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! Name !! Years
 
! Name !! Years
 
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| James Oglethorpe
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| [[James Oglethorpe]]
 
| 1733-1743
 
| 1733-1743
 
|-
 
|-
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| William Stephens
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| [[William Stephens]]
 
| 1743-1751
 
| 1743-1751
 
|-
 
|-
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| Henry Parker
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| [[Henry Parker]]
 
| 1751-1752
 
| 1751-1752
 
|-
 
|-
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| Patrick Graham
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| [[Patrick Graham]]
 
| 1752-1754
 
| 1752-1754
 
|-
 
|-
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| John Reynolds
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| [[John Reynolds]]
 
| 1754-1757
 
| 1754-1757
 
|-
 
|-
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| Henry Ellis
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| [[Henry Ellis]]
 
| 1757-1760
 
| 1757-1760
 
|-
 
|-
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| James Wright
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| [[James Wright]]
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| 1760-1776, 1779-1782<ref>British troops retook a good bit of Georgia during the Revolutionary War, of which Wright governed from 1779-1782.</ref>
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| 1760–1776, 1779-1782<ref>British troops retook a good bit of Georgia during the Revolutionary War, of which Wright governed from 1779-1782.</ref>
 
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! Name!! Party !! Years
 
! Name!! Party !! Years
 
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| Archibald Bulloch
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| [[Archibald Bulloch]]
 
| Whig
 
| Whig
 
| 1776-1777
 
| 1776-1777
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| 1777
 
| 1777
 
|-
 
|-
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| John Adam Treutlen
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| [[John Adam Treutlen]]
 
| Whig
 
| Whig
 
| 1777-1778
 
| 1777-1778
 
|-
 
|-
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| John Houstoun
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| [[John Houstoun]]
 
| Whig
 
| Whig
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| 1778-1779, 1784-1785
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| 1778–1779, 1784-1785
 
|-
 
|-
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| John Wereat
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| [[John Wereat]]
 
| Whig
 
| Whig
 
| 1779
 
| 1779
 
|-
 
|-
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| George Walton
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| [[George Walton]]
 
| Whig/Jeffersonian Republican
 
| Whig/Jeffersonian Republican
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| 1779-1780, 1789
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| 1779–1780, 1789
 
|-
 
|-
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| Richard Howley
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| [[Richard Howley]]
 
| Whig
 
| Whig
 
| 1780
 
| 1780
 
|-
 
|-
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| Stephen Heard
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| [[Stephen Heard]]
 
| Whig
 
| Whig
 
| 1780-1781
 
| 1780-1781
 
|-
 
|-
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| Nathan Brownsen
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| [[Nathan Brownsen]]
 
| Whig
 
| Whig
 
| 1781-1782
 
| 1781-1782
 
|-
 
|-
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| John Martin
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| [[John Martin]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
| 1782-1783
 
| 1782-1783
 
|-
 
|-
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| Lyman Hall
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| [[Lyman Hall]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
| 1783-1784
 
| 1783-1784
 
|-
 
|-
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| Samuel Elbert
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| [[Samuel Elbert]]
 
| Whig
 
| Whig
 
| 1785-1786
 
| 1785-1786
 
|-
 
|-
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| Edward Telfair
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| [[Edward Telfair]]
 
| Jefersonian Republican
 
| Jefersonian Republican
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| 1786-1787, 1789-1793
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| 1786–1787, 1789-1793
 
|-
 
|-
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| George Mathews
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| [[George Mathews]]
 
| Jeffersonian Republican
 
| Jeffersonian Republican
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| 1787-1788, 1793-1796
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| 1787–1788, 1793-1796
 
|-
 
|-
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| George Handley
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| [[George Handley]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
| 1788-1789
 
| 1788-1789
 
|-
 
|-
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| Jared Irwin
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| [[Jared Irwin]]
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| Democratic Republican
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| 1796-1798, 1806-1809
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| 1796–1798, 1806-1809
 
|-
 
|-
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| James Jackson
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| [[James Jackson]]
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| 1798-1801
 
| 1798-1801
 
|-
 
|-
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| David Emanuel
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| [[David Emanuel]]
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| 1801
 
| 1801
 
|-
 
|-
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| Josiah Tattnall, Jr.
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| [[Josiah Tattnall, Jr.]]
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| 1801-1802
 
| 1801-1802
 
|-
 
|-
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| John Milledge
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| [[John Milledge]]
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| 1802-1806
 
| 1802-1806
 
|-
 
|-
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| David Brydie Mitchell
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| [[David Brydie Mitchell]]
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| Democratic Republican
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| 1809-1813, 1815-1817  
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| 1809–1813, 1815-1817  
 
