While we were writing NSS, there was an activate attempt to keep a clear and concise list of things going on in the background. That way stuff could be alluded to without having much attention drawn to it, or us tripping over our own references. The list of Governors (and Lt. Governors, and even some Mayors) took up 18 pages in my notes. Yeah, it's a big one. From the start of the TL, to roughly where it ended. Alaska alone has further notes regarding to what happened, and I did intend to do the same for all Governors, but things changed (ie I got lazy) and after a few years of jotting down these notes (seriously, these date back to like 2016), some stuff is a little hazy even for me.
Anyways, enjoy.
Governorships:
Alabama
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45.)
George Wallace / James Allen (Dem): [January 14, 1963 – January 16, 1967]
46.)
Lurleen Wallace / Albert Brewer (Dem): [January 16, 1967 – May 7, 1967]*
47.)
Albert Brewer / VACANT (Dem): [May 7, 1968 – January 18, 1971]
---.)
Albert Brewer / Charles Woods (Dem): [January 18, 1971 – October 2, 1971]
48.)
Charles Woods / VACANT (Dem): [October 2, 1971 – January 14, 1975]
49.)
William Flynt Nichols / Fob James (Dem): [January 14, 1975 – October 21, 1981] *
50 )
Fob James / VACANT (Dem): [October 21, 1981 – January 17, 1983]
51.)
Don Siegelman/Roger Bedford (Dem): [January 17, 1983 – January 19, 1987]
52.)
Richard Shelby / Jim Folsom, Jr. (Dem): [January 19, 1987 – ??????????]
* Died in office and was succeeded by their LT Gov.
Alaska
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1.)
William A. Egan/Hugh Wade (Dem): [January 3, 1959 – December 5, 1966]
2.)
Walter J. Hickel/Keith Miller (Rep): [December 5, 1966 – December 2, 1974]
1.)
William A. Egan/William A. Taylor (Dem): [December 2, 1974 – December 4, 1978]
2.)
Walter J. Hickel/Howard W. Pollock (Rep): [December 4, 1978 – December 6, 1982]
3.)
Howard W. Pollock/Frank Murkowski (Rep): [December 6, 1982 – December 1, 1986]
2.)
Walter J. Hickel (Ind)/ Grace B. Schaible (Dem): [December 1, 1986 – December 3, 1990]
4.)
Benjamin F. Grussendorf/Chancy Croft (Dem): [December 3, 1990 – December 5, 1994???]
Arkansas
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36.)
Orval Faubus / Nathan Green Gordon (Dem): [January 11, 1955 – January 10, 1967]
37.)
Winthrop Rockefeller / Maurice Britt (Rep): [January 10, 1967 – January 14, 1975]
38.)
David Pryor / Joe Purcell (Dem): [January 14, 1975 – January 11, 1977]
39.)
Joe Purcell / John Paul Capps (Dem): [January 11, 1977 – January 19, 1981]
40.)
Bill Clinton / Winthrop P. Rockefeller (Rep): [January 11, 1981 – January 8, 1991]
41.)
Winthrop P. Rockefeller (Rep) / Lloyd Reid George (Dem): [January 8, 1991 – ????]
Arizona
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12.)
Samuel Goddard, Jr. (Dem) [January 4, 1965 - January 2, 1967]
13.)
Jack Williams (Rep) [January 2, 1967 - January 6, 1975]
14.)
Milton Graham (Rep) [January 6, 1975 - January 3, 1979]
15.)
Bill Schulz (Rep/Dem) [January 3, 1979 - January 5, 1987]*
16.)
Art Hamilton (Dem) [January 5, 1987 - January 7, 1991]
17.)
John McCain III (Rep) [January 7, 1991 - ??????????]
* Switched parties in office
California
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32.)
Pat Brown / Glenn M. Anderson (Dem): [January 5, 1959 - January 2, 1967]
33.)
Ronald Reagan / Robert Finch (Rep): [January 2, 1967 - January 4, 1971]
34.)
Samuel Yorty / Jerry Brown (Dem): [January 4, 1971 - January 5, 1979]
35.)
Jesse Unruh / Dan White (Dem): [January 5, 1979 - January 2, 1987]
36.)
Ed Clark / Harvey Milk (Rep): [January 2, 1987 - ??????????]
Colorado
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36.)
John Arthur Love (Rep) /
Robert Lee Knous (Dem): [January 8, 1963 - January 2, 1967]
---.)
John Arthur Love (Rep) /
Mark Anthony Hogan (Dem): [January 12, 1967 - January 4, 1971]
---.)
John Arthur Love / John David Vanderhoof (Rep): [January 13, 1971 - January 14, 1975]
37.)
Richard Lamm / George L. Brown (Dem): [January 14, 1975 - January 15, 1979]
---.)
Richard Lamm / Nancy E. Dick (Dem): [January 15, 1979 - January 13, 1987]
38.)
Hunter S. Thompson / Joe Edwards (Freak Power): [January 13, 1987 - 1995]
[Might want to make Stan Matsunaka as Governor in 1998, after a Republican wins 1994.]
Connecticut
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81.)
John Noel. Dempsey / Samuel J. Tedesco (Dem): [January 6, 1963 – 1966]
-.)
John Noel Dempsey / Fred J. Doocy (Dem): [1966 – January 8, 1967]
-.)
John Noel Dempsey / Attilio R. Frassinelli (Dem): [January 8, 1967 – January 6, 1971]
82.)
Thomas J. Meskill / T. Clark Hull (Rep): [January 6, 1971 – January 10, 1973]
-.)
Thomas J. Meskill / Peter L. Cashman (Rep): [January 10, 1973 – January 8, 1975]
-.)
Thomas J. Meskill / Robert H. Steele (Rep): [January 8, 1975 – January 4, 1977]
-.)
Thomas J. Meskill / Ronald A. Sarasin (Rep): [January 4, 1977 – January 9, 1979]
83.)
Ronald A. Sarasin / Eunice Groark (Rep): [January 9, 1979 – January 5, 1983]
84.)
Joseph Lieberman / Bruce Morrison (Dem): [January 5, 1983 – January 9, 1991]
85.)
Lowell P. Weicker / John G. Rowland (Rep): [January 9, 1991 – ????]
Delaware
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64.)
Elbert N. Carvel / Eugene Lammot (Dem): [January 17, 1961 - January 19, 1965]
65.)
Charles L. Terry, Jr. / Sherman W. Tribbitt (Dem): [January 19, 1965 - January 21, 1969]
66.)
Russell W. Peterson / Eugene Bookhammer (Rep): [January 21, 1969 - January 16, 1973]
-.)
