LIST OF GOVERNORS OF NORTH CAROLINA

The following is a list of chief executives for the British colony and the U.S. state of North Carolina. See also History of North Carolina.
==List of Governors

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Governors of North Carolina, 1711-1731

Royal Colony, 1731-1775

State of North Carolina, 1776-present

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=Roanoke Colony, 1585 - 1587===

★ Ralph Lane, 1585 - 1586

★ John White, 1587
=== Proprietary Colony, 1664-1731

Governors of Albemarle Sound, 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 (''acting'')

★ Charles Eden 1714-1722

★ Thomas Pollock 1722 (''acting'')

★ William Reed 1722-1724 (''acting'')

★ George Burrington 1724-1725

★ Richard Everard 1725-1731

Royal Colony, 1731-1775

★ George Burrington 1731-1734

★ Nathaniel Rice 1734 (''acting'')

★ Gabriel Johnston 1734-1752

★ Nathaniel Rice 1752-1753 (''acting'')

★ Matthew Rowan 1753-1754 (''acting'')

★ Arthur Dobbs 1753-1765

★ William Tryon 1765-1771

★ James Hasell 1771, 1774 (''acting'')

★ Josiah Martin 1771-1775 (''Martin considered himself to remain in office throughout the Revolutionary War, but he left North Carolina in July of 1775'')
===Provincial Council (American Revolution)===
''The 13-member Provincial Council, renamed the Council of Safety in April 1776, was essentially the executive authority during the second year of the Revolution, and was appointed by the Provincial Congress. The Presidency of the Council and the Presidency of the Congress could each be considered the highest offices in the state during this time, but the council was supreme when the congress was not in session.'' [1]

★ 'Presidents of the Council:'

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★ Cornelius Harnett 18 Oct. 1775 - 5 March 1776; 5 June 1776 - 21 August 1776

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★ Samuel Ashe 21 August 1776 - 27 September 1776

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★ Willie Jones 27 September 1776 - 25 Oct. 1776 ''(some sources indicate that Jones was president through Nov. 12, when the Fifth Provincial Congress convened.)''

State of North Carolina, 1776-present

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Richard Caswell	November 12 1776	April 20 1780	No party
Abner Nash	April 20 1780	26 June 1781	No party
Thomas Burke	26 June 1781	April 22 1782	No party
Alexander Martin	April 22 1782	May 13 1785	No party
Richard Caswell	May 13 1785	December 20 1787	No party
Samuel Johnston	December 20 1787	December 17 1789	Federalist
Alexander Martin	December 17 1789	December 14 1792	Anti-Federalist
Richard Dobbs Spaight	December 14 1792	November 19 1795	Federalist
Samuel Ashe	November 19 1795	December 7 1798	Anti-Federalist
William Richardson Davie	December 7 1798	November 23 1799	Federalist
Benjamin Williams	November 23 1799	December 6 1802	Federalist
James Turner	December 6 1802	December 10 1805	Democratic-Republican
Nathaniel Alexander	December 10 1805	December 1 1807	Democratic-Republican
Benjamin Williams	December 1 1807	December 12 1808	Federalist
David Stone	December 12 1808	December 1 1810	Democratic-Republican
Benjamin Smith	December 1 1810	December 11 1811	Democratic-Republican
William Hawkins	December 11 1811	November 29 1814	Democratic-Republican
William Miller	November 29 1814	December 6 1817	Democratic-Republican
John Branch	December 6 1817	December 7 1820	Democratic-Republican
Jesse Franklin	December 7 1820	December 7 1821	Democratic-Republican
Gabriel Holmes	December 7 1821	December 7 1824	Democratic-Republican
Hutchins Gordon Burton	December 7 1824	December 8 1827	No party
James Iredell, Jr.	December 8 1827	December 12 1828	Democratic-Republican
John Owen	December 12 1828	December 18 1830	Democratic
Montfort Stokes	December 18 1830	December 6 1832	Democratic
David Lowry Swain	December 6 1832	December 10 1835	National Republican
Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr.	December 10 1835	December 31 1836	Democratic
Edward Bishop Dudley	December 31 1836	January 1 1841	Whig
John Motley Morehead	January 1 1841	January 1 1845	Whig
William Alexander Graham	January 1 1845	January 1 1849	Whig
Charles Manly	January 1 1849	January 1 1851	Whig
David Settle Reid	January 1 1851	December 6 1854	Democratic
Warren Winslow	December 6 1854	January 1 1855	Democratic
Thomas Bragg	January 1 1855	January 1 1859	Democratic
John Willis Ellis	January 1 1859	July 7 1861	Democratic
Henry Toole Clark	July 7 1861	September 8 1862	Democratic
Zebulon Baird Vance	September 8 1862	May 29 1865	Conservative Party
William Woods Holden	May 29 1865	December 15 1865	National Union
Jonathan Worth	December 15 1865	July 1 1868	Conservative Party
William Woods Holden	July 1 1868	December 15 1870	Republican
Tod Robinson Caldwell	December 15 1870	July 11 1874	Republican
Curtis Hooks Brogden	July 11 1874	January 1 1877	Republican
Zebulon Baird Vance	January 1 1877	February 5 1879	Democratic
Thomas Jordan Jarvis	February 5 1879	January 21 1885	Democratic
Alfred Moore Scales	January 21 1885	January 17 1889	Democratic
Daniel Gould Fowle	January 17 1889	April 7 1891	Democratic
Thomas Michael Holt	April 7 1891	January 18 1893	Democratic
Elias Carr	January 18 1893	January 12 1897	Democratic
Daniel Lindsay Russell	January 12 1897	January 15 1901	Republican
Charles Brantley Aycock	January 15 1901	January 11 1905	Democratic
Robert Broadnax Glenn	January 11 1905	January 12 1909	Democratic
William Walton Kitchin	January 12 1909	January 15 1913	Democratic
Locke Craig	January 15 1913	January 11 1917	Democratic
Thomas Walter Bickett	January 11 1917	January 12 1921	Democratic
Cameron Morrison	January 12 1921	January 14 1925	Democratic
Angus Wilton McLean	January 14 1925	January 11 1929	Democratic
Oliver Max Gardner	January 11 1929	January 5 1933	Democratic
John C.B. Ehringhaus	January 5 1933	January 7 1937	Democratic
Clyde R. Hoey	January 7 1937	January 9 1941	Democratic
J. Melville Broughton	January 9 1941	January 4 1945	Democratic
R. Gregg Cherry	January 4 1945	January 6 1949	Democratic
W. Kerr Scott	January 6 1949	January 8 1953	Democratic
William B. Umstead	January 8 1953	November 7 1954	Democratic
Luther H. Hodges	November 7 1954	January 8 1961	Democratic
Terry Sanford	January 5 1961	January 8 1965	Democratic
Dan K. Moore	January 8 1965	January 3 1969	Democratic
Robert W. Scott	January 3 1969	January 5 1973	Democratic
James E. Holshouser, Jr.	January 5 1973	January 8 1977	Republican
James B. Hunt, Jr.	January 8 1977	January 5 1985	Democratic
James G. Martin	January 5 1985	January 9 1993	Republican
James B. Hunt, Jr.	January 9 1993	January 6 2001	Democratic
Mike Easley	January 6 2001	''Incumbent''	Democratic

External link

★ History of NC Gubernatorial Races at OurCampaigns.com