List of governors of Georgia

Number of Governors of Georgia by party affiliation Party Governors Democratic47 None or non-party Whig23 Democratic-Republican18 Republican3 Whig2 Military 1

The following is a list of Governors of the State of Georgia and governors of the British colony of Georgia.

1 Colonial governors
2 Governors of Georgia
- 2.1 Notes
3 Other high offices held
4 Living former governors
5 External links
6 Source

Colonial governors

James Oglethorpe, Resident Trustee, 1733 - 1743 (Oglethorpe County)
William Stephens, President, 1743 - 1751
Henry Parker, President, 1751 - 1752
Patrick Graham, President, 1752 - 1754
John Reynolds, 1754 - 1757
Henry Ellis, 1757 - 1760
James Mark Prevost, 1779
James Wright, 1760 - 1776, 1779 - 1782

Governors of Georgia

Notes

^ The office of Lieutenant Governor was created in 1945, first being filled in 1947.
^ a b c President of Council of Safety.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Not a formal political party, and not to be confused with the 19th-century Whig Party.
^ a b President.
^ a b c Died in office.
^ Died in office; after losing his bid for re-election, Button Gwinnett was wounded in a duel with Lachlin McIntosh on May 6, 1777, and died of his wounds two days later.
^ a b c President of Executive Council.
^ a b President of Supreme Executive Council.
^ Temporary governor.
^ Resigned in favor of Stephen Heard.
^ a b c Resigned to take elected seat in the United States Senate.
^ a b c d e As president of the state senate, filled unexpired term.
^ Resigned due to declining health.
^ Resigned to be agent to the Creek Indians.
^ The Troup party was essentially the continuation of the Jackson faction (followers of James Jackson).
^ Resigned following the defeat of the Confederate States of America.
^ Provisional governor appointed by President Andrew Johnson following American Civil War.
^ Removed from office by the military because he refused to allow state funds to be used for a racially integrated state constitutional convention; the state was still under military occupation during Reconstruction.
^ Provisional governor appointed by General George Meade.
^ Resigned; Rufus Bullock fled the state to avoid impeachment; he was arrested in 1876 and found not guilty of embezzlement.
^ a b As president of the state senate, became governor until election.
^ a b c Eugene Talmadge was elected to a third term in 1946, but died before taking office. Ellis Arnall, governor at the time, claimed the office, as did Lieutenant Governor Melvin Thompson. The state legislature chose Eugene Talmadge's son, Herman Talmadge, to be governor, but the state supreme court declared this unconstitutional and declared Thompson rightful governor, and Talmadge stepped down after 67 days. Talmadge later defeated Thompson in a special election.
^ Governor Perdue's second term expires January 10, 2011; he is term limited.

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and Confederate offices held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Georgia. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Name Gubernatorial term U.S. CongressOther offices held House Senate George Walton1775–1776, 1779–1780, 1789–1790 H S Continental Delegate Archibald Bulloch1776–1777 Continental Delegate Button Gwinnett1777 Continental Delegate John Houstoun1778–1779, 1784–1785 Continental Delegate John Wereat1779 Continental Delegate Richard Howly1780 Continental Delegate Nathan Brownson1781–1782 Continental Delegate Lyman Hall1783–1784 Continental Delegate Samuel Elbert1785–1786 Continental Delegate Edward Telfair1786–1786, 1790–1793 Continental Delegate George Mathews1787–1788, 1793–1796 H James Jackson1798–1801 H S* Josiah Tattnall1801–1802 S John Milledge1802–1806 H S* Peter Early1813–1815 H George Troup1823–1827 H S John Forsyth1827–1829 H S U.S. Secretary of State George R. Gilmer1829–1831, 1837–1839 H Wilson Lumpkin1831–1835 H S William Schley1835–1837 H George W. Crawford1843–1847 H U.S. Secretary of War George W. Towns1847–1851 H Howell Cobb1851–1853 H Speaker of the House, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Acting President of the Confederate States Herschel V. Johnson1853–1857 S Confederate Senator Joseph E. Brown1868–1870 S James Johnson1865 H James Milton Smith1872–1877 Confederate Representative Alfred H. Colquitt1877–1882 H S Alexander H. Stephens1882–1883 H Confederate Representative, Vice Presidentof the Confederate States; elected to the U.S. Senate but was refused his seat John Brown Gordon1886–1890 S Allen D. Candler1898–1902 H Joseph M. Terrell1902–1907 S Hoke Smith1907–1909, 1911 S* U.S. Secretary of the Interior Thomas W. Hardwick1921–1923 H S Richard Russell, Jr.1931–1933 S President pro temporeof the Senate Herman Talmadge1947, 1948–1955 S Jimmy Carter1971–1975 President of the United States Zell Miller1991–1999 S

Living former governors

As of August 2007, five former governors were alive, the oldest being Jimmy Carter (1971–1975, born 1924). The most recent governor to die was Ernest Vandiver (1959–1963), on February 21, 2005. The most recently-serving governor to die was George Busbee (1975–1983), on July 16, 2004.