Pennsylvania Governors 1790 - 1876

 

Under the Constitution of 1790

NamePartyStart TermEnd TermBornDied
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

NamePartyStart TermEnd TermBornDied
David Rittenhouse Porter Dem-Rep 01/15/1839 01/21/1845 10/31/1788 08/06/1867
Francis Rawn Shunk 1 Democrat 01/21/1845 07/09/1848 08/07/1788 07/20/1848
William Freame Johnston 2 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

 

Notes

  1. Governor Shunk resigned July 9, 1848
  2. there was an interregnum from July 9, 1848 to July 26, 1848 when Johnston took the oath