List of Governors of Georgia
Governors
Georgia was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and ratified the Constitution of the United States on January 2, 1788. Before it declared its independence, Georgia was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain.

List of Governors of Georgia

Section Title: Governors
Table Section Text: Georgia was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and ratified the Constitution of the United States on January 2, 1788. Before it declared its independence, Georgia was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain.

No.	Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor

7	-	Archibald Bulloch	January 22, 1776 – February 22, 1777 (died in office)	None	—	Office did not exist

8	-	Button Gwinnett	March 4, 1777 – May 8, 1777	None	—

9	-	John A. Treutlen	May 8, 1777 – January 10, 1778	None	—

10	John Houstoun	January 10, 1778 – December 29, 1778	None	—

—	Vacant	December 29, 1778 – August 6, 1779	—	Government in chaos after fall of Savannah

11	John Wereat	August 6, 1779 – November 1779	None	—

12	-	George Walton	November 1779 – January 4, 1780	None	—

13	Richard Howly	January 4, 1780 – February 5, 1780 (resigned)	None	—

14	-	Stephen Heard	February 18, 1780 – August 18, 1781	None	—

15	Nathan Brownson	August 18, 1781 – January 3, 1782 (term limited)	None	1781

16	John Martin	January 3, 1782 – January 8, 1783 (term limited)	None	1782

17	-	Lyman Hall	January 8, 1783 – January 9, 1784 (term limited)	None	1783

10	John Houstoun	January 9, 1784 – January 6, 1785 (term limited)	None	1784

18	-	Samuel Elbert	January 6, 1785 – January 9, 1786 (term limited)	None	1785

19	Edward Telfair	January 9, 1786 – January 9, 1787 (term limited)	None	1786

20	-	George Mathews	January 9, 1787 – January 26, 1788 (term limited)	None	1787

21	George Handley	January 26, 1788 – January 7, 1789 (term limited)	None	1788

12	-	George Walton	January 7, 1789 – November 9, 1789 (term limited)	Democratic- Republican	Jan. 1789

19	Edward Telfair	November 9, 1789 – November 7, 1793 (lost election)	Democratic- Republican	Nov. 1789

1791

20	-	George Mathews	November 7, 1793 – January 15, 1796 (not candidate for election)	Democratic- Republican	1793

22	-	Jared Irwin	January 15, 1796 – January 12, 1798 (not candidate for election)	Democratic- Republican	1795

23	-	James Jackson	January 12, 1798 – March 3, 1801 (resigned)	Democratic- Republican	1797

1799

24	David Emanuel	March 3, 1801 – November 7, 1801 (not candidate for election)	Democratic- Republican	Succeeded from President of the Senate

25	Josiah Tattnall	November 7, 1801 – November 4, 1802 (resigned)	Democratic- Republican	1801

26	-	John Milledge	November 4, 1802 – September 23, 1806 (resigned)	Democratic- Republican	1802 (special)

1803

1805

22	-	Jared Irwin	September 23, 1806 – November 10, 1809 (not candidate for election)	Democratic- Republican	Succeeded from President of the Senate

1807

27	-	David Brydie Mitchell	November 10, 1809 – November 5, 1813 (not candidate for election)	Democratic- Republican	1809

1811

28	-	Peter Early	November 5, 1813 – November 20, 1815 (lost election)	Democratic- Republican	1813

27	-	David Brydie Mitchell	November 20, 1815 – March 4, 1817 (resigned)	Democratic- Republican	1815

29	William Rabun	March 4, 1817 – October 24, 1819 (died in office)	Democratic- Republican	Succeeded from President of the Senate

1817

30	-	Matthew Talbot	October 24, 1819 – November 5, 1819 (successor took office)	Democratic- Republican	Succeeded from President of the Senate

31	-	John Clark	November 5, 1819 – November 7, 1823 (not candidate for election)	Democratic- Republican	1819

1821

32	-	George Troup	November 7, 1823 – November 7, 1827 (not candidate for election)	Democratic- Republican	1823

1825

33	-	John Forsyth	November 7, 1827 – November 4, 1829 (not candidate for election)	Democratic- Republican	1827

34	-	George Rockingham Gilmer	November 4, 1829 – November 9, 1831 (not candidate for election)	Democratic- Republican	1829

35	-	Wilson Lumpkin	November 9, 1831 – November 4, 1835 (not candidate for election)	Union (Democratic)	1831

1833

36	-	William Schley	November 4, 1835 – November 8, 1837 (not candidate for election)	Union (Democratic)	1835

34	-	George Rockingham Gilmer	November 8, 1837 – November 6, 1839 (not candidate for election)	State Rights (Whig)	1837

37	-	Charles James McDonald	November 6, 1839 – November 8, 1843 (not candidate for election)	Union (Democratic)	1839

1841

38	-	George W. Crawford	November 8, 1843 – November 3, 1847 (not candidate for election)	Whig	1843

1845

39	-	George W. Towns	November 3, 1847 – November 5, 1851 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1847

1849

40	-	Howell Cobb	November 5, 1851 – November 9, 1853 (not candidate for election)	Constitutional Union	1851

41	-	Herschel Vespasian Johnson	November 9, 1853 – November 6, 1857 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1853

1855

42	-	Joseph E. Brown	November 6, 1857 – June 17, 1865 (resigned)	Democratic	1857

1859

1861

1863

43	-	James Johnson	June 17, 1865 – December 14, 1865 (provisional term ended)	Democratic	Provisional governor appointed by President

