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15 Notable US Governors

Can you name these fifteen notable US governors?
No territorial governors
One partially colonial governor
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Governor
State
Term(s)
Hint
Thomas Dewey
New York
1943-1954
"_____ Defeats Truman"
Mitt Romney
Massachusetts
2003-2007
CEO of Bain Capital and failed 2012 presidential candidate
Patrick Henry
Virginia
1776-1779, 1784-1786
Quoted as saying "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Leland Stanford
California
1862-1863
Eponym of a university who drove the Golden Spike at Promontory Point
Adlai Stevenson II
Illinois
1949-1953
After losing two presidential races, he became ambassador to the United Nations
Terry Branstad
Iowa
1983-1999, 2011-2017
Ambassador to China and longest serving governor ever
Huey Long
Louisiana
1928-1932
Nicknamed "the Kingfish", he was assassinated in 1935
Salmon Chase
Ohio
1849-1855
Presided over Andrew Johnson's impeachment as Chief Justice
Sam Houston
Texas
1859-1861
Texas's largest city is named after him
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
1923-1927,1931-1935
Conservationist and first head of the US Forest Service
Jonathan Trumbull
Connecticut
1769-1784
Only colonial governor to side with the Patriots
George Wallace
Alabama
1963-1967,1971-1979,1983-1987
He wanted segregation now, tomorrow, and forever
Joshua Chamberlain
Maine
1867-1871
He lead the charge of the 20th Maine at Gettysburg
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
1925-1927
First woman to serve as governor of a US state
Robert La Follette
Wisconsin
1901-1906
"Fighting Bob" who founded the Progressive Party of 1924
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