Russell W. Peterson (Rep) / James D. McGinnis (Dem): [January 16, 1973 - January 18, 1977]
67.)
Pierre S. du Pont, IV (Rep) / James D. McGinnis (Dem): [January 18, 1977 - January 17, 1981]
-.)
Pierre S. du Pont, IV / Michael Castle (Rep): [January 17, 1981 - January 3, 1985]*
68.)
Michael Castle (Rep) / VACANT: [January 3, 1985 - January 15, 1985]
-.)
Michael Castle / Battle R. Robinson (Rep): [January 15, 1985 – January 19, 1993]
69.)
Terry R. Spencer / Thomas B. Evans, Jr. (Rep): [January 19, 1993 – ???]
*Resigned slightly before office was over to take Senate seat on time.
Florida
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34.)
C. Farris Bryant / [none]
(Dem): [January 3, 1961 - January 5, 1965]
35.)
W. Haydon Burns / [none]
(Dem): [January 5, 1965 - January 3, 1967]
36.)
Claude R. Kirk / [none]
(Dem): [January 3, 1967 - January 7, 1969]
37.)
Claude R. Kirk / Reubin Askew (Dem): [January 7, 1969 - January 4, 1975]*
38.)
Reubin Askew / Bob Graham (Dem): [January 4, 1975 - January 5, 1983]
39.)
Jack Eckerd / Bob Martinez (Rep): [January 5, 1983 - January 8, 1991]
40.)
Lawton Chiles / Buddy MacKay (Dem): [January 8, 1991 - ?????????????]**
*Office of Lt. Gov. was recreated in 1969.
** Chiles retired from the Senate to take up the governorship.
Georgia
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74.)
Carl E. Sanders / Peter Zack Geer (Dem): [January 15, 1963 - January 11, 1967]
75.)
Jimmy Carter / Lester Maddox (Dem): [January 11, 1967 - January 12, 1971]
76.)
Lester Maddox / George T. Smith (Dem): [January 12, 1971 - January 14, 1975]
77.)
George T. Smith / Leroy Gingrich (Dem): [January 14, 1975 - January 11, 1979]
78.)
Leroy Gingrich / Zell Miller (Dem): [January 12, 1979 - January 11, 1983]
75.)
Jimmy Carter / Zell Miller (Dem): [January 11, 1983 - January 14, 1987]
79.)
Zell Miller / Wyche Fowler (Dem): [January 14, 1987 - January 12, 1995]
75.)
Jimmy Carter / Andrew Young (Dem): [January 12, 1995 - January 11, 1999]
-.)
Jimmy Carter / Lauren McDonald, Jr. (Dem): [January 11, 1999 - January 13, 2003]
Hawaii
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2.)
John A. Burns / William S. Richardson (Dem): [December 3, 1962 - December 5, 1966]
-.)
John A. Burns / Thomas Gill (Dem): [December 5, 1966 - December 1, 1970]
-.)
John A. Burns / George Ariyoshi (Dem): [December 1, 1970 - December 2, 1974]
3.)
Randolph Crossley / Benjamin F. Dillingham II (Rep): [December 2, 1974 - December 5, 1978]
-.)
Randolph Crossley / John R. Leopold (Rep): [December 5, 1978 - December 3, 1982]
-.)
Randolph Crossley / D. G. Anderson (Rep): [December 3, 1982 - December 1, 1986]
4.)
D. G. Anderson / John Henry Felix (Rep): [December 1, 1986 - ???????????]
Idaho
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24.)
Robert E. Smylie (Rep) / W. E. Drevlow (Dem): [January 5, 1959 - January 2, 1967]
25.)
Don Samuelson / Jack M. Murphy (Rep): [January 2, 1967 - January 4, 1971]
26.)
Cecil D. Andrus (Dem) / Jack M. Murphy (Rep): [January 4, 1971 - January 6, 1975]
-.)
Cecil D. Andrus / John V. Evans (Dem): [January 6, 1975 - January 1, 1979]
27.)
John V. Evans / William J. Murphy (Dem): [January 1, 1979 - January 4, 1987]
28.)
Marvin T. Richardson (NatCon) /
Steve Symms (Rep): [January 4, 1987 – January 3, 1991]
29.)
Steve Symms / Roger Fairchild (Rep) [January 3, 1991 - ???]
Illinois
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33.)
Otto Kerner, Jr. / Samuel H. Shapiro (Dem): [January 9, 1961 – May 21, 1968]
34.)
Samuel H. Shapiro / VACANT (Dem): [May 21, 1968 – January 13, 1969]
35.)
Richard Buell Ogilive (Rep) /
Paul Simon (Dem): [January 13, 1969 – January 10, 1977]*
-.)
Richard Buell Ogilive / W. Robert Blair II (Rep): [January 10, 1977 – January 8, 1979]
36.)
W. Robert Blair II / Edward Rell Madigan (Rep): [January 8, 1979 – January 10, 1983]
37.)
Adlai Stevenson III / Cecil Partee (Dem): [January 10, 1983 – January 14, 1991]
38.)
Phillip Miller Crane / Lee A. Daniels (Rep): [January 14, 1991 – ???]**
* Terms moved from President years (1976) to mid-term years (1978).
** Endorsed by the National Conservative Party.
Indiana
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41.)
Matthew E. Welsh / Richard O. Ristine (Dem): [January 9, 1961 - January 11, 1965]
42.)
Roger D. Branigin / Robert L. Rock (Dem): [January 11, 1965 - January 13, 1969]
43.)
Edgar Whitcomb / Richard E. Folz (Rep): [January 13, 1969 - January 8, 1973]
44.)
Otis R. Bowen / Robert D. Orr (Rep): [January 9, 1973 - January 13, 1977]
45.)
Matthew E. Welsh / Larry Conrad (Dem): [January 13, 1977 - January 14, 1985]
46.)
Otis R. Bowen / Dan Quayle (Rep): [January 14, 1985 - January 9, 1989]
47.)
Evan Bayh / Frank McCloskey (Dem): [January 9, 1989 - ???????????????]
Iowa
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36.)
Harold Hughes / W. L. Mooty (Dem): [January 17, 1963 – January 17, 1965]
-.)
Harold Hughes / Robert D. Fulton (Dem): [January 17, 1965 – January 16, 1969]
37.)
Robert D. Fulton / Paul Franzenburg (Dem): [January 16, 1969 - January 12, 1979]
38.)
Terry Brandstad (Rep) /
Robert T. Anderson (Dem): [January 12, 1979 - January 14, 1987]
-.)
Terry Brandstad (Rep) / Jo Ann Zimmerman (Dem): [January 14, 1987 - ???????????????]
