Governors and Senators of Superior

Governors of Superior

The governor of Superior is the head of government of the U.S. state of Superior, the head of the executive branch of Superior's state government and the commander-in-chief of the Superior National Guard and the Superior State Guard. The governor of Superior has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Superior State Legislature, to convene the Legislature and grant pardons, except in case of impeachment or treason. Governors of Superior serve a maximum of two terms, which are four years each. Since being admitted to the Union on April 8, 1857 as the 32nd state, Superior has had 24 governors. The current governor of Superior is Republican Bill Schuette, who was inaugurated on January 2, 2019.

Governors of Michigan (1835-1857)

This is a list of the governors of Michigan who also presided over the territory of what is present-day Superior, when Superior was the "Upper Peninsula" of Michigan (from which native Yoopers derive their demonym through their dialect and culture to reflect upon this part of their history). After being annexed from the British following the American Revolutionary War, the Michigan Territory was organized on June 30, 1805, from the north half of what was the Indiana Territory, and from 1805 to 1818, the eastern third of present-day Superior was part of the Michigan Territory. From 1818 to 1836, the Michigan Territory would also encompass land in the present-day states of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin before those lands were ceded to the Wisconsin Territory. This also established the present-day borders of the then-future state of Superior. From 1835 to 1857, eleven Michigan governors ruled over the present-day U.S. state of Superior.

1. Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843). Served from 1835 to 1840. Party: Democratic.

Lieutenant Governor: Edward Mundy (1794-1851). Served from 1835 to 1840. Party: Democratic.

2. William Woodbridge (1780-1861). Served from 1840 to 1841 (resigned). Party: Whig.

Lieutenant Governor: James Wright Gordon (1809-1853). Served from 1840 to 1841 (and became governor upon Woodbridge's resignation). Party: Whig.

3. James Wright Gordon (1809-1853). Served from 1841 to 1842, Party: Whig.

Lieutenant Governor: Thomas Jefferson Drake (1797-1875). Served from 1841 to 1842. Party: Whig.

4. John Stewart Barry (1802-1870). Served from 1842 to 1846. Party: Democratic.

Lieutenant Governor: Origen Drew Richardson (1795-1876). Served from 1842 to 1846. Party: Democratic.

5. Alpheus Felch (1804-1896). Served from 1846 to 1847. Party: Democratic.

Lieutenant Governor: William L. Greenly (1813-1883). Served from 1846 to 1847 (and became governor upon Felch's resignation). Party: Democratic.

6. William L. Greenly (1813-1883). Served from 1847 to 1848. Party: Democratic.

Lieutenant Governor: Charles P. Bush (1809-1857). Served from 1847 to 1848. Party: Democratic.

7. Epaphroditus Ransom (1798-1859). Served from 1848 to 1850. Party: Democratic.

Lieutenant Governor: William Matthew Fenton (1808-1871). Served from 1848 to 1850. Party: Democratic.

8. John Stewart Barry (1802-1870). Served from 1850 to 1852. Party: Democratic.

Lieutenant Governor: William Matthew Fenton (1808-1871). Served from 1850 to 1852. Party: Democratic.

9. Robert McClelland (1807-1880). Served from 1852 to 1853. Party: Democratic. There were two Lieutenant Governors of Michigan under Governor Robert McClelland.

Lieutenant Governor(s)

A. Calvin Britain (1800-1862). Served from 1852 to 1853. Party: Democratic.

B. Andrew Parsons (1817-1855). Served in 1853 (and became governor upon McClelland's resignation). Party: Democratic.

10. Andrew Parsons (1817-1855). Served from 1853 to 1855. Party: Democratic.

Lieutenant Governor: George R. Griswold (1794-1857). Served from 1853 to 1855. Party: Whig/Republican.

11. Kinsley Scott Bingham (1808-1861). Served from 1855 to 1859.* Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: George Alonzo Coe (1811-1869). Served from 1855 to 1859.* Party: Whig/Republican.

* - Until April 8, 1857, when Superior was admitted to the Union as the 32nd state.

List of Governors of Superior

1. Sidney Gilbert Alexander (1819-1882). Served from 1857 to 1865. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Percy Willis Massey (1815-1878). Served from 1857 to 1865. Party: Republican.

