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Party abbreviations: Dem= Democratic Party (liberal, center-left,former D-R,est.1829); Ind = Independent; Rep= Republican Party (conservative, center-right, est.1854);Mil= Military; - Former parties:AP= American Party (anti-immigrant, anti-Roman Catholic, Unionist,informally called Know-Nothing Party,1853-1860); Con= Conservative Party; D-I = Democratic-Independent Party (North Dakota progressive, 1890-1895);D-R = Democratic-Republican Party (pro-states rights, anti-federalist, 1794-1829, renamed Dem);Fed = Federalist Party (conservative, federalist, 1792-1824);IVA= Independent Voters Association (conservative, opposed NPL, 1918-1945);NPL= Non-Partisan League Party (progressive, formerly wing of Rep, 1915-1956, merged into Dem);Pop= People's (Populist) Party (agrarian, populist, left-wing, merger of Farmers' Alliance and Greenback Party, 1892-1909, merged into Dem);Sil= Silver Party (bimetallism, opposed demonetization of silver, mainly West/Midwest regionalist, 1892-1904, renamed S-D);S-D= Silver Democrat (bimetallism, populist, Dem who opposed demonetization of silver, 1904-1911, merged into Dem);Whg = Whig Party (economic nationalist, protectionist,anti-Jacksonian, 1833-1860)

Nebraska


c.1917 - 2 Apr 1925 Unofficial


Adopted 2 Apr 1925

Map of Nebraska	Hear State Song "Beautiful Nebraska"	Text of State Song Adopted 21 Jun 1967	State Constitution (1 Nov 1875)
Capital: Lincoln (Omaha 1855-Dec 1868; Bellevue 1854-1855)	Motto: Equality before the law	Nickname: Cornhusker State	Population: 1,961,504 (2020)

Mayors of Lincoln	Chronology `26 Mar 1804 Part of Orleans Territory.` `1 Oct 1804 Part of Indiana Territory.` `4 Jul 1805 Part of Louisiana Territory.` `7 Dec 1812 Part of Missouri Territory.` `10 Aug 1821 Unorganized territory` `30 May 1854 Territory` `1 Mar 1867 State`
Mayors of Omaha

Governors
16 Oct 1854 - 18 Oct 1854 Francis Burt                     (b. 1807 - d. 1854) Dem
                             (appointed 29 Jun 1854) 18 Oct 1854 - 20 Feb 1855 Thomas Barney Cuming (1st time)    (b. 1827 - d. 1858) Dem
                             (acting)
20 Feb 1855 - 25 Oct 1857 Mark Whitaker Izard                (b. 1799 - d. 1866) Dem
25 Oct 1857 - 12 Jan 1858 Thomas Barney Cuming (2nd time)    (s.a.)               Dem
                             (acting)
12 Jan 1858 - 5 Dec 1858 William Alexander Richardson       (b. 1811 - d. 1875) Dem
5 Dec 1858 - 2 May 1859 Julius Sterling Morton (1st time) (b. 1832 - d. 1902) Dem
                             (acting)
2 May 1859 - 24 Feb 1861 Samuel Watson Black                (b. 1816 - d. 1862) Dem
24 Feb 1861 - 6 Mar 1861 Julius Sterling Morton (2nd time) (s.a.)               Dem
                             (acting)
6 Mar 1861 - 15 May 1861 Algernon Sidney Paddock (acting)   (b. 1830 - d. 1897) Rep
15 May 1861 - 21 Feb 1867 Alvin Saunders                     (b. 1817 - d. 1899) Rep
21 Feb 1867 - 2 Jun 1871 David Christy Butler               (b. 1829 - d. 1891) Rep
2 Jun 1871 - 13 Jan 1873 William Hartford James (acting)    (b. 1831 - d. 1920) Rep 13 Jan 1873 - 11 Jan 1875 Robert Wilkinson Furnas            (b. 1824 - d. 1905) Rep
11 Jan 1875 - 9 Jan 1879 Silas Garber                       (b. 1833 - d. 1905) Rep
9 Jan 1879 - 4 Jan 1883 Albinus Nance                      (b. 1848 - d. 1911) Rep
4 Jan 1883 - 6 Jan 1887 James William Dawes                (b. 1844 - d. 1918) Rep
6 Jan 1887 - 15 Jan 1891 John Milton Thayer (1st time)      (b. 1820 - d. 1906) Rep
15 Jan 1891 - 5 May 1891 James Edward Boyd (1st time)       (b. 1834 - d. 1906) Dem
5 May 1891 - 8 Feb 1892 John Milton Thayer (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Rep
                             (acting)
8 Feb 1892 - 13 Jan 1893 James Edward Boyd (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
13 Jan 1893 - 3 Jan 1895 Lorenzo Crounse                    (b. 1834 - d. 1909) Rep
3 Jan 1895 - 5 Jan 1899 Silas Alexander Holcomb            (b. 1858 - d. 1920) Pop + Dem
5 Jan 1899 - 3 Jan 1901 William Amos Poynter               (b. 1848 - d. 1909) Pop + Dem
3 Jan 1901 - 1 May 1901 Charles Henry Dietrich             (b. 1853 - d. 1924) Rep
1 May 1901 - 8 Jan 1903 Ezra Perin Savage                  (b. 1842 - d. 1920) Rep
8 Jan 1903 - 3 Jan 1907 John Hopwood Mickey                (b. 1845 - d. 1910) Rep
3 Jan 1907 - 7 Jan 1909 George Lawson Sheldon              (b. 1870 - d. 1960) Rep
7 Jan 1909 - 5 Jan 1911 Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger       (b. 1862 - d. 1938) Dem
5 Jan 1911 - 9 Jan 1913 Chester Hardy Aldrich              (b. 1862 - d. 1924) Rep
9 Jan 1913 - 4 Jan 1917 John Henry Morehead                (b. 1861 - d. 1942) Dem
4 Jan 1917 - 9 Jan 1919 M. Keith Neville                   (b. 1884 - d. 1959) Dem
9 Jan 1919 - 3 Jan 1923 Samuel Roy McKelvie                (b. 1881 - d. 1956) Rep
3 Jan 1923 - 8 Jan 1925 Charles Wayland Bryan              (b. 1867 - d. 1945) Dem
                             (1st time)
8 Jan 1925 - 3 Jan 1929 Adam McMullen                      (b. 1872 - d. 1959) Rep
3 Jan 1929 - 8 Jan 1931 Arthur Jerard Weaver               (b. 1873 - d. 1945) Rep
8 Jan 1931 - 3 Jan 1935 Charles Wayland Bryan              (s.a.)               Dem
                             (2nd time)
3 Jan 1935 - 9 Jan 1941 Robert LeRoy Cochran               (b. 1886 - d. 1963) Dem
9 Jan 1941 - 9 Jan 1947 Dwight Palmer Griswold             (b. 1893 - d. 1954) Rep
9 Jan 1947 - 8 Jan 1953 Frederick Valdemar "Val" Erastus   (b. 1903 - d. 1983) Rep
                             Peterson
8 Jan 1953 - 6 Jan 1955 Robert Berkly Crosby               (b. 1911 - d. 2000) Rep
6 Jan 1955 - 8 Jan 1959 Victor Emanuel Anderson            (b. 1902 - d. 1962) Rep
8 Jan 1959 - 9 Sep 1960 Ralph Gilmour Brooks               (b. 1898 - d. 1960) Dem
9 Sep 1960 - 5 Jan 1961 Dwight Willard Burney              (b. 1892 - d. 1987) Rep
5 Jan 1961 - 5 Jan 1967 Frank Brenner Morrison             (b. 1905 - d. 2004) Dem
5 Jan 1967 - 7 Jan 1971 Norbert Theodore Tiemann           (b. 1924 - d. 2012) Rep
7 Jan 1971 - 3 Jan 1979 John James Exon                    (b. 1921 - d. 2005) Dem
4 Jan 1979 - 6 Jan 1983 Charles Thone                      (b. 1924 - d. 2018) Rep
6 Jan 1983 - 9 Jan 1987 Joseph Robert "Bob" Kerrey         (b. 1943)            Rep
9 Jan 1987 - 9 Jan 1991 Kay Avonne Stark Orr (f)           (b. 1939)            Rep
9 Jan 1991 - 7 Jan 1999 Earl Benjamin "Ben" Nelson         (b. 1941)            Dem
7 Jan 1999 - 20 Jan 2005 Michael "Mike" Owen Johanns        (b. 1950)            Rep 20 Jan 2005 - 8 Jan 2015 Dave Heineman                      (b. 1948)            Rep 8 Jan 2015 - 5 Jan 2023 John Peter "Pete" Ricketts       (b. 1964)    Rep 5 Jan 2023 -      James "Jim" D. Pillen              (b. 1955)            Rep

Nevada

25 Feb 1905 - 22 Mar 1915

22 Mar 1915 - 26 Mar 1926

26 Mar 1929 - 1 Oct 1991

Adopted 1 Oct 1991

Map of Nevada	Hear State Song "Home Means Nevada"	Text of State Song Adopted 6 Feb 1933	State Constitution (31 Oct 1864)
Capital: Carson City (Genoa 1859-1861)	Motto: All for Our Country	Nickname: Silver State, Sagebrush State	Population: 3,104,614 (2020)

Mayors of Las Vegas	Chronology `2 Feb 1848 Part of Mexican cession (ratified 30 May 1848).` `9 Sep 1850 Part of Utah Territory.` `15 Dec 1859 ProvisionalNevada Territory government, elected on 7 Sep 1861 in Carson county, convenes (not federally recognized). 2 Mar 1861 Territory` `31 Oct 1864 State`
Mayors of Reno

Provisional Governor
15 Dec 1859 - 1 Mar 1861 Isaac Newton Roop (not recognized) (b. 1822 - d. 1869) WhgGovernors 2 Mar 1861 - 5 Dec 1864 James Warren Nye                   (b. 1814 - d. 1876) Rep
5 Dec 1864 - 2 Jan 1871 Henry Goode Blasdel                (b. 1825 - d. 1900) Rep
2 Jan 1871 - 6 Jan 1879 Lewis Rice Bradley                 (b. 1805 - d. 1879) Dem
6 Jan 1879 - 1 Jan 1883 John Henry Kinkead                 (b. 1826 - d. 1904) Rep
1 Jan 1883 - 3 Jan 1886 Jewett William Adams               (b. 1835 - d. 1920) Dem
3 Jan 1887 - 21 Sep 1890 Charles Clark Stevenson            (b. 1826 - d. 1890) Rep
21 Sep 1890 - 5 Jan 1891 Francis Jardine Bell (acting)      (b. 1840 - d. 1927) Rep
5 Jan 1891 - 7 Jan 1895 Roswell Keyes Colcord              (b. 1839 - d. 1939) Rep
7 Jan 1895 - 10 Apr 1896 John Edward Jones                  (b. 1840 - d. 1896) Sil
10 Apr 1896 - 5 Jan 1903 Reinhold Sadler                    (b. 1848 - d. 1906) Sil
                             (acting to 2 Jan 1899)
5 Jan 1903 - 22 May 1908 John Sparks                        (b. 1843 - d. 1908) S-D
22 May 1908 - 2 Jan 1911 Denver Sylvester Dickerson (acting)(b. 1872 - d. 1925) S-D
2 Jan 1911 - 4 Jan 1915 Tasker Lowndes Oddie               (b. 1870 - d. 1950) Rep
4 Jan 1915 - 1 Jan 1923 Emmet Derby Boyle                  (b. 1879 - d. 1926) Dem
1 Jan 1923 - 3 Jan 1927 James Graves Scrugham             (b. 1880 - d. 1945) Dem
3 Jan 1927 - 21 Mar 1934 Fredrick Bennett Balzar            (b. 1880 - d. 1934) Rep
21 Mar 1934 - 7 Jan 1935 Morley Isaac Griswold (acting)     (b. 1890 - d. 1951) Rep
7 Jan 1935 - 2 Jan 1939 Richard Kirman, Sr.                (b. 1877 - d. 1959) Dem
2 Jan 1939 - 24 Jul 1945 Edward Peter Carville              (b. 1885 - d. 1956) Dem
24 Jul 1945 - 1 Jan 1951 Vail Montgomery Pittman            (b. 1883 - d. 1964) Dem
                             (acting to 1 Jan 1947)
1 Jan 1951 - 5 Jan 1959 Charles Hinton Russell             (b. 1903 - d. 1989) Rep
5 Jan 1959 - 2 Jan 1967 Frank Grant Sawyer                 (b. 1918 - d. 1996) Dem
2 Jan 1967 - 4 Jan 1971 Paul Dominique Laxalt              (b. 1922 - d. 2018) Rep
4 Jan 1971 - 1 Jan 1979 Mike O'Callaghan                   (b. 1929 - d. 2004) Dem
1 Jan 1979 - 3 Jan 1983 Robert Frank List                  (b. 1936)            Rep
3 Jan 1983 - 3 Jan 1989 Richard Hudson Bryan               (b. 1937)            Dem
3 Jan 1989 - 4 Jan 1999 Robert Joseph Miller               (b. 1945)            Dem
                             (acting to 7 Jan 1991)
4 Jan 1999 - 1 Jan 2007 Kenny C. Guinn                     (b. 1936 - d. 2010) Rep
1 Jan 2007 - 3 Jan 2011 Jim Gibbons                        (b. 1944)            Rep 3 Jan 2011 -  7 Jan 2019 Brian E. Sandoval (b. 1963) Rep 7 Jan 2019 - 2 Jan 2023 Stephen "Steve" F. Sisolak         (b. 1953)    Dem 2 Jan 2023 - Joseph "Joe" M. Lombardo (b. 1962)    Rep