Kansas
---------
36.)
John Anderson, Jr. / Harold Chase (Rep): [January 9, 1961 – January 11, 1965]
37.)
William H. Avery / John Crutcher (Rep): [January 11, 1965 – January 9, 1967]
38.)
Robert Docking (Dem) / John Crutcher (Rep): [January 9, 1967 – January 13, 1969]
-.)
Robert Docking / James H. DeCoursey, Jr. (Dem): [January 13, 1969 – January 13, 1975]
39.)
Robert Bennet / Shelby Smith (Rep): [January 13, 1975 – January 8, 1979]*
40.)
Dan Glickman / John W. Carlin (Dem): [January 8, 1979 – January 12, 1987]
41.)
Wendall Lady / James Edmund Jeffries (Rep): [January 12, 1987 – January 14, 1991]
-.)
Wendall Lady / Garner E. Shriver (Rep): [ January 14, 1991 – ??????????]
*Switched to four year terms in 1975
Kentucky
---------
51.)
Edward T. Breathill / Henry Lee Waterfield (Dem): [December 10, 1963 – December 12, 1967]
52.)
Louie B. Nunn (Rep) / Wendell H. Ford (Dem): [December 12, 1967 – December 7, 1971]
53.)
Wendell H. Ford / Julian M. Carroll (Dem): [December 7, 1971 – December 8, 1975]
54.)
Walter D. Huddleston / Thelma Stovall (Dem): [December 8, 1975 – December 11, 1979]
55.)
A. B. Chandler (Ind) /
John B. Breckinridge (Dem): [December 11, 1979 – December 13, 1983]
56.)
John B. Breckinridge / Steve Beshear (Dem): [December 13, 1983 - December 8, 1987]
57.)
Steve Besheaer / Martha Collins (Dem): [December 8, 1987 - December 10, 1991]
58.)
Marion Eugene Snyder/ Mitch McConnell (Rep): [December 10, 1991 – ???]
Louisiana
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47.)
Jimmie Davis / Taddy Aycock (Dem): [May 10, 1960 – May 12, 1964]
49.)
John McKeithen / Taddy Aycock (Dem): [May 12, 1964 – May 9, 1972]
50.)
Edwin Edwards / Jimmy Fitzmorris (Dem): [May 9, 1972 – January 5, 1976]*
51.)
John Rarick (AIP) /
Jimmy Fitzmorris (Dem): [ January 5, 1976 – January 2, 1984]
52.)
Walter Fox McKeithen / Speedy O. Long (Dem): [ January 2, 1984 – January 4, 1988]
53.)
James Carville (Dem) /
Robert Livingston (AIP): [January 4, 1988 – January 13, 1992]
54.)
Buddy Roemer / Robert Livingston (AIP): [January 13, 1992 – ????????????? ]
*A 1974 constitutional amendment moved elections moved to October (round 1) and November (round 2), with swearing ins taking place on the first Monday of January.
Maine
---------
67.)
John H. Reed (Rep): [December 30, 1959 – January 5, 1967]
68.)
Kenneth M. Curtis (Dem): [January 5, 1967 – January 7, 1971]
69.)
James Erwin (Rep): [January 7, 1971 – January 3, 1979]
70.)
Tom Allen (Dem): [January 3, 1979 – January 7, 1987]
71.)
John Rensenbrink (Dem): [January 7, 1987 – January 6, 1991]
72.)
Susan Collins (Rep): [January 6, 1991 – ???]
Maryland
---------
54.)
John Millard Tawes (Dem): [January 14, 1959 – January 25, 1967]
55.)
Carlton Ralph Sickles (Dem): [January 25, 1967 – January 22, 1971]
56.)
Charles Mathias (Rep): [ January 22, 1971 – January 17, 1979]
57.)
Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. (Dem): [January 17, 1979 – January 20, 1987]
58.)
Mary Pat Clarke (Dem): [January 20, 1987 – January 18, 1995]
59.)
J. Joseph Curran Jr. (Dem): [January 18, 1995 – ???]*
*Retired from the Senate earlier to run for Governor.
Massachusetts
---------
62.)
Endicott Peabody / Francis X. Bellotti (Dem): [January 3, 1963 – January 7, 1965]
63.)
John A. Volpe / Elliot Richardson (Rep): [January 7, 1965 – January 2, 1967]
-.)
John A. Volpe / Francis W. Sargent (Rep): [January 2, 1967 – January 2, 1975]
64.)
Francis X. Bellotti / Michael Dukakis (Dem): [January 2, 1975 – January 6, 1983]
65.)
Michael Dukakis / Edward J. King (Dem): [January 6, 1983 – January 8, 1987]
66.)
Elliot Richardson / William A. Barnstead (Rep): [January 8, 1987 – ???]
*1966 was the first four year term election.
Michigan
---------
43
George W. Romney (Rep) / Thaddeus J. Lesinski (Dem): [January 1, 1963 – January 1, 1965)
-.)
George W. Romney / William Milliken (Rep): [January 1, 1965 – January 1, 1975]
44.)
William Milliken / James H. Brickley (Rep): [January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1979]
45.)
William B. Fitzgerald, Jr. / Carl Levin (Dem): [January 1, 1979 - January 1, 1987]
-.)
William B. Fitzgerald, Jr. / George W. Crockett, Jr. (Dem): [January 1, 1987 – January 1, 1991]
-.)
William B. Fitzgerald, Jr. / Gary Owen (Dem): [January 1, 1991 – January 1, 1995]
Fitzgerald's third and fourth elections ('86 and '90) faced him off against political scion and Attorney General Mitt Romney, who he beat by a wide and narrow margin respectively. Also an amendment in 1992 prevented any governor from seeking more then two terms in office, partially out of a response to Fitzgerald's 16 year reign.
Minnesota
---------
30.)
Elmer L. Andersen (Rep) /
Karl F. Rolvaag (DFL): [January 2, 1961 – March 25, 1963]
31.)
Karl F. Rolvaag / Alexander M. Keith (DFL): [March 25, 1963 – January 2, 1967]
32.)
Harold LeVander / James B. Goetz (Rep): [January 2, 1967 – January 4, 1971]
33.)
Nicholas David Coleman / Rudy Perpich (DFL): [January 4, 1971 – January 4, 1979]
34.)
Rudy Perpich / Warren R. Spannaus (DFL): [January 4, 1979 – January 3, 1983]
35.)
Eugene McCarthy (Rep) / Charles Stenvig (NatCon): [January 3, 1983 – January 5, 1987]*
36.)
