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[Sergeant Foley]

Composition of the United States Senate (Part VIII)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*OREGON
Class 2: Mark Hatfield (R-OR)
Class 3: Bob Packwood (R-OR)

*PENNSYLVANIA
Class 1: Henry John Heinz, III (R-PA)
Class 3: Arlen Specter (R-PA)

*PUERTO RICO
Class 1: Juan H. Cintron Garcia (D-PR)
Class 2: Jefferson Gillespie (D/PNP-PR)

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part IX of the Composition of the United States Senate.​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Composition of the United States Senate (Part IX)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*RHODE ISLAND
Class 1: John Chafee (R-RI)
Class 2: Claiborne Pell (D-RI)

*SOUTH CAROLINA
Class 2: Strom Thurmond (R-SC)
Class 3: Ernest "Fritz" Hollings (D-SC)

*SOUTH DAKOTA
Class 2: Larry Pressler (R-SD)
Class 3: Tom Daschle (D-SD)

*TENNESSEE
Class 1: Jim Sasser (D-TN)
Class 2: Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr., (D-TN)

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part X of the Composition of the United States Senate.​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Composition of the United States Senate (Part X)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*TEXAS
Class 1: Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)
Class 2: Phil Gramm (R-TX)

*UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS
Class 1: William Stephen Boudreaux (D-USVI)
Class 2: Athniel C. Ottley (R-USVI)

*UTAH
Class 1: Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Class 3: Jake Garn (R-UT)

*VERMONT
Class 1: Robert Stafford (R-VT)
Class 3: Patrick Leahy (D-VT)

*VIRGINIA
Class 1: Paul Trible (R-VA)
Class 2: John Warner (R-VA)

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part XI of the Composition of the United States Senate.​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Composition of the United States Senate (Part XI)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*WASHINGTON
Class 1: Daniel Jackson Evans (R-WA)
Class 3: Brock Adams (D-WA)

*WEST VIRGINIA
Class 1: Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)
Class 2: John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller, IV (D-WV)

*WISCONSIN
Class 1: William Proxmire (D-WI)
Class 3: Bob Kasten (R-WI)

*WYOMING
Class 1: Malcolm Wallop (R-WY)
Class 2: Alan Simpson (R-WY)

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Composition of the US State/Territory Governorships (Summer 1987).​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Part I)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*ALABAMA
George Corley Wallace, Jr.,
In office: 17 January 1983
*Previously served: 14 January 1963 to 16 January 1967; 18 January 1971 to 15 January 1979
First elected in 1962; Reelected in 1970, 1974, 1982 and again in 1986
Prohibited from succeeding himself from seeking fifth term due to term limits.

*ALASKA
Stephen Cambreleng Cowper
In office: 1 December 1986
First elected: 1986

*AMERICAN SAMOA
Aifili Paulo Lutali
In office: 3 January 1985
First elected: 1984

*ARIZONA
Evan Mecham
In office: 5 January 1987
First elected: 1986

*ARKANSAS
William Jefferson Clinton
In office: 11 January 1983
Previously served: 9 January 1979 to 19 January 1981
First elected: 1978; Reelected in 1982, 1984, and 1986

*CALIFORNIA
Coruken George Deukmejiana
In office: 3 January 1989
First elected: 1982; Reelected in 1986

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part II of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Summer 1987).​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Part II)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*COLORADO
Roy Rudolf Romer
In office: 13 January 1987
First elected: 1986

*CONNECTICUT
William Atchison O'Neill
In office: 27 June 1980
*Ascended to the Governorship upon the death of then-Governor Ellen Grasso.
First elected: 1982; Reelected in 1986

*DELAWARE
Michael Newbold Castle
In office: 15 January 1985
First elected: 1984

*FLORIDA
Robert "Bob" Martinez
In office: 6 January 1987
First elected: 1986

*GEORGIA
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr.,
In office: 11 June 1984
Previously served: 12 January 1971 to 14 January 1975
First elected: 1970; Reelected in 1984 Special Recall gubernatorial election and reelected again in 1986
*Prohibited from succeeding himself due to term limits.

*GUAM
Joseph Franklin Ada
In office: 5 January 1987
First elected: 1986

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part III of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition
(Summer 1987).
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[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Part III)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*HAWAII
John David Waihe'e, III
In office: 2 December 1986
First elected: 1986

*IDAHO
Cecil Dale Andrus
In office: 5 January 1987
Previously served: 4 January 1971 to 23 January 1977
First elected: 1970; Reelected in 1974 and again in 1986.

*ILLINOIS
James Robert "Big Jim" Thompson, Jr.,
In office: 10 January 1977
First elected: 1976; Reelected in 1978, 1982, and again in 1986.

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part IV of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition
(Summer 1987).​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Part IV)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*INDIANA
Robert Dunkerson Orr
In office: 12 January 1981
First elected: 1980; Reelected in 1984
Prohibited from succeeding himself due to term limits.

*IOWA
Terry Edward Branstad
In office: 14 January 1983
First elected: 1982; Reelected in 1986

*KANSAS
John Michael Hayden
In office: 12 January 1987
First elected: 1986

*KENTUCKY
Martha Layne Collins
In office: 13 December 1983
First elected: 1983
Prohibited from succeeding herself due to term limits.

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part V of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition
(Summer 1987).​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships (Part V)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*LOUISIANA
Edwin Washington Edwards
In office: 12 March 1984
Previously served: 9 May 1972 to 10 March 1980
*Announced on 16 April 1985 that he will NOT be seeking reelection to fourth term in 1987.

