Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
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The Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Lieutenant Governor is elected every four years along with the Governor. Jim Cawley
of Bucks County
is the incumbent Lieutenant Governor. The lieutenant governor presides in the Senate and is first in the line of succession to the governor; in the event the governor dies, resigns, or otherwise leaves office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.
The Office of Lieutenant Governor was created by the Constitution of 1873. As with the Governor's position, the Constitution of 1968 made the Lieutenant Governor eligible to succeed himself or herself for one additional four-year term http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/BAH/dam/rg/rg64ahr.htm.
consisting of a representative of each county and of the City of Philadelphia. The Vice President of the Council—also known as the Vice-President of Pennsylvania—held a position analogous to the modern office of Lieutenant Governor. Presidents and Vice-Presidents were elected to one-year terms and could serve up to three years—the full length of their regular term as Counsellor. Ten men served as Vice-President during the time of the Council's existence.
Jim Cawley
James "Jim" Cawley is the 32nd and current Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.-Political career:He was appointed to the Bucks County Board of Commissioners following the resignation of Mike Fitzpatrick and was elected to a full term in 2007, when he became chairman of the board...
of Bucks County
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Industry and commerce :The boroughs of Bristol and Morrisville were prominent industrial centers along the Northeast Corridor during World War II. Suburban development accelerated in Lower Bucks in the 1950s with the opening of Levittown, Pennsylvania, the second such "Levittown" designed by...
is the incumbent Lieutenant Governor. The lieutenant governor presides in the Senate and is first in the line of succession to the governor; in the event the governor dies, resigns, or otherwise leaves office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.
The Office of Lieutenant Governor was created by the Constitution of 1873. As with the Governor's position, the Constitution of 1968 made the Lieutenant Governor eligible to succeed himself or herself for one additional four-year term http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/BAH/dam/rg/rg64ahr.htm.
Lieutenant Governors of Pennsylvania
- John LattaJohn Latta (Lieutenant Governor)John Latta was the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1875 to 1879. He was born in Unity Township, Pennsylvania.He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate.-External links:*...
(DemocratDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
) 1875-79 - Charles Warren StoneCharles Warren StoneCharles Warren Stone was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania....
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) 1879-83 - Chauncey Forward BlackChauncey Forward BlackChauncey Forward Black was the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1883 to 1887. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1886....
(Democrat) 1883-87 - William T. DaviesWilliam T. DaviesWilliam T. Davies was the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1891.He was born in Glamorganshire, Wales. He was also a lawyer and a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1877 to 1884....
(Republican) 1887-91 - Louis Arthur WatresLouis Arthur WatresLouis Arthur Watres was the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1895.-External links:*...
(Republican) 1891-95 - Walter LyonWalter Lyon (Pennsylvania)Walter Lyon was the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1895 to 1899.He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, now part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also served as the United States District Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania and a member of Pennsylvania State Senate from...
(Republican) 1895-99 - John P. S. GobinJohn P. S. GobinJohn Peter Shindel Gobin was an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War, and the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1899 to 1903.-Biography:...
1899-1903 - William M. BrownWilliam M. BrownWilliam M. Brown was a Republican Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and an electee to the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(Republican) 1903-07 - Robert S. MurphyRobert S. MurphyRobert S. Murphy was the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1911. He was from Johnstown, Pennsylvania.-External links:*...
(Republican) 1907-11 - John M. Reynolds (Democrat) 1911-15
- Frank B. McClainFrank B. McClainFrank B. McClain was the Lieutenant Governor of the state of Pennsylvania from 1915 to 1919.McClain was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was a Member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1895 to 1910, and served as Speaker from 1907 to 1909. He served as 24th mayor of Lancaster from...
(Republican) 1915-19 - Edward E. BeidlemanEdward E. BeidlemanEdward Ensinger Beidleman was the Republican Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923.Beidleman was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was a member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1905 to 1906, and a member of Pennsylvania State Senate from 1913 to 1919...
(Republican) 1919-23 - David J. DavisDavid J. DavisDavid J. Davis was the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1927....
(Republican) 1923-27 - Arthur H. James (Republican) 1927-31
- Edward C. ShannonEdward C. ShannonEdward C. Shannon was the Republican Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1931 to 1935.-External links:*...
(Republican) 1931-35 - Thomas KennedyThomas Kennedy (unionist)Thomas Kennedy was a miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1960 to 1963....
(Democrat) 1935-39 - Samuel S. LewisSamuel S. LewisSamuel S. Lewis was the Republican Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1939 to 1943.Lewis was born in York, Pennsylvania. He also served as Pennsylvania State Auditor General and Pennsylvania State Treasurer....
(Republican) 1939-43 - John Cromwell Bell, Jr.John C. Bell, Jr.John Cromwell Bell, Jr. was a Pennsylvania politician and judge.He served as Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 1943–47, and the 33rd Governor briefly in 1947, succeeding Edward Martin, who had resigned to take a seat in the United States Senate...
(Republican) 1943-47 - Daniel B. StricklerDaniel B. StricklerDaniel Bursk Strickler was the Republican Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1951, under Governor James Duff....
