Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
The Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The lieutenant governor is elected for a four-year term in the same year as the governor. Each party picks a candidate for lieutenant governor independently of the gubernatorial primary. The winners of the party primaries are then teamed together as a single ticket for the fall general election.[2]
Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | |
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Term length | Four years renewable once |
Inaugural holder | John Latta |
Formation | 1873 |
Salary | $157,765 (2014)[1] |
Website | ltgovernor.state.pa.us |
The lieutenant governor is in charge of 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.[3][4]
List
- Parties
Democratic (11) Republican (24)
# | Name | Term | Governor(s) served under | Party |
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1 | John Latta | 1875–1879 | John F. Hartranft | Democrat |
2 | Charles Warren Stone | 1879–1883 | Henry M. Hoyt | Republican |
3 | Chauncey Forward Black | 1883–1887 | Robert E. Pattison | Democratic |
4 | William T. Davies | 1887–1891 | James A. Beaver | Republican |
5 | Louis Arthur Watres | 1891–1895 | Robert E. Pattison | Republican |
6 | Walter Lyon | 1895–1899 | Daniel H. Hastings | Republican |
7 | John P. S. Gobin | 1899–1903 | William A. Stone | Republican |
8 | William M. Brown | 1903–1907 | Samuel W. Pennypacker | Republican |
9 | Robert S. Murphy | 1907–1911 | Edwin Sydney Stuart | Republican |
10 | John M. Reynolds | 1911–1915 | John K. Tener | Republican |
11 | Frank B. McClain | 1915–1919 | Martin Grove Brumbaugh | Republican |
12 | Edward E. Beidleman | 1919–1923 | William Cameron Sproul | Republican |
13 | David J. Davis | 1923–1927 | Gifford Pinchot | Republican |
14 | Arthur H. James | 1927–1931 | John Stuchell Fisher | Republican |
15 | Edward C. Shannon | 1931–1935 | Gifford Pinchot | Republican |
16 | Thomas Kennedy | 1935–1939 | George Howard Earle III | Democratic |
17 | Samuel S. Lewis | 1939–1943 | Arthur James | Republican |
18 | John Cromwell Bell Jr. | 1943–1947 | Edward Martin | Republican |
19 | Daniel B. Strickler | 1947–1951 | James H. Duff | Republican |
20 | Lloyd H. Wood | 1951–1955 | John S. Fine | Republican |
21 | Roy E. Furman | 1955–1959 | George M. Leader | Democratic |
22 | John Morgan Davis | 1959–1963 | David L. Lawrence | Democratic |
23 | Raymond P. Shafer | 1963–1967 | William Scranton | Republican |
24 | Raymond J. Broderick | 1967–1971 | Raymond P. Shafer | Republican |
25 | Ernest P. Kline | 1971–1979 | Milton Shapp | Democratic |
26 | William Scranton III | 1979–1987 | Dick Thornburgh | Republican |
27 | Mark Singel | 1987–1995 | Robert P. Casey | Democratic |
28 | Mark S. Schweiker | 1995–2001 | Tom Ridge | Republican |
29 | Robert C. Jubelirer | 2001–2003 | Mark S. Schweiker | Republican |
30 | Catherine Baker Knoll | 2003–2008 | Ed Rendell | Democratic |
31 | Joseph B. Scarnati III | 2008–2011 | Ed Rendell | Republican |
32 | Jim Cawley | 2011–2015 | Tom Corbett | Republican |
33 | Mike Stack | 2015–2019 | Tom Wolf | Democratic |
34 | John Fetterman | 2019–2023 | Tom Wolf | Democratic |
35 | Austin Davis | since 2023 | Josh Shapiro | Democratic |
References
- Dawson, Mike (February 20, 2014). "Jay Paterno seeking election as Pa. lieutenant governor". Centre Daily Times. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- "Pennsylvania Election Process". The Morning Call. January 21, 2005. Archived from the original on April 25, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- "The Constitution of Pennsylvania: Article IV §13 — When Lieutenant Governor to act as Governor". Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- "The Constitution of Pennsylvania: Article IV §14 — Vacancy in office of Lieutenant Governor". Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
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