U.S. States L-M
Party abbreviations: Dem = Democratic Party (liberal,
formerly D-R);
DFL = Democratic-Farmer-
Labor Party (liberal, upper-Midwest Dem party); Ind = Independent;
IPM
= Independence Party of Minnesota (Minnesota regionalist, J. Ventura personalist,
split from Ref party);
Lib = Liberal Party;
Ref = Reform
Party (social liberal, fiscal conservative, Ross Perot personalist);
Rep = Republican Party (conservative [est.1854 as anti-slavery]);
Mil
= Military;
- Former parties: AJP = Anti-Jackson Party;
anti-Fed
= Anti-Federalist Party (pro-states rights, 1781-1796); AP
= American
Party (nativist, 1853-1860, informally K-N);
D-F = Democratic-Federalist Party;
DFS = Democratic
Free Soil Party (anti-slavery, opposed extension of slavery into western
U.S. territories 1848-1854); DGP = Democratic Greenback Party (opposed
return to "gold standards", withdrawal of paper "greenbacks" and tightening
of credit lines 1874-1884); D-R = Democratic-Republican Party (1794-1829,
renamed Democratic party); Fed = Federalist Party (conservative,
pro-Federal power, 1780's-1815);
Fus = Fusion (representing more than one party/coalition
of parties); K-N = Know-Nothing Party (anti-immigrant, anti-Roman
Catholic, Unionist, formally called AP, 1853-1860);
MFL = Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party (semi-Socialist, MN regionalist,
1919-1944); N-R
= National Republican Party (anti-Jacksonian, 1826-1834);
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)
Louisiana
Governors
25 Jan 1699 - 4 May 1699
Pierre Le Moyne, sieur d'Iberville (b. 1661 - d. 1706)
4 May 1699 - 21 Aug 1701
Sauvole de la Villantray
(b. c.1671 - d. 1701)
21 Aug 1701 - 17 Mar 1713 Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur
(b. 1680 - d. 1767)
de Bienville (1st time)
1707 - 1708
Nicolas Daneaux du Muy
(d. 1708)
(did not take office)
17 Mar 1713 - 1716
Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac (b.
1658 - d. 1730)
1716 - 9 Mar 1717
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur
(s.a.)
de Bienville (2nd time)
(acting)
9 May 1717 - 1718
Jean Michel de l'Espinay de la (d. 1721)
Longeville
1718 - 16 Jan 1724
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur (s.a.)
de Bienville (3rd time)
1724 - 1726
Pierre Sidrac Dugué, sieur de (b.
1675 - d. 1736)
Boisbriant (acting)
9 Aug 1726 - 1733
Étienne Périer de Salvert
(b. 1687 - d. 1766)
1733 - May 1743
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur
(s.a.)
de Bienville (4th time)
10 May 1743 - 8 May 1753 Pierre de Rigaud,
(b. 1698 - d. 1778)
marquis de Vaudreuil-Cabagnal
8 May 1753 - 29 Apr 1763 Louis Billouart,
(b. 1704 - d. 1770)
chevalier de Kerlérec
29 Apr 1763 - 4 Feb 1765 Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie
(b. 1726 - d. 1765)
4 Feb 1765 - 5 Mar 1766 Charles Philippe Aubry
(acting) (b. 17.. - d. 1770)
(1st time)
5 Mar 1766 - 16 Nov 1768 Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre
(b. 1717 - d. 1795)
Guiral
16 Nov 1768 - 17 Aug 1769 Charles Philippe Aubry (acting)
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
Aug 1769 - 1 Dec 1769 Alejandro O'Reilly
y McDowell (b. 1722 - d. 1794)
Sillon
1 Dec 1769 - 1 Apr 1777 Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga
(b. 1721 - d. 1793)
1 Apr 1777 - 14 Jul 1785 Bernardo Vicente Pólinarde
de (b. 1726 - d. 1794)
Gálvez y Galardo
14 Jul 1785 - 30 Nov 1791 Estéban Rodríguez
Miró y Sabater (b. 1744 - d. 1802)
30 Nov 1791 - 5 Aug 1797 Francisco Luis Héctor de
(b. 1747 - d. 1807)
Carondelet de Novelles,
baron de Carondelet
5 Aug 1797 - 18 Jul 1799 Manuel Gayoso de Lemos y
(b. 1752 - d. 1799)
Amorín y Magallanes
18 Jul 1799 - 15 Jul 1801 Nicolás María Vidal
(b. 17.. - d. 1805)
(acting civil governor)
18 Jul 1799 - 18 Sep 1799 Francisco Bouligny
(b. 1736 - d. 1800)
(acting military governor)
18 Sep 1799 - 15 Jul 1801 Sebastián Calvo de la Puerta
y (b. 1751 - d. 1825)
O'Farril Arango y Arriola,
marqués de Casa Calvo
(acting military governor)
15 Jul 1801 - 30 Nov 1803 Juan Manuel de Salcedo
(b. 1743 - d. 18..)
30 Nov 1803 - 20 Dec 1803 Pierre-Clément de Laussat
(b. 1756 - d. 1835)
20 Dec 1803 - 16 Dec 1816 William Charles Coles Claiborne
(b. 1775 - d. 1817) D-R
16 Dec 1816 - 17 Dec 1820 Jacques Philipps Villeré
(b. 1761 - d. 1830) D-R
18 Dec 1820 - 15 Nov 1824 Thomas Bolling Robertson
(b. 1779 - d. 1828) D-R
15 Nov 1824 - 13 Dec 1824 Henry Schuyler Thibodeaux (acting)
(b. 1769 - d. 1827) D-R
13 Dec 1824 - 15 Dec 1828 Henry Johnson
(b. 1783 - d. 1864) N-R
15 Dec 1828 - 6 Oct 1829 Pierre Auguste C. Bourgignon
(b. 1767 - d. 1829) N-R
Derbigny
6 Oct 1829 - 14 Jan 1830 Armand Beauvais (acting)
(b. 1783 - d. 1843) N-R
14 Jan 1830 - 31 Jan 1831 Jacques Dupré
(b. 1773 - d. 1846) N-R
31 Jan 1831 - 4 Feb 1835 André Bienvenu Roman
(1st time) (b. 1795 - d. 1866) Whg
4 Feb 1835 - 4 Feb 1839 Edward Douglas White
(b. 1795 - d. 1847) Whg
4 Feb 1839 - 30 Jan 1843 André Bienvenu Roman
(2nd time) (s.a.)
Whg
30 Jan 1843 - 11 Feb 1846 Alexander Mouton
(b. 1804 - d. 1885) Dem
12 Feb 1846 - 27 Jan 1850 Isaac Johnson
(b. 1803 - d. 1853) Dem
28 Jan 1850 - 15 Jan 1853 Joseph Marshall Walker
(b. 1784 - d. 1856) Dem
18 Jan 1853 - 21 Jan 1856 Paul Octave Hébert
(b. 1818 - d. 1880) Dem
22 Jan 1856 - 22 Jan 1860 Robert Charles Wickliffe
(b. 1819 - d. 1895) Dem
23 Jan 1860 - 25 Jan 1864 Thomas Overton Moore
(b. 1804 - d. 1876) Dem
(Confederate governor)
2 Jul 1862 - 4 Mar 1864 George Foster Shepley
(b. 1819 - d. 1878) Mil
(U.S. military governor)
25 Jan 1864 - 2 Jun 1865 Henry Watkins Allen
(b. 1820 - d. 1866) Dem
(Confederate governor)
4 Mar 1864 - 4 Mar 1865 Michael Georg Decker
Hahn (b. 1830 - d.
1886) Mil
(U.S. military governor)
4 Mar 1865 - 3 Jun 1867 James Madison Wells
(b. 1808 - d. 1899) Rep
3 Jun 1867 - 8 Jan 1868 Benjamin Flanders
(b. 1816 - d. 1896) Rep
(military governor)
8 Jan 1868 - 27 Jun 1868 Joshua Baker
(b. 1799 - d. 1885) Rep
(military governor)
27 Jun 1868 - 11 Dec 1872 Henry Clay Warmoth
(b. 1842 - d. 1932) Rep
11 Dec 1872 - 13 Jan 1873 Pinckey Benton Stewart Pinchback
(b. 1837 - d. 1921) Rep
(acting)
13 Jan 1873 - 5 Jan 1877 William Pitt Kellogg
(b. 1830 - d. 1918) Rep
13 Jan 1873 - 22 May 1873 John McEnery (in opposition)
(b. 1833 - d. 1891) Rep
(1st time)
14 Sep 1874 - 16 Sep 1874 John McEnery (in opposition)
(s.a.)
Rep
(2nd time)
8 Jan 1877 - 13 Jan 1880 Francis Tillou Nicholls (1st
time) (b. 1834 - d. 1912) Dem
8 Jan 1877 - 25 Apr 1877 Stephen Bennett Packard
(b. 1843 - d. 1881) Rep
(in opposition)
14 Jan 1880 - 16 Oct 1881 Louis Alfred Wiltz
(b. 1843 - d. 1881) Dem
16 Oct 1881 - 20 May 1888 Samuel Douglas McEnery
(b. 1837 - d. 1910) Dem
21 May 1888 - 10 May 1892 Francis Tillou Nicholls (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
10 May 1892 - 8 May 1900 Murphy James Foster
(b. 1849 - d. 1921) Dem
8 May 1900 - 10 May 1904 William Wright Heard
(b. 1853 - d. 1926) Dem
10 May 1904 - 12 May 1908 Newton Crain Blanchard
(b. 1849 - d. 1922) Dem
12 May 1908 - 14 May 1912 Jared Young Sanders
(b. 1869 - d. 1944) Dem
14 May 1912 - 9 May 1916 Luther Egbert Hall
(b. 1869 - d. 1921) Dem
9 May 1916 - 11 May 1920 Ruffin Golson Pleasant
(b. 1871 - d. 1937) Dem
11 May 1920 - 13 May 1924 John Milliken Parker
(b. 1863 - d. 1939) Dem
13 May 1924 - 11 Oct 1926 Henry Fuqua
(b. 1865 - d. 1926) Dem
11 Oct 1926 - 21 May 1928 Oramel Hinckley Simpson
(b. 1870 - d. 1932) Dem
21 May 1928 - 25 Jan 1932 Huey Pierce Long, Jr. "Kingfish"
(b. 1893 - d. 1935) Dem
25 Jan 1932 - 10 May 1932 Alvin Olin King
(b. 1890 - d. 1958) Dem
10 May 1932 - 28 Jan 1936 Oscar Kelly Allen
(b. 1882 - d. 1936) Dem
28 Jan 1936 - 12 May 1936 James Albert Noe
(b. 1890 - d. 1976) Dem
12 May 1936 - 26 Jun 1939 Richard Webster Leche
(b. 1898 - d. 1965) Dem
26 Jun 1939 - 14 May 1940 Earl Kemp Long (1st time)
(b. 1895 - d. 1960) Dem
14 May 1940 - 9 May 1944 Sam Houston Jones
(b. 1897 - d. 1978) Dem
9 May 1944 - 11 May 1948 James Houston Davis (1st time)
(b. 1899 - d. 2000) Dem
11 May 1948 - 13 May 1952 Earl Kemp Long (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
13 May 1952 - 8 May 1956 Robert Floyd Kennon
(b. 1902 - d. 1988) Dem
8 May 1956 - 10 May 1960 Earl Kemp Long (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
10 May 1960 - 12 May 1964 James Houston Davis (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
12 May 1964 - 9 May 1972 John Julian McKeithen
(b. 1918 - d. 1999) Dem
9 May 1972 - 10 Mar 1980 Edwin W. Edwards (1st time)
(b. 1927)
Dem
10 Mar 1980 - 12 Mar 1984 David C. Treen
(b. 1928 - d. 2009)
Rep
12 Mar 1984 - 14 Mar 1988 Edwin W. Edwards (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
14 Mar 1988 - 8 Jan 1992 Charles E. Roemer III
(b. 1943)
Dem;Mar 1991 Rep
8 Jan 1992 - 8 Jan 1996 Edwin W. Edwards (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
8 Jan 1996 - 12 Jan 2004 Michael "Mike" J. Foster,
Jr. (b. 1930)
Rep
12 Jan 2004 - 14 Jan 2008 Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (f)
(b. 1942)
Dem
14 Jan 2008 - Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (b. 1971) Rep
Maine
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Mar 1901 - 24 Feb 1909
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Chronology
14 Aug 1607 - 17 Oct 1608 Popham colony (also known
as Sagadahoc or
Kennebec colony) at Fort St. George (modern
Phippsurg).
