List of Princeton University people (government)
Politics and government -- State and provincial governors
Table:
Name

Affiliation

State/Province

Service

Notes

Refs

Nathaniel Alexander

B 1776

North Carolina

1805-07

USRep, 1803–05.

[131]

Joseph Alston

Att 1795–96

South Carolina

1812–14

[132][133]

Samuel Ashe

Att

North Carolina

1795–98

[134]

Dewey F. Bartlett

B 1942

Oklahoma

1967–71

USSen, 1973-79.

[135]

Joseph Bloomfield

T 1793–1801, 1819–23

New Jersey

1801–12

USRep, 1817–21

[136][137]

Willie Blount

Att

Tennessee

1809–15

[138]

Kit Bond

B 1960

Missouri

1973–77, 1981–85.

USSen, 1987-2011.

[139][140]

Gerard Brandon

Att

Mississippi

1825–26, 1826–32

[141]

Brendan Byrne

B 1949

New Jersey

1974–82.

[142]

William Cahill

F 1974–78

New Jersey

1970–74

USRep, 1959–70

[143]

Alfred Colquitt

B 1844

Georgia

1876-80

USRep, 1853–55. Confederate major general in the Civil War. USSen, 1883–94.

[144]

Prentice Cooper

B 1917

Tennessee

1939–45

[145]

George W. Crawford

B 1820

Georgia

1843–47

U.S. Secretary of War, 1849-50.

[44]

Mitch Daniels

B 1971

Indiana

2005–

Office of Management and Budget director, 2001–03.

[45][46]

William Richardson Davie

B 1776

North Carolina

1798–99.

[146]

Mahlon Dickerson

B 1789

New Jersey

1815-17

USSen, 1817-33. Secretary of the Navy, 1834-38.

[49]

John Drayton

Att

South Carolina

1800–02, 1808–10

[147]

James H. Duff

B 1904

Pennsylvania

1947–51

USSen, 1951-57.

[148]

Pierre S. du Pont IV

B 1956

Delaware

1977–85

USRep, 1971–77

[149]

Peter Early

B 1792

Georgia

1813–15

USRep, 1803–07

[150]

