The Mudflats reports: Since 1900, about 1200 people have taken a first-term oath of office as governor of a state in the U.S. A number of them have left office because they were tapped for federal government posts (a la John Huntsman, taking the post as Obama’s ambassador to China, or Spiro Agnew taking the vice-presidency). A few governors were arrested or impeached. One was incapacitated with a nervous breakdown, and one left office just ahead of the posse (for impeachment).
How many just up and quit?
Three: Jim McGreevy, Eliot Spitzer and Sarah Palin.
