Last week, we looked at Alabama to whatever come before Montana. Now, on to Wyoming!
Montana
Green Clay Smith (1866-1869, Unionist)
Fun fact: Graduate of
Transylvania Univ.; ran for president on the Prohibition Party ticket (see
Kansas for another one)
Honorable mention: Wiley
Scribner, Donald Grant Nutter
Nebraska
Ashton C Shallenberger (1909-1911, Democrat)
Fun facts: C stood
for Cokayne
Honorable mention: Silas Garber, Albinus Nance, Ezra P Savage, Lorenzo
Crounse
Nevada
Tasker Oddie (1011-1915, Republican)
Fun facts: Made millions in silver
Honorable mention: Steve Sisolak, Morely Griswold, Reinhold
Sadler, Denver S Dickinson, Roswell K Colcord
New Hampshire
Moody Currier (1885-1887, Republican)
Fun facts: Illegitimate, lived to age 92; see Oregon for
another Moody
Honorable mention: Meschech Weare, Hiram A Tuttle, Ezekiel A
Straw, Person Colby Cheney
New Jersey
Peter Dumont Vroom (1829-1832, Democrat)
Fun fact: “Not to be confused with the actor who plays
Lance Smart [Wikipedia].”
Honorable mention: Foster McGown Vorhees, Woodrow Wilson (yeah, I
realize he was POTUS, but it’s still a funny name), Philemon Dickerson, Chris
Christie (2016 & 2024 presidential candidate)
New York
Enos T Throop (1829-1832, Republican)
Fun fact: Became governor when buddy Martin Van Buren
was made Secretary of State
Honorable mention: John Jay (yup, that John Jay), Nelson
Rockefeller (ya gotta admit it, Rockefeller’s a pretty funny name), Horatio
Seymour (yup, that Horatio Seymour), W Averell Harriman (yup, that Averell
Harriman), Eliot Spitzer (yup, the guy who resigned after that prostitution scandal), Roswell P
Flower, Hamilton Fish
North Carolina
Montfort Stokes (1830-1832, Democrat)
Fun fact: “Only soldier of the
American Revolutionary War buried in Oklahoma [thanks, Wikipedia!].”
Honorable mention: John Baptista Ashe, John Motley Morehead (“the
Father of Modern North Carolina [NCpedia]”), Hutchens Gordon Burton, Clyde R
Hoey, Zebulon Vance
North Dakota
Ragnvald Nestos (1921-1925, Republican)
Fun fact: Native of Norway; became guv when the
previous guy was recalled
Honorable mention: Ole
H Olsen, Walter Welford, Frederick B Fancher, George A Sinner, Eli CD Shortridge
Ohio
Return J Meigs Jr (1810-1814,
Democrat)
Fun fact: Won the 1807 gubernatorial contest, but
couldn’t take office because he didn’t meet residency requirements
Honorable mention: Rutherford B Hayes (yeah, I know, POTUS, but
still pretty odd), Mordecai Bartley, Seabury Ford, Othniel Looker
Oklahoma
Frank Frantz (1906-1907,
Republican)
Fun fact: Appointed by his Rough Rider buddy, Teddy
Roosevelt
Honorable mention: Thompson Benton Ferguson (sounds like a law
firm), Cassius McDonald Barnes, Dewey F Bartlett
Oregon
Zenas Ferry Moody (1882-1887,
Republican)
Another Moody! (see NH for
more)
Fun fact: “Governor Moody combines with discrimination
and firmness of purpose a courteous manner, that prompts him to accord a
respectful bearing to all. Physically he is of a splendid type. He is of compact
build, with a handsome, ruddy face that indicates sound health, a keen,
sparkling eye through which is displayed a cheerful and sociable nature,
determined to extract all good things from life consistent with sobriety, and
an elastic step and a rapid movement that bespeak the busy man of affairs. He
is one who lives well, and appears well, and in the discharge of all his
duties, public and private, redeems his promise of doing well. [History of the
Pacific Northwest Oregon and Washington]”
Honorable mention: Theodore Thurston Geer, La Fayette Grover, Albin
Walter Norblad Sr, Sylvester Pennoyer
Pennsylvania
Samuel W Pennypacker
(1903-1907, Republican)
Fun fact: Surname comes from the German for someone who
bakes tile (for roofs)
Honorable mention: Simon Snider, John F Hartranft, Francis R
Shunk, Gifford Pinchot (yup, the forestry guy)
Rhode Island
Ambrose Burnside
(1866-1869, Republican)
Fun fact: Terrible Civil War general; namesake of
sideburns
Honorable mention: Seth Padelford, Lincoln Almond, Aram J
Pothier, Royal C Taft, Emery J San Souci
South Carolina
C’mon, Arnie, give us a
smile
Arnoldus Vanderhorst (1794-1796)
Fun fact: Fought in the Revolutionary War under Francis
Marion (the Swamp Fox)
Honorable mention: Burnet R Maybank, Strom Thurmond (died at age
100), Rawlins Lowndes, Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook (author has visited his
plantation), Cole L Blease, Barnabas Kelet Henagan
South Dakota
“Crawford, known as a
spirited orator and debater, is portrayed in an aggressive pose,
ready to
vigorously defend his position [trailofgovernors.com].”
