The most prominent living member of the Kennedy family for many years, he was the last surviving son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy; the youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, both victims of assassination; and the father of Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy.
The 116th and current Governor of South Carolina is Nikki Haley, who is in her second term after being reelected in 2014. Haley defeated Democratic candidate Vincent Sheheen in the November 2010 midterm elections, and again in the November 2014 midterm elections.
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 Yorkâs 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.