The Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Lieutenant Governor is elected every four years along with the Governor and Attorney General. Upon the death of Democrat Catherine Baker Knoll, Republican State Senator Joseph B. Scarnati assumed the position.[1] The lieutenant governor presides in the Pennsylvania Senate and is first in the line of succession to the governor; in the event the governor dies, resigns, or otherwise leaves office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.
The Office of Lieutenant Governor was created by the Constitution of 1873. As with the Governor's position, the Constitution of 1968 made the Lieutenant Governor eligible to succeed himself or herself for one additional four-year term [1].
Lieutenant Governors of Pennsylvania
- John Latta (Democrat) 1875-79
- Charles Warren Stone (Republican) 1879-83
- Chauncey Forward Black (Democrat) 1883-87
- William T. Davies (Republican) 1887-91
- Louis Arthur Watres (Republican) 1891-95
- Walter Lyon (Republican) 1895-99
- John P. S. Gobin 1899-1903
- William M. Brown (Republican) 1903-07
- Robert S. Murphy (Republican) 1907-11
- John M. Reynolds (Democrat) 1911-15
- Frank B. McClain (Republican) 1915-19
- Edward E. Beidleman (Republican) 1919-23
- David J. Davis (Republican) 1923-27
- Arthur H. James (Republican) 1927-31
- Edward C. Shannon (Republican) 1931-35
- Thomas Kennedy (Democrat) 1935-39
- Samuel S. Lewis (Republican) 1939-43
- John Cromwell Bell, Jr. (Republican) 1943-47
- Daniel B. Strickler (Republican) 1947-51
- Lloyd H. Wood (Republican) 1951-55
- Roy E. Furman (Democrat) 1955-59
- John Morgan Davis (Democrat) 1959-63
- Raymond P. Shafer (Republican) 1963-67
- Raymond J. Broderick (Republican) 1967-71
- Ernest P. Kline (Democrat) 1971-1979
- William Scranton, III (Republican) 1979-1987
- Mark Singel (Democrat) 1987-1995
- Mark S. Schweiker (Republican) 1995-2001
- Robert C. Jubelirer (Republican) 2001-2003
- Catherine Baker Knoll (Democrat) 2003-2008
- Joseph B. Scarnati III (Republican) 2008-present [2]
Vice-Presidents of Pennsylvania
From 1777 to 1790 the executive branch of Pennsylvania's state government was headed by a Supreme Executive Council consisting of a representative of each county and of the City of Philadelphia. The Vice President of the Council—also known as the Vice-President of Pennsylvania—held a position analogous to the modern office of Lieutenant Governor. Presidents and Vice-Presidents were elected to one-year terms and could serve up to three years—the full length of their regular term as Counsellor. Ten men served as Vice-President during the time of the Council's existence.
- George Bryan 1777-79
- Matthew Smith 1779
- William Moore 1779-81
- James Potter 1781-82
- James Ewing 1782-84
- James Irvine 1784-85
- Charles Biddle 1785-87
- Peter Muhlenberg 1787-88
- David Redick 1788
- George Ross 1788-90
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