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1860-Thomas Overton Moore (Military government established by the Federals after the fall of New Orleans). 1864-Henry Watkins Allen (Governor of portion held by Confederates).

1864-Michael Hahn (Governor of portion held by Federals).

The Reconstruction Period. 1865-James Madison Wells (Hahn

elected Senator March 4, 1865; Lieut-Gov. Wells succeeded him). 1867-Benjamin Franklin Flanders (Appointed Acting Governor by Military District Commander Sheridan).

1868-Joshua Baker (Appointed Acting Governor by Gen. W. S. Hancock who succeeded Sheridan).

UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1868.* 1868-Henry Clay Warmoth. 1872-William Pitt Kellogg (Recognized by President and Congress as the de facto Governor). John McEnery (Elected, but will of the people overturned by the Returning Board "). 1876-Francis

Tillou Nicholls (Stephen B. Packard, claimant; but claims rejected).

UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1879. 1880-Louis A. Wiltz (d. 1881). 1881-Samuel Douglas McEnery (Ex officio Lieut.-Gov. succeeded Wiltz).

1884-Samuel Douglas McEnery (Elected).

1888-Francis Tillou Nicholls. 1892-Murphy J. Foster.

1896-Murphy J. Foster.

UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1898.

1900-William W. Heard.

1904-Newton C. Blanchard. 1908-Jared Y. Sanders.

1912-Luther E. Hall.

MAINE.

ROYAL GOVERNORS.

1692 Sir William Phips (Retires to England, 1694; d. 1695). 1694-William Stoughton (Lieut.Governor). 1699-Richard,

Earl Bellamont (Governor; d. March 5, 1701). 1701-Stoughton (Lieut.-Governor d. July 7, 1701).

1701-The Council.

1702, June-Joseph Dudley (Governor; removed 1715). Nov. (Lieut.-Governor).

1715,

9-William Tailer

1716, Oct. Samuel Shute (Governor; left for England Dec. 27, 1722).

1723, Jan. 1-William Dummer (Lieut.-Governor).

1728, July-William Burnet (Governor; d. Sept. 7, 1729). 1729-Dummer (Lieut.-Governor). 1730, Aug.-Jonathan

Belcher

(Governor; displaced 1740). 1740, July-William Shirley (Governor; commissioner to Paris 1749). 1749-Spencer Phips (Lieut.-Governor).

1753, Aug. 7-Gov. Shirley returns (Goes to England 1756). 1756, Sept.-Phips (Lieut.-Governor; d. April 4, 1757). 1757-The Council. 1757, Aug. 3-Thomas Pownall (Governor; left June 3, 1760). 1760, Aug. 4-Sir Francis Bernard (Governor; Aug. 2, 1769). 1769-Thomas Hutchinson (Governor; May, 1774). 1774-Thomas Gage (GovernorGeneral; denounced October, 1774).

1774, Oct. 7-1775, July 19Provincial Congresses.

1775, July-1780, Oct.-The Council.

UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Elected. 1780, Oct. 25-John Hancock. 1785, May-James Bowdoin. 1787-John Hancock (d. Oct. 1793). 1793, Oct. Samuel Adams (Lieut.Governor).

1794 Samuel Adams. 1797-Increase Sumner (d. June 1799).

1799, June-Moses Gill (Lieut.Governor).

1800-Caleb Strong.

1807-James Sullivan (d. Dec. 10, 1808). 1808-Levi Lincoln

ernor).

(Lieut.-Gov

1809-Christopher Gore. 1810-Elbridge Gerry. 1812-Caleb Strong.

1816-John Brooks (Until separa

tion).

1820, March 15-Maine separated from Massachusetts.

SINCE FORMATION OF CONSTITUTION.

1820-William King (Resigned). 1821-William D. Williamson (Acting Governor; resigned). 1821-Benjamin Ames

Governor).

1822-Albion K. Parris.

(Acting

1827-Enoch Lincoln (Died). 1829-Nathan Cutler (Acting Governor).

1830- Joshua Hall (Acting Governor).

1830-Jono. G. Hunton.
1831-Samuel E. Smith.
1834-Robert P. Dunlap.
1838-Edward Kent.
1839-John Fairfield.
1841-Edward Kent.
1842-John Fairfield.
1843-John Fairfield

(Resigned,

elected to U. S. Senate). 1843-Edward Kavanagh (Acting

Governor).

1844-Hugh J. Anderson.

1847-John W. Dana. 1850-John Hubbard. 1853-Anson P. Morrill. 1856-Samuel Wells.

1857-Hannibal Hamlin (Resigned,
elected to U. S. Senate).
1857-Joseph H. Williams (Acting
Governor).

1858-Lot M. Morrill.
1861-Israel Washburn, Jr.
1863-Abner Coburn.
1864-Samuel Cony.

1867-Joshua Chamberlain.
1871-Sidney Perham.
1874-Nelson Dingley, Jr.
1876-Selden Connor.
1879-Alonzo Garcelon.
1880-Daniel F. Davis.
1881-Harris M. Plaisted.

1883-Frederick Robie.
1887-Joseph R. Bodwell (d. Dec.
15, 1887).

