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List of governors of Georgia

 

List of governors of Georgia

This is a list of Governors of the state of Georgia, including governors of the British colony of Georgia.

Colonial governors

  • James Oglethorpe 1733 - 1743 (Resident Trustee) (Oglethorpe County)
  • William Stephens (President) 1743 - 1751
  • Henry Parker (President) 1751 - 1752
  • Patrick Graham (President) 1752 - 1754
  • John Reynolds 1754 - 1757
  • Henry Ellis 1757 - 1760
  • James Wright 1760 - 1776, 1779 - 1782

    State governors

  • George Walton 1775 - 1776 (Walton County)
  • Archibald Bulloch 1776 - 1777 (Bulloch County)
  • Button Gwinnett 1777 (Gwinnett County)
  • John A. Treutlen Whig 1777-1778 (Treutlen County)
  • John Houstoun Whig 1778-1779 (Houston County)
  • John Wereat Whig 1779-1780
  • George Walton Whig 1779-1780 (Walton County)
  • Richard Howly Whig 1780-1780
  • Stephen Heard Whig 1780-1780 (Heard County)
  • Myrick Davies Whig 1780-1781
  • Nathan Brownson Whig 1781-1782
  • John Martin Whig 1782-1783
  • Lyman Hall none 1783-1784 (Hall County)
  • John Houstoun none 1784-1785 (Houston County)
  • Samuel Elbert none 1785-1786 (Elbert County)
  • Edward Telfair none 1786-1787 (Telfair County)
  • George Mathews none 1787-1788
  • George Handley none 1788-1789
  • George Walton none 1789-1790 (Walton County)
  • Edward Telfair none 1790-1793 (Telfair County)
  • George Mathews none 1793-1796
  • Jared Irwin none 1796-1798 (Irwin County)
  • James Jackson Jeff.-Rep 1798-1801 (Jackson County)
  • David Emanuel Jeff.-Rep. 1801-1801 (Emanuel County)
  • Josiah Tattnall, Jr Jeff.-Rep. 1801-1802 (Tattnall County)
  • John Milledge Jeff.-Rep. 1802-1806
  • Jared Irwin Jeff.-Rep. 1806-1809 (Irwin County)
  • David B. Mitchell Jeff.-Rep. 1809-1813
  • Peter Early Jeff.-Rep. 1813-1815 (Early County)
  • David B. Mitchell Jeff.-Rep. 1815-1817
  • William Rabun Jeff.-Rep. 1817-1819 (Rabun County)
  • Matthew Talbot Jeff.-Rep. 1819-1819 (Talbot County)
  • John Clark Jeff.-Rep. 1819-1823
  • George M. Troup Jeff.-Rep. 1823-1827 (Troup County)
  • John Forsyth Jeff.-Rep. 1827-1829 (Forsyth County)
  • George R. Gilmer unknown 1829-1831 (Gilmer County)
  • Wilson Lumpkin Democratic 1831-1835 (Lumpkin County)
  • William Schley Democratic 1835-1837 (Schley County)
  • George R. Gilmer Whig 1837-1839
  • Charles J. McDonald Democratic 1839-1843
  • George W. Crawford Whig 1843-1847 (Crawford County)
  • George W. Towns Democratic 1847-1851 (Towns County)
  • Howell Cobb Union Democratic 1851-1853 (not Cobb County)
  • Herschel V. Johnson Union Democratic 1853-1857 (Johnson County)
  • Joseph E. Brown Democratic 1857-1865
  • James Johnson Democratic 1865-1865
  • Charles J. Jenkins Democratic 1865-1868 (Jenkins County)
  • Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger U.S. Military Governor 1868-1868
  • Rufus B. Bullock Republican 1868-1871
  • Benjamin Conley Republican 1871-1872
  • James M. Smith Democratic 1872-1877
  • Alfred H. Colquitt Democratic 1877-1882 (not Colquitt County)
  • Alexander H. Stephens Democratic 1882-1883 (Stephens County)
  • James S. Boynton Democratic 1883-1883
  • Henry D. McDaniel Democratic 1883-1886
  • John B. Gordon Democratic 1886-1890 (not Gordon County)
  • William J. Northen Democratic 1890-1894
  • William Y. Atkinson Democratic 1894-1898 (Atkinson County)
  • Allen D. Candler Democratic 1898-1902 (Candler County)
  • Joseph M. Terrell Democratic 1902-1907 (Terrell County)
  • Hoke Smith Democratic 1907-1909
  • Joseph M. Brown Democratic 1909-1911
  • Hoke Smith Democratic 1911-1911
  • John M. Slaton Democratic 1911-1912
  • Joseph M. Brown Democratic 1912-1913
  • John M. Slaton Democratic 1913-1915
  • Nathaniel E. Harris Democratic 1915-1917
  • Hugh M. Dorsey Democratic 1917-1921
  • Thomas W. Hardwick Democratic 1921-1923
  • Clifford Walker Democratic 1923-1927
  • Lamartine G. Hardman Democratic 1927-1931
  • Richard B. Russell Jr Democratic 1931-1933
  • Eugene Talmadge Democratic 1933-1937
  • Eurith D. Rivers Democratic 1937-1941
  • Eugene Talmadge Democratic 1941-1943
  • Ellis Arnall Democratic 1943-1947
  • Melvin E. Thompson Democratic 1947-1948
  • Herman E. Talmadge Democratic 1948-1955
  • Marvin Griffin Democratic 1955-1959
  • Ernest Vandiver Democratic 1959-1963
  • Carl E. Sanders Democratic 1963-1967
  • Lester Maddox Democratic 1967-1971
  • James E. Carter Jr Democratic 1971-1975
  • George D. Busbee Democratic 1975-1983
  • Joe Frank Harris Democratic 1983-1991
  • Zell B. Miller Democratic 1991-1999
  • Roy Barnes Democratic 1999-2003
  • George E. "Sonny" Perdue III Republican 2003-



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