And the governor, upon whom the editorial page had showered so much hope and praise?
The Senate President, Richard J. Codey, is to become acting governor upon Mr. McGreevey's resignation.
The lieutenant governor, David A. Paterson, becomes governor upon a vacancy and serves out his term — in this case, through 2010.
He did not give up his medical practice until 1991, when he became governor upon the death of Gov.
As lieutenant governor, Mr. Huckabee became governor upon the resignation, in 1996, of Jim Guy Tucker, who was convicted of fraud and conspiracy in a Whitewater-related trial.
When Mr. Hill heard of this, he at once communicated with Sir C. Smith, the then Governor, upon whose instructions they were at once released.
"Donald Trump owes every American veteran and in particular John McCain an apology," said Rick Perry, the former Texas governor, upon taking the stage.
There had been speculation that she might leave the decision to State Senator Donald T. DiFrancesco, a fellow Republican who would become acting governor upon her resignation.
He was elected to the state senate in 1868 and then was named its president pro tempore; as such he became lieutenant governor upon the death of the incumbent in 1871.
Requiring a majority of the total number of voters on election day would also be in some tension with §1422a, which provides for removal of a Governor or Lieutenant Governor upon the vote of at least two-thirds of the total number of persons who actually voted for such office, not the total number who went to the polls.