2. Elmer Anton Swenson (1812-1888). Served from 1865 to 1873. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Frederick Warren McCarthy (1823-1891). Served from 1865 to 1873. Party: Republican.

3. Ira Irving Vaughn (1824-1894). Served from 1873 to 1881. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Adam Lloyd Flanagan (1834-1897). Served from 1873 to 1881. Party: Republican.

4. Maxwell Wilhelm Lithgow (1823-1904). Served from 1881 to 1889. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Lester Ross Chapman (1826-1890). Served from 1881 to 1889. Party: Republican.

5. Oscar Locke Duffy (1823-1910). Served from 1889 to 1897. Party: Democratic.

Lieutenant Governor: Elbert Harley Bowers (1831-1906). Served from 1889 to 1897. Party: Democratic.

6. Herbert Pratt Lehman (1839-1911). Served from 1897 to 1901. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Roscoe Vernon Hatch (1847-1915). Served from 1897 to 1901. Party: Republican.

7. Perry Abraham Pierson (1841-1913). Served from 1901 to 1909. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Otis Luther Gillespie (1846-1924). Served from 1901 to 1909. Party: Republican.

8. Earnest Dwight Hirner (1862-1945). Served from 1909 to 1917. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Clifford Lee Braun (1866-1941). Served from 1909 to 1917. Party: Republican.

9. Marion Mack Lowery (1868-1940). Served from 1917 to 1925. Party: Progressive.

Lieutenant Governor: Emmett Isaac Short (1875-1948). Served from 1917 to 1925. Party: Progressive.

10. Leonard Louis Thornton (1871-1940). Served from 1925 to 1931. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Russell Howard English (1872-1944). Served from 1925 to 1931. Party: Republican.

11. Ernest Kent Schumacher (1879-1947). Served from 1931 to 1939. Party: Democratic.

Lieutenant Governor: Walter Donovan Copeland (1881-1952). Served from 1931 to 1939. Party: Democratic.

12. Clyde Joseph Whalen (1889-1984). Served from 1939 to 1947. Party: Democratic.

Lieutenant Governor: Raymond Kendall Hughes (1893-1974). Served from 1939 to 1947. Party: Democratic.

13. Alva James Menhennick (1885-1978). Served from 1947 to 1955. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Peter Theodore Saunders (1887-1959). Served from 1947 to 1955. Party: Republican.

14. Darryl Tucker Jennings (1898-1967). Served from 1955 to 1963. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Leslie Walter Meyer (1900-1977). Served from 1955 to 1963. Party: Republican.

15. Bryan Jean-Richard LeBlanc (1895-1980). Served from 1963 to 1971. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Glen Donald Holcomb (1901-1990). Served from 1963 to 1971. Party: Republican.

16. Dominic Joseph Jacobetti (1920-1994). Served from 1971 to 1979. Party: Democratic.

Lieutenant Governor: Cameron Tyrone Rasmussen (1922-2004). Served from 1971 to 1979. Party: Democratic.

17. Christopher Brent McFarland (1928-2012). Served from 1979 to 1987. Party: Democratic.

Lieutenant Governor: Justin Dean Frost (1929-2006). Served from 1979 to 1987. Party: Democratic.

18. Simeon Theodore Menhennick (1922-2008). Served from 1987 to 1995. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Benjamin Wayne Driscoll (1930-2016). Served from 1987 to 1995. Party: Republican.

19. Mitchell Franklin Weiss (1933-2018). Served from 1995 to 1999. Party: Democratic.

Lieutenant Governor: Clinton Norman McKinney (1935-2020). Served from 1995 to 1999. Party: Democratic.

20. Daniel Joseph Benishek (1952-2021). Served from 1999 to 2003. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Ivan Aaron Stover (1954-present). Served from 1999 to 2003. Party: Republican.

21. Bartholomew Thomas Stupak (1952-present). Served from 2003 to 2007. Party: Democratic.

Lieutenant Governor: Lucas William Griffin (1957-present). Served from 2003 to 2007. Party: Democratic.

22. Patrick Richmond Hester (1956-present). Served from 2007 to 2015. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Garrett Colton Wilkinson (1956-present). Served from 2007 to 2015. Party: Republican.

