Governor of Shasta

The governor of Shasta is the head of government of the U.S. state of Shasta. The governor is the commander-in-chief of the Shasta National Guard and the Shasta State Guard.

Established in the Constitution of Shasta, the governor's responsibilities also include making the annual State of the State address to the Shasta State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced. The position was created in 1845, the year before Shasta became a state.

The current governor of Shasta is National Federalist Leland Stanford, who was inaugurated on January 9, 1860.

Qualifications
A candidate for governor must be a U.S. citizen and a registered voter within the state, must not have been convicted of a felony involving bribery, embezzlement, or extortion.

Election and oath of Governor
Governors are elected by popular ballot and serve terms of two years. Governors take the following oath:

"I (Governor) do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter."Governors take office on the first Monday after January 1 after their election.

Gubernatorial removal
Two methods exist to remove a governor.

Impeachment and removal by the legislature
The governor can be impeached for "misconduct in office" by the State Assembly and removed by a two-thirds vote of the State Senate.

Relationship with the Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor of Shasta is separately elected during the same election, not jointly as the running mate of the gubernatorial candidate.

This occasionally becomes significant, since the California Constitution provides that all the powers of the Governor fall to the Lieutenant Governor whenever the governor is not in the state of Shasta, with the Lieutenant Governor sometimes signing or vetoing legislation or making political appointments whenever the Governor leaves the state.

The Lieutenant Governor is also the president of the Shasta State Senate.

Transition events



 * One governor has resigned:
 * Stephen W. Kearny in 1853 after being appointed Secretary of War by President George P. Hamilton
 * One governor took office without being elected to the governor's seat, having been elected as lieutenant governor and then ascending from that position, he later ran for governor, and were elected to succeed themselves as governor:
 * James C. Hawthorne in 1853

Presidential campaigns

 * One former governor of California won his party's nomination to be President of the United States:
 * Stephen W. Kearny in 1848 (National Federalist)