Five Commissioners appointed by Ponn Andrew Hamilton, Deputy Governor, (died,) John Evans, Deputy Governor.. 1688 1688 1690 1691 1691 1693 1693 1695 1699 1701 1703 1704 1709 Richard Penn, Lieutenant Governor.. 1771 1776 IN THE REVOLUTION. The Committee of Safety, Benjamin Franklin, chairman, from September, 1776, to March, 1777. PRESIDENTS OF THE SUPREME EX. COUNCIL. *Joseph Ritner, the last of the Governors under the Constitution of 1790, died October 16, 1869, aged 90 years. 1817. William Findlay, Dem. Joseph Hiester, Fed.. Scattering 1820. Joseph Hiester, Fed.. William Findlay, Dem. Scattering 1823. J. Andrew Shultze, Dem. Andrew Gregg, Fed. Scattering 1826. J. Andrew Shultze, Dem.. John Sergeant, Fed Scattering. 1829. George Wolf, Dem Joseph Ritner, Anti-Mason. Scattering. 1832. George Wolf, Dem. Joseph Ritner, Anti-Mason.. 1835. Joseph Ritner, Anti-Mason.. George Wolf, Ind. Dem .... Henry A. Muhlenberg, Dem. 1838. David R. Porter, Dem.... Joseph Ritner, Anti-Mason. 66, 331 59,272 11 67,905 66,300 21 89, 928 64, 211 8 72,710 1, 175 1,174 78, 219 61,776 12 91,335 88, 165 94, 023 65, 804 40,586 127, 821 122, 325 1848. William F. Johnston, Whig.. Morris Longstreth, Dem.. E. D. Gazzam, Free Soil Scattering 1851. William Bigler, Dem. William F. Johnston, Whig.. Kimber Cleaver, Native American... Scattering. 168,522 168, 225 48 24 186,489 178, 034 1,850 67 1854. James Pollock, Whig and American, 203, 822 H. D. Foster, Dem... 1863. Andrew G. Curtin, Rep George W. Woodward, Dem Scattering. 1866. John W. Geary, Rep. Hiester Clymer, Dem 1869. John W. Geary, Rep. Asa Packer, Dem.. 1872. John F. Hartranft, Rep Charles R. Buckalew, Dem.. |