Energy supports daily life, economic opportunity, and public safety, and its importance is never clearer than when the power goes out. That is why ensuring resilient, reliable and affordable energy is ...

JOHN HANCOCK, the first governor of Massachusetts and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, was born in Braintree, (Quincy today) Massachusetts on January 12, 1737. After becoming an ...

From 1776 to 1792, the executive leader of Delaware was known as the President and was elected by the State General Assembly. After the ratification of the United States Constitution, Delaware ...

Governor's Name State Time in Office Party Gov. Doug Ducey Arizona 2019 - 2023 2015 - 2019 Republican Gov. Jan Brewer Arizona 2009 - 2015 Republican Gov. Janet Napolitano Arizona 2003 - 2009 Democrat ...

Governor's Name State Time in Office Party Gov. Rick Scott Florida 2015 - 2019 2011 - 2015 Republican Gov. Charlie Crist Florida 2007 - 2011 Republican Gov. Jeb Bush Florida 1999 - 2007 Republican Gov ...

WILLIAM BRIMAGE BATE was born near Castalian Springs, Tennessee. At the age of sixteen, after the death of his father, he left school and became a clerk on a steamboat traveling between Nashville and ...

Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. 4. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978. 4 vols. The ...

MADISON STARKE PERRY, Florida’s fourth Governor, was born in Lancaster County, South Carolina, in 1814. The exact date is unknown. He was educated at the Franklin Academy in Lancaster, and in 1845 ...

ALFRED E. SMITH, the forty-fifth and forty-seventh governor to serve New York, was born in New York City on December 30, 1873. His education was limited due to the death of his father. In an effort to ...

We’re the bipartisan organization of the nation’s governors. Founded in 1908, the National Governors Association is the voice of the leaders of 55 states, territories, and commonwealths. Our nation’s ...

A native of Simsbury, Connecticut, GIFFORD PINCHOT graduated from Yale University in 1889 and went on to study forestry in Europe. He surveyed forests for the Phelps-Dodge Company and for George W.

JAMES HOWARD MC GRATH was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He graduated from Providence College in 1926 and from Boston University Law School in 1929. He chaired the Democratic State Committee in ...