Ralph Moses Paiewonsky was the last appointed governor. Governors have been elected since 1969. Kenneth Mapp is the current elected governor.
Ted Strickland was elected in 2006. Before he served as governor he served six terms as a member of the United States House of Representitives.
Doug Burgum is the current governor of North Dakota.
Bruce Rauner is the 42nd and current Governor of Illinois. He was elected in 2014 and assumed office on January 12, 2015.
The current President, Barack Obama, is the first black President. He was elected to two terms. He was formerly a Senator in Illinois.
ARTICLE IV EXECUTIVESECTION 5. Election of governor, lieutenant governor and cabinet members; qualifications; terms.-- (b) When elected, the governor, lieutenant governor and each cabinet member must be an elector not less than thirty years of age who has resided in the state for the preceding seven years. The attorney general must have been a member of the bar of Florida for the preceding five years. No person who has, or but for resignation would have, served as governor or acting governor for more than six years in two consecutive terms shall be elected governor for the succeeding term.
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California became a state on September 9, 1850. The first governor was Peter Hardeman Burnett, who was elected almost a year prior and continued as the governor after statehood. The first governor to BECOME governor AFTER statehood was John McDougal who, as the then Lieutenant Governor, was elevated to Governor when Burnett resigned in 1851. The first governor ELECTED after statehood was granted was California's 3rd governor, John Bigler, who was elected in 1852. California's 2nd Governor, John McDougal was elected as Lieutenant Governor before California became a state and succeed Burnett as governor upon Burnett's resignation - never having been elected as governor.
The current governor is the 70th state governor.
As of 1/26/2010, Pat Quinn has been Governor of the State of Illinois for about one year.
He was governor of Ohio.
There was none, Minnesota hasn't been established in 1776 ,but Alexander Ramsey was the first governor to be elected in Minnesota. He was governor from 1849- 1853.