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Party abbreviations: Dem = Democratic Party (liberal, formerly D-R); Ind = Independent; 
Rep = Republican Party (conservative [est.1854 as anti-slavery]); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: AMP = Anti-Masonic Party (opposed Free Masonry, 1827-1836); AP = American Party (anti-immigrant, anti-Roman Catholic, Unionist, 1853-1860, informally called Know-Nothing Party); D-R = Democratic-Republican Party (pro-states rights, 1794-1829, renamed Dem); DFS = Democratic Free Soil Party (anti-slavery, opposed extension of slavery into western U.S. territories 1848-1854); Fed = Federalist Party (conservative, pro-Federal power, 1780's-1815); F-R = Federalist-Republican Party; 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); Whg = Whig Party (pro-federal govt., anti-Jacksonian, 1834-1854/60)


Ohio
 

[Flag of Ohio]
               Adopted 9 May 1902
 
Map of Ohio
Hear State Song
"Beautiful Ohio"
Text of State Song
Adopted 14 Oct 1969
State Constitution
(1 Sep 1851)
 Capital: Columbus
(Marietta 9 Jul 1788-1801;
Chillicothe 1 Mar 1801-1810,
1812-16; Zanesville 1810-1812)
Motto: With God, all things
are possible.
Nickname: Buckeye State
Population: 11,494,336 (2007)
Mayors of
Akron
Chronology
 3 Sep 1783                Ceded to the United States by Britain.
13 Sep 1786 - 30 May 1800  Western Reserve (tract of land in NE Ohio, on
                             the southern shore of Lake Erie)
                             administered by Connecticut.
13 Jul 1787                Northwest Ordinance enacted.
 9 Jul 1788                Territory Northwest of the River Ohio 
                             (Northwest Territory) created.
 1 Mar 1803                State of Ohio
Mayors of
Cincinnati
Mayors of
Cleveland
Mayors of
Columbus
Mayors of Toledo
 

Governors
 9 Jul 1788 - 14 Dec 1802  Arthur St. Clair                   (b. 1736 - d. 1818)  Mil
14 Dec 1802 -  3 Mar 1803  Charles Willing Byrd               (b. 1770 - d. 1828)
 3 Mar 1803 -  4 Mar 1807  Edward Tiffin                      (b. 1766 - d. 1829)  D-R
 4 Mar 1807 - 12 Dec 1808  Thomas Kirker (acting)             (b. 1760 - d. 1837)  D-R
12 Dec 1808 -  8 Dec 1810  Samuel H. Huntington               (b. 1765 - d. 1817)  D-R
 8 Dec 1810 - 24 Mar 1814  Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr.         (b. 1764 - d. 1825)  D-R
24 Mar 1814 -  8 Dec 1814  Othneil Looker (acting)            (b. 1757 - d. 1845)  D-R
 8 Dec 1814 - 14 Dec 1818  Thomas Worthington                 (b. 1773 - d. 1827)  D-R
14 Dec 1818 -  4 Jan 1822  Ethan Allan Brown                  (b. 1766 - d. 1852)  D-R
 4 Jan 1822 - 28 Dec 1822  Allen Trimble (1st time)           (b. 1783 - d. 1870)  D-R
                             (acting)
28 Dec 1822 - 19 Dec 1826  Jeremiah Morrow                    (b. 1771 - d. 1852)  D-R
19 Dec 1826 - 18 Dec 1830  Allen Trimble (2nd time)           (s.a.)               N-R
18 Dec 1830 -  7 Dec 1832  Duncan McArthur                    (b. 1772 - d. 1839)  N-R
 7 Dec 1832 - 12 Dec 1836  Robert Lucas                       (b. 1781 - d. 1853)  Dem
12 Dec 1836 - 13 Dec 1838  Joseph Vance                       (b. 1786 - d. 1852)  Whg
13 Dec 1838 - 16 Dec 1840  Wilson Shannon (1st time)          (b. 1802 - d. 1865)  Dem
16 Dec 1840 - 14 Dec 1842  Thomas Corwin                      (b. 1794 - d. 1865)  Whg
14 Dec 1842 - 15 Apr 1844  Wilson Shannon (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Dem
15 Apr 1844 -  3 Dec 1844  Thomas Welles Bartley (acting)     (b. 1812 - d. 1885)  Dem
 3 Dec 1844 - 12 Dec 1846  Mordecai Bartley                   (b. 1783 - d. 1870)  Whg
12 Dec 1846 - 22 Jan 1849  William Bebb                       (b. 1801 - d. 1873)  Whg
22 Jan 1849 - 12 Dec 1850  Seabury Ford                       (b. 1801 - d. 1855)  Whg
12 Dec 1850 - 13 Jul 1853  Reuben Wood                        (b. 1792 - d. 1864)  Dem
13 Jul 1853 - 14 Jan 1856  William Medill                     (b. 1802 - d. 1865)  Dem
                             (acting to 9 Jan 1854)
14 Jan 1856 -  9 Jan 1860  Salmon Portland Chase              (b. 1808 - d. 1873)  Rep
 9 Jan 1860 - 13 Jan 1862  William Dennison, Jr.              (b. 1815 - d. 1882)  Rep
13 Jan 1862 - 11 Jan 1864  David Tod                          (b. 1805 - d. 1868)  Uni
11 Jan 1864 - 29 Aug 1865  John Brough                        (b. 1811 - d. 1865)  Uni
29 Aug 1865 -  8 Jan 1866  Charles Anderson (acting)          (b. 1814 - d. 1895)  Rep
 8 Jan 1866 - 13 Jan 1868  Jacob Dolson Cox                   (b. 1828 - d. 1900)  Rep
13 Jan 1868 -  8 Jan 1872  Rutherford Birchard Hayes          (b. 1822 - d. 1893)  Rep
                             (1st time)
 8 Jan 1872 - 12 Jan 1874  Edward Follansbee Noyes            (b. 1832 - d. 1890)  Rep
12 Jan 1874 - 10 Jan 1876  William Allen                      (b. 1803 - d. 1879)  Dem
10 Jan 1876 -  2 Mar 1877  Rutherford Birchard Hayes          (s.a.)               Rep
                             (2nd time)
 2 Mar 1877 - 14 Jan 1878  Thomas Lowry Young (acting)        (b. 1832 - d. 1888)  Rep
14 Jan 1878 - 12 Jan 1880  Richard Moore Bishop               (b. 1812 - d. 1893)  Dem
12 Jan 1880 - 14 Jan 1884  Charles Foster                     (b. 1828 - d. 1904)  Rep
14 Jan 1884 - 11 Jan 1886  George Hoadly                      (b. 1826 - d. 1902)  Dem
11 Jan 1886 - 13 Jan 1890  Joseph Benson Foraker              (b. 1846 - d. 1917)  Rep
13 Jan 1890 - 11 Jan 1892  James Edwin Campbell               (b. 1843 - d. 1924)  Dem
11 Jan 1892 - 13 Jan 1896  William McKinley                   (b. 1843 - d. 1901)  Rep
13 Jan 1896 -  8 Jan 1900  Asa Smith Bushnell                 (b. 1834 - d. 1904)  Rep
 8 Jan 1900 - 11 Jan 1904  George Kilborn Nash                (b. 1842 - d. 1904)  Rep
11 Jan 1904 -  8 Jan 1906  Myron Timothy Herrick              (b. 1854 - d. 1929)  Rep
 8 Jan 1906 - 18 Jun 1906  John M. Pattison                   (b. 1847 - d. 1906)  Dem
18 Jun 1906 - 11 Jan 1909  Andrew Linter Harris (acting)      (b. 1835 - d. 1915)  Rep
11 Jan 1909 - 13 Jan 1913  Judson Harmon                      (b. 1846 - d. 1927)  Dem
13 Jan 1913 - 11 Jan 1915  James Middleton Cox (1st time)     (b. 1870 - d. 1957)  Dem
11 Jan 1915 -  8 Jan 1917  Frank Bartlett Willis              (b. 1871 - d. 1928)  Rep
 8 Jan 1917 - 10 Jan 1921  James Middleton Cox (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Dem
10 Jan 1921 -  8 Jan 1923  Harry Lyman Davis                  (b. 1878 - d. 1950)  Rep
 8 Jan 1923 - 14 Jan 1929  Alvin Victor Donahey               (b. 1873 - d. 1946)  Dem
14 Jan 1929 - 12 Jan 1931  Myers Young Cooper                 (b. 1873 - d. 1958)  Rep
12 Jan 1931 - 14 Jan 1935  George White                       (b. 1872 - d. 1953)  Dem
14 Jan 1935 -  9 Jan 1939  Martin Luther Davey                (b. 1884 - d. 1946)  Dem
 9 Jan 1939 -  8 Jan 1945  John William Bricker               (b. 1893 - d. 1986)  Rep
 8 Jan 1945 - 13 Jan 1947  Frank John Lausche (1st time)      (b. 1895 - d. 1990)  Dem
13 Jan 1947 - 10 Jan 1949  Thomas John Herbert                (b. 1894 - d. 1974)  Rep 
10 Jan 1949 -  3 Jan 1957  Frank John Lausche (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Dem
 3 Jan 1957 - 14 Jan 1957  John William Brown                 (b. 1913 - d. 1993)  Rep
14 Jan 1957 - 12 Jan 1959  Crone William O'Neill              (b. 1916 - d. 1978)  Rep
12 Jan 1959 - 14 Jan 1963  Michael Vincent DiSalle            (b. 1908 - d. 1981)  Dem
14 Jan 1963 - 11 Jan 1971  James Allan Rhodes (1st time)      (b. 1909 - d. 2001)  Rep
11 Jan 1971 - 13 Jan 1975  John Joyce Gilligan                (b. 1921)            Dem
13 Jan 1975 - 10 Jan 1983  James Allan Rhodes (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Rep
10 Jan 1983 - 14 Jan 1991  Richard F. Celeste                 (b. 1937)            Dem
14 Jan 1991 - 31 Dec 1998  George Victor Voinovich            (b. 1936)            Rep
31 Dec 1998 - 11 Jan 1999  Nancy Putnam Hollister (f)         (b. 1949)            Rep
11 Jan 1999 -  8 Jan 2007  Robert "Bob" Alphonso Taft III     (b. 1942)            Rep
 8 Jan 2007 -              Ted Strickland                     (b. 1941)
            Dem



