List of governors of Georgia
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This is a list of Governors of the state of Georgia, including governors of the British colony of Georgia.
Colonial governors
- James Oglethorpe 1733 - 1743 (Resident Trustee) (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 Wright 1760 - 1776, 1779 - 1782
State governors
- George Walton 1775 - 1776 (Walton County)
- Archibald Bulloch 1776 - 1777 (Bulloch County)
- Button Gwinnett 1777 (Gwinnett County)
- John A. Treutlen Whig 1777-1778 (Treutlen County)
- John Houstoun Whig 1778-1779 (Houston County)
- John Wereat Whig 1779-1780
- George Walton Whig 1779-1780 (Walton County)
- Richard Howly Whig 1780-1780
- Stephen Heard Whig 1780-1780 (Heard County)
- Myrick Davies Whig 1780-1781
- Nathan Brownson Whig 1781-1782
- John Martin Whig 1782-1783
- Lyman Hall none 1783-1784 (Hall County)
- John Houstoun none 1784-1785 (Houston County)
- Samuel Elbert none 1785-1786 (Elbert County)
- Edward Telfair none 1786-1787 (Telfair County)
- George Mathews none 1787-1788
- George Handley none 1788-1789
- George Walton none 1789-1790 (Walton County)
- Edward Telfair none 1790-1793 (Telfair County)
- George Mathews none 1793-1796
- Jared Irwin none 1796-1798 (Irwin County)
- James Jackson Jeff.-Rep. 1798-1801 (Jackson County)
- David Emanuel Jeff.-Rep. 1801-1801 (Emanuel County)
- Josiah Tattnall, Jr. Jeff.-Rep. 1801-1802 (Tattnall County)
- John Milledge Jeff.-Rep. 1802-1806
- Jared Irwin Jeff.-Rep. 1806-1809 (Irwin County)
- David B. Mitchell Jeff.-Rep. 1809-1813
- Peter Early Jeff.-Rep. 1813-1815 (Early County)
- David B. Mitchell Jeff.-Rep. 1815-1817
- William Rabun Jeff.-Rep. 1817-1819 (Rabun County)
- Matthew Talbot Jeff.-Rep. 1819-1819 (Talbot County)
- John Clark Jeff.-Rep. 1819-1823
- George M. Troup Jeff.-Rep. 1823-1827 (Troup County)
- John Forsyth Jeff.-Rep. 1827-1829 (Forsyth County)
- George R. Gilmer unknown 1829-1831 (Gilmer County)
- Wilson Lumpkin Democratic 1831-1835 (Lumpkin County)
- William Schley Democratic 1835-1837 (Schley County)
- George R. Gilmer Whig 1837-1839
- Charles J. McDonald Democratic 1839-1843
- George W. Crawford Whig 1843-1847 (Crawford County)
- George W. Towns Democratic 1847-1851 (Towns County)
- Howell Cobb Union Democratic 1851-1853 (not Cobb County)
- Herschel V. Johnson Union Democratic 1853-1857 (Johnson County)
- Joseph E. Brown Democratic 1857-1865
- James Johnson Democratic 1865-1865
- Charles J. Jenkins Democratic 1865-1868 (Jenkins County)
- Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger U.S. Military Governor 1868-1868
- Rufus B. Bullock Republican 1868-1871
- Benjamin Conley Republican 1871-1872
- James M. Smith Democratic 1872-1877
- Alfred H. Colquitt Democratic 1877-1882 (not Colquitt County)
- Alexander H. Stephens Democratic 1882-1883 (Stephens County)
- James S. Boynton Democratic 1883-1883
- Henry D. McDaniel Democratic 1883-1886
- John B. Gordon Democratic 1886-1890 (not Gordon County)
- William J. Northen Democratic 1890-1894
- William Y. Atkinson Democratic 1894-1898 (Atkinson County)
- Allen D. Candler Democratic 1898-1902 (Candler County)
- Joseph M. Terrell Democratic 1902-1907 (Terrell County)
- Hoke Smith Democratic 1907-1909
- Joseph M. Brown Democratic 1909-1911
- Hoke Smith Democratic 1911-1911
- John M. Slaton Democratic 1911-1912
- Joseph M. Brown Democratic 1912-1913
- John M. Slaton Democratic 1913-1915
- Nathaniel E. Harris Democratic 1915-1917
- Hugh M. Dorsey Democratic 1917-1921
- Thomas W. Hardwick Democratic 1921-1923
- Clifford Walker Democratic 1923-1927
- Lamartine G. Hardman Democratic 1927-1931
- Richard B. Russell Jr. Democratic 1931-1933
- Eugene Talmadge Democratic 1933-1937
- Eurith D. Rivers Democratic 1937-1941
- Eugene Talmadge Democratic 1941-1943
- Ellis Arnall Democratic 1943-1947
- Melvin E. Thompson Democratic 1947-1948
- Herman E. Talmadge Democratic 1948-1955
- Marvin Griffin Democratic 1955-1959
- Ernest Vandiver Democratic 1959-1963
- Carl E. Sanders Democratic 1963-1967
- Lester Maddox Democratic 1967-1971
- James E. Carter Jr. Democratic 1971-1975
- George D. Busbee Democratic 1975-1983
- Joe Frank Harris Democratic 1983-1991
- Zell B. Miller Democratic 1991-1999
- Roy Barnes Democratic 1999-2003
- George E. "Sonny" Perdue III Republican 2003-de:Liste der Gouverneure von Georgia