List of Governors of Georgia

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This is a list of Governors of the state of Georgia, including governors of the British colony of Georgia. Following the dates of service for many governors is the county or city named after that governor.

Contents

[edit] Colonial governors

[edit] State governors

Name Took
office		 Left
office		 Party Namesake
George Walton[1] 1775 1776 Whig[2] Walton County
William Ewen[3] 1776 1776 Whig
Archibald Bulloch[4] 1776 1777 Whig Bulloch County
Button Gwinnett[5] 1777 1777 Whig Gwinnett County
John A. Treutlen 1777 1778 Whig Treutlen County
John Houstoun 1778 1779 Whig Houston County
William Glascock[6] 1779 1779 Whig
Seth John Cuthbert[7] 1779 1779 Whig
John Wereat[8] 1779 1780 Whig
George Walton 1779 1780 Whig Walton County
Richard Howly 1780 1780 Whig
Stephen Heard[9] 1780 1780 Whig Heard County
Myrick Davies[10] 1780 1781 Whig
Nathan Brownson 1781 1782 none
John Martin 1782 1783 none
Lyman Hall 1783 1784 none Hall County
John Houstoun 1784 1785 none Houston County
Samuel Elbert 1785 1786 none Elbert County
Edward Telfair 1786 1787 none Telfair County
George Mathews 1787 1788 none
George Handley 1788 1789 none
George Walton 1789 1790 none Walton County
Edward Telfair 1790 1793 none Telfair County
George Mathews 1793 1796 none
Jared Irwin 1796 1798 Jeffersonian Republican Irwin County
James Jackson 1798 1801 Jeffersonian Republican,
Jackson faction		 Jackson County
David Emanuel 1801 1801 Jeffersonian Republican,
Jackson faction		 Emanuel County
Josiah Tattnall, Jr. 1801 1802 Jeffersonian Republican,
Jackson faction		 Tattnall County
John Milledge 1802 1806 Jeffersonian Republican,
Jackson faction		 Milledgeville
Jared Irwin 1806 1809 Jeffersonian Republican,
Jackson faction		 Irwin County
David B. Mitchell 1809 1813 Jeffersonian Republican,
Jackson faction
Peter Early 1813 1815 Jeffersonian Republican,
Jackson faction		 Early County
David B. Mitchell 1815 1817 Jeffersonian Republican,
Jackson faction
William Rabun 1817 1819 Jeffersonian Republican,
Troup faction

[11]

 Rabun County
Matthew Talbot 1819 1819 Jeffersonian Republican,
Clark faction		 Talbot County
John Clark 1819 1823 Jeffersonian Republican,
Clark faction
George M. Troup 1823 1827 Jeffersonian Republican,
Troup faction		 Troup County
John Forsyth 1827 1829 Jeffersonian Republican,
Troup faction		 Forsyth County
George R. Gilmer 1829 1831 Jeffersonian Republican,
Troup faction		 Gilmer County
Wilson Lumpkin 1831 1835 Union (Democratic) Lumpkin County
William Schley 1835 1837 Union (Democratic) Schley County
George R. Gilmer 1837 1839 State Rights (Whig) Gilmer County
Charles J. McDonald 1839 1843 Union (Democratic)
George W. Crawford 1843 1847 Whig Crawford County
George W. Towns 1847 1851 Democratic Towns County
Howell Cobb 1851 1853 Constitutional Union (Democratic) (not Cobb County)
Herschel V. Johnson 1853 1857 Democratic Johnson County
Joseph E. Brown 1857 1865 Democratic
James Johnson 1865 1865 Democratic
Charles J. Jenkins 1865 1868 Democratic Jenkins County
Thomas H. Ruger 1868 1868 Provisional U.S. Military governor
Rufus B. Bullock 1868 1871 Republican
Benjamin Conley 1871 1872 Republican
James M. Smith 1872 1877 Democratic
Alfred H. Colquitt 1877 1882 Democratic (not Colquitt County)
Alexander H. Stephens 1882 1883 Democratic Stephens County
James S. Boynton 1883 1883 Democratic
Henry D. McDaniel 1883 1886 Democratic
John B. Gordon 1886 1890 Democratic (not Gordon County)
William J. Northen 1890 1894 Democratic
William Y. Atkinson 1894 1898 Democratic Atkinson County
Allen D. Candler 1898 1902 Democratic Candler County
Joseph M. Terrell 1902 1907 Democratic (not Terrell County)
Hoke Smith 1907 1909 Democratic
Joseph M. Brown 1909 1911 Democratic
Hoke Smith 1911 1911 Democratic
John M. Slaton 1911 1912 Democratic
Joseph M. Brown 1912 1913 Democratic
John M. Slaton 1913 1915 Democratic
Nathaniel E. Harris 1915 1917 Democratic
Hugh M. Dorsey 1917 1921 Democratic
Thomas W. Hardwick 1921 1923 Democratic
Clifford Walker 1923 1927 Democratic
Lamartine G. Hardman 1927 1931 Democratic
Richard Russell, Jr. 1931 1933 Democratic
Eugene Talmadge 1933 1937 Democratic
Eurith D. Rivers 1937 1941 Democratic
Eugene Talmadge 1941 1943 Democratic
Ellis Arnall 1943 1947 Democratic
Melvin E. Thompson 1947 1948 Democratic
Herman Talmadge 1948 1955 Democratic
Marvin Griffin 1955 1959 Democratic
Ernest Vandiver 1959 1963 Democratic
Carl E. Sanders 1963 1967 Democratic
Lester Maddox 1967 1971 Democratic
Jimmy Carter 1971 1975 Democratic
George Busbee 1975 1983 Democratic
Joe Frank Harris 1983 1991 Democratic
Zell Miller 1991 1999 Democratic
Roy Barnes 1999 2003 Democratic
Sonny Perdue 2003 Republican

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ President of Council of Safety.
  2. ^ Not a formal political party, and not to be confused with the 19th-century United States Whig Party.
  3. ^ President of Council of Safety.
  4. ^ President.
  5. ^ President.
  6. ^ President of Executive Council.
  7. ^ President of Supreme Executive Council.
  8. ^ President of Supreme Executive Council.
  9. ^ President of Executive Council.
  10. ^ President of Executive Council.
  11. ^ The Troup party was essentially the continuation of the Jackson faction (followers of James Jackson).

[edit] Source

  • A History of Georgia, second ed. Kenneth Coleman, general editor. University of Georgia Press: 1991.
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