10 Aug 1622
Granted to John Mason and
Sir Ferdinando
Gorges; claim included lands between the
Merrimack and Kennebec rivers and extending
inland 60 miles (Province of Maine).
7 Nov 1629
Mason and Gorges divided the province
between them. Mason's share being the area
between the Merrimack and the Piscataqua
rivers, which he named New Hampshire;
Gorges calls his portion New Somersetshire.
31 May 1652
Massachusetts-Bay Colony claims Maine
(Province of Maine of Massachusetts-Bay Colony)
12 Mar 1664 - 1668 Province of Maine was given in grant by King
Charles II to James, Duke of York as part
of New York as Cornwall County.
29 Jun 1674 Restored to Gorges heirs by King Charles II.
13 Mar 1677
Massachusetts purchases the rights of Gorges
family.
17 May 1686 - 18 Apr 1689 Along with Massachusetts
part of the Dominion
of New England (see Massachusetts).
7 Oct 1691
Maine formally made an integral part of
Massachusetts-Bay (Province of Maine of
Massachusetts-Bay Colony).
1778 Maine District of Massachusetts
1 Sep 1814 - 15 Apr 1815 British occupy Castine & most of eastern Maine.
15 Mar 1820
State of Maine
9 Aug 1842
Aroostook valley officially ceded to U.S. by
Britain in the Webster-Ashburn Treaty.
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Proprietors of Maine
1622 - Dec 1635
John Mason
(b. 1586 - d. 1635)
+ Sir Ferdinando Gorges
(b. 1568 - d. 1647)
Proprietor of New Somersetshire
1635 - 14 May 1647
Sir Ferdinando Gorges
(s.a.)
Governor of Popham
14 Aug 1607 -
5 Feb 1608 George Popham
(b. c.1550 - d. 1608)
Governors of New Somersetshire
1635 - 1647
William Gorges
1647 - 1652 Edward Godfrey
Commissioners
1664 - 1668 ....
Governors of Maine
31 May 1652 - 15 Mar 1820 the governors of Massachusetts
15 Mar 1820 - 28 May 1821 William King
(b. 1768 - d. 1852) D-R
29 May 1821 - 5 Dec 1821 William D. Williamson
(b. 1779 - d. 1846) D-R
5 Dec 1821 - 2 Jan 1822 Benjamin Ames
(b. 1778 - d. 1835) D-R
2 Jan 1822 - 4 Jan 1822 Daniel Rose
(b. 1772 - d. 1833) D-R
5 Jan 1822 - 3 Jan 1827 Albion K. Parris
(b. 1788 - d. 1857) D-R
3 Jan 1827 - 8 Oct 1829 Enoch Lincoln
(b. 1788 - d. 1829) D-R
12 Oct 1829 - 5 Feb 1830 Nathan Cutler (acting)
(b. 1775 - d. 1861) D-R
5 Feb 1830 - 10 Feb 1830 Joshua Hall (acting)
(b. 1768 - d. 1862) N-R
10 Feb 1830 - 5 Jan 1831 Jonathan G. Hunton
(b. 1781 - d. 1851) N-R
5 Jan 1831 - 1 Jan 1834 Samual E. Smith
(b. 1788 - d. 1860) D-R
1 Jan 1834 - 3 Jan 1838 Robert P. Dunlap
(b. 1794 - d. 1859) Dem
3 Jan 1838 - 2 Jan 1839 Edward Kent (1st time)
(b. 1802 - d. 1877) Whg
2 Jan 1839 - 6 Jan 1841 John Fairfield (1st time)
(b. 1797 - d. 1847) Dem
12 Jan 1841 - 13 Jan 1841 Richard H. Vose
(b. 1803 - d. 1864)
13 Jan 1841 - 5 Jan 1842 Edward Kent (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Whg
5 Jan 1842 - 7 Mar 1843 John Fairfield (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
7 Mar 1843 - 1 Jan 1844 Edward Kavanaugh
(b. 1795 - d. 1844) Dem
2 Jan 1844 - 3 Jan 1844 David Dunn
(b. 1811 - d. 1894) Dem
3 Jan 1844 - 5 Jan 1844 John W. Dana (1st time)
(b. 1808 - d. 1867) Dem
5 Jan 1844 - 12 May 1847 Hugh J. Anderson
(b. 1801 - d. 1881) Dem
13 May 1847 - 8 May 1850 John W. Dana (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
9 May 1850 - 5 Jan 1853 John Hubbard
(b. 1794 - d. 1869) Dem
5 Jan 1853 - 3 Jan 1855 William G. Crosby
(b. 1805 - d. 1881) Whg
3 Jan 1855 - 2 Jan 1856 Anson P. Morrill
(b. 1803 - d. 1887) K-N
2 Jan 1856 - 8 Jan 1857 Samuel E. Wells
(b. 1801 - d. 1868) Dem
8 Jan 1857 - 25 Feb 1857 Hannibal Hamlin
(b. 1809 - d. 1891) Rep
26 Feb 1857 - 8 Jan 1858 Joseph H. Williams (acting)
(b. 1814 - d. 1896) Rep
8 Jan 1858 - 2 Jan 1861 Lot M. Morrill
(b. 1813 - d. 1883) Rep
2 Jan 1861 - 7 Jan 1863 Israel Washburn, Jr.
(b. 1813 - d. 1883) Rep
7 Jan 1863 - 6 Jan 1864 Abner Coburn
(b. 1803 - d. 1885) Rep
6 Jan 1864 - 2 Jan 1867 Samuel Cony
(b. 1811 - d. 1870) Rep
2 Jan 1867 - 4 Jan 1871 Joshua L. Chamberlain
(b. 1828 - d. 1914) Rep
4 Jan 1871 - 7 Jan 1874 Sidney Perham
(b. 1819 - d. 1907) Rep
7 Jan 1874 - 5 Jan 1876 Nelson Dingley, Jr.
(b. 1832 - d. 1899) Rep
5 Jan 1876 - 8 Jan 1879 Seldon Connor
(b. 1839 - d. 1917) Rep
8 Jan 1879 - 17 Jan 1880 Alonzo Garcelon
(b. 1813 - d. 1906) Dem
17 Jan 1880 - 13 Jan 1881 Daniel F. Davis
(b. 1843 - d. 1897) Rep
13 Jan 1881 - 3 Jan 1883 Harris M. Plaisted
(b. 1828 - d. 1898) Fus
3 Jan 1883 - 5 Jan 1887 Frederick Robie
(b. 1822 - d. 1912) Rep
5 Jan 1887 - 15 Dec 1887 Joseph R. Bodwell
(b. 1818 - d. 1887) Rep
16 Dec 1887 - 2 Jan 1889 Sebastian S. Marble (acting)
(b. 1817 - d. 1902) Rep
2 Jan 1889 - 4 Jan 1893 Edwin C. Burleigh
(b. 1843 - d. 1916) Rep
4 Jan 1893 - 6 Jan 1897 Henry B. Cleaves
(b. 1840 - d. 1912) Rep
6 Jan 1897 - 2 Jan 1901 Llewellyn Powers
(b. 1836 - d. 1908) Rep
2 Jan 1901 - 4 Jan 1905 John F. Hill
(b. 1855 - d. 1912) Rep
4 Jan 1905 - 6 Jan 1909 William T. Cobb
(b. 1857 - d. 1937) Rep
6 Jan 1909 - 4 Jan 1911 Bert M. Fernald
(b. 1858 - d. 1926) Rep
4 Jan 1911 - 1 Jan 1913 Frederick W. Plaisted
(b. 1865 - d. 1943) Dem
1 Jan 1913 - 6 Jan 1915 William T. Haines
(b. 1854 - d. 1919) Rep
6 Jan 1915 - 3 Jan 1917 Oakley C. Curtis
(b. 1865 - d. 1924) Dem
3 Jan 1917 - 5 Jan 1921 Carl E. Milliken
(b. 1877 - d. 1961) Rep
5 Jan 1921 - 31 Jan 1921 Frederic H. Parkhurst
(b. 1864 - d. 1921) Rep
31 Jan 1921 - 8 Jan 1925 Percival P. Baxter
(b. 1876 - d. 1969) Rep
8 Jan 1925 - 2 Jan 1929 Owen Brewster
(b. 1888 - d. 1961) Rep
2 Jan 1929 - 4 Jan 1933 William T. Gardiner
(b. 1892 - d. 1953) Rep
4 Jan 1933 - 6 Jan 1937 Louis J. Brann
(b. 1876 - d. 1948) Dem
6 Jan 1937 - 1 Jan 1941 Lewis O. Barrows
(b. 1893 - d. 1967) Rep
1 Jan 1941 - 3 Jan 1945 Sumner Sewall
(b. 1897 - d. 1965) Rep
3 Jan 1945 - 5 Jan 1949 Horace A. Hildreth
(b. 1902 - d. 1988) Rep
5 Jan 1949 - 25 Dec 1952 Frederick G. Payne
(b. 1904 - d. 1978) Rep
25 Dec 1952 - 6 Jan 1953 Burton M. Cross (1st time)
(b. 1902 - d. 1998) Rep
6 Jan 1953 - 7 Jan 1953 Nathaniel M. Haskell
(b. 1912 - d. 1983) Rep
7 Jan 1953 - 5 Jan 1955 Burton M. Cross (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
5 Jan 1955 - 2 Jan 1959 Edmund S. Muskie
(b. 1914 - d. 1996) Dem
2 Jan 1959 - 7 Jan 1959 Robert N. Haskell
(b. 1903 - d. 1987) Rep
7 Jan 1959 - 30 Dec 1959 Clinton A. Clauson
(b. 1895 - d. 1959) Dem
30 Dec 1959 - 5 Jan 1967 John H. Reed
(b. 1921)
Rep
5 Jan 1967 - 2 Jan 1975 Kenneth M. Curtis
(b. 1931)
Dem
2 Jan 1975 - 3 Jan 1979 James B. Longley
(b. 1924 - d. 1980) Ind
3 Jan 1979 - 7 Jan 1987 Joseph E. Brennan
(b. 1934)
Dem
7 Jan 1987 - 5 Jan 1995 John R. McKernan, Jr.
(b. 1948)
Rep
5 Jan 1995 - 8 Jan 2003 Angus S. King, Jr.
(b. 1944)
Ind
8 Jan 2003 -
John Elias Baldacci
(b. 1955)
Dem
Maryland
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Mayors of
Annapolis
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Chronology
28 May 1631 Virginia settlement at Kent Island.
20 Jun 1632
English proprietary colony of Maryland
(Province of Maryland).
25 Mar 1634
Settlement begins at St. Mary's.
27 Jun 1691
Royal province
21 Feb 1715
British proprietary colony.
8 Nov 1776
State of Maryland (informal to 5 Feb 1777).
