List of Governors of North Carolina
This is a list of the governors of
North Carolina from the colonial period to the present.
Proprietary Colony, 1664-1731
Governors of Albemarle, 1664-1689
Deputy Governors of Carolina, 1689-1710
- John Gibbs 1689-1690
- Thomas Jarvis 1690-1694
- Philip Ludwell 1690-1691, 1692-1693, 1693-1695
- Thomas Harvey 1694-1699
- John Archdale 1695-1696 (Governor of North and South Carolina)
- Henderson Walker 1699-1703
- Robert Daniel 1703-1705
- Thomas Cary 1705-1711
- William Glover 1706-1710
Governors of North Carolina, 1711-1731
- Edward Hyde 1711-1712
- Thomas Pollock 1712-1714
- Charles Eden 1714-1722
- Thomas Pollock 1722
- William Reed 1722-1724
- George Burrington 1724-1725
- Richard Everard 1725-1731
Royal Colony, 1731-1775
- George Burrington 1731-1734
- Nathaniel Rice 1734
- Gabriel Johnston 1734-1752
- Nathaniel Rice 1752-1753
- Matthew Rowan 1753-1754
- Arthur Dobbs 1753-1763
- William Tryon 1765-1771
- James Hasell 1771
- Josiah Martin 1771-1775
State of North Carolina, 1776-present
- Richard Caswell None 1776-1780
- Abner Nash None 1780-1781
- Thomas Burke None 1781-1782
- Alexander Martin None 1782-1784
- Richard Caswell None 1784-1787
- Samuel Johnston Federalist 1787-1789
- Alexander Martin Unknown 1789-1792
- Richard Dobbs Spaight Dem.-Rep. 1792-1795
- Samuel Ashe Dem.-Rep. 1795-1798
- W. R. Davie Federalist 1798-1799
- Benjamin Williams Dem.-Rep. 1799-1802
- James Turner Dem.-Rep. 1802-1805
- Nathaniel Alexander Dem.-Rep. 1805-1807
- Benjamin Williams Dem.-Rep. 1807-1808
- David Stone Dem.-Rep. 1808-1810
- Benjamin Smith Dem.-Rep. 1810-1811
- William Hawkins Dem.-Rep. 1811-1814
- William Miller Dem.-Rep. 1814-1817
- John Branch Dem.-Rep. 1817-1820
- Jesse Franklin Dem.-Rep. 1820-1821
- Gabriel Holmes Unknown 1821-1824
- H. G. Burton Unknown 1824-1827
- James Iredell, Jr Dem.-Rep. 1827-1828
- John Owen Democratic 1828-1830
- Montfort Stokes Democratic 1830-1832
- David L. Swain Whig 1832-1835
- R. D. Spaight, Jr Democratic 1835-1836
- E. B. Dudley Whig 1836-1841
- John Motley Morehead Whig 1841-1845
- William A. Graham Whig 1845-1849
- Charles Manly Whig 1849-1851
- D. S. Reid Democratic 1851-1854
- Warren WinslowDemocratic 1854-1855
- Thomas Bragg Democratic 1855-1859
- John W. Ellis Democratic 1859-1861
- Henry T. Clark Democratic 1861-1862
- Zebulon Baird Vance Democratic 1862-1865
- W. W. Holden Republican 1865-1865
- Jonathan Worth Democratic 1865-1868
- W. W. Holden Republican 1868-1871
- T. R. Caldwell Republican 1871-1874
- C. H. Brogden Republican 1874-1877
- Zebulon Baird Vance Democratic 1877-1879
- T. J. Jarvis Democratic 1879-1885
- A. M. Scales Democratic 1885-1889
- D. G. Fowle Democratic 1889-1891
- Thomas M. Holt Democratic 1891-1893
- Elias Carr Democratic 1893-1897
- D. L. Russell Republican 1897-1901
- Charles Brantley Aycock Democratic 1901-1905
- R. B. Glenn Democratic 1905-1909
- W. W. Kitchin Democratic 1909-1913
- Locke Craig Democratic 1913-1917
- Thomas W. Bickett Democratic 1917-1921
- Cameron Morrison Democratic 1921-1925
- Angus Wilton McLean Democratic 1925-1929
- O. Max Gardner Democratic 1929-1933
- J. C. B. Ehringhaus Democratic 1933-1937
- Clyde R. Hoey Democratic 1937-1941
- J. Melville Broughton Democratic 1941-1945
- R. Gregg Cherry Democratic 1945-1949
- W. Kerr Scott Democratic 1949-1953
- William B. Umstead Democratic 1953-1954
- Luther H. Hodges Democratic 1954-1961
- Terry Sanford Democratic 1961-1965
- Dan K. Moore Democratic 1965-1969
- Robert W. Scott Democratic 1969-1973
- James E. Holshouser, Jr Republican 1973-1977
- James B. Hunt, Jr. Democratic 1977-1985
- James G. Martin Republican 1985-1993
- James B. Hunt, Jr Democratic 1993-2001
- Mike Easley Democratic 2001-
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