This list provides information about the governors of Georgia, including details such as their term of office, political party, and the elections they won. The list can be obtained in various file formats such as MS Excel, CSV, PDF, and a compressed file that contains all the formats.
S.No.,Governor,Term of Office,Party,Election1,"Archibald Bulloch(17301777)","January 22, 1776February 22, 1777(died in office)",None,2,"Button Gwinnett(17351777)","March 4, 1777May 8, 1777(left office)",None,3,"John A. Treutlen(17341782)","May 8, 1777January 10, 1778(left office)",None,4,"John Houstoun(17441796)","January 10, 1778December 29, 1778(fled from capture)",None,5,Competing governments,"December 29, 1778August 6, 1779",,"Government inchaos after fallof Savannah"6,"John Wereat(d. 1799)","August 6, 1779November 1779(left office)",None,7,"George Walton(d. 1804)","November 1779January 4, 1780(left office)",None,8,"Richard Howly(17401784)","January 4, 1780February 5, 1780(left office)",None,9,"George Wells(d. 1780)","February 5, 1780February 16, 1780(died in office)",None,10,"Stephen Heard(17401815)","February 18, 1780August 18, 1781(left office)",None,11,"Nathan Brownson(17421796)","August 18, 1781January 3, 1782(term-limited)",None,178112,"John Martin(d. 1786)","January 3, 1782January 8, 1783(term-limited)",None,178213,"Lyman Hall(17241790)","January 8, 1783January 9, 1784(term-limited)",None,178314,"John Houstoun(17441796)","January 9, 1784January 6, 1785(term-limited)",None,178415,"Samuel Elbert(17401788)","January 6, 1785January 9, 1786(term-limited)",None,178516,"Edward Telfair(17351807)","January 9, 1786January 9, 1787(term-limited)",None,178617,"George Mathews(17391812)","January 9, 1787January 26, 1788(term-limited)",None,178718,"George Handley(17521793)","January 26, 1788January 7, 1789(term-limited)",None,178819,"George Walton(d. 1804)","January 7, 1789November 9, 1789(term-limited)","Democratic-Republican",Jan. 178920,"Edward Telfair(17351807)","November 9, 1789November 7, 1793(lost election)","Democratic-Republican","Nov. 1789 1791"21,"George Mathews(17391812)","November 7, 1793January 15, 1796(did not run)","Democratic-Republican",179322,"Jared Irwin(17501818)","January 15, 1796January 12, 1798(did not run)","Democratic-Republican",179523,"James Jackson(17571806)","January 12, 1798March 3, 1801(resigned)","Democratic-Republican","1797 1799"24,"David Emanuel(17441808)","March 3, 1801November 7, 1801(did not run)","Democratic-Republican","Succeeded frompresident ofthe Senate"25,"Josiah Tattnall(d. 1803)","November 7, 1801November 4, 1802(resigned)","Democratic-Republican",180126,"John Milledge(17571818)","November 4, 1802September 23, 1806(resigned)","Democratic-Republican","1802(special)1803 1805"27,"Jared Irwin(17501818)","September 23, 1806November 10, 1809(lost election)","Democratic-Republican","Succeeded frompresident ofthe Senate1807"28,"David Brydie Mitchell(17661837)","November 10, 1809November 5, 1813(did not run)","Democratic-Republican","1809 1811"29,"Peter Early(17731817)","November 5, 1813November 10, 1815(lost election)","Democratic-Republican",181330,"David Brydie Mitchell(17661837)","November 10, 1815March 4, 1817(resigned)","Democratic-Republican",181531,"William Rabun(17711819)","March 4, 1817October 24, 1819(died in office)","Democratic-Republican","Succeeded frompresident ofthe Senate1817"32,"Matthew Talbot(17671827)","October 24, 1819November 5, 1819(successor took office)","Democratic-Republican","Succeeded frompresident ofthe Senate"33,"John Clark(17661832)","November 5, 1819November 7, 1823(did not run)","Democratic-Republican","1819 1821"34,"George Troup(17801856)","November 7, 1823November 7, 1827(did not run)","Democratic-Republican","1823 1825"35,"John Forsyth(17801841)","November 7, 1827November 4, 1829(did not run)","Democratic-Republican",182736,"George Rockingham Gilmer(17901859)","November 4, 1829November 9, 1831(lost election)","Democratic-Republican",182937,"Wilson Lumpkin(17831870)","November 9, 1831November 4, 1835(did not run)",Union (Democratic),"1831 1833"38,"William Schley(17861858)","November 4, 1835November 8, 1837(lost election)",Union (Democratic),183539,"George Rockingham Gilmer(17901859)","November 8, 1837November 6, 1839(did not run)",State Rights (Whig),183740,"Charles James McDonald(17931860)","November 6, 1839November 8, 1843(did not run)",Union (Democratic),"1839 1841"41,"George W. Crawford(17981872)","November 8, 1843November 3, 1847(did not run)",Whig,"1843 1845"42,"George W. Towns(18011854)","November 3, 1847November 5, 1851(did not run)",Democratic,"1847 1849"43,"Howell Cobb(18151868)","November 5, 1851November 9, 1853(did not run)",Union (Democratic),185144,"Herschel Vespasian Johnson(18121880)","November 9, 1853November 6, 1857(did not run)",Democratic,"1853 1855"45,"Joseph E. Brown(18211894)","November 