|-
 
|-
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| Peter Early
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| [[Peter Early]]
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| 1813-1815
 
| 1813-1815
 
|-
 
|-
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| William Rabun
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| [[William Rabun]]
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| 1817-1819
 
| 1817-1819
 
|-
 
|-
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| Matthew Talbot
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| [[Matthew Talbot]]
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| 1819
 
| 1819
 
|-
 
|-
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| John Clark
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| [[John Clark]]
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| 1819-1823
 
| 1819-1823
 
|-
 
|-
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| George Michael Troup
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| [[George Michael Troup]]
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| 1823-1827
 
| 1823-1827
 
|-
 
|-
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| John Forsyth
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| [[John Forsyth]]
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| Democratic Republican
 
| 1827-1829
 
| 1827-1829
 
|-
 
|-
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| George Rockingham Gilmer
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| [[George Rockingham Gilmer]]
 
| Democrat/Whig
 
| Democrat/Whig
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| 1829-1831, 1837-1839
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| 1829–1831, 1837-1839
 
|-
 
|-
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| Wilson Lumpkin
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| [[Wilson Lumpkin]]
 
| Union Democrat
 
| Union Democrat
 
| 1831-1835
 
| 1831-1835
 
|-
 
|-
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| William Schley
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| [[William Schley]]
 
| Union Democrat
 
| Union Democrat
 
| 1835-1837
 
| 1835-1837
 
|-
 
|-
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| Charles James McDonald
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| [[Charles James McDonald]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1839-1843
 
| 1839-1843
 
|-
 
|-
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| George Walker Crawford
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| [[George Walker Crawford]]
 
| Whig
 
| Whig
 
| 1843-1847
 
| 1843-1847
 
|-
 
|-
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| George Washington Bonaparte Towns
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| [[George Washington Bonaparte Towns]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1847-1851
 
| 1847-1851
 
|-
 
|-
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| Howell Cobb
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| [[Howell Cobb]]
 
| Union Democrat
 
| Union Democrat
 
| 1851-1853
 
| 1851-1853
 
|-
 
|-
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| Herschel Vespasian Johnson
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| [[Herschel Vespasian Johnson]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1853-1857
 
| 1853-1857
 
|-
 
|-
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| Joseph Emerson Brown
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| [[Joseph Emerson Brown]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1857-1865
 
| 1857-1865
 
|-
 
|-
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| James Johnson
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| [[James Johnson]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1865
 
| 1865
 
|-
 
|-
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| Charles Jones Jenkins
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| [[Charles Jones Jenkins]]
 
| Union Democrat
 
| Union Democrat
 
| 1865-1868
 
| 1865-1868
 
|-
 
|-
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| Thoms Howard Ruger
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| [[Thoms Howard Ruger]]
 
| Military
 
| Military
 
| 1868
 
| 1868
 
|-
 
|-
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| Rufus Brown Bullock
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| [[Rufus Brown Bullock]]
 
| Republican
 
| Republican
 
| 1868-1871
 
| 1868-1871
 
|-
 
|-
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| Benjamin F. Conley
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| [[Benjamin F. Conley]]
 
| Republican
 
| Republican
 
| 1871-1872
 
| 1871-1872
 
|-
 
|-
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| James Milton Smith
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| [[James Milton Smith]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1872-1877
 
| 1872-1877
 
|-
 
|-
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| Alfred Holt Colquitt
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| [[Alfred Holt Colquitt]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1877-1882
 
| 1877-1882
 
|-
 
|-
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| Alexander Hamilton Stephens
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| [[Alexander Hamilton Stephens]]
 
| Democrat/Whig
 
| Democrat/Whig
 
| 1882-1883
 
| 1882-1883
 
|-
 
|-
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| James Boynton
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| [[James Boynton]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1883
 
| 1883
 
|-  
 
|-  
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| Henry Dickerson McDaniel
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| [[Henry Dickerson McDaniel]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1883-1886
 
| 1883-1886
 
|-
 
|-
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| John Brown Gordon
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| [[John Brown Gordon]]<ref>John Brown Gordon was a member ofthe [[Ku Klux Klan]].</ref>
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1886-1890
 
| 1886-1890
 
|-
 
|-
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| William Jonathan Northen
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| [[William Jonathan Northen]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1890-1894
 
| 1890-1894
 
|-
 
|-
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| William Yates Atkinson
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| [[William Yates Atkinson]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1894-1898
 
| 1894-1898
 
|-
 
|-
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| Allen D. Candler
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| [[Allen D. Candler]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1898-1902
 
