Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania


The Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The lieutenant governor is elected for a four-year term in the same year as the governor. Each party picks a candidate for lieutenant governor independently of the gubernatorial primary. The winners of the party primaries are then teamed together as a single ticket for the fall general election. Democrat John Fetterman is the incumbent lieutenant governor. The lieutenant governor presides in the Senate and is first in the line of succession to the governor; in the event the governor dies, resigns, or otherwise leaves office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.
The office of lieutenant governor was created by the Constitution of 1873. As with the governor's position, the Constitution of 1968 made the lieutenant governor eligible to succeed himself or herself for one additional four-year term. The position's only official duties are serving as president of the state senate and chairing the Board of Pardons and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Council. Lieutenant governors often work on additional projects and have a full schedule of community and speaking events. Pennsylvania is the only state that provides a residence for its lieutenant governor. Constructed in 1940 and previously the governor's "summer residence", it became available for Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor in 1968 when the current governor's residence was completed in Harrisburg.

List of lieutenant governors

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#NameTermGovernor served underParty
1John Latta1875–1879John F. HartranftDemocrat
2Charles Warren Stone1879–1883Henry M. HoytRepublican
3Chauncey Forward Black1883–1887Robert E. PattisonDemocratic
4William T. Davies1887–1891James A. BeaverRepublican
5Louis Arthur Watres1891–1895Robert E. PattisonRepublican
6Walter Lyon1895–1899Daniel H. HastingsRepublican
7John P. S. Gobin1899–1903William A. StoneRepublican
8William M. Brown1903–1907Samuel W. PennypackerRepublican
9Robert S. Murphy1907–1911Edwin Sydney StuartRepublican
10John M. Reynolds1911–1915John K. TenerRepublican
11Frank B. McClain1915–1919Martin Grove BrumbaughRepublican
12Edward E. Beidleman1919–1923William Cameron SproulRepublican
13David J. Davis1923–1927Gifford PinchotRepublican
14Arthur H. James1927–1931John Stuchell FisherRepublican
15Edward C. Shannon1931–1935Gifford PinchotRepublican
16Thomas Kennedy1935–1939George Howard Earle IIIDemocratic
17Samuel S. Lewis1939–1943Arthur JamesRepublican
18John Cromwell Bell Jr.1943–1947Edward MartinRepublican
19Daniel B. Strickler1947–1951James H. DuffRepublican
20Lloyd H. Wood1951–1955John S. FineRepublican
21Roy E. Furman1955–1959George M. LeaderDemocratic
22John Morgan Davis1959–1963David L. LawrenceDemocratic
23Raymond P. Shafer1963–1967William ScrantonRepublican
24Raymond J. Broderick1967–1971Raymond P. ShaferRepublican
25Ernest P. Kline1971–1979Milton ShappDemocratic
26William Scranton III1979–1987Dick ThornburghRepublican
27Mark Singel1987–1995Robert P. CaseyDemocratic
28Mark S. Schweiker1995–2001Tom RidgeRepublican
29Robert C. Jubelirer2001–2003Mark S. SchweikerRepublican
30Catherine Baker Knoll2003–2008Ed RendellDemocratic
31Joseph B. Scarnati III2008–2011Ed RendellRepublican
32Jim Cawley2011–2015Tom CorbettRepublican
33Mike Stack2015–2019Tom WolfDemocratic
34John Fetterman2019–presentTom WolfDemocratic

Living former Lieutenant Governors of Pennsylvania

, seven former Lieutenant Governors of Pennsylvania were alive, the oldest being Robert C. Jubelirer. The most recent death of a former lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania was that of Ernest P. Kline, on May 13, 2009. The most recently serving lieutenant governor to die was Catherine Baker Knoll, who died in office on November 12, 2008.
Lt. GovernorLt. Gubernatorial termDate of birth
William Scranton III1979-1987
Mark Singel1987-1995
Mark S. Schweiker1995-2001
Robert C. Jubelirer2001-2003
Joseph B. Scarnati III2008-2011
Jim Cawley2011-2015
Mike Stack2015–2019

Vice-presidents of Pennsylvania

From 1777 to 1790 the executive branch of Pennsylvania's state government was headed by a Supreme Executive Council consisting of a representative of each county and of the City of Philadelphia. The Vice President of the Council—also known as the Vice-President of Pennsylvania—held a position analogous to the modern office of Lieutenant Governor. Presidents and Vice-Presidents were elected to one-year terms and could serve up to three years—the full length of their regular term as Counsellor. Ten men served as Vice-President during the time of the Council's existence.