Governor Gawler took over from Hindmarsh in late 1838 and, despite being under orders from the Select Committee on South Australia in Britain not to undertake any public works, promptly oversaw construction of a governor's house, the Adelaide Gaol, police barracks, a hospital, a customs house and a wharf at Port Adelaide.

It was one of many campaigns of Governor Louis Faidherbe who oversaw the conquest of Cayor in 1886.

He then accepted the post of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hong Kong, and oversaw its handover to the People's Republic of China in July 1997.

As well, in 1996 LeBlanc formed the Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History, in 1999 partnered with the Canada Council for the Arts to create the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts, oversaw the issuance of the Governor General's Canadian History Medal for the Millennium, and established the Governor General's Millennium Edition of the Map of Canada, which was taken into space in 1999 by Julie Payette.

The first Governor General of Senegal was named in 1895, and in 1904, the territories he oversaw were formally named French West Africa ( AOF ).

In 1949 he replaced Lucius D. Clay who was the Military Governor for the U. S. Zone in Germany as the U. S. High Commissioner for Germany and held this position until 1952, during which time he oversaw the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany.

As Governor, Wilson's oversaw economic recovery in California, just as the rest of the country was recovering from an economic slump.

He formally founded the city of Perth and the port of Fremantle and oversaw the development of the surrounding area and on 4 March 1831 he was confirmed as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the new territory, Western Australia, in which post he remained until in 1838 he resumed his naval career.

Governor Blanco oversaw the massive evacuation of 93 percent of the New Orleans area, and the subsequent rescue effort utilizing state employees, law enforcement agencies from across the state and nation, citizen volunteers and federal emergency services such as the U. S. Coast Guard and the U. S. Military.

As Governor, Riley oversaw 15 executions in Alabama, more than any of his predecessors since 1983 ( see Capital punishment in Alabama ).

Vallejo became the Commander of the Presidio of San Francisco in 1833, oversaw the secularization of Mission San Francisco Solano, founded the town of Sonoma, and was granted Rancho Petaluma by Governor José Figueroa in 1834.

Territorial Governor Frank Frantz oversaw the transition from territory to state.

Subjected to significant French and Indian raids, they appealed to Massachusetts Governor Simon Bradstreet, who oversaw them until William and Mary issued a new charter in 1691.

The bridge was formally renamed in 1974 for former Governor of New Jersey Alfred E. Driscoll, who advocated for and oversaw the construction of the Garden State Parkway, as well as for the New Jersey Turnpike.

As Lieutenant Governor, Orr oversaw the state agricultural bureau and was director of the Indiana Department of Commerce.

In addition, the reforms meant that the Governor no longer oversaw proceedings, with the role being filled by a Speaker who had been elected by the members.

From 1778 to 1786 he served as Governor of the Province of Quebec, during which time he oversaw military operations against the northern frontiers in the war, and engaged in ultimately fruitless negotiations to establish the independent Vermont Republic as a new British province.

" He oversaw emergency response efforts to the partial meltdown at the nuclear power plant and also had a major role in coordinating funding for cleanup efforts. Governor Thornburgh ( center ) with Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger ( right ) and Delaware Lt.

As Lieutenant Governor, Schweiker chaired the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Council, The Board of Pardons, The Governor's Council on Recycling Development and Waste Reduction, oversaw the Statewide Radio Network, and was involved with Pennsylvania ’ s anti-terrorism task force and the “ Weed and Seed ” anti-crime initiative.

Governor Schweiker personally led one of the most successful mine rescues in national history when he personally oversaw the 77-hour operation that saved the lives of nine trapped coal miners from the Quecreek mine.

During his time as Governor of the Falkland Islands, Huckle oversaw the implementation of the new Constitution in 2009.

Washington was appointed by Governor Dinwiddie as one of the four district adjutants in February 1753, with the rank of major in the Virginia militia.

Patrick was sentenced to death, spending four years on death row at Sing Sing Prison before having his sentence commuted by Governor Frank Higgins in 1906.

* The Governor of Syria, Publius Quintilius Varus, assembles three of his four legions, including Legio X Fretensis, and marched down to Jerusalem from Antioch to restore order.

Unsatisfied aspirations, particularly among young blacks, led to a brief civil disturbance in December 1977, following the execution of two men found guilty of the 1972 – 73 assassinations of Governor Sir Richard Sharples and four others.

It was announced on 15 October 2007 that the Queen, on the recommendation of Premier Morris Iemma, had extended Bashir's appointment as Governor for a further four years to February 2012.

Members are elected to both chambers in general elections held every four years, along with the elections for the Governor and the 78 municipal mayor ( Alcalde in Spanish ) positions.

As directed, in 1619, Governor Yeardly established four large corporations, termed citties, which were designated to encompass the developed portion of the colony.

Morrow County was organized in 1848 from parts of four neighboring counties and named for Jeremiah Morrow, Governor of Ohio from 1822 to 1826.

He faced incumbent Governor Chet Culver, a Democrat, and four third party candidates on November 2, 2010.

The Maryland Constitution of 1851 lengthened the Governor's term of office from three to four years, which brought elections for Governor in line with elections for Federal offices that occur only in even years.

Future Military Governor of California John C. Fremont passed through twice by way of the Stockton-Los Angeles Road and the later Butterfield Overland Mail route on two of his four exploration trips.

The Authority is governed by five members, four of whom are appointed by the Mayor, and one by the Governor.

Cass County had been originally organized by an act of the Michigan Territorial Legislature on November 4, 1829 as four townships while Lewis Cass was the territorial Governor.

* Joseph T. McNarney-WWI flying ace, four star general, Deputy Chief of Staff of the U. S. Army during WWII, Supreme Allied Commander of the Mediterranean Theater, a Military Governor of the U. S. Occupation Zone in Germany.

* Arthur I. Boreman, first Governor of West Virginia who left the town at age four

A Republican, he was the Governor of Wisconsin for four terms and the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services during the first term of George W. Bush.

Next, the prisoner was transferred to Santa Fe, where he sent four separate letters over the next three months to Governor Wallace seeking clemency.

Crowds, uncontrolled by the local leaders, took to the streets for four days of demonstrations, culminating in an attack by two thousand people on Governor Cadwallader Colden's home and the burning of two sleighs and a coach.

Hunt is the only Governor of North Carolina to have been elected to four terms.

Layton urged Ignatieff's Liberal Party to topple the Conservatives before the shelf life of the coalition expired ; constitutional experts said that four months after the last election, if the government fell, the Governor General would likely grant the Prime Minister's request to dissolve parliament instead of inviting the coalition.

Brown was born in San Francisco, California, as the only son of four siblings born to Bernice Layne Brown, and District Attorney of San Francisco and later Governor of California, Edmund G. " Pat " Brown, Sr. Jerry Brown is Irish through his paternal grandfather and German through his paternal grandmother.

In a letter to Governor Thomas Ford written four days after the destruction of the press, Smith described the city council ’ s opinion of the paper and its authors:

He served nearly four years before being quietly pardoned by Massachusetts Governor Maurice J. Tobin, who had been mayor of Boston at the time of the fire.

* Southern Nigeria, three incumbents 1900 – 1906 ( four terms ), the last of whom stayed on as first Governor.