List of governors of Georgia

Not to be confused with the state commissioners (informally referred to as "Governor"), the chief executives of the Regions of Georgia (country).

The governor of Georgia is the head of government of the U.S. state of Georgia and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. Republican Brian Kemp assumed office on January 14, 2019.

There have officially been 83 governors of the State of Georgia, including 11 who served more than one distinct term (John Houstoun, George Walton, Edward Telfair, George Mathews, Jared Irwin, David Brydie Mitchell, George Rockingham Gilmer, M. Hoke Smith, Joseph Mackey Brown, John M. Slaton and Eugene Talmadge, with Herman Talmadge serving two de facto distinct terms).

The longest-serving governors are George Busbee, Joe Frank Harris, Zell Miller, Sonny Perdue and Nathan Deal, each of whom served two full four-year terms; Joseph E. Brown, governor during the Civil War, was elected four times, serving seven and a half years. The shortest term of the post-revolutionary period is that of Matthew Talbot, who served 13 days after succeeding his predecessor, who died in office. Eugene Talmadge died in December 1946 before taking office in his second distinct term, leading to a dispute in which three people claimed the office.

Governors

For the period before independence, see List of colonial governors of Georgia.

Georgia was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on January 2, 1788.^[1] Before it declared its independence, Georgia was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain. It seceded from the Union on January 19, 1861,^[2] and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861.^[3] Following the end of the American Civil War, Georgia during Reconstruction was part of the Third Military District, which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections. Georgia was readmitted to the Union on July 25, 1868;^[4] again expelled from Congress on March 3, 1869;^[5] and again readmitted on July 15, 1870.^[6]

The Rules and Regulations of the Colony, drafted in 1776, provided for a president to serve a term of 6 months.^[7] A formal constitution was drafted in 1777, providing for a governor to serve a term of one year, but no more than one year out of every three.^[8] The term was lengthened to two years in 1789, but with no term limit.^[9] The 1865 constitution required governors to take four years off after serving two terms,^[10] but that was quickly changed in the 1868 constitution, which allowed four-year terms with no limits.^[11] The term length was returned to the two-year term and limit of the 1865 constitution in 1877.^[12]

The 1945 constitution changed the length of terms to four years, with governors required to take four years off before running again, and it created the office of Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, who would exercise the powers of the governor should the office become vacant.^[13] This was changed in 1983 so that the lieutenant governor fully becomes governor in that circumstance.^[14] Before the creation of the office of lieutenant governor, the president of the senate (or, before 1789, the president of the executive council^[15]) would exercise the powers of governor.^[16] The 1983 constitution also allows governors to succeed themselves once, before having to wait four years to run again.^[14] The governor and the lieutenant governor are not officially elected on the same ticket.