New Hampshire


24 Feb 1909 - 31 Dec 1931


Adopted 1 Jan 1932

Map of New Hampshire	Hear State Song "Old New Hampshire"	Text of State Song Adopted 3 Mar 1949/ and 29 Nov 1977	State Constitution (2 Jun 1784)
Capital: Concord (Portsmouth 1679-1775 & 1789-1808; Exeter 1775-1789)	Motto: Live Free or Die	Nickname: Granite State	Population: 1,377,529 (2020)

Mayors of Manchester	Chronology `10 Aug 1622 Part of province ofMainegranted to John` `Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges; claim` `consisted of the lands between the Merrimack` `and Kennebec Rivers and extending inland 60` `miles.` `1623 First permanent settlement.` `7 Nov 1629 Mason and Gorges divided the province (also` `called "Laconia") between them. Mason's` `share being the area between the Merrimack` `and the Piscataqua Rivers, which he names` `"New Hampshire."` 7 Nov 1629 Part of the territory of New England in North America, styled as New Hampshire, is enfeoffed to John Mason in accordance with a legal contract concluded between the President and Council of New England and John Mason (other grants of lands within the territory of the future State of New Hampshire included those to Edward Hilton (1631), John Mason (1635) and others. The towns and plantations established under these grants did not have a central government). `7 Sep 1643 - 22 Jan 1680 The town of Exeter is placed under the administration of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay in accordance with a resolution of the General Court of` `Massachusetts.`22 Jan 1680 The towns and lands in the Province of New Hampshire, "lying and extending from three miles northward of Merrimack River, or any part thereof unto the Province of Maine," are placed under the administration of the President and Council in accordance with a royal commission (Province of New Hampshire). `by Royal charter (effective 1 Jan 1680).` `17 May 1686 - 18 Apr 1689 Part of the Dominion of New England` `(see underMassachusetts).` 28 Feb 1690 Province of New Hampshire is placed under the administration of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay. 13 Aug 1692 Part of the Province of New Hampshire, "lying and extending itself from three miles northward of Merrimack River or any part thereof unto the Province of Maine, with the south part of the Isle of Shoals" are placed under the administration of the Governor and Council in accordance with a royal commission of 1 Mar 1692 (Province of New Hampshire). 31 Jul 1699 - 13 Dec 1741 Governors of`Massachusettsare also governors` `of New Hampshire.` `5 Jan 1776 Provincial Congress of New Hampshire assumed "the name, power and authority of a House of Representatives or Assembly for the Colony of New Hampshire."` `5 Jan 1776 Colony of New Hampshire 11 Sep 1776 State of New Hampshire` `1 Mar 1781 The State of the U.S.` `9 Jul 1832 - 5 Aug 1835 Settlers of the area between Indian Stream and Hall's Stream, claimed both by U.S. & Canada, set up the 'Republic of Indian Stream' led by Luther Parker (b. 1800 – d. 1853) Justice of the Peace.`

Presidents of the Council of the Province of New Hampshire
22 Jan 1679 - 27 Mar 1681 John Cutt (Cutts)                  (b. 1613 - d. 1681)
5 Apr 1681 - 4 Oct 1682 Richard Waldron, Sr. (acting)      (b. 1614/15 - d. 1689)
Lieutenant Governors and Commanders-in-Chief of the Province of New Hampshire
4 Oct 1682 - 25 May 1685 Edward Cranfield                   (b. c.1641 - d. 1700)
25 May 1685 - 25 May 1686 Walter Barefoot (acting)         (b. 1636 - d. 1688/89)                              (deputy governor)
Governors 25 May 1686 - 20 Dec 1686 Joseph Dudley (1st time)           (b. 1647 - d. 1720)                              (president) 20 Dec 1686 - 18 Apr 1689 Sir Edmund Andros                  (b. 1637 - d. 1714)
24 May 1689 - 16 May 1692 Simon Bradstreet                   (b. 1604 - d. 1697)
Lieutenant Governors and Commanders-in-Chief of the Province of New Hampshire 13 Aug 1692 - 14 Dec 1697 John Usher (b. 1648 - d. 1726) Jan 1697 - 14 Dec 1697 John Hincks (in dissidence)    (d. bf.1734)                              (president of the council) 14 Dec 1697 - 15 Sep 1698 William Partridge (1st time)       (b. c.1654 - d. 1729)Governors and Commanders-in-Chief of the Province of New Hampshire 15 Sep 1698 - 31 Jul 1699 Samuel Allen                       (b. 1636 - d. 1705)
31 Jul 1699 - 5 Mar 1701 Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont   (b. 1636 - d. 1701)
Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of New Hampshire 5 Mar 1701 - 13 Jul 1702 William Partridge (2nd time)       (s.a.)
Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Province of New Hampshire in New England13 Jul 1702 - 13 Oct 1715 Joseph Dudley (2nd time)           (s.a.)
Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of New Hampshire 13 Oct 1715 - 17 Oct 1716 George Vaughan (b. 1676 - d. 1724)
Captain Generals and Governors-in-Chief in and over the Province of New Hampshire in New England17 Oct 1716 - 2 Nov 1728 Samuel Shute                       (b. 1662 - d. 1742)
2 Nov 1728 - 7 Sep 1729 William Burnett                    (b. 1688 - d. 1729) Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of New Hampshire 7 Sep 1729 - 25 Aug 1730 John Wentworth               (b. 1671 - d. 1730)
Captain Generals, Governors and Commanders-in-Chief in and over the Province of New Hampshire in New England
25 Aug 1730 - 12 Dec 1741 Jonathan Belcher                   (b. 1682 - d. 1757)
12 Dec 1741 - 13 Jun 1767 Benning Wentworth                  (b. 1696 - d. 1770)
13 Jun 1767 - 23 Aug 1775 John Wentworth                     (b. 1737 - d. 1820)                             (in refuge at Fort William and Mary from 13 Jun 1775)
Presidents of the Council
17 May 1775 - 6 Jan 1776 Matthew Thornton                   (b. 1714 - d. 1803)
6 Jan 1776 - 2 Jun 1784 Meshech Weare                      (b. 1713 - d. 1786)
                            (and president of Committee of Safety 20 Jan 1776 - 29 May 1784)Presidents of the State of New Hampshire 2 Jun 1784 - 15 Jun 1784 Woodbury Langdon (acting)    (b. 1739 - d. 1805)                              (senior senator) 15 Jun 1784 - 8 Jun 1785 Meshech Weare                      (s.a.)               8 Jun 1785 - 9 Jun 1786 John Langdon (1st time)            (b. 1741 - d. 1819) 9 Jun 1786 - 6 Jun 1788 John Sullivan (1st time)           (b. 1740 - d. 1795) 6 Jun 1788 - 22 Jan 1789 John Langdon (2nd time)            (s.a.)    22 Jan 1789 - 9 Jun 1789 John Pickering (acting)            (b. 1737 - d. 1805) Fed 9 Jun 1789 - 8 Jun 1790 John Sullivan (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Fed 8 Jun 1790 - 7 Jun 1793 Josiah Bartlett                    (b. 1729 - d. 1795) D-R
Governors
7 Jun 1793 - 5 Jun 1794 Josiah Bartlett                    (s.a.) D-R
5 Jun 1794 - 6 Jun 1805 John T. Gilman (1st time)          (b. 1753 - d. 1828) Fed
6 Jun 1805 - 8 Jun 1809 John Langdon (1st time)            (s.a.)               D-R
8 Jun 1809 - 6 Jun 1810 Jeremiah Smith                     (b. 1759 - d. 1842) Fed
6 Jun 1810 - 5 Jun 1812 John Langdon (2nd time)            (s.a.)               D-R
5 Jun 1812 - 3 Jun 1813 William Plumer (1st time)          (b. 1759 - d. 1850) D-R
3 Jun 1813 - 6 Jun 1816 John T. Gilman (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Fed
6 Jun 1816 - 3 Jun 1819 William Plumer (2nd time)          (s.a.)               D-R
3 Jun 1819 - 5 Jun 1823 Samuel Bell                        (b. 1770 - d. 1850) D-R
5 Jun 1823 - 2 Jun 1824 Levi Woodbury                      (b. 1789 - d. 1851) D-R
3 Jun 1824 - 7 Jun 1827 David L. Morrill                   (b. 1772 - d. 1849) D-R
7 Jun 1827 - 5 Jun 1828 Benjamin Pierce (1st time)         (b. 1757 - d. 1839) D-R
5 Jun 1828 - 4 Jun 1829 John Bell                          (b. 1765 - d. 1836) Dem
4 Jun 1829 - 3 Jun 1830 Benjamin Pierce (2nd time)         (s.a.)               D-R
3 Jun 1830 - 28 Feb 1831 Matthew Harvey                     (b. 1781 - d. 1866) Dem
28 Feb 1831 - 2 Jun 1831 Joseph M. Harper (acting)          (b. 1787 - d. 1865) Dem
2 Jun 1831 - 5 Jun 1834 Samuel Dinsmoor                    (b. 1766 - d. 1835) Dem
5 Jun 1834 - 2 Jun 1836 William Badger                     (b. 1779 - d. 1852) Dem
2 Jun 1836 - 5 Jun 1839 Isaac Hill                         (b. 1788 - d. 1851) Dem
5 Jun 1839 - 2 Jun 1842 John Page                          (b. 1787 - d. 1865) Dem
2 Jun 1842 - 6 Jun 1844 Henry Hubbard                      (b. 1784 - d. 1857) Dem
6 Jun 1844 - 4 Jun 1846 John H. Steele                     (b. 1789 - d. 1865) Dem
4 Jun 1846 - 3 Jun 1847 Anthony Colby                      (b. 1795 - d. 1873) Dem
3 Jun 1847 - 7 Jun 1849 Jared W. Williams                  (b. 1796 - d. 1864) Dem
7 Jun 1849 - 3 Jun 1852 Samuel Dinsmoor                    (b. 1799 - d. 1869) Dem
3 Jun 1852 - 8 Jun 1854 Noah Martin                        (b. 1801 - d. 1863) Dem
8 Jun 1854 - 7 Jun 1855 Nathaniel B. Baker                 (b. 1818 - d. 1876) Dem
7 Jun 1855 - 4 Jun 1857 Ralph Metcalf                      (b. 1798 - d. 1858) AP
4 Jun 1857 - 2 Jun 1859 William Haile                      (b. 1807 - d. 1876) Rep
2 Jun 1859 - 6 Jun 1861 Ichabod Goodwin                    (b. 1794 - d. 1882) Rep
6 Jun 1861 - 3 Jun 1863 Nathaniel S. Berry                 (b. 1796 - d. 1894) Rep
3 Jun 1863 - 8 Jun 1865 Joseph A. Gilmore                  (b. 1811 - d. 1867) Rep
8 Jun 1865 - 6 Jun 1867 Frederick Smyth                    (b. 1819 - d. 1899) Rep
6 Jun 1867 - 2 Jun 1869 Walter Harriman                    (b. 1817 - d. 1884) Rep
3 Jun 1869 - 8 Jun 1871 Onslow Stearns                     (b. 1810 - d. 1878) Rep
14 Jun 1871 - 6 Jun 1872 James A. Weston (1st time)         (b. 1827 - d. 1895) Dem
2 Jun 1872 - 3 Jun 1874 Ezekiel A. Straw                   (b. 1819 - d. 1882) Rep
3 Jun 1874 - 10 Jun 1875 James A. Weston (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Dem
10 Jun 1875 - 6 Jun 1877 Person C. Cheney                   (b. 1828 - d. 1901) Rep
7 Jun 1877 - 5 Jun 1879 Benjamin F. Prescott               (b. 1833 - d. 1895) Rep
5 Jun 1879 - 2 Jun 1881 Natt Head                          (b. 1828 - d. 1883) Rep
2 Jun 1881 - 7 Jun 1883 Charles H. Bell                    (b. 1823 - d. 1893) Rep
7 Jun 1883 - 4 Jun 1885 Samuel W. Hale                     (b. 1823 - d. 1891) Rep
4 Jun 1885 - 2 Jun 1887 Moody Currier                      (b. 1806 - d. 1898) Rep
2 Jun 1887 - 6 Jun 1889 Charles H. Sawyer                  (b. 1840 - d. 1908) Rep
6 Jun 1889 - 8 Jan 1891 David H. Goodell                   (b. 1834 - d. 1915) Rep
8 Jan 1891 - 5 Jan 1893 Hiram A. Tuttle                    (b. 1837 - d. 1911) Rep
5 Jan 1893 - 3 Jan 1895 John B. Smith                      (b. 1838 - d. 1914) Rep
3 Jan 1895 - 7 Jan 1897 Charles A. Busiel                  (b. 1842 - d. 1901) Rep
7 Jan 1897 - 5 Jan 1899 George A. Ramsdell                 (b. 1834 - d. 1900) Rep
5 Jan 1899 - 3 Jan 1901 Frank W. Rollins                   (b. 1860 - d. 1915) Rep
3 Jan 1901 - 1 Jan 1903 Chester B. Jordan                  (b. 1839 - d. 1914) Rep
1 Jan 1903 - 5 Jan 1905 Nahum J. Bachelder                 (b. 1854 - d. 1934) Rep
5 Jan 1905 - 3 Jan 1907 John McLane                        (b. 1852 - d. 1911) Rep
3 Jan 1907 - 7 Jan 1909 Charles M. Floyd                   (b. 1861 - d. 1923) Rep
7 Jan 1909 - 5 Jan 1911 Henry B. Quinby                    (b. 1846 - d. 1924) Rep
5 Jan 1911 - 2 Jan 1913 Robert P. Bass                     (b. 1873 - d. 1960) Rep
2 Jan 1913 - 1 Jan 1915 Samuel D. Felker                   (b. 1859 - d. 1932) Dem
1 Jan 1915 - 2 Jan 1917 Rolland H. Spaulding               (b. 1873 - d. 1942) Rep
2 Jan 1917 - 6 Jan 1919 Henry W. Keyes                     (b. 1863 - d. 1938) Rep
6 Jan 1919 - 6 Jan 1921 John H. Bartlett                   (b. 1869 - d. 1952) Rep
6 Jan 1921 - 4 Jan 1923 Albert O. Brown                    (b. 1852 - d. 1937) Rep
4 Jan 1923 - 1 Jan 1925 Fred H. Brown                      (b. 1879 - d. 1955) Dem
1 Jan 1925 - 6 Jan 1927 John G. Winant (1st time)          (b. 1889 - d. 1947) Rep
6 Jan 1927 - 3 Jan 1929 Huntley N. Spaulding               (b. 1869 - d. 1955) Rep
3 Jan 1929 - 1 Jan 1931 Charles W. Tobey                   (b. 1880 - d. 1953) Rep
1 Jan 1931 - 3 Jan 1935 John G. Winant (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Rep
3 Jan 1935 - 7 Jan 1937 Styles Bridges                     (b. 1898 - d. 1961) Rep
7 Jan 1937 - 2 Jan 1941 Francis P. Murphy                  (b. 1877 - d. 1958) Rep
2 Jan 1941 - 4 Jan 1945 Robert O. Blood                    (b. 1887 - d. 1975) Rep
4 Jan 1945 - 6 Jan 1949 Charles M. Dale                    (b. 1893 - d. 1978) Rep
6 Jan 1949 - 1 Jan 1953 Sherman Adams                      (b. 1899 - d. 1986) Rep
1 Jan 1953 - 6 Jan 1955 Hugh Gregg                         (b. 1917 - d. 2003) Rep
6 Jan 1955 - 1 Jan 1959 Lane Dwinell                       (b. 1906 - d. 1997) Rep
1 Jan 1959 - 3 Jan 1963 Wesley Powell                      (b. 1915 - d. 1981) Rep
3 Jan 1963 - 2 Jan 1969 John W. King                       (b. 1918 - d. 1996) Dem
2 Jan 1969 - 4 Jan 1973 Walter R. Peterson                 (b. 1922 - d. 2011) Rep
4 Jan 1973 - 4 Jan 1979 Meldrim Thomson, Jr.               (b. 1912 - d. 2001) Rep
4 Jan 1979 - 29 Dec 1982 Hugh J. Gallen                     (b. 1924 - d. 1982) Dem
11 Jan 1982 - 30 Nov 1982 Robert D. Monier                   (b. 1922 - d. 1986) Dem
                             (acting for Gallen)
30 Nov 1982 - 1 Dec 1982 William M. Gardner                 (b. 1948)            Dem
                             (acting for Gallen)
1 Dec 1982 - 6 Jan 1983 Vesta Roy (f)                      (b. 1925 - d. 2002) Rep
                             (acting [for Gallen to 29 Dec 1982])
6 Jan 1983 - 4 Jan 1989 John Henry Sununu                  (b. 1939)            Rep
4 Jan 1989 - 2 Jan 1993 Judd Gregg                         (b. 1947)            Rep
2 Jan 1993 - 7 Jan 1993 Ralph Degnan Hough (acting)    (b. 1943) Rep 7 Jan 1993 - 9 Jan 1997 Steve Merrill                      (b. 1946 - d. 2020) Rep
9 Jan 1997 - 9 Jan 2003 Jeanne Bowers Shaheen (f)          (b. 1947)            Dem 9 Jan 2003 - 6 Jan 2005 Craig Benson                       (b. 1954)            Rep 6 Jan 2005 - 3 Jan 2013 John Lynch                         (b. 1952)            Dem 3 Jan 2013 - 3 Jan 2017 Maggie Wood Hassan (f)    (b. 1958) Dem 3 Jan 2017 - 5 Jan 2017 Chuck Morse (acting) (b. 1960)    Rep 5 Jan 2017 - 9 Jan 2025 Christopher "Chris" T. Sununu    (b. 1974) Rep 9 Jan 2025 -              Kelly Ann Ayotte (f) (b. 1968)    Rep