Coe I Crawford (1909-1915,
Republican)
Fun fact: Married two sisters (the 1st one
having passed away)
Honorable mention: Archie M Gubbrud, Merrell Q Sharpe, Nils Boe,
Harlan J Bushfield
Tennessee
Henry Hollis Horton (1927-1933,
Democrat)
Alliteration for the win!
Fun fact: Impeached for financial scandals, though able
to serve out his term
Honorable mention: Austin Peay (pronounced “pea”), Newton
Cannon, Buford Ellington, Dewitt Clinton Senter
Texas
Beauford H Jester
(1947-1949, Democrat)
"Fun" fact: Only Texas governor to have died in office
Honorable mention: Jim Hogg, Pendleton Murrah, James W
Throckmorton, Dolph Briscoe, Oscar Branch Colquitt, Elisha M Pease, Oran Milo
Roberts
Utah
Heber Manning Wells (1896-1905,
Republican)
Fun fact: Utah’s first state governor, as well as its
youngest (assumed office at 36)
Honorable mention: Simon Bamberger, Norman H Bangerter, Samuel
Beach Axtel, Caleb Walton West
Virginia
Goin’ motorin’ with the
missus!
Elbert Lee Trinkle
(1922-1926, Democrat)
Fun fact: “Received a medal from the National Committee
on Prisons and Prison Labor for supporting the exchange of prison-made goods
between prisons of the various states [National Governors Association].”
Honorable mention: Fitzhugh Lee (Confederate general), Beverley
Randolph (a guy), J Lindsay Almond, Littleton Waller Tazewell
Vermont
Asahel Peck (1874-1876, Republican)
Fun fact: Originally a Democrat; life-long bachelor
Honorable mention: Cornelius P Van Ness, Erastus Fairbanks, Urban
A Woodberry, Jonas Galusha, Carlos Coolidge (distant relation of Cal)
Washington
Monrad Wallgren (1945-1949,
Democrat)
Fun fact: “An outstanding player of carom billiards
[Wikipedia]”
Honorable mention: Watson C Squire
West Virginia
Now sure why he looks so
concerned
Aretas P Fleming (1890-1893,
Democratic)
Fun fact: Big-time election dispute (so maybe that’s
what he’s worried about)
Honorable mention: Jay Rockefeller (c’mon, admit it,
Rockefeller’s a pretty funny name), Homer A Holt, Jim Justice (incumbent), Okey
Patteson, Gaston Caperton, Herman G Kump
Wisconsin
Cadwallader C Washburn (1972-1874,
Republican)
Fun fact: Founded company that would eventually become
General Mills; left $90M at his death (adjusted for inflation)
Honorable mention: Tommy Thompson (longest-serving WI guv; ran
for prez in 2008), Gaylord Nelson, Oscar Rennebohm, Coles Bashford, Orland
Steen Loomis, Arthur McArthur Sr
Wyoming
Whoa, dude, that’s one
nasty cowlick
Thomas Moonlight (1887-1889,
Democrat)
Fun fact: Native of Scotland; army officer, mustered
out of the service for drunkenness
Honorable mention: David Freudenthal (“joyful valley,” auf
Deutsch), Millward Simpson, Matt Mead, Bryon Butler Brooks, Fenimore
Chatterton
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