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Nathaniel Alexander ( March 5 , 1756 - March 7 , 1808 ) was a physician and the 13th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1805 to 1807 .
North Carolina ( /ˌkærəˈlaɪnə/ ( listen ) ) is a U.S. state located in the southeastern region of the United States . North Carolina is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the 50 United States . It is bordered by Virginia to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the east , Georgia and South Carolina to the south , and Tennessee to the west . Raleigh is the state 's capital and Charlotte is its largest city . The Charlotte metropolitan area , with an estimated population of 2,569,213 in 2018 , is the most populous metropolitan area in North Carolina , the 23rd-most populous in the United States , and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City . The Raleigh metropolitan area is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state , with an estimated population of 1,362,540 in 2018 , and is home to the largest research park in the United States , Research Triangle Park . North Carolina was established as a royal colony in 1729 and is one of the original Thirteen Colonies . North Carolina is named in honor of King Charles I of England who first formed the English colony , with Carolus being Latin for Charles . On November 21 , 1789 , North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the United States Constitution . In the run-up to the American Civil War , North Carolina declared its secession from the Union on May 20 , 1861 , becoming the last of eleven states to join the Confederate States . Following the Civil War , the state was restored to the Union on June 25 , 1868 . On December 17 , 1903 , Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully piloted the world 's first controlled , sustained flight of a powered , heavier-than-air aircraft at Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina 's Outer Banks .
Joseph Alston ( 1779 - September 10 , 1816 ) was the 44th Governor of South Carolina from 1812 to 1814 .
South Carolina ( /ˌkærəˈlaɪnə/ ( listen ) ) is a state in the Southeastern United States and the easternmost of the Deep South . It is bordered to the north by North Carolina , to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean , and to the southwest by Georgia across the Savannah River . South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on May 23 , 1788 . It also became the first state to vote in favor of secession from the Union on December 20 , 1860 . After the American Civil War , it was readmitted into the United States on June 25 , 1868 . South Carolina is the 40th most extensive and 23rd most populous U.S. state . Its GDP as of 2013 was $ 183.6 billion , with an annual growth rate of 3.13% . South Carolina is composed of 46 counties . The capital is Columbia with a population of 133,451 in 2018 ; while its largest city is Charleston with a 2018 population of 136,208 . The Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin metropolitan area is the largest in the state , with a 2018 population estimate of 906,626 . South Carolina is named in honor of King Charles I of England , who first formed the English colony , with Carolus being Latin for Charles .
Samuel Ashe ( March 24 , 1725 - February 3 , 1813 ) was the ninth Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1795 to 1798 . He was also one of the first three judges of the North Carolina Superior Court in 1787 .
Dewey Follett Bartlett Sr. ( March 28 , 1919 - March 1 , 1979 ) was an American politician who served as the 19th Governor of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971 , following his fellow Republican , Henry Bellmon . In 1966 , he became the first Roman Catholic elected governor of Oklahoma , defeating the Democratic nominee , Preston Moore of Oklahoma City . He was defeated for reelection in 1970 by Tulsa attorney David Hall in the closest election in state history . He was elected to the United States Senate in 1972 and served one term . In 1978 , he was diagnosed with lung cancer and did not run for reelection that year . He died of complications of lung cancer in 1979 .
Oklahoma ( /ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə/ ( listen ) ; Cherokee : ᎣᎦᎳᎰᎹ , ogalahoma ; Choctaw : Oklahumma ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States , bordered by the state of Texas on the south and west , Kansas on the north , Missouri on the northeast , Arkansas on the east , New Mexico on the west , and Colorado on the northwest . It is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States . Its residents are known as Oklahomans ( or colloquially , Okies ) , and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City . The state 's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma , meaning red people . It is also known informally by its nickname , The Sooner State , in reference to the non-Native settlers who staked their claims on land before the official opening date of lands in the western Oklahoma Territory or before the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 , which increased European-American settlement in the eastern Indian Territory . Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were merged into the State of Oklahoma when it became the 46th state to enter the union on November 16 , 1907 . With ancient mountain ranges , prairie , mesas , and eastern forests , most of Oklahoma lies in the Great Plains , Cross Timbers , and the U.S . Interior Highlands , all regions prone to severe weather . Oklahoma is on a confluence of three major American cultural regions and historically served as a route for cattle drives , a destination for Southern settlers , and a government-sanctioned territory for Native Americans . More than 25 Native American languages are spoken in Oklahoma . A major producer of natural gas , oil , and agricultural products , Oklahoma relies on an economic base of aviation , energy , telecommunications , and biotechnology . Both Oklahoma City and Tulsa serve as Oklahoma 's primary economic anchors , with nearly two-thirds of Oklahomans living within their metropolitan statistical areas .
