Though not elected to the position, a man from this state became the 1st blind governor & the 4th black governor in the U.S.
The Governor of Texas is the chief executive of 
the State of Texas, the presiding officer over the ... Price Daniel was elected to the 
governorship in 1956 and re-elected in 1958... [DOC] [TLE] David Paterson to Become First African American Gov in NY History ... [PAR] Mar 13, 2008 ... JUAN GONZALEZ: Spitzer became the first New York governor to ... first African 
American governor and the first blind chief executive in the nation's history.