|
Governors of
Georgia - 1732 through 1909 |
|
Name |
Years Served |
Comments |
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James Edward Oglethorpe |
1732-1743 |
Special Agent of the Trustees in
the colonization; de facto civil and military governor of the
Province; subsequently appointed General and
Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Forces in Georgia and
South Carolina |
|
William Stephens |
1743-1751 |
President of the Colony |
|
Henry Parker |
1751-1753 |
President of the Colony |
|
Patrick Graham |
1753-1754 |
President of the Colony |
|
Captain John Reynolds |
1754-1757 |
First Royal Governor of the
Province |
|
Henry Ellis |
1757-1760 |
Second Royal Governor of the
Province |
|
Sir James Wright |
1760-1782 |
Third Royal Governor of the
Province |
|
James Habersham |
1771 |
Acting Royal Governor of the
Province in 1771, during the absence of Sir James Wright |
|
William Ewen |
1775 |
President of the Council of
Safety, and, virtute officii, President of Republican Georgia
in 1775 |
|
Archibald Bulloch |
1776 |
President and Commander-in-Chief
of Republican Georgia in 1776 |
|
Button Gwinnett |
1777 |
President and Commander-in-Chief
of Republican Georgia in 1777 |
|
Jonathan Bryan |
1777 |
at one time Acting President and
Commander-in-Chief of Republican Georgia in 1777 |
|
John Adam Treutlen |
1777 |
First Republican Governor of
Georgia |
|
John Houstoun |
1778 |
Republican Governor of Georgia |
|
John Wereat |
1779 |
President of the Executive Council
and, de facto, Republican Governor of Georgia |
|
George Walton |
elected November 1779 |
Elected Republican Governor of
Georgia |
|
Richard Howley |
elected January 1780 |
Elected Republican Governor of
Georgia |
|
George Wells |
1780 |
President of Council and, de
facto, Governor of Georgia during the absence of Governor
Howley in attendance on the Continental Congress |
|
Stephen Heard |
1780 |
President of Council and, de
facto, Governor of Georgia |
|
Myrick Davies |
1781 |
President of Council and, de
facto, Governor of Georgia |
|
Nathan Brownson |
elected August 1781 |
Elected Governor of Georgia |
|
John Martin |
elected January 1782 |
Elected Governor of Georgia |
|
Lyman Hall |
elected January 1783 |
Elected Governor of Georgia |
|
John Houstoun |
1784 |
Elected Governor of Georgia (2nd
term) |
|
Samuel Elbert |
1785 |
Elected Governor of Georgia |
|
Edward Telfair |
1786 |
Elected Governor of Georgia |
|
George Mathews |
1787 |
Elected Governor of Georgia |
|
George Handley |
1788 |
Elected Governor of Georgia |
|
George Walton |
1789 |
Governor of Georgia (2nd term) |
|
Edward Telfair |
1790-1793 |
Governor of Georgia (2nd term) |
|
George Mathews |
1793-1796 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Jared Irwin |
1796-1797 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
James Jackson |
1798-1801 |
Governor of Georgia; He was
elected on a former occasion (1788) to office of Governor, but
declined on account of youth and inexperience. |
|
David Emanuel |
1801 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Josiah Tattnall |
1801-1802 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
John Milledge |
1802-1806 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Jared Irwin |
1806-1809 |
Governor of Georgia (2nd term) |
|
David B. Mitchell |
1809-1813 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Peter Early |
1813-1815 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
David B. Mitchell |
1815-1817 |
Governor of Georgia (2nd term) |
|
William Rabun |
1817-1818 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Matthew Talbot |
1818-1819 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
John Clarke |
1819-1823 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
George M. Troup |
1823-1827 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
John Forsyth |
1827-1829 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
George R. Gilmer |
1829-1831 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Wilson Lumpkin |
1831-1835 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
William Schley |
1835-1837 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
George R. Gilmer |
1837-1839 |
Governor of Georgia (2nd term) |
|
Charles J. McDonald |
1839-1843 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
George W. Crawford |
1843-1847 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
George W. Towns |
1847-1851 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Howell Cobb |
1851-1853 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Herschel V. Johnson |
1853-1857 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Joseph E. Brown |
1857-1865 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
James Johnson |
1865 |
Provisional Governor of Georgia |
|
Charles J. Jenkins |
1865-1868 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Thomas H. Ruger |
1868 |
Military Governor of Georgia |
|
Rufus B. Bullock |
1868-1871 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Benjamin Conley |
1871-1872 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
James M. Smith |
1872-1876 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Alfred H. Colquitt |
1876-1882 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Alexander H. Stephens |
1882-1883 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
James S. Boynton |
1883 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Henry D. McDaniel |
1883-1886 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
John B. Gordon |
1886-1890 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
William J. Northen |
1890-1894 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
W. Y. Atkinson |
1894-1898 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Allen D. Candler |
1898-1902 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Joseph M. Terrell |
1902-1907 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Hoke Smith |
1907-1909 |
Governor of Georgia |
|
Joseph M. Brown |
1909 |
Governor of Georgia |