1887-S. S. Marble (Acting Governor).

1889-Edwin C. Burleigh.

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In 1861 a convention modified the Constitution of 1853 to read "The Confederate States of America" where it originally referred to the United States of America. In 1864 a Constitution was framed and voted upon, but was not recognized by Congress.

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ROYAL GOVERNORS.

1692 Sir Lionel Copley. 1693-Sir Edmund Andros. 1693-Nicholas Greenberry (President of Council).

1694 Sir Thomas Lawrence (Secretary).

1694 Francis Nicholson. 1699-Nathaniel Blackiston. 1702-Thomas Tench (President of Council).

1704-John Seymour.

1709-Edward Loyd (President of Council).

1714-John Hart.

PROPRIETARY GOVERNORS. 1715-John Hart.

1720-Thomas Brooke (President of Council).

1720-Charles Calvert.

1727-Benedict Leonard Calvert. 1731-Samuel Ogle.

1732-Charles Calvert, Fifth Lord Baltimore.

1733-Samuel Ogle.

1742-Thomas Bladen. 1747-Samuel Ogle.

1752-Benjamin Tasker (President of Council).

1753-Horatio Sharpe. 1769-Robert Eden.

1774-Richard Lee (President of Council).

1774-Robert Eden (Returned). 1774-76-Council of safety.

UNDER STATE CONSTITUTION. 1777-Thomas Johnson. 1779-Thomas Sim Lee. 1782-William Paca. 1785-William Smallwood. 1788-John Eager Howard. 1791-George Plater.

1792-James Brice (Acting Governor).

1792-Thomas Sim Lee.

1794-John H. Stone.

1797-John Henry.

1798-Benjamin Ogle.
1801-John Francis Mercer.
1803-Robert Bowie.

1806-Robert Wright.

1808-James Butcher (Acting Gov

ernor).

1809-Edward Lloyd.

1811-Robert Bowie.

1812-Levin Winder.

1815-Charles Ridgley.
1818-Charles W. Goldsborough.
1819-Samuel Sprigg.
1822 Samuel Stevens, Jr.
1826-Joseph Kent.
1828-Daniel Martin.
1829-Thomas King Carroll.
1830-Daniel Martin.

1831-George Howard (Acting Governor).

1832-George Howard.

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1673-John Leverett.

1679-Simon Bradstreet.

1684-Joseph Dudley (President). 1686 Sir Edmund Andros (Governor-General).

1689-Thomas Danforth (Acting Governor).

UNDER SECOND CHARTER.

1692 Sir William Phips. 1694-William Stoughton (Acting Governor). 1699-Richard mont).

1825-Levi Lincoln.

1834-John Davis.

1847-William L. Greely (Acting Governor).

1835 Samuel T. Armstrong (Act- 1848-Epaphroditus Ransom.

ing Governor).

1836-Edward Everett. 1840-Marcus Morton. 1841-John Davis. 1843-Marcus Morton. 1844 George N. Briggs. 1851-George S. Boutwell. 1853-John H. Clifford. 1854-Emory Washburn. 1855-Henry J. Gardner.

Coote (Earl Bella

1858-Nathaniel P. Banks.

1861-John A. Andrew.

1700-William Stoughton (Acting

Governor).

1701-The Council.

1702-Joseph Dudley.

1715-The Council.

1715-Joseph Dudley.

1715-William Tailer (Acting Governor).

1716 Samuel Shute.

1723-William Dummer (Acting Governor).

1728-William Burnett.

1728-William Dummer (Acting Governor).

1730-William Tailer (Acting Governor).

1730--Jonathan Belcher. 1741-William Shirley.

1749-Spencer Phips (Acting Governor).

1753-William Shirley.

1756-Spencer Phips (Acting Governor).

1757-The Council.

1757-Thomas Pownall.

1760-Thomas Hutchinson (Acting Governor).

1760 Sir Francis Bernard.

1769-Thomas Hutchinson (Acting Governor).

1771-Thomas Hutchinson. 1774-Thomas Gage.

1774 Provincial Congress. 1775-The Council.

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1866-Alexander H. Bullock. 1869-William Claflin.

1872-William B. Washburn.

1874-Thomas Talbot (Acting Gov

ernor).

1874-William Gaston.

1876-Alexander H. Rice. 1879-Thomas Talbot. 1880-John D. Long. 1883-Benjamin F. Butler. 1884 George D. Robinson. 1887-Oliver Ames. 1890-J. Q. A. Brackett. 1891-William E. Russell. 1894-Frederick T. Greenhalge. 1897-Roger Wolcott. 1900-Winthrop M. Crane. 1903-John L. Bates. 1905-William L. Douglas. 1906-Curtis Guild, Jr.

1909-Eben S. Draper.

1911-Eugene N. Foss.

1914-David I. Walsh.

MICHIGAN.

1622-Under French rule there were 28 governors. 1763-Under British rule there were 11 governors.

AS PART OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY.

1796-Arthur St. Clair.

AS PART OF INDIANA TERRITORY.

1800-William Henry Harrison.

AS TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN. 1805-William Hull. 1813-Lewis Cass. 1831-George B. Porter. 1834-Stevens T. Mason.

