| JOHNRUTLEDGE | US statesman and jurist, the first Governor of South Carolina (4,8) |
| NIKKIHALEY | In 2010, she became the first woman to be elected governor of South Carolina: 2 wds. |
| HOBSON | William ---, British naval officer and the first Governor of New Zealand (6) |
| UTAH | Mormon founder Brigham Young became the first governor of this territory - it didn't become a state |
| AMTCONEYBARRETT | US lawyer and jurist appointed to the Supreme Court on October 27 2020 (3,5,7) |
| MONTESQUIEU | Baron de la Brede et de --, 1689-1755, French philosopher and jurist (11) |
| BENTHAM | English philosopher and jurist. |
| BRIGHAMYOUNG | First governor of Utah |
| GRAHAMTOWERS | Bank of Canada's first governor (1934-55) |
| ADAMS | Samuel ___ (1722-1803), US statesman; an instigator of the Boston Tea Party and one of the 56 signatories of the Declaration of Independence (5) |
| THOMASCOCHRANE | Admiral of the fleet, and first governor of Newfoundland; another admiral, an inspiration for Horatio Hornblower |
| EGAN | First governor of the state of Alaska |
| WINTHROP | John ___, first governor of the Massachusetts bay colony |
| PALMETTO | Nickname of the US state of South Carolina, The ... State |
| KIRKE | Sir David ___ (17th-century first Governor of Newfoundland) |
| COLUMBIA | Capital of the US state of South Carolina (8) |
| HANCOCK | John ___, US statesman whose signature is the most prominent on the Declaration of Independence (7) |
| CARTERET | First governor of New Jersey |
| ESSE | "Emollit mores nec sinit ___ feros" (motto of the University of South Carolina meaning "Learning hum |
| MUHAMMAD | First Governor-General of the new nation of Pakistan, ... Ali Jinnah |