Oklahoma
 
[1911 Flag of Oklahoma]
           2 Mar 1911 - 2 Apr 1925
 
[1925 Flag of Oklahoma]
               2 Apr 1925 - 9 May 1941
 
[Flag of Oklahoma]
                    Adopted 9 May 1941

Map of Oklahoma
Hear State Song
"Oklahoma!"
Text of State Song
Adopted 11 Mar 1953
State Constitution
(16 Nov 1907)
 Capital: Oklahoma City
(Guthrie 2 May 1890-
1 Jun 1910)
Motto: Labor omnia vincit
(Labor conquers all things)
Nickname: The Sooner State
Population: 3,580,846 (2007)
Mayors of
Oklahoma City
Chronology
26 Mar 1804                Part of Louisiana Territory.
 7 Dec 1812                Part of Missouri Territory.
 2 Mar 1819                Area south of 36.5° part of Arkansas Territory
26 May 1828                Unorganized territory.
28 May 1830                Settlement of "Five Civilized Nations" begun
                             under the Indian Removal Act.
30 Jun 1834                Indian Territory.
 8 Feb 1860 - 16 Mar 1896  Greer County claimed by Texas.
1879 - 1889                Bands of white migrants - the so-called
                             "Boomers" - try to settle the area.
22 Apr 1889                Unassigned lands were formally opened to white
                             settlement.
 2 May 1890                Oklahoma Territory
26 Apr 1906                End of sovereign rights of the Five Nations
                             (effective 4 Mar 1906).
16 Nov 1907                Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory 
                             united as State of Oklahoma.
 Mayors of Tulsa
Map of Indian
Territory
Historical Maps
of Oklahoma
 
 

