Statistics for 15 Notable US Governors

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Governor	State	Term(s)	Hint	% Correct
Mitt Romney	Massachusetts	2003-2007	CEO of Bain Capital and failed 2012 presidential candidate	90%
Thomas Dewey	New York	1943-1954	"_____ Defeats Truman"	90%
Sam Houston	Texas	1859-1861	Texas's largest city is named after him	80%
George Wallace	Alabama	1963-1967,1971-1979,1983-1987	He wanted segregation now, tomorrow, and forever	70%
Adlai Stevenson II	Illinois	1949-1953	After losing two presidential races, he became ambassador to the United Nations	60%
Huey Long	Louisiana	1928-1932	Nicknamed "the Kingfish", he was assassinated in 1935	60%
Patrick Henry	Virginia	1776-1779, 1784-1786	Quoted as saying "Give me liberty or give me death!"	60%
Robert La Follette	Wisconsin	1901-1906	"Fighting Bob" who founded the Progressive Party of 1924	50%
Joshua Chamberlain	Maine	1867-1871	He lead the charge of the 20th Maine at Gettysburg	40%
Leland Stanford	California	1862-1863	Eponym of a university who drove the Golden Spike at Promontory Point	40%
Jonathan Trumbull	Connecticut	1769-1784	Only colonial governor to side with the Patriots	30%
Salmon Chase	Ohio	1849-1855	Presided over Andrew Johnson's impeachment as Chief Justice	30%
Gifford Pinchot	Pennsylvania	1923-1927,1931-1935	Conservationist and first head of the US Forest Service	20%
Terry Branstad	Iowa	1983-1999, 2011-2017	Ambassador to China and longest serving governor ever	20%
Nellie Tayloe Ross	Wyoming	1925-1927	First woman to serve as governor of a US state	10%