Governors of the State of Georgia

No.[lower-alpha 1]	Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]
7			Archibald Bulloch (1730–1777) [18][19]	January 22, 1776[20] – February 22, 1777 (died in office)	None	—[lower-alpha 4]	Office did not exist
8			Button Gwinnett (1735–1777) [21][22]	March 4, 1777[20] – May 8, 1777 (left office)[lower-alpha 5]	None	—[lower-alpha 6]
9			John A. Treutlen (1734–1782) [23][24]	May 8, 1777[20] – January 10, 1778 (left office)[lower-alpha 5]	None	—
10			John Houstoun (1744–1796) [25][26]	January 10, 1778[20] – December 29, 1778 (fled from capture)[lower-alpha 7]	None	—
—	Competing governments			December 29, 1778 – August 6, 1779	Government in chaos after fall of Savannah[lower-alpha 8]
11			John Wereat (d. 1799) [29][30]	August 6, 1779[20] – November 1779 (left office)[lower-alpha 5]	None	—
12			George Walton (d. 1804) [31][32][33]	November 1779[20] – January 4, 1780 (left office)[lower-alpha 5]	None	—
13			Richard Howly (1740–1784) [34]	January 4, 1780[20] – February 5, 1780 (left office)[lower-alpha 9]	None	—
—			George Wells (d. 1780)	February 5, 1780 – February 16, 1780 (died in office)[lower-alpha 10]	None	—
14			Stephen Heard[lower-alpha 11] (1740–1815) [37][36]	February 18, 1780[lower-alpha 12] – August 18, 1781 (left office)[lower-alpha 5]	None	—
15			Nathan Brownson (1742–1796) [39][40]	August 18, 1781[20] – January 3, 1782 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 13]	None	1781
16			John Martin (d. 1786) [42][43]	January 3, 1782[20] – January 8, 1783 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 13]	None	1782
17			Lyman Hall (1724–1790) [44][45]	January 8, 1783[20] – January 9, 1784 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 13]	None	1783
10			John Houstoun (1744–1796) [25][26]	January 9, 1784[20] – January 6, 1785 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 13]	None	1784
18			Samuel Elbert (1740–1788) [46][47]	January 6, 1785[20] – January 9, 1786 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 13]	None	1785
19			Edward Telfair (1735–1807) [48][49][50]	January 9, 1786[20] – January 9, 1787 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 13]	None	1786
20			George Mathews (1739–1812) [51][52][53]	January 9, 1787[20] – January 26, 1788 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 13]	None	1787
21			George Handley (1752–1793) [54][55]	January 26, 1788[20] – January 7, 1789 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 13]	None	1788[lower-alpha 14]
12			George Walton (d. 1804) [31][32][33]	January 7, 1789[20] – November 9, 1789 (did not run)[lower-alpha 15]	Democratic- Republican[31]	Jan. 1789
19			Edward Telfair (1735–1807) [48][49][50]	November 9, 1789[20] – November 7, 1793 (lost election)	Democratic- Republican[48]	Nov. 1789[lower-alpha 16]
						1791
20			George Mathews (1739–1812) [51][52][53]	November 7, 1793[20] – January 15, 1796 (did not run)	Democratic- Republican[51]	1793
22			Jared Irwin (1750–1818) [58][59][60]	January 15, 1796[20] – January 12, 1798 (did not run)	Democratic- Republican[61]	1795
23			James Jackson (1757–1806) [56][62][63]	January 12, 1798[20] – March 3, 1801 (resigned)[lower-alpha 17]	Democratic- Republican[61]	1797
						1799
24			David Emanuel (1744–1808) [64][65][66]	March 3, 1801[20] – November 7, 1801 (did not run)	Democratic- Republican[61]	Succeeded from president of the Senate
25			Josiah Tattnall (d. 1803) [67][68][69]	November 7, 1801[20] – November 4, 1802 (resigned)[lower-alpha 18]	Democratic- Republican[61]	1801
26			John Milledge (1757–1818) [70][71][72]	November 4, 1802[20] – September 23, 1806 (resigned)[lower-alpha 19]	Democratic- Republican[61]	1802 (special)[lower-alpha 20]
						1803
						1805
22			Jared Irwin (1750–1818) [58][59][60]	September 23, 1806[20] – November 10, 1809 (lost election)	Democratic- Republican[61]	Succeeded from president of the Senate
						1807
27			David Brydie Mitchell (1766–1837) [74][75][76]	November 10, 1809[20] – November 5, 1813 (did not run)[74]	Democratic- Republican[61]	1809
						1811
28			Peter Early (1773–1817) [77][78][79]	November 5, 1813[20] – November 10, 1815 (lost election)	Democratic- Republican[61]	1813
27			David Brydie Mitchell (1766–1837) [74][75][76]	November 10, 1815[20] – March 4, 1817 (resigned)[lower-alpha 21]	Democratic- Republican[61]	1815
29			William Rabun (1771–1819) [80][81][82]	March 4, 1817[20] – October 24, 1819 (died in office)	Democratic- Republican[61]	Succeeded from president of the Senate
						1817
30			Matthew Talbot (1767–1827) [83]	October 24, 1819[20] – November 5, 1819 (successor took office)	Democratic- Republican[61]	Succeeded from president of the Senate
31			John Clark (1766–1832) [84][85][86]	November 5, 1819[20] – November 7, 1823 (did not run)	Democratic- Republican[61]	1819
						1821
32			George Troup (1780–1856) [87][88][89]	November 7, 1823[20] – November 7, 1827 (did not run)	Troup Democratic- Republican[90]	1823
						1825
33			John Forsyth (1780–1841) [91][92][93]	November 7, 1827[20] – November 4, 1829 (did not run)[lower-alpha 22]	Troup Democratic- Republican[90]	1827
