The citizens of Pennsylvania according to the statistics of the past four presidential elections predominantly voted Democratic, thereby making Pennsylvania a blue state.However, it is interesting to note that both the governor and the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania are Republican, along with the majority of the state's representatives in the United States Congress.
The first governor of Pennsylvania was Thomas Mifflin.
Benjamin Franklin was the first Governor of the US State of Pennsylvania.
There was no governor that year. The first governor took office in 1790.
Thomas Mifflin
Pennsylvania has had a Republican Governor since 18 January 2011.Overall, as of 2013, the governorship of Pennsylvania has included...25 Republicans,11 Democrats,6 Democratic-Republicans,2 Whigs,1 Federalist, and1 Anti-Mason.
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Thomas Miffin was elected the first governor of Pennsylvania. He was elected in 1790 and served until 1799. He died a year later.
Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn Thomas Mifflin.
The first governor of the Pennsylvania colony, which was part of the middle colonies, was William Markham, although he was only classed as a deputy governor at the time. His term ran from 1681 to 1682. The proprietor of the colony at this time was William Penn.
Isaac Shelby was the first (and later the 5th) governor of Kentucky state.The first Kentucky Governor after Virginia was split into Virginia and Kentucky in 1792 was Democratic-Republican Isaac Shelby.
Thomas Mifflin (born January 10, 1744 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died January 20, 1800 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania), the first Governor of Pennsylvania, served between December 21, 1790 and December 17, 1799.