New Jersey

[Flag of State
of New Jersey (U.S.)]
Adopted 26 Mar 1896

Map of New Jersey	Unofficial State Song "I'm From New Jersey"	Text of Unofficial Song Unofficial from 1972	State Constitution (1 Jan 1948)
Capital: Trenton (Perth Amboy and Burlington 1702-1790; East Jersey- Elizabethtown 1665-1686; Perth Amboy 1686-1702; West Jersey- Salem 1676-1681; Burlington 1681-1702)	Motto: Liberty and prosperity	Nickname: Garden State	Population: 9,288,994 (2020)

Mayors of Jersey City	Chronology `1623 - 1664 Part of New Netherland (seeNew York).` 1627 - 1654 Dutch erect Fort Nassau - South River - on the Delaware River at the mouth of Big Timber Creek, near present Gloucester, New Jersey. 1660 Dutch settlement of Bergen. 1664 Concessions and Agreement of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of New Caesarea, or New Jersey (signed 10 Feb 1665). 28 Oct 1664 The Associates (Elizabeth Colony) purchase all the lands between the Raritan and Passaic Rivers from the Indians. Nov 1664 Settlement of Elizabethtown, the first English town in New Jersey. 10 Feb 1665 English proprietary colony (New Jersey) `1673 - 1674 Dutch occupation of East Jersey.` `3 Mar 1676 Charter of Fundamental Laws of West Jersey.` `1 Jul 1676 - 1702 Divided into East Jersey and West Jersey.` `25 Nov 1681 Fundamentals of West Jersey. 23 Nov 1683 Fundamental Constitutions for the Province of East Jersey.` `8 Apr 1688 - 18 Apr 1689 Part of the Dominion of New England (East Jersey` `annexed 8 Apr 1688, West Jersey 9 Oct 1688)` `(see underMassachusetts).` `28 Apr 1702 Provinces of East New Jersey and West New Jersey` `return under the sovereignty of the crown of` `England when an Instrument of Surrender from` `the proprietors of the provincesis accepted.25 Aug 1703 East New Jersey and West New Jersey formally` `united as Province of New Jersey (also in` `official use: Province of Nova Caesarea).` `25 Aug 1703 - 25 Jan 1738` `Administered byNew York.` `2 Jul 1776 Colony of New Jersey18 Jul 1776 State of New Jersey` `18 Dec 1787 State of the U.S.`
Mayors of Newark
Mayors of Trenton

Lords Proprietors of East Jersey
Aug 1665 - 14 Jan 1680     Sir George Carteret                (b. c.1610 - d. 1680)
Jan 1680 - 1682            8 Proprietors
1682 - Apr 1688            24 Proprietors (1st time)
1692 - 17 Aug 1703         24 Proprietors (2nd time)
Lords Proprietors of West Jersey
Aug 1665 - 18 Mar 1674     John Berkeley, Baron Berkeley of   (b. 1602 - d. 1678)
                             Stratton
18 Mar 1674 - Feb 1675     Edward Byllynge (1st time)         (b. c.1623 - d. 1687)
                           + John Fenwick                     (b. 1618 - d. 1683)
Feb 1675 - Sep 1683        Trusteeship
Sep 1683 - Jan 1687        Edward Byllynge (2nd time)         (s.a.)
Feb 1687 - 1688          Daniel Coxe                        (b. 1640 - d. 1730)
1692 - 14 Aug 1703         12 Proprietors