Skip Humphrey / Mark Dayton (DFL): [January 5, 1987 – January 2, 1995]
* Stenvig was still registered as a National Conservative when he joined McCarthy's ticket.
Mississippi
---------
53.)
Paul B. Johnson, Jr. / Carroll Gartin (Dem): [January 21, 1964 – December 19, 1966]
-.)
Paul B. Johnson, Jr. / VACANT (Dem): [ December 19, 1966 – January 16, 1968]*
54.)
John Bell Williams / Charles L. Sullivan (Dem): [January 16, 1968 – January 18, 1972]
55.)
William Waller / William F. Winter (Dem): [January 18, 1972 – January 20, 1976]
56.)
Charles L. Sullivan / William F. Winter (Dem): [January 20, 1976 – July 12, 1977]**
57.)
William F. Winter / VACANT (Dem): [July 12, 1977 – January 22, 1980]
58.)
Cliff Finch / Evelyn Gandy (Dem): [January 22, 1980 – January 10, 1984]
59.)
Charles Evers (Rep) /
Brad Dye (Dem): [January 10, 1984 – January 1, 1989]***
-.)
Charles Evers (Rep) /
Timothy Alan Ford (Dem): [January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1993]
* Lieutenant Governor died.
** Governor died.
*** Elections changed from odd number years before POTUS election to POTUS election year.
Missouri
---------
45.)
John M. Dalton / Hilary A. Bush (Dem): [January 9, 1961 – January 11, 1965]
46.)
Warren E. Hearnes / Thomas F. Eagleton (Dem): [January 11, 1965 – December 27, 1968]*
-.)
Warren E. Hearnes / VACANT (Dem): [December 27, 1968 – January 13, 1969]
-.)
Warren E. Hearnes / William S. Morris (Dem): [January 13, 1969 – January 8, 1973]
47.)
William S. Morris / James E. Godfrey (Dem): [January 8, 1973 – January 10, 1977]
48.)
Richard M. Webster / Kit Bond (Rep): [January 10, 1977 – January 14, 1985]**
49.)
Richard J. Rabbitt / George W. Lehr (Dem): [January 14, 1985 – October 5, 1986]***
50.)
George W. Lehr / VACANT (Dem): [October 5, 1986 – February 5, 1987]****
51.)
James C. Kirkpatrick / VACANT (Dem): [February 5, 1987 – January 9, 1989]
52.)
Charles Wheeler / Pat Danner (Dem): [January 9, 1989 – January 11, 1993]
53.)
Joseph L. Badaracco / Howard C. Tooke (Rep): [January 11, 1993 – ???]
* Eagleton resigned early to take his Senate seat and gain a little seniority above his men.
** First election to feature combined tickets.
*** Convicted of mail fraud and removed from office
**** Died of brain cancer, replaced by the Secretary of State for the remainder of the term
Montana
---------
15.)
Donald Grant Nutter / Tim M. Babcock (Rep): [January 2, 1961 – January 25, 1962]*
16.)
Tim M. Babcock /VACANT (Rep): [January 25, 1962 – January 4, 1965]
-.)
Tim M. Babcock /Ted James (Rep): [January 4, 1965 – January 6, 1969]
17.)
Forrest H. Anderson / Thomas Lee Judge (Dem): [January 6, 1969 – January 1, 1973]
18.)
Thomas Lee Judge / Daniel Kemmis (Dem): [January 1, 1973 – January 3, 1977]
19.)
Daniel Kemmis / Pat Williams (Dem): [January 3, 1977 – January 5, 1985]
20.)
Jean Turnage / Stan Stephens (Rep): [January 5, 1985 – January 2, 1989]
21.
) Pat Williams / Bill Yellowtail (Dem): [January 2, 1989 – ???]
* Nutter died in office
Nebraska
---------
31.)
Frank B. Morrison (Dem) / Dwight W. Burney (Rep): [January 5, 1961 – January 7, 1965]
-.)
Frank B. Morrison / Philip C. Sorensen (Dem): [January 7, 1965 – January 5, 1967]
32.)
Norbert T. Tiemann / John E. Everroad (Rep): [January 5, 1967 - January 7, 1971]
33.)
J. James Exon (Dem) / Frank Marsh (Rep): [January 7, 1971 – January 4, 1979]
34.)
Frank Marsh / Virginia D. Smith (Rep): [January 4, 1979 – January 9, 1987]
35.)
Virginia D. Smith / Bill Barrett (Rep): [January 9, 1987 – ???]
Nevada
---------
21.)
Grant Sawyer (Dem) / Rex Bell (Rep): [January 5, 1959 - July 4, 1962]*
-.)
Grant Sawyer / VACANT (Dem): [July 4, 1962 – July 13, 1962]
-.)
Grant Sawyer / Maude Frazier (Dem): [July 13, 1962 – January 1, 1963]**
-.)
Grant Sawyer (Dem) / Paul Laxalt (Rep): [January 1, 1963 – January 2, 1967]
22.)
Paul Laxalt / Edward Fife (Rep): [January 2, 1967 – January 4, 1971]
23.)
Mike O'Callaghan / Harry Reid (Dem): [January 4, 1971 – January 5, 1975]
-.)
Mike O'Callaghan / Robert E. Rose (Dem): [January 5, 1975 – January 3, 1983]
24.)
Carl F. Dodge / Richard Lamb (Rep): [January 3, 1983 – January 7, 1991]
25.)
William H. Briare / Bill Ireland (Dem): [January 7, 1991 – ???]
*Rex Bell died
** Maude Frazier was appointed to fill the remaining term of Bell
New Hampshire
---------
70.)
Wesley Powell (Rep): [January 1, 1959 – January 3, 1963]
71.)
John W. King (Dem): [January 3, 1963 – January 2, 1969]
72.)
Meldrim Thompson, Jr. (Rep): [January 2, 1969 – January 1, 1975]*
73.)
John A. Durkin (Dem): [January 4, 1975 – January 1, 1977]
72.) Meldrim Thompson, Jr. (Ind): [January 6, 1977 – January 4, 1979]*
74.)
Bill Gardner (Dem): [January 4, 1979 - January 6, 1983]
72.) Meldrim Thompson, Jr. (NatCon): [January 6, 1983 – January 3, 1985]*
75.)
James Colgate Cleveland (Rep): [January 3, 1985 – January 1, 1987]
73.) John A. Durkin (Dem): [January 1, 1987 – ???]
*Meldrim Thompson was elected 5 times (
68, 70, 72, 76, 82) over 8 attempts (
68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82).
New Jersey
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45.)
Richard J. Hughes (Dem): [January 16, 1962 – January 20, 1970]
46.)
