The supreme executive power shall be vested in a governor, who shall be commander-in-chief of all military forces of the state not in active service of the united states. the governor shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, commission all officers of the state and counties, and transact all necessary business with the officers of government. the position described in the quote above compares closest to the national position of u.s. representative u.s. president u.s. senator u.s. federal judge

The U.S president is the head of the executive branch of the government, he foresees that the laws are correctly enforced and is the commander in chief of all military forces of the country not in active. When the United States of America were founded they were a union of different states already founded, so imagine it as a unification of countries, that is why the figure of the governor is realy close to that of the president when it comes to state decisions and position, they would be the "president" of the state and each state has its own little country-like constitution and government.