Answer by  
                                                                                          Emmalynn (50)
                                                            
                          
                          
                                                          Only nine states had governors.  The others had institutions called General Assemblies.  
 The first governors of the nine states are as follows:
 
 Archibald Bulloch--Georgia
 George Clinton--New York
 William Livingston--New Jersey
 John MacKinlay--Delaware
 Jonathan Trumbull--Connecticut
 Richard Caswell--North Carolina
 Patrick Henry--Virginia
 Thomas McKean--Pennsylvania
 John Rutledge--South Carolina