Joseph Bloomfield ( October 18 , 1753 - October 3 , 1823 ) was the fourth Governor of New Jersey . The township of Bloomfield , New Jersey is named for him .
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States . It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York ; on the east , southeast , and south by the Atlantic Ocean ; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania ; and on the southwest by the Delaware Bay and the State of Delaware . New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state by area but the 11th-most populous , with 9 million residents as of 2017 and an area of 8,722.58 square miles , making it the most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states , with its biggest city being Newark . New Jersey lies completely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia . New Jersey was the second-wealthiest U.S. state by median household income as of 2017 . New Jersey was inhabited by Native Americans for more than 2,800 years , with historical tribes such as the Lenape along the coast . In the early 17th century , the Dutch and the Swedes founded the first European settlements in the state . The English later seized control of the region , naming it the Province of New Jersey after the largest of the Channel Islands , Jersey , and granting it as a colony to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley , 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton . New Jersey was the site of several important battles during the American Revolutionary War in the 18th century . In the 19th century , factories in the cities Camden , Paterson , Newark , Trenton , Jersey City , and Elizabeth ( known as the Big Six ) , helped drive the Industrial Revolution . New Jersey 's geographic location at the center of the Northeast megalopolis , between Boston and New York City to the northeast , and Philadelphia , Baltimore , and Washington , D.C. , to the southwest , fueled its rapid growth through the process of suburbanization in the second half of the 20th century . At the turn of the 21st century , this suburbanization began reverting with the consolidation of New Jersey 's culturally diverse populace toward more urban settings within the state , with towns home to commuter rail stations outpacing the population growth of more automobile-oriented suburbs since 2008 .
Willie Blount ( April 18 , 1768 - September 10 , 1835 ) was an American politician who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1809 to 1815 . Blount 's efforts to raise funds and soldiers during the War of 1812 earned Tennessee the nickname , Volunteer State . He was the younger half-brother of Southwest Territory governor , William Blount .
Tennessee ( /ˌtɛnəˈsiː/ ( listen ) , locally /ˈtɛnəsi/ ; Cherokee : ᏔᎾᏏ , romanized : Tanasi ) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States . Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States . Tennessee is bordered by eight states , with Kentucky to the north , Virginia to the northeast , North Carolina to the east , Georgia , Alabama , and Mississippi to the south , Arkansas to the west , and Missouri to the northwest . The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state , and the Mississippi River forms the state 's western border . Nashville is the state 's capital and largest city , with a 2017 population of 667,560 and a 2017 metro population of 1,903,045 . Tennessee 's second largest city is Memphis , which had a population of 652,236 in 2017 . The state of Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association , a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians . What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina , and later part of the Southwest Territory . Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1 , 1796 . Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 . Occupied by Union forces from 1862 , it was the first state to be readmitted to the Union at the end of the war . Tennessee furnished more soldiers for the Confederate Army than any other state besides Virginia , and more soldiers for the Union Army than the rest of the Confederacy combined .
Christopher Samuel Bond ( born March 6 , 1939 ) is an American attorney , politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party . First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 , he defeated Democrat Harriett Woods by a margin of 53-47% . He was re-elected in 1992 , 1998 , and 2004 . On January 8 , 2009 , he announced that he would not seek re-election to a fifth term in 2010 , and was succeeded by fellow Republican Roy Blunt on January 3 , 2011 . Following his retirement from the Senate , Bond became a partner at Thompson Coburn . Before his career in the U.S. Senate , Bond served two non-consecutive terms as Governor of Missouri , from 1973 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1985 . He was previously State Auditor of Missouri from 1971 to 1973 .
