Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania

{{Short description|Constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania}} {{Use American English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}{{Infobox Political post | post = Lieutenant Governor | body = the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | insignia = Flag of Pennsylvania.svg | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = Flag of Pennsylvania | image = AustinDavis.jpg | imagesize = 200px | incumbent = [[Austin Davis (politician)|Austin Davis]] | incumbentsince = January 17, 2023 | style = | residence = Private<br>[[State House (Pennsylvania)|State House]] (1971–2019) | appointer = | termlength = Four years, renewable once consecutively | formation = 1873 | succession = [[Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Pennsylvania|First]] | inaugural = [[John Latta (Lieutenant Governor)|John Latta]] | salary = $157,765 (2014)<ref>{{cite news|last=Dawson|first=Mike|title=Jay Paterno seeking election as Pa. lieutenant governor|url=http://www.centredaily.com/2014/02/20/4047429/jay-paterno-seeking-election-as.html|access-date=April 24, 2017|newspaper=[[Centre Daily Times]]|date=February 20, 2014}}</ref> | website = {{URL|www.pa.gov/ltgovernor|Official website}} }} The '''lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania''' is a constitutional officer of the [[Commonwealth (U.S. state)|Commonwealth]] of [[ Pennsylvania]]. The lieutenant governor is elected for a four-year term in the same year as the [[governor of Pennsylvania|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mcall.com/2005/01/21/pennsylvanias-election-process-let-gubernatorial-candidates-parties-choose-lieutenant-governor-candidates/ |title=Pennsylvania Election Process |newspaper=[[The Morning Call]] |date=January 21, 2005 |access-date=April 24, 2017 }}</ref> The lieutenant governor presides in the [[Pennsylvania State Senate]] and is [[Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Pennsylvania|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/LI/consCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&ttl=00&div=0&chpt=4&sctn=13&subsctn=0|title=The Constitution of Pennsylvania: Article IV §13 — When Lieutenant Governor to act as Governor.|work=[[Pennsylvania General Assembly]]|access-date=August 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/LI/consCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&ttl=00&div=0&chpt=4&sctn=14&subsctn=0|title=The Constitution of Pennsylvania: Article IV §14 — Vacancy in office of Lieutenant Governor|work=[[Pennsylvania General Assembly]]|access-date=August 23, 2019}}</ref> The lieutenant governor casts tie breaking votes in the State Senate.

The office of lieutenant governor was created by the Constitution of 1873. As with the governor's position, the Constitution of 1968 made lieutenant governors eligible to succeed themselves for one additional four-year term.<ref name=rg64>{{cite web|url=http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/BAH/dam/rg/rg64ahr.htm |title=RG-64, Records of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Agency History |publisher=Pennsylvania State Archives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021122023938/http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/BAH/dam/rg/rg64ahr.htm |archive-date=November 22, 2002 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 24, 2014 |df=mdy }}</ref> 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.<ref name="worth" />

Until 2019, Pennsylvania was the only state that provided an official residence, [[State House (Pennsylvania)|State House]] at [[Fort Indiantown Gap]], for its lieutenant governor.<ref name="worth">{{cite news |url=http://www.ldnews.com/story/news/local/2017/04/21/pa-has-uss-only-lt-gov-mansion-worth-cost/100618806/ |title=Pa. has US's only Lt. Gov. mansion. Is it worth the cost? |newspaper=[[Lebanon Daily News]] |date=April 21, 2017 |access-date=April 24, 2017 |publisher=Gannett |first=Daniel |last=Walmer }}</ref> 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.<ref name=rg64 /> It was transferred to the state's [[Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs|Department of Military and Veterans Affairs]] after legislation to do so passed in 2019.<ref name="perks">{{Cite news|url=https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/12/pa-lawmakers-are-looking-to-change-the-picking-and-the-perks-of-future-lieutenant-governors.html|title=Pa. lawmakers are looking to change the picking and the perks of future lieutenant governors|date=December 18, 2019|newspaper=[[The Patriot-News]]|first=Jan|last=Murphy|access-date=March 15, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2023-12-30/shapiro-pennsylvania-governers-residence-purchases |title=Shapiro purchased automatic dog door, massage sofa and big-screen TVs for Governor's Residence |date=December 30, 2023 |newspaper=[[LNP (newspaper)|LNP]] |via=[[WESA (FM)|WESA]] |first=Jaxon |last=White |access-date=March 15, 2024 |quote=in 2019 the General Assembly gave the property at Fort Indiantown Gap to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs}}</ref>

The current lieutenant governor is [[Austin Davis (politician)|Austin Davis]], who took office on January 17, 2023.

