Benjamin Franklin was the first Governor of the US State of Pennsylvania.
Patrick Henry was the first Governor of the US State called Virginia.
The first female governor was Joan Finney, from 1991 to 1995. She was the first female candidate in the US to defeat an incumbent male governor in a state general election.
Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first woman governor of Wyoming, and the first woman governor of any US state. She served from January 5, 1925 to January 3, 1927.
Thomas Johnson was the first elected governor of Maryland.Leonard Calvert was the first Governor of the Maryland Colony and Thomas Johnson was the first Governor of the US State of Maryland.
As a US State it was Patrick Henry.
Thomas Johnson was the first Governor of the US State of Maryland and Leonard Calvert was the first Governor of the English Colony of Maryland.
John Miller was the first governor of the US state of North Dakota from 1889 to 1891.
The first governor of the US state of Wyoming was Frances E. Warren (1890). The first governor of Wyoming Territory was John A. Campbell (1869-1875).
First Hispanic governor of a U.S. state: Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca (New Mexico, 1917)
Bobby Jindal
A Governor is head of a state government in the US.