STATE.

1835-Stevens T. Mason (Not in Union).

1837-Stevens T. Mason (In Union).

1840-William Woodbridge. 1841-J. Wright Gordon (Acting Governor).

1843-John S. Barry. 1846-Alpheus Felch.

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1832-Abram M. Scott (d. June 12, 1833). 1833-Charles

Lynch (President of Senate and Acting Governor). 1833-Hiram G. Runnels (Vacated Office Nov. 20, 1835). 1835-John A. Quitman (President of Senate and Acting Governor). 1836-Charles Lynch.

1838-Alexander G. McNutt. 1842-Tilghman M. Tucker.

1844-Albert G. Brown.

1848-Joseph W. Matthews. 1850-John A. Quitman (Resigned Feb. 3, 1851).

1851-John J. Guion (President of Senate and Acting Governor). 1851-James Whitfield (President of Senate and Acting Governor). 1852-Henry S. Foote (Resigned Jan. 5, 1854).

1854-John J. Pettus (President of Senate and Acting Governor). 1854-John J. McRae. 1857-William McWillie. 1859-John J. Pettus.

1863-Charles Clark (Removed by Federal Government May 22, 1865).

1865-William L. Sharkey (Provisional Governor).

1865-Benjamin G. Humphreys (Removed by Federal Government June 15, 1868). 1868-Adelbert

Governor).

Ames (Military

1870-James L. Alcorn (Resigned Nov. 30, 1871).

1871-Ridgeley C. Powers (Acting Governor).

1874-Adelbert Ames (Resigned March 29, 1876).

1876-John M. Stone (President of Senate).

1882-Robert Lowry.

1890-John M. Stone.

1896-Anselm J. McLaurin.

1900-Andrew H. Longino.

1904-James Kimble Vardaman.
1908-Edmond Favor Noel.
1912-Earl Brewer.

MISSOURI.

SPANISH ILLINOIS COUNTRY.

1770-Pedro Piernas (Lieut.-Governor).

1775-Francisco Cruzat (Lieut.Governor).

1778-Fernando de Leyba (Lieut.Governor).

1780-Francisco Cruzat (Lieut.Governor).

1787-Manuel Perez (Lieut.-Gov

ernor). 1792-Zenon

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1865-Thomas C. Fletcher.

1869-Joseph W. McClurg.

1871-Benjamin Gratz Brown.

1873-Silas Woodson.

1875-Charles H. Hardin.

1877-John S. Phelps.

1881-Thomas T. Crittenden.

1885-John S. Marmaduke.

1887-Albert P. Morehouse (Acting Governor).

1889-David R. Francis.

1893-William J. Stone.

1897-Lon V. Stephens.

1901-Alexander M. Dockery.

1905-Joseph W. Folk.

1909-Herbert S. Hadley.

1913-Elliott W. Major.

ΜΟΝΤΑΝΑ.

TERRITORY.

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1799-Carlos Dehault de Lassus

Governor).

(Lieut.-Governor).

1865-Thomas Francis Meagher (Acting Governor). 1866-Green Clay Smith.

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1809-Jeremiah Smith.

1810-John Langdon. 1812-William Plumer.

1813-John Taylor Gilman. 1816-William Plumer. 1819 Samuel Bell. 1823-Levi Woodbury. 1824-David L. Morril. 1827-Benjamin Pierce. 1828-John Bell. 1829-Benjamin Pierce. 1830-Matthew Harvey. 1831-Joseph M. Harper. 1832-Samuel Dinsmoor. 1834-William Badger. 1836-Isaac Hill. 1839-John Page. 1842-Henry Hubbard. 1844-John H. Steele. 1846-Anthony Colby. 1847-Jared W. Williams. 1849-Samuel Dinsmoor. 1852-Noah Martin.

1854-Nathaniel B. Baker.

1855-Ralph Metcalf.

1857-William Haile.

1859-Ichabod Goodwin.

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1865-Frederick Smythe. 1867-Walter Harriman. 1869-Onslow Stearns. 1871-James A. Weston. 1872-Ezekiel A. Straw. 1874-James A. Weston. 1875-Person F. Cheney. 1877-Benjamin F. Prescott.

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CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD, 1879-.

FOURTH

1879-Nathaniel Head.

1881-Charles H. Bell.

1883-Samuel W. Hale.

1885-Moody Currier. 1887-Charles H. Sawyer.

1889-David H. Goodell. 1891-Hiram A. Tuttle. 1893-John B. Smith. 1895-Charles A. Busiel. 1897-George A. Ramsdell1899-Frank W. Rollins. 1901-Chester B. Jordan. 1903-Nahum J. Bachelder.

1905-John McLane. 1907-Charles M. Floyd. 1909-Henry B. Quinby. 1911-Robert P. Bass.

NEW JERSEY.

EAST JERSEY.

1665-Philip Carteret.

1682-Robert Barclay.

1683-Thomas Rudyard (Deputy

Governor).

1683-Garen Lawrie.

1685-Lord Neil Campbell.

1692-Andrew Hamilton.

1698-Jeremiah Basse.

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