* November 4: Republican Haley Barbour defeats Democrat incumbent Ronnie Musgrove to become Governor of Mississippi.

Governor Musgrove as one of the top three most powerful lieutenant governors in the United States.

On January 4, 2008, Musgrove confirmed that he would be a candidate in the United States Senate special election in Mississippi in 2008 against Republican candidate Roger Wicker, who was appointed to the position by Governor Haley Barbour when Trent Lott resigned.

“ A lot of politicians played major roles in the passage of the legislation, but Adequate Education would not have passed without the leadership of Musgrove as lieutenant governor .” Governor Musgrove recognized the importance of building economic capacity through an educated workforce.

Always a strong proponent of public education, Governor Musgrove focused his attention while in office on building a solid foundation for economic growth through Mississippi ’ s public schools.

In July 2001, Governor Musgrove signed a bill that implemented the largest teacher pay increase in state history — raising teacher ’ s pay in Mississippi to the Southeastern average.

Under Governor Musgrove, the Princeton Review reported that school accountability standards in Mississippi went from 50th nationally to the top 20.

When Governor Musgrove took office in January 2000, fewer than 525 Mississippi children were enrolled in Children's Health Insurance Program.

Governor Musgrove joined with the Department of Human Services, the Division of Medicaid and the Department of Finance and Administration to develop a new action plan and marketing plan for CHIP.

Governor Musgrove is currently chairman of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, and co-chairman of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee.

Governor Musgrove is active in volunteerism working with both Habitat for Humanity and Stewpot Community Services.

Fordice said he would have quit his position of Governor while still in office, except that he didn't want to give the Democratic candidate, Lieutenant Governor Ronnie Musgrove, any spot-light time of running the state before the actual election.

Musgrove won the election anyway and became Mississippi's next Governor.

Governor Ronnie Musgrove appointed an independent commission which developed a new proposed design, and on April 17, 2001, a state referendum to change the flag was put before Mississippi voters.

In the gubernatorial election Parker had almost 9, 000 fewer votes than his Democratic opponent, Lieutenant Governor Ronnie Musgrove.

Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011.

He belonged to a respectable family of political background, especially since his father served as Governor of Herat who died in a battle defending the Afghans.

As Governor of Arkansas, Clinton overhauled the state's education system, and served as Chair of the National Governors Association.

He served as the 36th Governor of New York ( 1907 – 1910 ), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ( 1910 – 1916 ), United States Secretary of State ( 1921 – 1925 ), a judge on the Court of International Justice ( 1928 – 1930 ), and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States ( 1930 – 1941 ).

Hughes served as the Governor of New York from 1907 to 1910.

John Hamilton-Gordon, was a Liberal politician and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1886 and from 1905 to 1915 and as Governor General of Canada from 1893 to 1898.

The current Governor is Professor Marie Bashir, who has served since 1 March 2001 ; Labor Premier Bob Carr recommended her to replace former Justice Gordon Samuels.

Jennifer Granholm became the first female Governor of Michigan on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded John Engler ; she served for 8 years, until January 1, 2011.

Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ( 10 December 189116 June 1969 ) was a British military commander and field marshal who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since Canadian Confederation.

A Democrat, Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives ( 1835 – 1839 ) and Governor of Tennessee ( 1839 – 1841 ).

He served as the 46th Governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003.

Lieutenant General Ali Sadikin served as Governor from the mid-60's commencement of the " New Order " through to 1977 ; he rehabilitated roads and bridges, encouraged the arts, built several hospitals, and a large number of new schools.

Ashcroft previously served as the 50th Governor of Missouri ( 1985 – 93 ) and as a U. S. Senator from Missouri ( 1995 – 2001 ).

Bush became the First Lady of Texas when her husband was elected as the Governor of Texas and served as first lady of that state from January 17, 1995, to December 21, 2000.

The last Governor, Sir John Shaw Rennie served as the first Governor-General until 27 August 1968.

He twice served as MP for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire, and was appointed Governor of Trinidad.

The highest-ranking British officer in Egypt, known as the Sirdar, also served as Governor General of the Sudan.

At the beginning of the American Revolution, he served in the Continental Congress, representing Virginia and then served as a wartime Governor of Virginia ( 1779 – 1781 ).

He served as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, President of the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council and the first Governor of Pennsylvania.

McKean served as President of Delaware, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania.

He served in the Ohio Senate ( 1899 – 1903 ), as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio ( 1904 – 1906 ) and as a U. S. Senator ( 1915 – 1921 ).

A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913.

Allen did not return to public service for nearly a quarter century, until he served as Governor of Ohio from 1874 to 1876.

William's father was Robert Pitt ( 1680 – 1727 ), the eldest son of Governor Pitt, who served as a Tory Member of Parliament from 1705 to 1727.

As Governor, he oversaw four executions: one by electric chair and three by lethal injection.

On the Republican side NPP-affiliated statehood Republicans control the GOP local chapter ( Republican Party of Puerto Rico ), headed by state chair and Aguadilla mayor Carlos Méndez, Republican National Committeeman and Governor Luis Fortuño and Republican National Committeewoman Zoraida Fonalledas.

Among those reasons the report cites: Vilsack has repeatedly demonstrated a preference for large industrial farms and genetically modified crops ; as Iowa state governor, he originated the seed pre-emption bill in 2005, effectively blocking local communities from regulating where genetically engineered crops would be grown ; additionally, Vilsack was the founder and former chair of the Governor's Biotechnology Partnership, and was named Governor of the Year by the Biotechnology Industry Organization, an industry lobbying group.

As Lieutenant Governor he was presiding officer of the Mississippi Senate, one of only two 20th century politicians to chair both houses of the legislature ( Sam Lumpkin of Tupelo, Mississippi being the other ).

According to the state constitution, whenever the chair of the Governor is vacant, the Lieutenant Governor shall take over as acting Governor.

The Governor's Council consequently served as the executive for ten days ; the council's chair, Thomas Dawes, was the closest person to Governorship during this time, but was at no point named Governor or acting Governor.

The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, known as the Kerner Commission after its chair, Governor Otto Kerner, Jr. of Illinois, was an 11-member commission established by President Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the causes of the 1967 race riots in the United States and to provide recommendations for the future.

* Otto Kerner, Governor of Illinois and chair

In 2000, she was appointed to the Board of Trustees of California State University by Governor Gray Davis, becoming chair of the Board in May 2006.

*" I would have loved to have been the committee chairman and when the choice was made to go with Pete Hoekstra ( R-Mich .), of course that disappointed me ... but as my mother would say, when one door closes, another opens up ", regarding Gibbons ' non-selection for chair of the House Intelligence Committee, and the possibility that he could instead run for Governor.

Four days later, Mark Parkinson, former chair of the Kansas Republican Party, switched his party affiliation to Democrat ; the following day Sebelius announced that Parkinson would be her running mate for Lieutenant Governor.

In 1994 he was appointed to chair the Secchia Commission I by Governor John Engler of Michigan which was focused on improving government services.

Today, the Council of State meets periodically, with the Governor as chair, to allow for coordination and exchange of information across executive branch agencies and to vote on certain decisions, especially regarding the sale of state property or borrowing money.

In 1929, Roosevelt, as Governor of New York, appointed him chair of the New York State Agricultural Advisory Committee and to the state Conservation Commission.

During his tenure as Governor, William Kemmler was executed in the electric chair, the first inmate in the country ever to be put to death in this manner.