Chief Leaders of the "Boomers"
1879 - 27 Nov 1884         David Lewis Payne                 (b. 1836 - d. 1884) 
1884 - 1889                William L. Couch
President of the Oklahoma Colony
1889                       James Murray 
Provisional Mayors of Oklahoma City 
27 Apr 1889 - 11 Nov 1889  William L. Couch
11 Nov 1889 - 27 Nov 1889  Sidney Clark (acting)
27 Nov 1889 - 30 Dec 1889  A.J. Beale
30 Dec 1889 -  2 May 1890  ....
Governors
 2 May 1890 - 18 Oct 1891  George Washington Steele           (b. 1839 - d. 1922)  Rep
18 Oct 1891 -  1 Feb 1892  Robert Martin                      (b. 1833 - d. 1897)  Rep
 1 Feb 1892 -  7 May 1893  Abraham Jefferson Seay             (b. 1832 - d. 1915)  Rep
 7 May 1893 - 24 May 1897  William Cary Renfrow               (b. 1845 - d. 1922)  Dem
24 May 1897 - 20 Apr 1901  Cassius McDonald Barnes            (b. 1845 - d. 1925)  Rep
20 Apr 1901 - 30 Nov 1901  William Miller Jenkins             (b. 1856 - d. 1941)  Rep
30 Nov 1901 -  9 Dec 1901  William C. Grimes                  (b. 1857 - d. 1931)  Rep
 9 Dec 1901 -  5 Jan 1906  Thompson Benton Ferguson           (b. 1857 - d. 1921)  Rep
 5 Jan 1906 - 16 Nov 1907  Frank Frantz                       (b. 1872 - d. 1941)  Rep
16 Nov 1907 -  9 Jan 1911  Charles Nathaniel Haskell          (b. 1861 - d. 1933)  Dem
 9 Jan 1911 - 11 Jan 1915  Lee Cruce                          (b. 1863 - d. 1933)  Dem
11 Jan 1915 - 13 Jan 1919  Robert Lee Williams                (b. 1868 - d. 1948)  Dem
13 Jan 1919 -  8 Jan 1923  James Brooks Ayers Robertson       (b. 1871 - d. 1938)  Dem
 8 Jan 1923 - 19 Nov 1923  John Callaway Walton               (b. 1881 - d. 1949)  Dem
19 Nov 1923 - 10 Jan 1927  Martin Edwin Trapp                 (b. 1877 - d. 1951)  Dem
10 Jan 1927 - 20 Mar 1929  Henry Simpson Johnston             (b. 1870 - d. 1965)  Dem
20 Mar 1929 -  1 Jan 1931  William Judson Holloway            (b. 1888 - d. 1970)  Dem
 1 Jan 1931 - 14 Jan 1935  William Henry Murray               (b. 1869 - d. 1956)  Dem
14 Jan 1935 -  9 Jan 1939  Ernest Whitworth Marland           (b. 1874 - d. 1941)  Dem
 9 Jan 1939 - 11 Jan 1943  Leon Chase Phillips                (b. 1890 - d. 1958)  Dem
11 Jan 1943 - 13 Jan 1947  Robert Samuel Kerr                 (b. 1896 - d. 1963)  Dem
13 Jan 1947 -  8 Jan 1951  Roy Joseph Turner                  (b. 1894 - d. 1973)  Dem
 8 Jan 1951 - 10 Jan 1955  Johnston Murray                    (b. 1902 - d. 1974)  Dem
10 Jan 1955 - 12 Jan 1959  Raymond D. Gary                    (b. 1908 - d. 1993)  Dem
12 Jan 1959 -  6 Jan 1963  James Howard Edmondson             (b. 1925 - d. 1971)  Dem
 6 Jan 1963 - 14 Jan 1963  George Patterson Nigh (1st time)   (b. 1927)            Dem
14 Jan 1963 -  9 Jan 1967  Henry Louis Bellmon (1st time)     (b. 1921)            Rep
 9 Jan 1967 - 11 Jan 1971  Dewey Follett Bartlett             (b. 1919 - d. 1979)  Rep
11 Jan 1971 - 13 Jan 1975  David Hall                         (b. 1930)            Dem
13 Jan 1975 -  3 Jan 1979  David Lyle Boren                   (b. 1941)            Dem
 3 Jan 1979 - 12 Jan 1987  George Patterson Nigh (2nd time)   (s.a.)               Dem
12 Jan 1987 - 14 Jan 1991  Henry Louis Bellmon (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Rep
14 Jan 1991 -  9 Jan 1995  David Lee Walters                  (b. 1951)            Dem
 9 Jan 1995 - 13 Jan 2003  Frank Anthony Keating              (b. 1944)            Rep
13 Jan 2003 -              C. Brad Henry                      (b. 1963)            Dem


Public Land Strip

Public Land Strip map
Capital: Beaver City
Population: 8/12,000 (1888)

25 Nov 1850                Public Land Strip ceded to U.S. by Texas (from 1885 
                             informally called No Man's Land); not part of any
                             territory. The area remained unclassified until 1890.
c.1880                     Settlement begins.
 4 Mar 1887                Territory of Cimarron proclaimed (not recognized by U.S.).
 2 May 1890                Part of Oklahoma (forming the panhandle).

President of the Convention
 4 Mar 1887 -  7 Nov 1887  Owen G. Chase
Governor
 7 Nov 1887 - 18..         J.R. Linley


The Five Nations of the Indian Territory 1830-1906
 
Map of Indian Territory
 
28 May 1830                Settlement of "Five Civilized Nations" begun                              under the Indian Removal Act. 
30 Jun 1834                Indian Territory.
16 Mar 1861                Confederate Bureau of Indian Affairs established to manage affairs 
                             with "Five Civilized Nations."
Jul/Oct 1861 - 23 Jun 1865 "Five Civilized Nations" allied to the Confederate States.
1866                       "Reconstruction" Treaties signed with U.S.
 4 Mar 1906                End of sovereign rights of the Five Nations.
 

Cherokee Nation

[Cherokee Braves Battle Flag]
            7 Oct 1861 - 23 Jun 1865 
          Cherokee Braves Battle Flag
 7 Oct 1861                Treaty of alliance with the Confederate States of America.
20 Feb 1863                Pro-U.S. faction revokes treaty with the Confederacy.
19 Jul 1866                "Reconstruction" Treaty with U.S.

Principal Chiefs, Western Cherokees
1818 - Dec 1836            John Jolly
Dec 1836 - Oct 1839        John Brown
Oct 1839 - 1840            John Rogers                        (b. 1778 - d. 1846)
Principal Chiefs
 2 Oct 1839 -  1 Aug 1866  John Ross                          (s.a.)
                            (in exile in Kansas, 3 Aug 1862 - Jun 1865)
21 Aug 1862 - 1866         Stand Watie (in rebellion)         (b. 1806 - d. 1871)
                            (elected by Confederate sympathizers;
                             surrendered to U.S. 23 Jun 1865)
 1 Aug 1866 - 19 Oct 1866  Lewis Downing (1st time) (acting)  (b. 1823 - d. 1882)
19 Oct 1866 -  4 Nov 1867  William Potter Ross (1st time)     (b. 1820 - d. 1891)
 4 Nov 1867 -  9 Nov 1872  Lewis Downing (2nd time)           (s.a.)
10 Nov 1872                Charles Thompson (1st time)        (d. 1891)
11 Nov 1872 -  1 Nov 1875  William Potter Ross (2nd time)     (s.a.)
 1 Nov 1875 -  3 Nov 1879  Charles Thompson (2nd time)        (s.a.)
 3 Nov 1879 -  1 Aug 1887  Dennis Wolf Bushyhead              (b. 1826 - d. 1898)
 1 Aug 1887 - 14 Dec 1891  Joel Bryan Mayes                   (b. 1833 - d. 1891)
14 Dec 1891 - 23 Dec 1891  Thomas Mitchell Buffington         (b. 1855 - d. 1938)
                             (1st time) (acting)
23 Dec 1891 -  4 Nov 1895  Colonel Johnson Harris             (b. 1856 - d. 1921)
 4 Nov 1895 -  6 Nov 1899  Samuel Houston Mayes               (b. 1845 - d. 1927)
 6 Nov 1899 -  2 Nov 1903  Thomas Mitchell Buffington         (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
 2 Nov 1903 - 21 Nov 1905  William Charles Rogers (1st time)  (b. 1849 - d. 1917)
21 Nov 1905 - 1905/06      Frank Josiah Boudinot              (b. 1866 - d. af.1937)
 

