|
GEORGIA
GOVERNORS
|
Governor
|
Party
|
Term
of Office
|
| John
Triuetlen |
None |
1777-1778 |
| John
Houstoun |
None |
1778-1779 |
| John
Wereat |
None |
1779 |
| George
Walton |
None |
1779-1780 |
| Richard
Howley |
None |
1780 |
| Stephen
Heard |
None |
1780 |
| Myrick
Davies |
None |
1780-1781 |
| Nathan
Brownson |
None |
1781-1782 |
| John
Martin |
None |
1782-1783 |
| Lyman
Hall |
None |
1783-1784 |
| John
Houstoun |
None |
1784-1785 |
| Samuel
Elbert |
None |
1785-1786 |
| Edward
Telfair |
None |
1786-1787 |
| George
Matthews |
None |
1787-1788 |
| George
Handley |
None |
1788-1789 |
| George
Walston |
None |
1789-1790 |
| Edward
Telfair |
None |
1790-1793 |
| George
Matthews |
None |
1793-1796 |
| Jared
Irwin |
None |
1796-1798 |
| James
Jackson |
Democratic-Republican |
1798-1801 |
| David
Emanuel |
Democratic-Republican |
1801 |
| Josiah
Tattnall, Jr. |
Democratic-Republican |
1801-1802 |
| John
Milledge |
Democratic-Republican |
1802-1806 |
| Jared
Irwin |
Democratic-Republican |
1806-1809 |
| David
Mitchell |
Democratic-Republican |
1809-1813 |
| Peter Early |
Democratic-Republican |
1813-1815 |
| David Mitchell |
Democratic-Republican |
1815-1817 |
| William
Rabun |
Democratic-Republican |
1817-1819 |
| Matthew
Talbot |
Democratic-Republican |
1819 |
| John
Clark |
Democratic-Republican |
1819-1823 |
| George
Troup |
Democratic-Republican |
1823-1827 |
| John
Forsyth |
Democratic-Republican |
1827-1829 |
| George
Gilmer |
Unknown |
1829-1831 |
| Wilson
Lumpkin |
Democrat |
1831-1835 |
| William
Schley |
Democrat |
1835-1837 |
| George
Gilmer |
Whig |
1837-1839 |
| Charles McDonald |
Democrat |
1839-1843 |
| George
Crawford |
Whig |
1843-1847 |
| George
Towns |
Democrat |
1847-1851 |
| Howell
Cobb |
Union
Democrat |
1851-1853 |
| Herschel
Johnson |
Union
Democrat |
1853-1857 |
| Joseph
E. Brown |
Democrat |
1857-1865 |
| James
Johnson |
Democrat |
1865 |
| Charles
Jenkins |
Democrat |
1865-1868 |
| Gen.
Thomas Ruger |
U.S.
Military Governor |
1868 |
| Rufus
Bullock |
Republican |
1868-1871 |
| Benjamin
COnley |
Republican |
1871-1872 |
| James
M. Smith |
Democrat |
1872-1877 |
| Alfred
Colquitt |
Democrat |
1877-1882 |
| Alexander
Stephens |
Democrat |
1882-1883 |
| James
Boynton |
Democrat |
1883 |
| Henry
McDaniel |
Democrat |
1883-1886 |
| John
B. Gordon |
Democrat |
1886-1890 |
| William
Northen |
Democrat |
1890-1894 |
| William
Atkinson |
Democrat |
1894-1898 |
| Allen
Candler |
Democrat |
1898-1902 |
| Joseph
Terrell |
Democrat |
1902-1907 |
| Hoke
Smith |
Democrat |
1907-1909 |
| Joseph
M. Brown |
Democrat |
1909-1911 |
| Hoke
Smith |
Democrat |
1911 |
| Joseph
Slaton |
Democrat |
1911-1912 |
| Joseph
M. Brown |
Democrat |
1912-1913 |
| Joseph
Slaton |
Democrat |
1913-1915 |
| Nathaniel
Harris |
Democrat |
1915-1917 |
| Hugh
Dorsey |
Democrat |
1917-1921 |
| Thomas
Hardwick |
Democrat |
1921-1923 |
| Clifford
Walker |
Democrat |
1923-1927 |
| Lamartine
Hardman |
Democrat |
1927-1931 |
| Richard
Russell, Jr. |
Democrat |
1931-1933 |
| Eugene
Talmadge |
Democrat |
1933-1937 |
| Eurith
Rivers |
Democrat |
1937-1941 |
| Eugene
Talmadge |
Democrat |
1941-1943 |
| Ellis
Arnall |
Democrat |
1943-1947 |
| Melvin
Thompson |
Democrat |
1947-1948 |
| Herman
Talmadge |
Democrat |
1948-1955 |
| Marvin
Griffin |
Democrat |
1955-1959 |
| Ernest
Vandiver |
Democrat |
1959-1963 |
| Carl
Sanders |
Democrat |
1963-1967 |
| Lester
Maddox |
Democrat |
1967-1971 |
| Jimmy
Carter |
Democrat |
1971-1975 |
| George
Busbee |
Democrat |
1975-1983 |
| Joe
Frank Harris |
Democrat |
1983-1991 |
| Zell
Miller |
Democrat |
1991-1999 |
| Roy Barnes |
Democrat |
1999-Present |
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