In 1976, Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls was appointed Governor of South Australia, the first Aboriginal Governor of any Australian State.
He was sworn in today (January 8th).
Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first woman governor of Wyoming, and the first woman elected and sworn in as governor of any US state. She served from January 5, 1925 to January 3, 1927. Miriam A. Ferguson was elected governor of Texas the same day as Nellie Tayloe Ross, but Miriam was not sworn in until January 20, 1925.
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Mr. P S Rao during the period 01.11.1956 to 21.11.1956 served as Acting Governor. On 22.11.1956 Mr. B Ramakrishna Rao sworn as the Governor of Kerala
Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first woman governor of Wyoming, and the first woman elected and sworn in as governor of any US state. She served from January 5, 1925 to January 3, 1927.
Texas Governor Rick Perry's inauguration will be on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 in Austin, Texas at the State Capitol grounds and both the governor and lieutenant governor are sworn-in on the 3rd Tuesday every 4 years. Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst will also be sworn-in on January 18th as well, so he will be taking the oath of office first.
Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first woman governor of Wyoming, and the first woman elected and sworn in as governor of any US state. She served from January 5, 1925 to January 3, 1927.
January 10th John Kasich will be sworn in as Ohio's next Governor.
The first woman to act as governor was Soledad Chávez Chacón, who held the office of Governor of New Mexico for 2 weeks in 1924 while Governor James F. Hinkle attended the Democratic Convention in New York.The first elected female governor was Nellie Tayloe Rossof Wyoming (coincidentally, the first state to provide women's suffrage) who was elected on November 4, 1924 and sworn in on January 5, 1925. She was preceded in office by her late husband William B. Ross. Also elected on November 4 was Miriam A. Ferguson of Texas, succeeding her impeached husband James Edward Ferguson, but she was not sworn in until January 20, 1925.The first female governor elected without being the wife or widow of a past state governor was Ella T. Grasso of Connecticut, elected in 1974 and sworn in on January 8, 1975.
Pat Quinn was sworn in as the next Governor of Illinois after Rod Blagojevich was impeached.
As of July 2014, the governor of California is currently Jerry Brown. He is a democrat. He was sworn into office on January 3, 2011.
He became the 8th Governor of Tennessee in 1827 and the 7th Governor of Texas in 1859.