The office of Governor of the State of Georgia is an elected position. Each election of office is for four years and a single individual may be re-elected once. The office of Lieutenant Governor was created in 1845 and the first Lieutenant Governor took office in 1947.
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Governor | Took Office | Left Office | Lt. Governor |
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William Ewen | 22 Jun 1775 | 11 Dec 1775 | None |
George Walton | 11 Dec 1775 | 20 Feb 1776 | None |
William Ewen | 20 Feb 1776 | 15 Apr 1776 | None |
Archibald Bulloch | 15 Apr 1776 | 04 Mar 1777 | None |
Button Gwinnett | 04 Mar 1777 | 08 May 1777 | None |
John A Treutlen | 08 May 1777 | 08 Jan 1778 | None |
John Houstoun | 08 Jan 1778 | 07 Jan 1779 | None |
William Glascock | 07 Jan 1779 | 24 Jul 1779 | None |
Seth John Cuthbert | 24 Jul 1779 | 06 Aug 1779 | None |
John Wereat | 06 Aug 1779 | 03 Nov 1779 | None |
George Walton | 03 Nov 1779 | 03 Jan 1780 | None |
Richard Howly | 03 Jan 1780 | 16 Feb 1780 | None |
Humphrey Wells | 16 Feb 1780 | 18 Feb 1780 | None |
Stephen Heard | 18 Feb 1780 | Aug 1780 | None |
Myrick Davies | Aug 1780 | 18 Aug 1781 | None |
Nathan Brownson | 18 Aug 1781 | 03 Jan 1782 | None |
John Martin | 03 Jan 1782 | 08 Jan 1783 | None |
Lyman Hall | 08 Jan 1783 | 09 Jan 1784 | None |
John Houstoun | 09 Jan 1784 | 06 Jan 1785 | None |
Samuel Elbert | 06 Jan 1785 | 09 Jan 1786 | None |
Edward Telfair | 09 Jan 1786 | 09 Jan 1787 | None |
George Mathews | 09 Jan 1787 | 26 Jan 1788 | None |
George Handley | 26 Jan 1788 | 07 Jan 1789 | None |
George Walton | 07 Jan 1789 | 09 Nov 1790 | None |
Edward Telfair | 09 Nov 1790 | 07 Nov 1793 | None |
George Mathews | 07 Nov 1793 | 15 Jan 1796 | None |
Jared Irwin | 15 Jan 1796 | 12 Jan 1798 | None |
James Jackson | 12 Jan 1798 | 03 Mar 1801 | None |
David Emanuel | 03 Mar 1801 | 07 Nov 1801 | None |
Josiah Tattnall Sr | 07 Nov 1801 | 04 Nov 1802 | None |
John Milledge | 04 Nov 1802 | 23 Sep 1806 | None |
Jared Irwin | 23 Sep 1806 | 10 Nov 1809 | None |
David B Mitchell | 10 Nov 1809 | 05 Nov 1813 | None |
Peter Early | 05 Nov 1813 | 20 Nov 1815 | None |
David B Mitchell | 20 Nov 1815 | 04 Mar 1817 | None |
William Rabun | 04 Mar 1817 | 24 Oct 1819 | None |
Matthew Talbot | 24 Oct 1819 | 05 Nov 1819 | None |
John Clark | 05 Nov 1819 | 07 Nov 1823 | None |
George M Troup | 07 Nov 1823 | 07 Nov 1827 | None |
John Forsyth | 07 Nov 1827 | 04 Nov 1829 | None |
George R Gilmer | 04 Nov 1829 | 09 Nov 1831 | None |
Wilson Lumpkin | 09 Nov 1831 | 04 Nov 1835 | None |
William Schley | 04 Nov 1835 | 08 Nov 1837 | None |
George R Gilmer | 08 Nov 1837 | 06 Nov 1839 | None |
Charles J McDonald | 06 Nov 1839 | 08 Nov 1843 | None |
