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Governors of Georgia (view source)
Revision as of 20:58, September 11, 2021
, 20:58, September 11, 2021→State Governors of Georgia
A list of '''governors''' from the state of '''[[Georgia]]'''.<ref>http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.8fd3d12ab65b304f8a278110501010a0?submit=Submit&State=GA</ref>
A list of '''governors''' from the state of '''[[Georgia]]'''.<ref>http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.8fd3d12ab65b304f8a278110501010a0?submit=Submit&State=GA</ref><ref>http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-governors-of-Georgia</ref>
==Colonial Governors of Georgia==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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<ref>British troops retook a good bit of Georgia during the Revolutionary War, of which Wright governed from 1779-1782.</ref>
|}
==State Governors of Georgia==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Name!! Party !! Years
! Name!! Party !! Years
|-
|-
| Archibald Bulloch
| [[Archibald Bulloch]]
| Whig
| Whig
| 1776-1777
| 1776-1777
| 1777
| 1777
|-
|-
| John Adam Treutlen
| [[John Adam Treutlen]]
| Whig
| Whig
| 1777-1778
| 1777-1778
|-
|-
| John Houstoun
| [[John Houstoun]]
| Whig
| Whig
| 1778-1779, 1784-1785
| 1778–1779, 1784-1785
|-
|-
| John Wereat
| [[John Wereat]]
| Whig
| Whig
| 1779
| 1779
|-
|-
| George Walton
| [[George Walton]]
| Whig/Jeffersonian Republican
| Whig/Jeffersonian Republican
| 1779-1780, 1789
| 1779–1780, 1789
|-
|-
| Richard Howley
| [[Richard Howley]]
| Whig
| Whig
| 1780
| 1780
|-
|-
| Stephen Heard
| [[Stephen Heard]]
| Whig
| Whig
| 1780-1781
| 1780-1781
|-
|-
| Nathan Brownsen
| [[Nathan Brownsen]]
| Whig
| Whig
| 1781-1782
| 1781-1782
|-
|-
| John Martin
| [[John Martin]]
|
|
| 1782-1783
| 1782-1783
|-
|-
| Lyman Hall
| [[Lyman Hall]]
|
|
| 1783-1784
| 1783-1784
|-
|-
| Samuel Elbert
| [[Samuel Elbert]]
| Whig
| Whig
| 1785-1786
| 1785-1786
|-
|-
| Edward Telfair
| [[Edward Telfair]]
| Jefersonian Republican
| Jefersonian Republican
| 1786-1787, 1789-1793
| 1786–1787, 1789-1793
|-
|-
| George Mathews
| [[George Mathews]]
| Jeffersonian Republican
| Jeffersonian Republican
| 1787-1788, 1793-1796
| 1787–1788, 1793-1796
|-
|-
| George Handley
| [[George Handley]]
|
|
| 1788-1789
| 1788-1789
|-
|-
| Jared Irwin
| [[Jared Irwin]]
| Democratic Republican
| Democratic Republican
| 1796-1798, 1806-1809
| 1796–1798, 1806-1809
|-
|-
| James Jackson
| [[James Jackson]]
| Democratic Republican
| Democratic Republican
| 1798-1801
| 1798-1801
|-
|-
| David Emanuel
| [[David Emanuel]]
| Democratic Republican
| Democratic Republican
| 1801
| 1801
|-
|-
| Josiah Tattnall, Jr.
| [[Josiah Tattnall, Jr.]]
| Democratic Republican
| Democratic Republican
| 1801-1802
| 1801-1802
|-
|-
| John Milledge
| [[John Milledge]]
| Democratic Republican
| Democratic Republican
| 1802-1806
| 1802-1806
|-
|-
| David Brydie Mitchell
| [[David Brydie Mitchell]]
| Democratic Republican
| Democratic Republican
| 1809-1813, 1815-1817
| 1809–1813, 1815-1817
|-
|-
| Peter Early
| [[Peter Early]]
| Democratic Republican
| Democratic Republican
| 1813-1815
| 1813-1815
|-
|-
| William Rabun
| [[William Rabun]]
| Democratic Republican
| Democratic Republican
| 1817-1819
| 1817-1819
|-
|-
| Matthew Talbot
| [[Matthew Talbot]]
| Democratic Republican
| Democratic Republican
| 1819
| 1819
|-
|-
| John Clark
| [[John Clark]]
| Democratic Republican
| Democratic Republican
| 1819-1823
| 1819-1823
|-
|-
| George Michael Troup
| [[George Michael Troup]]
| Democratic Republican
| Democratic Republican
| 1823-1827
| 1823-1827
|-
|-
| John Forsyth
| [[John Forsyth]]
| Democratic Republican
| Democratic Republican
| 1827-1829
| 1827-1829
|-
|-
| George Rockingham Gilmer
| [[George Rockingham Gilmer]]
| Democrat/Whig
| Democrat/Whig
| 1829-1831, 1837-1839
| 1829–1831, 1837-1839
|-
|-
| Wilson Lumpkin
| [[Wilson Lumpkin]]
| Union Democrat
| Union Democrat
| 1831-1835
| 1831-1835
|-
|-
| William Schley
| [[William Schley]]
| Union Democrat
| Union Democrat
| 1835-1837
| 1835-1837
|-
|-
| Charles James McDonald
| [[Charles James McDonald]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1839-1843
| 1839-1843
|-
|-
| George Walker Crawford
| [[George Walker Crawford]]
| Whig
| Whig
| 1843-1847
| 1843-1847
|-
|-
| George Washington Bonaparte Towns
| [[George Washington Bonaparte Towns]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1847-1851
| 1847-1851
|-
|-
| Howell Cobb
| [[Howell Cobb]]
| Union Democrat
| Union Democrat
| 1851-1853
| 1851-1853
|-
|-
| Herschel Vespasian Johnson
| [[Herschel Vespasian Johnson]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1853-1857
| 1853-1857
|-
|-
| Joseph Emerson Brown
| [[Joseph Emerson Brown]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1857-1865
| 1857-1865
|-
|-
| James Johnson
| [[James Johnson]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1865
