Governor of New Netherland (An Honorable Retelling)

Governor of New Netherland Gouverneur van Nieuw-Nederland
Flag of New Netherland
Incumbent Dick Posthumus since January 1, 2021
Style	Governor (informal) The Honourable (formal) His Excellency (courtesy)
Status	Head of state Head of government
Term length	Four years, no term limit
Formation	July 30, 1777 (247 years ago)
Deputy	Lieutenant Governor of New Netherland

The governor of New Netherland is the head of government of the state of New Netherland, part of the United States of Columbia. The governor is not only the head of the executive branch of the state government, but also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. It is the governor's duty to enforce the laws of the state and they have the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Legislature, granting pardons, except in cases of impeachment and treason.

The state of New Netherland was not originally a part of the Anglophone colonies that first started the Columbian Revolutionary War, instead joining them over disputes with the governing Dutch monarchy. Before becoming part of the United States, the territory was administrated by a director, also called director-general. Despite the integration of New Netherland alongside the anglophone states, president Benjamin Franklin blocked many New Netherlander politicians from reaching nationwide offices such as the presidential Cabinet or even the presidency, causing the so-called ''Hall-Mansion split''.

This split later motivated a new policy in the state that rejected European immigration, rather than embracing it like close eastern states with large cities. Franklin D. Rosenvelt, elected in 1929, set ending these policies as the main focus of his tenure, successfully achieving to implement a series of laws that let to his very successor, Thomas E. Dewey to be one of the first Governors with direct English ancestry and to not have Dutch as his first language, setting a trend for the following years.

Since its formation on July 30, 1777, the office has been held by 35 people, with Dick Posthumus as the incumbent Governor and the first to be a part of the Populist Party.

List of governors

No.	Portrait	Name	Party		Term in office	Lt. Governor
1		George Clinton		None	July 30, 1777 - July 1, 1793		Pierre Van Cortlandt
				Anti-Federalist
2		Herman Willem Daendels		Federalist	July 1, 1793 - July 1, 1801		Stephen Van Rensselaer
3		DeWitt Clinton		Democratic-Republican	July 1, 1801 - July 1, 1805		Jeremiah Van Rensselaer
4		Wybo Fijnje		Federalist	July 1, 1805 - July 1, 1809		Isaac B. Van Houten
5		Pieter 't Hoen		Federalist	July 1, 1809 - July 1, 1813		Gustaaf Godewyn
6		Stephen Van Rensselaer		Federalist	July 1, 1813 - January 1, 1826		Pieter Vreede
7		David Hendrik Chassé		Federalist	January 1, 1826 - January 1, 1834		Martin Kalbfleisch
8		Gerrit Schimmelpenninck		Whig	January 1, 1834 - January 1, 1846		Jacob de Kempenaer
9		Johan Rudolph Thorbecke		Whig	January 1, 1846 - March 2, 1857		Floris Adriaan van Hall
10		Floris Adriaan van Hall		Whig	March 2, 1857 - January 1, 1862		Henry Jarvis Raymond (acting)
11		Guillaume G. van Prinsterer		Republican	January 1, 1862 - January 1, 1870		Jacob Aaron Westervelt
12		Theo L. Sandenburg		Democratic	January 1, 1870 - January 1, 1878		Peter Dumont Vroom (1870-1873)
						Vacant (1873-1878)
13		Frederick T. Frelinghuysen		Republican	January 1, 1878 - January 1, 1886		Daniel W. Voorhees
14		Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello		Republican	January 1, 1886 - January 1, 1895		Gijsbert van Tienhoven
15		Gijsbert van Tienhoven		Republican	January 1, 1894 - January 1, 1899		Henry C. Warmoth
16		Theodore Rosenvelt		Republican	January 1, 1899 - January 1, 1907		Timothy L. Woodruff (1899-1903)
							Frank W. Higgins (1903-1907)
17		Charles Evans Hughes		Republican	January 1, 1907 - January 1, 1913		Robert Anderson Van Wyck
18		William Sulzer		Democratic	January 1, 1913 - October 17, 1913 (impeached)		James W. Gerard
19		James W. Gerard		Democratic	October 17, 1913 - December 31, 1914		Pieter Oud (acting)
20		Hamilton Fish II		Republican	January 1, 1915 - January 1, 1925		Harold G. Hoffman
21		Theodore Rosenvelt III		Republican	January 1, 1925 - January 1, 1927		Arthur Vandenberg
22		Arthur Vandenberg		Republican	January 1, 1927 - January 1, 1929		Bartel J. Jonkman
23		Franklin D. Rosenvelt		Republican	January 1, 1929 - January 1, 1945		Frank E. Doremus (1929-1939) William Henry Vanderbilt III (1939-1945)
24		Thomas E. Dewey		Republican	January 1, 1945 - December 31, 1948		William Henry Vanderbilt III
25		William Henry Vanderbilt III		Republican	December 31, 1948 - January 1, 1957		George B. Timmerman Jr. (acting)
							Cortlandt V. R. Schuyler
26		Nelson Rockefeller		Republican	January 1, 1957 - January 1, 1965		De Villiers Graaff
27		Hugh Carey		Democratic	January 1, 1965 - January 1, 1973		John Van de Kamp
28		Marge Roukema		Republican	January 1, 1973 - January 1, 1981		Victor Vroom
29		Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello		Republican	January 1, 1981 - January 1, 1989		John Lindsay
30		Fred Thompson		Democratic	January 1, 1989 - January 1, 1993		John Hickenlooper
31		Marge Roukema		Republican	January 1, 1993 - January 1, 2001		Pete Hoekstra
32		Pete Hoekstra		Republican	January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2005		Chris Van Hollen
33		Ivo H. Daalder		Republican	January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2013		Kenny Hulshof
34		Ronald Venetiaan		Republican	January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017		Jules Wijdenbosch
35		Jules Wijdenbosch		Republican	January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2021		Bill Huizenga
36		Dick Posthumus		Populist	January 1, 2021 - Incumbent		Manon Fokke