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• Directory:John Tyler
  | order3= 23rd [[Governor of Virginia]] ...William and Mary]] and went on to study law with his father, who became [[Governor of Virginia]] (1808-1811). Tyler was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] in
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• Directory:Alaska
  * Every four years Alaskans elect a Governor and a Lieutenant Governor to four-year terms. ...which became effective on Jan. 3, 1959. Provided by the Alaska lieutenant governor's office.
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• Directory:Louisiana
  ...r than let its young starve, would tear at its own flesh to feed them. The Governor's great respect for the Pelican led him to first use the Pelican symbol on
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• Directory:Texas
  | Governor = [[Governor:=Rick Perry (R)|Rick Perry (R)]] ...ted tenants were largely responsible for the election of James Ferguson as governor.
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• Directory:Connecticut
  ...lies contributed to his army by Gov. Jonathan Trumbull - the only Colonial governor, incidentally, to support the cause of America's independence from Great Br * Ella Grasso was elected in her own right to be a state governor in 1974.
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• Directory:William McKinley
  | order2=39th [[Governor of Ohio]] ...the Canton area for his old commander, Rutherford Hayes, then running for governor" in the state of Ohio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ohiohistory.org/onlin
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• Directory:Montana
  ...ntana became a territory on May 26, 1864, and Edgerton served as its first governor. ...tate on November 8, 1889. Joseph K. Toole of Helena became the first state governor.
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• Directory:Illinois
  ...ives. The executive branch includes a team-elected governor and lieutenant governor, assisted by an attorney general, secretary of state, comptroller, and trea
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• Directory:New Mexico
  Santa Fe was founded as the capital in 1609 by New Mexico's third governor, Don Pedro de Peralta. The fortified villa real (royal village) occupied th ...had returned. New settlers led by Don Diego DeVargas, the newly appointed governor and captain-general of New Mexico, began to reconquer the northern pueblos,
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• Directory:Martin Van Buren
  | order4= 9th [[Governor of New York]] ...nt of it we have been overthrown." In 1828, Martin Van Buren was elected [[governor of New York]] for the term beginning on January 1, 1829, and resigned his s
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• Directory:Franklin Pierce
  ...War|Revolutionary War]] soldier, a state militia general, and a two-time [[governor of New Hampshire]]. His mother was Anna Kendrick. He was the sixth of eight ...orthampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], [[Massachusetts]], studying under Governor [[Levi Woodbury]], and later Judges [[Samuel Howe]] and Edmund Parker, in [
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• Directory:Indiana
  ...e are three branches: the executive, the legislative and the judicial. The Governor is elected to serve a four year term. The legislature, known as the General ...served Indiana as a United States Senator, a United States representative, governor, and as Vice President under Grover Cleveland. Indiana has been the home of
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• Directory:William Howard Taft
  ...rved as the [[Solicitor General of the United States]], a federal judge, [[Governor-General of the Philippines]], and [[United States Secretary of War|Secretar ...1930.]</ref> Taft received jibes about his weight throughout his life: as governor of the Philippines, Taft once sent a telegram to [[Washington, D.C.]] that
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• Directory:Maryland
  ...s younger brother, Leonard, to accompany the colonists and to be the first governor. ...ried between 200 and 300 passengers. The leader of the colonists and first Governor of Maryland was the brother of Cecil, Leonard Calvert.
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• Directory:James K. Polk
  | order2=11th [[Governor of Tennessee]] ...es|Speaker of the House]] (1835–1839) and [[List of Governors of Tennessee|Governor of Tennessee]] (1839–1841) prior to becoming president.
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• Directory:Hawaii
  ...omplished in 1898. In 1900 the islands were made a territory, with Dole as governor. In this period, Hawaii's pineapple industry expanded as pineapples were fi
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• Directory:Warren G. Harding
  | office3= Lieutenant Governor of Ohio ...served in the [[Ohio Senate]] (1899&ndash;1903) and later as [[Lieutenant Governor]] of Ohio (1903&ndash;1905) and as a U.S. Senator (1915&ndash;1921).
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• Directory:Kansas
  * Cedar Crest is the name of the governor's mansion in Topeka, the state capital.
  18 KB (2,950 words) - 19:15, 17 January 2013
• Directory:Iowa
  * Francis Drake was 66 years old at his inauguration and Iowa's oldest governor.
  10 KB (1,569 words) - 19:15, 17 January 2013
• Directory:Rachel Marsden
  ...gton, DC]]. For her academic achievements, she was awarded the Canadian [[Governor General]]’s medal for academic excellence.
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