William T. Cahill (Rep): [January 20, 1970 – January 17, 1978]
47.)
Donald Lan (Dem): [January 17, 1978 – January 21, 1986]
48.)
William K. Dickey (Rep): [January 21, 1986 – January 18, 1994]
49.)
Bruce Springsteen (Dem): [January 18, 1994 – ???]
New Mexico
---------
21.)
Jack M. Campbell / Mack Easley (Dem): [January 1, 1963 – January 1, 1967]
22.)
David Cargo / Lee Francis (Rep): [January 1, 1967 – January 1, 1971]
23.)
Bruce King /Roberto Mondragón (Dem): [January 1, 1971 – January 1, 1975]
24.)
John P. Eastman / Max Coll (Rep): [January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1979]
25.)
Bruce King / David L. Norvell (Dem): [January 1, 1979 - January 1, 1983]
26.)
Max Coll / John Dendahl (Rep): [January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1991]
27.)
Ben Luján, Sr. / John Denver (Dem): [January 1, 1991 – ???]
New York
---------
49.)
Nelson Rockefeller / Malcolm Wilson (Rep): [January 1, 1959 – December 31, 1974]
50.)
Hugh Carey / Mario Cuomo (Dem): [January 1, 1975 – December 31, 1990]
51.)
James D. Griffin / Ellen C. McCormack (Dem-Nat-RtL): [January 1, 1991 – ???]*
*A Democratic ticket that was also endorsed by the National Party and the Right to Life party. It was a weird ticket to say the least. Griffin called it the “Blue Collar Coalition.”
North Carolina
---------
65.)
Terry Sanford / Harvey Cloyd Philpott (Dem): [January 5, 1961 – August 19, 1961]
-.)
Terry Sanford / VACANT (Dem): [August 19, 1961 – January 8, 1965]*
66.)
Dan K. Moore / Robert W. Scott (Dem): [January 8, 1965 – January 3, 1969]
67.)
Charles R. Jonas (Rep) / Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr. (Dem): [January 3, 1969 – January 5, 1973]
68.)
Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr. / Lauch Faircloth (Dem): [January 5, 1973 – January 8, 1977]
69.)
Josephus L. Mavretic / Harvey Gantt (Dem): [January 8, 1977 – January 5, 1985]**
70.)
Jim Broyhill / Lauch Faircloth (NatCon): [January 5, 1985 – January 7, 1989]
71.)
Terry Sanford / Jim Hunt (Dem): [January 7, 1989 – ???]
* Philpott died in office.
** 1980 featured the first governor's elections where the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected together on one ticket.
North Dakota
---------
26.)
William L. Guy (Dem-NPL) / Orville W. Hagen (Rep): [January 4, 1961 – January 2, 1963]
-.)
William L. Guy (Dem-NPL) / Frank A. Wenstrom (Rep): [January 2, 1963 – January 6, 1965]
-.)
William L. Guy / Charles Tighe (Dem-NPL): [January 6, 1965 – January 1, 1969]
-.)
William L. Guy (Dem-NPL) / Richard F. Larsen (Rep): [January 1, 1969 – January 2, 1973]
27.)
Richard F. Larsen / Helgi Johanneson (Rep): [January 2, 1973 – January 6, 1981]
28.)
Buckshot Hoffner / Jon Lindgren (Dem-NPL): [January 6, 1981 – January 1, 1985]
-.)
Buckshot Hoffner / Jim Kusler (Dem-NPL): [January 1, 1985 – ???]
Ohio
---------
62.)
Jim Rhodes / John William Brown (Rep): [January 14, 1963 – January 11, 1971]
63.)
John William Brown / Ralph Joseph Perk (Rep): [January 11, 1971 – January 13, 1975]
64.)
Dick Celeste / Carl Burton Stokes (Dem): [January 13, 1975 – January 8, 1979]
-.)
Dick Celeste (Dem) /
Mike DeWine (Rep): [January 8, 1979 – January 10, 1983]
65.)
Jerry Springer / William J. Brown (Dem): [January 10, 1983 – January 14, 1991]
66.)
William J. Brown / Vern Riffe (Dem): [January 14, 1991 – ???]
Oklahoma
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18.)
Henry Bellmon (Rep) / Leo Winter (Dem): [January 14, 1963 – January 9, 1967]
19.)
Dewey F. Bartlett (Rep) / George Nigh (Dem): [January 9, 1967 – January 11, 1971]
20.)
David Hall / George Nigh (Dem): [January 11, 1971 – January 13, 1975]
21.)
Clem McSpadden / George Nigh (Dem): [January 13, 1975 – January 8, 1979]
22.)
Leo Winter / George Nigh (Dem): [January 8, 1979 – January 12, 1987]
23.)
Jim Barker / George Nigh (Dem): [January 12, 1987 – ???]
Oregon
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29.)
Mark Hatfield (Rep): [January 12, 1959 – January 9, 1967]
30.)
Tom McCall (Rep): [January 9, 1967 – January 15, 1971]
31.)
Robert W. Straub (Dem): [January 15, 1971 – January 9, 1979]
32.)
Phil Knight (Rep): [January 9, 1979 – January 8, 1983]
33.)
Robert W. Straub (Dem): [January 8, 1983 – January 12, 1987]
34.)
Les AuCoin (Dem): [January 12, 1987 – January 14, 1991]
35.)
Connie McCready (Rep): [ January 14, 1991 - ???]
Pennsylvania
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38.)
William Scranton / Raymond P. Shafer (Rep): [January 15, 1963 – January 17, 1967]
39.)
Raymond P. Shafer / Raymond J. Broderick (Rep): [January 17, 1967 – January 19, 1971]
40.)
Ray Broderick / Ralph Scalera (Rep): [January 19, 1971 – January 16, 1979]
41.)
Peter F. Flaherty / Bob Casey (Dem): [January 16, 1979 – January 18, 1983]
42.)
R. Bud Dwyer / Bill Scranton III (Rep): [January 18, 1983 – January 15, 1991]
43.)
Bob Casey / Peg Luksik (Dem): [January 15, 1991 – ???]
Rhode Island
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66.)
John Chaffee (Rep) / Edward P. Gallogly (Dem): [January 1, 1963 – January 5, 1965]
-.)
John Chaffee (Rep) /
Giovanni Folcarelli (Dem): [January 5, 1965 – January 3, 1967]
-.)
John Chaffee / Joseph O'Donnell, Jr. (Rep): [January 3, 1967 – January 7, 1969]
-.)
John Chaffee (Rep) /
J. Joseph Garrahy (Dem): [January 7, 1969 – January 5, 1971]
67.)