34			George Rockingham Gilmer (1790–1859) [94][95][96]	November 4, 1829[20] – November 9, 1831 (lost election)	Troup Democratic- Republican[97]	1829
35			Wilson Lumpkin (1783–1870) [98][99][100]	November 9, 1831[20] – November 4, 1835 (did not run)	Union (Democratic)[101]	1831
						1833
36			William Schley (1786–1858) [102][103][104]	November 4, 1835[20] – November 8, 1837 (lost election)	Union (Democratic)[105]	1835
34			George Rockingham Gilmer (1790–1859) [94][95][96]	November 8, 1837[20] – November 6, 1839 (did not run)	State Rights (Whig)[105]	1837
37			Charles James McDonald (1793–1860) [106][107][108]	November 6, 1839[20] – November 8, 1843 (did not run)	Union (Democratic)[109]	1839
						1841
38			George W. Crawford (1798–1872) [110][111][112]	November 8, 1843[20] – November 3, 1847 (did not run)[112]	Whig[113]	1843
						1845
39			George W. Towns (1801–1854) [114][115][116]	November 3, 1847[20] – November 5, 1851 (did not run)	Democratic[117]	1847
						1849
40			Howell Cobb (1815–1868) [118][119][120]	November 5, 1851[20] – November 9, 1853 (did not run)	Constitutional Union (Democratic)[lower-alpha 23]	1851
41			Herschel V. Johnson (1812–1880) [122][123][124]	November 9, 1853[20] – November 6, 1857 (did not run)	Democratic[125]	1853
						1855
42			Joseph E. Brown (1821–1894) [126][127][128]	November 6, 1857[20] – June 17, 1865 (resigned)[lower-alpha 24]	Democratic[130]	1857
						1859
						1861
						1863
43			James Johnson (1811–1891) [131][132][133]	June 17, 1865[20] – December 19, 1865 (provisional term ended)[lower-alpha 25]	Provisional governor appointed by President[lower-alpha 26]
44			Charles J. Jenkins (1805–1883) [134][135][136]	December 14, 1865[20] – January 13, 1868 (removed from office)[lower-alpha 27]	Democratic[90]	1865
45			Thomas H. Ruger (1833–1907) [137][138][139]	January 13, 1868[20] – July 4, 1868 (state readmitted)	Military occupation[lower-alpha 28]
46			Rufus Bullock (1834–1907) [140][141][142]	July 4, 1868[lower-alpha 29] – October 30, 1871 (resigned)[lower-alpha 30]	Republican[129]	1868[lower-alpha 31]
47			Benjamin F. Conley (1815–1886) [145][146]	October 30, 1871[20] – January 12, 1872 (successor took office)	Republican[147]	President of the Senate acting
48			James Milton Smith (1823–1890) [148][149][150]	January 12, 1872[20] – January 12, 1877 (did not run)	Democratic[147]	1871 (special)[lower-alpha 32]
						1872
49			Alfred H. Colquitt (1824–1894) [151][152][153]	January 12, 1877[154] – November 4, 1882 (did not run)	Democratic[147]	1876
						1880[lower-alpha 33]
50			Alexander H. Stephens (1812–1883) [156][157][158]	November 4, 1882[159] – March 4, 1883 (died in office)	Democratic[147]	1882
51			James S. Boynton (1833–1902) [160][161]	March 4, 1883[lower-alpha 34] – May 10, 1883 (successor took office)	Democratic[147]	President of the Senate acting
52			Henry Dickerson McDaniel (1836–1926) [163][164][165]	May 10, 1883[166] – November 9, 1886 (did not run)[lower-alpha 35]	Democratic[147]	1883 (special)[lower-alpha 36]
						1884
53			John B. Gordon (1832–1904) [167][168][169]	November 9, 1886[170] – November 8, 1890 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 37]	Democratic[147]	1886
						1888
54			William J. Northen (1835–1913) [172][173][174]	November 8, 1890[175] – October 27, 1894 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 37]	Democratic[147]	1890
						1892
55			William Yates Atkinson (1854–1899) [176][177][178]	October 27, 1894[179] – October 29, 1898 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 37]	Democratic[147]	1894
						1896
56			Allen D. Candler (1834–1910) [180][181][182]	October 29, 1898[183] – October 25, 1902 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 37]	Democratic[147]	1898
						1900
57			Joseph M. Terrell (1861–1912) [184][185][186]	October 25, 1902[187] – June 29, 1907 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 37]	Democratic[147]	1902
						1904[lower-alpha 38]
58			M. Hoke Smith (1855–1931) [188][189][190]	June 29, 1907[191] – June 26, 1909 (lost nomination)[188]	Democratic[147]	1906
59			Joseph Mackey Brown (1851–1932) [192][193][194]	June 26, 1909[195] – July 1, 1911 (lost election)[lower-alpha 39]	Democratic[147]	1908
58			M. Hoke Smith (1855–1931) [188][189][190]	July 1, 1911[196] – November 15, 1911 (resigned)[lower-alpha 40]	Democratic[147]	1910
60			John M. Slaton (1866–1955) [197][198][199]	November 15, 1911[lower-alpha 41] – January 25, 1912 (successor took office)	Democratic[147]	President of the Senate acting
59			Joseph Mackey Brown (1851–1932) [192][193][194]	January 25, 1912[201] – June 28, 1913 (did not run)	Democratic[147]	1912 (special)[lower-alpha 42]
60			John M. Slaton (1866–1955) [197][198][199]	June 28, 1913[202] – June 26, 1915 (did not run)	Democratic[147]	1912
61			Nathaniel Edwin Harris (1846–1929) [203][204][205]	June 26, 1915[206] – June 30, 1917 (lost nomination)[203]	Democratic[147]	1914
62			Hugh Dorsey (1871–1948) [207][208][209]	June 30, 1917[210] – June 25, 1921 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 37]	Democratic[147]	1916
