Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1920 — 35 STATES ELECT GOVERNORS [ARTICLE]

35 STATES ELECT GOVERNORS

13 Democratic and 22 Republican Executives’ Terms Expire. Thirty-five states will elect governors next fall at the time when the president and vice-president are chosen. Thirty-two United States senators, to take office Meh. 4, 1921, also are to be selected. Of the governors whose terms expire next year 13 are Democrats and 22 Republicans; while 17 of the 32 senators are Democrats and 15 Republicans. The 35 governorships to be filled offer a wide range, both in terms and salaries. Among the state executives whose terras expire are Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, the highest paid governor in the country, and S. R. McKelvie of Nebraska, the poorest paid. Mr. Lowden receives 112,000 yearly for a four-year term and Mr. McKelvie $2,500 annually for two years.' Only 12 of the 35 will receive over $5,000 a year, and five will be paid $3,000 or less. Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts, whose position carries a $lO,000 salary, is the only governor in the country elected *or one year. All other states have either two or four-year terms. Territorial governors are better paid than the average state executive and two f° ur aro appointed for indefinite terms, with the result that they remain in office as long, as a rule, as the president who named them. Francis Burton Harrison, governor general of the Philippines, tops the list of territorial executives, with an indefinite term and a $20,000 yearly salary. Arthur Yager, governor of Porto Rico, receives $lO,000 and is appointed indefinite term. Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., of Alaska, and C. J. McCarthy of Hawaii each received annual salaries of $7,000 during their four-year terms.