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 | | In Pharaonic times, the governors (of each of dozens of provinces in the Upper- and Lower - kingdoms, named nomos, by their very names often stating a cultic particularity) are usually known by the greek word Nomarch, though the (semitic) authentical word was... |
 | | The governor may also assume additional roles, such as the Commander-in-Chief of the State National Guard forces (when not federalized) as well as the final legal judicial appellate authority for most criminal sentences involving capital punishment. |
 | | In colonial America, the governor was the representative of the monarch who exercised executive power, many colonies originally elected their governors, but in the years leading up to the American Revolution, the king began to to appoint them directly. |
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