Governors of North Carolina
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A list of governors from the state of North Carolina.[1][2]
Roanoke Colony Governors
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| Ralph Lane | 1585-1586 |
| John White | 1587 |
Proprietary Colony Governors
Governors of Albemarle
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| William Drummond | 1664-1667 |
| Samuel Stephens | 1667-1669 |
| Peter Carteret | 1670-1672 |
| John Jenkins | 1672-1675, 1676-1677, 1680-1681 |
| Thomas Eastchurch | 1675-1676 |
| Thomas Miller | 1677 |
| John Harvey | 1679 |
| Henry Wilkinson | 1680 |
| Seth Sothel | 1682-1689 |
Deputy Governors of Carolina
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| John Gibbs | 1689-1690 |
| Thomas Jarvis | 1690-1694 |
| Philip Ludwell | 1690-1691, 1692-1693, 1693-1695 |
| Thomas Harvey | 1694-1699 |
| John Archdale | 1695-1696 |
| Henderson Walker | 1699-1703 |
| Robert Daniel | 1703-1705 |
| Thomas Cary | 1705-1711 |
| William Glover | 1706-1710 |
North Carolina Colonial Governors
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| Edward Hyde | 1710-1711 |
| Thomas Pollock | 1712-1714, 1722 |
| Charles Eden | 1715-1722 |
| William Reed | 1722-1724 |
| George Burrington | 1724-1725 |
| Richard Everard | 1725-1731 |
Royal Colony Governors
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| George Burrington | 1731-1734 |
| Nathaniel Rice | 1734, 1752-1753 |
| Gabriel Johnston | 1734-1752 |
| Matthew Rowan | 1753-1754 |
| Arthur Dobbs | 1753-1763 |
| William Tryon | 1765-1771 |
| James Hasell | 1771 |
| Josiah Martin | 1771-1775 |
State of North Carolina Governors
| Name | Party | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Caswell | 1776-1780, 1785-1787 | |
| Abner Nash | 1780-1781 | |
| Thomas Burke | 1781-1782 | |
| Alexander Martin | Federalist | 1782-1785, 1789-1792 |
| Samuel Johnston | Federalist | 1787-1789 |
| Richard Dobbs Spraight | Anti Federalist | 1792-1795 |
| Samuel Ashe | Republican | 1795-1798 |
| William Richardson Davie | Federalist | 1798-1799 |
| Benjamin Williams | Democratic Republican | 1799-1802, 1807-1808 |
| James Turner | Democratic Republican | 1802-1805 |
| Nathaniel Alexander | Democratic Republican | 1805-1807 |
| David Stone | Democratic Republican | 1808-1810 |
| Benjamin Smith | Democratic Republican | 1810-1811 |
| William Hawkins | Democratic Republican | 1811-1814 |
| William Miller | Democratic Republican | 1814-1817 |
| John Branch | Democratic Republican | 1817-1820 |
| Jesse Franklin | Democratic Republican | 1820-1821 |
| Gabriel Holmes | Democratic Republican | 1821-1824 |
| Hutchins Gordon Burton | Federalist | 1824-1827 |
| James Iredell | Democratic Republican | 1827-1828 |
| John Owen | Democrat | 1828-1830 |
| Montfort Stokes | Democrat | 1830-1832 |
| David Lowry Swain | Whig | 1832-1835 |
| Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. | Democrat | 1835-1836 |
| Edward Bishop Dudley | Whig | 1836-1841 |
| John Motley Morehead | Whig | 1841-1845 |
| William Alexander Graham | Whig | 1845-1849 |
| Charles Manly | Whig | 1849-1850 |
| David Settle Reid | Democrat | 1851-1854 |
| Warren Winslow | Democrat | 1854-1855 |
| Thomas Bragg | Democrat | 1855-1859 |
| John Willis Ellis | Democrat | 1859-1861 |
| Henry Toole Clark | Democrat | 1861-1862 |
| Zebulon Baird Vance | Democrat | 1862-1865, 1877-1879 |
| Jonathan Worth | Democrat | 1865-1868 |
| William Woods Holden | Republican | 1865, 1868-1870 |
| Tod Robinson Caldwell | Republican | 1870-1874 |
| Curtis Hooks Brogden | Republican | 1874-1877 |
| Thomas Jordan Jarvis | Democrat | 1879-1885 |
| Alfred Moore Scales | Democrat | 1885-1889 |
| Daniel Gould Fowle | Democrat | 1889-1891 |
| Thomas Michael Holt | Democrat | 1891-1893 |
| Elias Carr | Democrat | 1893-1897 |
| Daniel Lindsay Russell | Republican | 1897-1901 |
| Charles Brantley Aycock | Democrat | 1901-1905 |
| Robert Broadnax Glenn | Democrat | 1905-1909 |
| William Walton Kitchin | Democrat | 1909-1913 |
| Locke Craig | Democrat | 1913-1917 |
| Thomas Walter Bickett | Democrat | 1917-1921 |
| Cameron A. Morrison | Democrat | 1921-1925 |
| Angus Wilton McLean | Democrat | 1925-1929 |
| Oliver Max Gardner | Baptist | 1929-1933 |
| John Christopher Blucher Ehringhaus | Democrat | 1933-1937 |
| Clyde Roark Hoey | Democrat | 1937-1941 |
| Joseph Melville Broughton | Democrat | 1941-1945 |
| Robert Gregg Cherry | Democrat | 1945-1949 |
| William Kerr Scott | Democrat | 1949-1953 |
| William Bradley Umstead | Democrat | 1953-1954 |
| Luther Hartwell Hodges | Democrat | 1954-1961 |
| James Terry Sanford | Democrat | 1961-1965 |
| Dan Killian Moore | Democrat | 1965-1969 |
| Robert Walter "Bob" Scott | Democrat | 1969-1973 |
| James E. Holshouser, Jr. | Republican | 1973-1977 |
| James Baxter Hunt, Jr. | Democrat | 1977-1985, 1993-2001 |
| James Grubbs Martin | Republican | 1985-1993 |
| Michael F. Easley | Democrat | 2001-2009 |
| Beverley Perdue | Democrat | 2009–2013 |
| Pat McCrory | Republican | 2013-2017 |
| Roy Cooper | Democrat | 2017-2025 |
| Josh Stein | Democrat | 2025-present |
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