On September 22, 2026, the NGA Health Team convened state and territory health advisors to discuss best practices and future planning around emergency preparedness protocol for the 2026 FIFA World Cup ...

CHARLES TRIPLETT O’FERRALL was born near Brucetown in Frederick County, Virginia, the son of a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and Clerk of the County and Circuit Courts. After his father’s ...

RUFUS BROWN BULLOCK, Georgia’s 31st Governor, was born in Bethlehem, New York, on March 28, 1834. In 1850 he graduated from the Albion Academy and then entered into a career in telegraphy, in which he ...

WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE, the second governor of Michigan, was born in Norwich, Connecticut on August 20, 1780. His early education was attained in the schools of Ohio, and later he attended the Litchfield ...

JOHN DICKINSON was born in Talbot County. He was privately tutored in Delaware and studied law in Pennsylvania as well as at Middle Temple in London. In 1757 he began the practice of law in ...

Like others among this nation’s Founding Fathers, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was a man of many talents, whose contributions to the media, science, and politics are well known. The tenth son of a soap maker, ...

FRANCIS RICHARD LUBBOCK was born in Beaufort, South Carolina. He attended private schools in South Carolina until the age of fourteen, when his father’s death forced him to seek employment. He ...

Governor's Name State Time in Office Party Gov. Matt Bevin Kentucky 2015 - 2019 Republican Gov. Steven L. Beshear Kentucky 2007 - 2015 Democratic Gov. Ernie Fletcher Kentucky 2003 - 2007 Republican ...

David O. Watkins, the thirty-eighth governor of New Jersey, was born in Woodbury, New Jersey on June 8, 1862. His education was attained in the common schools of his native state. He went on to study ...

Every American should have the opportunity to build a life of purpose, to strengthen their community, and to help shape a nation defined not only by prosperity, but by potential realized. Yet across ...

Philips, Margaret I. The Governors of Tennessee. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 2001. Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the ...

JOHN S. PILLSBURY, the eighth governor of Minnesota, was born in Sutton, New Hampshire on July 28, 1827. His education was limited and attained in the common schools of his native state. In 1855, ...