44	-	Charles J. Jenkins	December 14, 1865 – January 13, 1868 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1865

45	-	Thomas H. Ruger	January 13, 1868 – July 4, 1868 (state readmitted)	—	Military occupation

46	-	Rufus Bullock	July 4, 1868 – October 30, 1871 (resigned)	Republican	1868

47	-	Benjamin F. Conley	October 30, 1871 – January 12, 1872	Republican	President of the Senate acting as Governor

48	-	James Milton Smith	January 12, 1872 – January 12, 1877 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1871 (special)

1872

49	-	Alfred H. Colquitt	January 12, 1877 – November 4, 1882 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1876

1880

50	-	Alexander H. Stephens	November 4, 1882 – March 4, 1883 (died in office)	Democratic	1882

51	-	James S. Boynton	March 4, 1883 – May 10, 1883 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting as Governor

52	-	Henry Dickerson McDaniel	May 10, 1883 – November 9, 1886 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1883 (special)

1884

53	-	John Brown Gordon	November 9, 1886 – November 8, 1890 (term limited)	Democratic	1886

1888

54	-	William J. Northen	November 8, 1890 – October 27, 1894 (term limited)	Democratic	1890

1892

55	-	William Yates Atkinson	October 27, 1894 – October 29, 1898 (term limited)	Democratic	1894

1896

56	-	Allen D. Candler	October 29, 1898 – October 25, 1902 (term limited)	Democratic	1898

1900

57	-	Joseph M. Terrell	October 25, 1902 – June 29, 1907 (term limited)	Democratic	1902

1904

58	-	M. Hoke Smith	June 29, 1907 – June 26, 1909 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1906

59	-	Joseph Mackey Brown	June 26, 1909 – July 1, 1911 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1908

58	-	M. Hoke Smith	July 1, 1911 – November 15, 1911 (resigned)	Democratic	1910

60	-	John M. Slaton	November 16, 1911 – January 25, 1912 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting as Governor

59	-	Joseph Mackey Brown	January 25, 1912 – June 28, 1913 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1912 (special)

60	-	John M. Slaton	June 28, 1913 – June 26, 1915 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1912

61	-	Nathaniel Edwin Harris	June 26, 1915 – June 30, 1917 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1914

62	-	Hugh Dorsey	June 30, 1917 – June 25, 1921 (term limited)	Democratic	1916

1918

63	-	Thomas W. Hardwick	June 25, 1921 – June 30, 1923 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1920

64	-	Clifford Walker	June 30, 1923 – June 25, 1927 (term limited)	Democratic	1922

1924

65	-	Lamartine Griffin Hardman	June 25, 1927 – June 27, 1931 (term limited)	Democratic	1926

1928

66	-	Richard Russell Jr.	June 27, 1931 – January 10, 1933 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1930

67	-	Eugene Talmadge	January 10, 1933 – January 12, 1937 (term limited)	Democratic	1932

1934

68	-	Eurith D. Rivers	January 12, 1937 – January 14, 1941 (term limited)	Democratic	1936

1938

67	-	Eugene Talmadge	January 14, 1941 – January 12, 1943 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1940

69	Ellis Arnall	January 12, 1943 – January 14, 1947 (term limited)	Democratic	1942

—	-	Eugene Talmadge	Died before taking office	Democratic	1946	Melvin E. Thompson

—	-	Herman Talmadge	January 14, 1947 – March 18, 1947 (removed from office)	Democratic

70	Melvin E. Thompson	March 18, 1947 – November 17, 1948 (lost election)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

71	-	Herman Talmadge	November 17, 1948 – January 11, 1955 (term limited)	Democratic	1948 (special)	Marvin Griffin

1950

72	-	Marvin Griffin	January 11, 1955 – January 13, 1959 (term limited)	Democratic	1954	Ernest Vandiver

73	-	Ernest Vandiver	January 13, 1959 – January 15, 1963 (term limited)	Democratic	1958	Garland T. Byrd

74	-	Carl Sanders	January 15, 1963 – January 11, 1967 (term limited)	Democratic	1962	Peter Zack Geer

75	-	Lester Maddox	January 11, 1967 – January 12, 1971 (term limited)	Democratic	1966	George T. Smith

76	-	Jimmy Carter	January 12, 1971 – January 14, 1975 (term limited)	Democratic	1970	Lester Maddox

77	-	George Busbee	January 14, 1975 – January 11, 1983 (term limited)	Democratic	1974	Zell Miller

1978

78	-	Joe Frank Harris	January 11, 1983 – January 14, 1991 (term limited)	Democratic	1982

1986

79	-	Zell Miller	January 14, 1991 – January 11, 1999 (term limited)	Democratic	1990	Pierre Howard

1994

80	-	Roy Barnes	January 11, 1999 – January 13, 2003 (lost election)	Democratic	1998	Mark Taylor

81	-	Sonny Perdue	January 13, 2003 – January 10, 2011 (term limited)	Republican	2002

2006	Casey Cagle

82	-	Nathan Deal	January 10, 2011 – January 14, 2019 (term limited)	Republican	2010

2014

83	Governor Kemp Official Portrait (cropped).jpeg	Brian Kemp	January 14, 2019 – present	Republican	2018	Geoff Duncan

Sentence(s)

Joseph Meriwether Terrell was the 57th Governor of Georgia.

final_sentence: Joseph Meriwether Terrell was the 57th Governor of Georgia.