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