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Pudd'nhead Palin Sez "I Quit"
Contrary to what Pudd'nhead says, "countless" others have not resigned and her definition of "honor" seems to be atypical and nonstandard:
In the last 50 years only 33 governors have resigned:"And though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make."
- 15 resigned in order to accept a presidential appointment
- 11 resigned because they were elected or appointed to Congress or VP
- 3 resigned due to scandal
- 2 resigned after being tried and convicted of felonies
- 1 due to illness
- 1 resigned in order to prepare his fourth run at the presidency
Governors who resigned 1959-2009
| Name | State | Party | Term Resigned | Reason |
| Raul H Castro | AZ | D | 2 | Presidential Appointment - Ambassador to Argentina |
| Patrick Joseph Lucey | WI | D/I | 2 | Presidential Appointment - Ambassador to Mexico |
| Richard Francis Kneip | SD | D | 2 | Presidential Appointment - Ambassador to Singapore |
| Christine Todd Whitman | NJ | R | 2 | Presidential Appointment - EPA Administrator |
| Michael Okerlund Leavitt | UT | R | 3 | Presidential Appointment - EPA Administrator |
| Otto Kerner | IL | D | 2 | Presidential Appointment - Federal Judge |
| Mike Johanns | NE | R | 2 | Presidential Appointment - Secretary of Agriculture |
| Abraham Alexander Ribicoff | CT | D | 2 | Presidential Appointment - Secretary of HEW |
| Kathleen Sebelius | KS | D | 2 | Presidential Appointment - Secretary of HHS |
| Janet Napolitano | AZ | D | 2 | Presidential Appointment - Secretary of Homeland Security |
| Tom Ridge | PA | R | 2 | Presidential Appointment - Secretary of Homeland Security |
| George Wilcken Romney | MI | R | 3 | Presidential Appointment - Secretary of HUD |
| Dirk Kempthorne | ID | R | 2 | Presidential Appointment - Secretary of Interior |
| Cecil Dale Andrus | ID | D | 1 | Presidential Appointment - Secretary of Interior |
| John Arthur Love | CO | R | 3 | Presidential Appointment - Director of the Office of Energy Policy |
| Michael Newbold Castle | DE | R | 2 | Elected US Congress - House |
| James Caleb Boggs | DE | R | 2 | Elected US Congress - Senate |
| Harold Everett Hughes | IA | D | 3 | Elected US Congress - Senate |
| Edmund Sixtus Muskie | ME | D | 2 | Elected US Congress - Senate |
| George V Voinovich | OH | R | 2 | Elected US Congress - Senate |
| Spiro Theodore Agnew | MD | R | 1 | Elected US Vice-President |
| Albert Benjamin Chandler | KY | D | 1 | Appointed to US Senate |
| Wendell Richard Anderson | MN | D | 2 | Appointed to US Senate |
| Edwin Leard Mechem | NM | R | 4 | Appointed to US Senate |
| Donald Stuart Russell | SC | D | 1 | Appointed to US Senate |
| John Joseph Hickey | WY | D | 1 | Appointed to US Senate |
| John G Rowland | CT | R | 3 | Scandal (ethics) |
| James E McGreevey | NJ | D | 1 | Scandal (sex) |
| Eliot Spitzer | NY | D | 1 | Scandal (sex) |
| Harold Guy Hunt | AL | R | 2 | Resigned after felony conviction |
| J Fife Symington III | AZ | R | 2 | Resigned after felony conviction |
| Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller | NY | R | 4 | To prepare for 1976 presidential bid |
| Ella T Grasso | CT | D | 2 | Illness |
| Pudd'nhead Palin | AK | R | 1 | Bad Hair Day |
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MA has not had a great record of Governors. ;-)
Some additions to your list:
John A. Volpe resigns MA Governorship in 1969 to become Sec of Transportation.
William Weld resigns MA Governorship in 1997 to become Ambassador to Mexico.
Paul Cellucci resigns MA Governorship in 2001 to become Ambassador of Canada. (2nd straight MA Governor to resign the post!)
Since these 3 additions are nearly 10% of your list, is your list really complete?
July 10, 2009 3:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
PS Before anyone plays "gotcha": Yes, Weld wasn't confirmed for the Ambassadorship, but he did resign for it.
July 10, 2009 3:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
It is truly a shame one has to come to a blog to be informed of a blatant falsehood uttered so publicly.
Is there a petition we can sign to have Ms. Palin return the crown of thorns she is so desperate to put on her own head?
July 10, 2009 8:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is fun. I mean this is just toooooo damn fun Anon.
Very good. Very fine post!!!!!!!
July 11, 2009 1:11 AM | Reply | Permalink
Sarah, come down from the cross. We need the wood.
July 11, 2009 1:49 AM | Reply | Permalink