28 Apr 1788
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Lords Proprietary
20 Jun 1632 - 22 Jul 1654 Cecilius "Cecil" Calvert, Baron
(b. 1606 - d. 1675)
of Baltimore (1st time)
22 Jul 1654 - 24 Mar 1657 Parliamentary Commission
24 Mar 1657 - 30 Nov 1675 Cecilius "Cecil" Calvert, Baron
(s.a.)
of Baltimore (2nd time)
30 Nov 1675 - 27 Jun 1691 Charles Calvert, Baron of
(b. 1637 - d. 1715)
Baltimore
27 Jun 1691 - 21 Feb 1715 Post abolished
21 Feb 1715 - 16 Apr 1715 Benedict Leonard Calvert,
(b. 1679 - d. 1715)
Baron of Baltimore
16 Apr 1715 - 24 Apr 1751 Charles Calvert, Baron of
(b. 1699 - d. 1751)
Baltimore
24 Apr 1751 - 4 Sep 1771 Frederick Calvert, Baron of
(b. 1731 - d. 1771)
Baltimore
4 Sep 1771 - 11 Nov 1776 Henry Hanford
(b. 1758 - d. 1834)
Governors
28 May 1631 - 20 Jun 1632 William Claiborne (on Kent Island) (b. c.1600 - d. c.1677)
(in opposition to May 1635)
30 Jun 1632 - 11 Jun 1647 Leonard Calvert
(b. 1606 -
d. 1647)
(arrived 25 Mar 1634; Feb 1645 -
to Aug 1646 in Virginia exile)
Feb 1638
John Lewger (1st time) (b. 1602 - d. 1665)
(acting for Calvert)
Apr 1638
John Lewger (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Calvert)
27 May 1638 - 14 Aug 1638
Thomas Cornwaleys (1st time) (b. c.1600 - d. 1676)
(acting for Calvert)
8 May 1641 - 10 Jul 1641 Thomas Cornwaleys (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Calvert)
11 Apr 1643 - Sep 1644 Giles Brent
(b.
1600 - d. 1672)
(acting for Calvert)
3 Oct 1644 - 16 Nov 1644
William Brainthwait
(acting for Calvert)
Feb 1645 - 1645
Richard Ingle (usurper) (b. 1609 - d. 1653)
1645 - 1646
Edward Hill (acting to Jul 1646)
(appointment by Calvert illegal)
11 Jun 1647 - 1649
Thomas Greene (1st time)
c.Apr 1649 - 29 Mar 1652
William Stone (1st time)
(b. 1605 - d. 1695)
(deposed by Parliamentary Commissioners)
29 Mar 1652 - 28 Jun 1652
Parliamentary Commissioners
- Richard Bennett (b. 1609 - d. 1675)
- Edmund Curtis
- William Claiborne
(s.a.)
28 Jun 1652 - 22 Jul 1654
William Stone (2nd time)
(s.a.)
20 Sep 1649 - 1650 Thomas Greene (2nd
time)
(acting for Stone)
22 May 1650 - 25 Jun 1650 Thomas Hatton (acting for Stone)
Nov 1651 - 29 Mar 1652 Thomas Greene (3nd
time)
(acting for Stone)
22 Jul 1654 - 24 Mar 1658
Commissioners
- William Fuller (b. c.1610 - d. 1695)
- Richard Preston
- William Durand
- Edward Lloyd
- John Smith
- Leonard Strong
- John Lawson
- John Hatch
- Richard Wells
- Richard Ewen
- Michael Brooke
Jan 1655 - 10 Jul 1656
William Stone (3rd time)
(s.a.)
(in opposition to Commissioners)
10 Jul 1656 - 1660 Josias
Fendall
(b. c.1628 - d. 1687)
(in opposition to Commissioners to 24 Mar 1658)
18 Jun 1657 - 26 Feb 1658 Luke
Barber (acting for Fendall)
c.Oct 1660 - c.Nov 1661 Philip Calvert
(b. 1626 - d. 1682)
c.Nov 1661 - Jun 1676
Charles Calvert, Baron Baltimore (s.a.)
(1st time)
May 1669 - 20 Jul 1670 Philip Calvert (s.a.)
(acting [for absent Calvert])
20 Jul 1670 - Nov 1670 Deputies and Commissioners
(acting for absent Calvert)
- Philip Calvert
(s.a.)
- William Calvert
- Jerome White
- Baker Brooke
16 Jun 1676 - 14 Oct 1676 Cecilius
Calvert (nominally) (s.a.)
Jun 1676 - Jul 1676 Jesse Wharton
(d.
1676)
(acting [for infant Calvert])
Jul 1676 - Apr 1679
Thomas Notley
(d. 1679)
(acting [for infant Calvert to 14
Oct 1676])
Apr 1679 - May 1684 Charles
Calvert, Baron Baltimore (s.a.)
(2nd time)
May 1684 - 3 Oct 1688 Benedict Leonard Calvert
(s.a.)
(nominally)
May 1684 - 3 Oct 1688
Council of Deputies
(acting for infant Calvert)
- Vincent Lowe
- Henry Darnall
- William Digges
- William Burgess
- Nicholas Sewall
- Edward Pye
- Clement Hill
- Henry Coursey
- Henry Lowe
3 Oct 1688 - 1 Aug 1689 William Joseph
(b.
16.. - d. 17..)
1 Aug 1689 - Aug 1690 John Coode (commander in chief) (b. 1648 - d. 1709)
Aug 1690 - 1692
Nehemiah Blakiston (b. c.1637 - d. 1693)
6 Apr 1692 - 9 Sep 1693 Sir Lionel
Copley
(d. 1693)
9 Sep 1693 - 25 Sep 1693
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1st time)
25 Sep 1693 - 1693
Sir Edmund Andros (1st time)
(b. 1637 - d. 1714)
1693 - 1694
Nicholas Greenberry (b. 1640 - d. 1697)
1694
Sir Edmund Andros (2nd time)
(s.a.)
May 1694 - Jul 1694
Sir Thomas Lawrence (2nd time)
26 Jul 1694 - 1699
Francis Nicholson
(b. 1655 - d. 1728)
2 Jan 1699 - 1702
Nathaniel Blakistone
30 Jun 1702 - 1704
Thomas Tench
12 Apr 1704 - 1709
John Seymour (d. 1709)
30 Jul 1709
Francis Jenkins
(did not take office)
1709 - 29 May 1714
Edward Lloyd II (acting) (b. 1670 - d. 1718)
29
May 1714 - 1720
John Hart
(d. 1740)
May 1720 - Oct 1720 Thomas Brooke,
Jr. (acting) (b. 1659 - d.
1730/31)
Oct 1720 - 1727
Charles Calvert, Baron Baltimore (b. 1699 - d. 1751)
(1st time)
3 Jul 1727 - 1731
Benedict Leonard Calvert
(b. 1700 - d. 1732)
7 Dec 1731 - 1732
Samuel Ogle (1st time)
(b. c.1694 - d. 1752)
11 Dec 1732 - 11 Jul 1733
Charles Calvert, Baron Baltimore (s.a.)
(2nd time)
11 Jul 1733 - 1742
Samuel Ogle (2nd time)
(s.a.)
23 Aug 1742 - 1747
Thomas Bladen
(b. 1698 - d. 1780)
16 Mar 1747 - 3 May 1752
Samuel Ogle (3rd time)
(s.a.)
4 May 1752 - 10 Aug 1753 Benjamin
Tasker
(b. 1690 - d. 1768)
10 Aug 1753 - 5 Jun 1769 Horatio
Sharpe
(b. 1718 - d. 1790)
5 Jun 1769 - 23 Jun 1776 Robert Eden
(b. 1741 - d. 1784)
28 May 1774 - 8 Nov 1774 Richard
Lee (b. 1707 - d. 1787)
(acting for absent Eden)
23 Jun 1776 - 4 Jul 1776 Richard Lee (acting) (s.a.)
Chairman of the Convention
22 Jun 1774 - 26 Jul 1775 Matthew Tilghman
(b. 1718 - d. 1790)
President of the Council of Safety
30 Aug 1775 - 21 Oct 1775 Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer (b. 1723
- d. 1790)
(1st time)
21 Oct 1775 - 18 Jan 1776 Vacant
18 Jan 1776 - 20 Mar 1777 Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer (s.a.)
(2nd time)
Governors
20 Mar 1777 - 12 Nov 1779 Thomas Johnson, Jr.
(b. 1732 - d. 1819) Fed
12 Nov 1779 - 22 Nov 1782 Thomas Sim Lee (1st time)
(b. 1745 - d. 1819) Fed
22 Nov 1782 - 26 Nov 1785 William Paca
(b. 1740 - d. 1799) anti-Fed
26 Nov 1785 - 27 Nov 1788 William Smallwood
(b. 1732 - d. 1792)
27 Nov 1788 - 14 Nov 1791 John Eager Howard
(b. 1752 - d. 1827) Fed
14 Nov 1791 - 10 Feb 1792 George Plater
(b. 1735 - d. 1792) Fed
13 Feb 1792 - 5 Apr 1792 James Brice (acting)
(b. 1746 - d. 1801) Fed
5 Apr 1792 - 14 Nov 1794 Thomas Sim Lee (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Fed
14 Nov 1794 - 17 Nov 1797 John Hoskins Stone
(b. 1750 - d. 1804) Fed
17 Nov 1797 - 14 Nov 1798 John Henry
(b. 1750 - d. 1798) Fed
14 Nov 1798 - 10 Nov 1801 Benjamin Ogle
(b. 1749 - d. 1809) Fed
10 Nov 1801 - 13 Nov 1803 John Francis Mercer
(b. 1759 - d. 1821) D-R
15 Nov 1803 - 10 Nov 1806 Robert Bowie (1st time)
(b. 1750 - d. 1818) D-R
12 Nov 1806 - 6 May 1809 Robert Wright
(b. 1752 - d. 1826) D-R
6 May 1809 - 9 Jun 1809 James Butcher (acting)
(b. 17.. - d. 1824)
9 Jun 1809 - 16 Nov 1811 Edward Lloyd
(b. 1779 - d. 1834) D-R
16 Nov 1811 - 25 Nov 1812 Robert Bowie (2nd time)
(s.a.)
D-R
25 Nov 1812 - 2 Jan 1816 Levin Winder
(b. 1757 - d. 1819) Fed
2 Jan 1816 - 8 Jan 1819 Charles Ridgely
(b. 1760 - d. 1829) Fed
8 Jan 1819 - 20 Dec 1819 Charles Goldsborough
(b. 1765 - d. 1834) Fed
20 Dec 1819 - 16 Dec 1822 Samuel Sprigg
(b. 1783 - d. 1855) D-R
16 Dec 1822 - 9 Jan 1826 Samuel Stevens, Jr.
(b. 1778 - d. 1860) D-R
9 Jan 1826 - 15 Jan 1829 Joseph Kent
(b. 1779 - d. 1837) Dem
15 Jan 1829 - 15 Jan 1830 Daniel J. Martin (1st time)
(b. 1780 - d. 1831) Whg
15 Jan 1830 - 13 Jan 1831 Thomas King Carroll
(b. 1793 - d. 1873) Dem
13 Jan 1831 - 11 Jul 1831 Daniel J. Martin (2nd time)
(s.a.)
