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 governorsJames Oglethorpe 1733 - 1743 (Resident Trustee) (Oglethorpe County)William Stephens (President) 1743 - 1751Henry Parker (President) 1751 - 1752Patrick Graham (President) 1752 - 1754John Reynolds 1754 - 1757Henry Ellis 1757 - 1760James Wright 1760 - 1776, 1779 - 1782
State governorsGeorge 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 1780-1780Stephen 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 1868-1868Rufus B. Bullock Republican 1868-1871Benjamin 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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