George W. Romney was the first Latter-day Saint governor outside of Utah. George W. Romney was elected Governor in the State of Michigan in 1962 and assumed office on January 1st, 1963. George W. Romney is the father of former Massachusetts Governor and former Presidential candidate W. Mitt Romney.
Brigham Young, the first Governor of Utah
The US has never had a governor general. The first President of the United States was George Washington. The first US Governor-General of the Philippines was William Howard Taft.
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.
Patrick Henry was the first Governor of the US State called Virginia.
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.
Governor M. Jodi Rell of Connecticut was the first US governor to sign a same-sex marriage bill into law in April 2009.
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).
* The first Governor of New France was Sauvole de la Villantry. * The first Spanish Governor was Antonio de Ulloa. * The first French Governor after Spain's cessesstion back to France was Pierre de Laussat. * The First US Governor of Louisiana Territory was William Claiborne. * The First Governor of the US State of Louisiana was William Claiborne. * The First Governor of Confederat Louisiana was Thomas Overton Moore. * The First Governor of Union held Louisiana. * The First Governor during Reconstruction was James Wells. * The First Governor after Reconstruction was Henry Warmoth.
John Miller was the first governor of the US state of North Dakota from 1889 to 1891.
No. Virginia governor Robert "Bob" McDonnell is a Roman Catholic. He has never been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church.)
Benjamin Franklin was the first Governor of the US State of Pennsylvania.
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.
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.