Wikipedia: List of Governors of North Carolina

List of Governors of North Carolina
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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

William Drummond 1664-1667
Samuel Stephens 1667-1669
Peter Carteret 1670-1672
John Jenkins 1672-1675
Thomas Eastchurch 1675-1676
John Jenkins 1676-1677
Thomas Miller 1677
John Harvey 1679
Henry Wilkinson 1680
John Jenkins 1680-1681
Seth Sothel 1682-1689

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-

References

North Carolina Encyclopedia