| 1898-1902
 
|-
 
|-
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| Joseph Meriwether Terrell
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| [[Joseph Meriwether Terrell]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1902-1907
 
| 1902-1907
 
|-
 
|-
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| Hoke Smith
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| [[Hoke Smith]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
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| 1907-1909, 1911
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| 1907–1909, 1911
 
|-
 
|-
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| Joseph Mackey Brown
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| [[Joseph Mackey Brown]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
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| 1909-1911, 1912-1913
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| 1909–1911, 1912-1913
 
|-
 
|-
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| John Marshall Slaton
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| [[John Marshall Slaton]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
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| 1911-1912, 1913-1915
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| 1911–1912, 1913-1915
 
|-
 
|-
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| Nathaniel Edwin Harris
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| [[Nathaniel Edwin Harris]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1915-1917
 
| 1915-1917
 
|-
 
|-
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| Hugh Manson Dorsey
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| [[Hugh Manson Dorsey]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1917-1921
 
| 1917-1921
 
|-
 
|-
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| Thomas William Hardwick
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| [[Thomas William Hardwick]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1921-1923
 
| 1921-1923
 
|-
 
|-
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| Clifford Mitchell Walker
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| [[Clifford Mitchell Walker]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1923-1927
 
| 1923-1927
 
|-
 
|-
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| Lamartine Griffon Hardman
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| [[Lamartine Griffon Hardman]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1927-1931
 
| 1927-1931
 
|-
 
|-
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| Richard Brevard Russell
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| [[Richard Russell Jr.|Richard Brevard Russell, Jr.]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1931-1933
 
| 1931-1933
 
|-
 
|-
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| Eugene Talmadge
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| [[Eugene Talmadge]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
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| 1933-1937, 1941-1943
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| 1933–1937, 1941-1943
 
|-
 
|-
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| Eurith Dickinson Rivers
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| [[Eurith Dickinson Rivers]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1937-1941
 
| 1937-1941
 
|-
 
|-
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| Ellis Gibbs Arnall
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| [[Ellis Gibbs Arnall]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1943-1947
 
| 1943-1947
 
|-
 
|-
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| Herman Eugene Talmadge
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| [[Herman Eugene Talmadge]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1947, 1948-1955
 
| 1947, 1948-1955
 
|-
 
|-
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| Melvin Ernest Thompson
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| [[Melvin Ernest Thompson]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1947-1948
 
| 1947-1948
 
|-
 
|-
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| Samuel Marvin Griffin
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| [[Samuel Marvin Griffin]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1955-1959
 
| 1955-1959
 
|-
 
|-
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| Samuel Ernest Vandiver, Jr.
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| [[Samuel Ernest Vandiver, Jr.]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1959-1963
 
| 1959-1963
 
|-
 
|-
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| Carl Edward Sanders
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| [[Carl Edward Sanders]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1963-1967
 
| 1963-1967
 
|-
 
|-
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| Lester Garfield Maddox
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| [[Lester Maddox|Lester Garfield Maddox]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1967-1971
 
| 1967-1971
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| 1971-1975
 
| 1971-1975
 
|-
 
|-
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| George Dekle Busbee
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| [[George Busbee|George Dekle Busbee]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1975-1983
 
| 1975-1983
 
|-
 
|-
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| Joe Frank Harris
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| [[Joe Frank Harris]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1983-1991
 
| 1983-1991
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| 1991-1999
 
| 1991-1999
 
|-
 
|-
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| Roy E. Barnes
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| [[Roy E. Barnes]]
 
| Democrat
 
| Democrat
 
| 1999-2003
 
| 1999-2003
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| 2003-2011
 
| 2003-2011
 
|-
 
|-
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| Nathan Deal
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| [[Nathan Deal]]
 
| Republican
 
| Republican
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| 2011-present
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| 2011–2019
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|-
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| [[Brian Kemp]]
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| Republican
 +
| 2019–present
 
|}
 
|}
  

Latest revision as of 20:58, September 11, 2021

A list of governors from the state of Georgia.[1][2]

Colonial Governors of Georgia

Name Years
James Oglethorpe 1733-1743
William Stephens 1743-1751
Henry Parker 1751-1752
Patrick Graham 1752-1754
John Reynolds 1754-1757
Henry Ellis 1757-1760
James Wright 1760–1776, 1779-1782[3]

