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GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA

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According to the Office of the Georgia Secretary of State, Georgia numbers its governors beginning with William Stephens, first colonial governor of the British Provence of Georgia. Thus, Archibald Bulloch, first governor of the State of Georgia, is considered Governor #7. Georgia had six colonial governors and since joining the Union in 1776, Georgia has had 77 more, for a total of 82. Georgia has also had six acting governors. Eleven of Georgia's governors have served two non-consecutive turns, although Georgia is one of the few states that omits repeat governors from its numbering system. Only five of Georgia's governors have served two full four-year terms.

Sources: Wikipedia: List of Georgia Governors + Natl Governors Assn, Georgia + Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. I + Profilbaru.com

GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
# Governor Born Died Term Party Photo C Lt Gov
7Archibald Bulloch173017771776-1777NoneC
8Button Gwinnett173517771777-1777NoneC
9John A. Treutlen173417821777-1778NoneC
10John Houstoun174417961778-1778NoneC
Fall of Savannah (x)[1]-
ActJohn Houstoun174417961778-1779NoneC
ActWilliam Glascock173017791779-1779Noneno photoC
ActSeth John Cuthbert173917971779-1779Noneno photoC
11John Wereat173317991777-1778NoneC
12George Walton174918041779-1780NoneC
13Richard Howley 174017841780Noneno photoC
ActGeorge Wells 174317801780Noneno photoC
ActHumphry Wells 1737????1780Noneno photoC
14Stephen Heard174018151780-1781NoneC
ActMyrick Davies ????17811781Noneno photoC
15Nathan Brownson174217961781-1782NoneC
16John Martin173117861782-1783NoneC
17 Lyman Hall172417901783-1784NoneC
(10)John Houstoun174417961784-1785NoneC
18Samuel Elbert174017881785-1786NoneC
19Edward Telfair173518071786-1787NoneC
20George Mathews173918121787-1788NoneC
21George Handley Sr.175217931788-1789Democratic-
Republican
no photoC
(12)George Walton174918041789NoneC
(19)Edward Telfair173518071789-1793NoneC
(20)George Mathews173918121793-1796NoneC
22Jared Irwin175018181796-1798Democratic-

Republican
C
23James Jackson175718061798-1801Democratic-
Republican
C
24David Emanuel174418081801-1801Democratic-
Republican
no photoC
25Josiah Tattnall176218031801-1802Democratic-
Republican
no photoC
26John Milledge175718181802-1806Democratic-
Republican
C
(22)Jared Irwin175018181806-1809Democratic-

