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The Southern Governors' Association (SGA), formerly the Southern Governors Conference,[1] was a United States association of governors founded in 1934 and dissolved in 2016. It was the oldest and historically the largest of the regional governors associations. Since its first meeting 90 years ago to discuss the repeal of discriminatory rates for transporting goods by rail, the SGA had represented the common interests of Southern chief executives and provided a vehicle for promoting them. SGA was a nonpartisan enterprise where shareholders could exchange views and access data, information and expertise on issues of general importance in order to augment the deliberations of public, private and non-profit decision-makers in the American South. SGA operated as an instrumentality of the states.
The last SGA Chairman was Jay Nixon of Missouri. After nearly 82 years, the Southern Governors' Association was officially dissolved on June 30, 2016 by the majority of its members-in-good standing. At the time of its dissolution, the association membership included sixteen states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia), the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Chairs
edit- 1934-35
- 1935-36
- 1936-37
- 1937-38
- 1938-39
- 1939-40 E.D. Rivers Georgia D
- 1940-42 Frank M. Dixon Alabama D
- 1941-42
- 1942-43
- 1943-44Prentice Cooper TennesseeD
- 1944-45
- 1945-46Robert S. Kerr OklahomaD
- 1946-47R. Gregg CherryNorth CarolinaD
- 1947-48William Preston LaneMarylandD
- 1948-49William Munford TuckVirginiaD
- 1949-50J. Strom ThurmondSouth CarolinaD
- 1951-52Allan ShiversTexasD
- 1952-53Herman TalmadgeGeorgiaD
- 1953-54Johnston MurrayOklahomaD
- 1954-55L. W. WetherbyKentuckyD
- 1955-56Frank G. ClementTennesseeD
- 1956-57Luther H. HodgesNorth CarolinaD
- 1957-58LeRoy CollinsFloridaD
- 1958-59James P. ColemanMississippiD
- 1959-60James Lindsay AlmondVirginiaD
- 1950-51Fielding WrightMississippiD
- 1960-61Price DanielTexasD
- 1961-62Buford EllingtonTennesseeD
- 1962-63Orval FaubusArkansasD
- 1963-64C. Farris BryantFloridaD
- 1964-65John B. ConnallyTexasD
- 1965-66J. Millard TawesMarylandD
- 1966-67Edward T. BreathittKentuckyD
- 1967-68Dan K. MooreNorth CarolinaD
- 1968-69Robert E. McNairSouth CarolinaD
- 1969-70Winthrop RockefellerArkansasR
- 1970-71John Bell WilliamsMississippiD
- 1971-72Luis A FerréPuerto RicoNPP/R
- 1972-73George WallaceAlabamaD
- 1973-74Melvin H. EvansU.S. Virgin IslandsR
- 1974-75Reubin AskewFloridaD
- 1975-76Mills E. GodwinVirginiaR
- 1976-77Dolph BriscoeTexasD
- 1977-78James B. EdwardsSouth CarolinaR
- 1978-79Edwin W. EdwardsLouisianaD
- 1979-80John N. DaltonVirginiaR
- 1980-81Carlos Romero-BarceloPuerto RicoNPP/D
- 1981-82Richard W. RileySouth CarolinaD
- 1982-83William P. ClementsTexasR
- 1983-84Charles S. RobbVirginiaD
- 1984-85Bob GrahamFloridaD
- 1985-86James G. MartinNorth CarolinaR
- 1986-87Martha Layne CollinsKentuckyD
- 1987-88Joe Frank HarrisGeorgiaD
- 1988-89Michael CastleDelawareR
- 1989-90Ray MabusMississippiD
- 1990-91Wallace G. WilkinsonKentuckyD
- 1991-92Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.South CarolinaR
- 1992-93Doug WilderVirginiaD
- 1993-94Zell MillerGeorgiaD
- 1994-95Kirk Fordice MississippiR
- 1995-96Mel Carnahan MissouriD
- 1996-97George AllenVirginiaR
- 1997-98Pedro Rossello Puerto RicoNPP/D
- 1998-99Don Sundquist TennesseeR
- 1999-2000Mike HuckabeeArkansasR
- 2000-01Paul E. PattonKentuckyD
- 2001-02Mike Foster, Jr.LouisianaR
- 2002-03Bob WiseWest VirginiaD
- 2003-04Mark WarnerVirginiaD
- 2004-05Sonny PerdueGeorgiaR
- 2005-06Kathleen BlancoLouisianaD
- 2006-07Haley Barbour MississippiR
- 2007-08Joe ManchinWest VirginiaD
- 2008-09Tim KaineVirginiaD
- 2009-10Bob RileyAlabama R
- 2010-11Bev PerdueNorth CarolinaD
- 2011-12Luis G. Fortuño Puerto RicoNPP/R
References
edit- ^ "Southern Governors' Association Records, 1983-2013". Southern Historical Collection. The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 26 January 2021.