In Ohio and a few other States, where the legislative sessions are biennial. the Legislature holds "Adjourned sessions, practically amounting to annual meetings. The Rhode Island Legislature is required to meet annually the last Tuesday in May, at Newport, and an adjourned session to be holden annually at Providence. Unless extended by special vote. Jan. 7,'89 None, 75 days, 90 days, None, 90 days 45 days) None, 60 days, . 60 days, 24 48 83 124 33 99 31 106 30 240 40 100 26 63 33 100 2222222222222422-222222211222212222222 12 24 60 days, ་་་ 12 21 60 days, 12 24 12 21 22222222 Governors of Colonies on the Delaware, of the Province, and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. GOVERNORS AND DIRECTORS OF NEW NETHERLANDS AND OF THE DUTCH ON THE Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of New Netherlands and of the settlements on the Delaware, Andreas Hudde, Commissary, 1655-1664 .1655-1657 John Paul Jacquet, Director, .1655-1657 [The Colony divided into that of the City and Company, 1657.] Anthony Colve, Governor of the Netherlands, .1664-1663 .1667-1673 .1668-1673 1673-1674 .1673-1674 [Colonies recaptured by the English, 1674.] DOMINION OF THE ENGLISH. Sir Edmund Andross, [The commanders on the Delaware during this period were Captains Edmund Cantwell, John Collier, Christopher Billop and Anthony Brockholst.] 1674-1681 Thomas Lloyd, Deputy Governor of Province, Under the Crown of England, William Markham, Deputy Governor of Lower Counties, March, 1691-April 26, 1693 Benjamin Fletcher, Governor of New York, Governor, . April 26, 1693-March, 1695 William Markham, Deputy Governor, William Penn, Proprietor, } ...1693-1694 April 27, 1693-March, 1695 1695-1718 John Penn, Richard Penn and Thomas Penn, Proprietors, ... 1718 1746 Aug., 1738-May, 1746 [John Penn died 1746; Richard Penn died 1771, when John Penn, his son, together with Thomas Penn, became sole Proprietors,] 1746-1776 John Penn (son of Richard Penu), Lieutenant Governor, Nov., . April, Richard Penn (brother of John Penn), Lieutenant Governor, The Committee of Safety (Benjamin Franklin, Chairman), - Sept., 1776-March, 1777 PRESIDENTS OF THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. Thomas Wharton, Jr., March 5, 1777 May 23, 1778 George Bryan, V. P., acting, vice President Wharton, deceased, David Rittenhouse Porter, Francis Rawn Shunk, *William Freame Johnston, William Bigler, Jan. 15, 1839-Jan. 21, 1845, Jan. 21, 1845-July 9, 1848, (Resigned July 9, 1848.) July 26, 1848-Jan. 20, 1852, Vice Shunk,resigned.) Jan. 20, 1852-Jan. 16, 1855, Jan. 16, 1855-Jan. 19, 1858, Jan. 19, 1858-Jan. 15, 1861, Jan. 15, 1861-Jan. 15, 1867, Jan. 15, 1867-Jan. 21, 1873, *There was an interregnum from July 9, 1849, to July 26, 1848. Johnston did not take the oath of office till July 26, 1848. |