AJP
11 Jul 1831 - 17 Jan 1833 George Howard
(b. 1789 - d. 1846) Whg
17 Jan 1833 - 14 Jan 1836 James Thomas
(b. 1785 - d. 1845) Whg
14 Jan 1836 - 7 Jan 1839 Thomas W. Veazey
(b. 1774 - d. 1842) Whg
7 Jan 1839 - 3 Jan 1842 William Grason
(b. 1788 - d. 1868) Dem
3 Jan 1842 - 6 Jan 1845 Francis Thomas
(b. 1799 - d. 1876) Dem
6 Jan 1845 - 3 Jan 1848 Thomas G. Pratt
(b. 1804 - d. 1869) Whg
3 Jan 1848 - 6 Jan 1851 Philip Francis Thomas
(b. 1810 - d. 1890) Dem
6 Jan 1851 - 11 Jan 1854 Enoch Louis Lowe
(b. 1820 - d. 1892) Dem
11 Jan 1854 - 13 Jan 1858 Thomas Watkins Ligon
(b. 1810 - d. 1881) Dem
13 Jan 1858 - 8 Jan 1862 Thomas Holliday Hicks
(b. 1798 - d. 1865) AP;1861 Rep
8 Jan 1862 - 10 Jan 1866 Augustus W. Bradford
(b. 1806 - d. 1881) Uni
10 Jan 1866 - 13 Jan 1869 Thomas Swann
(b. 1809 - d. 1883) Uni;1866 Dem
13 Jan 1869 - 10 Jan 1872 Oden Bowie
(b. 1826 - d. 1894) Dem
10 Jan 1872 - 4 Mar 1874 William Pinkney Whyte
(b. 1824 - d. 1908) Dem
4 Mar 1874 - 12 Jan 1876 James Black Groome
(b. 1838 - d. 1893) Dem
12 Jan 1876 - 14 Jan 1880 John Lee Carroll
(b. 1830 - d. 1911) Dem
14 Jan 1880 - 9 Jan 1884 William T. Hamilton
(b. 1820 - d. 1888) Dem
9 Jan 1884 - 27 Mar 1885 Robert M. McLane
(b. 1815 - d. 1898) Dem
27 Mar 1885 - 11 Jan 1888 Henry Lloyd
(b. 1852 - d. 1920) Dem
11 Jan 1888 - 13 Jan 1892 Elihu E. Jackson
(b. 1837 - d. 1907) Dem
13 Jan 1892 - 8 Jan 1896 Frank Brown
(b. 1846 - d. 1920) Dem
8 Jan 1896 - 10 Jan 1900 Lloyd Lowndes
(b. 1845 - d. 1905) Rep
10 Jan 1900 - 13 Jan 1904 John Walter Smith
(b. 1845 - d. 1925) Dem
13 Jan 1904 - 8 Jan 1908 Edwin Warfield
(b. 1848 - d. 1920) Dem
8 Jan 1908 - 10 Jan 1912 Austin L. Crothers
(b. 1860 - d. 1912) Dem
10 Jan 1912 - 12 Jan 1916 Phillips Lee Goldsborough
(b. 1865 - d. 1946) Rep
12 Jan 1916 - 14 Jan 1920 Emerson C. Harrington
(b. 1864 - d. 1945) Dem
14 Jan 1920 - 9 Jan 1935 Albert C. Ritchie
(b. 1876 - d. 1936) Dem
9 Jan 1935 - 11 Jan 1939 Harry W. Nice
(b. 1877 - d. 1941) Rep
11 Jan 1939 - 3 Jan 1947 Herbert R. O'Conor
(b. 1896 - d. 1959) Dem
3 Jan 1947 - 10 Jan 1951 William Preston Lane, Jr.
(b. 1892 - d. 1967) Dem
10 Jan 1951 - 14 Jan 1959 Theodore R. McKeldin
(b. 1900 - d. 1974) Rep
14 Jan 1959 - 25 Jan 1967 J. Millard Tawes
(b. 1894 - d. 1979) Dem
25 Jan 1967 - 7 Jan 1969 Spiro T. Agnew
(b. 1918 - d. 1996) Rep
7 Jan 1969 - 17 Jan 1979 Marvin Mandel
(b. 1920)
Dem
(suspended 7 Oct 1977 - 11 Jan 1979)
4 Jun 1977 - 15 Jan 1979 Blair Lee III
(b. 1916 - d. 1985) Dem
(acting for Mandel)
17 Jan 1979 - 20 Jan 1987 Harry R. Hughes
(b. 1926)
Dem
20 Jan 1987 - 18 Jan 1995 William Donald Schaefer
(b. 1921)
Dem
18 Jan 1995 - 15 Jan 2003 Parris N. Glendening
(b. 1942)
Dem
15 Jan 2003 - 17 Jan 2007 Robert "Bob" L. Ehrlich, Jr.
(b. 1957)
Rep
17 Jan 2007 - Martin J. O'Malley
(b. 1963)
Dem
Massachusetts
Governors of Mount Wollaston (later Mare Mount)
1625 - 1626 Thomas Wollaston
1626 - Jun 1628
Thomas Morton (b. c.1576 - d. 1647)
Governors
13 May 1628 - 30 Apr 1629 Matthew Cradock (in London) (b. c.1590 - d. 1641)
30 Apr 1629 - 20 Oct 1630 John Endecott
(1st time)
(b. 1589? - d. 1665)
20 Oct 1630 - 14 May 1634 John Winthrop (1st time)
(b. 1588 - d. 1649)
14 May 1634 - 6 May 1635 Thomas Dudley (1st time)
(b. 1576 - d. 1653)
6 May 1635 - 25 May 1636 John Haynes
(b. 1594 - d. 1654)
25 May 1636 - 17 May 1637 Sir Henry Vane
(b. 1613 - d. 1662)
17 May 1637 - 13 May 1640 John Winthrop (2nd time)
(s.a.)
13 May 1640 - 2 Jun 1641 Thomas Dudley (2nd time)
(s.a.)
2 Jun 1641 - 18 May 1642 Richard Bellingham (1st time) (b. 1592 -
d. 1672)
18 May 1642 - 29 May 1644
John Winthrop (3rd time)
(s.a.)
29 May 1644 - 14 May 1645 John Endecott (2nd time)
(s.a.)
14 May 1645 - 6 May 1646
Thomas Dudley (3rd time)
(s.a.)
6 May 1646 - 26 Mar 1649 John Winthrop (4th time)
(s.a.)
6 May 1649 - 22 May 1650 John Endecott (3rd time)
(s.a.)
22 May 1650 - 7 May 1651
Thomas Dudley (4th time)
(s.a.)
7 May 1651 - 3 May 1654 John Endecott (4th time)
(s.a.)
3 May 1654 - 23 May 1655
Richard Bellingham (2nd time) (s.a.)
23 May 1655 - 15 Mar 1665 John Endecott (5th time)
(s.a.)
3 May 1665 - 12 Dec 1672 Richard Bellingham (3rd time) (s.a.)
12 Dec 1672 - 28 May 1679 John Leverett
(b. 1616 - d. 1679)
28 May 1679 - 17 May 1686
Simon Bradstreet (1st time) (b.
1603 - d. 1697)
17 May 1686 - 20 Dec 1686 Joseph Dudley (1st time)
(b. 1647 - d. 1720)
20 Dec 1686 - 18 Apr 1689 Sir Edmund Andros
(b. 1637 - d. 1714)
24 May 1689 - 16 May 1692 Simon Bradstreet (2nd time)
(s.a.)
16 May 1692 - 17 Nov 1694 Sir William Phips
(b. 1651 - d. 1695)
4 Dec 1694 - 26 May 1699 William Stoughton (1st time) (b. 1631
- d. 1701)
(acting)
26 May 1699 - 17 Jul 1700 Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont (b. 1636 - d. 1701)
22 Jul 1700 - 7 Jul 1701 William Stoughton (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
10 Jul 1701 - 11 Jun 1702 Governor's Council
11 Jun 1702 - 3 Feb 1715 Joseph Dudley (2nd time)
(s.a.)
4 Feb 1715 - 21 Mar 1715 Governor's Council
21 Mar 1715 - 9 Nov 1715 Joseph Dudley (3rd time)
(s.a.)
9 Nov 1715 - Apr 1716 Elizeus Burgess
(did not take office)
9 Nov 1715 - 5 Oct 1716 William Tailer (1st time)(acting) (b. 16.. - d. 1732)
5
Oct 1716 - 1 Jan 1723 Samuel Shute
(b. 1662 - d. 1742)
2 Jan 1723 - 19 Jul 1728 William Dummer (1st time) (b. 1677 - d. 1761)
19 Jul 1728 - 7 Sep 1729 William Burnett
(b. 1688 - d. 1729)
10 Sep 1729 - 11 Jun 1730 William Dummer (acting) (b. 1677 - d. 1761)
11 Jun 1730 - 10 Aug 1730
William Tailer (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
10 Aug 1730 - 14 Aug 1741 Jonathan Belcher
(b. 1682 - d. 1757)
14 Jul 1741 - 11 Sep 1749 William Shirley (1st time)
(b. 1694 - d. 1771)
15 Sep 1749 - 7 Aug 1753 Spencer Phips (1st time)(acting) (b. 1685 - d. 1757)
7 Aug 1753 - 25 Sep 1756 William Shirley (2nd time)
(s.a.)
25 Sep 1756 - 4 Apr 1757 Spencer Phips (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
5 Apr 1757 - 3 Aug 1757 Governor's Council
3
Aug 1757 - 3 Jun 1760 Thomas Pownall
(b. 1722 - d. 1805)
3 Jun 1760 - 2 Aug 1760 Thomas Hutchinson (1st time)
(b. 1771 - d. 1780)
(acting)
2 Aug 1760 - 1 Aug 1769 Sir Francis Bernard
(b. 1712 - d. 1779)
2 Aug 1769 - 17 May 1774 Thomas Hutchinson (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting to 14 Mar 1771)
17 May 1774 - 17 Mar 1776 Thomas
Gage
(b. 1721 - d. 1787)
(in U.K. exile to 3 Sep 1783)
10 Oct 1775 - 17 Mar 1776 Thomas Oliver (acting for Gage) (b. 1734 - d. 1815)
Chairman of the Provincial Congress
7 Oct 1774 - 11 Oct 1774 John Hancock
(b. 1737 - d. 1793)
Presidents of the Provincial Congress
11 Oct 1774 - 10 Dec 1774 John Hancock (1st time) (s.a.)
10 Dec 1774 - 1 Feb 1775 Vacant
1 Feb 1775 - 29 May 1775 John Hancock (2nd time) (s.a.)
29 May 1775 - 31 May 1775 Vacant
31 May 1775 - 17 Jun 1775 Joseph Warren
(b. 1741 - d. 1775)
17 Jun 1775 - 19 Jun 1775 Vacant
19 Jun 1775 - 19 Jul 1775 James Warren
(b. 1726 - d. 1808)
Presidents of the Council
27 Jul 1775 - 12 Sep 1775 James Otis (1st time) (b. 1702 - d. 1778)
21 Sep 1775 - 6 Oct 1775 William Sever (1st time)
(b. 1729 - d. 1809)
7 Oct 1775 - 16 Oct 1775 James Otis (2nd time) (s.a.)
17 Oct 1775 - 19 Oct 1775 James Bowdoin (1st time)
(b. 1726 - d. 1790)
20 Oct 1775 - 23 Oct 1775 James Otis (3rd time) (s.a.)
24 Oct 1775 - 25 Oct 1775 James Bowdoin (2nd time)
(s.a.)
26 Oct 1775 - 16 Nov 1775 James Otis (4th time) (s.a.)
29 Nov 1775 - 5 Dec 1775 Walter Spooner (1st time) (b. 1720 - d. 1803)
6 Dec 1775 - 29 Dec 1775 William Sever (2nd time)
(s.a.)
30 Dec 1775 - 15 Jan 1776 Walter Spooner (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Jan 1776 - 12 Feb 1776 William Sever (3rd time)
(s.a.)
13 Feb 1776 - 23 Feb 1776 Benjamin Greenleaf
(b. 1701 - d. 1783)
14 Mar 1776 - 29 Mar 1776 William Sever (4th time)
(s.a.)
30 Mar 1776 - 30 Apr 1776 James Otis (5th time) (s.a.)
1 May 1776 - 3 May 1776 James Bowdoin (3rd time)
(s.a.)
4 May 1776 - 7 May 1776 James Otis (6th time) (s.a.)
8 May 1776
James Bowdoin (4th time)
(s.a.)
9 May 1776 - 13 May 1776 James Otis (7th time) (s.a.)
30 May 1776 - 22 Jun 1776 James Bowdoin (5th time)
(s.a.)
