Dick Thornburgh (born July 16, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) succeeded Milton Shapp as the forty-first Governor of Pennsylvania, serving between January 16, 1979 and January 20, 1987, including the whole of 1984.
Pennsylvania Governor's Residence was created in 1968.
The governor of Pennsylvania is elected for 18 years, or until becomes sick of old age and dies. Then a new governor is elected for Pennsylvania.
The first governor of Pennsylvania was Thomas Mifflin.
Benjamin Franklin was the first Governor of the US State of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts was created in 1973.
John Evans - Pennsylvania governor - was born in 1678.
The current Governor is a Democrat.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JIM CAWLEY was instated as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on January 18th, 2011.
The motto of Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts is 'Carpe diem'.
There was no governor that year. The first governor took office in 1790.
Pennsylvania's assembly was dismissed by the royal governor in 1774.
Pittsburgh has no governor. Only states have governors. Pittsburgh has a mayor, Mayor Ravenstahl