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unusual facts about governor of Pennsylvania



103d Fighter Squadron

Despite appeals from Ed Rendell, the Governor of Pennsylvania, the recommendations were upheld and the A-10s departed during 2010.

Benzinger Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania

The city was officially recognized by the Governor of Pennsylvania on June 18, 1992.

Christine Jack Toretti

She chaired Lynn Swann's 2006 campaign for Governor of Pennsylvania.

David Henry Stahl

He was in the United States Army beginning in 1942, and was appointed Attorney General of Pennsylvania by Governor David Lawrence in 1961.

Ethel D. Allen

In January 1979, incoming Governor Dick Thornburgh named Allen his choice for Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Fairfield Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

John Andrew Shulze retired to Fairfield Township following his 1823-1829 term as governor of Pennsylvania.

James Hugh Joseph Tate

He originally ascended to the office of Mayor (as President of the City Council) when Richardson Dilworth resigned to make an unsuccessful run for Governor of Pennsylvania in the 1962 election.

Jeffrey Piccola

In 2005, Piccola announced that he would run for Governor, seeking the Republican nomination against incumbent Democratic Governor Ed Rendell.

Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district

Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell scheduled a special election for May 18, 2010, following the death of Representative John Murtha.

Robert McCord

He is a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in the 2014 election.


see also

David L. Lawrence

In 1934, he helped elect George Earle as the first Democratic governor of Pennsylvania in the 20th century.

George Earle

George Howard Earle III (1890–1974), American politician, diplomat and governor of Pennsylvania

Gifford Pinchot III

Gifford Pinchot is also the grandson of the first Chief of the United States Forest Service and the 28th Governor of Pennsylvania, Gifford Pinchot.

Houses at 838-862 Brightridge Street

They are similar in size and floor plan to the row houses on Charles Street that were also built by William A. Stone, who later became governor of Pennsylvania.

Mifflin Cross Roads, Pennsylvania

It is named after Thomas Mifflin, first governor of Pennsylvania, and located three miles east of Mainville.

Penn State Mont Alto

In May 1903, Samuel W. Pennypacker, governor of Pennsylvania, established the Pennsylvania State Forest Academy in Mont Alto.

Shiremanstown, Pennsylvania

William Bigler (January 11, 1814 – August 9, 1880), who was governor of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1855, and later a U.S. Senator, was born in Shiremanstown.

Thornburgh

Dick Thornburgh (b. 1932), American politician; governor of Pennsylvania 1979–87; U.S. Attorney General 1988–91

William Fishbourn

There, on January 8, 1702, he married Hannah Carpenter (March 3, 1685 – July 25, 1728), daughter of Samuel Carpenter, a deputy governor of Pennsylvania.

William Packer

William F. Packer (1807–1870), governor of Pennsylvania from 1858 to 1861