24 Jun 1776 - 4 Jul 1776 Jeremiah Powell (1st time)
(b. 1720 - d. 1784)
5 Jul 1776 - 16 Jul 1776 James Bowdoin (6th time)
(s.a.)
17 Jul 1776
Richard Darby, Jr.
17 Jul 1776 - 16 Aug 1776 "various individuals"
16 Aug 1776 - 25 Sep 1776 James Bowdoin (7th time)
(s.a.)
26 Sep 1776 - 4 Oct 1776 Walter Spooner (3rd time) (s.a.)
9 Oct 1776 - 16 Nov 1776 James Bowdoin (8th time)
(s.a.)
18 Nov 1776 - 2 Dec 1776 Jeremiah Powell (2nd time)
(s.a.)
3 Dec 1776 - 11 Feb 1777 James Bowdoin (9th time)
(s.a.)
12 Feb 1777 - 10 Jul 1777 Jeremiah Powell (3rd time)
(s.a.)
11 Jul 1777 - 21 Jul 1777 Artemas Ward (1st time)
(b. 1727 - d. 1800)
22 Jul 1777 - 1 Aug 1777 William Sever (5th time)
(s.a.)
2 Aug 1777 - 13 Aug 1777 Artemas Ward (2nd time)
(s.a.)
14 Aug 1777 - 1 Jun 1778 Jeremiah Powell (4th time)
(s.a.)
2 Jun 1778 - 8 Jun 1778 Artemas Ward (3rd time)
(s.a.)
9 Jun 1778 - 7 Jun 1779 Jeremiah Powell (5th
time) (s.a.)
8 Jun 1779 - 10 Jun 1779 Artemas Ward (4th time)
(s.a.)
11 Jun 1779 - 16 Oct 1779 Jeremiah Powell (6th time)
(s.a.)
18 Oct 1779 - 23 Oct 1779 Artemas Ward (5th time)
(s.a.)
25 Oct 1779 - 9 Nov 1779 William Sever (6th time)
(s.a.)
10 Nov 1779 - 1 Dec 1779 Artemas Ward (6th time)
(s.a.)
2 Dec 1779 - 7 Jun 1780 Jeremiah Powell (7th
time) (s.a.)
8 Jun 1780 - 25 Aug 1780 James Bowdoin (10th time)
(s.a.)
28 Aug 1780 - 5 Sep 1780 Jeremiah Powell (8th time)
(s.a.)
6 Sep 1780 - 16 Sep 1780 James Bowdoin (11th time)
(s.a.)
18 Sep 1780 - 13 Oct 1780 Jeremiah Powell (9th time)
(s.a.)
14 Oct 1780 - 18 Oct 1780 James Bowdoin (12th time)
(s.a.)
19 Oct 1780 - 25 Oct 1780 Jeremiah Powell (10th time)
(s.a.)
Governors
25 Oct 1780 - 18 Feb 1785 John Hancock (1st time)
(s.a.) Fed
18 Feb 1785 - 27 May 1785 Thomas Cushing III (acting)
(b. 1725 - d. 1788)
27 May 1785 - 1 Jun 1787 James Bowdoin
(s.a.)
Fed
1 Jun 1787 - 8 Oct 1793 John Hancock (2nd time)
(s.a.) Fed
8 Oct 1793 - 2 Jun 1797 Samuel Adams
(b. 1722 - d. 1803) D-R
(acting to 29 May 1794)
2 Jun 1797 - 7 Jun 1799 Increase Sumner
(b. 1746 - d. 1799) Fed
7 Jun 1799 - 20 May 1800 Moses Gill (acting)
(b. 1734 - d. 1800) Fed
20 May 1800 - 30 May 1800 Thomas Dawes
(b. 1731 - d.
1809) Fed
(chairman of the governor's council)
30 May 1800 - 29 May 1807 Caleb Strong (1st time)
(b. 1745 - d. 1819) Fed
29 May 1807 - 10 Dec 1808 James Sullivan
(b. 1744 - d. 1808) D-R
10 Dec 1808 - 1 May 1809 Levi Lincoln (acting)
(b. 1749 - d. 1820) D-R
1 May 1809 - 10 Jun 1810 Christopher
Gore
(b. 1758 - d. 1827) Fed
10 Jun 1810 - Jun 1812 Elbridge Gerry
(b. 1744 - d. 1814) D-R
Jun 1812 - 30 May 1816 Caleb Strong (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Fed
30 May 1816 - 31 May 1823 John Brooks
(b. 1752 - d. 1825) Fed
31 May 1823 - 6 Feb 1825 William Eustis
(b. 1753 - d. 1825) D-R
6 Feb 1825 - 26 May 1825 Marcus Morton (1st time) (acting)
(b. 1784 - d. 1864) D-R
26 May 1825 - 9 Jan 1834 Levi Lincoln, Jr.
(b. 1782 - d. 1868) D-F
9 Jan 1834 - 1 Mar 1835 John Davis (1st time)
(b. 1787 - d. 1854) Whg
1 Mar 1835 - 13 Jan 1836 Samuel T. Armstrong (acting)
(b. 1784 - d. 1850) Whg
13 Jan 1836 - 18 Jan 1840 Edward Everett
(b. 1794 - d. 1865) Whg
18 Jan 1840 - 7 Jan 1841 Marcus Morton (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
7 Jan 1841 - 17 Jan 1843 John Davis (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Whg
17 Jan 1843 - Jan 1844 Marcus Morton (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
Jan 1844 - 11 Jan 1851 George N. Briggs
(b. 1796 - d. 1861) Whg
11 Jan 1851 - 14 Jan 1853 George S. Boutwell
(b. 1818 - d. 1905) DFS
14 Jan 1853 - 12 Jan 1854 John H. Clifford
(b. 1809 - d. 1876) Whg
12 Jan 1854 - 4 Jan 1855 Emory Washburn
(b. 1800 - d. 1877) Whg
4 Jan 1855 - 7 Jan 1858 Henry J. Gardner
(b. 1818 - d. 1892) AP
7 Jan 1858 - 3 Jan 1861 Nathaniel P. Banks
(b. 1816 - d. 1894) Rep
3 Jan 1861 - 4 Jan 1866 John A. Andrew
(b. 1818 - d. 1867) Rep
4 Jan 1866 - 7 Jan 1869 Alexander H. Bullock
(b. 1816 - d. 1882) Rep
7 Jan 1869 - 4 Jan 1872 William Claflin
(b. 1818 - d. 1905) Rep
4 Jan 1872 - 29 Apr 1874 William B. Washburn
(b. 1820 - d. 1887) Rep
29 Apr 1874 - 7 Jan 1875 Thomas Talbot (1st time) (acting)
(b. 1818 - d. 1886) Rep
7 Jan 1875 - 6 Jan 1876 William Gaston
(b. 1820 - d. 1894) Dem
6 Jan 1876 - 2 Jan 1879 Alexander H. Rice
(b. 1818 - d. 1895) Rep
2 Jan 1879 - 8 Jan 1880 Thomas Talbot (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
8 Jan 1880 - 4 Jan 1883 John D. Long
(b. 1838 - d. 1915) Rep
4 Jan 1883 - 3 Jan 1884 Benjamin F. Butler
(b. 1818 - d. 1893) Dem
3 Jan 1884 - 6 Jan 1887 George D. Robinson
(b. 1834 - d. 1896) Rep
6 Jan 1887 - 7 Jan 1890 Oliver Ames
(b. 1831 - d. 1895) Rep
7 Jan 1890 - 8 Jan 1891 John Q.A. Brackett
(b. 1842 - d. 1918) Rep
8 Jan 1891 - 4 Jan 1894 William E. Russell
(b. 1857 - d. 1896) Dem
4 Jan 1894 - 5 Mar 1896 Frederic T. Greenhalge
(b. 1842 - d. 1896) Rep
5 Mar 1896 - 4 Jan 1900 Roger Wolcott
(b. 1847 - d. 1900) Rep
4 Jan 1900 - 8 Jan 1903 Winthrop M. Crane
(b. 1853 - d. 1920) Rep
8 Jan 1903 - 5 Jan 1905 John L. Bates
(b. 1859 - d. 1946) Rep
5 Jan 1905 - 4 Jan 1906 William L. Douglas
(b. 1845 - d. 1924) Dem
4 Jan 1906 - 7 Jan 1909 Curtis Guild, Jr.
(b. 1860 - d. 1915) Rep
7 Jan 1909 - 5 Jan 1911 Eben S. Draper
(b. 1858 - d. 1914) Rep
5 Jan 1911 - 8 Jan 1914 Eugene N. Foss
(b. 1858 - d. 1939) Dem
8 Jan 1914 - 6 Jan 1916 David I. Walsh
(b. 1872 - d. 1947) Dem
6 Jan 1916 - 2 Jan 1919 Samuel W. McCall
(b. 1851 - d. 1923) Rep
2 Jan 1919 - 6 Jan 1921 Calvin Coolidge
(b. 1872 - d. 1933) Rep
6 Jan 1921 - 8 Jan 1925 Channing H. Cox
(b. 1879 - d. 1968) Rep
8 Jan 1925 - 3 Jan 1929 Alvan T. Fuller
(b. 1878 - d. 1958) Rep
3 Jan 1929 - 8 Jan 1931 Frank G. Allen
(b. 1874 - d. 1950) Rep
8 Jan 1931 - 3 Jan 1935 Joseph B. Ely
(b. 1881 - d. 1956) Dem
3 Jan 1935 - 7 Jan 1937 James M. Curley
(b. 1874 - d. 1958) Dem
7 Jan 1937 - 5 Jan 1939 Charles F. Hurley
(b. 1893 - d. 1946) Dem
5 Jan 1939 - 3 Jan 1945 Leverett Saltonstall
(b. 1892 - d. 1979) Rep
3 Jan 1945 - 2 Jan 1947 Maurice J. Tobin
(b. 1901 - d. 1953) Dem
2 Jan 1947 - 6 Jan 1949 Robert F. Bradford
(b. 1902 - d. 1983) Rep
6 Jan 1949 - 8 Jan 1953 Paul A. Dever
(b. 1903 - d. 1958) Dem
8 Jan 1953 - 3 Jan 1957 Christian A. Herter
(b. 1895 - d. 1966) Rep
3 Jan 1957 - 5 Jan 1961 Foster Furcolo
(b. 1911 - d. 1995) Dem
5 Jan 1961 - 3 Jan 1963 John A. Volpe (1st time)
(b. 1908 - d. 1994) Rep
3 Jan 1963 - 7 Jan 1965 Endicott Peabody
(b. 1920 - d. 1997) Dem
7 Jan 1965 - 22 Jan 1969 John A. Volpe (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
22 Jan 1969 - 2 Jan 1975 Francis W. Sargent
(b. 1915 - d. 1998) Rep
2 Jan 1975 - 4 Jan 1979 Michael S. Dukakis (1st
time) (b. 1933)
Dem
4 Jan 1979 - 6 Jan 1983 Edward J. King
(b. 1925 - d. 2006) Dem
6 Jan 1983 - 3 Jan 1991 Michael S. Dukakis (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Dem
3 Jan 1991 - 29 Jul 1997 William F. Weld
(b. 1945)
Rep
29 Jul 1997 - 10 Apr 2001 Paul Cellucci
(b. 1948)
Rep
10 Apr 2001 - 2 Jan 2003 Jane Swift (f)
(b. 1965)
Rep
2 Jan 2003 - 4 Jan 2007 W. Mitt Romney
(b. 1947)
Rep
4 Jan 2007 -
Deval L. Patrick
(b. 1956)
Dem
Dominion of New England
17 May 1686
Colonies of Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, and Plymouth
united as Dominion of New England.
12 Jan 1687
Rhode Island annexed to the dominion.
1 Nov 1687
Connecticut annexed to the dominion.
8 Apr 1688
East Jersey annexed to the dominion.
9 Oct 1688
West Jersey and New York annexed to the dominion.
