U.S. governors

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U.S. governors are the elected chief executives of the 50 U.S. states and several territories, responsible for overseeing state governments, implementing laws, and shaping public policy at the state level.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive position ⓘ
political officeholder ⓘ
ageRequirement minimum age defined by state law ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction U.S. state ⓘ
linked to: U.S. states

U.S. territory ⓘ
branchOfGovernment executive branch ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy impeachment (in most states) ⓘ
canBeSucceededBy lieutenant governor (in many states) ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
distinctFrom President of the United States ⓘ
U.S. representatives ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Representative

U.S. senators ⓘ
electedBy voters of the state ⓘ
electionType popular vote ⓘ
hasCollectiveOrganization National Governors Association ⓘ
legalBasis state constitution ⓘ
territorial organic act ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state level ⓘ
territorial level ⓘ
notableLimitation subject to checks and balances from state legislature and courts ⓘ
subject to state constitution ⓘ
numberOfPositions 50 state governors ⓘ
several territorial governors ⓘ
officeHolderOf state government executive branch ⓘ
officeTerm fixed term defined by state constitution ⓘ
partOf United States federal system ⓘ
residenceRequirement state residency (in most states) ⓘ
role appointing state officials and board members ⓘ
chief administrator of state agencies ⓘ
chief executive of a U.S. state ⓘ
commander-in-chief of state National Guard (when not federalized) ⓘ
convening special sessions of the state legislature (in most states) ⓘ
head of state executive branch ⓘ
head of state government ⓘ
implementer of state laws ⓘ
issuer of executive orders at the state level ⓘ
issuer of state pardons and commutations (subject to state law) ⓘ
overseer of state budget preparation ⓘ
participant in emergency management and disaster response ⓘ
proposing state policy initiatives ⓘ
representing the state in intergovernmental relations ⓘ
signing state bills into law ⓘ
state public policy leader ⓘ
vetoing state legislation (in most states) ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority state budget and administration ⓘ
state laws and policies ⓘ
termLimits varies by state ⓘ
typicalTermLength 2 years (in a few states) ⓘ
4 years ⓘ

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NGA Center for Best Practices → client → U.S. governors ⓘ
NGA Winter Meeting → hasParticipant → U.S. governors ⓘ
Kay Orr → partOf → List of female state governors in the United States ⓘ
linked to: U.S. governors
Republican Governors Association → has part → Republican governors ⓘ
linked to: U.S. governors
Republican Governors Association → has membership → Republican governors ⓘ
linked to: U.S. governors
Chair of the National Governors Association → positionHeldBy → U.S. state governors ⓘ
linked to: U.S. governors
Southern Governors' Association → foundedBy → Southern U.S. governors ⓘ
linked to: U.S. governors
Walter Peterson → category → Republican Party state governors of the United States ⓘ
subject linked to: Governor Walter Peterson
linked to: U.S. governors
John E. Miles → category → Governors of New Mexico ⓘ
linked to: U.S. governors