropped).jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Tom Ridge Template:Small <ref name="nga-ridge">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – October 5, 2001 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-ridge" />	1994	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1998
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		2006
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47	File:Tom Wolf governor portrait 2019 (cropped).jpg	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Tom Wolf Template:Small <ref name="nga-wolf-tom">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 17, 2023 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-wolf-tom" />	2014	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
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Timeline

Timeline of Pennsylvania governors

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from:1781.87 till:1782.85 color:noparty text:"William Moore"
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from:1943.05 till:1947.01 color:rep text:"Edward Martin"
from:1947.01 till:1947.06 color:rep text:"John C. Bell Jr."
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from:2001.76 till:2003.06 color:rep text:"Mark Schweiker"
from:2003.06 till:2011.05 color:dem text:"Ed Rendell"
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See also

• Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Pennsylvania
• List of Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections
• List of Pennsylvania state legislatures
• List of colonial governors of Pennsylvania

References

General

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Specific

External links

• Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Politicals