23. Jeffrey Rowland Dodd (1950-present). Served from 2015 to 2019. Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: Dalton Flynn McCoy (1958-present). Served from 2015 to 2019. Party: Republican.

24. William Duncan "Bill" Schuette (1953-present). Served from 2019 to present (incumbent). Party: Republican.

Lieutenant Governor: John Warren "Jack" Bergman (1947-present). Served from [insert year here] to present (incumbent). Party: Republican.

Senators of Superior

Superior elects United States Senators to class 1 and class 3. The state has been represented by ## class 1 Senators and by ## class 3 Senators since being admitted to the Union on April 8, 1857 as the 32nd state. As of 2021, Superior is represented by Republicans Fred Upton and Michael R. Perilloux, who were inaugurated in 2019 and 2017 respectively.

Class 1 Senators from Superior

1. Arthur Payne (1810-1882). Served from 1857 to 1869. Party: Republican.

2. John Bryant Springer (1819-1890). Served from 1869 to 1881. Party: Republican.

3. Milton Wesley Dye (1817-1889). Served from 1881 to 1887. Party: Republican.

4. Horace Elijah Crawford (1823-1905). Served from 1887 to 1899. Party: Republican.

5. Shane Gregory Waffenschmidt (1829-1916). Served from 1899 to 1911. Party: Republican.

6. Francis Thames Swanson (1847-1927). Served from 1911 to 1923. Party: Progressive.

7. Dewitt Wilbur Gorman (1856-1943). Served from 1923 to 1935. Party: Republican.

8. Jesse Cole McIntyre (1871-1950). Served from 1935 to 1947. Party: Democratic.

9. Archibald Charles "Archie" Townsend (1876-1968). Served from 1947 to 1959. Party: Democratic.

10. Nelson Matthew Hodges (1892-1975). Served from 1959 to 1971. Party: Republican.

11. Paul Louis Gustafson (1908-2001). Served from 1971 to 1983. Party: Democratic.

12. Leroy Earl Kurtz (1929-2011). Served from 1983 to 1995. Party: Republican.

13. Chester Luther Cowan (1937-2014). Served from 1995 to 2007. Party: Democratic.

14. Eugene Kirkpatrick Marino (1949-present). Served from 2007 to 2019. Party: Republican.

15. Frederick Stephen Upton (1953-present). Served from 2019 to present (incumbent). Party: Republican.

Class 3 Senators from Superior

1. Clayton William Sheppard (1813-1879). Served from 1861 to 1873. Party: Republican.

2. Brock Harrison Dwyer (1834-1887). Served from 1873 to 1885. Party: Republican.

3. Otto Thomas Guthrie (1849-1912). Served from 1885 to 1897. Party: Republican.

4. Clarence Moss Erickson (1858-1920). Served from 1897 to 1909. Party: Republican.

5. Hubert Barsness Dahl (1864-1934). Served from 1909 to 1921. Party: Progressive.

6. Todd Richmond Pearce (1877-1949). Served from 1921 to 1933. Party: Republican.

7. Guy Carlson Rhodes (1890-1962). Served from 1933 to 1945. Party: Democratic.

8. Morris August Ackerman (1891-1973). Served from 1945 to 1957. Party: Democratic.

9. Irvin Austin Rice (1898-1986). Served from 1957 to 1969. Party: Republican.

10. Seth Robert Nurminen Jr. (1909-1999). Served from 1969 to 1981. Party: Democratic.

11. Joseph Norman Friedman (1923-2012). Served from 1981 to 1993. Party: Republican.

12. Ashley Lynn Sutherland (1947-present). Served from 1993 to 2005. Party: Democratic.

13. Keith Arthur Wade (1956-present). Served from 2005 to 2017. Party: Republican.

14. Michael Richard Perilloux (1969-present). Served from 2017 to present (incumbent). Party: Republican.

Superior's At-Large Congressional District and sole United States Representative

The U.S. state of Superior has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by a single at-large congressional district since 1857, when Superior was admitted as the 32nd state in the Union. As of 2021, Superior's At-Large Congressional District is represented by Olivia Rosemary Strauss (1959-present), who was inaugurated on January 3, 2005 and is a member of the Democratic Party.