List of Governors of North Carolina
Governors of the State of North Carolina
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Governor

Portrait

Took office

Left office

Party

Notes

1

Richard Caswell

November 12, 1776

April 20, 1780

No party

2

Abner Nash

April 20, 1780

June 26, 1781

No party

3

Thomas Burke

June 26, 1781

April 22, 1782

No party

4

Alexander Martin

April 22, 1782

May 13, 1785

Anti-Federalist

5

Richard Caswell

May 13, 1785

December 20, 1787

No party

6

Samuel Johnston

December 20, 1787

December 17, 1789

Federalist

7

Alexander Martin

December 17, 1789

December 14, 1792

Anti-Federalist

8

Richard Dobbs Spaight

December 14, 1792

November 19, 1795

Federalist

9

Samuel Ashe

November 19, 1795

December 7, 1798

Anti-Federalist

10

William Richardson Davie

December 7, 1798

November 23, 1799

Federalist

11

Benjamin Williams

November 23, 1799

December 6, 1802

Federalist

12

James Turner

December 6, 1802

December 10, 1805

Democratic-Republican

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13

Nathaniel Alexander

December 10, 1805

December 1, 1807

Democratic-Republican

14

Benjamin Williams

December 1, 1807

December 12, 1808

Federalist

15

David Stone

December 12, 1808

December 1, 1810

Democratic-Republican

16

Benjamin Smith

December 1, 1810

December 11, 1811

Democratic-Republican

17

William Hawkins

December 11, 1811

November 29, 1814

Democratic-Republican

18

William Miller

November 29, 1814

December 6, 1817

Democratic-Republican

19

John Branch

December 6, 1817

December 7, 1820

Democratic-Republican

20

Jesse Franklin

December 7, 1820

December 7, 1821

Democratic-Republican

21

Gabriel Holmes

December 7, 1821

December 7, 1824

Democratic-Republican

22

Hutchins Gordon Burton

December 7, 1824

December 8, 1827

No party

23

James Iredell Jr.

December 8, 1827

December 12, 1828

Democratic-Republican

24

John Owen

December 12, 1828

December 18, 1830

Democratic

25

Montfort Stokes

December 18, 1830

December 6, 1832

Democratic

26

David Lowry Swain

December 6, 1832

December 10, 1835

National Republican

27

Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.

December 10, 1835

December 31, 1836

Democratic

28

Edward Bishop Dudley

December 31, 1836

January 1, 1841

Whig

29

John Motley Morehead

January 1, 1841

January 1, 1845

Whig

30

William Alexander Graham

January 1, 1845

January 1, 1849

Whig

31

Charles Manly

January 1, 1849

January 1, 1851

Whig

32

David Settle Reid

January 1, 1851

December 6, 1854

Democratic

33

Warren Winslow

December 6, 1854

January 1, 1855

Democratic

34

Thomas Bragg

January 1, 1855

January 1, 1859

Democratic

35

John Willis Ellis

January 1, 1859

July 7, 1861

Democratic

36

Henry Toole Clark

July 7, 1861

September 8, 1862

Democratic

37

Zebulon Baird Vance

September 8, 1862

May 29, 1865

Conservative

38

William Woods Holden

May 29, 1865

December 15, 1865

National Union

[7]

39

Jonathan Worth

December 15, 1865

July 1, 1868

Conservative

40

William Woods Holden

July 1, 1868

March 22, 1871

Republican

41

Tod Robinson Caldwell

March 22, 1871

July 11, 1874

Republican

42

Curtis Hooks Brogden

July 11, 1874

January 1, 1877

Republican

43

Zebulon Baird Vance

January 1, 1877

February 5, 1879

Democratic

44

Thomas Jordan Jarvis

February 5, 1879

January 21, 1885

Democratic

45

Alfred Moore Scales

January 21, 1885

January 17, 1889

Democratic

46

Daniel Gould Fowle

January 17, 1889

April 7, 1891

Democratic

47

Thomas Michael Holt

April 7, 1891

January 18, 1893

Democratic

48

Elias Carr

January 18, 1893

January 12, 1897

Democratic

49

Daniel Lindsay Russell

January 12, 1897

January 15, 1901

Republican

[8]

50

Charles Brantley Aycock

January 15, 1901

January 11, 1905

Democratic

51

Robert Broadnax Glenn

January 11, 1905

January 12, 1909

Democratic

52

William Walton Kitchin

January 12, 1909

January 15, 1913

Democratic

53

Locke Craig

January 15, 1913

January 11, 1917

Democratic

54

Thomas Walter Bickett

January 11, 1917

January 12, 1921

Democratic

55

Cameron A. Morrison

January 12, 1921

January 14, 1925

Democratic

56

Angus Wilton McLean

January 14, 1925

January 11, 1929

Democratic

57

Oliver Max Gardner

January 11, 1929

January 5, 1933

Democratic

58

John C.B. Ehringhaus

January 5, 1933

January 7, 1937

Democratic

59

Clyde R. Hoey

January 7, 1937

January 9, 1941

Democratic

60

J. Melville Broughton

January 9, 1941

January 4, 1945

Democratic

61

R. Gregg Cherry

January 4, 1945

January 6, 1949

Democratic

62

W. Kerr Scott

January 6, 1949

January 8, 1953

Democratic

63

William B. Umstead

January 8, 1953

November 7, 1954

Democratic

64

Luther H. Hodges

November 7, 1954

January 5, 1961

Democratic

65

Terry Sanford

January 5, 1961

January 8, 1965

Democratic

66

Dan K. Moore

January 8, 1965

January 3, 1969

Democratic

67

Robert W. Scott

January 3, 1969

January 5, 1973

Democratic

68

James Holshouser

January 5, 1973

January 8, 1977

Republican

69

James B. Hunt Jr.

January 8, 1977

January 5, 1985

Democratic

70

James G. Martin

January 5, 1985

January 9, 1993

Republican

71

James B. Hunt Jr.

January 9, 1993

January 6, 2001

Democratic

72

Mike Easley

January 6, 2001

January 10, 2009

Democratic

73

Beverly Perdue

January 10, 2009

January 5, 2013

Democratic

[9]

74

Pat McCrory

January 5, 2013

January 1, 2017

Republican

75

Roy Cooper

January 1, 2017

Present

Democratic

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