Governors 29 Jul 1665 - Jul 1673     Philip Carteret                    (b. 1639 - d. 1682) 1672 - 1673                John Berry (acting for Carteret) (b. 1635 - d. 1689) 1673 - 1674                Anthony Colve (Dutch governor)   Nov 1674 - 1676            Philip Carteret                    (s.a.)
- East Jersey - 1676 - Feb 1682        Philip Carteret                    (s.a.)1676 - Jan 1681    Edmund Andros (1st time)       (b. 1637 - d. 1714)      (from 1678, Sir Edmund Andros)                              (in opposition toCarteret) 16 Sep 1682 - 1688     Robert Barclay (1st time)          (b. 1648 - d. 1690)                              (claimed governorship to 3 Oct 1690)
1682 - 1683                Thomas Rudyard (acting for Barclay)(b. 1640 - d. 1692)
1683 - 1686                Gawen Lawrie (acting for Barclay) (b. c.1603 - d. 1687)
4 Jun 1686 - 10 Dec 1686 Lord Neil Campbell             (b. c.1630 - d. 1692)
                             (acting for Barclay)
11 Dec 1686 - 1688         Andrew Hamilton (1st time)         (b. c.1640 - d. 1703)
                             (acting for Barclay)
7 May 1688 - Apr 1689     Sir Edmund Andros (2nd time)       (s.a.)
1689 - 3 Oct 1690     Robert Barclay (2nd time)          (s.a.)
1690 - 1691    John Tatham (appointment rejected) (b. c.1642 - d. 1700) 1691 - 1692    Joseph Dudley    (b. 1647 - d. 1720)                             (appointment rejected) Apr 1692 - Apr 1698        Andrew Hamilton (2nd time)         (s.a.)
7 Apr 1698 - Nov 1699     Jeremiah Basse                     (b. c.1660 - d. 1725)
15 May 1699 - Dec 1699     Andrew Bowne (acting for Basse)    (b. 1638 - d. c.1708) Dec 1699 - 26 Apr 1703     Andrew Hamilton (3rd time)         (s.a.)
- West Jersey -
1676 - 1680                Edmund Andros (1st time)       (s.a.)
Aug 1680 - Jan 1687        Edward Byllynge                    (s.a.)
1681 - 1684                Samuel Jennings                    (b. 1648 - d. 1708)
                             (acting for Byllynge)
1684 - 1685                Thomas Olive (acting for Byllynge) (b. c.1640 - d. 1700?)
1685 - 1687                John Skene (acting for Byllynge)   (b. c.1649 - d. 1690)
Feb 1687 - 1688        Daniel Coxe (1st time)             (s.a.)
1687 - 1688                Edward Hunloke (1st time)    (d. c.1703)
                             (acting for Coxe)
7 May 1688 - Apr 1689     Sir Edmund Andros (2nd time)       (s.a.)
Apr 1689 - Mar 1692        Daniel Coxe (2nd time) (s.a.)
1690 - Apr 1692            Edward Hunloke (2nd time)    (s.a.)                              (acting for Coxe) Apr 1692 - Apr 1698        Andrew Hamilton (1st time)         (s.a.)
7 Apr 1698 - Nov 1699     Jeremiah Basse                     (s.a.)
15 May 1699 - Dec 1699     Andrew Bowne (acting for Basse)    (s.a.) Dec 1699 - 20 Apr 1703     Andrew Hamilton (2nd time)         (s.a.)
- New Jersey-
25 Aug 1703 - 25 Jan 1738 the governors of New York
25 Jan 1738 - 21 May 1746 Lewis Morris                       (b. 1671 - d. 1746)
21 May 1746 - 1747         John Hamilton (acting)             (b. c.1681 - d. 1747)
17 Jun 1747 - 10 Aug 1747 John Reading (1st time) (acting)   (b. 1686 - d. 1767)
Aug 1747 - 31 Aug 1757     Jonathan Belcher                   (b. 1682 - d. 1757)
31 Aug 1757 - 27 Jan 1758 John Reading (2nd time) (acting)   (s.a.)
27 Jan 1758 - 4 Jul 1760 Sir Francis Bernard                (b. 1712 - d. 1779)
4 Jul 1760 - 29 Oct 1761 Thomas Boone                       (b. 1730/31 - d. 1812)
29 Oct 1761 - 24 Feb 1763 Josiah Hardy                       (b. 1715? - d. 1790)
24 Feb 1763 - 17 Jun 1776 William Franklin                   (b. 1731 - d. 1813)
President of the Provincial Congress
11 Jun 1776 - 18 Jul 1776 Samuel Tucker    (b. 1721 - d. 1789)
President of the Convention
18 Jul 1776 - 4 Sep 1776 Samuel Tucker    (s.a.)
Governors
4 Sep 1776 - 29 Oct 1784 William Livingston (1st time)     (b. 1723 - d. 1790) Fed
29 Oct 1784 Philemon Dickinson (acting)    (b. 1739 - d. 1809) Fed 29 Oct 1784 - 25 Jul 1790 William Livingston (2nd time)     (s.a.) Fed
25 Jul 1790 - 30 Oct 1790 Elisha Lawrence (acting)           (b. 1746 - d. 1799) Fed
30 Oct 1790 - 30 Mar 1793 William Paterson                   (b. 1745 - d. 1806) Fed
30 Mar 1793 - 3 Jun 1793 Thomas Henderson (acting)          (b. 1743 - d. 1824) Fed
3 Jun 1793 - 31 Oct 1801 Richard Howell                     (b. 1754 - d. 1802) Fed
20 Sep 1794 - 25 Dec 1794 Thomas Henderson                   (s.a.)               Fed
                             (acting for Howell)
31 Oct 1801 - 28 Oct 1802 Joseph Bloomfield (1st time)       (b. 1753 - d. 1823) D-R
28 Oct 1802 - 29 Oct 1803 John Lambert (acting)              (b. 1746 - d. 1823) D-R
29 Oct 1803 - 29 Oct 1812 Joseph Bloomfield (2nd time)       (s.a.)               D-R
29 Oct 1812 - 29 Oct 1813 Aaron Ogden                        (b. 1756 - d. 1839) Fed
29 Oct 1813 - 19 Jun 1815 William S. Pennington              (b. 1757 - d. 1826) D-R
19 Jun 1815 - 25 Oct 1815 William Kennedy (acting)           (b. c.1775 - d. 1826)D-R
26 Oct 1815 - 1 Feb 1817 Mahlon Dickerson                   (b. 1770 - d. 1853) D-R
6 Feb 1817 - 30 Oct 1829 Isaac H. Williamson                (b. 1767 - d. 1845) Fed
30 Oct 1829 - 6 Nov 1829 Vacant
6 Nov 1829 - 26 Oct 1832 Peter D. Vroom (1st time)          (b. 1791 - d. 1873) Dem
26 Oct 1832 - 27 Feb 1833 Samuel L. Southard                 (b. 1787 - d. 1842) Whg
27 Feb 1833 - 23 Oct 1833 Elias P. Seeley                    (b. 1791 - d. 1846) Whg
25 Oct 1833 - 3 Nov 1836 Peter D. Vroom (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Dem
3 Nov 1836 - 27 Oct 1837 Philemon Dickerson                 (b. 1788 - d. 1862) Dem
27 Oct 1837 - 27 Oct 1843 William Pennington                 (b. 1796 - d. 1862) Whg
27 Oct 1843 - 21 Jan 1845 Daniel Haines (1st time)           (b. 1801 - d. 1877) Dem
21 Jan 1845 - 18 Jan 1848 Charles C. Stratton                (b. 1796 - d. 1859) Whg
18 Jan 1848 - 20 Jan 1851 Daniel Haines (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Dem
21 Jan 1851 - 17 Jan 1854 George F. Fort                     (b. 1809 - d. 1872) Dem
17 Jan 1854 - 20 Jan 1857 Rodman M. Price                    (b. 1816 - d. 1894) Dem
20 Jan 1857 - 17 Jan 1860 William A. Newell                  (b. 1817 - d. 1901) Rep
17 Jan 1860 - 20 Jan 1863 Charles S. Olden                   (b. 1799 - d. 1876) Rep
20 Jan 1863 - 16 Jan 1866 Joel Parker (1st time)             (b. 1816 - d. 1888) Dem
16 Jan 1866 - 19 Jan 1869 Marcus L. Ward                     (b. 1812 - d. 1884) Rep
19 Jan 1869 - 16 Jan 1872 Theodore F. Randolph               (b. 1826 - d. 1883) Dem
16 Jan 1872 - 19 Jan 1875 Joel Parker (2nd time)             (s.a.)               Dem
19 Jan 1875 - 15 Jan 1878 Joseph D. Bedle                    (b. 1821 - d. 1894) Dem
15 Jan 1878 - 18 Jan 1881 George B. McClellan                (b. 1826 - d. 1885) Dem
18 Jan 1881 - 15 Jan 1884 George C. Ludlow                   (b. 1830 - d. 1900) Dem
15 Jan 1884 - 18 Jan 1887 Leon Abbett (1st time)             (b. 1836 - d. 1894) Dem
18 Jan 1887 - 21 Jan 1890 Robert S. Green                    (b. 1831 - d. 1895) Dem
21 Jan 1890 - 17 Jan 1893 Leon Abbett (2nd time)             (s.a.)               Dem
17 Jan 1893 - 21 Jan 1896 George T. Werts                    (b. 1846 - d. 1910) Dem
21 Jan 1896 - 31 Jan 1898 John W. Griggs                     (b. 1849 - d. 1927) Rep
1 Feb 1898 - 18 Oct 1898 Foster M. Voorhees (1st time)      (b. 1856 - d. 1927) Rep
                             (acting)
18 Oct 1898 - 16 Jan 1899 David O. Watkins (acting)          (b. 1862 - d. 1938) Rep
21 Jan 1899 - 21 Jan 1902 Foster M. Voorhees (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Rep
21 Jan 1902 - 17 Jan 1905 Franklin Murphy                    (b. 1846 - d. 1920) Rep
17 Jan 1905 - 21 Jan 1908 Edward C. Stokes                   (b. 1860 - d. 1942) Rep
21 Jan 1908 - 17 Jan 1911 John Franklin Fort                 (b. 1852 - d. 1920) Rep
17 Jan 1911 - 1 Mar 1913 Woodrow Wilson                     (b. 1856 - d. 1924) Dem
1 Mar 1913 - 28 Oct 1913 James F. Fielder (1st time)        (b. 1867 - d. 1954) Dem
                             (acting)
28 Oct 1913 - 20 Jan 1914 Leon R. Taylor (acting)            (b. 1883 - d. 1924) Dem
20 Jan 1914 - 15 Jan 1917 James F. Fielder (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
15 Jan 1917 - 16 May 1919 Walter E. Edge (1st time)          (b. 1873 - d. 1956) Rep
16 May 1919 - 13 Jan 1920 William N. Runyon (acting)         (b. 1871 - d. 1931) Rep
13 Jan 1920 - 20 Jan 1920 Clarence E. Case (acting)          (b. 1877 - d. 1961) Rep
20 Jan 1920 - 15 Jan 1923 Edward I. Edwards                  (b. 1863 - d. 1931) Dem
15 Jan 1923 - 19 Jan 1926 George S. Silzer                   (b. 1870 - d. 1940) Dem
19 Jan 1926 - 15 Jan 1929 A. Harry Moore (1st time)          (b. 1879 - d. 1952) Dem
15 Jan 1929 - 19 Jan 1932 Morgan F. Larson                   (b. 1882 - d. 1961) Rep
19 Jan 1932 - 3 Jan 1935 A. Harry Moore (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Dem
3 Jan 1935 - 8 Jan 1935 Clifford Ross Powell (acting)      (b. 1893 - d. 1973) Rep
8 Jan 1935 - 15 Jan 1935 Horace Griggs Prall (acting)       (b. 1881 - d. 1951) Rep
15 Jan 1935 - 18 Jan 1938 Harold G. Hoffman                  (b. 1896 - d. 1954) Rep
18 Jan 1938 - 21 Jan 1941 A. Harry Moore (3rd time)          (s.a.)               Dem
21 Jan 1941 - 18 Jan 1944 Charles Edison                     (b. 1890 - d. 1969) Dem
18 Jan 1944 - 21 Jan 1947 Walter E. Edge (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Rep
21 Jan 1947 - 19 Jan 1954 Alfred E. Driscoll                 (b. 1902 - d. 1975) Rep
19 Jan 1954 - 16 Jan 1962 Robert B. Meyner                   (b. 1908 - d. 1990) Dem
16 Jan 1962 - 20 Jan 1970 Richard J. Hughes                  (b. 1909 - d. 1992) Dem
20 Jan 1970 - 15 Jan 1974 William T. Cahill                  (b. 1912 - d. 1996) Rep
15 Jan 1974 - 19 Jan 1982 Brendan T. Byrne                   (b. 1924 - d. 2018) Dem
19 Jan 1982 - 16 Jan 1990 Thomas H. Kean                     (b. 1935)            Rep
16 Jan 1990 - 18 Jan 1994 James J. Florio                    (b. 1937 - d. 2022) Dem
18 Jan 1994 - 31 Jan 2001 Christine Todd Whitman (f)         (b. 1946)            Rep
31 Jan 2001 - 8 Jan 2002 Donald T. DiFrancesco              (b. 1944)            Rep
                             (acting)
8 Jan 2002                John J. Farmer, Jr. (acting)       (b. 1957)            Rep
8 Jan 2002 - 12 Jan 2002 John O. Bennett (acting)           (b. 1948)            Rep
12 Jan 2002 - 15 Jan 2002 Richard J. Codey (1st time)        (b. 1946)            Dem
                             (acting)
15 Jan 2002 - 16 Nov 2004 Jim McGreevey                      (b. 1957)            Dem
16 Nov 2004 - 17 Jan 2006 Richard J. Codey (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
                             (acting to 9 Jan 2006)
17 Jan 2006 - 19 Jan 2010 Jon S. Corzine                     (b. 1947)            Dem
12 Apr 2007 - 7 May 2007 Richard J. Codey       (s.a.)               Dem
                             (acting for incapacitated Corzine)19 Jan 2010 - 16 Jan 2018 Christopher "Chris" J. Christie    (b. 1962)    Rep 16 Jan 2018 -              Philip "Phil" D. Murphy            (b. 1957)    Dem

New Mexico


19 Mar 1915 - 15 Mar 1925 Unofficial


Adopted 15 Mar 1925

Map of New Mexico	Hear State Song "O, Fair New Mexico" Adopted 14 Mar 1917	Spanish State Song "Así Es Nuevo Méjico" (Such Is New Mexico) Adopted 1 Apr 1971	State Constitution (6 Jan 1912)
Capital: Santa Fe (San Juan de los Caballeros 1598-1600; San Gabriel 1600-1610)	Motto: Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes)	Nickname: Land of Enchantment	Population: 2,117,522 (2020)

Mayors of Albuquerque	Chronology `c.900 - c.1150 Chaco Canyon a center of culture for Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi). 21 Sep 1595 Spanish colony of Nuevo México (early on called Nueva Granada)(part ofNew Spain: seeMexico).Aug 1680 - Sep 1692 Pueblo Indian rebellion; Santa Fe is renamed Ogha Po'oge.17 Nov 1821` `Nuevo Mexicoa province ofMexico (Provincia de Nuevo México).` `6 Jul 1824` `Territory of Nuevo México(Territorio de Nuevo México).` `4 Oct 1824 Renamed Territory of Santa Fé of New Mexico (Territorio de Santa Fé de Nuevo México).` `30 Dec 1836 New Mexico Department(Departamento de Nuevo México).` `18 Aug 1846 U.S. occupation.22 Aug 1846 New Mexicodeclared a Mexican state (Estado de Nuevo México), no effect.` `19 Jan 1847 - 9 Jul 1847 Taos Pueblo and Mexican revolt. 2 Feb 1848` `Ceded to the U.S. by Mexico by the Treaty of` `Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexican cession)(effective on 30 May 1848).` `9 Sep 1850 Territory of New Mexico24 Feb 1862 - 12 Apr 1862 Albuquerque and Santa Fe (10 Mar 1862 - 8 Apr` `1862) occupied by` `Confederate forces.` `6 Jan 1912 State` `of New Mexico`
Mayors of Santa Fe

