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John Peter Shindel Gobin ( January 21 , 1837 -- May 1 , 1910 ) was an ___MASK77___ in the Union Army during the Civil War , and the seventh Lieutenant ___MASK36___ . Michael Joseph ' Mike ' Stack III ( born June 5 , 1963 ) is an American ___MASK37___ who is the 33rd and current Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania . A Democrat , he was a ___MASK31___ , representing the 5th District , from 2001 to 2015 . The lieutenant ___MASK46___ is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . The lieutenant ___MASK46___ is elected for a four year term in the same year as the ___MASK46___ . Each party picks a candidate for lieutenant ___MASK46___ independently of the governors . The winners of the party primaries are then teamed together in a ___MASK46___ / lieutenant ___MASK46___ ticket which runs together in the fall general election . Michael J . Stack III is the incumbent lieutenant ___MASK46___ . The lieutenant ___MASK46___ presides in the ___MASK82___ and is first in the line of succession to the ___MASK46___ ; in the event the ___MASK46___ dies , resigns , or otherwise leaves office , the lieutenant ___MASK46___ becomes ___MASK46___ .