National Governors Association
Die National Governors Association (NGA) ist eine Organisation der Gouverneure der 50 US-Bundesstaaten sowie der fünf US-Außengebiete (Amerikanisch-Samoa, Guam, Nördliche Marianen, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands).
Die NGA ist eine sehr angesehene Institution und fungiert als Mittler zwischen den Gouverneuren und der Bundesregierung in Washington.
Gegenwärtiger Vorsitzender (Chair) der NGA ist Terry McAuliffe, demokratischer Gouverneur von Virginia.
Ehemalige NGA-Vorsitzende (chronologisch)
- 1910 Augustus E. Willson, Kentucky
- 1911–14 Francis E. McGovern, Wisconsin
- 1914–15 David I. Walsh, Massachusetts
- 1915–16 William Spry, Utah
- 1916–17 Arthur Capper, Kansas
- 1918 Emerson Harrington, Maryland
- 1919 Henry J. Allen, Kansas
- 1919–22 William Cameron Sproul, Pennsylvania
- 1922–24 Channing H. Cox, Massachusetts
- 1924–25 Elbert Lee Trinkle, Virginia
- 1925–27 Owen Brewster, Maine
- 1927–28 Adam McMullen, Nebraska
- 1928–30 George Dern, Utah
- 1930–32 Norman S. Case, Rhode Island
- 1932–33 John Garland Pollard, Virginia
- 1933–34 James Rolph, Kalifornien
- 1934–36 Paul McNutt, Indiana
- 1936–37 George C. Peery, Virginia
- 1937–39 Robert Leroy Cochran, Nebraska
- 1939–40 Lloyd C. Stark, Missouri
- 1940–41 William Henry Vanderbilt, Rhode Island
- 1941–42 Harold Stassen, Minnesota
- 1942–43 Herbert O’Conor, Maryland
- 1943–44 Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
- 1944–45 Herbert B. Maw, Utah
- 1945–46 Edward Martin, Pennsylvania
- 1946–47 Millard F. Caldwell, Florida
- 1947–48 Horace A. Hildreth, Maine
- 1948 Lester C. Hunt, Wyoming
- 1949 William Preston Lane, Maryland
- 1949–50 Frank Carlson, Kansas
- 1950–51 Frank J. Lausche, Ohio
- 1951–52 Val Peterson, Nebraska
- 1952–53 Allan Shivers, Texas
- 1953–54 Dan Thornton, Colorado
- 1954–55 Robert F. Kennon, Louisiana
- 1955–56 Arthur B. Langlie, Washington
- 1956–57 Thomas Bahnson Stanley, Virginia
- 1957–58 William Stratton, Illinois
- 1958–59 LeRoy Collins, Florida
- 1959–60 J. Caleb Boggs, Delaware
- 1960–61 Stephen McNichols, Colorado
- 1961–62 Wesley Powell, New Hampshire
- 1962–63 Albert Rosellini, Washington
- 1963–64 John Anderson, Kansas
- 1964–65 Grant Sawyer, Nevada
- 1965–66 John H. Reed, Maine
- 1966–67 William L. Guy, North Dakota
- 1967–68 John A. Volpe, Massachusetts
- 1968–69 Buford Ellington, Tennessee
- 1969–70 John Arthur Love, Colorado
- 1970–71 Warren E. Hearnes, Missouri
- 1971–72 Arch A. Moore, West Virginia
- 1972–73 Marvin Mandel, Maryland
- 1973–74 Daniel J. Evans, Washington
- 1974–75 Calvin L. Rampton, Utah
- 1975–76 Robert D. Ray, Iowa
- 1976–77 Cecil D. Andrus, Idaho
- 1977 Reubin Askew, Florida
- 1977–78 William Milliken, Michigan
- 1978–79 Julian Carroll, Kentucky
- 1979–80 Otis R. Bowen, Indiana
- 1980–81 George Busbee, Georgia
- 1981–82 Richard A. Snelling, Vermont
- 1982–83 Scott M. Matheson, Utah
- 1983–84 James R. Thompson, Illinois
- 1984–85 John W. Carlin, Kansas
- 1985–86 Lamar Alexander, Tennessee
- 1986–87 Bill Clinton, Arkansas
- 1987–88 John H. Sununu, New Hampshire
- 1988–89 Gerald L. Baliles, Virginia
- 1989–90 Terry E. Branstad, Iowa
- 1990–91 Booth Gardner, Washington
- 1991–92 John Ashcroft, Missouri
- 1992–93 Roy Romer, Colorado
- 1993–94 Carroll A. Campbell, South Carolina
- 1994–95 Howard Dean, Vermont
- 1995–96 Tommy Thompson, Wisconsin
- 1996–97 Bob Miller, Nevada
- 1997–98 George Voinovich, Ohio
- 1998–99 Tom Carper, Delaware
- 1999–00 Mike Leavitt, Utah
- 2000–01 Parris Glendening, Maryland
- 2001–02 John Engler, Michigan
- 2002–03 Paul E. Patton, Kentucky
- 2003–04 Dirk Kempthorne, Idaho
- 2004–05 Mark Warner, Virginia
- 2005–06 Mike Huckabee, Arkansas
- 2006–07 Janet Napolitano, Arizona
- 2007–08 Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota
- 2008–09 Ed Rendell, Pennsylvania
- 2009–10 Jim Douglas, Vermont
- 2010 Joe Manchin, West Virginia
- 2010–11 Christine Gregoire, Washington
- 2011–12 Dave Heineman, Nebraska
- 2012–13 Jack Markell, Delaware
- 2013–14 Mary Fallin, Oklahoma
- 2014–15 John Hickenlooper, Colorado
- 2015–16 Gary R. Herbert, Utah
- 2016–17 Terry McAuliffe, Virginia