John Joseph Garrahy / Alfred U. Menard (Dem): [January 5, 1971 – January 4, 1977]
68.)
Lincoln C. Almond (Rep) /
Alfred U. Menard (Dem): [January 4, 1977 – January 2, 1979]
69.)
Alfred U. Menard (Dem) / John J. Slocum, Jr. (Rep): [ January 2, 1979 – January 1, 1985]
70.)
John J. Slocum, Jr. (Rep) / Kathleen S. Connell (Dem): [January 1, 1985 – January 6, 1987]
-.)
John J. Slocum, Jr. / Arlene Violet (Rep): [January 6, 1987 – January 1, 1991]
71.)
Ronald Machtley / Arlene Violet (Rep): [January 1, 1991 – ???]*
*First election to feature a four year term and a combined Governor and Lieutenant Governor ticket.
South Carolina
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107.)
Donald S. Russell / Robert E. McNair (Dem): [January 15, 1963 – April 22, 1965]*
108.)
Robert E. McNair / VACANT
(Dem): [April 22, 1965 – January 17, 1967]
-.)
Robert E. McNair / John C. West (Dem): [January 17, 1967 – January 19, 1971]
109.)
Albert Watson (Rep) /
Earle Morris, Jr. (Dem): [January 19, 1971 – January 21, 1975]
110.)
Earle Morris, Jr. / Rex L. Carter (Dem): [January 21, 1975 – January 10, 1979]
111.)
Rex L. Carter / Richard Riley (Dem): [January 10, 1979 - January 12, 1983]
112.)
Richard Riley / William J. B. Dorn (Dem): [January 12, 1983 – January 14, 1987]
113.)
William J. B. Dorn / Robert Sheheen (Dem): [January 14, 1987 – January 9, 1991]**
114.)
Carrol Campbell (NatCon) / Robert Sheheen (Dem): [January 9, 1991 – ???]
* Resigned to take up a Senate appointment
** First election to allow a second consecutive term
South Dakota
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22.)
Archie M. Gubbrud / Joseph H. Bottum (Rep): [January 3, 1961 – July 9, 1962]
-.)
Archie M. Gubbrud / VACANT (Rep): [July 9, 1962 – January 8, 1963]
-.)
Archie M. Gubbrud / Nils Boe (Rep): [January 8, 1963 – January 5, 1965]
23.)
Nils Boe / Lem Overpeck (Rep): [January 5, 1965 – January 7, 1969]
24.)
Frank Farrar / James Abdnor (Rep): [January 7, 1969 – January 5, 1971]
25.)
Dick Kneip / William Dougherty (Dem): [January 5, 1971 – January 4, 1979
26.)
Bill Janklow / Gordon Mydland (Rep): [January 4, 1979 - January 4, 1983]
27.)
Gene Leburn / Tim Johnson (Dem): [January 4, 1983 – January 1, 1991]
28.)
Larry Pressler / Joseph H. Barnett (Rep): [January 1, 1991 – ???]
*Joseph H. Bottum was appointed United States Senator on July 9, 1962
Tennessee
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41.)
Frank G. Clement (Dem): [January 15, 1963 – January 16, 1967]
42.)
Buford Ellington (Dem): [January 16, 1967 – January 16, 1971]
43.)
Maxey Jarman (Rep): [January 16, 1971 – January 18, 1975]
44.)
Frank Gorrell (Dem): [January 18, 1975 – January 15, 1983]
45.)
Jim Sasser (Dem): [January 15, 1983 – December 1, 1988]*
46.)
John S. Wilder (Dem): [December 1, 1988 - ???]**
*Resigned to become Senator
** As Speaker of the Senate he ascended to the Governorship. Proceeded to win the 1990 gubernatorial election.
Texas
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39.)
John Connally / Preston Smith (Dem): [January 15, 1963 - January 21, 1969]
40.)
Preston Smith / Ben Barnes (Dem): [January 21, 1969 - January 16, 1973]
41.)
Frances Farenthold / William P. Hobby, Jr. (Dem): [January 16, 1973 – January 21, 1975]
42.)
Henry Grover (Rep) /
William P. Hobby, Jr. (Dem): [January 21, 1975 – January 18, 1983]
43.)
Phil Gramm / William P. Hobby, Jr. (Dem): [January 18, 1983 – January 20, 1987]*
44.)
Ron Paul / Ernest Angelo (Rep): [January 20, 1987 – January 15, 1991]
45.)
Joe Barton (NatCon) / Ernest Angelo (Rep): [January 15, 1991 – ???]
*Retired in advance for the 1988 Senate election, which he won against Odell McBrayer.
Utah
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10.)
George Dewey Clyde (Rep) / [none]: [January 7, 1957 – January 4, 1965]
11.)
Calvin L. Rampton (Dem) / [none]: [January 4, 1965 – January 6, 1975]*
-.)
Calvin L. Rampton (Dem) / David S. Monson (Rep): [January 6, 1975 – January 3, 1977]*
12.)
David S. Monson / Vernon B. Romney (Rep): [January 3, 1977 – January 7, 1985]
13.)
John Huntsman, Sr. / Jake Garn (Rep): [January 7, 1985 – January 4, 1993]
14.)
Robert Redford / Douglas Wayne Owens (Dem): [January 4, 1993 – ???]**
*ITTL the position of Secretary of State was never changed to Lt. Governor. Instead the Lt. Governorship is its own position and the Secretary of State still exists.
**First election that the Governor and Lieutenant Governor were elected on one ticket.
Vermont
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72.)
F. Ray Keyser, Jr. / Ralphe A. Foote (Rep): [January 5, 1961 – January 10, 1963]
73.)
Philip H. Hoff (Dem) / Ralphe A. Foote (Rep): [January 10, 1963 – January 7, 1965]
-.)
Philip H. Hoff / John J. Daley (Dem): [January 7, 1965 – January 9, 1969]
74.)
Deane C. Davis / Thomas L. Hayes (Rep): [January 9, 1969 – January 4, 1973]
75.)
Jim Jeffords / Edward G. Janeway (Rep): [January 4, 1973 – January 7, 1977]
-.)
Jim Jeffords / Walter L. Kennedy (Rep): [January 7, 1977 – January 5, 1979]
76.)
Patrick Leahy (Dem) / Franklin S. Billings, Jr. (Rep): [January 5, 1979 – January 10, 1985]
77.)
Franklin S. Billings, Jr. / Jim Douglas (Rep): [January 10, 1985 – January 10, 1991]*
78.)
Terry Bouricius (Dem) /
Jim Douglas (Rep): [January 10, 1991 – ???]