Eastern Cherokee Indian Agents
1801 - 28 Jan 1823         Return Jonathan Meigs              (d. 1823)
1823 - 1824                Joseph McMinn                      (b. 1758 - d. 1824)
1824 - 1832                Hugh Montgomery
1832 - 1833?
              William H. Cleghorn
Western Cherokee Indian Agents
1809? - 1813               Samuel Treat
1813 - 1817                William Lewis Lovely               (d. 1817)
1817 - 1820                Reuben Lewis                       (b. 1777 - d. 1844)
1820 - 1823                David Brearly

Dec 1823 - 1830            Edward W. Duval
1830 - 1835                George Vashon 
Cherokee Indian Agents
1836 - 1841                Montfort Stokes                    (b. 1762 - d. 1842)
1841 - 1846                Pierce Mason Butler                (b. 1798 - d. 1847)

1846 - 13 Jan 1848         James McKissick
Jan 1848 - Mar 1848        Gustavus Loomis (acting)
1848 - May 1849            Richard C.S. Brown
29 May 1849 - 21 Sep 1850  William Butler, Jr.                (d. 1850)
24 Sep 1850 -  8 Dec 1850  William G. Belknap (acting)
31 Oct 1850 -  4 Apr 1861  George Butler
Apr 1861 - Jun 1861        John Crawford 
                             (for the Confederate States Jun 1861 - 186.)
Jun 1861 - 31 Aug 1862     Charles W. Chatterton              (d. 1862)
1862 - 1866                James Harlan (acting to 1863)
1866 - 1867                John P. Humphreys
1867                       E.C. Cleaveland 
1867                       William Touples
1867 - 1868                J.J. Henderson
1868 - 1869                William B.D. Davis
1869 - 1870                John Craig 
1870 - 1874                John Buttrick Jones                (b. 1824 - d. 1876) 
1874 - 1914                the Muskogee Union Agents 


Chickasaw Nation

[Chickasaw Nation]

17 Jan 1837 - 22 Jun 1855  Component part (District) of the Choctaw Nation.
 1 Jul 1861                Treaty of alliance with the Confederate States of America.
28 Apr 1866                "Reconstruction" Treaty with U.S.

Minko (hereditary chief)
1838 - 1846                Ishtehotopa
Chiefs of the Chickasaw District, Chiefs of the Chickasaw People
1838 - 1839                George Colbert
1839 - 1844                ....
1844 - 1846                Isaac Alberson (Samuel Seeley)
1846 - 1848                James McLaughlin
1848 - 1850                Edmund Pickens
1850 - 1856                Daugherty Colbert
Governors
1856 - 1858                Cyrus H. Harris (1st time)               (b. 1817 - d. 1888)
1858 - 1860                Daugherty Winchester Colbert (1st time)  (b. 1810 - d. 1880)
1860 - 1862                Cyrus H. Harris (2nd time)               (s.a.)
1862 - 1866                Daugherty Winchester Colbert (2nd time)  (s.a.)
                             (in Texas exile Feb 1864 - 16 Jul 1865)
1864                       Horace Pratt (acting)
1866                       Jackson Kemp (acting)
1866 - 1870                Cyrus H. Harris (3rd time)               (s.a.)
1870 - 1871                William P. Brown
1871 - 1872                Thomas J. Parker                         (b. 1775 - d. 1890)
1872 - 1874                Cyrus H. Harris (4th time)               (s.a.)
1874 - 1878                Benjamin Franklin Overton (1st time)     (b. 1836 - d. 1884)
1878 - 1880                Benjamin Crooks Burney                   (b. 1844 - d. 1892)
1880 -  8 Feb 1884         Benjamin Franklin Overton (2nd time)     (s.a.)
1884 - 1886                Jonas Wolfe (1st time)                   (d. 1900)
1886 - 1888                William Malcom Guy                       (b. 1845 - d. 1918)
1888 - 1892                William Leander Byrd                     (b. 1844 - d. 1915)
1892 - Jun 1894            Jonas Wolfe (2nd time)                   (s.a.)
Jun 1894 - Oct 1894        Tecumsah A. McClure (acting)             (b. c.1830 - d. ....)
Oct 1894 - Aug 1896        Palmer Simeon Mosely (1st time)          (b. 1851 - d. 1908)
Aug 1896 - 1898            Robert Maxwell Harris                    (b. 1850 - d. 1927)
1898 - 1902                Douglas Henry Johnston (1st time)        (b. 1858 - d. 1939)
1902 - 1904                Palmer Simeon Mosely (2nd time)          (s.a.)
1904 - 26 Apr 1906         Douglas Henry Johnston (2nd time)        (s.a.)

Chickasaw Indian Agents
Apr 1818 - 1820            Hewnry Sherburne
Jan 1820 - 1823            Robert C. Nicholas
Dec 1823 - 1829            Benjamin F. Smith 
1829 - 1830                John Allen (acting)
1830 - 1837                Benjamin Reynolds
 9 Mar 1837 - 1851         A.M.M. Upshaw 
1851 - 1852                Kenton Harper 
1852 - 1856                Andrew J. Smith 
1856 - 1874                the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian Agents
1874 - 1914                the Muskogee Union Agents


Choctaw Nation

[Choctaw Nation]

1834 - 1838                Governed by the chiefs of the Moshulatubbee District,
                             the Oklafalaya District, and the Pushmataha District.
1838 - Oct 1857            Governed by the chiefs of the Moshulatubbee District,
                             the Apukshunnubbee District, the Pushmataha District,
                             and the Chickasaw District (s.a.)
 1 Jul 1861                Treaty of alliance with the Confederate States of America.
28 Apr 1866                "Reconstruction" Treaty with U.S.

