| CARTERET | First governor of New Jersey |
| HOBSON | William ---, British naval officer and the first Governor of New Zealand (6) |
| TODD | Christine ___ Whitman, first female governor of New Jersey |
| BYRNE | Kean's predecessor as governor of New Jersey |
| WOODROWWILSON | Democratic president who once served as the governor of New Jersey: 2 wds. |
| EGAN | First governor of the state of Alaska |
| THOMASCOCHRANE | Admiral of the fleet, and first governor of Newfoundland; another admiral, an inspiration for Horatio Hornblower |
| BRIGHAMYOUNG | First governor of Utah |
| WINTHROP | John ___, first governor of the Massachusetts bay colony |
| HANCOCK | First governor of Massachusetts |
| KIRKE | Sir David ___ (17th-century first Governor of Newfoundland) |
| UTAH | Mormon founder Brigham Young became the first governor of this territory - it didn't become a state |
| JOHNRUTLEDGE | US statesman and jurist, the first Governor of South Carolina (4,8) |
| SUSANAMARTINEZ | In 2010, she became the first woman to be elected governor of New Mexico: 2 wds. |
| STUYVESANT | Surname of the governor of New York credited with introducing tea to the American colonies |
| LEWWALLACE | American lawyer, Union general and governor of New Mexico Territory best known for his historical adventure story Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ |
| PLUNKET | Irish aristocrat, Governor of New Zealand from 1904-1910, whose name is in the title of an organisation founded by Frederic Truby King (7) |
| MUHAMMAD | First Governor-General of the new nation of Pakistan, ... Ali Jinnah |
| PETERSTUYVESANT | Last governor of New Netherland |
| JOHNSUNUNU | 1980s governor of New Hampshire |