*Vermont elections had a lot of changes in 1990. They switched from biennial elections to quadrennial election in 1990. They also removed the right of the Legislature to pick the Governor and Lieutenant Governor and changed it to an non-partisan primary system for all statewide offices.
Virginia
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59.)
Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. / Miles E. Godwin, Jr. (Dem): [ January 13, 1962 – January 15, 1966]
60.)
Miles E. Godwin, Jr. / Fred G. Pollard (Dem): [January 15, 1966 – January 17, 1970]
61.)
Henry E. Howell, Jr. / William C. Battle (Dem): [January 17, 1970 – January 1, 1973]
62.)
William C. Battle / VACANT (Dem): [January 1, 1973 – January 12, 1974]
63.)
A. Linwood Holon Jr. / John N. Dalton (Rep): [January 12, 1974 – January 14, 1978]
64.)
Henry E. Howell, Jr. / Chuck Robb (Dem): [January 14, 1978 – January 16, 1982]
65.)
George L. Rockwell ((Nat)Con) /
Donald Beyer (Dem): [January 16, 1982 – January 18, 1986]
66.)
Stanford Parris / Robert S. Bloxom (Rep): [January 18, 1986 – January 13, 1990]
67.)
Jim Webb (Ind) /
Robert S. Bloxom (Rep): [January 13, 1990 - January 15, 1994]
Washington
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15.)
Albert Rosellini / John A. Cherberg (Dem): [January 14, 1957 – January 11, 1965]
16.)
Daniel J. Evans (Rep) /
John A. Cherberg (Dem): [January 11, 1965 – January 12, 1977]
17.)
John Spellman (Rep) / John A. Cherberg (Dem): [January 12, 1977 – January 14, 1981]
18.)
Wesley C. Uhlman / John A. Cherberg (Dem): [January 14, 1981 – January 16, 1985]
19.)
John Spellman (Rep) / John A. Cherberg (Dem): [January 16, 1985 – January 9, 1989]
20.)
Sid Morrison / Frank Shrontz (Rep): [January 9, 1989 – ???]
West Virginia
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25.)
Cecil Harland Underwood (Rep): [January 14, 1957 – January 16, 1961]
26.)
William Wallace Barton (Dem): [January 16, 1961 – January 18, 1965]
27.)
Hulett Carlson Smith (Dem): [January 18, 1965 – January 13, 1969]
28.)
Cecil Harland Underwood (Rep): [January 14, 1969 – January 15, 1973]
29.)
Darrell Vivian McGraw, Jr. (Dem): [January 15, 1973 – April 15, 1975]*
30.)
Ivor F. Boiarsky (Dem): [April 15, 1975 – January 17, 1977]
31.)
Antonio James Manchin / Ken Hechler (Dem): [January 17, 1977 – January 19, 1981]**
32.)
Cecil Harland Underwood (Rep) / Ken Hechler (Dem): [January 19, 1981 – January 14, 1985]
33.)
John Reeves Raese (Rep) /
Robert C. Chambers (Dem): [January 14, 1985 – January 18, 1993]
34.)
Simon Hirsch Galperin Jr / Robert C. Chambers (Dem): [January 18, 1993 – ???]
* Convicted of federal bribery charges. The next-in-line for the Governorship (President of the Senate Tonkovich) resigned due to an unrelated scandal and allowed Speaker of the House of Delegates Ivor Boiarsky to take power.
** The issue of one corrupt governor being possibly followed by another lead to the establishment of a separately elected Lt. Governor. It also changed the line of succession to Lt. Governor → Secretary of State → Attorney General → Treasurer → Auditor → Commissioner of Agriculture → Speaker of the House → President of the State Senate.
Wisconsin
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35.)
Gaylord Nelson / Philleo Nash (Dem): [January 5, 1959 – January 2, 1961]
-.)
Gaylord Nelson (Dem) / Warren P. Knowles (Rep): [January 2, 1961 – January 7, 1963]
36.)
John W. Reynolds, Jr. / Jack B. Olson (Dem): [January 7, 1963 – January 4, 1965]
37.)
Warren P. Knowles (Rep) / Patrick J. Lucey (Dem): [January 4, 1965 – January 2, 1967]
-.)
Warren P. Knowles / Jack B. Olsen (Rep): [January 2, 1967 – January 4, 1971]
38.)
Patrick J. Lucey / Martin J. Schreiber (Dem): [January 4, 1971 – January 3, 1979]*
39.)
Bob Kasten / Tom Petri (Rep): [January 3, 1979 - January 3, 1983]
40.)
Doug La Follette / Jim Moody (Dem): [ January 3, 1983 – January 6, 1991]
41.)
Jim Moody / Peg Lautenschlager (Dem): [January 6, 1991 – ???]
*The 1970 election was for the first gubernatorial term to last 4 years. Also the Governor and Lieutenant Governor were combined into one ticket.
Wyoming
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26.)
Clifford P. Hansen (Rep): [January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967]
27.)
Stanley K. Hathaway (Rep): [January 2, 1967 – January 6, 1975]
28.)
Thyra Thompson (Rep): [January 6, 1975 – January 1, 1979]
29.)
Dick Cheney (Dem): [January 1, 1979 – September 20, 1983]*
30.)
Clifford P. Hansen (Rep): [September 20, 1983 – January 7, 1991]
31.)
Nyla Murphy (Rep): [January 7, 1991 – ???]
*Recalled from office and replaced with Hansen
Territories:
American Samoa
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44.)
Hyrum Rex Lee (Dem): [May 24, 1961 - July 31, 1967]
45.)
Owen Stuart Aspinall (Dem): [August 1, 1967 – January 3, 1977] [1]
46.)
Peter Tali Coleman / Tufele Faatoia Liamatua (Rep): [January 3, 1977 – January 7, 1985] [2]
47.)
Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia / Aifili Paulo Lauvao (Dem): [January 7, 1985 – January 2, 1989]
48.)
Peter Tali Coleman / Tuanaitau Fa'atamala Tuia (Rep): [January 2, 1989 – ???]
[1] Bill signed in 1975 stipulated elections in late 1976 for Governor and other territorial officials. Everyone is sworn in the first Monday in the January after the election.
[2] First elected Governor, also previously served as appointed governor (from October 15, 1956 – May 24, 1961).
Guam
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6.) Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero (Dem): [March 9, 1963 – January 4, 1971]
1.)
Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero / Ricardo Bordallo (Dem): [January 4, 1971 – January 6, 1975]
2.)
Carlos Garcia Camacho / Carlos P. Taitano (Rep): [January 6, 1975 – January 3, 1983]
3.)