Chiefs of Moshulatubbee District
1834 - 1836                Moshulatubbee
1836 - 1838                Joseph Kincaid
1838 - 1842                John McKinley
1842 - 1846                Nathaniel Folsom
1846 - 1850                Peter Folsom
1850 - 1854                Cornelius McCurtain                (b. 1803 - d. 1871)
1854 - Oct 1857            David McCoy
Chief of Oklafalaya District
1834 - 1838                Thomas LeFlore
Chiefs of Apukshunnubbee District
1838 - 1842                James Fletcher
1842 - 1850                Thomas LeFlore
1850 - Oct 1857            George Washington Harkins
Chiefs of Pushmataha District
1834 - 1838                Nitukechi (1st time)
1838 - 1841                Pierre Jusan
1841 - 1846                Isaac Folsom
1846                       Nitukechi (2nd time)
1846 - 1850                Silas D. Fisher
1850 - 1854                George Folsom
1854 - Oct 1857            Nicholas Cochnauer
Governors
Oct 1857 - 1858            Alfred Wade                        (d. c.1868)
1857 - Oct 1859            Tandy C. Walker
Oct 1859 -  1 Oct 1860     Basil LeFau LeFlore
Principal chiefs
 1 Oct 1860 -  6 Oct 1862  George Hudson                      (b. 1808 - d. 1865)
 6 Oct 1862 -  3 Oct 1864  Samuel Garland                     (b. 1803 - d. 1870)
 3 Oct 1864 -  1 Oct 1866  Peter Perkins Pitchlynn            (b. 1806 - d. 1881)
 1 Oct 1866 -  3 Oct 1870  Allen Wright
 3 Oct 1870 -  5 Oct 1874  William J. Bryant 
 5 Oct 1874 -  7 Oct 1878  Coleman Cole                       (b. c.1800 - d. 1886)
 7 Oct 1878 - Feb 1880     Isaac Levi Garvin                  (b. 1832 - d. 1880)
Feb 1880 -  6 Oct 1884     Jackson Frazier McCurtain          (b. 1830 - d. 1885)
                             (acting to 3 Oct 1880)
 6 Oct 1884 -  3 Oct 1886  Edmund McCurtain                   (b. 1842 - d. 1890)
 3 Oct 1886 -  1 Oct 1888  Thompson McKinney                  (d. 1889)
 1 Oct 1888 -  6 Oct 1890  Benjamin Franklin Smallwood        (b. 1829 - d. 1891)
 6 Oct 1890 -  1 Oct 1894  Wilson Nathaniel Jones             (b. 1831 - d. 1901)
 1 Oct 1894 -  5 Oct 1896  Jefferson Gardner                  (b. 1847 - d. 1906)
 5 Oct 1896 -  1 Oct 1900  Green McCurtain (1st time)         (b. 1848 - d. 1910)
 1 Oct 1900 -  6 Oct 1902  Gilbert W. Dukes                   (b. 1849 - d. 1919)
 6 Oct 1902 - 26 Apr 1906  Green McCurtain (2nd time)         (s.a.)
 

Choctaw Indian Agents
1825 - 1831                William Ward (2nd time)
1832 - 1835                Francis W. Armstrong 
1835 - 1846                William Armstrong 
Jun 1846 - 1850?           Samuel Rutherford 
 9 Sep 1850 - 1851         John Drennen
1851 - 1854                William Wilson

1854 - 1856                Douglas H. Cooper
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian Agents
1856 - 1861                Douglas H. Cooper
1861 - 1862                Richard P. Pulliam
1862 - 1866                Isaac Coleman 
Dec 1866 - 1870            Martin W. Chollar
1870 - 1873                Theophilus D. Griffith
1873 - 1874                Albert Parsons
1874 - 1914                the Muskogee Union Agents


Muskogee Nation (Creek)
 
[Muskogee Nation (Creek)]
   
[Muskogee, Creek  confederate flag]
    1861 - 186.  Pro-Confederate States flag

1836 - Dec 1867            Divided into the Lower Towns and the Upper Towns.
 1 Jul 1861                Lower Creeks sign treaty of alliance with the Confederate States.
14 Jun 1866                "Reconstruction" Treaty with U.S.

Principal chiefs of the Lower Towns
1836 - 1837                Heneha Micco
1837 - 1859                Roderick McIntosh "Roley McIntosh"
1859 - 1863                Motey Canard "Motey Kennard"
1863 - Dec 1867            Samuel Checote                     (b. 1819 - d. 1884)
Principal chiefs of the Upper Towns
1836 - 18..                Nehathlucco Hopoie "Little Doctor"
18.. - 18..                Hupuihilth Yahola "Opothle Yahola"
                            (in opposition to Confederate sympathizers;
                             from Dec 1861, in Missouri exile)
18.. - 18..                Tamarthla Micco
18.. - 1859                Tuckabatchee Micco (1st time)
1859 - 1863                Echo Harjo
1863 - 1865                Tuckabatchee Micco (2nd time)
1865 - Dec 1867            Oktarharsars Harjo "Sands"
                            (already proclaimed 5 Aug 1861)
Principal chiefs
Dec 1867 - Dec 1875        Samuel Checote (1st time)          (s.a.)
Dec 1875 -  5 Dec 1876     Lochar Harjo                       (d. 1879)
 5 Dec 1876 -  6 Dec 1879  Ward Coachman
 6 Dec 1879 -  5 Dec 1883  Samuel Checote (2nd time)          (s.a.)
 5 Dec 1883 - Dec 1887     Joseph Moses Perryman              (b. 1833 - d. 1896)
Dec 1887 - 25 Nov 1895     Legus C. Perryman                  (b. 1838 - d. 1922)
25 Nov 1895 -  5 Dec 1895  Hotulke Emarthla "Edward Bullet"
 5 Dec 1895 - Dec 1899     Isparhecher                        (b. 1858 - d. 1902)
Dec 1899 - 26 Apr 1906     Pleasant Porter                    (b. 1840 - d. 1907)
 

Creek Indian Agents
1790 - 1796                James Seagrove
1796 - Jun 1816            Benjamin Hawkins
1816 - 1821                David Brady Mitchell
1821 - 1836                John Crowell (for Eastern Creek)
1827 - 1830                David Brearley (for Western Creek)
1830 - 1834                John Campbell (for Western Creek) 
1834 - 1836                Leonard Tarrant (for Western Creek) 
1836 - 1838                J.W.A. Sanford
Feb 1838 - 1842
            James Logan (1st time)
Mar 1842 - Jun 1844        James L. Dawson 
Jun 1844 - 1850            James Logan (2nd time)
19 Sep 1850 - 1854         Philip H. Raiford
Jan 1854 - 1861            William H. Garrett 
                             (to 1863? for the Confederate States) 
1861 - Jul 1861            William Quesenbury
Jul 1861 - 1865            George A. Cutler
May 1863 - 1865            Israel G. Vore
                             (for the Confederate States) 
1865 - 1870                James W. Dunn (acting to May 1866)
1870 - 1873                Francis S. Lyon

1873 - 1874                Edward S. Roberts (acting) 
Muskogee Union Agents
1874                       John Buttrick Jones (acting)       (b. 1824 - d. 1876) 
1874 - 1876                George W. Ingalls                  (b. 1838 - d. 1920)
1876                       J.J. Upham
1876 - 1879                Sylvester W. Marston
1879 - 1885                John Q. Tufts
1885 - 1889                Robert Latham Owen                 (b. 1856 - d. 1947)
1889 - 1893                Leo E. Bennet                      (b. 1857 - d. ....)
1893 - 1899                Dew Moore Wisdom                   (b. 1836 - d. ....)
1899 - 1905                J. Blair Shoenfelt                 (b. 1859 - d. ....)
1905 - 1914                Dana H. Kelsey


Seminole Nation

[Seminole Confederate flag]
 29 Aug 1861 - 186. Pro-Confederate flag

 1 Jul 1861                Treaty of alliance with the Confederate States of America
                             divided the Seminole nation.
21 Mar 1866                "Reconstruction" Treaty with U.S.

