List of governors of North Carolina

Here is the list of individuals who became the Governor of North Carolina.

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 Political party

+ Governors of the State of North CarolinaGovernorTerm in officePartyElectionLt. Governor175px Richard Caswell–April 21, 1780None1776Office did not exist177717781779275pxAbner Nash–June 26, 1781None1780375pxThomas BurkeMinutes of the North Carolina House of Commons, Volume 17, 26 June 1781, 897. Documenting the American South, University Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Accessed May 16, 2023.–April 22, 1782None1781475pxAlexander MartinMinutes of the North Carolina House of Commons, Volume 16, 22 April 1782, 40. Documenting the American South, University Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Accessed May 22, 2023.–May 13, 1785None17821783575pxRichard Caswell–December 20, 1787None178417851786675pxSamuel Johnston–December 17, 1789Federalist178717881789775pxAlexander Martin–December 14, 1792Federalist178917901791875pxRichard Dobbs Spaight–November 19, 1795Federalist179217931794975pxSamuel Ashe–December 7, 1798Democratic-Republican1795179617971075pxWilliam Richardson Davie–November 23, 1799Federalist17981175pxBenjamin Williams–December 6, 1802Democratic-Republican179918001801—75pxJohn Baptista AsheDied beforetaking officeDemocratic-Republican18021275pxJames Turner–December 10, 1805Democratic-Republican1802180318041375pxNathaniel Alexander–December 1, 1807Democratic-Republican180518061475pxBenjamin Williams–December 12, 1808Federalist18071575pxDavid Stone–December 5, 1810Democratic-Republican180818091675pxBenjamin Smith–December 9, 1811Democratic-Republican18101775pxWilliam Hawkins–December 7, 1814Democratic-Republican1811181218131875pxWilliam Miller–December 6, 1817Democratic-Republican1814181518161975pxJohn Branch–December 7, 1820Democratic-Republican1817181818192075pxJesse Franklin–December 7, 1821Democratic-Republican18202175pxGabriel Holmes–December 7, 1824Democratic-Republican1821182218232275pxHutchins Gordon Burton–December 8, 1827Democratic-Republican1824182518262375pxJames Iredell Jr.–December 12, 1828Democratic-Republican18272475pxJohn Owen–December 18, 1830 Democratic-Republican182818292575pxMontfort Stokes–December 6, 1832Democratic-Republican183018312675pxDavid Lowry Swain–December 10, 1835NationalRepublican1832183318342775pxRichard Dobbs Spaight Jr.–December 31, 1836Democratic18352875pxEdward Bishop Dudley–January 1, 1841Whig183618382975pxJohn Motley Morehead–January 1, 1845Whig184018423075pxWilliam Alexander Graham–January 1, 1849Whig184418463175pxCharles Manly–January 1, 1851Whig18483275pxDavid Settle Reid–December 6, 1854Democratic185018523375pxWarren Winslow–January 1, 1855Democratic3475pxThomas Bragg–January 1, 1859Democratic185418563575pxJohn Willis Ellis–July 7, 1861Democratic185818603675pxHenry Toole Clark–September 8, 1862Democratic3775pxZebulon Baird Vance–May 13, 1865Conservative18621864—Vacant–May 29, 18653875pxWilliam Woods Holden–December 15, 18653975pxJohnathan Worth–July 1, 1868Conservative186518664075pxWilliam Woods Holden–March 22, 1871Republican1868 4175pxTod Robinson Caldwell–July 11, 1874RepublicanActing as governor18724275pxCurtis Hooks Brogden–January 1, 1877RepublicanActing as governor4375pxZebulon Baird Vance–February 5, 1879Democratic18764475pxThomas Jordan Jarvis–January 21, 1885DemocraticActing as governor18804575pxAlfred Moore Scales–January 17, 1889Democratic18844675pxDaniel Gould Fowle–April 7, 1891Democratic18884775pxThomas Michael Holt–January 18, 1893DemocraticActing as governor4875pxElias Carr–January 12, 1897Democratic18924975pxDaniel Lindsay Russell–January 15, 1901Republican18965075pxCharles Brantley Aycock–January 11, 1905Democratic19005175pxRobert Broadnax Glenn–January 12, 1909Democratic19045275pxWilliam Walton Kitchin–January 15, 1913Democratic19085375pxLocke Craig–January 11, 1917Democratic19125475pxThomas Walter Bickett–January 12, 1921Democratic19165575pxCameron A. Morrison–January 14, 1925Democratic19205675pxAngus Wilton McLean–January 11, 1929Democratic19245775pxOliver Max Gardner–January 5, 1933Democratic19285875pxJohn C. B. Ehringhaus–January 7, 1937Democratic19325975pxClyde R. Hoey–January 9, 1941Democratic19366075pxJ. Melville Broughton–January 4, 1945Democratic19406175pxR. Gregg Cherry–January 6, 1949Democratic19446275pxW. Kerr Scott–January 8, 1953Democratic19486375pxWilliam B. Umstead–November 7, 1954Democratic19526475pxLuther H. Hodges–January 5, 1961DemocraticActing as governor19566575pxTerry Sanford–January 8, 1965Democratic1960Vacant6675pxDan K. Moore–January 3, 1969Democratic19646775pxRobert W. Scott–January 5, 1973Democratic19686875pxJames Holshouser–January 8, 1977Republican19726975pxJim Hunt–January 5, 1985Democratic197619807075pxJames G. Martin–January 9, 1993Republican198419887175pxJim Hunt–January 6, 2001Democratic199219967275pxMike Easley–January 10, 2009Democratic200020047375pxBev Perdue–January 5, 2013Democratic20087475pxPat McCrory–January 1, 2017Republican20127575pxRoy Cooper–January 1, 2025Democratic201620207675pxJosh Stein–IncumbentDemocratic2024

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