Dictionary entry overview: What does dispossessed mean? â¢ DISPOSSESSED (adjective) The adjective DISPOSSESSED has 1 sense: 1. physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security Familiarity information: DISPOSSESSED used as an adjective is very rare.
As of August 2017, there are 34 Republican governors, 15 Democrats, and 1 Independent. This is the most governorships held at one time by either party since 1984, when the Democrats held 34 seats. **West Virginia Governor Jim Justice was elected as a Democrat but changed his party affiliation to Republican in August 2017.
The position was created in 1849, the year before California became a state. The current governor is Jerry Brown, a Democrat who was inaugurated January 3, 2011, and who had previously served as governor from 1975 to 1983.In October 2013 Brown surpassed Earl Warren for the longest cumulative period of time served as governor. Of the 38 governors who held office, seven of them were actually born in California (six of them after statehood): 2  One (Romualdo Pacheco) was born in Santa Barbara. 3  Four (George Pardee, James Rolph, Pat Brown, and Jerry Brown) were born in San Francisco.