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English general and colonial governor in America. Oil on canvas by John Singleton Copley, 1768-69
THOMAS GAGE (1721-1787). English general and colonial governor in America. Oil on canvas by John Singleton Copley, 1768-69

(1919-1998). American politician. Wallace (left, in suit) as governor of Alabama
GEORGE C. WALLACE (1919-1998). American politician. Wallace (left, in suit) as governor of Alabama, attempting to block integration at the University of Alabama by standing in the doorway while being

Commission assigning justices of the peace, signed by Benjamin Franklin while President of Pennsylvanias Supreme
FRANKLIN: COMMISSION, 1787. Commission assigning justices of the peace, signed by Benjamin Franklin while President of Pennsylvanias Supreme Executive Council, 1787

30th President of the United States. Coolidge Governor of Massachusetts, welcoming the Yankee Division at Abington
CALVIN COOLIDGE (1872-1933). 30th President of the United States. Coolidge Governor of Massachusetts, welcoming the Yankee Division at Abington, Massachusetts

28th President of the United States. Photographed while Governor of New Jersey, 1911
WOODROW WILSON (1856-1924). 28th President of the United States. Photographed while Governor of New Jersey, 1911

17th President of the United States. Mayor of New York, John Thompson Hoffman
ANDREW JOHNSON (1808-1875). 17th President of the United States. Mayor of New York, John Thompson Hoffman, greets President Andrew Johnson at Pier 1 in New York, 29 August 1866

Land grant signed by Benjamin Franklin, while the President of Pennsylvanias Supreme Executive Council, 1787
LAND GRANT, 1787. Land grant signed by Benjamin Franklin, while the President of Pennsylvanias Supreme Executive Council, 1787

Always room for one more. Cartoon satirizing poor relations between then-Governor of New York Franklin Delano Roosevelt
CARTOON: ROOSEVELT, 1932. Always room for one more. Cartoon satirizing poor relations between then-Governor of New York Franklin Delano Roosevelt and former Governor Al Smith. Drawing, 1932, by Clubb

Campaign button for Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates John McCain (right) and Sarah Palin, 2008
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 2008. Campaign button for Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates John McCain (right) and Sarah Palin, 2008

A Plague O Both Your Houses. American cartoon of 1874 on the Brooks-Baxter War, which pitted Elisha Baxter
BROOKS-BAXTER WAR, 1874. A Plague O Both Your Houses. American cartoon of 1874 on the Brooks-Baxter War, which pitted Elisha Baxter, elected Governor of Arkansas in 1872

Only a Stepping Stone : Cartoon by W. A. Rogers from HW, Oct. 27, 1906, of William Randolph Hearst
HEARST CARTOON. Only a Stepping Stone : Cartoon by W.A. Rogers from HW, Oct. 27, 1906, of William Randolph Hearst (dressed as the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz)

Printed text of Thomas Jeffersons Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom in the state of Virginia, c1779
JEFFERSON: DOCUMENT, c1779. Printed text of Thomas Jeffersons Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom in the state of Virginia, c1779

Hands off Tommy! I ll do the driving! Roosevelt decides to be an unbossed Governor of New York
TEDDY ROOSEVELT CARTOON. Hands off Tommy! I ll do the driving! Roosevelt decides to be an unbossed Governor of New York, in spite of accusations of taking orders from Senator Thomas Collier Platt

RICHARD J. DALEY (1902-1976). American politician. Hosting a reception of the Cook County Democratic Committee for visiting members of the Democratic National Committee at Chicago, Illinois

Our New Watchman, Roosevelt. American cartoon by Thomas Nast, 1884, showing Theodore Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT CARTOON, 1884. Our New Watchman, Roosevelt. American cartoon by Thomas Nast, 1884, showing Theodore Roosevelt, then a member of the New York State Legislature

(1773-1841). Ninth President of the United States. Tecumseh and Harrison, then governor of Indiana Territory
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (1773-1841). Ninth President of the United States. Tecumseh and Harrison, then governor of Indiana Territory, at the Council of Vincennes in 1810. Line engraving, 1840

Proclamation of an embargo of exported provisions from Virginia during the Revolutionary War
JEFFERSON: EMBARGO, 1779. Proclamation of an embargo of exported provisions from Virginia during the Revolutionary War, issued by Thomas Jefferson as Governor of Virginia, 30 November 1779

Roosevelt Cartoon, 1899
ROOSEVELT CARTOON, 1899. American cartoon, 1899, at the beginning of Theodore Roosevelts term as governor of New York

Grover Cleveland
GROVER CLEVELAND (1837-1908). 22nd and 24th President of the United States. At work in the Governors office in Albany, New York. Drawing, c1884, by Frederick Dielman

Rutherford B. Hayes
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES (1822-1893). 19th President of the United States. Birthplace of Hayes in Delaware, Ohio. Engraving from an American newspaper, 1876

Grant Cartoon, 1874
GRANT CARTOON, 1874. A Step in the Right Direction. American newspaper cartoon, 1874, by Thomas Nast on the dispute in Arkansas between elected Governor Elisha Baxter

WILLIAM McKINLEY (1843-1901). 25th President of the United States. Photographed in 1894 while he was Governor of Ohio

Roosevelt Cartoon, 1907
ROOSEVELT CARTOON, 1907. American cartoon depicting Theodore Roosevelt as a cowboy branding William Howard Taft, Charles Evans Hughes, and Joseph Foraker, 1907

Jefferson: Title Page, 1787
JEFFERSON: TITLE PAGE, 1787. Title page of a 1787 English edition of Notes on the State of Virginia, written by Thomas Jefferson in 1782