| 1865
|-
|-
| Charles Jones Jenkins
| [[Charles Jones Jenkins]]
| Union Democrat
| Union Democrat
| 1865-1868
| 1865-1868
|-
|-
| Thoms Howard Ruger
| [[Thoms Howard Ruger]]
| Military
| Military
| 1868
| 1868
|-
|-
| Rufus Brown Bullock
| [[Rufus Brown Bullock]]
| Republican
| Republican
| 1868-1871
| 1868-1871
|-
|-
| Benjamin F. Conley
| [[Benjamin F. Conley]]
| Republican
| Republican
| 1871-1872
| 1871-1872
|-
|-
| James Milton Smith
| [[James Milton Smith]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1872-1877
| 1872-1877
|-
|-
| Alfred Holt Colquitt
| [[Alfred Holt Colquitt]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1877-1882
| 1877-1882
|-
|-
| Alexander Hamilton Stephens
| [[Alexander Hamilton Stephens]]
| Democrat/Whig
| Democrat/Whig
| 1882-1883
| 1882-1883
|-
|-
| James Boynton
| [[James Boynton]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1883
| 1883
|-
|-
| Henry Dickerson McDaniel
| [[Henry Dickerson McDaniel]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1883-1886
| 1883-1886
|-
|-
| John Brown Gordon
| [[John Brown Gordon]]<ref>John Brown Gordon was a member ofthe [[Ku Klux Klan]].</ref>
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1886-1890
| 1886-1890
|-
|-
| William Jonathan Northen
| [[William Jonathan Northen]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1890-1894
| 1890-1894
|-
|-
| William Yates Atkinson
| [[William Yates Atkinson]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1894-1898
| 1894-1898
|-
|-
| Allen D. Candler
| [[Allen D. Candler]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1898-1902
| 1898-1902
|-
|-
| Joseph Meriwether Terrell
| [[Joseph Meriwether Terrell]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1902-1907
| 1902-1907
|-
|-
| Hoke Smith
| [[Hoke Smith]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1907-1909, 1911
| 1907–1909, 1911
|-
|-
| Joseph Mackey Brown
| [[Joseph Mackey Brown]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1909-1911, 1912-1913
| 1909–1911, 1912-1913
|-
|-
| John Marshall Slaton
| [[John Marshall Slaton]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1911-1912, 1913-1915
| 1911–1912, 1913-1915
|-
|-
| Nathaniel Edwin Harris
| [[Nathaniel Edwin Harris]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1915-1917
| 1915-1917
|-
|-
| Hugh Manson Dorsey
| [[Hugh Manson Dorsey]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1917-1921
| 1917-1921
|-
|-
| Thomas William Hardwick
| [[Thomas William Hardwick]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1921-1923
| 1921-1923
|-
|-
| Clifford Mitchell Walker
| [[Clifford Mitchell Walker]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1923-1927
| 1923-1927
|-
|-
| Lamartine Griffon Hardman
| [[Lamartine Griffon Hardman]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1927-1931
| 1927-1931
|-
|-
| Richard Brevard Russell
| [[Richard Russell Jr.|Richard Brevard Russell, Jr.]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1931-1933
| 1931-1933
|-
|-
| Eugene Talmadge
| [[Eugene Talmadge]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1933-1937, 1941-1943
| 1933–1937, 1941-1943
|-
|-
| Eurith Dickinson Rivers
| [[Eurith Dickinson Rivers]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1937-1941
| 1937-1941
|-
|-
| Ellis Gibbs Arnall
| [[Ellis Gibbs Arnall]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1943-1947
| 1943-1947
|-
|-
| Herman Eugene Talmadge
| [[Herman Eugene Talmadge]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1947, 1948-1955
| 1947, 1948-1955
|-
|-
| Melvin Ernest Thompson
| [[Melvin Ernest Thompson]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1947-1948
| 1947-1948
|-
|-
| Samuel Marvin Griffin
| [[Samuel Marvin Griffin]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1955-1959
| 1955-1959
|-
|-
| Samuel Ernest Vandiver, Jr.
| [[Samuel Ernest Vandiver, Jr.]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1959-1963
| 1959-1963
|-
|-
| Carl Edward Sanders
| [[Carl Edward Sanders]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1963-1967
| 1963-1967
|-
|-
| Lester Garfield Maddox
| [[Lester Maddox|Lester Garfield Maddox]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1967-1971
| 1967-1971
| 1971-1975
| 1971-1975
|-
|-
| George Dekle Busbee
| [[George Busbee|George Dekle Busbee]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1975-1983
| 1975-1983
|-
|-
| Joe Frank Harris
| [[Joe Frank Harris]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1983-1991
| 1983-1991
| 1991-1999
| 1991-1999
|-
|-
| Roy E. Barnes
| [[Roy E. Barnes]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
| 1999-2003
| 1999-2003
| [[Sonny Perdue]]
| [[Sonny Perdue]]
| Republican
| Republican
| 2003-present
| 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==
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{{Governors}}
[[Category:Georgia Governors]]
[[Category:Georgia Governors]]