==List of lieutenant governors== ;Parties {{legend2|#B0CEFF|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (11)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|#FFB6B6|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (24)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" !#!!Image!!Name!!Term!!Governor(s) served under!!Party |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |1 |[[File:John Latta.png|60px]] |[[John Latta (Lieutenant Governor)|John Latta]] |1875–1879 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[John F. Hartranft]] |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |2 |[[File:CharlesWarrenStone.jpg|60px]] |[[Charles Warren Stone]] |1879–1883 |[[Henry M. Hoyt]] |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |3 |[[File:Chauncey Forward Black (1839–1904), Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1883 to 1887.jpg|60px]] |[[Chauncey Forward Black]] |1883–1887 |[[Robert E. Pattison]] |Democratic |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |4 |[[File:William Tecumseh Davies (1831–1912), Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1887–91.jpg|60px]] |[[William T. Davies]] |1887–1891 |[[James A. Beaver]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |5 |[[File:Louis Arthur Watres (cropped).jpg |60px]] |[[Louis Arthur Watres]] |1891–1895 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Robert E. Pattison]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |6 |[[File:Walter Lyon (1853–1933), Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1895–1899.jpg|60px]] |[[Walter Lyon (Pennsylvania politician)|Walter Lyon]] |1895–1899 |[[Daniel H. Hastings]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |7 |[[File:John P S Gobin.jpg|60px]] |[[John P. S. Gobin]] |1899–1903 |[[William A. Stone]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |8 |[[File:William M Brown (circa 1903).jpg|60px]] |[[William M. Brown (Pennsylvania politician)|William M. Brown]] |1903–1907 |[[Samuel W. Pennypacker]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |9 |[[File:A Snapshot of Pennsylvania Governor Edwin S. Stuart, Lieutenant Governor Robert S. Murphy, and General Horace Porter at the University of Pittsburgh Cornerstone Laying, October 2, 1908 (cropped).jpg|60px]] |[[Robert S. Murphy]] |1907–1911 |[[Edwin Sydney Stuart]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |10 |[[File:JohnMerrimanReynolds.jpg|60px]] |[[John Merriman Reynolds|John M. Reynolds]] |1911–1915 |[[John K. Tener]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |11 |[[File:Francis Bernard McClain.png|60px]] |[[Frank B. McClain]] |1915–1919 |[[Martin Grove Brumbaugh]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |12 |[[File:Edward E Beidleman (cropped).png|60px]] |[[Edward E. Beidleman]] |1919–1923 |[[William Cameron Sproul]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |13 |[[File:David J. Davis (1870–1942), Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1927.jpg|60px]] |[[David J. Davis]] |1923–1927 |[[Gifford Pinchot]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |14 |[[File:Arthur H. James (Pennsylvania governor).jpg|60px]] |[[Arthur H. James]] |1927–1931 |[[John Stuchell Fisher]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |15 |[[File:Edward C. Shannon.jpg|60px]] |[[Edward C. Shannon]] |1931–1935 |[[Gifford Pinchot]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |16 |[[File:Thos. Kennedy LCCN2014714901.jpg|60px]] |[[Thomas Kennedy (unionist)|Thomas Kennedy]] |1935–1939 |[[George Howard Earle III]] |Democratic |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |17 | |[[Samuel S. Lewis]] |1939–1943 |[[Arthur James (politician)|Arthur James]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |18 |[[File:John C. Bell Jr. (Pennsylvania governor).jpg|60px]] |[[John C. Bell Jr.|John Cromwell Bell Jr.]] |1943–1947 |[[Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician)|Edward Martin]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |19 |[[File:Daniel B. Strickler (Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor).jpg|60px]] |[[Daniel B. Strickler]] |1947–1951 |[[James H. Duff]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |20 |[[File:Lloyd H. Wood (1896–1964), Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1951 to 1955.jpg|60px]] |[[Lloyd H. Wood]] |1951–1955 |[[John S. Fine]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |21 |[[File:Roy E. Furman (1901–1977), Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (1955–1959) and Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1936–1938).jpg|60px]] |[[Roy E. Furman]] |1955–1959 |[[George M. Leader]] |Democratic |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |22 |[[File:John Morgan Davis (1906–1984), Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1959 to 1963.jpg|60px]] |[[John Morgan Davis]] |1959–1963 |[[David L. Lawrence]] |Democratic |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |23 |[[File:GovShaferMay67 N2.tif|60px]] |[[Raymond P. Shafer]] |1963–1967 |[[William Scranton]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |24 |[[File:Raymond J Broderick.png|60px]] |[[Raymond J. Broderick]] |1967–1971 |[[Raymond P. Shafer]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |25 |[[File:Ernest P. Kline.png|60px]] |[[Ernest P. Kline]] |1971–1979 |[[Milton Shapp]] |Democratic |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |26 |[[File:William Scranton III.png|60px]] |[[William Scranton III]] |1979–1987 |[[Dick Thornburgh]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |27 |[[File:Mark Singel.jpg|60px]] |[[Mark S. Singel|Mark Singel]] |1987–1995 |[[Robert P. Casey]] |Democratic |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |28 |[[File:Mark S Schweiker 2001.jpg|60px]] |[[Mark S. Schweiker]] |1995–2001 |[[Tom Ridge]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |29 | |[[Robert Jubelirer|Robert C. Jubelirer]] |2001–2003 |[[Mark S. Schweiker]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |30 |[[File:Catherine Baker Knoll headshot.jpg|60px]] |[[Catherine Baker Knoll]] |2003–2008 |[[Ed Rendell]] |Democratic |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |31 |[[File:Joe Scarnati.jpg|60px]] |[[Joseph B. Scarnati III]] |2008–2011 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Ed Rendell]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |32 |[[File:Jim Cawley.JPG|60px]] |[[Jim Cawley]] |2011–2015 |[[Tom Corbett]] |Republican |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |33 |[[File:Liet. Gov. Michael Stack (cropped).jpg|60px]] |[[Mike Stack]] |2015–2019 |[[Tom Wolf]] |Democratic |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |34 |[[File:Lt. Gov. John Fetterman Portrait (46874790005) (cropped).jpg|60px]] |[[John Fetterman]] |2019–2023 |[[Tom Wolf]] |Democratic |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |35 |[[File:AustinDavis.jpg|60px]] |[[Austin Davis (politician)|Austin Davis]] |2023–present |[[Josh Shapiro]] |Democratic |}