NEW YORK: ELECTION, 1789. Federalist broadside urging New Yorkers to vote for Judge Robert Yates of Albany in the gubernatorial election of 1789

WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST (1863-1951). American newspaper publisher. Campaigning for the governorship of New York. Oil over a photograph, 1906

MORGAN LEWIS (1754-1844). American lawyer and statesman. Broadside encouraging voters to not elect Morgan Lewis as governor of New York, 1804

U. S. CONGRESS: HOUSE, 1856. Northerners in the House gallery cheer the election of Massachusetts Free Soiler Nathaniel
U.S. CONGRESS: HOUSE, 1856. Northerners in the House gallery cheer the election of Massachusetts Free Soiler Nathaniel P. Banks as Speaker after a nine-week, 133-ballot deadlock, 2 February 1856

UPTON BEALL SINCLAIR (1878-1968). American writer. ; photographed in 1934 when Democratic candidate for governor of
UPTON BEALL SINCLAIR (1878-1968). American writer.; photographed in 1934 when Democratic candidate for governor of California

ALFRED EMANUEL SMITH (1873-1944). American political leader. Governor Smith, accompanied by his wife, casts his ballot in a 1920 election at Public School No. 3, Oliver & Henry Streets, New York City

LABOR LEADERS, 1938. Left to right: American labor leaders Philip Murray, chairman of the Congress of Industrial Organizations steel organizing committee; John L

JOHN LLEWELLYN LEWIS (1880-1969). American labor leader. Lewis (second from left) with with labor leader and candidate for Pennsylvania governor, Thomas Kennedy

BENJAMIN BUTLER (1818-1893). Civil war general and politician. American engraving, 1882

ALFRED EMANUEL SMITH. Presidential campaign of 1928: Alfred E. Smith, seated second row center, listens to election results at the 71st Regiment

WOODROW WILSON (1912). Woodrow Wilson, then Governor of New Jersey, with members of the Notification Convention at Baltimore as the partys presidential candidate

NEW YORK: ELECTION, 1789. Anti-Federalist broadside, 19 February 1789, urging New Yorkers to vote for George Clinton in the gubernatorial election

NEW YORK: POUGHKEEPSIE. A view of Poughkeepsie, New York, and the Catskill Mountains on the Hudson River, from the shore of Sopos Island

NEW YORK CITY, c1783. Three out of five parts of a South Prospect of the City of New York. Line engraving, c1783

SIR HENRY VANE (1613-1662). English Puritan statesman. Wood engraving, American, 1846

SIR CHARLES HOTHAM (1806-1855). English naval officer and governor of Victoria, Australia, 1854-1855. Wood engraving, 19th century

JOHN WINTHROP THE YOUNGER (1606-1676). Governor of Connecticut. Line engraving by J. G. Kellogg, 19th century
JOHN WINTHROP THE YOUNGER (1606-1676). Governor of Connecticut. Line engraving by J.G. Kellogg, 19th century

GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE, 1877. Pennsylvania Governor John F. Hartranft (right foreground) at the Pennsylvania Railroad Company car in Pittsburgh that served as his headquarters during the Great

BERNARDO DE GALVEZ (1746-1786). Spanish colonial administrator who served as governor of Louisiana and Cuba and as viceroy of New Spain. Engraving, 18th century

WILLIAMSBURG: PALACE. Remains of the Governor, Lord Dunmores Palace at Williamsburg, Virginia. The main building was destroyed by fire in 1781

THOMAS NELSON, JR. (1738-1789). American Revolutionary statesman and soldier. Wood engraving, American, 1883

JOHN MURRAY (1732-1809). Fourth Earl of Dunmore. Scottish colonial administrator in America. Wood engraving

COLONIAL COMMISSION, 1772. Commission of Joseph Moors as adjudant, signed by Thomas Hutchinson, the last Royal Governor of Massachusetts Colony, 1772

ZANZIBAR: ARAB GOVERNOR. Arab governor at Lamoo, Zanzibar. Line engraving, 1873

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"Governor: A Legacy of Leadership and Influence" From Gen C Gordon to Col Lith, the title has been associated with power and authority throughout history. Just like the steam engine requires a governor to regulate its speed, so does a region need a leader to steer it towards progress. In Kolkata, The Belvedere stands tall as the residence of the Governor of Bengal, symbolizing their importance in British India. It was here that Ras Makonnen mourned The Death of General Gordon in Khartoum on that fateful day in 1885. Even beyond India's borders, governors left their mark. In East Bengal's Barisal, Sir Donald Cameron governed Tanganyika with wisdom and diplomacy. And Lord Dufferin served as the 8th Viceroy of India, leaving an indelible imprint on British rule. But governors were not limited to colonial times alone; they spanned centuries. Pedro de Alvarado, the Spanish conquistador known for his conquests in Central America during the 16th century, held this prestigious title. The influence extended even further when showcased through art and culture. A British Empire Marketing Board poster depicted Takoradi Harbour under Governorship—a testament to how these leaders shaped trade and commerce across vast territories. Sports too felt their impact as seen in Delhi's Polo Team from 1916—an embodiment of grace and elegance under gubernatorial patronage. And let us not forget Violet Bonham-Carter, whose involvement during World War I exemplified how governors' families contributed to society at large. Throughout history, governors have played pivotal roles—shaping nations both politically and culturally. Their legacies endure through grand residences like The Belvedere or tales passed down about courageous figures such as General Gordon or Sir Donald Cameron.