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Burgoyne Willkie, first Governor of Southern Vandalia.
The Governor of Southern Vandalia is the chief executive of the Confederation of Southern Vandalia. The office was created in 1877 when the former Confederation of Vandalia was separated into Northern and Southern Vandalia. Since Vandalian Governor Hiram Potter was a resident of the new Northern Vandalia, he became that confederation's first governor, while the Southern Vandalians held elections for their own governor.
As of the 1880 census, Southern Vandalia had a population of 3.2 million, of whom 2.2 million were Negroes. The 1877 gubernatorial election went largely along racial lines, with the confederation's Negro voters electing Burgoyne Willkie. Willkie's government was sufficiently moderate that when he ran for re-election in 1882, he won 30% of the confederation's white vote.
The most notable Southern Vandalian governor after Willkie was Howard Washburne, who resigned in 1915 to lead the Friends of Black Mexico and its successor organization, the League for Brotherhood.
Current Governor-General Carter Monaghan also served as Governor of Southern Vandalia before becoming Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Governor-General Perry Jay.
Governors of Southern Vandalia |
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Burgoyne Willkie • Howard Washburne • Carter Monaghan |