Antonio Borja Won Pat / James H. Underwood (Dem): [January 3, 1983 – January 7, 1991]
4.)
James H. Underwood / Franklin Joseph Arceo Quitugua (Dem): [January 7, 1991 – ???]
Puerto Rico
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1.)
Luis Muñoz Marín (PDP) (Ind): [January 2, 1949 – January 2, 1965]
2.)
Roberto Sánchez Vilella (PDP) (Dem): [January 2, 1965 – January 2, 1969]
3.)
Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo (NPP) (Rep): [January 2, 1969 – January 2, 1977]
4.)
Juan José Cancel Ríos (PDP) (Dem?): [January 2, 1977 – January 2, 1985)
5.)
Hernán Padilla Ramirez (NPP) (Rep): [January 2, 1985 – ???]
[I don't know Rios US affiliation, but presumably it'd be Democratic (as most of the OTL Governors, regardless of which Puerto Rican Party they belong) were Democrats (plus the NPP seems to be the party that's mostly aligned with the Democrats, as I understand it anyways).
I'm also thinking around this time, mid to late 1990's, ITTL Puerto Rico should vote in statehood, considering they nearly did OTL. It'd be an interesting development to the mainlands politics no?]
Virgin Islands
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-.)
Ralph Moses Paiewonsky (Dem): [
April 5, 1961 – June 2, 1969] [1]
1.)
Ralph Moses Paiewonsky (Dem): [June 2, 1969 – January 2, 1975] [2]
2.)
Alexander Anthony Farrelly (Dem): [January 2, 1975 – January 2, 1987]
3.)
Ron de Lugo (Ind): [January 2, 1987 – ???] [3]
[1] President Hubert Humphrey keeps Paiewonsky on as Governor, and he succeeds himself as the first elected Governor of the Virgin Islands.
[2] ITTL the Lt. Governor position doesn't exist, because butterflies.
[3] Ran as an Independent against Farrelly's attempt at a 4th term in 1986. Was a Democrat OTL
Mayoralities:
New York City:
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102.)
Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Dem): [January 1, 1954 – December 31, 1965]
103.)
John Lindsay (Rep/Lib): [January 1, 1966 – December 31, 1969]
104.)
James Buckley (Con): [January 1, 1970 – December 31, 1977]
105.)
Barry Farber (Con): [January 1, 1978 – December 31, 1981]
106.)
Elizabeth Holtzman (Dem): [January 1, 1982 – December 31, 1989]
107.)
Guy Molinari (Rep): [January 1, 1990 – December 31, 1997]
108.)
Abraham Hirschfeld (Dem-Nat-RtL): [January 1, 1998 – December 31, 2005]
Washington D.C.
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1.) Walter Washington (Dem): [November 7, 1967 – January 2, 1971] [1]
1.)
Walter Washington (Dem): [January 2, 1971 – January 2, 1979] [2]
2.)
Sterling Tucker (Dem): [January 2, 1979 – January 2, 1983]
3.)
Marion Barry (Dem): [January 2, 1983 – January 2, 1987]
4.)
Walter Edward Fauntroy (Dem): [January 2, 1987 – January 2, 1995]
5.)
George Will (Rep): [January 2, 1995 – ???] [3]
[1] As Mayor-Commissioner
[2] As the directly elected Mayor of Washington D.C.; ITTL it passed earlier and it included a two term lifetime limit for the mayor's office.
[3] Despite being a Republican in a heavily Democratic city, he received a substantial amount of support from Democrats after Marion Barry won the Democratic nomination. He was also aided by a plethora of vote splitting and write-in candidates who didn't want to support Barry but also didn't want to vote Republican.
Philadelphia
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-.)
James Hugh Joseph Tate (Dem): [February 13, 1962 – January 6, 1964] [1]
90.)
James Hugh Joseph Tate (Dem): [January 6, 1964 – January 1, 1968]
91.)
Arlen Specter (Rep): [January 1, 1968 – January 3, 1972]
92.)
Frank Rizzo (Dem): [January 3, 1972 – January 7, 1980]
93.)
Bill Green III (Dem): [January 7, 1980 – January 2, 1984]
94.)
Thomas Foglietta (Dem): [January 2, 1984 – January 6, 1992]
91.) Frank Rizzo (Rep): [January 6, 1992 – ???] [2]
[1] First two years were as acting mayor.
[2] First two terms elected as Democrat, third term elected as Republican
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Alaska notes
The first few decades of Alaska were dominated by two men, William Egan of the Democratic Party and Walter J. Hickel of the Republican Party. For the first thirty-one years of statehood, they occupied they occupied a combined twenty-seven years. Egan was nominated by the Alaska Democratic Party five times in a row: 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, and 1974. He won three of those. Hickel was nominated by the Republican Party for three times, 1966, 1970, and in 1982. He also ran once as a write-in Republican in 1986 and once as an independent in 1990. Hickel won the office four times, serving the longest tenure in the office.
Egan and Hickel faced off in the state's third, fourth, and fifth gubernatorial elections, Egan lost against Hickel in 1966 and 1970, but after Hickel retired in 1974, due to term limits, he was succeeded by Egan. Some expected Hickel to join President MacBride's Cabinet as the Interior Secretary after he was inaugurated in 1977, but no appointment or offer was ever made. Instead Hickel returned as the Republican candidate for Governor in 1978 and he beat Egan a third time.
At this point Egan was noticeably older and sicker: less responsive then he used to be. Still he was a powerful force in the Alaskan political scene and almost got a sixth nomination for Governor. Instead he was beaten by insurgent candidate Stephen Alpine in the Democratic Primary. Alpine, who was helped by prominent Democrats like Senator Nick Begich and State Treasurer Tony Knowles, narrowly beat Egan in the primary. Despite a Republican in the White House, and midterms generally being favorable to the party out of it, Alpine was handily beaten by Hickel in the 1978 Governors election.
After 1981, when the National Conservative Party came into existence and prominence, Hickel's position started to be rocked. The state NCP never had much of a presence as a standalone party, competing with the Alaskan Independence Party for the position of Alaska's right-wing third party, but did manage to form a symbiotic relationship with many Republicans in the state. NCP higher-ups often lent their support to Republican candidates in their primaries and did not run their own people in the general elections.
In this way they beat Hickel in the 1982 primary, who was seen as far too economically statist and liberal on environmental issues by conservative voters. The influx of NCP voters gave his Lieutenant Governor, Howard W. Pollack, the nomination by a few hundred votes. Hickel tried his hand at a write-in campaign, but with little time and money to campaign on his own, and spending the election season working on a tax bill with the legislature, he came in third with 17% of the vote. An impressive amount considering his many difficulties.