John Bowden Connally, Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was an influential American politician, serving as Governor of Texas, Secretary of the Navy under President John F. Kennedy, and...
Simon Bolivar Buckner (April 1, 1823 – January 8, 1914) fought in the United States Army in the Mexican–American War and in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He...
Frank Lewis O'Bannon (January 30, 1930-September 13, 2003) was an American politician who was Governor of Indiana from 1997 until his death in 2003. O'Bannon was a native of Corydon, Indiana...
Ragnvald Anderson Nestos (April 12, 1877 – July 15, 1942) was the governor of the U.S. state of North Dakota from 1921 through 1925. Ragnvold Anderson Nestos was a native of Voss, Norway. He...
Charles Bradford "Brad" Henry (born July 10, 1963) is the Governor of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected governor in 2002. Henry faced Republican US...
Geórgios Papandréou (Greek: Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου, IPA: [ʝeˈoɾʝios papanˈðɾeu]) (born June 16, 1952), commonly anglicized to George and shortened to Γιώργος (Giórgos, IPA: [ˈʝoɾɣos]) in Greek...
William Victor "Bill" Roth, Jr. (July 22, 1921 – December 13, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and...
Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (July 18, 1906 – February 27, 1992) was a Canadian-American academic and political figure of Japanese ancestry. He was an English professor, served as president of San...
William Henry Bissell (April 25, 1811 – March 18, 1860) was the governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1857 until his death. He was one of the first successful Republican Party...
Ernest Lee Fletcher (born November 12, 1952) is a physician and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He served as governor of Kentucky from 2003 to 2007, losing his...
William Alexis Stone (18 April 1846 – 1 March 1920) was Governor of Pennsylvania from 1899 to 1903. Stone was born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. In 1864, Stone enlisted in the Union Army...
John Franklin Street (born October 15, 1943) was the 97th Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. He was first elected to a term beginning on January 3, 2000, and was re-elected to a second term...
William Henry Davis "Alfalfa Bill" Murray (November 21, 1869 – October 15, 1956) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from Oklahoma. He was the first Speaker of the Oklahoma House...
William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945, in Smithtown, New York) was the Republican Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997. From 1981 to 1988, he was a federal prosecutor in the United...
Richard Bassett (April 2, 1745 – August 15, 1815) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the American Revolution, a delegate to the...
Hugh Leo Carey (born April 11, 1919) is an attorney and former governor of New York (1975–1982), and a former seven-term United States Representative (1961–1974). Carey was born in Brooklyn...
William Perry "Bill" Clements, Jr. (born April 17, 1917), is the first Republican to have served as governor of the U.S. state of Texas since Reconstruction. He was governor for two...
Dolph Briscoe, Jr. (born April 23, 1923) is a wealthy Uvalde rancher and businessman who was the Democratic Governor of Texas between 1973 and 1979. Because of his re-election following an...
Jane Maria Swift (born February 24, 1965) is an American politician and the former Republican Governor of Massachusetts. She is the only woman to hold that position, serving from April 2001...
Anson Peaslee Morrill (June 10, 1803 – July 4, 1887) was an American statesman. Born in 1803 in Belgrade, Maine, originally a storekeeper and millkeeper, he was the Governor of Maine from...
Francis Anthony "Frank" Keating (born February 10, 1944) is an American politician from Oklahoma. Keating served as the 25th Governor of Oklahoma. His first term began in 1995 and ended in...
Washington Hunt (August 5, 1811 Windham, Greene County, New York - February 2, 1867 New York City) was an American lawyer and politician. He moved to Lockport, New York in 1828 to study law...
Llewelyn Sherman Adams (January 8, 1899 – October 27, 1986) was an American politician, best known as White House Chief of Staff for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the culmination of a...
Martin Henry Glynn (September 27, 1871, Valatie, Columbia County, New York - December 14, 1924, Albany, Albany County, New York) was an American politician. He was Governor of New York from...
Angelo Joseph Rossi (January 22, 1878 – April 4, 1948) was a U.S. political figure who served as mayor of San Francisco. Rossi was born in Volcano, Amador County, California and came to San...