List of Governors of Pennsylvania
Governors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The 1790 constitution abolished the council and replaced the president with a governor, and established a three-year term for governor commencing on the third Tuesday of the December following the election, with governors not allowed to serve more than nine out of any twelve years.

List of Governors of Pennsylvania

Section Title: Governors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Table Section Text: The 1790 constitution abolished the council and replaced the president with a governor, and established a three-year term for governor commencing on the third Tuesday of the December following the election, with governors not allowed to serve more than nine out of any twelve years.

#	Governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Lt. Governor	Terms

1	-	Thomas Mifflin	December 21, 1790	December 17, 1799	None	None	3

2	-	Thomas McKean	December 17, 1799	December 20, 1808	Democratic- Republican	3

3	-	Simon Snyder	December 20, 1808	December 16, 1817	Democratic- Republican	3

4	-	William Findlay	December 16, 1817	December 19, 1820	Democratic- Republican	1

5	-	Joseph Hiester	December 19, 1820	December 16, 1823	Democratic- Republican	1

6	-	John Andrew Shulze	December 16, 1823	December 15, 1829	Democratic- Republican	2

7	-	George Wolf	December 15, 1829	December 15, 1835	Democratic	2

8	Joseph Ritner-Governor of Pennsylvania.JPG	Joseph Ritner	December 15, 1835	January 15, 1839	Anti-Masonic	1

9	-	David R. Porter	January 15, 1839	January 21, 1845	Democratic	2

10	Francis R. Shunk Governor of Pennsylvania.tif	Francis R. Shunk	January 21, 1845	July 9, 1848	Democratic	​1 1⁄2

—	Office vacant	July 9, 1848	July 26, 1848	—	—

11	-	William F. Johnston	July 26, 1848	January 20, 1852	Whig	​1 1⁄2

12	-	William Bigler	January 20, 1852	January 16, 1855	Democratic	1

13	-	James Pollock	January 16, 1855	January 19, 1858	Whig	1

14	-	William F. Packer	January 19, 1858	January 15, 1861	Democratic	1

15	-	Andrew Gregg Curtin	January 15, 1861	January 15, 1867	Republican	2

16	Gearysfmayor.jpeg	John W. Geary	January 15, 1867	January 21, 1873	Republican	2

17	-	John F. Hartranft	January 21, 1873	January 21, 1879	Republican	None	2

John Latta

18	-	Henry M. Hoyt	January 21, 1879	January 16, 1883	Republican	Charles Warren Stone	1

19	-	Robert E. Pattison	January 16, 1883	January 18, 1887	Democratic	Chauncey Forward Black	1

20	-	James A. Beaver	January 18, 1887	January 20, 1891	Republican	William T. Davies	1

19	-	Robert E. Pattison	January 20, 1891	January 15, 1895	Democratic	Louis Arthur Watres	1

21	-	Daniel H. Hastings	January 15, 1895	January 17, 1899	Republican	Walter Lyon	1

22	-	William A. Stone	January 17, 1899	January 20, 1903	Republican	John P. S. Gobin	1

23	-	Samuel W. Pennypacker	January 20, 1903	January 15, 1907	Republican	William M. Brown	1

24	-	Edwin Sydney Stuart	January 15, 1907	January 17, 1911	Republican	Robert S. Murphy	1

25	-	John K. Tener	January 17, 1911	January 19, 1915	Republican	John Merriman Reynolds	1

26	-	Martin Grove Brumbaugh	January 19, 1915	January 21, 1919	Republican	Frank B. McClain	1

27	-	William Cameron Sproul	January 21, 1919	January 16, 1923	Republican	Edward E. Beidleman	1

28	-	Gifford Pinchot	January 16, 1923	January 18, 1927	Republican	David J. Davis	1

29	-	John Stuchell Fisher	January 18, 1927	January 20, 1931	Republican	Arthur James	1

28	-	Gifford Pinchot	January 20, 1931	January 15, 1935	Republican	Edward C. Shannon	1

30	-	George Howard Earle III	January 15, 1935	January 17, 1939	Democratic	Thomas Kennedy	1

31	Arthur James	January 17, 1939	January 19, 1943	Republican	Samuel S. Lewis	1

32	-	Edward Martin	January 19, 1943	January 2, 1947	Republican	John C. Bell, Jr.	​1⁄2

33	-	John C. Bell Jr.	January 2, 1947	January 21, 1947	Republican	vacant	​1⁄2

34	-	James H. Duff	January 21, 1947	January 16, 1951	Republican	Daniel B. Strickler	1

35	John S. Fine	January 16, 1951	January 18, 1955	Republican	Lloyd H. Wood	1

36	George M. Leader	January 18, 1955	January 20, 1959	Democratic	Roy E. Furman	1

37	-	David L. Lawrence	January 20, 1959	January 15, 1963	Democratic	John Morgan Davis	1

38	-	William Scranton	January 15, 1963	January 17, 1967	Republican	Raymond P. Shafer	1

39	GovShaferMay67 N2.tif	Ray Shafer	January 17, 1967	January 19, 1971	Republican	Raymond J. Broderick	1

40	-	Milton Shapp	January 19, 1971	January 16, 1979	Democratic	Ernest P. Kline	2

41	-	Dick Thornburgh	January 16, 1979	January 20, 1987	Republican	William Scranton, III	2

42	-	Bob Casey Sr.	January 20, 1987	January 17, 1995	Democratic	Mark Singel	2

43	-	Tom Ridge	January 17, 1995	October 5, 2001	Republican	Mark Schweiker	​1 1⁄2

44	-	Mark Schweiker	October 5, 2001	January 21, 2003	Republican	Robert Jubelirer	​1⁄2

45	Ed Rendell ID2004 crop (cropped).JPG	Ed Rendell	January 21, 2003	January 18, 2011	Democratic	Catherine Baker Knoll	2

Joe Scarnati

46	-	Tom Corbett	January 18, 2011	January 20, 2015	Republican	Jim Cawley	1

47	-	Tom Wolf	January 20, 2015	Incumbent	Democratic	Mike Stack	2

John Fetterman

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Joseph Hiester was the fifth Governor of Pennsylvania from 1820 to 1823.

final_sentence: Joseph Hiester was the fifth Governor of Pennsylvania from 1820 to 1823.