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Governors of Pennsylvania

1790-1879
1879-1971
1971-Present

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

Pennsylvania Governors 1879 - 1951

Under the Constitution of 1874

NAME	PARTY	Start Term	End Term	Born	Died
John Frederick Hartranft	Republican	01/18/1876	01/21/1879	12/16/1830	10/17/1889
Henry Martyn Hoyt	Republican	01/21/1879	01/16/1883	06/08/1830	12/01/1892
Robert Emory Pattison	Democrat	01/16/1883	01/18/1887	12/08/1850	08/01/1904
James Addams Beaver	Republican	01/18/1887	01/20/1891	10/21/1837	01/31/1914
Robert Emory Pattison	Democrat	01/20/1891	01/15/1895	12/08/1850	08/01/1904
Daniel Hartman Hastings	Republican	01/15/1895	01/17/1899	02/26/1849	01/09/1903
William Alexis Stone	Republican	01/17/1899	01/20/1903	04/18/1846	03/01/1920
Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker	Republican	01/20/1903	01/15/1907	04/09/1843	09/02/1916
Edwin Sydney Stuart	Republican	01/15/1907	01/17/1911	12/28/1853	03/21/1937
John Kinley Tener	Republican	01/17/1911	01/19/1915	07/25/1863	05/19/1946
Martin Grove Brumbaugh	Republican	01/19/1915	01/21/1919	04/14/1862	03/14/1930
William Cameron Sproul	Republican	01/21/1919	01/16/1923	09/16/1870	03/21/1928
Gifford Pinchot	Republican	01/16/1923	01/18/1927	08/11/1865	10/04/1946
John Stuchell Fisher	Republican	01/18/1927	01/20/1931	05/25/1867	06/25/1940
Gifford Pinchot	Republican	01/20/1931	01/15/1935	08/11/1865	10/04/1946
George Howard Earle	Democrat	01/15/1935	01/17/1939	12/05/1890	12/30/1974
Arthur Horace James	Republican	01/17/1939	01/19/1943	07/14/1883	04/27/1973
Edward Martin*	Republican	01/19/1943	01/02/1947	09/18/1879	03/19/1967
John C. Bell Jr. **	Republican	01/02/1947	01/21/1947	10/24/1892	03/21/1974
James H. Duff	Republican	01/21/1947	01/16/1951	01/21/1883	12/20/1969
John S. Fine	Republican	01/17/1967	01/19/1971	03/05/1917	12/12/2006
George Michael Leader	Democrat	01/18/1955	01/20/1959	01/17/1918	Living
David Leo Lawrence	Democrat	01/20/1959	01/15/1963	06/18/1889	11/21/1966
William Warren Scranton	Republican	01/15/1963	01/17/1967	07/19/1917	Living
Raymond P. Shafer	Republican	01/17/1967	01/19/1971	03/05/1917	12/12/2006

* Governor Martin resigned January 2, 1947 to take a seat in the United States Senate
** John C. Bell Jr. became governor upon the resignation of Governor Edward Martin

Pennsylvania Governors 1951 - Present

Under the Constitution of 1968

NAME PARTY Start Term End Term Born Died

Milton J. Shapp Democrat 01/19/1971 01/16/1979 06/25/1912 11/24/1994

Dick Thornburgh Republican 01/16/1979 01/20/1987 07/16/1932 Living

Robert P. Casey Democrat 01/20/1987 01/17/1995 01//09/1932 5/30/2000

Tom Ridge Republican 01/17/1995 10/05/2001 08/26/1945 Living

Mark S. Schweiker Republican 10/05/2001 01/21/2003 01/31/1953 Living

Edward G. Rendell Democrat 01/21/2003 01/18/2011 01/05/1944 Living

Tom Corbett Republican 01/18/2011 06/17/1949 Living