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Pennsylvania Governors 1790 - 1879
Under the Constitution of 1790
Name
Party
Start Term
End Term
Born
Died
Thomas Mifflin
None
12/21/1790
12/17/1799
01/10/1744
01/20/1800
Thomas McKean
Dem-Rep
12/17/1799
12/20/1808
03/17/1734
06/24/1817
Simon Snyder
Dem-Rep
12/20/1808
12/16/1817
11/05/1759
11/09/1819
William Findlay
Dem-Rep
12/16/1817
12/19/1820
06/20/1768
11/12/1846
Joseph Hiester
Dem-Rep
12/19/1820
12/16/1823
11/18/1752
06/10/1832
John Andrew Shulze
Dem-Rep
12/16/1823
12/15/1829
07/19/1775
11/18/1852
George Wolf
Dem-Rep
12/15/1829
12/15/1835
08/12/1777
03/11/1840
Joseph Ritner
Anti-Mason
12/15/1835
01/15/1839
03/25/1780
10/16/1869
Under the Constitution of 1838
Name
Party
Start Term
End Term
Born
Died
David Rittenhouse Porter
Dem-Rep
01/15/1839
01/21/1845
10/31/1788
08/06/1867
Francis Rawn Shunk
*
Democrat
01/21/1845
07/09/1848
08/07/1788
07/20/1848
William Freame Johnston
**
Whig
07/26/1848
01/20/1852
11/29/1808
10/25/1872
William Bigler
Democrat
01/20/1852
01/16/1855
01/11/1814
08/09/1880
James Pollock
Whig
01/16/1855
01/19/1858
09/11/1810
04/19/1890
William Fisher Packer
Democrat
01/19/1858
01/15/1861
04/02/1807
09/27/1870
Andrew Gregg Curtin
Republican
01/15/1861
01/15/1867
04/22/1817
10/07/1894
John White Geary
Republican
01/15/1867
01/21/1873
12/30/1819
02/08/1873
John Frederick Hartranft
Republican
01/21/1873
01/18/1876
12/16/1830
10/17/1889
* Governor Shunk resigned July 9, 1848
** there was an interregnum from July 9, 1848 to July 26, 1848 when Johnston took the oath
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