Governors and Captains-general
1595 - 1608                Juan de Oñate y Salazar            (b. 1550? - d. 1626)
1608 - 1610                Cristóbal de Oñate y Tolosa Cortés
Jan 1610 - 1614            Pedro de Peralta                   (b. 1584? - d. 1666)
1614 - 1618                Bernardino de Ceballos
1618 - 1626                Juan de Eulate     (b. 1583 - d. af.1640)
6 Feb 1626 - 1629         Felipe de Sotelo Osorio
1 May 1629 - Mar 1632     Francisco Manuel de Silva Nieto    (d. 1632)
3 Mar 1632 - Nov 1634     Francisco de la Mora y Ceballos
Nov 1634 - 18 Apr 1637     Francisco Martínez de Baeza
18 Apr 1637 - 1641         Luis de Rosas    (d. 1642)
1641                       Juan Flores de Sierra y Valdés     (d. 1641)
1641 - 1642                Francisco Gómez (acting)           (b. 1576 - d. 1656/57)
1642 - 1644                Alonso Pacheco de Herédia
6 Dec 1644 - 4 May 1647 Fernando de Arguello Carvajál
1647 - 1649                Luis de Guzmán y Figueroa
1649 - 1653                Hernando de Ugarte y la Concha
1653 - 1656                Juan de Samaniego y Díez de                              Ulzurrun Xaca
1656 - 1659                Juan Manso de Contreras    (d. 1671)
1659 - 1661                Bernardo López de Mendizábal     (b. c.1620 - d. 1664)
1661 - 1664                Diego Dionisio de Peñalosa Briceño (b. 1621 - d. 1687)
                             y Berdugo
1664                       Tomé Dominguez de Mendoza (acting) (b. 1623 - d. af.1682)
1664 - 1665                Juan Durán de Miranda (1st time)
1665 - 1668                Fernando de Villanueva y       (d. 1679)
                             Armendaris 1668 - 1671                Juan de Medrano y Mesia
1671 - 1675                Juan Durán de Miranda (2nd time)
1675 - 1677                Juan Francisco Treviño
1677 - 1683                Antonio de Otermín (left Santa Fe on 15 Sep 1680) Aug 1680 - Sep 1692    Chiefs of Thirteen Villages (in rebellion)                           (Pueblo Indian leaders at Ogha Po'oge [Santa Fe])          - Popé (Po’pay) (1st time)         (b. c.1630 - d. 1688)                              (Aug 1680 – 1681)                - Luis Tupatu (1st time)(1681-1688)(d. 1693)                    - Popé (Po’pay)(2nd time)(1688)    (s.a.)    - Luis Tupatu (2nd time)           (s.a.)                              (1688 - Sep 1692)1683 - 1686                Domingo Jironza Pétriz de Cruzate (b. 1640 - d. 1708)                              (1st time)(nominal)19 Sep 1686 - 21 Feb 1689 Pedro Reneros de Posada (nominal) 21 Feb 1689 - 1691         Domingo Jironza Pétriz de Cruzate (s.a.)                              (2nd time) (nominal) 1691 - 1697                Diego de Vargas Zapata y Lujan    (b. 1643 - d. 1704)                              Ponce de León,marqués de la Nava Barcinas (1st time) (nominal until Sep 1692) 2 Jul 1697 - 1703         Pedro Rodríguez Cubero (b. 1656 - d. 1704) Nov 1703 - 8 Apr 1704     Diego de Vargas Zapata y Lujan     (s.a.)                              Ponce de León, marqués de la Nava Barcinas(2nd time)
1704 - 1705                Juan Páez Hurtado (1st time)       (b. 1668 - d. 1724)
                             (acting)
10 Mar 1705 - Aug 1707     Francisco Cuervo y Valdés          (b. 1651 - d. 1714)                              (interim)
1707 - 1712                José Chacón Medina Salazar y       (b. 1668 - d. 17..)
                             Villaseñor, marqués de la Peñuela
5 Oct 1712 - 5 Oct 1715 Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon
1715 - 1716                Felix Martínez de Torrelaguna
                             (interim)
1716                       Antonio Valverde de Cosío    (b. 1670 - d. 1728)
                             (1st time) (acting)
1716 - 20 Jan 1717         Juan Páez Hurtado (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (acting)
1717 - 1721                Antonio Valverde de Cosío    (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) (interim)
1721 - 1723                Juan de Estrada y Austria (interim)
1723 - 1731                Juan Domingo de Bustamente
1731 - 1736                Gervasio Cruzat y Góngora
1736 - 1739                Enrique de Olavide y Michelena
1739 - 1743                Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza y Delgado
1743 - 1749                Joaquín Codallas y Rabal
May 1749 - 1754            Tomás Vélez Cachupín (1st time)
1754 - 1760                Francisco Antonio Marín del Valle (b. 1722 - d. ....)
1760                       Mateo Antonio de Mendoza Díaz      (b. 1696 - d. 17..)    de Arce (acting)
10 May 1760 - 1762         Manuel Portillo y Urrisola (acting)
1762 - 1767                Tomás Vélez Cachupín (2nd time)
1767 - 1778                Pedro Fermín de Mendinueta
1778               Francisco Trebol Navarro (acting)
Governors 1778 - 1787                Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto(b. 1736 - d. 1788)
1787 - 1794                Fernando de la Concha
1794 - 1805                Fernando Chacón
23 Mar 1805 - 1808         Joaquín del Real Alencaster (b. c.1761 - d. 18..)                              (acting)
1808               Alberto Mányez (1st time)(acting)
1808 - 1814                José Manrique
1814 - 1816                Alberto Máynez (2nd time)
1816 - 1818                Pedro María de Allande       (b. 1745 - d. 18..)
Aug 1818 - Jan 1822      Facundo Melgares       (b. 1775 - d. c.1835) Political Chiefs (Jefe político) Jan 1822 - 5 Jul 1822     Facundo Melgares (acting)    (s.a.)
5 Jul 1822 - Nov 1822     Francisco Xavier Chávez    (b. 1768/69 - d. 1838)
Nov 1822 - Sep 1823        José Antonio Vizcarra (1st time)
Sep 1823 - Sep 1825        Bartolomé Baca (b. c.1767 - d. 1834)
1825                       Antonio de Narbona (b. 1773 - d. 1830)
1825 - 1827                José Antonio Vizcarra (2nd time)
1827 - 1829                Manuel Armijo (1st time) (b. c.1793 - d. 1853)
Sep 1829 - 1832            José Antonio Chávez
1832 - 1833                Santiago Abreú                     (b. c.1803 - d. 1837)
1833 - 14 May 1835         Francisco Sarracino    (b. 1790 - d. 18..)
Jul 1835 - 8 Aug 1837     Albino Pérez                       (d. 1837)
1837 - 1844          Manuel Armijo (2nd time) (s.a.)
31 Jan 1844 - 10 Apr 1844 Mariano Chávez y Castillo (acting) (b. 1799 - d. 1845) 10 Apr 1844 - 29 Apr 1844 Felipe Sena (acting)29 Apr 1844 - 1845   Mariano Martínez de Lejarza        (b. 1808 - d. 1854) 1 May 1845 - 16 Nov 1845 JoséChavéz y Castillo Nov 1845 - 14 Aug 1846   Manuel Armijo (3rd time) (s.a.)
14 Aug 1846 - 18 Aug 1846 Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid (b. 1792 - d. 1866)
(acting)Military Governors
18 Aug 1846 - 26 Sep 1846 Stephen Watts Kearny               (b. 1794 - d. 1848)
26 Sep 1846 - 14 Dec 1846 Alexander William Doniphan         (b. 1808 - d. 1887)
14 Dec 1846 - Oct 1848     Sterling Price                     (b. 1809 - d. 1867)
11 Oct 1848 - 23 Oct 1849 John MacRae Washington             (b. 1797 - d. 1853)
Oct 1849 - 19 Jul 1851 John Munroe                        (b. 1796 - d. 1861)
Governors
26 Sep 1846 - 19 Jan 1847 Charles Bent                       (b. 1799 - d. 1847) 20 Jan 1847 - 11 Oct 1848 Donaciano Vigil        (b. 1802 - d. 1877)
(acting to Dec 1847)
11 Oct 1848 - Oct 1849   John MacRae Washington             (s.a.)               Mil
23 Oct 1849 - Mar 1851 John Munroe                        (s.a.)               Mil
Jun 1850 - Sep 1850        Henry Connelly                     (b. 1800 - d. 1866) Rep                              (prevented from taking office) 3 Mar 1851 - 6 May 1852 James S. Calhoun                   (b. 1802 - d. 1852) Whg
6 May 1852 - 28 Jun 1852 Edwin Vose Sumner (acting)         (b. 1797 - d. 1863) Mil
28 Jun 1852 - 13 Sep 1852 John Greiner (acting)              (b. 1810 - d. 1871) Whg
13 Sep 1852 - 1853        William Carr Lane                  (b. 1789 - d. 1863) Whg
1853 - Feb 1854            William Sherman Messervy (acting) (b. 1812 - d. 1886) Dem
4 Feb 1854 - May 1857 David Meriwether                   (b. 1800 - d. 1893) Dem May 1857 - Oct 1857        William Watts Hart Davis (acting) (b. 1820 - d. 1910) Dem11 Nov 1857 - Aug 1861     Abraham Rencher                    (b. 1798 - d. 1883) Dem 4 Sep 1861 - 16 Jul 1866 Henry Connelly                     (s.a.)               Rep
                            (in Colorado exileMar - Apr 1862) 24 Feb 1862 - 12 Apr 1862 Henry Hopkins Sibley               (b. 1816 - d. 1886) Mil
                            (Confederate military commander)
1862 - Mar 1863            William Frederick Milton Arny      (b. 1813 - d. 1881) Rep
                             (acting for Connelly)
1865 - 1866                William Frederick Milton Arny      (s.a.) Rep
                             (acting for Connelly)
16 Jul 1866 - 16 Aug 1869 Robert Byington Mitchell           (b. 1823 - d. 1882) Dem 16 Aug 1869 - 21 Jun 1871 William Anderson Pile              (b. 1829 - d. 1889) Rep Jun 1871 - Aug 1871        Henry Wetter (acting)Aug 1871 - 3 Jun 1875     Marsh Giddings                     (b. 1816 - d. 1875) Rep 3 Jun 1875 - 30 Jul 1875 William Gillet Ritch (acting)      (b. 1830 - d. 1904) Rep30 Jul 1875 - 29 Sep 1878 Samuel Beach Axtell                (b. 1819 - d. 1891) Rep29 Sep 1878 - 1881         Lewis "Lew" Wallace                (b. 1827 - d. 1905) Dem 4 Jul 1881 - Jun 1885     Lionel Allen Sheldon               (b. 1831 - d. 1917) Rep15 Jun 1885 - Apr 1889     Edmund Gibson Ross                 (b. 1826 - d. 1907) Dem17 Apr 1889 - 20 Apr 1893 Le Baron Bradford Prince           (b. 1840 - d. 1922) Rep20 Apr 1893 - Apr 1897    William Taylor Thornton            (b. 1843 - d. 1916) Dem14 Jul 1897 - 22 Jan 1906 Miguel Antonio Otero, Jr.          (b. 1859 - d. 1944) Rep
22 Jan 1906 - 3 May 1907 Herbert James Hagerman             (b. 1871 - d. 1935) Rep
3 May 1907 - 8 Aug 1907 James Wallace Reynolds (acting)    (b. 1873 - d. 1910) Rep
Aug 1907 - 28 Feb 1910 George G. Curry                    (b. 1861 - d. 1948) Rep
1 Mar 1910 - 6 Jan 1912 William Joseph Mills               (b. 1849 - d. 1915) Rep
6 Jan 1912 - 1 Jan 1917 William C. McDonald                (b. 1858 - d. 1918) Dem
1 Jan 1917 - 28 Feb 1917 Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca            (b. 1864 - d. 1917) Dem
28 Feb 1917 - 1 Jan 1919 Washington Ellsworth Lindsey       (b. 1862 - d. 1926) Rep
1 Jan 1919 - 1 Jan 1921 Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo       (b. 1859 - d. 1930) Rep
1 Jan 1921 - 1 Jan 1923 Merritt Cramer Mechem              (b. 1870 - d. 1946) Rep
1 Jan 1923 - 1 Jan 1925 James Fielding Hinkle              (b. 1864 - d. 1951) Dem
1 Jan 1925 - 1 Jan 1927 Arthur Thomas Hannett              (b. 1884 - d. 1966) Dem
1 Jan 1927 - 1 Jan 1931 Richard Charles Dillon             (b. 1877 - d. 1966) Rep
1 Jan 1931 - 25 Sep 1933 Arthur Seligman                    (b. 1873 - d. 1933) Dem
25 Sep 1933 - 1 Jan 1935 Andrew W. Hockenhull               (b. 1877 - d. 1974) Dem
1 Jan 1935 - 1 Jan 1939 Clyde Tingley                      (b. 1883 - d. 1960) Dem
1 Jan 1939 - 1 Jan 1943 John Esten Miles                   (b. 1884 - d. 1971) Dem
1 Jan 1943 - 1 Jan 1947 John Joseph Dempsey                (b. 1879 - d. 1958) Dem
1 Jan 1947 - 1 Jan 1951 Thomas Jewett Mabry                (b. 1884 - d. 1962) Dem
1 Jan 1951 - 1 Jan 1955 Edwin Leard Mechem (1st time)      (b. 1912 - d. 2002) Rep
1 Jan 1955 - 1 Jan 1957 John Field Simms, Jr.              (b. 1916 - d. 1975) Dem
1 Jan 1957 - 1 Jan 1959 Edwin Leard Mechem (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Rep
1 Jan 1959 - 1 Jan 1961 John Burroughs                     (b. 1907 - d. 1978) Dem
1 Jan 1961 - 30 Nov 1962 Edwin Leard Mechem (3rd time)      (s.a.)               Rep
30 Nov 1962 - 1 Jan 1963 Thomas Felix Bolack (acting)       (b. 1918 - d. 1998) Rep
1 Jan 1963 - 1 Jan 1967 John M. Campbell                   (b. 1916 - d. 1999) Dem
1 Jan 1967 - 1 Jan 1971 David Francis Cargo                (b. 1929 - d. 2013) Rep
1 Jan 1971 - 1 Jan 1975 Bruce King (1st time)              (b. 1924 - d. 2009) Dem
1 Jan 1975 - 1 Jan 1979 Raymond "Jerry" S. Apodaca         (b. 1934 - d. 2023) Dem
1 Jan 1979 - 1 Jan 1983 Bruce King (2nd time)              (s.a.)               Dem
1 Jan 1983 - 1 Jan 1987 Toney Anaya                        (b. 1941)            Dem
1 Jan 1987 - 1 Jan 1991 Garrey Edward Carruthers           (b. 1939)            Rep
1 Jan 1991 - 1 Jan 1995 Bruce King (3rd time)              (s.a.)               Dem
1 Jan 1995 - 1 Jan 2003 Gary E. Johnson                    (b. 1953)            Rep 1 Jan 2003 - 1 Jan 2011 William "Bill" Richardson          (b. 1947 - d. 2023) Dem 1 Jan 2011 - 1 Jan 2019 Susana M. Martinez (f) (b. 1959)    Rep 1 Jan 2019 -    Michelle Lujan Grisham (f)         (b. 1959)    Dem

U.S. Military Commanders of the Department of New Mexico (from 27 Jun 1865, District of New Mexico, Military Division of the Pacific) 22 Jan 1861 - 16 Jun 1861 William Wing Loring (b. 1818 - d. 1886) Mil 16 Jun 1861 - 22 Jun 1862 Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (b. 1817 - d. 1873) Mil 18 Sep 1862 - Jul 1866 James Henry Carleton (b. 1814 - d. 1873) Mil

New York


8 Apr 1896 - 2 Apr 1901


2 Apr 1901 - 3 Apr 2020


Adopted 3 Apr 2020

Map of New York	Hear State Song "I Love New York"	Text of State Song Adopted 1 Jul 1980	State Constitution (1 Jan 1894)
Capital: Albany (New Amsterdam 1623-1664; New York City 1664-1777 and 1784-1 Jan 1797; Kingston 1777; Hurley Oct-Dec 1777; Poughkeepsie 1777-1784)	Motto: Excelsior (Ever upward)	Nickname: Empire State	Population: 20,201,249 (2020)

Mayors of Albany	Chronology `1623 Dutch colony (New Netherland [Nieuw Nederland])` `(from 1653 called New Amsterdam [Nieuw Amsterdam]).` `7 Jun 1629 Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions to Patroons by the Dutch West India Company. 25 Sep 1655 Colony of New Amsterdam and the settlements` `on the Delaware (former New Sweden).` 22 Mar 1664 Part of the territory in North America known as New England is granted to James Duke of York (in accordance with letters patent issued by command of the King of England). 8 Sep 1664 English colony (Territories of the Duke of York in America) (spelling New Yorke used to c.1710). `9 Aug 1673 Dutch colony (Nieuw-Nederland).` `10 Nov 1674 Territories of the Duke of York in America (Colony of New York).` `30 Oct 1683 New York Charter of Liberties and Privileges. 16 Feb 1685 Province of New York 21 Aug 1688 - 28 Apr 1689 Part of the Dominion of New England` `(see underMassachusetts).17 Oct 1691 Dukes County (Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket) transferred to Massachusetts. 28 Apr 1703 - 25 Jan 1738 AdministersNew Jersey.` `9 Jul 1776 Declaration of Independence approved by the Continental Congress is supported by a resolution passed by the Provincial Congress of New York at White Plains. 10 Jul 1776 State of New York` `15 Sep 1776 - 25 Nov 1783 British occupy New York City.` `1 Mar 1781 Formed part of the United States.`
Mayors of Buffalo
Mayors of New York City
New York City Boroughs
Mayors of Rochester
Mayors of Syracuse
Maps of New York City