State Governors of Georgia

Name Party Years
Archibald Bulloch Whig 1776-1777
Button Gwinnett Whig 1777
John Adam Treutlen Whig 1777-1778
John Houstoun Whig 1778–1779, 1784-1785
John Wereat Whig 1779
George Walton Whig/Jeffersonian Republican 1779–1780, 1789
Richard Howley Whig 1780
Stephen Heard Whig 1780-1781
Nathan Brownsen Whig 1781-1782
John Martin 1782-1783
Lyman Hall 1783-1784
Samuel Elbert Whig 1785-1786
Edward Telfair Jefersonian Republican 1786–1787, 1789-1793
George Mathews Jeffersonian Republican 1787–1788, 1793-1796
George Handley 1788-1789
Jared Irwin Democratic Republican 1796–1798, 1806-1809
James Jackson Democratic Republican 1798-1801
David Emanuel Democratic Republican 1801
Josiah Tattnall, Jr. Democratic Republican 1801-1802
John Milledge Democratic Republican 1802-1806
David Brydie Mitchell Democratic Republican 1809–1813, 1815-1817
Peter Early Democratic Republican 1813-1815
William Rabun Democratic Republican 1817-1819
Matthew Talbot Democratic Republican 1819
John Clark Democratic Republican 1819-1823
George Michael Troup Democratic Republican 1823-1827
John Forsyth Democratic Republican 1827-1829
George Rockingham Gilmer Democrat/Whig 1829–1831, 1837-1839
Wilson Lumpkin Union Democrat 1831-1835
William Schley Union Democrat 1835-1837
Charles James McDonald Democrat 1839-1843
George Walker Crawford Whig 1843-1847
George Washington Bonaparte Towns Democrat 1847-1851
Howell Cobb Union Democrat 1851-1853
Herschel Vespasian Johnson Democrat 1853-1857
Joseph Emerson Brown Democrat 1857-1865
James Johnson Democrat 1865
Charles Jones Jenkins Union Democrat 1865-1868
Thoms Howard Ruger Military 1868
Rufus Brown Bullock Republican 1868-1871
Benjamin F. Conley Republican 1871-1872
James Milton Smith Democrat 1872-1877
Alfred Holt Colquitt Democrat 1877-1882
Alexander Hamilton Stephens Democrat/Whig 1882-1883
James Boynton Democrat 1883
Henry Dickerson McDaniel Democrat 1883-1886
John Brown Gordon[4] Democrat 1886-1890
William Jonathan Northen Democrat 1890-1894
William Yates Atkinson Democrat 1894-1898
Allen D. Candler Democrat 1898-1902
Joseph Meriwether Terrell Democrat 1902-1907
Hoke Smith Democrat 1907–1909, 1911
Joseph Mackey Brown Democrat 1909–1911, 1912-1913
John Marshall Slaton Democrat 1911–1912, 1913-1915
Nathaniel Edwin Harris Democrat 1915-1917
Hugh Manson Dorsey Democrat 1917-1921
Thomas William Hardwick Democrat 1921-1923
Clifford Mitchell Walker Democrat 1923-1927
Lamartine Griffon Hardman Democrat 1927-1931
Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. Democrat 1931-1933
Eugene Talmadge Democrat 1933–1937, 1941-1943
Eurith Dickinson Rivers Democrat 1937-1941
Ellis Gibbs Arnall Democrat 1943-1947
Herman Eugene Talmadge Democrat 1947, 1948-1955
Melvin Ernest Thompson Democrat 1947-1948
Samuel Marvin Griffin Democrat 1955-1959
Samuel Ernest Vandiver, Jr. Democrat 1959-1963
Carl Edward Sanders Democrat 1963-1967
Lester Garfield Maddox Democrat 1967-1971
Jimmy Earl Carter, Jr. Democrat 1971-1975
George Dekle Busbee Democrat 1975-1983
Joe Frank Harris Democrat 1983-1991
Zell Miller Democrat 1991-1999
Roy E. Barnes Democrat 1999-2003
Sonny Perdue Republican 2003-2011
Nathan Deal Republican 2011–2019
Brian Kemp Republican 2019–present

Further reading

  • Cook, James F. The Governors of Georgia. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1979. 320 pp.
  • Henderson, Harold P. and Roberts, Gary L., eds. Georgia Governors in an Age of Change: From Ellis Arnall to George Busbee. Athens: U. of Georgia Pr., 1988. 352 pp.

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.8fd3d12ab65b304f8a278110501010a0?submit=Submit&State=GA
  2. ↑ http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-governors-of-Georgia
  3. ↑ British troops retook a good bit of Georgia during the Revolutionary War, of which Wright governed from 1779-1782.
  4. ↑ John Brown Gordon was a member ofthe Ku Klux Klan.
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