His Democratic opponent was Robert L. Moran, an alderman from the Bronx who had succeeded to the Board presidency in 1918 when Alfred E. Smith, who had been elected Board President in 1917, became Governor.

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.

Ioannis Kapodistrias was succeeded as Governor by his younger brother, Augustinos Kapodistrias.

He was succeeded in the governorship by his Lieutenant Governor, Enos T. Throop, a member of the regency.

* May 10 – In New France, Governor Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ends his final term ( multiple times over 43 years ) as Governor of colonial French Louisiana, which he helped colonize ; he is succeeded by the Marquis de Vaudreuil ( for the next 10 years ) and returns to France.

* January 4 – Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California, is succeeded by Earl Warren.

* January 10 – John Gately Downey, 7th Governor of California, is succeeded by Amasa Leland Stanford.

This time they succeeded, and on 31 December 1600, the Queen granted a Royal Charter to " George, Earl of Cumberland, and 215 Knights, Aldermen, and Burgesses " under the name, Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading with the East Indies.

By 1846, Governor Brown ( 1844 ‑ 48 ), succeeded in establishing the Act.

No Lieutenant Governor of Maryland has yet been elected as the Governor in future elections, or permanently succeeded to the Governor's office due to a vacancy ( which would be created by the resignation, death, or removal of the sitting Governor ), although Blair Lee III served as acting Governor from June 4, 1977 until January 15, 1979 while Governor Marvin Mandel was serving a sentence for mail fraud and racketeering ( consequently, in a modern example of Damnatio memoriae, Mandel's official gubernatorial portrait was not hung in the Maryland State House Governor's Reception Room until 1993 ).

He succeeded former Governor Sarah Palin on July 26, 2009 following her resignation.

In recognition of its success with all constituencies: theatre and other residents, artists, and visitors, former Governor Cuomo and then NYSCA Chair Kitty Carlisle Hart succeeded in naming a day in its honor throughout the state in 1984.

He is succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Togiola Tulafono.

Brown succeeded Republican Governor Ronald Reagan, who had planned on retiring from office after serving two terms.

He was succeeded as Governor of the Bank of England in July 2003 by Mervyn King.

In 1716, he succeeded Kneller as Governor there and held the post until 1720.

He was succeeded as interim Governor by Duraid Kashmoula, who was elected governor in January 2005.

He was appointed as Governor General of Canada in 1911 by his nephew, King George V, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom H. H. Asquith, to replace the Earl Grey as viceroy, occupying the post until succeeded by the Duke of Devonshire in 1916.

Having succeeded to the earldom in 1891, Macdonald's prediction came true when Lord Minto was named Governor General of Canada in the summer of 1898.

The emperor finally succeeded in concentrating his forces at Valenciennes, although John was out of the picture, and in the interval Philip Augustus had counter marched northward and regrouped.

Philip II died in 1598, and was succeeded by his son Philip III.

Philip III was succeeded in 1621 by his son Philip IV of Spain ( reigned 1621 – 1665 ).

Charles II, having no direct heir, was succeeded by his great-nephew Philip V, a French prince, in 1700.

Alexander is the great horn, which is then succeeded by Alexander's half brother Philip and three of his generals.

He was succeeded by his son, Philip III.

She was succeeded by her half-sister, who became Elizabeth I. Philip, who was in Brussels, wrote in a letter, " I felt a reasonable regret for her death.

Having outlived his father Philip, Charles succeeded Maximilian as Holy Roman Emperor in 1519, and thus ruled both the Holy Roman Empire and the Spanish Empire simultaneously.

Maximilian died in Wels, Upper Austria, and was succeeded as Emperor by his grandson Charles V, his son Philip the Handsome having died in 1506.

* November 29 – Philip IV of Franceis succeeded by Louis X of France

* Upon the death of Inge the Elder, he is succeeded by his nephew Philip as king of Sweden.

Ferdinand VI, second son of Philip V and his first wife, succeeded his father.

Charles was succeeded by his son, King Philip II of Spain.

In 336 BCE, when the invasion of Persia was in its very early stage, Philip was assassinated, and was succeeded on the throne of Macedon by his son Alexander III.

* Antigonus III dies during a battle against the Illyrians and is succeeded by his young cousin Philip V as King of Macedonia.

* Philip II of Macedon is succeeded by his son Alexander III.

He was succeeded in 2001 by Sir Philip Craven, a British former Paralympic athlete, who remains president as of 2010.

He was succeeded by his remaining brother Philip, former Archbishop of Lyon.

Amadeus was born at Le Bourget-du-Lac, and succeeded his childless paternal uncle Philip I, Count of Savoy as Count of Savoy in 1285.

Thomas had been succeeded by his eldest son Philip I of Piedmont who had a stronger claim to the County than Amadeus.

King Philip II succeeded in 1565, establishing the initial Spanish trading post at Manila.

He was succeeded by his uncle, Philip the Tall.