Governors of Georgia

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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
7	Archibald Bulloch	1730	1777	1776-1777	None		C
8	Button Gwinnett	1735	1777	1777-1777	None		C
9	John A. Treutlen	1734	1782	1777-1778	None		C
10	John Houstoun	1744	1796	1778-1778	None		C
	Fall of Savannah (x)[1]	-
Act	John Houstoun	1744	1796	1778-1779	None		C
Act	William Glascock	1730	1779	1779-1779	None	no photo	C
Act	Seth John Cuthbert	1739	1797	1779-1779	None	no photo	C
11	John Wereat	1733	1799	1777-1778	None		C
12	George Walton	1749	1804	1779-1780	None		C
13	Richard Howley	1740	1784	1780	None	no photo	C
Act	George Wells	1743	1780	1780	None	no photo	C
Act	Humphry Wells	1737	????	1780	None	no photo	C
14	Stephen Heard	1740	1815	1780-1781	None		C
Act	Myrick Davies	????	1781	1781	None	no photo	C
15	Nathan Brownson	1742	1796	1781-1782	None		C
16	John Martin	1731	1786	1782-1783	None		C
17	Lyman Hall	1724	1790	1783-1784	None		C
(10)	John Houstoun	1744	1796	1784-1785	None		C
18	Samuel Elbert	1740	1788	1785-1786	None		C
19	Edward Telfair	1735	1807	1786-1787	None		C
20	George Mathews	1739	1812	1787-1788	None		C
21	George Handley Sr.	1752	1793	1788-1789	Democratic- Republican	no photo	C
(12)	George Walton	1749	1804	1789	None		C
(19)	Edward Telfair	1735	1807	1789-1793	None		C
(20)	George Mathews	1739	1812	1793-1796	None		C
22	Jared Irwin	1750	1818	1796-1798	Democratic- Republican		C
23	James Jackson	1757	1806	1798-1801	Democratic- Republican		C
24	David Emanuel	1744	1808	1801-1801	Democratic- Republican	no photo	C
25	Josiah Tattnall	1762	1803	1801-1802	Democratic- Republican	no photo	C
26	John Milledge	1757	1818	1802-1806	Democratic- Republican		C
(22)	Jared Irwin	1750	1818	1806-1809	Democratic- Republican		C
27	David Brydie Mitchell	1766	1837	1809-1813	Democratic- Republican		C
28	Peter Early	1773	1817	1813-1815	Democratic- Republican		C
(27)	David Brydie Mitchell	1766	1837	1815-1817	Democratic- Republican		C
29	William Rabun	1771	1819	1817-1819	Democratic- Republican		C
30	Matthew Talbot	1767	1827	1819-1819	Democratic- Republican		C
31	John Clark	1766	1832	1819-1823	Democratic- Republican		C
32	George Troup	1780	1856	1823-1827	Democratic- Republican		C
33	John Forsyth	1780	1841	1827-1829	Democratic- Republican		C
34	George Rockingham Gilmer	1790	1859	1829-1831	Democratic- Republican		C
35	Wilson Lumpkin	1783	1870	1831-1835	Union (Democratic)		C
36	William Schley	1786	1858	1835-1837	Union (Democratic)		C
(34)	George Rockingham Gilmer	1790	1859	1829-1831	State Rights (Whig)		C
37	Charles James McDonald	1793	1860	1839-1843	Union (Democratic)		C
38	George W. Crawford	1798	1872	1843-1847	Whig		C
39	George W. Towns	1801	1854	1847-1851	Democratic		C
40	Howell Cobb	1815	1868	1851-1853	Constitutional Union		C
41	Herschel Vespasian Johnson	1812	1880	1853-1857	Democratic		C
42	Joseph E. Brown	1821	1894	1857-1865	Democratic		C
43	James Johnson	1811	1891	1865-1865	Democratic		C
44	Charles J. Jenkins	1805	1883	1865-1868	Democratic		C
45	Thomas H. Ruger	1833	1907	1868-1868	Military Occupation		C
46	Rufus Bullock	1834	1907	1868-1871	Republican		C
47	Benjamin F. Conley	1815	1886	1871-1872	Republican		C
48	James Milton Smith	1823	1890	1872-1877	Democratic		C
49	Alfred H. Colquitt	1824	1894	1877-1882	Democratic		C
50	Alexander H. Stephens	1812	1883	1882-1883	Democratic		C
51	James S. Boynton	1833	1902	1883-1883	Democratic		C
52	Henry Dickerson McDaniel	1836	1926	1883-1886	Democratic		C
53	John Brown Gordon	1832	1904	1886-1890	Democratic		C
54	William J. Northen	1835	1913	1890-1894	Democratic		C
55	William Yates Atkinson	1854	1899	1894-1898	Democratic		C
56	Allen D. Candler	1834	1910	1898-1902	Democratic		C
57	Joseph M. Terrell	1861	1912	1902-1907	Democratic		C
58	M. Hoke Smith	1855	1931	1907-1909	Democratic		C
59	Joseph Mackey Brown	1851	1932	1909-1911	Democratic		C
(58)	M. Hoke Smith	1855	1931	1911-1911	Democratic		C
60	John M. Slaton	1866	1955	1911-1912	Democratic		C
(59)	Joseph Mackey Brown	1851	1932	1912-1913	Democratic		C
(60)	John M. Slaton	1866	1955	1913-1915	Democratic		C
61	Nathaniel Edwin Harris	1846	1929	1915-1917	Democratic		C
62	Hugh Dorsey	1871	1948	1917-1921	Democratic		C
63	Thomas W. Hardwick	1872	1944	1921-1923	Democratic		C
64	Clifford Walker	1877	1954	1923-1927	Democratic		C
65	Lamartine Griffin Hardman	1856	1937	1927-1931	Democratic		C
66	Richard Russell Jr.	1897	1971	1931-1933	Democratic		C
67	Eugene Talmadge	1884	1946	1933-1937	Democratic		C
68	Eurith D. Rivers	1895	1967	1937-1941	Democratic		C
(67)	Eugene Talmadge	1884	1946	1941-1943	Democratic		C
69	Ellis Gibbs Arnall	1907	1992	1943-1947	Democratic		C
70	Melvin E. Thompson	1903	1980	1947-1918	Democratic		N/C	Vacant
71	Herman Talmadge	1913	2002	1948-1955	Democratic		C	Marvin Griffin
72	Marvin Griffin	1907	1982	1955-1959	Democratic		N/C	S. Ernest Vandiver Jr
73	S. Ernest Vandiver	1918	2005	1959-1963	Democratic		C	Garland T Byrd
74	Carl Sanders	1925	2014	1963-1967	Democratic		N/C	Peter Zack Geer
75	Lester Maddox	1915	2003	1967-1971	Democratic		N/C	George T Smith
76	Jimmy Carter	1924	Living	1971-1975	Democratic		C	Lester Maddox
77	George Busbee	1927	2004	1975-1983	Democratic		C	Zell Miller
78	Joe Frank Harris	1936	Living	1983-1991	Democratic		N/C	Zell Miller
79	Zell Miller	1936	Living	1991-1999	Democratic		C	Pierre Howard
80	Roy Barnes	1936	Living	1999-2003	Democratic		N/C	Mark Taylor
81	Sonny Perdue	1946	Living	2003-2011	Republican		C	Casey Cagle
82	Nathan Deal	1942	Living	2011-2019	Republican		N/C	Casey Cagle
83	Brian Kemp	1963	Living	2019- Current	Republican		C	Geoff 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.