6, 1857June 17, 1865(resigned)",Democratic,"18571859 1861 1863"46,"James Johnson(18111891)","June 17, 1865December 19, 1865(provisional term ended)",,"Provisionalgovernorappointed byPresident"47,"Charles J. Jenkins(18051883)","December 14, 1865January 13, 1868(removed from office)",Democratic,186548,"Thomas H. Ruger(18331907)","January 13, 1868July 4, 1868(state readmitted)",,"Militaryoccupation"49,"Rufus Bullock(18341907)","July 4, 1868October 30, 1871(resigned)",Republican,186850,"Benjamin F. Conley(18151886)","October 30, 1871January 12, 1872(did not run)",Republican,"President ofthe Senateacting"51,"James Milton Smith(18231890)","January 12, 1872January 12, 1877(did not run)",Democratic,"1871(special)1872"52,"Alfred H. Colquitt(18241894)","January 12, 1877November 4, 1882(did not run)",Democratic,"1876 1880"53,"Alexander H. Stephens(18121883)","November 4, 1882March 4, 1883(died in office)",Democratic,188254,"James S. Boynton(18331902)","March 4, 1883May 10, 1883(did not run)",Democratic,"President ofthe Senateacting"55,"Henry Dickerson McDaniel(18361926)","May 10, 1883November 9, 1886(did not run)",Democratic,"1883(special)1884"56,"John B. Gordon(18321904)","November 9, 1886November 8, 1890(term-limited)",Democratic,"1886 1888"57,"William J. Northen(18351913)","November 8, 1890October 27, 1894(term-limited)",Democratic,"1890 1892"58,"William Yates Atkinson(18541899)","October 27, 1894October 29, 1898(term-limited)",Democratic,"1894 1896"59,"Allen D. Candler(18341910)","October 29, 1898October 25, 1902(term-limited)",Democratic,"1898 1900"60,"Joseph M. Terrell(18611912)","October 25, 1902June 29, 1907(term-limited)",Democratic,"1902 1904"61,"M. Hoke Smith(18551931)","June 29, 1907June 26, 1909(lost nomination)",Democratic,190662,"Joseph Mackey Brown(18511932)","June 26, 1909July 1, 1911(lost election)",Democratic,190863,"M. Hoke Smith(18551931)","July 1, 1911November 15, 1911(resigned)",Democratic,191064,"John M. Slaton(18661955)","November 15, 1911January 25, 1912(did not run)",Democratic,"President ofthe Senateacting"65,"Joseph Mackey Brown(18511932)","January 25, 1912June 28, 1913(did not run)",Democratic,"1912(special)"66,"John M. Slaton(18661955)","June 28, 1913June 26, 1915(did not run)",Democratic,191267,"Nathaniel Edwin Harris(18461929)","June 26, 1915June 30, 1917(lost nomination)",Democratic,191468,"Hugh Dorsey(18711948)","June 30, 1917June 25, 1921(term-limited)",Democratic,"1916 1918"69,"Thomas W. Hardwick(18721944)","June 25, 1921June 30, 1923(lost nomination)",Democratic,192070,"Clifford Walker(18771954)","June 30, 1923June 25, 1927(term-limited)",Democratic,"1922 1924"71,"Lamartine Griffin Hardman(18561937)","June 25, 1927June 27, 1931(term-limited)",Democratic,"1926 1928"72,"Richard Russell Jr.(18971971)","June 27, 1931January 10, 1933(did not run)",Democratic,193073,"Eugene Talmadge(18841946)","January 10, 1933January 12, 1937(term-limited)",Democratic,"1932 1934"74,"Eurith D. Rivers(18951967)","January 12, 1937January 14, 1941(term-limited)",Democratic,"1936 1938"75,"Eugene Talmadge(18841946)","January 14, 1941January 12, 1943(lost nomination)",Democratic,194076,"Ellis Arnall(19071992)","January 12, 1943January 14, 1947(term-limited)",Democratic,194277,"Eugene Talmadge(18841946)","Died beforetaking office",Democratic,194678,"Herman Talmadge(19132002)","January 14, 1947March 18, 1947(removed from office)",Democratic,194679,"Melvin E. Thompson(19031980)","March 18, 1947November 17, 1948(lost nomination)",Democratic,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor"80,"Herman Talmadge(19132002)","November 17, 1948January 11, 1955(term-limited)",Democratic,"1948(special)1950"81,"Marvin Griffin(19071982)","January 11, 1955January 13, 1959(term-limited)",Democratic,195482,"Ernest Vandiver(19182005)","January 13, 1959January 15, 1963(term-limited)",Democratic,195883,"Carl Sanders(19252014)","January 15, 1963January 11, 1967(term-limited)",Democratic,196284,"Lester Maddox(19152003)","January 11, 1967January 12, 1971(term-limited)",Democratic,196685,"Jimmy Carter(b. 1924)","January 12, 1971January 14, 1975(term-limited)",Democratic,197086,"George Busbee(19272004)","January 14, 1975January 11, 1983(term-limited)",Democratic,"1974 1978"87,"Joe Frank Harris(b. 1936)","January 11, 1983January 14, 1991(term-limited)",Democratic,"1982 1986"88,"Zell Miller(19322018)","January 14, 1991January 11, 1999(term-limited)",Democratic,"1990 1994"89,"Roy Barnes(b. 1948)","January 11, 1999January 13, 2003(lost election)",Democratic,199890,"Sonny Perdue(b. 1946)","January 13, 2003January 10, 2011(term-limited)",Republican,"2002 2006"91,"Nathan Deal(b. 1942)","January 10, 2011January 14, 2019(term-limited)",Republican,"2010 2014"92,"Brian Kemp(b. 1963)","January 14, 2019Incumbent",Republican,"2018 2022",,,,https://www.downloadexcelfiles.com/,,,,