Republican
C
27David Brydie Mitchell176618371809-1813Democratic-
Republican
C
28Peter Early177318171813-1815Democratic-
Republican
C
(27)David Brydie Mitchell176618371815-1817Democratic-
Republican
C
29William Rabun177118191817-1819Democratic-
Republican
C
30Matthew Talbot 176718271819-1819Democratic-
Republican
C
31John Clark176618321819-1823Democratic-
Republican
C
32George Troup178018561823-1827Democratic-
Republican
C
33John Forsyth 178018411827-1829Democratic-
Republican
C
34George Rockingham Gilmer179018591829-1831Democratic-
Republican
C
35Wilson Lumpkin178318701831-1835Union
(Democratic)
C
36William Schley178618581835-1837Union
(Democratic)
C
(34)George Rockingham Gilmer179018591829-1831State Rights
(Whig)
C
37Charles James McDonald 179318601839-1843Union
(Democratic)
C
38George W. Crawford179818721843-1847WhigC
39George W. Towns180118541847-1851DemocraticC
40Howell Cobb181518681851-1853Constitutional
Union
C
41Herschel Vespasian Johnson181218801853-1857DemocraticC
42Joseph E. Brown182118941857-1865DemocraticC
43James Johnson181118911865-1865DemocraticC
44Charles J. Jenkins180518831865-1868DemocraticC
45Thomas H. Ruger183319071868-1868Military
Occupation
C
46Rufus Bullock183419071868-1871RepublicanC
47Benjamin F. Conley181518861871-1872RepublicanC
48James Milton Smith182318901872-1877DemocraticC
49Alfred H. Colquitt182418941877-1882DemocraticC
50Alexander H. Stephens181218831882-1883DemocraticC
51James S. Boynton183319021883-1883DemocraticC
52Henry Dickerson McDaniel183619261883-1886DemocraticC
53John Brown Gordon183219041886-1890DemocraticC
54William J. Northen183519131890-1894DemocraticC
55William Yates Atkinson185418991894-1898DemocraticC
56Allen D. Candler183419101898-1902DemocraticC
57Joseph M. Terrell186119121902-1907DemocraticC
58M. Hoke Smith185519311907-1909DemocraticC
59Joseph Mackey Brown185119321909-1911DemocraticC
(58)M. Hoke Smith185519311911-1911DemocraticC
60John M. Slaton186619551911-1912DemocraticC
(59)Joseph Mackey Brown185119321912-1913DemocraticC
(60)John M. Slaton186619551913-1915DemocraticC
61Nathaniel Edwin Harris184619291915-1917DemocraticC
62Hugh Dorsey187119481917-1921DemocraticC
63Thomas W. Hardwick187219441921-1923DemocraticC
64Clifford Walker187719541923-1927DemocraticC
65Lamartine Griffin Hardman185619371927-1931DemocraticC
66Richard Russell Jr.189719711931-1933DemocraticC
67Eugene Talmadge188419461933-1937DemocraticC
68Eurith D. Rivers189519671937-1941DemocraticC
(67)Eugene Talmadge188419461941-1943DemocraticC
69Ellis Gibbs Arnall190719921943-1947DemocraticC
70Melvin E. Thompson190319801947-1918DemocraticN/CVacant
71Herman Talmadge191320021948-1955DemocraticCMarvin Griffin
72Marvin Griffin190719821955-1959DemocraticN/CS. Ernest Vandiver Jr
73 S. Ernest Vandiver191820051959-1963DemocraticCGarland T Byrd
74Carl Sanders192520141963-1967DemocraticN/CPeter Zack Geer
75Lester Maddox191520031967-1971DemocraticN/CGeorge T Smith
76Jimmy Carter1924Living1971-1975DemocraticCLester Maddox
77George Busbee192720041975-1983DemocraticCZell Miller
78Joe Frank Harris1936Living1983-1991DemocraticN/CZell Miller
79Zell Miller1936Living1991-1999DemocraticCPierre Howard
80Roy Barnes1936Living1999-2003DemocraticN/CMark Taylor
81Sonny Perdue1946Living2003-2011RepublicanCCasey Cagle
82Nathan Deal1942Living2011-2019RepublicanN/CCasey Cagle
83Brian Kemp1963Living2019- CurrentRepublicanCGeoff Duncan


Footnotes

  1. The capture of Savannah by the British threw the Georgia government into disarray and exile, and records are scarce as to dates and leadership. William Glascock (elected January 21, 1779) [Autobiography of a Colony: The First Half-Century of Augusta, Georgia. University of Georgia Press. 2009. p. 127. ISBN 9780820334424. Retrieved December 2, 2022.] and Seth John Cuthbert (elected July 24, 1779), while often included in lists of governors, are omitted from the official state register, likely because of this reason. A school pamphlet from 1977 notes, "This confusing situation resulted in a number of radical Whigs, mainly from Wilkes County, organizing a second government with George Walton as governor and Glascock as speaker of the assembly. ... As a result of this makeshift election, there were two Whig governments plus the restored loyalist government."
  • Note: Georgia does not renumber a Governor IF they had been a Governor previously. Ex: George Rockingham Gilmer is listed as #34 when he was actually #34 and #37.




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