It's been a long time since I did a post about American state governors' names. My theory is that governors are drawn from a particular ruling class that favours these unusual names. I haven't tested it, but I would bet that any list of 100 American teachers, police officers or dry cleaners would turn up a far lower % of odd names.
To recap my here are 5 faves at random from previous posts;
Ruby Laffoon, 43rd Governor of Kentucky
Person Colby Cheney, 35th Governor of New Hampshire
Hazen S. Pingree, 25th Governor of Michigan
Alphaeus Felch, 5th Governor of Michigan
Meredith Marmaduke, 8th Governor of Missouri
Some more to consider.
and I have to extend a big welcome to someone with a great name, but who does not match this profile at all, Georgia's governor-elect
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