Principal chiefs
1839 - Jan 1841            Mikanopi                           (d. 1849)
Jan 1841 - 18..            Miconnutcharsar "Jim Jumper"
18.. - 1865                John Jumper (1st time)             (b. c.1820 - d. 1896)
                            (pro-Confederate chief 1861 - 1865;
                             continues in rebellion to 1875)
1866 - Mar 1881            John Chupco                        (d. 1881)
                            (pro-U.S. chief; in Kansas exile
                             1861 - 1865)
Mar 1881 - 1882            Hulputta Che
Jul 1882 - 1885            John Jumper (2nd time)             (s.a.)
1885 - 1901                John Frippo Brown -Governor
                             (1st time)
1901 - 1905                Hulputta Micco                     (b. 18.. - d. 1905)
Governor
1905 - 26 Apr 1906         John Frippo Brown (2nd time) 
 

Seminole Indian Agents
 3 Mar 1821 - Sep 1821     Jean Penières
28 Sep 1821 - May 1822     John R. Bell
 8 May 1822 - 1830         Gad Humphrey 
Mar 1830 - 1833            John Phagan 
29 Aug 1833 - 28 Dec 1835  Wiley Thompson                     (d. 1835)
1836 - 1838?               William S. Pope
1838 - 1844?               Thomas L. Judge
1844 - 1853                Marcellus Duval 
1852 - 1855                B.J. Smithson 
1855 - 1856                J.W. Washbourne
1857 - 1861                Samuel Morton Rutherford
                             (1861 - 186. for the Confederate States) 
1861                       William P. Davis
1861 - 1865                George C. Snow 

1862 - 1865                Joseph Samuel Murrow               (b. 1835 - d. 1929)
                             (for the Confederate States)
1865 - 1869?               George A. Reynolds 
1869? - 1870?              T.A. Baldwin
1870 - 1874                Henry F. Breiner
1874 - 1914                the Muskogee Union Agents


Sequoyah

22 Aug 1905                Attempt by the Five Nations to form a separate
                             state of Sequoyah convenes.
14 Oct 1905                Constitution published, Fort Gibson chosen as capital.
26 Apr 1906                U.S. Congress rejects petition, area included in 
                             the state of Oklahoma.

President of the Convention 
22 Aug 1905 - 26 Apr 1906  Pleasant Porter, Principal   (b. 1840 - d. 1907)
                             Chief of the Muskogee



Superintendents of the Central Superintendency
(subordinated to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs; in charge of 
all agencies and reservations except those of the Five Civilized Tribes)
1822 - 1838                William Clark                 (b. 1770 - d. 1838)
1838 - 1839                George Maguire (acting)
1839 - 1841                Joshua Pilcher
1841 - 1844                David D. Mitchell (1st time)
1844 - 1849                Thomas H. Harvey
13 Mar 1851 - 1853         David D. Mitchell (2nd time)
23 Apr 1853 - 1857         Alfred Cumming                (b. 1802 - d. 1873) 
19 Aug 1857 - 1858         John Haverty
 1 Mar 1858 - 1861         Alexander M. Robinson
 8 Apr 1861 - 1864         Harrison B. Branch
 2 Mar 1864 - 1865         William M. Albin
 1 Jul 1865 - 1869         Thomas Murphy
22 Apr 1869 - 1876         Enoch Hoag
 

Superintendents of the Western Superintendency
(subordinated to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs; in charge
of the Five Civilized Tribes)
1837 - Jun 1846            William Armstrong            (d. 1846)
1846 - 1849                Samuel M. Rutherford
1849 - 1850?               John Drennen (1st time)(acting)
1850 - Mar 1851            A.S. Loughrey
Mar 1851 - 1854?           John Drennen (2nd time)

Superintendents of the Southern Superintendency

(subordinated to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs; in charge of the 
Five Civilized Tribes, from 1870 in charge of all agencies)
1854 - 1857                Charles W. Dean
1857 - 1861                Elias Rector 
 9 Apr 1861 - 20 Apr 1861  Samuel L. Griffith (1st time)
1861 - May 1865            William C. Coffin
20 Apr 1861 - 186.         Samuel L. Griffith (2nd time)
                             (for the Confederate States)
May 1865 - 1866            Elijah Sells 
1867                       Byers
1868 - 1869                L.N. Robinson
1869 -  2 Sep 1869         William B. Hazen
1869 - 1876                Enoch Hoag                  (b. 1812 - d. 1884)
1876 - 1878                William Nicholson           (b. 1826 - d. 1899)

Commanders of the Confederate Department of Indian Territory
and Commissioners (from Dec 1863 Commanders and Superintendents of Indian Affairs)
1862 -  7 Mar 1862         Benjamin J. McCullough      (b. 1811 - d. 1862) 
1862 -  5 Nov 1862         Albert Pike                 (b. 1809 - d. 1891) 
Nov 1862 - Jan 1863        Douglas Hancock Cooper      (b. 1815 - d. 1879)
Jan 1863 - Dec 1863        William Steels
Dec 1863 - 1865            Samuel Ball Maxey           (b. 1825 - d. 1895) 
1865                       Douglas Hancock Cooper      (s.a.) 



Oregon
 
[Flag of Oregon c.1900-1925]                   c.1900 - 26 Feb 1925
 
[Flag of Oregon (front)]                   Adopted 26 Feb 1925
 
[Flag of Oregon (Reverse)]              Adopted 26 Feb 1925 (Reverse)

Map of Oregon
Hear State Song
"Oregon, My Oregon"
Text of State Song
Adopted 12 Feb 1927
State Constitution
(14 Feb 1859)
 Capital: Salem
(Oregon City 14 Aug 1848-1852;
Salem 4 May 1852-1855;
Corvallis 13 Jan 1855 -
18 Dec 1855)
Motto: Alis volat Propriis
(She flies with her own wings)
Nickname: Beaver State
Population: 3,731,367 (2007)
Mayors of
Portland
Chronology

27 Aug 1775                Claimed for Spain by Bruno de Heceta and 
                             Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Cuadra.
15 Feb 1812                Oregon claimed by U.S.
12 Dec 1813                District of Columbia claimed by Britain.
20 Oct 1818                Joint U.S.-British administration
                             (see British Columbia).
22 Feb 1819                Spain renounces claim.
17 Jul 1846                Oregon territory south of 40 degrees latitude
                             ceded to U.S, north ceded to Britain.
14 Aug 1848                Territory (effective 3 Mar 1849).
14 Feb 1859                State

 
 
 
 
 
 