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States . With over six million residents , it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union . The largest urban areas are St. Louis , Kansas City , Springfield and Columbia ; the capital is Jefferson City . The state is the 21st-most extensive in area . Missouri is bordered by eight states ( tied for the most with Tennessee ) : Iowa to the north , Illinois , Kentucky and Tennessee ( via the Mississippi River ) to the east , Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma , Kansas and Nebraska to the west . In the south are the Ozarks , a forested highland , providing timber , minerals and recreation . The Missouri River , after which the state is named , flows through the center of the state into the Mississippi River , which makes up Missouri 's eastern border . Humans have inhabited the land now known as Missouri for at least 12,000 years . The Mississippian culture built cities and mounds , before declining in the 14th century . When European explorers arrived in the 17th century , they encountered the Osage and Missouria nations . The French established Louisiana , a part of New France , founding Ste . Genevieve in 1735 and St. Louis in 1764 .
Gerard Chittocque Brandon ( September 15 , 1788 - March 28 , 1850 ) was an American political leader who twice served as Governor of Mississippi during its early years of statehood . He was the first native-born governor of Mississippi .
Mississippi ( /ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi/ ( listen ) ) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States . Mississippi is the 32nd largest and 34th-most populous of the 50 United States . Mississippi is bordered to the north by Tennessee , to the east by Alabama , to the south by the Gulf of Mexico , to the southwest by Louisiana , and to the northwest by Arkansas . Mississippi 's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River . Jackson is both the state 's capital and largest city . Greater Jackson , with an estimated population of 580,166 in 2018 , is the most populous metropolitan area in Mississippi and the 95th-most populous in the United States . On December 10 , 1817 , Mississippi became the 20th state admitted to the Union . By 1860 , Mississippi was the nation 's top cotton producing state and enslaved persons accounted for 55% of the state population . Mississippi declared its secession from the Union on March 23 , 1861 , and was one of the seven original Confederate States . Following the Civil War , it was restored to the Union on February 23 , 1870 . Until the Great Migration of the 1930s , African Americans were a majority of Mississippi 's population . Mississippi was the site of many prominent events during the American Civil Rights movement , including the 1962 Ole Miss riots , the 1963 assassination of Medgar Evers , and the 1964 Freedom Summer murders .
Brendan Thomas Byrne ( April 1 , 1924 - January 4 , 2018 ) was an American politician , statesman , and prosecutor , serving as the 47th Governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982 . A member of the Democratic Party , Byrne started his career as a private attorney and worked in the New Jersey state government starting in 1955 before resuming his legal career after leaving office in 1982 . During his time as Governor , Byrne oversaw the opening of the first gambling casinos in Atlantic City , expanded the oceanside municipality 's economic base , and established the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate . He also saved a large majority of woodlands and wildlife areas in the state from development . In the late 1970s , an FBI wiretap recorded local mobsters calling Byrne , the man who could n't be bought , a reference to his high ethical standards . The public 's response to this propelled his popularity at a time when popular New Jersey politicians were being mired in corruption scandals . Byrne used the quote as the slogan for his successful re-election bid . From 1981 to 1996 , the Meadowlands Arena at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford , New Jersey , formerly home to the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League , New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association , and Seton Hall Pirates men 's basketball was named Brendan Byrne Arena in his honor . The arena was then renamed Continental Airlines Arena , followed by IZOD Center . Brendan Byrne State Park , located in New Lisbon , New Jersey was also named in his honor . In 2011 , Byrne was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame for his service to the state .
William Thomas Cahill ( June 25 , 1912 - July 1 , 1996 ) was an American Republican Party politician who served as the 46th Governor of New Jersey , from 1970 to 1974 , and who represented New Jersey 's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1967 and the state 's 6th district from 1967 to 1970 .
Alfred Holt Colquitt ( April 20 , 1824 - March 26 , 1894 ) was an American lawyer , preacher , soldier , and politician . Elected as the 49th Governor of Georgia ( 1877-1882 ) , he was one of numerous Democrats elected to office as white conservatives took back power in the state at the end of the Reconstruction era . He was elected by the Georgia state legislature to two terms as U.S . Senator , serving from 1883-1894 and dying in office . He had served as a United States officer in the Mexican-American War and in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War , reaching the rank of brigadier general .
