List of Lieutenant Governors of Pennsylvania
The office of lieutenant governor has existed in the state of Pennsylvania since 1873 when it was created through a constitutional amendment. The lieutenant governor presides over the Pennsylvania Senate as president and replaces the governor in the event of the governor's death or resignation . The term of office is four years; re-election has been possible once since 1968.
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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John Latta | 1875-1879 | democrat |
Charles Warren Stone | 1879-1883 | republican |
Chauncey Forward Black | 1883-1887 | democrat |
William T. Davies | 1887-1891 | republican |
Louis Arthur Watres | 1891-1895 | republican |
Walter Lyon | 1895-1899 | republican |
John Peter Shindel Gobin | 1899-1903 | republican |
William M. Brown | 1903-1907 | republican |
Robert S. Murphy | 1907-1911 | republican |
John Merriman Reynolds | 1911-1915 | democrat |
Frank B. McClain | 1915-1919 | republican |
Edward Ensinger Beidleman | 1919-1923 | republican |
David J. Davis | 1923-1927 | republican |
Arthur Horace James | 1927-1931 | republican |
Edward C. Shannon | 1931-1935 | republican |
Thomas Kennedy | 1935-1939 | democrat |
Samuel S. Lewis | 1939-1943 | republican |
John Cromwell Bell | 1943-1947 | republican |
Daniel Bursk Strickler | 1947-1951 | republican |
Lloyd H. Wood | 1951-1955 | republican |
Roy E. Furman | 1955-1959 | democrat |
John Morgan Davis | 1959-1963 | democrat |
Raymond Philip Shafer | 1963-1967 | republican |
Raymond Joseph Broderick | 1967-1971 | republican |
Ernest P. Kline | 1971-1979 | democrat |
William Worthington Scranton | 1979-1987 | republican |
Mark Stephen Singel | 1987-1995 | democrat |
Mark Steven Schweiker | 1995-2001 | republican |
Robert C. Cheers | 2001-2003 | republican |
Catherine Baker Knoll | 2003-2008 | democrat |
Joseph B. Scarnati | 2008-2011 | republican |
James Cawley | 2011-2015 | republican |
Michael J. Stack III | 2011-2015 | democrat |
John Fetterman | since 2019 | democrat |
See also
- List of Pennsylvania Governors
- List of United States Senators from Pennsylvania
- List of members of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania