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List of Governors of Pennsylvania There have been seven presidents and 46 governors of Pennsylvania, with two governors serving non-consecutive terms, totaling 55 terms in both offices. The longest term was that of the first governor, Thomas Mifflin, who served three full terms as governor in addition to two years as president. The shortest term belonged to John Bell, who served only 19 days as acting governor after his predecessor resigned.
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William Penn, America's First Great Champion for Liberty and Peace Penn's First Frame of Government was the first constitution to provide for peaceful change through amendments. A proposed amendment required the consent of the governor and 85 percent of the elected representatives.
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Come Play. Come Stay. Search. The City of Pottsboro is located just 75 minutes north of downtown Dallas, on Lake Texoma. The area was settled in 1879 by James A. Potts, a pioneer settler who donated land for a town and a right-of-way so that the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad could extend its tracks westward from Denison to the area.
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- HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania is now the 24th state in the country to offer medical marijuana. Governor Wolf signed the bill into law Sunday afternoon at a ceremony in the Capitol rotunda surrounded by advocates and lawmakers.
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Survey of the Keystone State Pennsylvania was the second state to ratify it, on December 12 (Delaware had been the first). The national capital was located in Philadelphia from 1790 to 1800, when it was moved to Washington, D.C.
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- This week, all of a sudden, a third Tom popped up in the race for PA Governor. It all began last Friday when NextGen, a 501(c)(4) organization founded by billionaire Tom Steyer that focuses on climate change, launched a TV ad criticizing Gov. Corbett for his support of oil and gas companies.
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Pennsylvania History Timeline One of the original 13 colonies, Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers.
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Pennsylvania Governor Election Results: Tom Wolf Defeats Incumbent Tom Corbett Democrat Tom Wolf defeated incumbent Tom Corbett (R) in the 2014 Pennsylvania governor race. Corbett was first elected as governor of Pennsylvania in 2010.He struggled to keep support of GOP voters as his re-election race drew closer.n 2012, Corbett brought state funding for education back up to 2008 levels, still at least $500 million below the previous year without the stimulus funds. This fiscal year, Pennsylvania is spending $5.5 billion on basic education.
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- by Stan Brown. (Today is the 98th anniversary of Arizona Statehood. The first Governor of the new State of Arizona was George W. P. Hunt, who was a very controversial, polarizing figure in his lifetime, but is remembered today as one of Arizona’s great pioneers.).t the age of 52, in 1911, Hunt was elected Arizona’s first governor and was sworn in on February 14, 1912. He refused a carriage for his inauguration ride and walked a mile to the capitol building, seeking to proclaim himself as a man of the people.
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William Penn (Royal Navy officer) William Penn (Royal Navy officer) Sir William Penn (23 April 1621 – 16 September 1670) was an English admiral and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1670. He was the father of William Penn, founder of the Province of Pennsylvania.
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- In the Democratic primary, Tom Wolf is the best choice: Editorial. Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf sits down for a political podcast with PennLive's John Micek and Robert Vickers in March. By voting for Wolf, Democrats can begin charting a new course for Pennsylvania.
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Casey Cagle Casey Cagle. On November 7, 2006, Casey Cagle made history by becoming the first Republican ever elected to the state’s second highest office. To those who do not know him, winning the campaign for Lt. Governor might have seemed to defy odds.
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- What is the “Dead Zone”? In coastal marine environments, “Dead Zones” are regions where oxygen concentrations are very low. This condition of oxygen deficiency, known as hypoxia, is caused by an interaction between biological, chemical and physical factors. In the absence of sufficient oxygen, animals and plants either die or leave the dead zone. Although these affected waters are called dead zones, many bacteria can thrive in this region, feeding on the abundant food produced in the overlying waters. Hypoxia is a natural phenomenon that occurs periodically in coastal waters around the world.
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History of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania was first colonized by Swedish and Dutch settlers in the 17th century, before the English took control of the colony in 1667. In 1681, William Penn established a colony based on religious tolerance; it and its chief city, Philadelphia (the first planned city), was settled by many Quakers.
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- Election Of Trustees Begins In JANUARY. The election processes for the Board of Trustees of the Pennsylvania State University will begin in the new year. Three alumni trustees are elected each year for three-year terms. Beginning on January 15, nominating ballots are automatically sent if:1  You are a Penn State alumnus/alumna;he 18th president of Penn State has been named by the University's Board of Trustees. Eric J. Barron, a former dean at Penn State and current leader of Florida State University, begins as Penn State's next president on May 12, 2014.
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Pennsylvania State Motto The motto, Virtue, Liberty and Independence, first appeared on the Pennsylvania coat of arms designed by Caleb Lownes in 1778.
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- How did Pennsylvania get its name? Its founder, English reformer William Penn, born on October 14, 1644, in London, England, named it in honor of his father. Persecuted in England for his Quaker faith, Penn came to America in 1682 and established Pennsylvania as a place where people could enjoy freedom of religion. The colony became a haven for minority religious sects from Germany, Holland, Scandinavia, and Great Britain.
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For governor, Democrat Tom Wolf is the better choice: Editorial For governor, Democrat Tom Wolf is the better choice: Editorial. Tom Wolf, the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania in the 2014 election, meets with the PennLive editorial board on September 25, 2014.
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Who was the first governor of Washington State? exists and is an alternate of . [1] Miles C. Moore was the last governor of the Washington territory, in 1889. In that year, on November 11, Washington became a state. [2] So in that same year, the first state governor, Elisha P Ferry, began a four-year term, 1889-1893.
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How Much Governors Get Paid Pennsylvania governors earn the highest salary in the United States. Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, has decline his salary of nearly $190,000. Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images News. Pennsylvania pays its governor the most of any governor in the United States. The salary is set at $190,823. The governor of Pennsylvania is Democrat Tom Wolf, who unseated Republican Gov. Tom Corbett in 2014. Wolf, a businessman who is independently wealthy, has declined his state salary, however, saying he sees himself as a citizen-politician.
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Eleven days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge was appointed as the first Director of the Office of Homeland Security in the White House.
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Province of Pennsylvania 1 William Penn, the colony's founder and son of naval Admiral Sir William Penn. 2  Arthur St. Clair moved to Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania in 1764. 3  He served as a judge in colonial Pennsylvania, a general in the Continental Army, and a President under the Articles of Confederation.
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Exhibits - North Dakota Governors - William A. Jayne Present-day Yankton, South Dakota, served as the first capitol of Dakota Territory. The first governor's residence was a small log cabin. Governor Jayne was from Illinois. He served as President Lincoln's personal physician.
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Governor of Pennsylvania Role in state budget. 1  Budget instruction guidelines are sent to state agencies in August of the year preceding the start of the new fiscal year. 2  State agencies submit their budget requests to the governor in October. 3  Agency hearings are held from October through December. Public hearings are held from December through May.
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- Governor of Pennsylvania The current Governor of Pennsylvania is Democrat Tom Wolf. He was sworn into the Office of Governor on January 20th, 2015. Tom Wolf is 66 years old and serving his first elected term as Governor.
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Pennsylvania General Assembly The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The legislature convenes in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. In colonial times (1682–1776), the legislature was known as the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly. Since the Constitution of 1776, written by American revolutionaries, the legislature has been known as the General Assembly. The General Assembly became a bicameral legislature in 1790.