George W Crawford | 08 Nov 1843 | 03 Nov 1847 | None |
George W Towns | 03 Nov 1847 | 05 Nov 1851 | None |
Howell Cobb | 05 Nov 1851 | 09 Nov 1853 | None |
Herschel V Johnson | 09 Nov 1853 | 06 Nov 1857 | None |
Joseph E Brown | 06 Nov 1857 | 17 Jun 1865 | None |
James Johnson | 17 Jun 1865 | 14 Dec 1865 | None |
Charles J Jenkins | 14 Dec 1865 | 13 Jan 1868 | None |
Thomas H Ruger | 13 Jan 1868 | 04 Jul 1868 | None |
Rufus B Bullock | 04 Jul 1868 | 30 Oct 1871 | None |
Benjamin Conley | 30 Oct 1871 | 12 Jan 1872 | None |
James M Smith | 12 Jan 1872 | 12 Jan 1877 | None |
Alfred H Colquitt | 12 Jan 1877 | 04 Nov 1882 | None |
Alexander H Stephens | 04 Nov 1882 | 04 Mar 1883 | None |
James S Boynton | 04 Mar 1883 | 10 May 1883 | None |
Henry D McDaniel | 10 May 1883 | 09 Nov 1886 | None |
John B Gordon | 09 Nov 1886 | 08 Nov 1890 | None |
William J Northen | 08 Nov 1890 | 27 Oct 1894 | None |
William Y Atkinson | 27 Oct 1894 | 29 Oct 1898 | None |
Allen D Candler | 29 Oct 1898 | 25 Oct 1902 | None |
Joseph M Terrell | 25 Oct 1902 | 29 Jun 907 | None |
Hoke Smith | 29 Jun 1907 | 26 Jun 1909 | None |
Joseph M Brown | 26 Jun 1909 | 01 Jul 1911 | None |
Hoke Smith | 01 Jul 1911 | 16 Nov 1911 | None |
John M Slaton | 16 Nov 1911 | 25 Jan 1912 | None |
Joseph M Brown | 25 Jan 1912 | 28 Jun 1913 | None |
John M Slaton | 28 Jun 1913 | 26 Jun 1915 | None |
Nathaniel E Harris | 26 Jun 1915 | 30 Jun 1917 | None |
Hugh M Dorsey | 30 Jun 1917 | 25 Jun 1921 | None |
Thomas W Hardwick | 25 Jun 1921 | 30 Jun 1923 | None |
Clifford Walker | 30 Jun 1923 | 25 Jun 1927 | None |
Lamartine G Hardman | 25 Jun 1927 | 27 Jun 1931 | None |
Richard Russell Jr | 27 Jun 1931 | 10 Jan 1933 | None |
Eugene Talmadge | 10 Jan 1933 | 12 Jan 1937 | None |
Eurith D Rivers | 12 Jan 1937 | 14 Jan 1941 | None |
Eugene Talmadge | 14 Jan 1941 | 12 Jan 1943 | None |
Ellis Arnall | 12 Jan 1943 | 14 Jan 1947 | None |
Herman Talmadge | 14 Jan 1947 | 18 Mar 1947 | Melvin E Thompson |
Melvin E Thompson | 18 Mar 1947 | 17 Nov 1948 | Vacant |
Herman Talmadge | 17 Nov 1948 | 11 Jan 1955 | Marvin Griffin |
Marvin Griffin | 11 Jan 1955 | 13 Jan 1959 | Ernest Vandiver |
Ernest Vandiver | 13 Jan 1959 | 15 Jan 1963 | Garland T Byrd |
Carl E Sanders | 15 Jan 1963 | 11 Jan 1967 | Peter Zack Geer |
Lester Maddox | 11 Jan 1967 | 12 Jan 1971 | George Thornewell Smith |
Jimmy Carter | 12 Jan 1971 | 14 Jan 1975 | Lester Maddox |
George Busbee | 14 Jan 1975 | 11 Jan 1983 | Zell Miller |
Joe Frank Harris | 11 Jan 1983 | 13 Jan 1991 | Zell Miller |
Zell Miller | 13 Jan 1991 | 11 Jan 1999 | Pierre Howard |
Roy Barnes | 11 Jan 1999 | 13 Jan 2003 | Mark Taylor |
Sonny Perdue | 13 Jan 2003 | 10 Jan 2011 | Mark Taylor |
Nathan Deal | 10 Jan 2011 | Casey Cagle |
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