(Republican) 1947-51 - Lloyd H. WoodLloyd H. WoodLloyd H. Wood was the Republican Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1951 to 1955. He previously served as a State Senator from the Montgomery County-based 12th district from 1947-50.-External links:*...
(Republican) 1951-55 - Roy E. FurmanRoy E. FurmanRoy E. Furman was the Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1955 to 1959, and the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House, 1936-1938....
(Democrat) 1955-59 - John Morgan DavisJohn Morgan DavisJohn Morgan Davis was the Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1959 to 1963.-Early life:Davis was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania...
(Democrat) 1959-63 - Raymond P. ShaferRaymond P. ShaferRaymond Philip Shafer served as the 39th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1971. He had previously served as Lieutenant Governor from 1963 to 1967...
(Republican) 1963-67 - Raymond J. BroderickRaymond J. BroderickRaymond Joseph Broderick was a United States federal judge, and the Republican Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1971.-Biography:...
(Republican) 1967-71 - Ernest P. KlineErnest P. KlineErnest P. "Ernie" Kline was a Democrat member of the Pennsylvania State Senate and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania....
(Democrat) 1971-1979 - William Scranton, IIIWilliam Scranton, IIIWilliam Worthington Scranton, III served as the Republican lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987 in the administration of Governor Richard Thornburgh...
(Republican) 1979-1987 - Mark Singel (Democrat) 1987-1995
- Mark S. SchweikerMark S. SchweikerMark Stephen Schweiker is a businessman and politician who served as the 44th Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 2001 to 2003. Schweiker, a Republican, became Governor of Pennsylvania on October 5, 2001, when his predecessor, Tom Ridge, resigned as Governor of Pennsylvania to assume...
(Republican) 1995-2001 - Robert C. JubelirerRobert JubelirerRobert C. Jubelirer is a Republican Pennsylvania political leader. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1975 to 2006, and simultaneously served as the President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania State Senate and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania between 2001 and...
(Republican) 2001-2003 - Catherine Baker KnollCatherine Baker KnollCatherine Baker Knoll was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. She was the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, serving under Governor Ed Rendell from 2003 to 2008.-Background:...
(Democrat) 2003-2008 - Joseph B. Scarnati III (Republican) 2008-2011
- Jim CawleyJim CawleyJames "Jim" Cawley is the 32nd and current Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.-Political career:He was appointed to the Bucks County Board of Commissioners following the resignation of Mike Fitzpatrick and was elected to a full term in 2007, when he became chairman of the board...
(Republican) 2011–present
Vice-Presidents of Pennsylvania
From 1777 to 1790 the executive branch of Pennsylvania's state government was headed by a Supreme Executive CouncilSupreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania comprised the executive branch of the Pennsylvania State government between 1777 and 1790...
consisting of a representative of each county and of the City of Philadelphia. The Vice President of the Council—also known as the Vice-President of Pennsylvania—held a position analogous to the modern office of Lieutenant Governor. Presidents and Vice-Presidents were elected to one-year terms and could serve up to three years—the full length of their regular term as Counsellor. Ten men served as Vice-President during the time of the Council's existence.
- George BryanGeorge BryanGeorge Bryan was a Pennsylvania businessman, statesman and politician of the Revolutionary era. He served as the first Vice-President of Pennsylvania and its second President following the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain...
1777-79 - Matthew SmithMatthew Smith (Pennsylvania statesman)Matthew Smith —the dates of his birth and death apparently unknown—was a Pennsylvania politician. He served briefly as Vice-President of Pennsylvania following the resignation of George Bryan on 11 October 1779...
1779 - William MooreWilliam Moore (statesman)William Moore was a Pennsylvania statesman and politician of the Revolutionary era. He served as Vice-President of Pennsylvania from 1779 to 1781, and then as President from 1781 to 1782....
1779-81 - James PotterJames PotterJames Potter was a soldier, farmer and politician from Colonial- and Revolutionary-era Pennsylvania. He rose to the rank of brigadier general of Pennsylvania militia during the Revolutionary War, and served as Vice-President of Pennsylvania, 1781-1782.-Family and early life:James Potter was of...
1781-82 - James EwingJames Ewing (Pennsylvania statesman)James Ewing was a Pennsylvania soldier, statesman, and politician of the Colonial, Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary eras. He served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly and also as Vice-President of Pennsylvania, a position comparable to that of Lieutenant Governor.-Early life and family:James...
1782-84 - James IrvineJames Irvine (Pennsylvania statesman)James Irvine was a Pennsylvania soldier and politician of the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Post-Revolutionary periods...
1784-85 - Charles Biddle 1785-87
- Peter MuhlenbergPeter MuhlenbergJohn Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly-independent United States...
1787-88 - David RedickDavid RedickDavid Redick was a Pennsylvania surveyor, lawyer, and politician. He was born in Ireland, and after coming to America made his home for several years in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married the niece of business associate David Hoge. He accompanied Mr. Hoge to survey the latter's land...
1788 - George RossGeorge Ross (Pennsylvania statesman)George Ross was a Pennsylvania politician of the late 18th century. He was elected Vice-President of Pennsylvania on 5 November 1788. He was reelected unanimously on 11 November 1789 and served until 21 December 1790...
1788-90