Vice Directors 1623 - 1624                Adriaen Jorissen Thienpont(Tienpoint)1624 - 1625                Cornelis Jacobszoon May (Meij) 1625 - 1626                Willem van der Hulst (Verhulst) Directors-general Sep 1626 - 1632            Peter Minuit                       (b. 1580 - d. 1638) Mar 1632 - 1633            Bastiaen Janssen Krol              (b. 1595 - d. 1674) Apr 1633 - 28 Mar 1638 Wouter van Twiller                 (b. 1580 - d. 1656) 28 Mar 1638 - 17 May 1647 Willem Kieft                       (b. 1597 - d. 1697) 17 May 1647 - 25 Sep 1655 Petrus Stuyvesant                  (b. 1592 - d. 1672) Governor of New Netherlands and of the Settlements on the Delaware 25 Sep 1655 - 1 Oct 1664 Petrus Stuyvesant                  (s.a.) Governors of the City 19 Dec 1656 - 30 Dec 1659 Jacob Alricks    (b. 1603 - d. 1659)30 Dec 1659 - 22 Dec 1663 Alexander D'Hinayossa (Hinnojosn) Governors of the Colony of the CompanyJan 1657 - 28 Oct 1658     Gerrit (Goeran) Van Dyck28 Oct 1658 - 22 Dec 1663 Wilhelmus Beekman (vice Governor) (b. 1623 - d. 1707) Vice Director of the Colony and City22 Dec 1663 - 1 Oct 1664 Alexander D'Hinayossa
Governors (also governors of New Jersey 14 Aug 1703 - 25 Jan 1738)
8 Sep 1664 - 17 Aug 1668 Richard Nicolls                    (b. 1624 - d. 1672)
17 Aug 1668 - 30 Jul 1673 Francis Lovelace                   (b. 1621? - d. 1675)
12 Aug 1673 - 19 Sep 1673 Cornelis Evertsen de Jongste      (b. 1642 - d. 1706)
19 Sep 1673 - 10 Nov 1674 Anthony Colve (governor-general) (b. 1644 - d. 1693)
10 Nov 1674 - 17 Jan 1681 Edmund Andros, Seigneur of       (b. 1637 - d. 1714)
                            Sausmarez                              (from 1677, Sir Edmund Andros)
17 Jan 1681 - 6 Sep 1683 Anthony Brockholes (acting)    (b. c.1656 - d. 1723)
6 Sep 1683 - 21 Aug 1688 Thomas Dongan                      (b. 1634 - d. 1715)
21 Aug 1688 - 28 Apr 1689 part of the Dominion of New England
9 Oct 1688 - 29 Mar 1691 Francis Nicholson                  (b. 1655 - d. 1728)
                             (lieutenant governor [from 9 Aug 1689 acting for Andros])
7 Jul 1689 - 26 Aug 1689 Committee of Safety (in rebellion)                           - Peter Delanoy (moderator)    (b. c.1660 - d. 1696)                            - Abraham Gouverneur (clerk)       (b. 1671 - d. 1740) 26 Aug 1689 - 30 Mar 1691 Jacob Leisler (in rebellion)       (b. 1640 - d. 1691)
                             (commander-in-chief, and from 20 Dec 1689 lieutenant governor) 29 Mar 1691 - 26 Jul 1691 Henry Sloughter (d. 1691)
26 Jul 1691 - 30 Aug 1692 Richard Ingoldsby (1st time)       (b. 1664/65 - d. 1719)
                             (acting)
30 Aug 1692 - 22 Apr 1698 Benjamin Fletcher                  (b. 1640 - d. 1703)
22 Apr 1698 - 5 Mar 1701 Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont   (b. 1636 - d. 1701)
5 Mar 1701 - 19 May 1701 William "Tangier" Smith (acting)   (b. 1655 - d. 1705) 19 May 1701 - 3 May 1702 John Nanfan (acting)               (b. 1634 - d. 1716)
3 May 1702 - 18 Dec 1708 Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury     (b. 1661 - d. 1723)
18 Dec 1708 - 6 May 1709 John Lovelace,                     (b. 1672 - d. 1709)
                             Baron Lovelace of Hurley
6 May 1709 - 9 May 1709 Peter Schuyler (1st time) (acting) (b. 1657 - d. 1724)
9 May 1709 - 10 Apr 1710 Richard Ingoldsby (2nd time)       (s.a.)
                             (acting)
10 Apr 1710 - 14 Jun 1710 Gerardus Beekman (acting)          (b. 1653 - d. 1723)
14 Jun 1710 - 21 Jul 1719 Robert Hunter                      (b. 1664 - d. 1734)
21 Jul 1719 - 17 Sep 1720 Peter Schuyler (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
17 Sep 1720 - 15 Apr 1728 William Burnet                     (b. 1688 - d. 1729)
15 Apr 1728 - 1 Jul 1731 John Montgomerie                   (b. 1680 - d. 1731)
1 Jul 1731 - 1 Aug 1732 Rip Van Dam (acting)               (b. 1660? - d. 1749)
1 Aug 1732 - 10 Mar 1736 William Cosby                      (b. 1690 - d. 1736)
10 Mar 1736 - 22 Sep 1743 George Clarke (acting to 1738)     (b. 1676 - d. 1760)
22 Sep 1743 - 10 Oct 1753 George Clinton                     (b. 1686 - d. 1761)
10 Oct 1753 - 12 Oct 1753 Sir Danvers Osborn                 (b. 1715 - d. 1753)
12 Oct 1753 - 3 Sep 1755 James de Lancey (1st time)         (b. 1703 - d. 1760)
                             (acting)
3 Sep 1755 - 3 Jun 1757 Sir Charles Hardy                  (b. 1716 - d. 1780)
3 Jun 1757 - 30 Jul 1760 James de Lancey (2nd time)         (s.a.)
                             (acting)
4 Aug 1760 - 26 Oct 1761 Cadwallader Colden (1st time)      (b. 1688 - d. 1776)
                             (acting)
26 Oct 1761 - 13 Nov 1765 Robert Monckton                    (b. 1726 - d. 1782)
28 Jun 1763 - 13 Nov 1765 Cadwallader Colden (2nd time)      (s.a.)
                             (acting for Monckton)
13 Nov 1765 - 11 Sep 1769 Sir Henry Moore, Baronet           (b. 1715 - d. 1769)
12 Sep 1769 - 19 Oct 1770 Cadwallader Colden (3rd time)      (s.a.)
                             (acting)
19 Oct 1770 - 9 Jul 1771 John Murray, Earl of Dunmore       (b. 1732 - d. 1809)
9 Jul 1771 - 23 Mar 1780 William Tryon                      (b. 1729 - d. 1788)
23 Mar 1780 - 25 Nov 1783 James Robertson                    (b. 1710 - d. 1788)                              (departed colony 16 Apr 1783)
17 Apr 1783 - 25 Nov 1783 Andrew Elliot            (b. 1728 - d. 1797)                            (acting for absent Robertson) President of the Provincial Convention20 Apr 1775 - 22 Apr 1775 Philip Livingston                  (b. 1716 - d. 1778) President of the Provincial Congress 23 May 1775 - 14 Nov 1775 Peter Van Brugh Livingston (b. 1710 - d. 1792) 26 Aug 1775 - 27 Oct 1775 Nathaniel Woodhull                 (b. 1722 - d. 1776)    (president pro temp acting for Livingston) 2 Nov 1775 - 4 Nov 1775 Abraham Yates, Jr. (b. 1724 - d. 1796)    (president pro temp acting for Livingston) 14 Nov 1775 - 6 Dec 1775 Vacant 6 Dec 1775 - 14 May 1776 Nathaniel Woodhull (1st time) (s.a.) 14 May 1776 - 18 May 1776 Vacant 18 May 1776 - 8 Jul 1776 Nathaniel Woodhull (2nd time)      (s.a.) 8 Jul 1776 - 9 Jul 1776 Vacant
9 Jul 1776 - 10 Jul 1776 Nathaniel Woodhull (3rd time)      (s.a.) President of the Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York 10 Jul 1776 - 28 Aug 1776 Nathaniel Woodhull                 (s.a.) 10 Aug 1776 - 26 Sep 1776 Abraham Yates, Jr.                 (s.a.)                             (president pro temp acting to 28 Aug 1776) 26 Sep 1776-c.19 Dec 1776 Peter R. Livingston                (b. 1737 - d. 1794) c.19 Dec 1776-13 May 1777 Abraham Ten Broeck                 (b. 1734 - d. 1810) Chairmen of the Committee of Safety 9 Apr 1777 - 11 Apr 1777 William Smith            (b. 1720 - d. 1799) 11 Apr 1777 - 18 Apr 1777 Pierre Van Cortland                (b. 1721 - d. 1814) 18 Apr 1777 - 13 May 1777 Leonard Gansevoort                 (b. 1751 - d. 1810)Chairman of the Council of Safety 14 May 1777 - 30 Jul 1777 Pierre Van Cortland                (s.a.)
Governors
30 Jul 1777 - 1 Jul 1795 George Clinton (1st time)          (b. 1739 - d. 1812) D-R
1 Jul 1795 - 1 Jul 1801 John Jay                           (b. 1745 - d. 1829) Fed
1 Jul 1801 - 1 Jul 1804 George Clinton (2nd time)          (s.a.)               D-R
1 Jul 1804 - 1 Jul 1807 Morgan Lewis                       (b. 1754 - d. 1844) D-R
1 Jul 1807 - 24 Feb 1817 Daniel D. Tompkins                 (b. 1774 - d. 1825) D-R
24 Feb 1817 - 1 Jul 1817 John Tayler (acting)               (b. 1742 - d. 1829) D-R
1 Jul 1817 - 1 Jan 1823 DeWitt Clinton (1st time)          (b. 1769 - d. 1828) D-R
1 Jan 1823 - 1 Jan 1825 Joseph C. Yates                    (b. 1768 - d. 1837) D-R
1 Jan 1825 - 11 Feb 1828 DeWitt Clinton (2nd time)          (s.a.)               D-R
11 Feb 1828 - 1 Jan 1829 Nathaniel Pitcher (acting)         (b. 1777 - d. 1836) D-R
1 Jan 1829 - 12 Mar 1829 Martin Van Buren                   (b. 1782 - d. 1862) Dem
12 Mar 1829 - 1 Jan 1833 Enos T. Throop                     (b. 1784 - d. 1874) Dem
                            (acting to 1 Jan 1831)
1 Jan 1833 - 1 Jan 1839 William L. Marcy                   (b. 1786 - d. 1857) Dem
1 Jan 1839 - 1 Jan 1843 William H. Seward                  (b. 1801 - d. 1872) Whg
1 Jan 1843 - 1 Jan 1845 William C. Bouck                   (b. 1786 - d. 1859) Dem
1 Jan 1845 - 1 Jan 1847 Silas Wright                       (b. 1795 - d. 1847) Dem
1 Jan 1847 - 1 Jan 1849 John Young                         (b. 1802 - d. 1852) Whg
1 Jan 1849 - 1 Jan 1851 Hamilton Fish                      (b. 1808 - d. 1893) Whg
1 Jan 1851 - 1 Jan 1853 Washington Hunt                    (b. 1811 - d. 1867) Whg
1 Jan 1853 - 1 Jan 1855 Horatio Seymour (1st time)         (b. 1810 - d. 1886) Dem
1 Jan 1855 - 1 Jan 1857 Myron H. Clark                     (b. 1806 - d. 1892) Whg
1 Jan 1857 - 1 Jan 1859 John A. King                       (b. 1788 - d. 1867) Rep
1 Jan 1859 - 1 Jan 1863 Edwin D. Morgan                    (b. 1811 - d. 1883) Rep
1 Jan 1863 - 1 Jan 1865 Horatio Seymour (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Dem
1 Jan 1865 - 1 Jan 1869 Reuben E. Fenton                   (b. 1819 - d. 1885) Rep
1 Jan 1869 - 1 Jan 1873 John T. Hoffman                    (b. 1828 - d. 1888) Dem
1 Jan 1873 - 1 Jan 1875 John Adams Dix                     (b. 1798 - d. 1879) Rep
1 Jan 1875 - 1 Jan 1877 Samuel J. Tilden                   (b. 1814 - d. 1886) Dem
1 Jan 1877 - 1 Jan 1880 Lucius Robinson                    (b. 1810 - d. 1891) Dem
1 Jan 1880 - 1 Jan 1883 Alonzo B. Cornell                  (b. 1832 - d. 1904) Rep
1 Jan 1883 - 6 Jan 1885 Stephen Grover Cleveland           (b. 1837 - d. 1908) Dem
6 Jan 1885 - 1 Jan 1892 David B. Hill                      (b. 1843 - d. 1910) Dem
                             (acting to 1 Jan 1886)
1 Jan 1892 - 1 Jan 1895 Roswell P. Flower                  (b. 1835 - d. 1899) Dem
1 Jan 1895 - 1 Jan 1897 Levi P. Morton                     (b. 1824 - d. 1920) Rep
1 Jan 1897 - 1 Jan 1899 Frank S. Black                     (b. 1853 - d. 1913) Rep
1 Jan 1899 - 1 Jan 1901 Theodore Roosevelt                 (b. 1858 - d. 1919) Rep
1 Jan 1901 - 1 Jan 1905 Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.             (b. 1854 - d. 1926) Rep
1 Jan 1905 - 1 Jan 1907 Frank W. Higgins                   (b. 1856 - d. 1907) Rep
1 Jan 1907 - 6 Oct 1910 Charles Evans Hughes               (b. 1862 - d. 1948) Rep
6 Oct 1910 - 1 Jan 1911 Horace White (acting)              (b. 1865 - d. 1943) Rep
1 Jan 1911 - 1 Jan 1913 John Alden Dix                     (b. 1860 - d. 1928) Dem
1 Jan 1913 - 17 Oct 1913 William Sulzer                     (b. 1863 - d. 1941) Dem
17 Oct 1913 - 1 Jan 1915 Martin Glynn (acting)              (b. 1871 - d. 1924) Dem
1 Jan 1915 - 1 Jan 1919 Charles S. Whitman                 (b. 1868 - d. 1947) Rep
1 Jan 1919 - 1 Jan 1921 Alfred E. Smith (1st time)         (b. 1873 - d. 1944) Dem
1 Jan 1921 - 1 Jan 1923 Nathan L. Miller                   (b. 1868 - d. 1953) Rep
1 Jan 1923 - 1 Jan 1929 Alfred E. Smith (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Dem
1 Jan 1929 - 1 Jan 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt              (b. 1882 - d. 1945) Dem
1 Jan 1933 - 3 Dec 1942 Herbert H. Lehman                  (b. 1878 - d. 1963) Dem
3 Dec 1942 - 1 Jan 1943 Charles Poletti (acting)           (b. 1903 - d. 2002) Dem
1 Jan 1943 - 1 Jan 1955 Thomas E. Dewey                    (b. 1902 - d. 1971) Rep
1 Jan 1955 - 1 Jan 1959 Averell Harriman                   (b. 1891 - d. 1986) Dem
1 Jan 1959 - 18 Dec 1973 Nelson Rockefeller                 (b. 1908 - d. 1979) Rep
18 Dec 1973 - 1 Jan 1975 Malcolm Wilson                     (b. 1914 - d. 2000) Rep
1 Jan 1975 - 1 Jan 1983 Hugh L. Carey                      (b. 1919 - d. 2011) Dem
1 Jan 1983 - 1 Jan 1995 Mario M. Cuomo                     (b. 1932 - d. 2015) Dem
1 Jan 1995 - 1 Jan 2007 George E. Pataki                   (b. 1945)            Rep
1 Jan 2007 - 17 Mar 2008 Eliot L. Spitzer                   (b. 1959)            Dem 17 Mar 2008 - 1 Jan 2011 David A. Paterson    (b. 1954) Dem 1 Jan 2011 -23 Aug 2021 Andrew M. Cuomo (b. 1957) Dem 24 Aug 2021 -              Kathleen "Kathy" C. Hochul (f)     (b. 1958) Dem