Georgia ( /ˈdʒɔːrdʒə/ ) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States . Georgia is the 24th largest in area and 8th-most populous of the 50 United States . Georgia is bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina , to the northeast by South Carolina , to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean , to the south by Florida , and to the west by Alabama . Its 2019 estimated population was 10,617,423 , according to the U.S. Census Bureau . Atlanta , a beta ( + ) global city , is both the state 's capital and its largest city . The Atlanta metropolitan area , with an estimated population of 5.9 million people in 2018 , is the 9th most populous metropolitan area in the United States and contains about 56% of the entire state population . Founded in 1733 as a British colony , Georgia was the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies to be established . Named after King George II of Great Britain , the Colony of Georgia covered the area from South Carolina south to Spanish Florida and west to French Louisiana at the Mississippi River . On January 2 , 1788 , Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution . From 1802 to 1804 , western Georgia was split to form the Mississippi Territory , which later was admitted as the U.S. states of Alabama and Mississippi . Georgia declared its secession from the Union on January 19 , 1861 , and was one of the original seven Confederate States . Following the Civil War , it was the last state to be restored to the Union , on July 15 , 1870 .
The Confederate States of America ( CSA or C.S . ) - commonly referred to as the Confederacy - was an unrecognized republic in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865 . The Confederacy was originally formed by seven secessionist slave-holding states - South Carolina , Mississippi , Florida , Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , and Texas - in the Lower South region of the United States , whose economy was heavily dependent upon agriculture , particularly cotton , and a plantation system that relied upon the labor of African-American slaves . Convinced that the institution of slavery was threatened by the November 1860 election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency on a platform which opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories , the Confederacy declared its secession in rebellion against the United States , with the loyal states becoming known as the Union during the ensuing American Civil War . Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens described its ideology as being centrally based upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man ; that slavery , subordination to the superior race , is his natural and normal condition . Before Lincoln took office in March , a new Confederate government was established in February 1861 which was considered illegal by the government of the United States . States volunteered militia units , and the new government hastened to form its own Confederate States Army from nothing practically overnight . After the American Civil War began in April , four slave states of the Upper South - Virginia , Arkansas , Tennessee , and North Carolina - also seceded and joined the Confederacy . The Confederacy later accepted Missouri and Kentucky as members , although neither officially declared secession nor were they ever largely controlled by Confederate forces ; Confederate shadow governments attempted to control the two states but were later exiled from them . The government of the United States ( the Union ) rejected the claims of secession , considering it illegitimate . The war began April 12 , 1861 , when the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter , a Union fort in the harbor of Charleston , South Carolina . No foreign government ever officially recognized the Confederacy as an independent country , although Great Britain and France granted it belligerent status , which allowed Confederate agents to contract with private concerns for arms and other supplies .
The American Civil War ( also known by other names ) was a civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865 , fought between the northern United States ( loyal to the Union ) and the southern United States ( that had seceded from the Union and formed the Confederacy ) . [ e ] The civil war began primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people . War broke out in April 1861 when secessionist forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina shortly after Abraham Lincoln had been inaugurated as the President of the United States . The loyalists of the Union in the North , which also included some geographically western and southern states , proclaimed support for the Constitution . They faced secessionists of the Confederate States in the South , who advocated for states ' rights in order to uphold slavery . Of the 34 U.S. states in February 1861 , seven Southern slave states were declared by their state governments to have seceded from the country , and the Confederate States of America was organized in rebellion against the U.S. constitutional government . The Confederacy grew to control at least a majority of territory in eleven states , and it claimed the additional states of Kentucky and Missouri by assertions from native secessionists fleeing Union authority . These states were given full representation in the Confederate Congress throughout the Civil War . The two remaining slave states , Delaware and Maryland , were invited to join the Confederacy , but nothing substantial developed due to intervention by federal troops . The Confederate states were never diplomatically recognized as a joint entity by the government of the United States , nor by that of any foreign country . [ f ] The states that remained loyal to the U.S. were known as the Union . [ g ] The Union and the Confederacy quickly raised volunteer and conscription armies that fought mostly in the South over the course of four years .