Chairman of the Executive Committee
14 Jul 1845 -  3 Mar 1849  George Abernethy                   (b. 1807 - d. 1877)  Whg
Governors
 3 Mar 1849 - 18 Jun 1850  Joseph Lane (1st time)             (b. 1801 - d. 1881)  Dem
18 Jun 1850 - 18 Aug 1850  Kintzing Prichette (acting)        (b. 1800 - d. ....)  Dem
18 Aug 1850 - 16 May 1853  John Pollard Gaines                (b. 1795 - d. 1857)  Whg
16 May 1853 - 19 May 1853  Joseph Lane (2nd time)             (s.a.)               Dem
19 May 1853 -  2 Dec 1853  George Law Curry (1st time)        (b. 1820 - d. 1878)  Dem
 2 Dec 1853 -  1 Aug 1854  John Wesley Davis                  (b. 1799 - d. 1859)  Dem
 1 Aug 1854 -  3 Mar 1859  George Law Curry (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
                             (acting to 14 Dec 1854)
 3 Mar 1859 - 10 Sep 1862  John Whiteaker                     (b. 1820 - d. 1902)  Dem
10 Sep 1862 - 12 Sep 1866  Addison Crandall Gibbs             (b. 1825 - d. 1886)  Rep
12 Sep 1866 - 14 Sep 1870  George Lemuel Woods                (b. 1832 - d. 1890)  Rep
14 Sep 1870 -  1 Feb 1877  LaFayette Grover                   (b. 1823 - d. 1911)  Dem
 1 Feb 1877 - 11 Sep 1878  Stephen Fowler Chadwick            (b. 1825 - d. 1895)  Dem
11 Sep 1878 - 13 Sep 1882  William Wallace Thayer             (b. 1827 - d. 1899)  Dem
13 Sep 1882 - 12 Jan 1887  Zenas Ferry Moody                  (b. 1832 - d. 1917)  Rep
12 Jan 1887 - 14 Jan 1895  Sylvester Pennoyer                 (b. 1831 - d. 1902)  Dem
14 Jan 1895 -  9 Jan 1899  William Paine Lord                 (b. 1839 - d. 1911)  Rep
 9 Jan 1899 - 14 Jan 1903  Theodore Thurston Geer             (b. 1851 - d. 1924)  Rep
15 Jan 1903 - 28 Feb 1909  George Earle Chamberlain           (b. 1854 - d. 1928)  Dem
 1 Mar 1909 - 17 Jun 1910  Frank Williamson Benson (acting)   (b. 1858 - d. 1911)  Rep
17 Jun 1910 -  8 Jan 1911  Jay Bowerman (acting)              (b. 1876 - d. 1957)  Rep
11 Jan 1911 - 12 Jan 1915  Oswald West                        (b. 1873 - d. 1960)  Dem
12 Jan 1915 -  3 Mar 1919  James Withycombe                   (b. 1854 - d. 1919)  Rep
 3 Mar 1919 -  8 Jan 1923  Ben Wilson Olcott (acting)         (b. 1872 - d. 1952)  Rep
 8 Jan 1923 - 10 Jan 1927  Walter Marcus Pierce               (b. 1861 - d. 1954)  Dem
10 Jan 1927 - 21 Dec 1929  Isaac Lee Patterson                (b. 1859 - d. 1929)  Rep
22 Dec 1929 - 12 Jan 1931  Albin Walter Norblad (acting)      (b. 1881 - d. 1960)  Rep
12 Jan 1931 - 14 Jan 1935  Julius L. Meier                    (b. 1874 - d. 1937)  Ind
14 Jan 1935 -  9 Jan 1939  Charles Henry Martin               (b. 1863 - d. 1946)  Dem
 9 Jan 1939 - 11 Jan 1943  Charles Arthur Sprague             (b. 1887 - d. 1969)  Rep
11 Jan 1943 - 28 Oct 1947  Earl Wilcox Snell                  (b. 1895 - d. 1947)  Rep
30 Oct 1947 - 10 Jan 1949  John Hubert Hall (acting)          (b. 1899 - d. 1970)  Rep
10 Jan 1949 - 27 Dec 1952  Douglas Douglas McKay              (b. 1893 - d. 1959)  Rep
27 Dec 1952 - 31 Jan 1956  Paul Liuton Patterson              (b. 1900 - d. 1956)  Rep
                            (acting to 10 Jan 1955)
 1 Feb 1956 - 14 Jan 1957  Elmo Everett Smith (acting)        (b. 1909 - d. 1968)  Rep
14 Jan 1957 - 12 Jan 1959  Robert Denison Holmes              (b. 1909 - d. 1976)  Dem 
12 Jan 1959 -  9 Jan 1967  Mark Odom Hatfield                 (b. 1922)            Rep
 9 Jan 1967 - 13 Jan 1975  Thomas Lawson McCall               (b. 1913 - d. 1983)  Rep
13 Jan 1975 -  8 Jan 1979  Robert William Straub              (b. 1920 - d. 2002)  Dem
 8 Jan 1979 - 12 Jan 1987  Victor George Atiyeh               (b. 1923)            Rep
12 Jan 1987 - 14 Jan 1991  Neil Edward Goldschmidt            (b. 1940)            Dem
14 Jan 1991 -  9 Jan 1995  Barbara Hughey Roberts (f)         (b. 1936)            Dem
 9 Jan 1995 - 13 Jan 2003  John Albert Kitzhaber              (b. 1947)            Dem
13 Jan 2003 -              Theodore "Ted" R. Kulongoski       (b. 1940)            Dem



Pennsylvania
 

[Flag of Pennsylvania]
             Adopted 13 Jun 1907
 
Map of Pennsylvania
Hear State Song
"Pennsylvania"
Text of State Song
Adopted 29 Nov 1990
State Constitution
(16 Dec 1873)
 Capital: Harrisburg
(Tinicum Island 1643-1681;
Chester 1681-1683;
Philadelphia 1683-Nov 1799;
Lancaster Nov 1799-1812)
Motto: Virtue, Liberty, and
Independence
Nickname: Keystone State
Population: 12,439,246 (2007)
Mayors of
Philadelphia
Chronology

26 Mar 1638                Parts of Delaware River valley part of 
                             Swedish colony (New Sweden)(see Delaware).
25 Sep 1655                Parts of Delaware River valley part of
                             New Netherland, Dutch colony (see New York).
 2 Apr 1681                English proprietary colony.
26 Apr 1693 - 20 Aug 1694  English crown rule.
 1 Nov 1776                Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
26 Sep 1777 - 18 Jun 1778  British occupy Philadelphia.
12 Dec 1787                State of the U.S.

