Living Former Governors
As of 21 November 2012 (2012 -11-21), six former governors are alive. The most recent death of a former governor was that of Raymond P. Shafer (1967–1971), on December 12, 2006. The most recently serving governor to die was Robert Patrick Casey, who served from 1987 to 1995 and died at the age of sixty-eight on May 30, 2000. George M. Leader has been since 2005 the earliest serving US governor still living, and Scranton is the third oldest living former governor.
| Name | Gubernatorial term | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|
| George M. Leader | 1955–1959 | (1918-01-17) January 17, 1918 (age 94) |
| William Scranton | 1963–1967 | (1917-07-19) July 19, 1917 (age 95) |
| Dick Thornburgh | 1979–1987 | (1932-07-16) July 16, 1932 (age 80) |
| Tom Ridge | 1995–2001 | (1945-08-26) August 26, 1945 (age 67) |
| Mark Schweiker | 2001–2003 | (1953-01-31) January 31, 1953 (age 59) |
| Ed Rendell | 2003–2011 | (1944-01-05) January 5, 1944 (age 68) |
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