William Prentice Cooper , Jr. ( September 28 , 1895 - May 18 , 1969 ) was an American politician and diplomat who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1939 to 1945 . He led the state 's mobilization efforts for World War II , when over 300,000 Tennesseans joined the armed forces , and numerous defense-related facilities were established across the state . He later served as U.S . Ambassador to Peru ( 1946-1948 ) , and chaired Tennessee 's 1953 constitutional convention .
George Walker Crawford ( December 22 , 1798 - July 27 , 1872 ) was a licensed attorney turned politician from Columbia County , Georgia . Crawford was appointed attorney general for the state in 1827 , by Governor John Forsyth , serving in that capacity until 1831 . Crawford also served five years in the General Assembly 's lower house as a representative of Richmond County on a platform of states ' rights . George Crawford served in the U.S. House of Representatives , filling the seat vacated by Richard W. Habersham who died while in office . Crawford was elected Georgia 's 38th governor - serving two terms from 1843-47 . He became the only Whig Party candidate in state history to occupy the Governor 's Mansion . Crawford also served as United States Secretary of War from 1849-50 . Crawford 's time in President Zachary Taylor 's cabinet was marred by speculation regarding a probate claim he settled for George Galphin 's heirs . Crawford received a gratuity of substantial remuneration for his services ' - Crawford 's political adversaries framed it as the Galphin Affair - marking the end of Crawford 's political aspirations . When President Taylor unexpectedly died while in office , Crawford resigned his position as Secretary of War and entered political retirement . In 1861 , however , Crawford was elected a delegate from Richmond County to the state 's Secession Convention which brought him out of retirement to answer the call of his constituents . By the convention 's first order of business , Crawford was elected Permanent President of the Convention by which he presided over Georgia 's decision to secede from the Union .
Georgia ( /ˈdʒɔːrdʒə/ ) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States . Georgia is the 24th largest in area and 8th-most populous of the 50 United States . Georgia is bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina , to the northeast by South Carolina , to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean , to the south by Florida , and to the west by Alabama . Its 2019 estimated population was 10,617,423 , according to the U.S. Census Bureau . Atlanta , a beta ( + ) global city , is both the state 's capital and its largest city . The Atlanta metropolitan area , with an estimated population of 5.9 million people in 2018 , is the 9th most populous metropolitan area in the United States and contains about 56% of the entire state population . Founded in 1733 as a British colony , Georgia was the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies to be established . Named after King George II of Great Britain , the Colony of Georgia covered the area from South Carolina south to Spanish Florida and west to French Louisiana at the Mississippi River . On January 2 , 1788 , Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution . From 1802 to 1804 , western Georgia was split to form the Mississippi Territory , which later was admitted as the U.S. states of Alabama and Mississippi . Georgia declared its secession from the Union on January 19 , 1861 , and was one of the original seven Confederate States . Following the Civil War , it was the last state to be restored to the Union , on July 15 , 1870 .
The secretary of war was a member of the United States president 's Cabinet , beginning with George Washington 's administration . A similar position , called either Secretary at War or Secretary of War , had been appointed to serve the Congress of the Confederation under the Articles of Confederation between 1781 and 1789 . Benjamin Lincoln and later Henry Knox held the position . When Washington was inaugurated as the first president under the Constitution , he appointed Knox to continue serving as Secretary of War . The secretary of war was the head of the War Department . At first , he was responsible for all military affairs , including naval affairs . In 1798 , the secretary of the Navy was created by statute , and the scope of responsibility for this office was reduced to the affairs of the United States Army . From 1886 onward , the secretary of war was in the line of succession to the presidency , after the vice president of the United States , the speaker of the House of Representatives , the president pro tem of the Senate and the secretary of state . In 1947 , with the passing of the National Security Act of 1947 , the secretary of war was replaced by the secretary of the Army and the secretary of the Air Force , which , along with the secretary of the Navy , have since 1949 been non-Cabinet subordinates under the secretary of defense . The secretary of the Army 's office is generally considered the direct successor to the secretary of war 's office although the secretary of defense took the secretary of war 's position in the Cabinet , and the line of succession to the presidency .
