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15 Notable US Governors - Statistics

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Governor State Term(s) Hint % Correct
Mitt Romney Massachusetts 2003-2007 CEO of Bain Capital and failed 2012 presidential candidate
89%
George Wallace Alabama 1963-1967,1971-1979,1983-1987 He wanted segregation now, tomorrow, and forever
83%
Sam Houston Texas 1859-1861 Texas's largest city is named after him
83%
Thomas Dewey New York 1943-1954 "_____ Defeats Truman"
83%
Patrick Henry Virginia 1776-1779, 1784-1786 Quoted as saying "Give me liberty or give me death!"
72%
Huey Long Louisiana 1928-1932 Nicknamed "the Kingfish", he was assassinated in 1935
61%
Robert La Follette Wisconsin 1901-1906 "Fighting Bob" who founded the Progressive Party of 1924
61%
Adlai Stevenson II Illinois 1949-1953 After losing two presidential races, he became ambassador to the United Nations
56%
Leland Stanford California 1862-1863 Eponym of a university who drove the Golden Spike at Promontory Point
50%
Joshua Chamberlain Maine 1867-1871 He lead the charge of the 20th Maine at Gettysburg
44%
Salmon Chase Ohio 1849-1855 Presided over Andrew Johnson's impeachment as Chief Justice
33%
Gifford Pinchot Pennsylvania 1923-1927,1931-1935 Conservationist and first head of the US Forest Service
28%
Jonathan Trumbull Connecticut 1769-1784 Only colonial governor to side with the Patriots
28%
Terry Branstad Iowa 1983-1999,2011-2017 Ambassador to China and longest serving governor ever
28%
Nellie Tayloe Ross Wyoming 1925-1927 First woman to serve as governor of a US state
22%
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