18 Apr 1689
Dissolved.
President of the Provisional Government
17 May 1686 - 20 Dec 1686 Joseph Dudley
(b. 1647 - d. 1720)
Governor
20 Dec 1686 - 18 Apr 1689 Sir Edmund Andros
(b. 1637 - d. 1714)
Plymouth Colony
21 Dec 1620
English colonists from the Mayflower arrive in America
landing at Plymouth Rock.
25 Dec 1620
The Pilgrims establish Plymouth colony.
17 May 1686 - 18 Apr 1689 Part of the Dominion of New England.
17 Oct 1691
Part of Massachusetts.
Governors
11 Nov 1620 - 5 Apr 1621 John Carver
(b. 1576 - d. 1621)
Apr 1621 - 1 Jan 1633 William Bradford
(1st time) (b. 1590 - d. 1657)
1 Jan 1633 - 27 Mar 1634 Edward Winslow (1st time)
(b. 1595 - d. 1655)
27 Mar 1634 - 3 Mar 1635 Thomas Prence (1st time)
(b. 1599 - d. 1673)
3 Mar 1635 - 1 Mar 1636 William Bradford (2nd
time) (s.a.)
1 Mar 1636 - 7 Mar 1637 Edward Winslow (2nd time)
(s.a.)
7 Mar 1637 - 5 Jun 1638 William Bradford (3rd
time) (s.a.)
5 Jun 1638 - 3 Jun 1639 Thomas Prence (2nd time)
(s.a.)
3 Jun 1639 - 5 Jun 1644 William Bradford (4th
time) (s.a.)
5 Jun 1644 - 4 Jun 1645 Edward Winslow (3rd time)
(s.a.)
4 Jun 1645 - 3 Jun 1657 William Bradford (5th
time) (s.a.)
3 Jun 1657 - 3 Jun 1673 Thomas Prence (3rd time)
(s.a.)
3 Jun 1673 - 18 Dec 1680 Josiah Winslow
(b. 1628 - d. 1680)
18 Dec 1680 - 17 May 1686 Thomas Hinckley (1st time)
(b. 1618 - d. 1705)
17 May 1686 - 18 Apr 1689 Sir Edmund Andros
(b. 1637 - d. 1714)
18 Apr 1689 - 17 Oct 1691 Thomas Hinckley (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Michigan
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Adopted 1 Aug 1911
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Map
of Michigan
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Hear
State Song
"Michigan, My Michigan"
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Text
of State Song
Adopted 1937
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State
Constitution
(1 Jan 1964)
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Capital: Lansing
(Detroit 1805-16 Mar 1847;
Michigan Town 16 Mar 1847-1848)
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Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam
amoenam circumspice
(If you seek a pleasant
peninsula, look around you)
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Nicknames: Wolverine State,
The Lake State
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Population: 10,029,909 (2008)
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Mayors of Detroit
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Chronology
13 Jul 1787
Part of Northwest Territory (see Ohio).
4 Jul 1800
Part of Indiana Territory.
11 Jan 1805
Territory of Michigan (effective 30 Jun 1805).
16 Aug 1812 - 18 Sep 1813 British occupy Fort Detroit.
26 Jan 1837
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Governors
30 Jun 1805 - 29 Oct 1813 William Hull
(b. 1753 - d. 1825) Mil
29
Oct 1813 - 6 Aug 1831 Lewis Cass
(b. 1782 - d. 1866) Mil
6
Aug 1831 - 6 Jul 1834 George B. Porter
(b. 1791 - d. 1834) Mil
6 Jul 1834 - 1 Sep 1835 Stevens Thomas Mason (1st time) (b. 1811 - d. 1843) Dem
(acting)
1 Sep 1835 - 1 Nov 1835 John S. Horner (acting) (b. 1802 - d. 18823)
1 Nov 1835 - 7 Jan 1840 Stevens Thomas Mason (2nd time)
(s.a.) Dem
(acting to 2 Nov 1835)
7 Jan 1840 - 23 Feb 1841 William Woodbridge
(b. 1780 - d. 1861) Whg
24 Feb 1841 - 3 Jan 1842 James Wright Gordon (acting)
(b. 1809 - d. 1853) Whg
3 Jan 1842 - 5 Jan 1846 John Stweart Barry (1st
time) (b. 1802 - d. 1870) Dem
5 Jan 1846 - 3 Mar 1847 Alpheus Felch
(b. 1804 - d. 1896) Dem
4 Mar 1847 - 3 Jan 1848 William L. Greenly (acting)
(b. 1813 - d. 1883) Dem
3 Jan 1848 - 7 Jan 1850 Epaphroditus Ransom
(b. 1787 - d. 1859) Dem
7 Jan 1850 - 1 Jan 1852 John Stewart Barry (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Dem
1 Jan 1852 - 7 Mar 1853 Robert McClelland
(b. 1807 - d. 1880) Dem
8 Mar 1853 - 3 Jan 1855 Andrew Parsons (acting)
(b. 1817 - d. 1855) Dem
3 Jan 1855 - 5 Jan 1859 Kinsley Scott Bingham
(b. 1808 - d. 1861) Rep
5 Jan 1859 - 2 Jan 1861 Moses Wisner
(b. 1815 - d. 1863) Rep
2 Jan 1861 - 3 Jan 1865 Austin Blair
(b. 1818 - d. 1894) Rep
3 Jan 1865 - 6 Jan 1869 Henry Howland Crapo
(b. 1804 - d. 1869) Rep
6 Jan 1869 - 1 Jan 1873 Henry Porter Baldwin
(b. 1814 - d. 1892) Rep
1 Jan 1873 - 3 Jan 1877 John Judson Bagley
(b. 1832 - d. 1881) Rep
3 Jan 1877 - 1 Jan 1881 Charles Miller Croswell
(b. 1825 - d. 1886) Rep
1 Jan 1881 - 1 Jan 1883 David Howell Jerome
(b. 1829 - d. 1896) Rep
1 Jan 1883 - 1 Jan 1885 Josiah Williams Begole
(b. 1815 - d. 1896) DGP
1 Jan 1885 - 1 Jan 1887 Russell Alexander Alger
(b. 1836 - d. 1907) Rep
1 Jan 1887 - 1 Jan 1891 Cyrus Gray Luce
(b. 1824 - d. 1905) Rep
1 Jan 1891 - 1 Jan 1893 Edwin Baruch Winans
(b. 1826 - d. 1894) Dem
1 Jan 1893 - 1 Jan 1897 John Tyler Rich
(b. 1841 - d. 1926) Rep
1 Jan 1897 - 1 Jan 1901 Hazen Stuart Pingree
(b. 1840 - d. 1901) Rep
1 Jan 1901 - 1 Jan 1905 Aaron Thomas Bliss
(b. 1837 - d. 1906) Rep
2 Jan 1905 - 2 Jan 1911 Fred Maltby Warner
(b. 1865 - d. 1923) Rep
2 Jan 1911 - 1 Jan 1913 Chase Salmon Osborn
(b. 1860 - d. 1949) Rep
1 Jan 1913 - 1 Jan 1917 Woodbridge Nathan Ferris
(b. 1853 - d. 1928) Dem
1 Jan 1917 - 1 Jan 1921 Albert Eeson Sleeper
(b. 1862 - d. 1934) Rep
1 Jan 1921 - 1 Jan 1927 Alexander Joseph Groesbeck
(b. 1873 - d. 1953) Rep
1 Jan 1927 - 1 Jan 1931 Fred Warren Green
(b. 1872 - d. 1936) Rep
1 Jan 1931 - 1 Jan 1933 Wilber Marion Brucker
(b. 1894 - d. 1968) Rep
1 Jan 1933 - 1 Jan 1935 William Alfred Comstock
(b. 1877 - d. 1949) Dem
1 Jan 1935 - 1 Jan 1937 Frank Dwight Fitzgerald
(1st time) (b. 1885 - d. 1939) Rep
1 Jan 1937 - 1 Jan 1939 Frank William Murphy
(b. 1890 - d. 1949) Dem
1 Jan 1939 - 16 Mar 1939 Frank Dwight Fitzgerald (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Rep
16 Mar 1939 - 1 Jan 1941 Luren Dudley Dickinson
(b. 1859 - d. 1943) Rep
1 Jan 1941 - 1 Jan 1943 Murray Delos Van Wagoner
(b. 1898 - d. 1986) Dem
1 Jan 1943 - 1 Jan 1947 Harry Francis Kelly
(b. 1895 - d. 1971) Rep
1 Jan 1947 - 1 Jan 1949 Kimber Cornellus Sigler
(b. 1894 - d. 1953) Rep
1 Jan 1949 - 1 Jan 1961 Gehard Mennen Williams
(b. 1911 - d. 1988) Dem
1 Jan 1961 - 1 Jan 1963 John Burley Swainson
(b. 1925 - d. 1994) Dem
1 Jan 1963 - 22 Jan 1969 George Wilcken Romney
(b. 1907 - d. 1995) Rep
22 Jan 1969 - 1 Jan 1983 William Grawn Milliken
(b. 1922)
Rep
1 Jan 1983 - 1 Jan 1991 James Johnston Blanchard
(b. 1942)
Dem
1 Jan 1991 - 1 Jan 2003 John M. Engler
(b. 1948)
Rep
1 Jan 2003 -
Jennifer Granholm (f)
(b. 1959)
Dem
Minnesota
Governors
1 Jun 1849 - 15 May 1853 Alexander Ramsey (1st time)
(b. 1815 - d. 1903) Whg
15 May 1853 - 23 Apr 1857 Willis Arnold Gorman
(b. 1816 - d. 1876) Dem
23 Apr 1857 - 24 May 1858 Samuel Medary
(b. 1801 - d. 1864) Dem
24 May 1858 - 2 Jan 1860 Henry Hastings Sibley
(b. 1811 - d. 1891) Dem
2 Jan 1860 - 10 Jul 1863 Alexander Ramsey (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
10 Jul 1863 - 11 Jan 1864 Henry Adoniram Swift
(b. 1823 - d. 1869) Rep
11 Jan 1864 - 8 Jan 1866 Stephen Miller
(b. 1816 - d. 1881) Rep
8 Jan 1866 - 9 Jan 1870 William Rainey Marshall
(b. 1825 - d. 1896) Rep
9 Jan 1870 - 7 Jan 1874 Horace Austin
(b. 1831 - d. 1905) Rep
7 Jan 1874 - 7 Jan 1876 Cushman Kellog Davis
(b. 1838 - d. 1900) Rep
7 Jan 1876 - 10 Jan 1882 John Sargent Pillsbury
(b. 1828 - d. 1901) Rep
10 Jan 1882 - 5 Jan 1887 Lucius Frederick Hubbard
(b. 1836 - d. 1913) Rep
5 Jan 1887 - 9 Jan 1889 Andrew Ryan McGill
(b. 1840 - d. 1905) Rep
9 Jan 1889 - 4 Jan 1893 William Rush Merriam
(b. 1849 - d. 1931) Rep
4 Jan 1893 - 31 Jan 1895 Knute Nelson
(b. 1843 - d. 1923) Rep
31 Jan 1895 - 2 Jan 1899 David Marston Clough
(b. 1846 - d. 1924) Rep
2 Jan 1899 - 7 Jan 1901 John Lind
(b. 1854 - d. 1930) Dem
7 Jan 1901 - 4 Jan 1905 Samuel Rinnah Van Sant
(b. 1844 - d. 1936) Rep
4 Jan 1905 - 21 Sep 1909 John Albert Johnson
(b. 1861 - d. 1909) Dem
21 Sep 1909 - 5 Jan 1915 Adolph Olson Eberhart
(b. 1870 - d. 1944) Rep
5 Jan 1915 - 30 Dec 1915 Winfield Scott Hammond
(b. 1863 - d. 1915) Dem
30 Dec 1915 - 5 Jan 1921 Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist
(b. 1879 - d. 1961) Rep
5 Jan 1921 - 6 Jan 1925 Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus
(b. 1883 - d. 1961) Rep
6 Jan 1925 - 6 Jan 1931 Theodore Christianson
(b. 1883 - d. 1948) Rep
6 Jan 1931 - 24 Aug 1936 Floyd Bjernstjerne Olson
(b. 1891 - d. 1936) MFL
24 Aug 1936 - 4 Jan 1937 Hjalmar Petersen
(b. 1890 - d. 1968) MFL
4 Jan 1937 - 2 Jan 1939 Elmer Austin Benson
(b. 1895 - d. 1985) MFL
2 Jan 1939 - 27 Apr 1943 Harold Edward Stassen
(b. 1907 - d. 2001) Rep
27 Apr 1943 - 8 Jan 1947 Edward John Thye
(b. 1896 - d. 1969) Rep
8 Jan 1947 - 27 Sep 1951 Luther Wallace Youngdahl
(b. 1896 - d. 1978) Rep
27 Sep 1951 - 5 Jan 1955 Clyde Elmer Anderson
(b. 1912 - d. 1998) Rep
5 Jan 1955 - 2 Jan 1961 Orville Lothrop Freeman
(b. 1918 - d. 2003) DFL
2 Jan 1961 - 25 Mar 1963 Elmer Lee Andersen
(b. 1909 - d. 2004) Rep
25 Mar 1963 - 2 Jan 1967 Karl Fritjof Rolvaag
(b. 1913 - d. 1990) DFL
2 Jan 1967 - 4 Jan 1971 Harold Powrie LeVander
(b. 1910 - d. 1992) Rep
4 Jan 1971 - 29 Dec 1976 Wendell Richard Anderson
(b. 1933)
DFL
29 Dec 1976 - 4 Jan 1979 Rudolph George Perpich (1st
time) (b. 1928 - d. 1995) DFL
4 Jan 1979 - 3 Jan 1983 Albert Harold Quie
(b. 1923)
Rep
3 Jan 1983 - 7 Jan 1991 Rudolph George Perpich
(2nd time) (s.a.)