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part VI of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Summer 1987).​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Part VI)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*MAINE
John Rettie McKernan, Jr.,
In office: 7 January 1987
First elected: 1986

*MARYLAND
William Donald Schaeffer
In office: 21 January 1987
First elected: 1986

*MASSACHUSETTS
Michael Stanley Dukakis
In office: 6 January 1983
Previously served: 2 January 1975 to 4 January 1979
First elected: 1974; Reelected in 1982 and again in 1986
******Running for the 1988 Democratic Party presidential nomination.

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part VII of the US State/Territory Governorships
Composition (Summer 1987).
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[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Part VII)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*MICHIGAN
James Johnston Blanchard
In office: 1 January 1987
First elected: 1986

*MINNESOTA
Rudolph George Perpich
In office: 3 January 1983
Previously served: 29 December 1976 to 4 January 1979; Ascended to the Governorship upon the resignation
of then-Governor Wendell Anderson.
First elected: 1982; Reelected in 1986

*MISSISSIPPI
William Forrest Winter
In office: 22 January 1980
First elected: 1979; Reelected in 1983
*Seeking reelection in 1987

*MISSOURI
John David Ashcroft
In office: 14 January 1985
First elected: 1984

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part VIII of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition
(Summer 1987).​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Part VIII)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*MONTANA
Theodore Schwenden
In office: 7 January 1985
First elected: 1984

*NEBRASKA
Kay Avonne Orr
In office: 9 January 1987
First elected: 1986

*NEVADA
Richard Hudson Bryan
In office: 3 January 1983
First elected: 1982; Reelected in 1986
Prohibited from succeeding himself due to term limits.
*Announced on 3 June 1987 that he was running for the United States Senate in 1988.

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part IX of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Summer 1987).​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Part IX)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*NEW HAMPSHIRE
John Henry Sununu
In office: 6 January 1983
First elected: 1982; Reelected in 1984 and again in 1986

*NEW JERSEY
Thomas Howard Kean, Sr.,
In office: 19 January 1982
First elected: 1981; Reelected in 1985
Prohibited from succeeding himself due to term limits.

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part X of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition
(Summer 1987).
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[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Part X)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*NEW MEXICO
Garrey Edward Carruthers
In office: 1 January 1987
First elected: 1986
Prohibited from succeeding himself due to term limits.

*NEW YORK STATE
Mario Matthew Cuomo
In office: 1 January 1983
First elected: 1982; Reelected in 1986

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part XI of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Summer 1987).​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Part XI)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*NORTH CAROLINA
James Grubbs Martin
In office: 5 January 1985
First elected: 1984

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part XII of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition
(Summer 1987).​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Part XII)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*NORTH DAKOTA
George Albert Sinner
In office: 1 January 1985
First elected: 1984

*NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
Pedro Pangilinan Tenoro
In office: 11 January 1982
First elected: 1981; Reelected in 1985

*OHIO
James Allen Rhodes
In office: 12 January 1987
Previously served: 14 January 1963 to 11 January 1971; 13 January 1975 to 10 January 1983
First elected: 1962; Reelected in 1966, 1974, 1978 and again in 1986
*Announced on 1 June 1987 that he would NOT be seeking reelection to sixth term in 1990.

*OKLAHOMA
Henry Louis Bellmon
In office: 12 January 1987
Previously served: 14 January 1963 to 9 January 1967
First elected: 1962; Reelected in 1986

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part XIII of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition
(Summer 1987).​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Part XIII)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*OREGON
Neil Edward Goldschmidt
In office: 12 January 1987
First elected: 1986

*PENNSYLVANIA
Robert Patrick Casey, Sr.,
In office: 20 January 1987
First elected: 1986

*PUERTO RICO
Rafael Hernandez Colon
In office: 2 January 1985
Previously served: 2 January 1973 to 2 January 1977
First elected: 1972; Reelected in 1984

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part XIV of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition
(Summer 1987).​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Part XIV)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*RHODE ISLAND
John Joseph Garrahy
In office: 4 January 1977
First elected: 1976; Reelected in 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984 and again in 1986.

*SOUTH CAROLINA
Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr.,
In office: 14 January 1987
First elected: 1986

*SOUTH DAKOTA
George Speaker Mickelson
In office: 6 January 1987
First elected: 1986

*TENNESSEE
Ned Ray McWherter
In office: 17 January 1987
First elected: 1986

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part XV of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition
(Summer 1987).​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorship Composition (Part XV)
Mark Wells White, Jr.,
In office: 18 January 1983
First elected: 1982; Reelected in 1986
*Announced on 30 May 1987 that he will be seeking reelection in 1990.

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part XVI of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Summer 1987).​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Part XVI)
Monday, 16 June 1987

*UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS
Alexander Anthony Farrelly
In office: 5 January 1987
First elected: 1986

*UTAH
Norman Howard Bangerter
In office: 7 January 1985
First elected: 1984

*VERMONT
Madeleine Kunin
In office: 10 January 1985
First elected: 1984; Reelected in 1986
*Seeking reelection in 1988.

*VIRGINIA
Gerald Lee Baliles
In office: 18 January 1986
First elected: 1985
Prohibited from succeeding himself due to term limits.

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part XVII of the US State/Territory Governorships Composition (Summer 1987).​