North Carolina


22 Jun 1861 - 9 Mar 1885


9 Mar 1885 - 24 Jun 1941


Adopted 24 Jun 1991

Map of North Carolina	Hear State Song "The Old North State"	Text of State Song Adopted 27 Feb 1927	State Constitution (1 Jul 1971)
Capital: Raleigh (New Bern 1766-30 Dec 1794; Wilmington 1739-1766; Edenton 1722-1739; Charleston 1691-1711)	Motto: Esse quam videri (To be rather than to seem)	Nickname: Tarheel State, Old North State	Population: 10,439,388 (2020)

Mayors of Charlotte	Chronology `25 Mar 1584 Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh. 17 Aug 1585 - Jun 1586 First English settlement on Roanoke Island.` `22 Jul 1586 - Aug 1590 Second failed settlement on Roanoke Island` `(known later as "the Lost Colony").` `30 Oct 1629 King Charles I grants to Sir Robert Heath (b. 1575 - d. 1649), the territory between 31 degrees and 36 degrees North latitude, which is named "Carolana" (no effective settlement established).On 2 Dec 1638, Heath conveys his Carolana interests to Henry Frederick Howard, Lord Maltravers (b. 1608 - d. 1652).` `9 Oct 1662 - Oct 1664? Virginia Governor William Berkeley issues a Commission to Capt. Samuel Stephens to be commander of the southern plantation, authorizing him to appoint a sheriff.` `24 Mar 1663 English proprietary colony Carolina (Albemarle province), first Charter signed by King Charles II.` `30 Jun 1665 Proprietary colony of Carolina (today North` `Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and` `Florida to New Smyrna Beach).` `King Charles II signed the 2nd Charter for the colony of Carolina, increasing its size on the northern and southern borders.` `Apr 1670 English establish Charles Towne (Charleston) at Albemarle Point(see South Carolina) separately governed. 1689 Albemarle county dis-established, for the next` `decade the Carolana colony was simply called,` `"Ye Lands North and East of Cape Feare" -` `referring to North Carolina, and "Ye Lands` `South and West of Cape Feare" - referring` `to South Carolina.Nov 1691 Philip Luddwell, who was made governorAlbemarle and "Lands North and East of Cape Feare" in 1689 is made governor of province of Carolina.` `9 May 1712` `Division into North andSouth Carolina (de jure Carolina remained undivided political entity until the surrender of the charter in 1729).` 25 May 1729 "An Act for establishing an Agreement with Seven of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, for the Surrender of their Title and Interest in that Province to His Majesty" is approved as an act passed by the Parliament of the U.K. 5 Aug 1729 Surrender of the Charter of Carolina is accomplished (upon issuing a warrant for the payment of £17,500 to seven of the eight Lords Proprietors in pursuance of act of 25 May 1729)(John Carteret, Earl Granville refused to sell his interests and continued to hold a one- eighth undivided share in the territory of North Carolina and South Carolina. He had the Crown survey a large swath of North Carolina and deed it to him, which was done 17 Sep 1744, when it purchased the other other seven shares. Carteret sold his land holdings piece-by-piece through several land agents in North Carolina until his death on 2 Jan 1763). `8 Mar 1731 Province of North Carolina` `is organized.` `4 Jul 1776 State of North Carolina` `3 Oct 1780-af.18 Apr 1781British invasion. 14 Dec 1784 - 1 Mar 1788 State of Franklin (later part ofTennessee)` `in western North Carolina (not recognized).` `21 Nov 1789 State of the U.S.` `20 May 1861 Secession from United States and accession to` `Confederate States of America.` `27 May 1861 North Carolina admitted to the Confederate States. 14 Mar 1862 - 1865 Union occupation of New Bern and Outer Banks.` `4 Jul 1868 Re-admitted to United States.`
Mayors of Raleigh
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Map

Lords Proprietors of Carolina 24 Mar 1663 - 25 Jul 1729 see under South Carolina Governors of the Roanoke Colony
27 Jul 1585 - Jun 1586     Ralph Lane (b. 1530 - d. 1603)
22 Jul 1586 - Aug 1590     John White (b. c.1540 – d. 1593)
Commander of the Southern Plantation(of Virginia)
(subordinated to the governor of Virginia) 9 Oct 1662 - Oct 1664?    Samuel Stephens (b. 1629 - d. 1669)
Governors of Albemarle
Oct? 1664 - 1667           William Drummond                   (b. 1617 - d. 1677)
Oct 1667 - 1669            Samuel Stephens (s.a.)
1669 - May 1672            Peter Carteret (b. 1641 - d. af.1676)
   (acting to 10 Mar 1670) May 1672 - fall 1675       John Jenkins (1st time)(acting) (b. 1622 - d. 1681)
fall 1675 - Mar? 1676    Thomas Eastchurch (d. 1678)
Mar? 1676 - May 1676       Thomas Miller (1st time)(acting)   (d. 1685) May 1676 - c.15 Jul 1677   John Jenkins (2nd time)(acting)    (s.a.) c.15 Jul 1677 - Dec 1677 Thomas Miller (2nd time)(acting)   (s.a.)
Dec 1677 - Jul 1678    the Council 1678                       Seth Sothel (Southwell)(1st time) (d. 1694) (did not take office)
Jul 1678 - Jan 1680    John Harvey (acting) (b. c.1630 - d. 1680)
1680 Henry Wilkinson    (b. c.1620 - d. ....) (did not take office) Jan 1680 - 17 Dec 1681     John Jenkins (3rd time)(acting) (s.a.) 1682 - Sep/Oct 1689        Seth Sothel(Southwell)(2nd time) (s.a.) Governor of Albemarle and "Lands North and East of Cape Feare" 5 Dec 1689 - Nov 1691     Philip Ludwell(arrived May 1690) (b. 1638 - d. 1723)Deputy governors of "Lands North and East of Cape Feare" Sep/Oct 1689 - Jul 1690 John Gibbs (Gibbes)          (d. af.1695)                              (from 5 Dec 1689, in opposition to Ludwell)      Nov 1690 - Nov 1691    Thomas Jarvis(acting)           (b. 1623 - d. 1694) Deputy Governors of Carolina (subordinated to the governors of Carolina at Charles Towne) Nov 1691 - Sep 1694        Thomas Jarvis                     (s.a.) Sep 1694 - 3 Jul 1699     Thomas Harvey (b. 1668 - d. 1699) Jul 1699 - 14 Apr 1704     Henderson Walker (acting)    (b. 1659 - d. 1704) 1704 - 1705                Robert Daniell               (b. 1646 - d. 1718) 1705 - 1706            Thomas Cary (1st time)(acting)     (d. c.1718) 1706 - 1710                William Glover (acting) (b. c.1670 - d. 1713) 1708 - 1710        Thomas Cary (2nd time)(acting)     (s.a.)                             (in opposition toGlover, then Hyde to 29 Jul 1711) summer 1710 - 9 May 1712 Edward Hyde (acting)               (b. c.1650 - d. 1712)Governors of North Carolina 9 May 1712 - 8 Sep 1712 Edward Hyde                        (s.a.) 12 Sep 1712 - 28 May 1714 Thomas Pollock (1st time)(acting) (b. 1654 - d. 1722)28 May 1714 - 17 Mar 1722 Charles Eden                       (b. 1673 - d. 1722) 17 Mar 1722 - 30 Aug 1722 Thomas Pollock (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.) 7 Sep 1722 - 15 Jan 1724 William Reed (acting)    (b. c.1670 - d. 1728) 15 Jan 1724 - 7 Apr 1725 George Burrington (1st time)       (b. 1680 - d. 1759) 17 Jul 1725 - 8 Mar 1731 Richard Everard (b. c.1683 - d. 1733) Captains General and Governors-in-Chief 8 Mar 1731 - 13 Nov 1734 George Burrington (2nd time)       (s.a.) 13 Nov 1734 - 17 Jul 1752 Gabriel Johnston                   (b. 1699 - d. 1752) 17 Jul 1752 - 29 Jan 1753 Nathaniel Rice (acting)    (b. c.1694 - d. 1753)
29 Jan 1753 - 1 Nov 1754 Matthew Rowan (acting)     (b. c.1720 - d. 1760) 1 Nov 1754 - 28 Mar 1765 Arthur Dobbs                       (b. 1689 - d. 1765)
28 Mar 1765 - 12 Aug 1771 William Tryon                      (b. 1729 - d. 1788)
(Lieutenant governor to 20 Dec 1765) 1 Jul 1771 - 12 Aug 1771 James Hassell (acting for Tryon)   (d. 1785)
12 Aug 1771 - 18 Jul 1775 Josiah Martin (1st time)           (b. 1737 - d. 1786) (abandons New Bern 24 May 1775, fled      North Carolina 18 Jul 1775) 3 Oct 1780-af.18 Apr 1781 Josiah Martin (2nd time)           (s.a.)                              (in opposition) President of the Provincial Congress 21 Aug 1775 - 10 Sep 1775 Samuel Johnston (1st time) (b. 1733 - d. 1816)President of the Provincial Council 18 Oct 1775 - 11 May 1776 Cornelius Harnett                  (b. 1723 - d. 1781) President of the Provincial Congress 4 Apr 1776 - 14 May 1776 Samuel Johnston (2nd time) (s.a.)Presidents of the Council of Safety 5 Jun 1776 - 21 Aug 1776 Cornelius Harnett (s.a.) 21 Aug 1776 - 27 Sep 1776 Samuel Ashe                        (b. 1725 - d. 1813)27 Sep 1776 - 12 Nov 1776 Willie Jones                       (b. 1740 - d. 1801)President of the Congress12 Nov 1776 - 23 Dec 1776 Richard Caswell                    (b. 1729 - d. 1789) Governors23 Dec 1776 - 21? Apr 1780 Richard Caswell (1st time)         (s.a.)21? Apr 1780 - 26 Jun 1781 Abner Nash                         (b. 1740 - d. 1786)26 Jun 1781 - 25? Apr 1782 Thomas Burke                       (b. 1747 - d. 1783) (British prisoner 12 Sep 1781 - 30 Jan 1782) 5 Oct 1781 - 30 Jan 1782 Alexander Martin       (b. 1740 - d. 1807) (acting for Burke) 25? Apr 1782 - 13 May 1785 Alexander Martin (1st time)        (s.a.)13 May 1785 - 20 Dec 1787 Richard Caswell (2nd time)         (s.a.)20 Dec 1787 - 17 Dec 1789 Samuel Johnston                    (s.a.) Fed
17 Dec 1789 - 14 Dec 1792 Alexander Martin (2nd time)        (s.a.)               D-R
14 Dec 1792 - 19 Nov 1795 Richard Dobbs Spaight           (b. 1758 - d. 1802) D-R
19 Nov 1795 - 7 Dec 1798 Samuel Ashe                        (s.a.)               D-R
7 Dec 1798 - 23 Nov 1799 William Richardson Davie           (b. 1756 - d. 1820) Fed
23 Nov 1799 - 27 Nov 1802 Benjamin Williams (1st time)       (b. 1751 - d. 1814) D-R
28 Nov 1802 - 6 Dec 1802 Vacant 6 Dec 1802 - 5 Dec 1805 James Turner                       (b. 1766 - d. 1824) D-R 6 Dec 1805 - 10 Dec 1805 Vacant 10 Dec 1805 - 1 Dec 1807 Nathaniel Alexander                (b. 1756 - d. 1808) D-R
1 Dec 1807 - 12 Dec 1808 Benjamin Williams (2nd time)       (s.a.)               D-R
12 Dec 1808 - 5 Dec 1810 David Stone                        (b. 1770 - d. 1818) D-R
5 Dec 1810 - 9 Dec 1811 Benjamin Smith                     (b. 1756 - d. 1826) D-R
9 Dec 1811 - 7 Dec 1814 William Hawkins                    (b. 1777 - d. 1819) D-R
7 Dec 1814 - 6 Dec 1817 William Miller                     (b. 1770 - d. 1825) D-R
6 Dec 1817 - 7 Dec 1820 John Branch                        (b. 1782 - d. 1863) D-R
7 Dec 1820 - 7 Dec 1821 Jesse Franklin                     (b. 1760 - d. 1823) D-R
7 Dec 1821 - 7 Dec 1824 Gabriel Holmes                     (b. 1769 - d. 1829) D-R
7 Dec 1824 - 8 Dec 1827 Hutchins Gordon Burton           (b. 1784 - d. 1836) Fed/D-R
8 Dec 1827 - 12 Dec 1828 James Iredell                      (b. 1788 - d. 1853) D-R
12 Dec 1828 - 18 Dec 1830 John Owen                          (b. 1767 - d. 1841) Dem
18 Dec 1830 - 6 Dec 1832 Montfort Stokes                    (b. 1762 - d. 1842) Dem
6 Dec 1832 - 10 Dec 1835 David Lowry Swain                  (b. 1801 - d. 1868) Dem
10 Dec 1835 - 1 Jan 1837 Richard Dobbs Spaight          (b. 1796 - d. 1850) Dem
1 Jan 1837 - 1 Jan 1841 Edward Bishop Dudley               (b. 1789 - d. 1855) Whg
1 Jan 1841 - 1 Jan 1845 John Motley Morehead             (b. 1796 - d. 1866) Whg
1 Jan 1845 - 1 Jan 1849 William Alexander Graham           (b. 1804 - d. 1875) Whg
1 Jan 1849 - 1 Jan 1851 Charles Manly                      (b. 1795 - d. 1871) Whg
1 Jan 1851 - 6 Dec 1854 David Settle Reid                  (b. 1813 - d. 1891) Dem
6 Dec 1854 - 1 Jan 1855 Warren Winslow (acting)            (b. 1810 - d. 1862) Dem
1 Jan 1855 - 1 Jan 1859 Thomas Bragg                       (b. 1810 - d. 1872) Dem
1 Jan 1859 - 7 Jul 1861 John Willis Ellis                  (b. 1820 - d. 1861) Dem
7 Jul 1861 - 8 Sep 1862 Henry Toole Clark            (b. 1808 - d. 1874) Whg                              (acting to 2 May 1862)
20 May 1862 - 2 Mar 1863 Edward W. Stanly       (b. 1810 - d. 1872) Mil/Rep
   (U.S. military governor, at New Bern) 8 Sep 1862 - 29 May 1865 Zebulon B. Vance (1st time)        (b. 1830 - d. 1894) Whg/Con
                             (federal prisoner from 13 May 1865) 29 May 1865 - 15 Dec 1865 William W. Holden (1st time)       (b. 1818 - d. 1892) Rep
                             (provisional) 15 Dec 1865 - 1 Jul 1868 Jonathan Worth                     (b. 1802 - d. 1869) Con 1 Jul 1868 - 15 Dec 1870 William W. Holden (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Rep
15 Dec 1870 - 11 Jul 1874 Tod R. Caldwell                    (b. 1818 - d. 1874) Rep
11 Jul 1874 - 1 Jan 1877 Curtis H. Brogden                  (b. 1816 - d. 1901) Rep
1 Jan 1877 - 5 Feb 1879 Zebulon B. Vance (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
5 Feb 1879 - 21 Jan 1885 Thomas J. Jarvis                   (b. 1836 - d. 1915) Dem
21 Jan 1885 - 17 Jan 1889 Alfred M. Scales                   (b. 1827 - d. 1892) Dem
17 Jan 1889 - 7 Apr 1891 Daniel G. Fowle                    (b. 1831 - d. 1891) Dem
8 Apr 1891 - 18 Jan 1893 Thomas M. Holt                     (b. 1831 - d. 1896) Dem
18 Jan 1893 - 12 Jan 1897 Elias Carr                         (b. 1839 - d. 1900) Dem
12 Jan 1897 - 15 Jan 1901 Daniel L. Russell                  (b. 1845 - d. 1908) Rep + Pop
15 Jan 1901 - 11 Jan 1905 Charles B. Aycock                  (b. 1859 - d. 1912) Dem
11 Jan 1905 - 12 Jan 1909 Robert B. Glenn                    (b. 1854 - d. 1920) Dem
12 Jan 1909 - 15 Jan 1913 William W. Kitchin                 (b. 1866 - d. 1924) Dem
15 Jan 1913 - 11 Jan 1917 Locke Craig                        (b. 1860 - d. 1925) Dem
11 Jan 1917 - 12 Jan 1921 Thomas W. Bickett                  (b. 1869 - d. 1921) Dem
12 Jan 1921 - 14 Jan 1925 Cameron Morrison                   (b. 1869 - d. 1953) Dem
14 Jan 1925 - 11 Jan 1929 Angus W. McLean                    (b. 1870 - d. 1935) Dem
11 Jan 1929 - 5 Jan 1933 O. Max Gardner                     (b. 1882 - d. 1947) Dem
5 Jan 1933 - 7 Jan 1937 J.C.B. Ehringhaus                  (b. 1882 - d. 1949) Dem
7 Jan 1937 - 9 Jan 1941 Clyde R. Hoey                      (b. 1877 - d. 1954) Dem
9 Jan 1941 - 4 Jan 1945 Joseph M. Broughton                (b. 1888 - d. 1949) Dem
4 Jan 1945 - 6 Jan 1949 R. Gregg Cherry                    (b. 1891 - d. 1957) Dem
6 Jan 1949 - 8 Jan 1953 W. Kerr Scott                      (b. 1896 - d. 1958) Dem
8 Jan 1953 - 7 Nov 1954 William B. Umstead                 (b. 1895 - d. 1954) Dem
7 Nov 1954 - 5 Jan 1961 Luther H. Hodges                   (b. 1898 - d. 1974) Dem
5 Jan 1961 - 8 Jan 1965 Terry Sanford                      (b. 1917 - d. 1998) Dem
8 Jan 1965 - 3 Jan 1969 Dan K. Moore                       (b. 1906 - d. 1986) Dem
3 Jan 1969 - 5 Jan 1973 Robert W. Scott                    (b. 1929 - d. 2009) Dem
5 Jan 1973 - 8 Jan 1977 James E. Holshouser, Jr.           (b. 1934 - d. 2013) Rep
8 Jan 1977 - 5 Jan 1985 James B. Hunt, Jr. (1st time)      (b. 1937)            Dem
5 Jan 1985 - 9 Jan 1993 James G. Martin                    (b. 1935)            Rep 9 Jan 1993 - 6 Jan 2001 James B. Hunt, Jr. (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Dem 6 Jan 2001 - 10 Jan 2009 Mike Easley                        (b. 1950)            Dem10 Jan 2009 - 5 Jan 2013 Beverly Eaves Perdue (f)           (b. 1947)    Dem 5 Jan 2013 - 1 Jan 2017 Patrick "Pat" L. McCrory       (b. 1956)    Rep 1 Jan 2017 - 1 Jan 2025 Roy A. Cooper III            (b. 1957)            Dem 1 Jan 2025 -              Joshua "Josh" H. Stein             (b. 1966)            Dem

