John Hoeven of North Dakota (serving since December 15, 2000) is the longest-serving current governor, having been sworn in six days before Rick Perry, the governor of Texas. Mike Easley, who took office in January of 2001 and will be retiring in January of 2009, is the third longest-serving. No other current governor held office prior to December of 2002.
Easley served for 8 years and his predecessor, Jim Hunt served 16 years as North Carolina's governor from 1977-1985 and again from 1993-2001.
The phrase incumbent governor would be referring to the current governor. As of June 2014, Terry Branstad of Iowa is America's longest serving governor.
Ishrat-ul-Ibad is the current Governor of Sindh. He is the longest serving governor of Sindh and has been serving for the last 10.5 years.
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Governor John Henry Hoeven III the longest serving curent Governor in the US.
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James Thompson is famous for being the 37th governor of the state of Illinois. He is also the longest serving governor because he was governor for 14 years.
July 9 1777, New York elects Brigadier General George Clinton as the first governor of the independent state of New York. Clinton would go on to become New York's longest-serving governor, as well as the longest-serving governor in the United States, holding the post until 1795, and again from 1801 to 1804. In 1805, he was elected vice president of the United States, a position he held under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, until his death in 1812
Republican Rick Perry, who was the second Lt. Governor under George W. Bush, became Governor of Texas in December 2000 when Gov. Bush resigned after being elected U.S. President. Gov. Perry became the longest serving governor in Texas history in December 2008. His current term ends in January 2015.
As of September 2021, the current lieutenant governor of the state of Florida is Jeanette Nuñez. She has been serving in this position since January 2019 alongside Governor Ron DeSantis.
The current governor, Rick Perry, broke the old record in December, 2008.
The Governor of Michigan is Rick Snyder, serving the term from January 1, 2011 to January 1, 2015.