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State of Georgia
Governors
List of Georgia State Governors
| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
| William Ewen | Feb 20, 1776
May 1, 1776 | Whig |
| George Walton | Jan 7, 1789
Nov 9, 1790 | Democratic Republican |
| Archibald Bulloch | May 1, 1776
Mar 4, 1777 | Whig |
| Button Gwinnett | Mar 4, 1777
May 8, 1777 | Whig |
| John A. Treutlen | May 8, 1777
Jan 10, 1778 | Whig |
| John Houstoun | Jan 9, 1784
Jan 6, 1785 | none |
| William Glascock | Jan 7, 1779
Jul 24, 1779 | Whig |
| Seth John Cuthbert | Jul 24, 1779
Aug 6, 1779 | Whig |
| John Wereat | Aug 6, 1779
Nov 4, 1779 | Whig |
| Richard Howly | Jan 4, 1780
Feb 16, 1780 | Whig |
| Humphrey Wells | Feb 16, 1780
Feb 18, 1780 | Whig |
| Stephen Heard | Feb 18, 1780
Aug 1780 | Whig |
| Myrick Davies | Aug 1780
Aug 18, 1781 | Whig |
| Nathan Brownson | Aug 18, 1781
Jan 3, 1782 | none |
| John Martin | Jan 3, 1782
Jan 8, 1783 | none |
| Lyman Hall | Jan 8, 1783
Jan 9, 1784 | none |
| Samuel Elbert | Jan 6, 1785
Jan 9, 1786 | none |
| Edward Telfair | Nov 9, 1790
Nov 7, 1793 | Democratic Republican |
| George Mathews | Nov 7, 1793
Jan 15, 1796 | Democratic Republican |
| George Handley | Jan 26, 1788
Jan 7, 1789 | none |
| Jared Irwin | Sep 23, 1806
Nov 10, 1809 | Democratic Republican |
| James Jackson | Jan 12, 1798
Mar 3, 1801 | Democratic Republican |
| David Emanuel | Mar 3, 1801
Nov 7, 1801 | Democratic Republican |
| Josiah Tattnall, Jr. | Nov 7, 1801
Nov 4, 1802 | Democratic Republican |
| John Milledge | Nov 4, 1802
Sep 23, 1806 | Democratic Republican |
| David B. Mitchell | Nov 20, 1815
Mar 4, 1817 | Democratic Republican |
| Peter Early | Nov 5, 1813
Nov 20, 1815 | Democratic Republican |
| William Rabun | Mar 4, 1817
Oct 24, 1819 | Democratic Republican |
| Matthew Talbot | Oct 24, 1819
Nov 5, 1819 | Democratic Republican |
| John Clark | Nov 5, 1819
Nov 7, 1823 | Democratic Republican |
| George M. Troup | Nov 7, 1823
Nov 7, 1827 | Democratic Republican |
| John Forsyth | Nov 7, 1827
Nov 4, 1829 | Democratic Republican |
| George R. Gilmer | Nov 8, 1837
Nov 6, 1839 | State Rights |
| Wilson Lumpkin | Nov 9, 1831
Nov 4, 1835 | Union |
| William Schley | Nov 4, 1835
Nov 8, 1837 | Union |
| Charles J. McDonald | Nov 6, 1839
Nov 8, 1843 | Union |
| George W. Crawford | Nov 8, 1843
Nov 3, 1847 | Whig |
| George W. Towns | Nov 3, 1847
Nov 5, 1851 | Democratic |
| Howell Cobb | Nov 5, 1851
Nov 9, 1853 | Constitutional Union |
| Herschel V. Johnson | Nov 9, 1853
Nov 6, 1857 | Democratic |
| Joseph E. Brown | Nov 6, 1857
Jun 17[ 1865 | Democratic |
| James Johnson | Jun 17, 1865
Dec 14, 1865 | Democratic |
| Charles J. Jenkins | Dec 14, 1865
Jan 13, 1868 | Democratic |
| Thomas H. Ruger | Jan 13, 1868
Jul 4, 1868 | Military |
| Rufus B. Bullock | Jul 4, 1868
Oct 30, 1871 | Republican |
| Benjamin Conley | Oct 30, 1871
Jan 12, 1872 | Republican |
| James M. Smith | Jan 12, 1872
Jan 12, 1877 | Democratic |
| Alfred H. Colquitt | Jan 12, 1877
Nov 4, 1882 | Democratic |
| Alexander H. Stephens | Nov 4, 1882
Mar 5, 1883 | Democratic |
| James S. Boynton | Mar 5, 1883
May 10, 1883 | Democratic |
| Henry D. McDaniel | May 10, 1883
Nov 9, 1886 | Democratic |
| John B. Gordon | Nov 9, 1886
Nov 8, 1890 | Democratic |
| William J. Northen | Nov 8, 1890
Oct 27, 1894 | Democratic |
| William Y. Atkinson | Oct 27, 1894
Oct 29, 1898 | Democratic |
| Allen D. Candler | Oct 29, 1898
Oct 25, 1902 | Democratic |
| Joseph M. Terrell | Oct 25, 1902
Jun 29, 1907 | Democratic |
| Hoke Smith | Jul 1, 1911
Nov 16, 1911 | Democratic |
| Joseph M. Brown | Jan 25, 1912
Jun 28, 1913 | Democratic |
| John M. Slaton | Jun 28, 1913
Jun 26, 1915 | Democratic |
| Nathaniel E. Harris | Jun 26, 1915
Jun 30, 1917 | Democratic |
| Hugh M. Dorsey | Jun 30, 1917
Jun 25, 1921 | Democratic |
| Thomas W. Hardwick | Jun 25, 1921
Jun 30, 1923 | Democratic |
| Clifford Walker | Jun 30, 1923
Jun 25, 1927 | Democratic |
| Lamartine G. Hardman | Jun 25, 1927
Jun 27, 1931 | Democratic |
| Richard Russell, Jr. | Jun 27, 1931
Jan 10, 1933 | Democratic |
| Eugene Talmadge | Jan 14, 1941
Jan 12, 1943 | Democratic |
| Eurith D. Rivers | Jan 12, 1937
1941 | Democratic |
| Ellis Arnall | Jan 12, 1943
Jan 14, 1947 | Democratic |
| Herman Talmadge | Nov 17, 1948
Jan 11, 1955 | Democratic |
| Melvin E. Thompson | Mar 18, 1947
Nov 17, 1948 | Democratic |
| Marvin Griffin | Jan 11, 1955
Jan 13, 1959 | Democratic |
| Ernest Vandiver | Jan 13, 1959
Jan 15, 1963 | Democratic |
| Carl E. Sanders | Jan 15, 1963
Jan 11, 1967 | Democratic |
| Lester Maddox | Jan 11, 1967
Jan 12, 1971 | Democratic |
| Jimmy Carter | Jan 12, 1971
Jan 14, 1975 | Democratic |
| George Busbee | Jan 14, 1975
Jan 11, 1983 | Democratic |
| Joe Frank Harris | Jan 11, 1983
Jan 13, 1991 | Democratic |
| Zell Miller | Jan 13, 1991
Jan 11, 1999 | Democratic |
| Roy Barnes | Jan 11, 1999
Jan 13, 2003 | Democratic |
| Sonny Perdue | Jan 13, 2003
Jan 10, 2011 | Republican |
| John Nathan Deal | Jan 10, 2011
Incumbent | Republican |
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