List of governors of North Carolina
Appearance
Here is the list of individuals who became the Governor of North Carolina.
List
[change | change source]- Political party
No party Anti-Federalist Federalist Democratic-Republican Democratic Whig/National Republican Conservative Republican/National Union
# | Governor | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
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1 | Richard Caswell | November 12, 1776 | April 20, 1780 | No party | ||
2 | Abner Nash | April 20, 1780 | June 26, 1781 | No party | ||
3 | Thomas Burke | June 26, 1781 | April 22, 1782 | No party | ||
4 | Alexander Martin | April 22, 1782 | May 13, 1785 | Anti-Federalist | ||
5 | Richard Caswell | May 13, 1785 | December 20, 1787 | No party | ||
6 | Samuel Johnston | December 20, 1787 | December 17, 1789 | Federalist | ||
7 | Alexander Martin | December 17, 1789 | December 14, 1792 | Anti-Federalist | ||
8 | Richard Dobbs Spaight | December 14, 1792 | November 19, 1795 | Federalist | ||
9 | Samuel Ashe | November 19, 1795 | December 7, 1798 | Anti-Federalist | ||
10 | William Richardson Davie | December 7, 1798 | November 23, 1799 | Federalist | ||
11 | Benjamin Williams | November 23, 1799 | December 6, 1802 | Federalist | ||
12 | James Turner | December 6, 1802 | December 10, 1805 | Democratic-Republican | [1] | |
13 | Nathaniel Alexander | December 10, 1805 | December 1, 1807 | Democratic-Republican | ||
14 | Benjamin Williams | December 1, 1807 | December 12, 1808 | Federalist | ||
15 | David Stone | December 12, 1808 | December 1, 1810 | Democratic-Republican | ||
16 | Benjamin Smith | December 1, 1810 | December 11, 1811 | Democratic-Republican | ||
17 | William Hawkins | December 11, 1811 | November 29, 1814 | Democratic-Republican | ||
18 | William Miller | November 29, 1814 | December 6, 1817 | Democratic-Republican | ||
19 | John Branch | December 6, 1817 | December 7, 1820 | Democratic-Republican | ||
20 | Jesse Franklin | December 7, 1820 | December 7, 1821 | Democratic-Republican | ||
21 | Gabriel Holmes | December 7, 1821 | December 7, 1824 | Democratic-Republican | ||
22 | Hutchins Gordon Burton | December 7, 1824 | December 8, 1827 | No party | ||
23 | James Iredell Jr. | December 8, 1827 | December 12, 1828 | Democratic-Republican | ||
24 | John Owen | December 12, 1828 | December 18, 1830 | Democratic | ||
25 | Montfort Stokes | December 18, 1830 | December 6, 1832 | Democratic | ||
26 | David Lowry Swain | December 6, 1832 | December 10, 1835 | National Republican | ||
27 | Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr. | December 10, 1835 | December 31, 1836 | Democratic | ||
28 | Edward Bishop Dudley | December 31, 1836 | January 1, 1841 | Whig | ||
29 | John Motley Morehead | January 1, 1841 | January 1, 1845 | Whig | ||
30 | William Alexander Graham | January 1, 1845 | January 1, 1849 | Whig | ||
31 | Charles Manly | January 1, 1849 | January 1, 1851 | Whig | ||
32 | David Settle Reid | January 1, 1851 | December 6, 1854 | Democratic | ||
33 | Warren Winslow | December 6, 1854 | January 1, 1855 | Democratic | ||
34 | Thomas Bragg | January 1, 1855 | January 1, 1859 | Democratic | ||
35 | John Willis Ellis | January 1, 1859 | July 7, 1861 | Democratic | ||
36 | Henry Toole Clark | July 7, 1861 | September 8, 1862 | Democratic | ||
37 | Zebulon Baird Vance | September 8, 1862 | May 29, 1865 | Conservative | ||
38 | William Woods Holden | May 29, 1865 | December 15, 1865[note 1] | National Union | [2] | |
39 | Jonathan Worth | December 15, 1865 | July 1, 1868 | Conservative | ||
40 | William Woods Holden | July 1, 1868 | March 22, 1871 | Republican | ||