Military Governor of the District of Albemarle, Department of North Carolina (from 1 Aug 1863, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina)[environs of Plymouth & Roanoke Island]23 Apr 1863 - 21 Aug 1863 Henry Walton Wessells (b. 1809 - d. 1889) Mil (of sub-district of Albemarle to 19 Apr 1864)Military Governors of the District of North Carolina, Department of Virginia & North Carolina14 Aug 1863 - 4 Jan 1864 John James Peck (1st time) (b. 1821 - d. 1878) Mil 4 Jan 1864 - 5 Feb 1864 Innis Newton Palmer (1st time) (b. 1824 - d. 1900) Mil 5 Feb 1864 - 25 Apr 1864 John James Peck (2nd time) (s.a.) Mil25 Apr 1864 - 31 Jan 1865 Innis Newton Palmer (2nd time) (s.a.)U.S. Military Governors of the Department of North Carolina 31 Jan 1865 - 20 Jun 1865 John McAllister Schofield (b. 1831 - d. 1906) Mil 20 Jun 1865 - 28 Jun 1865 Jacob Dolson Cox (b. 1828 - d. 1900) Mil28 Jun 1865 - 19 May 1866 Thomas Howard Ruger (b. 1833 - d. 1907) Mil U.S. Military Governor of the Department of the Carolinas19 May 1866 - 6 Aug 1866 Daniel Edgar Sickles (b. 1819 - d. 1914) MilU.S. Military Governor of the Department of the South 6 Aug 1866 - 11 Mar 1867 Daniel Edgar Sickles (s.a.) MilMilitary Governors of Second Military Department(North Carolina and South Carolina)11 Mar 1867 - 26 Aug 1867 Daniel Edgar Sickles (s.a.) Mil 5 Sep 1867 - 28 Jul 1868 Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (b. 1817 - d. 1873) Mil

North Dakota

[Flag of State
of North Dakota (U.S.)]
Adopted 3 Mar 1911

Map of North Dakota	Hear State Song "North Dakota Hymn"	Text of State Song Adopted 15 Mar 1947	State Constitution (2 Nov 1889)
Capital: Bismarck	Motto: Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable	Nicknames: Sioux State, Flickertail State, Peace Garden State	Population: 779,094 (2020)

Mayors of Bismarck	Chronology `26 Mar 1804 Part ofOrleansTerritory.` `7 Dec 1812 Part ofMissouriTerritory.` `20 Oct 1818 Red River valley ceded to U.S. by U.K.,the` `49th parallel is U.S.-Canada border (effective 30 Jan 1819 by Treaty of 1818).` `10 Aug 1821 Unorganized territory.` `3 Jul 1838 Area east of Missouri River part ofIowa` `Territory.` `28 Dec 1846 Area east of Missouri River unorganized.` `3 Mar 1849 Area east of Missouri River part ofMinnesota` `Territory.` `30 May 1854 Area west of Missouri River part ofNebraska` `Territory.` `11 May 1858 Area east of Missouri River unorganized.` `2 Mar 1861 Part of Dakota Territory (seeSouth Dakota).` `2 Nov 1889 State`

Governors
20 Nov 1889 - 7 Jan 1891 John Miller                        (b. 1843 - d. 1908) Rep
7 Jan 1891 - 3 Jan 1893 Andrew Horace Burke                (b. 1850 - d. 1918) Rep
3 Jan 1893 - 10 Jan 1895 Eli C.D. Shortridge                (b. 1830 - d. 1908) D-I
10 Jan 1895 - 6 Jan 1897 Roger Allin                        (b. 1848 - d. 1936) Rep
6 Jan 1897 - 9 Aug 1898 Frank Arlington Briggs             (b. 1858 - d. 1898) Rep
15 Aug 1898 - 3 Jan 1899 Joseph McMurray Devine (b. 1861 - d. 1938) Rep
3 Jan 1899 - 10 Jan 1901 Frederick Bartlett Fancher         (b. 1852 - d. 1944) Rep
10 Jan 1901 - 4 Jan 1905 Frank White                        (b. 1856 - d. 1940) Rep
4 Jan 1905 - 9 Jan 1907 Elmore Yocum Sarles                (b. 1859 - d. 1929) Rep
9 Jan 1907 - 8 Jan 1913 John Burke                         (b. 1859 - d. 1937) Dem
8 Jan 1913 - 3 Jan 1917 Louis Benjamin Hanna               (b. 1861 - d. 1948) Rep
3 Jan 1917 - 23 Nov 1921 Lynn Joseph Frazier                (b. 1874 - d. 1947) Rep+NPL
23 Nov 1921 - 7 Jan 1925 Ragnvald Anderson Nestos           (b. 1877 - d. 1942) Rep+IVA
7 Jan 1925 - 28 Aug 1928 Arthur Gustav Sorlie               (b. 1874 - d. 1928) Rep+NPL
28 Aug 1928 - 9 Jan 1929 Walter Jeremiah Maddock            (b. 1880 - d. 1951) Rep+NPL
9 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1932 George Frederick Shafer            (b. 1888 - d. 1948) Rep+IVA31 Dec 1932 - 21 Jun 1934 William Langer (1st time)          (b. 1886 - d. 1959) Rep+NPL21 Jun 1934 - 7 Jan 1935 Ole H. Olson (acting)              (b. 1872 - d. 1954) Rep+NPL 7 Jan 1935 - 2 Feb 1935 Thomas Hilliard Moodie             (b. 1878 - d. 1948) Dem 2 Feb 1935 - 6 Jan 1937 Walter Welford (acting)            (b. 1868 - d. 1952) Rep+NPL 6 Jan 1937 - 5 Jan 1939 William Langer (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Rep+NPL 5 Jan 1939 - 4 Jan 1945 John Moses                         (b. 1885 - d. 1945) Dem 4 Jan 1945 - 3 Jan 1951 Fred George Aandahl                (b. 1897 - d. 1966) Rep
3 Jan 1951 - 9 Jan 1957 Norman Brunsdale                   (b. 1891 - d. 1978) Rep
9 Jan 1957 - 4 Jan 1961 John Edward Davis                  (b. 1913 - d. 1990) Rep
4 Jan 1961 - 2 Jan 1973 William Lewis Guy                  (b. 1919 - d. 2013) Dem
2 Jan 1973 - 6 Jan 1981 Arthur Albert Link                 (b. 1914 - d. 2010) Dem
6 Jan 1981 - 1 Jan 1985 Allen Ingvar Olson                 (b. 1938)            Rep
1 Jan 1985 - 15 Dec 1992 George Albert Sinner               (b. 1928 - d. 2018) Dem
15 Dec 1992 - 15 Dec 2000 Edward Thomas Schafer              (b. 1946)            Rep15 Dec 2000 - 7 Dec 2010 John H. Hoeven III                 (b. 1957)            Rep 7 Dec 2010 - 15 Dec 2016 Jack Dalrymple                   (b. 1948)            Rep 15 Dec 2016 -15 Dec 2024 Doug Burgum                        (b. 1956)            Rep 15 Dec 2024 -      Kelly Michael Armstrong    (b. 1976) Rep

Northwest Territory: see Ohio