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The Longest-Serving Governor in American History Will Soon Resign Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, the longest-serving governor in U.S. history, will soon be nominated as President-elect Donald Trump's ambassador to China. (Reuters photo) In 1985, an up-and-coming Chinese official brought a delegation to the U.S. to work on a grain trade deal.
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- What-A-Mess. 2 votes Vote for this answer. * World's longest serving current Head of State: King Rama IX of Thailand (since June 9, 1946). * World's longest serving current republican Head of State: President Omar Bongo of Gabon (since November 28, 1967).
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Who Was the Oldest President? Gerald Ford and Reagan are the longest living presidents; both Ford and Reagan lived to 94 years old, though Ford was technically older by a few weeks. As the oldest serving U.S. president, Reagan's age was the focus of some public concern and scrutiny, particularly during the 1984 election for his second term.
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Joseph H. Boardman Joseph H. Boardman (born December 23, 1948), also known as Joe Boardman, is the President and CEO of Amtrak.Boardman was the longest-serving Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) from July 1997 until resigning to head the FRA.efore taking over Amtrak, Boardman had been the Administrator of the United States Federal Railroad Administration. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate on April 28, 2005. He was the 11th Federal Railroad Administrator.
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List of Governors of Pennsylvania There have been seven presidents and 46 governors of Pennsylvania, with two governors serving non-consecutive terms, totaling 55 terms in both offices. The longest term was that of the first governor, Thomas Mifflin, who served three full terms as governor in addition to two years as president. The shortest term belonged to John Bell, who served only 19 days as acting governor after his predecessor resigned.
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- Best Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt has the honor of being the longest serving U.S. president. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected into office on March 04, 1933 ...
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The Top 50 Longest-Serving Governors of All Time The Iowa GOPer previously served from 1983-1999 before unseating Democratic incumbent Chet Culver in the 2010 cycle. Presuming Branstad completes his term on January 9, 2015, he will have compiled 7,303 days in office (19 years, 11 months, 29 days) or 24.5 percent longer than any governor in U.S. history.
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- James H. Bilbray, acting chairman of the Board of Governors, is an attorney and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada.He was appointed a governor of the U.S. Postal Service by President George W. Bush on August 17, 2006, for a term that expired December 8, 2006.He was reappointed on December 15, 2006, by President Bush to an additional nine-year term that expires December 8, 2015.ames H. Bilbray, acting chairman of the Board of Governors, is an attorney and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada.
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Governor of California The position was created in 1849, the year before California became a state. The current governor is Jerry Brown, a Democrat who was inaugurated January 3, 2011, and who had previously served as governor from 1975 to 1983.In October 2013 Brown surpassed Earl Warren for the longest cumulative period of time served as governor. Of the 38 governors who held office, seven of them were actually born in California (six of them after statehood): 2  One (Romualdo Pacheco) was born in Santa Barbara. 3  Four (George Pardee, James Rolph, Pat Brown, and Jerry Brown) were born in San Francisco.
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Who is the longest serving head of state? * World's longest serving current republican Head of State: President Omar Bongo of Gabon (since November 28, 1967). Note: Fidel Castro of Cuba is often considered to be one of the longest-serving as well, as his government has been in power since 1959.
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New York elects its first governor On this day in 1777, New York elects Brigadier General George Clinton as the first governor of the independent state of New York. Clinton would go on to become New York’s longest-serving governor, as well as the longest-serving governor in the United States, holding the post until 1795, and again from 1801 to 1804.
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- President of Iceland Ólafur ólafur Ragnar grimsson grímsson is number 18 On The ’washington post s list-of longest serving heads, of state Published. Ólafur Tuesday olafur ólafur ragnar has been, president since 1996 a. Total 18 years at the top of The list Is President Of, cameroon paula biya who has been in. power since 1982
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Dayton Starts New â And Last â Term Of Long Career (AP/WCCO) — Gov. Mark Dayton started his second term as Minnesota governor Monday by making a case that putting more taxpayer money into education should be viewed as an investment, not straight-up spending to grow government as his opponents might cast it.ayton turns 68 in a few weeks and is already the oldest governor Minnesota has had. He is entering the final stretch of a political career where he’s also held the titles of state auditor and U.S. senator.
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Which president had the longest term in office? A: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, served the longest term in office with a record 4,422 days. He is the only president to be elected to four terms, though he died less than three months into his last term. Continue Reading
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- The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico does not impose term limits on its governors. Guam limits governors to two consecutive terms. Virginia has no term limits for governor, but they can't serve consecutive terms. Alaska limits its governor to two consecutive four-year terms. Louisiana governors are limited to two consecutive four-year terms. Missouri governors may serve two terms.
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Who is the longest serving governor in US History? Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President) served for  12 years and 1 month, from March 4, 1933 until his death in office  on April 12, 1945. FDR was elected four times, and the… remaining 39  months of his 4th term were served by his new Vice President, Harry  Truman.
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- That man in the White House. Franklin D Roosevelt (or FDR) is the longest serving president in US history. His 12 years in office spanned two of the 20th Century’s greatest disasters – the Great Depression and the Second World War. Roosevelt broke the mould. A bout of polio put him in a wheelchair, but he still bestrode the international stage like a colossus.
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- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the longest serving president in American history, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage three months into his fourth term.In 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, Governor Roosevelt of New York was elected the 32nd president of the United States.oosevelt’s unparalleled 13 years as president led to the passing of the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which limited future presidents to a maximum of two consecutive elected terms in office.
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- The current governor is Steve Beshear, who was first elected in 2007 and was re-elected in 2011. The state constitution limits the term of governors to two, so he cannot seek re-election in 2015.
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Michael Dukakis He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history, after Spiro Agnew. He was nominated by the Democratic Party for president in the 1988 election, but lost to the Republican candidate, Vice President George H. W. Bush.
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Perry Ranks Among Top Longest-Serving U.S. Governors Thompson and three others were about a month shy of Perry’s record, but Perry was far behind ninth-ranked former New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, who served nearly 11 months longer. The longest-serving governor in U.S. history, Iowa’s Terry Branstad, has outserved Perry by nearly six years and counting.
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Governors Impeached And Removed From Office Governors Impeached And Removed From Office. Rod Blagojevich may be hours away from becoming only the eighth governor in U.S. history to be impeached and removed from office. POSTSCRIPT: Robert Yoon of CNN correctly notes that Ferguson resigned as governor of Texas on Aug. 25, 1917, the day before his conviction was announced.
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- Chairman Reince Priebus was elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee on January 14, 2011, and reelected on January 25, 2013 and on January 16, 2015. Priebus will become the longest serving chairman in modern history, serving a total of three terms.
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Governor of California 1 One governor has served two terms, and was elected to a non-consecutive third term: 2  Jerry Brown in 2010 (Brown and George Deukmejian are the most recent living former governors of California who were elected to two terms before the term limits were enacted on November 6, 1990).
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List of Governors of Arizona Four governors were actually born in Arizona: Thomas Edward Campbell, Sidney Preston Osborn, Rose Mofford, and Bruce Babbitt. Arizona has had four female governors, the most in the United States, and is also the only state in which female governors have served in a consecutive order.overnors who have served the two term limit can run again after four years out of office. Arizona is one of seven states which does not have a lieutenant governor; instead, in the event of a vacancy in the office of governor, the Secretary of State, if elected, succeeds to the office.
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- Governor of California The current Governor of California is Democrat Jerry Brown. He was sworn into the Office of Governor on January 3rd, 2011. Jerry Brown is 77 years old and serving his second elected term as Governor.