Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania

Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Incumbent
Michael J. Stack III
since January 20, 2015
Term length 4 years
Inaugural holder John Lhatta
Formation 1873
Salary $157,765 (2014)[1]
Website ltgovernor.state.pa.us

The lieutenant governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The lieutenant governor is elected every four years along with the governor. Michael J. Stack III is the incumbent lieutenant governor. The lieutenant governor presides in the Senate and is first in the line of succession to the governor; in the event the governor dies, resigns, or otherwise leaves office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.

The office of lieutenant governor was created by the Constitution of 1873. As with the governor's position, the Constitution of 1968 made the lieutenant governor eligible to succeed himself or herself for one additional four-year term.[2]

List of lieutenant governors

Parties

      Democratic       Republican

  1. John Latta (Democrat) 1875–1879
  2. Charles Warren Stone (Republican) 1879–1883
  3. Chauncey Forward Black (Democrat) 1883–1887
  4. William T. Davies (Republican) 1887–1891
  5. Louis Arthur Watres (Republican) 1891–1895
  6. Walter Lyon (Republican) 1895–1899
  7. John P. S. Gobin (Republican) 1899–1903
  8. William M. Brown (Republican) 1903–1907
  9. Robert S. Murphy (Republican) 1907–1911
  10. John M. Reynolds (Republican) 1911–1915
  11. Frank B. McClain (Republican) 1915–1919
  12. Edward E. Beidleman (Republican) 1919–1923
  13. David J. Davis (Republican) 1923–1927
  14. Arthur H. James (Republican) 1927–1931
  15. Edward C. Shannon (Republican) 1931–1935
  16. Thomas Kennedy (Democrat) 1935–1939
  17. Samuel S. Lewis (Republican) 1939–1943
  18. John Cromwell Bell, Jr. (Republican) 1943–1947
  19. Daniel B. Strickler (Republican) 1947–1951
  20. Lloyd H. Wood (Republican) 1951–1955
  21. Roy E. Furman (Democrat) 1955–1959
  22. John Morgan Davis (Democrat) 1959–1963
  23. Raymond P. Shafer (Republican) 1963–1967
  24. Raymond J. Broderick (Republican) 1967–1971
  25. Ernest P. Kline (Democrat) 1971–1979
  26. William Scranton, III (Republican) 1979–1987
  27. Mark Singel (Democrat) 1987–1995
  28. Mark S. Schweiker (Republican) 1995–2001
  29. Robert C. Jubelirer (Republican) 2001–2003
  30. Catherine Baker Knoll (Democrat) 2003–2008
  31. Joseph B. Scarnati III (Republican) 2008–2011
  32. Jim Cawley (Republican) 2011–2015
  33. Michael J. Stack III (Democrat) 2015–present

Living former Lieutenant Governors of Pennsylvania

As of January 2015, six former U.S. Lieutenant Governors of Pennsylvania were alive, the oldest being Robert C. Jubelirer (served 2001–2003, born 1937). The most recent death of a former U.S. lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania was that of Ernest P. Kline (served 1971–1979, born 1929), on May 13, 2009.

Lt. GovernorLt. Gubernatorial termDate of birth (and age)
William Scranton, III 1979–1987 July 20, 1947
Mark Singel 1987–1995 September 12, 1953
Mark S. Schweiker 1995–2001 January 31, 1953
Robert C. Jubelirer 2001–2003 February 9, 1937
Joseph B. Scarnati III 2008–2011 January 2, 1962
Jim Cawley 2011–2015 June 22, 1969

Vice-presidents of Pennsylvania

From 1777 to 1790 the executive branch of Pennsylvania's state government was headed by a Supreme Executive Council consisting of a representative of each county and of the City of Philadelphia. The Vice President of the Council—also known as the Vice-President of Pennsylvania—held a position analogous to the modern office of Lieutenant Governor. Presidents and Vice-Presidents were elected to one-year terms and could serve up to three years—the full length of their regular term as Counsellor. Ten men served as Vice-President during the time of the Council's existence.

References

  1. ↑ Dawson, Mike (20 February 2014). "Jay Paterno seeking election as Pa. lieutenant governor". Centre Daily Times. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  2. ↑
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