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Historical U.S. Governors - Statistics
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Answer Stats
| State, Political Party, Term Year(s), and Hints | Governor | % Correct |
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| New York, Democrat, 1929-1932, New Deal President | Franklin Roosevelt | 95%
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| Georgia, Democrat, 1971-1975, Peanut farmer | Jimmy Carter | 95%
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| Arkansas, Democrat, 1979-1981, 1983-1992, 42nd president | Bill Clinton | 89%
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| California, Republican, 2003-2011, the Governator | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 87%
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| Florida, Republican, 1999-2007, part of a large multi-state political dynasty | Jeb Bush | 87%
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| Texas, Republican, 1995-2000, both a president and a president's son | George W. Bush | 86%
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| Indiana, Republican, 2013-2017, Trump's VP | Mike Pence | 86%
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| California, Republican, 1967-1975, former actor | Ronald Reagan | 86%
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| West Virginia, Democrat, 1977-1985, Great-grandson of oil tycoon | Jay Rockefeller | 85%
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| Alaska, Republican, 2006-2009, McCain's VP nominee | Sarah Palin | 85%
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| Ohio, Republican, 1892-1896, Spanish-American War President | William McKinley | 84%
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| Alabama, Democrat, 1963-1967, 1971-1979, 1983-1987, "segregation forever" | George Wallace | 82%
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| Massachusetts, Independent, 1780-1785, 1787-1793, Famous signatory | John Hancock | 82%
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| New York, Republican, 1899-1900, Bull Moose | Theodore Roosevelt | 82%
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| New York, Democrat, 1883-1885, served non-consecutive presidential terms | Grover Cleveland | 81%
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| Massachusetts, Republican, 2003-2007, Mormon | Mitt Romney | 80%
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| New York, Republican, 1943-1954, Surprisingly lost to Truman | Thomas Dewey | 80%
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| Massachusetts, Republican, 1919-1921, Silent President | Calvin Coolidge | 79%
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| Maryland, Republican, 1967-1969, 39th VP | Spiro Agnew | 79%
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| Massachusetts, Democrat, 1983-1991, Lost to H.W. Bush | Michael Dukakis | 78%
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| New Jersey, Republican, 2010-2018, Governor during Hurricane Sandy | Chris Christie | 77%
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| Minnesota, Reform/Independence, 1999-2003, former professional wrestler | Jesse Ventura | 77%
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| South Carolina, Republican, 2011-2017, Trump's first UN Ambassador | Nikki Haley | 76%
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| New Jersey, Democrat, 1911-1913, "The Schoolmaster" | Woodrow Wilson | 75%
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| Louisiana, Democrat, 1928-1932, "The Kingfish" | Huey Long | 73%
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| Arkansas, Republican, 1996-2007, minister and Fox News host | Mike Huckabee | 73%
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| Virginia, Democrat, 2006-2010, Hillary's VP Nominee | Tim Kaine | 73%
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| California, Democrat, 1975-1983, 2011-2019, famous opponent of death penalty, proponent of environmental causes | Jerry Brown | 71%
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| Tennessee, Democratic-Republican, 1827-1829, Texas, Independent, 1859-1861, First President of Texas | Sam Houston | 70%
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| Virginia, Democratic-Republican, 1799-1802, 1811, Era of Good Feelings President | James Monroe | 67%
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| California, Republican, 1943-1953, Eisenhower-appointed Chief Justice | Earl Warren | 65%
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| New York, Republican, 1959-1973, Ford's VP | Nelson Rockefeller | 65%
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| New York, Democrat, 1829, Old Kinderhook | Martin Van Buren | 63%
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| Massachusetts, Democratic-Republican, 1810-1812, Redistricting | Elbridge Gerry | 62%
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| Texas, Republican, 2000-2015, Trump's former Secretary of Energy | Rick Perry | 60%
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| Vermont, Democrat, 1991-2003, Loud scream ruined his presidential campaign | Howard Dean | 59%
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| New York, Federalist, 1795-1801, 1st Chief Justice | John Jay | 59%
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| Ohio, Republican, 2011-2019, 2016 Republican primary contender | John Kasich | 59%
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| Massachusetts, Independent, 1793-1797, Sons of Liberty | Samuel Adams | 54%
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| Illinois, Democrat, 2003-2009, impeached, removed, and imprisoned for corruption | Rod Blagojevich | 53%
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| Virginia, Democratic-Republican, 1825-1827, W.H. Harrison's VP | John Tyler | 51%
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| Tennessee, Democrat/Unionist, 1853-1857, 1862-1865, former tailor | Andrew Johnson | 48%
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| New Mexico, Democrat, 2003-2011, U.S. Ambassador to the UN and Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration | Bill Richardson | 46%
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| Wisconsin, Republican, 1901-1906, "Fighting Bob", Progressive candidate for president | Robert La Follette | 46%
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| Michigan, Republican, 1963-1969, Nixon's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | George Romney | 45%
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| Kansas, Republican, 1933-1937, lost in a landslide to FDR | Alf Landon | 44%
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| New York, Democrat, 1919-1920, 1923-1928, Catholic | Al Smith | 43%
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| New Hampshire, Republican, 1983-1989, H.W. Bush's Chief of Staff | John Sununu | 43%
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| Tennessee, Democrat, 1839-1841, Young Hickory | James Polk | 42%
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| Nebraska, Democrat, 1923-1925, 1931-1935, younger brother to the Great Commoner | Charles W. Bryan | 41%
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| Ohio, Republican, 1868-1872, 1876-1877, His Fraudulency | Rutherford Hayes | 41%
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| New York, Democratic-Republican, 1777-1795, 1801-1804, 4th VP | George Clinton | 40%
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| New Jersey, Democrat, 1878-1881, 2-time commander of the Army of the Potomac | George McClellan | 38%
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| Maine, Democrat, 1955-1959, Hubert Humphrey's VP nominee | Edmund Muskie | 36%
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| Arizona, Democrat, 2003-2009, Obama's first Secretary of Homeland Security | Janet Napolitano | 31%
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| Utah, Republican, 2005-2009, has served in the administration of 5 U.S. presidents | Jon Huntsman | 29%
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| Virginia, Anti-Federalist, 1776-1779, 1784-1786, the Constitution's biggest opponent | Patrick Henry | 29%
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| Ohio, Republican, 1856-1860, Lincoln-appointed Chief Justice | Salmon Chase | 28%
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| New York, Democratic-Republican, 1817-1822, 1825-1828, Erie Canal | DeWitt Clinton | 27%
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| Rhode Island, Republican, 1866-1869, Union General at Fredricksburg | Ambrose Burnside | 25%
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| Indiana, Democrat, 1909-1913, Wilson's VP | Thomas Marshall | 24%
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| Maine, Republican, 1867-1871, Gettysburg hero | Joshua Chamberlain | 23%
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| Delaware, Independent, 1778-1781, Signer of the Declaration of Independence | Caesar Rodney | 18%
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| Pennsylvania, Republican, 1923-1927, 1931-1935, First Chief of the U.S. Forest Service | Gifford Pinchot | 15%
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| Wyoming, Democrat, 1925-1927, first female governor of any state | Nellie Tayloe Ross | 15%
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| North Carolina, Conservative/Democrat, 1862-1865, 1877-1879, influential leader in the New South | Zebulon Vance | 13%
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| Connecticut, Independent, 1769-1784, Only Patriot colonial governor | Jonathan Trumbull | 10%
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