Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
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The Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Lieutenant Governor is elected every four years along with the Governor and Attorney General. The office is currently held by Democrat Catherine Baker Knoll. The lieutenant governor presides in the Senate of Pennsylvania 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 [1].
[edit] Lieutenant Governors of Pennsylvania
- John Latta 1875-79
- Charles Warren Stone 1879-83
- Chauncey Forward Black 1883-87
- William T. Davies 1887-91
- Louis Arthur Watres 1891-95
- Walter Lyon 1895-99
- John P. S. Gobin 1899-1903
- William M. Brown 1903-07
- Robert S. Murphy 1907-11
- John M. Reynolds 1911-15
- Frank B. McClain 1915-19
- Edward E. Beidleman 1919-23
- David J. Davis 1923-27
- Arthur H. James 1927-31
- Edward C. Shannon 1931-35
- Thomas Kennedy 1935-39
- Samuel S. Lewis 1939-43
- John Cromwell Bell, Jr. 1943-47
- Daniel B. Strickler 1947-51
- Lloyd H. Wood 1951-55
- Roy E. Furman 1955-59
- John Morgan Davis 1959-63
- Raymond P. Shafer 1963-67
- Raymond J. Broderick 1967-71
- Ernest P. Kline 1971-1979
- William Scranton, III 1979-1987
- Mark Singel 1987-1995
- Mark S. Schweiker 1995-2001
- Robert C. Jubelirer 2001-2003
- Catherine Baker Knoll 2003-present
| Lieutenant Governors of Pennsylvania |  |
|---|---|
| Latta • Stone • Black • Davies • Watres • Lyon • Gobin • Brown • Murphy • Reynolds • McClain • Beidleman • Davis • James • Shannon • Kennedy • Lewis • Bell • Strickler • Wood • Furman • Davis • Shafer • Broderick • Kline • Scranton • Singel • Schweiker • Jubelirer • Knoll |