DFL
7 Jan 1991 - 4 Jan 1999 Arne Helge Carlson
(b. 1934)
Rep
4 Jan 1999 - 6 Jan 2003 Jesse "the Body" Ventura
(b. 1951)
Ref;
(James George Janos)
4 Mar 2000 IPM
6 Jan 2003 -
Tim Pawlenty
(b. 1960)
Rep
Mississippi
Governors
7 May 1798 - 25 May 1801 Winthrop Sargent
(b. 1753 - d. 1820) Fed
25 May 1801 - 1 Mar 1805 William Charles Coles Claiborne
(b. 1775 - d. 1817) D-R
1 Mar 1805 - 7 Mar 1809 Robert Williams
(b. 1773 - d. 1855) D-R
7 Mar 1809 - 5 Jan 1820 David Holmes (1st time)
(b. 1769 - d. 1832) D-R
5 Jan 1820 - 7 Jan 1822 George Poindexter
(b. 1779 - d. 1853) D-R
7 Jan 1822 - 17 Nov 1825 Walter Leake
(b. 1762 - d. 1825) D-R
17 Nov 1825 - 7 Jan 1826 Gerard Chittocque Brandon
(b. 1788 - d. 1850) D-R
(1st time)(acting)
7 Jan 1826 - 25 Jul 1826 David Holmes (2nd time)
(s.a.)
D-R
25 Jul 1826 - 9 Jan 1832 Gerard Chittocque Brandon
(s.a.)
D-R
(2nd time)
9 Jan 1832 - 12 Jul 1833 Abram Marshall Scott
(b. 1785 - d. 1833) Dem
12 Jul 1833 - 20 Nov 1833 Charles Lynch (1st time) (acting)
(b. 1783 - d. 1853) Dem
20 Nov 1833 - 3 Dec 1835 Hiram George Runnels
(b. 1796 - d. 1857) Dem
3 Dec 1835 - 7 Jan 1836 John Anthony Quitman
(1st time) (b. 1798 - d. 1858) Whg
(acting)
7 Jan 1836 - 8 Jan 1838 Charles Lynch (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
8 Jan 1838 - 10 Jan 1842 Alexander Gallatin McNutt
(b. 1802 - d. 1848) Dem
10 Jan 1842 - 10 Jan 1844 Tilgham Mayfield Tucker
(b. 1802 - d. 1859) Dem
10 Jan 1844 - 10 Jan 1848 Albert Gallatin Brown
(b. 1813 - d. 1880) Dem
10 Jan 1848 - 10 Jan 1850 Joseph W. Matthews
(b. 1812 - d. 1862) Dem
10 Jan 1850 - 3 Feb 1851 John Anthony Quitman (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Dem
3 Feb 1851 - 24 Nov 1851 John Isaac Guion (acting)
(b. 1802 - d. 1855) Dem
24 Nov 1851 - 10 Jan 1852 James Whitfield (acting)
(b. 1791 - d. 1875) Dem
10 Jan 1852 - 5 Jan 1854 Henry Stuart Foote
(b. 1804 - d. 1880) U-D
5 Jan 1854 - 10 Jan 1854 John Jones Pettus (1st time)
(b. 1813 - d. 1867) Dem
(acting)
10 Jan 1854 - 16 Nov 1857 John J. McRae
(b. 1815 - d. 1861) Dem
16 Nov 1857 - 21 Nov 1859 William McWillie
(b. 1795 - d. 1869) Dem
21 Nov 1859 - 16 Nov 1863 John Jones Pettus (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
16 Nov 1863 - 13 Jun 1865 Charles Clark
(b. 1810 - d. 1877) Dem
13 Jun 1865 - 16 Oct 1865 William Lewis Sharkey (acting)
(b. 1798 - d. 1873) Whg
16 Oct 1865 - 15 Jun 1868 Benjamin Grubb Humphreys
(b. 1808 - d. 1882) Dem
1867 - 1868
Alvan Cullen Gillem
(b. 1830 - d. 1875) Mil
(U.S. military governor)
15 Jun 1868 - 10 Mar 1870 Adelbert Ames (1st time)
(b. 1835 - d. 1933) Mil
(U.S. military governor)
10 Mar 1870 - 30 Nov 1871 James Lusk Alcorn
(b. 1816 - d. 1894) Rep
30 Nov 1871 - 4 Jan 1874 Ridgley Ceylon Powers
(b. 1836 - d. 1912) Rep
4 Jan 1874 - 20 Mar 1876 Adelbert Ames (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
20 Mar 1876 - 9 Jan 1882 John Marshall Stone (1st time)
(b. 1830 - d. 1900) Dem
9 Jan 1882 - 13 Jan 1890 Robert Lowry
(b. 1830 - d. 1910) Dem
13 Jan 1890 - 20 Jan 1896 John Marshall Stone (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
20 Jan 1896 - 16 Jan 1900 Anselm Joseph McLaurin
(b. 1848 - d. 1909) Dem
16 Jan 1900 - 19 Jan 1904 Andrew Houston Longino
(b. 1854 - d. 1942) Dem
19 Jan 1904 - 21 Jan 1908 James Kimble Vardaman
(b. 1861 - d. 1930) Dem
21 Jan 1908 - 16 Jan 1912 Edmund Favor Noel
(b. 1856 - d. 1927) Dem
16 Jan 1912 - 18 Jan 1916 Earl LeRoy Brewer
(b. 1869 - d. 1942) Dem
18 Jan 1916 - 18 Jan 1920 Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (1st time)
(b. 1877 - d. 1947) Dem
18 Jan 1920 - 18 Jan 1924 Lee Maurice Russell
(b. 1875 - d. 1943) Dem
18 Jan 1924 - 18 Mar 1927 Henry Lewis Whitfield
(b. 1868 - d. 1927) Dem
18 Mar 1927 - 16 Jan 1928 Herron Dennis Murphree (1st time)
(b. 1886 - d. 1949) Dem
16 Jan 1928 - 19 Jan 1932 Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
19 Jan 1932 - 21 Jan 1936 Martin Sennett Conner
(b. 1891 - d. 1950) Dem
21 Jan 1936 - 16 Jan 1940 Hugh Lawson White (1st time)
(b. 1881 - d. 1965) Dem
16 Jan 1940 - 26 Dec 1943 Paul Burney Johnson
(b. 1880 - d. 1943) Dem
26 Dec 1943 - 18 Jan 1944 Herron Dennis Murphree (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
18 Jan 1944 - 2 Nov 1946 Thomas Lowry Bailey
(b. 1888 - d. 1946) Dem
2 Nov 1946 - 22 Jan 1952 Fielding Lewis Wright
(b. 1895 - d. 1956) Dem
22 Jan 1952 - 17 Jan 1956 Hugh Lawson White (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
17 Jan 1956 - 19 Jan 1960 James Plemon Coleman
(b. 1914 - d. 1991) Dem
19 Jan 1960 - 21 Jan 1964 Ross Robert Barnett
(b. 1898 - d. 1987) Dem
21 Jan 1964 - 16 Jan 1968 Paul Burney Johnson, Jr.
(b. 1916 - d. 1985) Dem
16 Jan 1968 - 18 Jan 1972 John Bell Williams
(b. 1918 - d. 1983) Dem
18 Jan 1972 - 20 Jan 1976 William Lowe Waller
(b. 1926)
Dem
20 Jan 1976 - 22 Jan 1980 Charles Clifton Finch
(b. 1927 - d. 1986) Dem
22 Jan 1980 - 10 Jan 1984 William Forrest Winter
(b. 1923)
Dem
10 Jan 1984 - 12 Jan 1988 William A. Allain
(b. 1928)
Dem
12 Jan 1988 - 14 Jan 1992 Raymond "Ray" Edwin Mabus, Jr.
(b. 1948)
Dem
14 Jan 1992 - 11 Jan 2000 Kirk Fordice
(b. 1934 - d. 2004) Rep
11 Jan 2000 - 13 Jan 2004 Ronnie Musgrove
(b. 1956)
Dem
13 Jan 2004 -
Haley Barbour
(b. 1947)
Rep
Missouri
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5 Jun 1861 - 1865 Confederate Missouri
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Adopted 23 Mar 1913
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Map
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Hear
State Song
"Missouri Waltz"
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Text
of State Song
Adopted 22 Jun 1949
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State
Constitution
(30 Mar 1945)
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Capital: Jefferson City
(St. Louis 7 Dec 1812-1821;
Saint Charles 1821-
21 Nov 1825)
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Motto: Salus populi suprema
lex esto (The welfare of
the people shall be the
supreme law)
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Nickname: Show Me State
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Population: 5,953,753 (2008)
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Mayors of
Kansas City
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Chronology
26 Mar 1804
Part of Orleans Territory.
4 Jul 1805
Part of Louisiana Territory.
7 Dec 1812
Missouri Territory.
10 Aug 1821
State
28 Oct 1861
Secession by part of the state (decision of a
"rump legislature" consisting of members
of
the disbanded legislature of the state).
28 Nov 1861
Accession to Confederate States of America
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Mayors of
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Commissioner of District of Louisiana
9 Mar 1803 - 30 Sep 1804 Amos Stoddard
(b. 1762 - d. 1813)
Governors of Louisiana Territory
1 Oct 1804 - 4 Jul 1805 William Henry Harrison (b. 1773 - d. 1841)
4 Jul 1805 - 3 Mar 1807 James
Wilkinson
(b. 1757 - d. 1825)
Mar 1807 - 1 Apr 1807 Joseph Browne
(acting)
1 Apr 1807 - 8 Mar 1808 Frederick Bates (acting)(1st
time) (b. 1777 - d. 1825)
Mar 1807 - 11 Oct 1809
Meriwether Lewis
(b. 1774 - d. 1809)
11 Oct 1809 - Sep 1810 Frederick Bates
(acting (2nd time) (s.a.)