Mitchell Elias Daniels Jr. ( born April 7 , 1949 ) is an American academic administrator , businessman , author , and retired politician who served as the 49th Governor of Indiana , from 2005 to 2013 , as a Republican . Since 2013 , Daniels has been president of Purdue University . Born in Monongahela , Pennsylvania , Daniels is a graduate of Princeton University , and received his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center after studying briefly at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law . Daniels began his career working as an assistant to Richard Lugar , working as his chief of staff in the Senate from 1977 to 1982 , and was appointed executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee when Lugar was chairman from 1983 to 1984 . He worked as a chief political adviser and as a liaison to President Ronald Reagan in 1985 , before he was appointed president of the conservative think tank , the Hudson Institute . Daniels moved back to Indiana , joining Eli Lilly and Company , working as president of North American Pharmaceutical Operations from 1993 to 1997 , and senior vice president of corporate strategy and policy from 1997 to 2001 . In January 2001 , Daniels was appointed by President George W. Bush as the director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget , where he served until June 2003 . Daniels announced his intention to run in Indiana 's 2004 gubernatorial election after leaving the Bush administration . He won the Republican primary with 67% of the vote , and defeated Democratic incumbent Governor Joe Kernan in the general election . Daniels was reelected to a second term , defeating former U.S. Representative and US Department of Agriculture undersecretary Jill Long Thompson , on November 4 , 2008 . During his tenure as governor , Daniels cut the state government workforce by 18% , cut and capped state property taxes , balanced the state budget through budget austerity measures and increasing spending by less than the inflation rate , and despite running on a platform of improving income , Indiana 's per capita income dropped from 33rd to 38th among states , and the percentage of people living in poverty in Indiana rose from 10.2% to 14.9% . In his second term , Daniels saw protest by labor unions and Democrats in the state legislature over his policies regarding Indiana 's school voucher program and the Indiana House of Representatives attempt to pass right to work legislation , leading to the 2011 Indiana legislative walkouts .
Indiana /ˌɪndiˈænə/ ( listen ) is a U.S. state in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America . Indiana is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 United States . Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis . Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11 , 1816 . Indiana borders Lake Michigan to the northwest , Michigan to the north , Ohio to the east , Kentucky to the south and southeast , and Illinois to the west . Before becoming a territory , various indigenous peoples and Native Americans inhabited Indiana for thousands of years . Since its founding as a territory , settlement patterns in Indiana have reflected regional cultural segmentation present in the Eastern United States ; the state 's northernmost tier was settled primarily by people from New England and New York , Central Indiana by migrants from the Mid-Atlantic states and from adjacent Ohio , and Southern Indiana by settlers from the Southern states , particularly Kentucky and Tennessee . Indiana has a diverse economy with a gross state product of $ 359.12 billion in 2017 . Indiana has several metropolitan areas with populations greater than 100,000 and a number of smaller industrial cities and towns . Indiana is home to professional sports teams , including the NFL 's Indianapolis Colts and the NBA 's Indiana Pacers , and hosts several notable athletic events , including the Indianapolis 500 .
The Office of Management and Budget ( OMB ) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States ( EOP ) . OMB 's most prominent function is to produce the President 's Budget , but OMB also measures the quality of agency programs , policies , and procedures to see if they comply with the president 's policies and coordinates inter-agency policy initiatives . The current OMB Director is Mick Mulvaney . However , with his appointment to acting White House Chief of Staff in January 2019 , many of his duties and responsibilities were assigned to Deputy Director Russell Vought . The OMB Director reports to the President , Vice President and the White House Chief of Staff .
William Richardson Davie ( June 20 , 1756 - November 29 , 1820 ) was a military officer and the 10th Governor of North Carolina from 1798 to 1799 , as well as one of the most important men involved in the founding of the University of North Carolina . He was a member of the Federalist Party and served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention as a representative of the state of North Carolina . He is a Founding Father of the United States .