Mayors of
Pittsburgh
Gettysburg
National Military
Park Map
 
 
 
 

Lords Proprietary
1681 - 26 Apr 1693         William Penn (1st time)            (b. 1644 - d. 1718)
20 Aug 1694 - 30 Jul 1718  William Penn (2nd time)            (s.a.)
1712 - 20 Dec 1726         Hannah Penn (f)                    (b. 1671 - d. 1726)
                             (acting for William Penn, then for sons below)
30 Jul 1718 - Oct 1746     John Penn                          (b. 1700 - d. 1746)
30 Jul 1718 - 21 Mar 1775  Thomas Penn                        (b. 1703 - d. 1775)
30 Jul 1718 - 1771         Richard Penn                       (b. 1735 - d. 1811)

Governors
Jun 1681 - 24 Oct 1682     William Markham (1st time)         (b. 1635? - d. 1704)
                             (deputy governor)
24 Oct 1682 - Jun 1684     William Penn (1st time)            (s.a.)
Aug 1684 - 18 Dec 1688     Thomas Lloyd (1st time)            (b. 1640 - d. 1694)
                             (president of the Council)
18 Dec 1688 -  2 Jan 1690  John Blackwell (deputy governor)
 2 Jan 1690 - 26 Apr 1693  Thomas Lloyd (2nd time)            (s.a.)
                             (president of the Council to Mar 1691,
                             then deputy governor)
26 Apr 1693 - 20 Aug 1694  Benjamin Fletcher -Captain-general (b. 16.. - d. 1703)
27 Apr 1693 - Dec 1699     William Markham (2nd time)         (s.a.)
                             (deputy governor)
Dec 1699 - Nov 1701        William Penn (2nd time)            (s.a.)
Lieutenant governors
14 Nov 1701 - 20 Apr 1703  Andrew Hamilton                    (b. 16.. - d. 1703)
 4 May 1703 -  3 Feb 1704  Edward Shippen                     (b. 1639 - d. 1712)
                             (president of the Council)
 3 Feb 1704 -  1 Feb 1709  John Evans
 1 Feb 1709 - 31 May 1717  Charles Gookin
31 May 1717 - 22 Jun 1726  Sir William Keith                  (b. 1680 - d. 1749)
22 Jun 1726 -  5 Aug 1736  Patrick Gordon
 5 Aug 1736 -  1 Jun 1738  James Logan                        (b. 1674 - d. 1751)
                             (president of the Council)
 1 Jun 1738 - 29 May 1747  George Thomas
 6 Jun 1747 - 23 Nov 1748  Anthony Palmer
                             (president of the Council)
23 Nov 1748 -  3 Oct 1754  James Hamilton (1st time)          (b. 1710? - d. 1783)
 3 Oct 1754 - 20 Aug 1756  Robert Hunter Morris               (b. 1700? - d. 1764)
                             (deputy governor)
20 Aug 1756 - 17 Nov 1759  William Denny
18 Nov 1759 - 31 Oct 1763  James Hamilton (2nd time)          (s.a.)
31 Oct 1763 -  4 May 1771  John Penn (1st time)               (b. 1729 - d. 1795)
 6 May 1771 - 16 Oct 1771  James Hamilton (3rd time)          (s.a.)
                             (president of the Council)
16 Oct 1771 - 30 Aug 1773  Richard Penn                       (s.a.)
30 Aug 1773 - 28 Sep 1776  John Penn (2nd time)               (s.a.)
President of the Committee of Safety
 3 Jul 1775 -  4 Jul 1776  Benjamin Franklin                  (b. 1706 - d. 1790)
Chairmen of the Committee of Safety
 4 Jul 1776                Owen Biddle (1st time)
 4 Jul 1776 -  8 Jul 1776  George Clymer
 8 Jul 1776                Owen Biddle (2nd time)
 9 Jul 1776                James Mease (1st time)
10 Jul 1776                Owen Biddle (3rd time)
11 Jul 1776                Alexander Wilcocks (1st time)
12 Jul 1776                Samuel Howell
15 Jul 1776                James Mease (2nd time)
16 Jul 1776                Owen Biddle (4th time)
17 Jul 1776                James Biddle
19 Jul 1776 - 22 Jul 1776  Alexander Wilcocks (2nd time)
Chairmen of the Council of Safety
24 Jul 1776 - 26 Jul 1776  David Rittenhouse (1st time)
27 Jul 1776                Samuel Morris (1st time)
29 Jul 1776 - 31 Jul 1776  David Rittenhouse (2nd time)
 1 Aug 1776                Samuel Morris (2nd time)
 2 Aug 1776                Thomas Wharton, Jr.                (b. 1735 - d. 1778)
 5 Aug 1776 -  6 Aug 1776  David Rittenhouse (3rd time)
President of the Council of Safety
 7 Aug 1776 -  5 Mar 1777  Thomas Wharton, Jr.                (s.a.)
Presidents of the Supreme Executive Council
 5 Mar 1777 - 23 May 1778  Thomas Wharton, Jr.                (s.a.)
23 May 1778 -  1 Dec 1778  George Bryan (acting)              (b. 1731 - d. 1791)
 1 Dec 1778 -  8 Oct 1781  Joseph Reed                        (b. 1741 - d. 1785)
 8 Oct 1781 -  8 Oct 1782  William Moore                      (b. 1735? - d. 1793)
                             (acting to 15 Nov 1781)
 8 Oct 1782 -  7 Nov 1782  James Potter (acting)
 7 Nov 1782 - 10 Oct 1785  John Dickinson                     (b. 1732 - d. 1808)
10 Oct 1785 - 18 Oct 1785  Charles Biddle (acting)
18 Oct 1785 - 14 Oct 1788  Benjamin Franklin                  (s.a.)
14 Oct 1788 -  5 Nov 1788  David Redick (acting)
 5 Nov 1788 - 21 Dec 1790  Thomas Mifflin                     (b. 1744 - d. 1800)
Governors
21 Dec 1790 - 17 Dec 1799  Thomas Mifflin                     (s.a.)               Fed
17 Dec 1799 - 20 Dec 1808  Thomas McKean                      (b. 1735 - d. 1817)  D-R
20 Dec 1808 - 16 Dec 1817  Simon Snyder                       (b. 1759 - d. 1819)  D-R
16 Dec 1817 - 19 Dec 1820  William Findlay                    (b. 1768 - d. 1846)  D-R
19 Dec 1820 - 16 Dec 1825  Joseph Hiester                     (b. 1752 - d. 1832)  D-R
16 Dec 1825 - 15 Dec 1829  John A. Shulze                     (b. 1775 - d. 1852)  D-R
15 Dec 1829 - 15 Dec 1835  George Wolf                        (b. 1777 - d. 1852)  Dem
15 Dec 1835 - 15 Jan 1839  Joseph Ritner                      (b. 1780 - d. 1869)  AMP
15 Jan 1839 - 21 Jan 1845  David R. Porter                    (b. 1788 - d. 1867)  Dem
21 Jan 1845 -  9 Jul 1848  Francis R. Shunk                   (b. 1788 - d. 1848)  Dem
26 Jul 1848 - 20 Jan 1852  William F. Johnston                (b. 1808 - d. 1872)  Whg
20 Jan 1852 - 16 Jan 1855  William Bigler                     (b. 1814 - d. 1880)  Dem
16 Jan 1855 - 19 Jan 1858  James Pollock                      (b. 1810 - d. 1890)  Dem
19 Jan 1858 - 15 Jan 1861  William Fisher Packer       &nb