Caminetti. mentioned above. was elected to the House in 1890. The first American of Italian extraction to become a Governor of a State was William Paca. a signer of the Declaration of Independence. who was both chief justice and Governor of Maryland before his death in 1796. The next was probably Andrew Houston Longino. son of an immigrant. who was Governor of Mississippi from 1900 to 1904. Here I have a slight correction for Schiavos next edition of his book. After Paca and Longino he lists the next ItalianAmerican who served as a head of a State government as PASTORE. who was elected Governor of Rhode Island in 1945.
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