One governor would attempt to extract as much wealth as he could from the province for the benefit of Iraq, the central government, and, not infrequently, himself.

One immediate result was cries from Bergen County lawmakers, who said that the governor was attempting an end run around them.

He was quickly crushed by Probus, but soon afterwards an unnamed governor in Britannia also attempted an uprising.

The governor of the city attempted to persuade her to renounce Christianity, but she refused.

The bitter battling has revived speculation - never far from the surface in Albany - that the governor may attempt a coup in the Assembly.

Successive territorial governors, usually sympathetic to slavery, attempted unsuccessfully to maintain the peace.

Many southern governors, chief among them George Wallace, attempted to use National Guard forces to block civil rights and desegregation initiatives.

Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan called Ryan "pathetic", and suggested that the governor was attempting to save his public image in hopes of avoiding prison himself.

President Derqui again sent national army to intervene that province, but the new governor, Antonino Aberastain, attempted to resist the intervention with the local militia.

"No other governor has ever attempted to challenge this constitutional prohibition."