Mahlon Dickerson ( April 17 , 1770 - October 5 , 1853 ) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey , the 7th Governor of New Jersey , United States Senator from New Jersey , the 10th United States Secretary of the Navy and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey .
The Secretary of the Navy ( or SECNAV ) is a statutory officer ( 10 U.S.C . § 5013 ) and the head ( chief executive officer ) of the Department of the Navy , a military department ( component organization ) within the Department of Defense of the United States of America . The Secretary of the Navy must be a civilian by law , at least 5 years removed from active military service . The Secretary is appointed by the President and requires confirmation by a majority vote of the Senate . The Secretary of the Navy was , from its creation in 1798 , a member of the President 's Cabinet until 1949 , when the Secretary of the Navy ( and the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force ) was by amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 made subordinate to the Secretary of Defense . The office has been vacant since November 24 , 2019 , when Richard V. Spencer was fired . Under Secretary Thomas Modly is serving as acting secretary until a successor is confirmed by the U.S. Senate . U.S. President Trump said he would nominate Kenneth Braithwaite to become the next Secretary of the Navy .
John Drayton ( June 22 , 1766 - November 27 , 1822 ) was Governor of South Carolina and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina .
James Henderson Jim Duff ( January 21 , 1883 - December 20 , 1969 ) was an American lawyer and politician . A member of the Republican Party , he served as United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1951 to 1957 . Previously he had served as the 34th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1951 .
Pennsylvania ( /ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪniə/ ( listen ) PEN-səl-VAY-nee-ə ) , officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , is a state located in the Northeastern , Great Lakes , Appalachian , and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States . The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle . The Commonwealth is bordered by Delaware to the southeast , Maryland to the south , West Virginia to the southwest , Ohio to the west , Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the northwest , New York to the north , and New Jersey to the east . Pennsylvania is the 33rd-largest state by area , and the 5th-most populous state according to the most recent official U.S. Census count in 2010 . It is the 9th-most densely populated of the 50 states . Pennsylvania 's two most populous cities are Philadelphia ( 1,580,863 ) , and Pittsburgh ( 302,407 ) . The state capital and its 10th-largest city is Harrisburg . Pennsylvania has 140 miles ( 225 km ) of waterfront along Lake Erie and the Delaware River . The state is one of the 13 original founding states of the United States ; it came into being in 1681 as a result of a royal land grant to William Penn , the son of the state 's namesake . Part of Pennsylvania ( along the Delaware River ) , together with the present State of Delaware , had earlier been organized as the Colony of New Sweden . It was the second state to ratify the United States Constitution , on December 12 , 1787 . Independence Hall , where the United States Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution were drafted , is located in the state 's largest city of Philadelphia .
Pierre Samuel Pete du Pont IV ( born January 22 , 1935 ) is an American lawyer and politician from Rockland , in New Castle County , Delaware , near Wilmington . He was the United States Representative for Delaware from 1971 to 1977 and subsequently served as the 68th Governor of Delaware from 1977 to 1985 . He is a member of the Republican Party .
Delaware ( /ˈdɛləwɛər/ ( listen ) ) is one of the 50 states of the United States , in the Mid Atlantic region . [ a ] It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland , north by Pennsylvania , and east by New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean . The state takes its name from Thomas West , 3rd Baron De La Warr , an English nobleman and Virginia 's first colonial governor . Delaware occupies the northeastern portion of the Delmarva Peninsula and some islands and territory within the Delaware River . It is the second smallest and sixth least populous state , but the sixth most densely populated . Delaware 's largest city is Wilmington . The state is divided into three counties , the lowest number of any state . From north to south , they are New Castle County , Kent County , and Sussex County . While the southern two counties have historically been predominantly agricultural , New Castle County is more urbanized . Before its coastline was explored by Europeans in the 16th century , Delaware was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans , including the Lenape in the north and Nanticoke in the south . It was initially colonized by Dutch traders at Zwaanendael , near the present town of Lewes , in 1631 . Delaware was one of the 13 colonies participating in the American Revolution .
Peter Early ( June 20 , 1773 - August 15 , 1817 ) was an American lawyer , jurist and politician .