===List of acting lieutenant governors=== *[[Jake Corman]] – From May 17, 2022, to May 23, 2022, Corman served as acting lieutenant governor while lieutenant governor John Fetterman had a [[pacemaker]] implanted and recovered.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lt. Gov. Fetterman Submits Written Declaration to General Assembly |url=https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/lt-gov-fetterman-submits-written-declaration-to-general-assembly/ |access-date=18 May 2022 |website=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania • The Governor |publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |date=May 17, 2022 |format=Press Release}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Vigna |first1=Paul |title=Jake Corman to temporarily take over as acting lieutenant governor |url=https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/05/jake-corman-to-temporarily-take-over-as-acting-lieutenant-governor.html |access-date=18 May 2022 |work=PennLive Patriot-News |publisher=Advanced Local Media LLC |date=May 18, 2022}}</ref> *[[Kim Ward]] – John Fetterman resigned as lieutenant governor to serve in the [[United States Senate]] on January 3, 2023, Ward served as acting lieutenant governor until January 17, 2023, when lieutenant governor-elect Austin Davis was sworn in.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Micek |first1=John L. |title=The Pa. Legislature returns: Three storylines to follow today {{!}} Tuesday Morning Coffee |url=https://www.penncapital-star.com/commentary/the-pa-legislature-returns-three-storylines-to-follow-today-tuesday-morning-coffee/ |access-date=3 January 2023 |work=Pennsylvania Capital-Star |date=January 3, 2023}}</ref>

==Vice-presidents of Pennsylvania== From 1777 to 1790 the executive branch of Pennsylvania's state government was headed by a [[Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania|Supreme Executive Council]] consisting of a representative of each county and of the City of [[Philadelphia]]. The [[Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania#Vice-Presidents of Council|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 [[Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania#Counsellors|counsellor]]. Ten men served as vice-president during the time of the Council's existence.

*[[George Bryan]] 1777–1779 *[[Matthew Smith (Pennsylvania Statesman)|Matthew Smith]] 1779 *[[William Moore (statesman)|William Moore]] 1779–1781 *[[James Potter (Pennsylvania politician)|James Potter]] 1781–1782 *[[James Ewing (Pennsylvania statesman)|James Ewing]] 1782–1784 *[[James Irvine (Pennsylvania statesman)|James Irvine]] 1784–1785 *[[Charles Biddle (Pennsylvania statesman)|Charles Biddle]] 1785–1787 *[[Peter Muhlenberg]] 1787–1788 *[[David Redick]] 1788 *[[George Ross (Pennsylvania Statesman)|George Ross]] 1788–1790

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Pennsylvania}} {{Lieutenant Governors and Vice-Presidents of Pennsylvania}} {{Current U.S. Lieutenant Governors}} {{Pennsylvania Senate}} {{Pennsylvania statewide elected officials}} {{Lists of lieutenant governors by U.S. state}}

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