List of North Carolina Governors

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
D. L. Swain Whig 1832-1835
R. D. Spaight, Jr. Democratic 1835-1836
E. B. Dudley Whig 1836-1841
J. M. Morehead Whig 1841-1845
W. A. Graham Whig 1845-1849
Charles Manly Whig 1849-1851
D. S. Reid Democratic 1851-1854
Warren Winslow Democratic 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
Daniel 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-