Sep 1810 - Feb 1812 Benjamin
A. Howard (b. 1760 - d. 1814)
Feb 1812 - 7 Dec 1812 Frederick Bates
(3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
Governors of Missouri
7 Dec 1812 - 1 Jul 1813 Frederick Bates
(1st time) (s.a.)
(acting)
1 Jul 1813 - 20 Sep 1820 William Clark
(b. 1770 - d. 1838)
20 Sep 1820 - 15 Nov 1824 Alexander McNair
(b. 1775 - d. 1826) D-R
15 Nov 1824 - 4 Aug 1825 Frederick Bates (2nd time)
(s.a.)
D-R
4 Aug 1825 - 20 Jan 1826 Abraham J. Williams (acting)
(b. 1781 - d. 1839) D-R
20 Jan 1826 - 14 Nov 1832 John Miller
(b. 1781 - d. 1846) D-R
14 Nov 1832 - 13 Sep 1836 Daniel Dunklin
(b. 1790 - d. 1844) Dem
23 Nov 1836 - 16 Nov 1840 Lilburn Wycliffe Boggs
(b. 1796 - d. 1860) Dem
16 Nov 1840 - 9 Feb 1844 Thomas Reynolds
(b. 1796 - d. 1844) Dem
9 Feb 1844 - 20 Nov 1844 Meredith Miles Marmaduke (acting)
(b. 1791 - d. 1864) Dem
20 Nov 1844 - 27 Dec 1848 John Cummins Edwards
(b. 1804 - d. 1888) Dem
27 Dec 1848 - 3 Jan 1853 Austin Augustus King
(b. 1802 - d. 1870) Dem
3 Jan 1853 - 5 Jan 1857 Sterling Price
(b. 1809 - d. 1867) Dem
5 Jan 1857 - 27 Feb 1857 Trusten Polk
(b. 1811 - d. 1876) Dem
27 Feb 1857 - 22 Oct 1857 Hancock Lee Jackson (acting)
(b. 1796 - d. 1876) Dem
22 Oct 1857 - 3 Jan 1861 Robert Marcellus Stewart
(b. 1815 - d. 1871) Dem
3 Jan 1861 - 31 Jul 1861 Claiborne Fox Jackson
(b. 1806 - d. 1862) Dem
(Confederate governor 31 Jul 1861 - 7 Dec 1862;
from 8 Mar 1862 in Arkansas exile)
31 Jul 1861 - 31 Jan 1864 Hamilton Rowan Gamble (acting)
(b. 1798 - d. 1864) Uni
7 Dec 1862 - 7 Mar 1865 Thomas Caute Reynolds
(b. 1821 - d. 1887) Dem
(Confederate governor; in Texas
exile)
31 Jan 1864 - 2 Jan 1865 Willard Preble Hall (acting)
(b. 1820 - d. 1882) Uni
2 Jan 1865 - 12 Jan 1869 Thomas Clement Fletcher
(b. 1827 - d. 1899) Rep
12 Jan 1869 - 9 Jan 1871 Joseph Washington McClurg
(b. 1818 - d. 1900) Rep
9 Jan 1871 - 8 Jan 1873 Benjamin Gratz Brown
(b. 1826 - d. 1885) Lib
8 Jan 1873 - 12 Jan 1875 Silas Woodson
(b. 1819 - d. 1896) Dem
12 Jan 1875 - 8 Jan 1877 Charles Henry Hardin
(b. 1820 - d. 1892) Dem
8 Jan 1877 - 10 Jan 1881 John Sith Phelps
(b. 1814 - d. 1886) Dem
10 Jan 1881 - 12 Jan 1885 Thomas Theodore Crittenden
(b. 1832 - d. 1909) Dem
12 Jan 1885 - 28 Dec 1887 John Sappington Marmaduke
(b. 1833 - d. 1887) Dem
28 Dec 1887 - 14 Jan 1889 Albert Pickett Morehouse (acting)
(b. 1835 - d. 1891) Dem
14 Jan 1889 - 9 Jan 1893 David Rowland Francis
(b. 1850 - d. 1927) Dem
9 Jan 1893 - 11 Jan 1897 William Joel Stone
(b. 1848 - d. 1918) Dem
11 Jan 1897 - 14 Jan 1901 Lawrence Vest "Lon" Stephens
(b. 1858 - d. 1923) Dem
14 Jan 1901 - 9 Jan 1905 Alexander Monroe Dockery
(b. 1845 - d. 1926) Dem
9 Jan 1905 - 11 Jan 1909 Joseph Wingate Folk
(b. 1869 - d. 1923) Dem
11 Jan 1909 - 13 Jan 1913 Herbert Spencer Hadley
(b. 1872 - d. 1927) Rep
13 Jan 1913 - 8 Jan 1917 Elliot Woolfork Major
(b. 1864 - d. 1949) Dem
8 Jan 1917 - 10 Jan 1921 Frederick Dozier Gardner
(b. 1869 - d. 1933) Dem
10 Jan 1921 - 12 Jan 1925 Arthur Mastick Hyde
(b. 1877 - d. 1947) Rep
12 Jan 1925 - 14 Jan 1929 Samuel "Sam" Aaron Baker
(b. 1874 - d. 1933) Rep
14 Jan 1929 - 9 Jan 1933 Henry Stewart Caulfield
(b. 1873 - d. 1966) Rep
9 Jan 1933 - 11 Jan 1937 Guy Brasfield Park
(b. 1872 - d. 1946) Dem
11 Jan 1937 - 13 Jan 1941 Lloyd Crow Stark
(b. 1886 - d. 1972) Dem
13 Jan 1941 - 8 Dec 1945 Forrest C. Donnell
(b. 1884 - d. 1980) Rep
8 Dec 1945 - 10 Jan 1949 Phil M. Donnelly (1st time)
(b. 1891 - d. 1961) Dem
10 Jan 1949 - 12 Jan 1953 Forrest Smith
(b. 1886 - d. 1962) Dem
12 Jan 1953 - 14 Jan 1957 Phil M. Donnelly (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
14 Jan 1957 - 9 Jan 1961 James Thomas Blair, Jr.
(b. 1902 - d. 1962) Dem
9 Jan 1961 - 11 Jan 1965 John Montgomery Dalton
(b. 1900 - d. 1972) Dem
11 Jan 1965 - 8 Jan 1973 Warren Eastman Hearnes
(b. 1923 - d. 2009) Dem
8 Jan 1973 - 10 Jan 1977 Christopher S. "Kit" Bond
(b. 1939)
Rep
(1st time)
10 Jan 1977 - 12 Jan 1981 Joseph Patrick Teasdale
(b. 1936)
Dem
12 Jan 1981 - 14 Jan 1985 Christopher S. "Kit" Bond
(s.a.)
Rep
(2nd time)
14 Jan 1985 - 11 Jan 1993 John David Ashcroft
(b. 1942)
Rep
11 Jan 1993 - 16 Oct 2000 Mel Carnahan
(b. 1934 - d. 2000) Dem
17 Oct 2000 - 8 Jan 2001 Roger B. Wilson (acting)
(b. 1948)
Dem
8 Jan 2001 - 10 Jan 2005 Bob Holden
(b. 1949)
Dem
10 Jan 2005 - 12 Jan 2009 Matt Blunt
(b. 1970)
Rep
12 Jan 2009 - Jeremiah "Jay" W. Nixon (b. 1956) Dem
Montana
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27 Feb 1905 - 1 Jul 1981
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Adopted 1 Jul 1981
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Mayors of
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Chronology
7 Dec 1812
Part of Missouri Territory.
10 Aug 1821
Unorganized territory.
30 May 1854
Part of Nebraska Territory.
2 Mar 1861
Part of Dakota Territory.
4 Mar 1863
Part of Idaho Territory.
26 May 1864
Territory of Montana
8 Nov 1889
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Governors
22 Jun 1864 - 12 Jul 1866 Sidney Edgerton
(b. 1818 - d. 1900) Rep
Sep 1865 - Oct 1866
Thomas Francis Meagher (acting) (b. 1823 - d. 1867)
Dem
13 Jul 1866 - 9 Apr 1869 Green Clay Smith
(b. 1826 - d. 1895) Rep
1869
James Tufts (acting
for Smith) (b. 1829 - d. 1884)
Rep
9 Apr 1869 - 12 Jul 1870 James Mitchell Ashley
(b. 1824 - d. 1896) Rep
1869 - 1870
Wiley S. Scribner (or Schribner) (b. 1840 - d. 1889)
(acting for Ashley)
13 Jul 1870 - 14 Jan 1883 Benjamin Franklin Potts
(b. 1836 - d. 1887) Rep
14 Jan 1883 - 15 Dec 1884 John Schuyler Crosby
(b. 1839 - d. 1914) Rep
16 Dec 1884 - 13 Jul 1885 Benjamin Platt Carpenter
(b. 1837 - d. 1921) Rep
14 Jul 1885 - 7 Feb 1887 Samuel Thomas Hauser
(b. 1833 - d. 1914) Dem
8 Feb 1887 - 8 Apr 1889 Preston
Hopkins Leslie
(b. 1819 - d. 1907) Dem
9 Apr 1889 - 8 Nov 1889 Benjamin
Franklin White
(b. 1833 - d. 1920) Rep
8 Nov 1889 - 1 Jan 1893 Joseph Kemps Toole (1st
time) (b. 1851 - d. 1929) Dem
2 Jan 1893 - 3 Jan 1897 John Ezra Rickards
(b. 1848 - d. 1927) Rep
4 Jan 1897 - 7 Jan 1901 Robert Burns Smith
(b. 1854 - d. 1908) Dem
7 Jan 1901 - 1 Apr 1908 Joseph Kemps Toole (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Dem
1 Apr 1908 - 5 Jan 1913 Edwin Lee Norris
(b. 1865 - d. 1924) Dem
6 Jan 1913 - 2 Jan 1921 Samuel Vernon Stewart
(b. 1872 - d. 1939) Dem
3 Jan 1921 - 4 Jan 1925 Joseph Moore Dixon
(b. 1867 - d. 1934) Rep
4 Jan 1925 - 13 Mar 1933 John Edward Erickson
(b. 1863 - d. 1946) Dem
13 Mar 1933 - 15 Dec 1935 Frank Henry Cooney
(b. 1872 - d. 1935) Dem
16 Dec 1935 - 4 Jan 1937 William Elmer Holt
(b. 1884 - d. 1945) Dem
4 Jan 1937 - 6 Jan 1941 Roy Elmer Ayres
(b. 1882 - d. 1955) Dem
6 Jan 1941 - 3 Jan 1949 Samuel Clarence Ford
(b. 1882 - d. 1961) Rep
3 Jan 1949 - 4 Jan 1953 John Woodrow Bonner
(b. 1902 - d. 1970) Dem
4 Jan 1953 - 4 Jan 1961 John Hugo Aronson
(b. 1891 - d. 1978) Rep
4 Jan 1961 - 25 Jan 1962 Donald G. Nutter
(b. 1915 - d. 1962) Rep
26 Jan 1962 - 6 Jan 1969 Tim M. Babcock
(b. 1919)
Rep
6 Jan 1969 - 1 Jan 1973 Forrest Howard Anderson
(b. 1913 - d. 1989) Dem
1 Jan 1973 - 5 Jan 1981 Thomas Lee Judge
(b. 1934 - d. 2006) Dem
5 Jan 1981 - 2 Jan 1989 Ted Schwinden
(b. 1925)
Dem
2 Jan 1989 - 4 Jan 1993 Stan Stephens
(b. 1929)
Rep
4 Jan 1993 - 2 Jan 2001 Marc F. Racicot
(b. 1948)
Rep
2 Jan 2001 - 3 Jan 2005 Judy Martz (f)
(b. 1943)
Rep
3 Jan 2005 -
Brian Schweitzer
(b. 1955)
Dem
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