41 | Tod Robinson Caldwell | March 22, 1871 | July 11, 1874 | Republican | ||
42 | Curtis Hooks Brogden | July 11, 1874 | January 1, 1877 | Republican | ||
43 | Zebulon Baird Vance | January 1, 1877 | February 5, 1879 | Democratic | ||
44 | Thomas Jordan Jarvis | February 5, 1879 | January 21, 1885 | Democratic | ||
45 | Alfred Moore Scales | January 21, 1885 | January 17, 1889 | Democratic | ||
46 | Daniel Gould Fowle | January 17, 1889 | April 7, 1891 | Democratic | ||
47 | Thomas Michael Holt | April 7, 1891 | January 18, 1893 | Democratic | ||
48 | Elias Carr | January 18, 1893 | January 12, 1897 | Democratic | ||
49 | Daniel Lindsay Russell | January 12, 1897 | January 15, 1901 | Republican | [3] | |
50 | Charles Brantley Aycock | January 15, 1901 | January 11, 1905 | Democratic | ||
51 | Robert Broadnax Glenn | January 11, 1905 | January 12, 1909 | Democratic | ||
52 | William Walton Kitchin | January 12, 1909 | January 15, 1913 | Democratic | ||
53 | Locke Craig | January 15, 1913 | January 11, 1917 | Democratic | ||
54 | Thomas Walter Bickett | January 11, 1917 | January 12, 1921 | Democratic | ||
55 | Cameron A. Morrison | January 12, 1921 | January 14, 1925 | Democratic | ||
56 | Angus Wilton McLean | January 14, 1925 | January 11, 1929 | Democratic | ||
57 | Oliver Max Gardner | January 11, 1929 | January 5, 1933 | Democratic | ||
58 | John C.B. Ehringhaus | January 5, 1933 | January 7, 1937 | Democratic | ||
59 | Clyde R. Hoey | January 7, 1937 | January 9, 1941 | Democratic | ||
60 | J. Melville Broughton | January 9, 1941 | January 4, 1945 | Democratic | ||
61 | R. Gregg Cherry | January 4, 1945 | January 6, 1949 | Democratic | ||
62 | W. Kerr Scott | January 6, 1949 | January 8, 1953 | Democratic | ||
63 | William B. Umstead | January 8, 1953 | November 7, 1954 | Democratic | ||
64 | Luther H. Hodges | November 7, 1954 | January 5, 1961 | Democratic | ||
65 | Terry Sanford | January 5, 1961 | January 8, 1965 | Democratic | ||
66 | Dan K. Moore | January 8, 1965 | January 3, 1969 | Democratic | ||
67 | Robert W. Scott | January 3, 1969 | January 5, 1973 | Democratic | ||
68 | James Holshouser | January 5, 1973 | January 8, 1977 | Republican | ||
69 | Jim Hunt | January 8, 1977 | January 5, 1985 | Democratic | ||
70 | James G. Martin | January 5, 1985 | January 9, 1993 | Republican | ||
71 | Jim Hunt | January 9, 1993 | January 6, 2001 | Democratic | ||
72 | Mike Easley | January 6, 2001 | January 10, 2009 | Democratic | ||
73 | Bev Perdue | January 10, 2009 | January 5, 2013 | Democratic | [4] | |
74 | Pat McCrory | January 5, 2013 | January 1, 2017 | Republican | ||
75 | Roy Cooper | January 1, 2017 | Present | Democratic |
Notes:
- ↑ William Woods Holden was the second governor in American history to be impeached, and the first to be removed from office through that process. He is the only North Carolina governor to have been impeached.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ John Baptista Ashe was elected in 1802 to succeed Williams but died before he could take office, leading the legislature to elect Turner.
- ↑ Provisional Governor appointed by President Andrew Johnson until a special election could be held.
- ↑ Russell, while a Republican, was supported by many in the Populist Party as part of an electoral fusion coalition, though a separate Populist candidate was also nominated. http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/58/entry Archived 2006-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Beverly Perdue was elected as the first female governor of North Carolina in the election of 2008.