Among his staff was Isham G. Harris, the Governor of Tennessee, who had ceased to make any real effort to function as governor after learning that Abraham Lincoln had appointed Andrew Johnson as military governor of Tennessee.

When Territorial Governor Andrew Reeder objected, he was fired by President Pierce, a Doughface.

* 1863 – American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.

As of April 2012, Lynch's approval rating was again above 70 % making him the second most popular Governor in the United States, behind New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

* 1953 – Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka ( king ) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.

The act was signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo on June 24, 2011.

In 1718, at the behest of either Rector Samuel Andrew or the colony's Governor Gurdon Saltonstall, Cotton Mather contacted a successful businessman in Wales named Elihu Yale to ask him for financial help in constructing a new building for the college.

* September 13 – Andrew L. Harris, American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio ( b. 1835 )

* November 30 – Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka ( king ) of Buganda, is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Benjamin Cohen, Governor of Uganda.

* November 17 – Andrew L. Harris, American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio ( d. 1915 )

It was one of only a handful of counties outside Western New York to have voted for Carl Paladino over eventual winner Andrew Cuomo for Governor in 2010.

On March 3, 1862, Lincoln installed a loyalist Democrat Senator Andrew Johnson, as Military Governor with the rank of Brigadier General in his home state of Tennessee.

A deal has been reached between church officials, Governor Andrew Cuomo, and the Port Authority to have the church rebuilt on the same site, but three times the original size on October 14, 2011, according to NY1.

The name originated from an incident on a bear hunting trip in Mississippi in November 1902, to which Roosevelt was invited by Mississippi Governor Andrew H. Longino.

William Henry Seward ( May 16, 1801October 10, 1872 ) was the 12th Governor of New York, United States Senator and the United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.

In 1776, Virginia's last Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, left Virginia after being driven to Gwynn's Island by General Andrew Lewis and the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

* Montford Stokes ( 1762 – 1842 ), United States Senator, Governor of North Carolina ( 1816 – 1832 ), appointed by President Andrew Jackson to lead the Federal Indian Commission in what is now Oklahoma ; he is believed to be the only veteran of the Revolutionary War buried in that state.

Forsyth County was named for John Forsyth, Governor of Georgia from 1827 – 1829 and Secretary of State under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.

Currently, McCall is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York, a position he was appointed to by Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2011.

In December 1857, Andrew Barry Moore ( 1807-1873 ) of Marion was elected the sixteenth Governor of Alabama ( 1857-1861 ).

With the coming Civil War in 1861, Nicola Marschall was approached in February by Mary Clay Lockett, wife of prominent attorney Napoleon Lockett of Marion, and her daughter, Fannie Lockett Moore, daughter-in-law of Alabama Governor Andrew B. Moore of Marion, to design a flag for the new Confederacy.

* Isaac Hill ( 1788 – 1851 ), NH State Representative, NH State Senator, Comptroller of the United States Treasury in the Andrew Jackson administration, U. S. Senator from NH, and Governor of New Hampshire.

Michigan Governor Andrew Parsons was a long-time resident of Corunna.

The first Superintendent of St. Peter Public Schools was Andrew Ryan McGill who served from 1865 to 1868, he served as Minnesota's Tenth Governor from 1887 to 1889.

When the Republicans in June 1896 nominated former Ohio Governor William McKinley for president and passed at his request a platform strongly supporting the gold standard, a number of " Silver Republicans " walked out of the convention.

The British Military Governor in Germany, Air Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas, was strongly opposed.

Until it was completed the bridge was known as the Jubilee Bridge in honour of King George V. It was opened on 6 July 1940 by Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, Governor of Queensland and named for John Douglas Story, a senior and influential public servant who had advocated strongly for the bridge's construction.

Although he was strongly criticised by settlers and the New Zealand Company, Governor FitzRoy who arrived in New Zealand in December 1843 investigated the Wairau Affray and exonerated Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata.

In addition, he was strongly critical of outgoing Governor Jerry Brown and promised to run a very different administration.

A number of the people who opposed this plan, included both organizations mentioned, had strongly supported Riley for Governor in 2002.

The only serious conflict during his time as Governor was related to his approach to the Russian Orthodox Church, which caused the anger of the local boyars, who were strongly Catholics.

The strongly pro-French Herman Willem Daendels was appointed Governor General of the Dutch East Indies in 1807.

Governor Abilio Soares strongly supported Gardapaksi, which developed a record of human rights abuse.

His father, the 1st Viscount, was, however, strongly opposed to their marriage and used his influence to get an appointment for his son as a Private Secretary to Lord Jersey, the Governor of New South Wales in Australia.

Alexander was strongly opposed to New York Governor William Cosby.

This has led to significant conflict when the Attorney General and Governor have strongly differing views.

Despite this, Governor Sebelius wrote a letter to the president strongly urging the appointment of her Republican predecessor.

The decision was strongly resisted by a number of Southerners ; the Governor of Virginia, Thomas B. Stanley, insisted he would " use every legal means at my command to continue segregated schools in Virginia.

Kyrillos strongly opposed Democrat Governor Jim Florio tax increases, citing his opposition to " the Florio tax plan " repeatedly in his campaign advertising.

During the campaign, Johnston, now Governor of South Carolina, was strongly supportive of Roosevelt's foreign policy, but was now lukewarm towards the New Deal and was able to the snatch the " flag of white supremacy " from Smith by boasting how he countered the US Supreme Court's recent Smith v. Allwright decision, which ruled that racial segregation in state primaries was unconstitutional, by passing a series of laws making the South Carolina Democratic Party a private club which could keep blacks from voting in the state's primary.

Light's choice of separating the port and Adelaide was strongly opposed by a few merchants, a newspaper and Governor John Hindmarsh.

Shamsuddeen's succession to the throne was in part favoured by the fact that he was great-nephew to Muhammad Didi Ranna Baderi Kilegefanu, the prime minister to three successive Sultans, who strongly protested to the Ceylon Governor in Colombo on behalf of his discarded great-nephew.

Colonel Thomas Lee ( 1690-1750 ), a Virginian who served as the acting Governor of the colony, and who advocated strongly for westward expansion, purchased the land for Stratford Hall in 1717, recognizing the potential for the waterfront site both agriculturally and commercially.

As a legislator and subsequently as Lieutenant Governor, Loren Leman ’ s interests included budget discipline, education accountability, promoting wise use of Alaska ’ s natural resources, and strongly opposing gay rights and abortion.

Despite his opposition to the Peronist candidate, who was strongly supported by then-President Néstor Kirchner, Governor Binner maintained a fluid relationship with Kirchner and his wife and successor, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Nevertheless, Drummond would require reinforcements to mount a successful attack on the strongly fortified town, and the Governor General of Canada, Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost, refused to provide these.