List of Georgia Governors

John A. Treutlen Whig 1777-1778
John Houstoun Whig 1778-1779
John Wereat Whig 1779-1780
George Walton Whig 1779-1780
Richard Howley Whig 1780
Stephen Heard Whig 1780
Myrick Davies Whig 1780-1781
Nathan Brownson Whig 1781-1782
John Martin Whig 1782-1783
Lyman Hall None 1783-1784
John Houstoun None 1784-1785
Samuel Elbert None 1785-1786
Edward Telfair None 1786-1787
George Mathews None 1787-1788
George Handley None 1788-1789
George Walton None 1789-1790
Edward Telfair None 1790-1793
George Mathews None 1793-1796
Jared Irwin None 1796-1798
James Jackson Jeff.-Rep. 1798-1801
David Emanuel Jeff.-Rep. 1801-1801
Josiah Tattnall, Jr. Jeff.-Rep. 1801-1802
John Milledge Jeff.-Rep. 1802-1806
Jared Irwin Jeff.-Rep. 1806-1809
David B. Mitchell Jeff.-Rep. 1809-1813
Peter Early Jeff.-Rep. 1813-1815
David B. Mitchell Jeff.-Rep. 1815-1817
William Rabun Jeff.-Rep. 1817-1819
Matthew Talbot Jeff.-Rep. 1819
John Clark Jeff.-Rep. 1819-1823
George M. Troup Jeff.-Rep. 1823-1827
John Forsyth Jeff.-Rep. 1827-1829
George R. Gilmer Unknown 1829-1831
Wilson Lumpkin Democratic 1831-1835
William Schley Democratic 1835-1837
George R. Gilmer Whig 1837-1839
Charles J. McDonald Democratic 1839-1843
George W. Crawford Whig 1843-1847
George W. Towns Democratic 1847-1851
Howell Cobb Union Democratic 1851-1853
Herschel V. Johnson Union Democratic 1853-1857
Joseph E. Brown Democratic 1857-1865
James Johnson Democratic 1865
Charles J. Jenkins Democratic 1865-1868
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
Alexander H. Stephens Democratic 1882-1883
James S. Boynton Democratic 1883-1883
Henry D. McDaniel Democratic 1883-1886
John B. Gordon Democratic 1886-1890
William J. Northen Democratic 1890-1894
William Y. Atkinson Democratic 1894-1898
Allen D. Candler Democratic 1898-1902
Joseph M. Terrell Democratic 1902-1907
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 G. Maddox Democratic 1967-1971
Jimmy Carter Democratic 1971-1975
George D. Busbee[?] Democratic 1975-1983
Joe Frank Harris[?] Democratic 1983-1991
Zell Miller[?] Democratic 1991-1999
Roy Barnes[?] Democratic 1999-2003
Sonny Perdue[?] Republican 2003-