						1918
63			Thomas W. Hardwick (1872–1944) [211][212][213]	June 25, 1921[214] – June 30, 1923 (lost nomination)[211]	Democratic[147]	1920
64			Clifford Walker (1877–1954) [215][216][217]	June 30, 1923[218] – June 25, 1927 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 37]	Democratic[147]	1922
						1924
65			Lamartine Griffin Hardman (1856–1937) [219][220][221]	June 25, 1927[222] – June 27, 1931 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 37]	Democratic[147]	1926
						1928
66			Richard Russell Jr. (1897–1971) [223][224][225]	June 27, 1931[226] – January 10, 1933 (did not run)[lower-alpha 43]	Democratic[147]	1930[lower-alpha 44]
67			Eugene Talmadge (1884–1946) [227][228][229]	January 10, 1933[230] – January 12, 1937 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 37]	Democratic[147]	1932
						1934
68			Eurith D. Rivers (1895–1967) [231][232][233]	January 12, 1937[234] – January 14, 1941 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 37]	Democratic[147]	1936
						1938
67			Eugene Talmadge (1884–1946) [227][228][229]	January 14, 1941[235] – January 12, 1943 (lost nomination)[227]	Democratic[147]	1940
69			Ellis Arnall (1907–1992) [236][237][238]	January 12, 1943[239] – January 14, 1947 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 45]	Democratic[147]	1942[lower-alpha 46]
—			Eugene Talmadge (1884–1946) [227][228][229]	Died before taking office	Democratic[147]	1946[lower-alpha 47]		Melvin E. Thompson
—			Herman Talmadge (1913–2002) [242][243][244]	January 14, 1947[245] – March 19, 1947 (removed from office)[lower-alpha 47]	Democratic[147]
70			Melvin E. Thompson (1903–1980) [246][247][248]	March 19, 1947[249] – November 17, 1948 (lost nomination)[248]	Democratic[147]	Succeeded from lieutenant governor	Vacant
71			Herman Talmadge (1913–2002) [242][243][244]	November 17, 1948[250] – January 11, 1955 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 45]	Democratic[147]	1948 (special)[lower-alpha 47]		Marvin Griffin
						1950
72			Marvin Griffin (1907–1982) [251][252][253]	January 11, 1955[254] – January 13, 1959 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 45]	Democratic[147]	1954		Ernest Vandiver
73			Ernest Vandiver (1918–2005) [255][256][257]	January 13, 1959[258] – January 15, 1963 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 45]	Democratic[147]	1958		Garland T. Byrd
74			Carl Sanders (1925–2014) [259][260][261]	January 15, 1963[262] – January 11, 1967 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 45]	Democratic[147]	1962		Peter Zack Geer
75			Lester Maddox (1915–2003) [263][264][265]	January 11, 1967[266] – January 12, 1971 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 45]	Democratic[147]	1966		George T. Smith
76			Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) [267][268][269]	January 12, 1971[270] – January 14, 1975 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 45]	Democratic[147]	1970		Lester Maddox
77			George Busbee (1927–2004) [271][272][273]	January 14, 1975[274] – January 11, 1983 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 48]	Democratic[147]	1974		Zell Miller
						1978
78			Joe Frank Harris (b. 1936) [276][277]	January 11, 1983[278] – January 14, 1991 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 49]	Democratic[277]	1982
						1986
79			Zell Miller (1932–2018) [280][281]	January 14, 1991[282] – January 11, 1999 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 49]	Democratic[281]	1990		Pierre Howard
						1994
80			Roy Barnes (b. 1948) [283][284]	January 11, 1999[285] – January 13, 2003 (lost election)	Democratic[284]	1998		Mark Taylor[lower-alpha 50]
81			Sonny Perdue (b. 1946) [286][287]	January 13, 2003[288] – January 10, 2011 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 49]	Republican[287]	2002
						2006		Casey Cagle
82			Nathan Deal (b. 1942) [289][290]	January 10, 2011[291] – January 14, 2019 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 49]	Republican[290]	2010
						2014
83			Brian Kemp (b. 1963) [292]	January 14, 2019[293] – Incumbent[lower-alpha 51]	Republican[292]	2018		Geoff Duncan
						2022		Burt Jones

Timeline

See also

• Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Georgia
• First ladies of Georgia

Notes

1. The state says Brian Kemp is the 83rd governor; this number is derived from the Official and Statistical Register of Georgia, last published by the Office of Secretary of State in 1978. It continues the numbering from the colonial governors and omits repeat governors, thus marking Archibald Bulloch as 7th and George Busbee as 77th.^[17]
2. The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1945, first being filled in 1947.
3. Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
4. The revolutionary government did not necessarily follow any schedule or term lengths, so the election year is omitted until 1781, when it becomes easier to determine.
5. No sources specify if the governor stood for election to the following term.
6. As speaker of the provincial Congress, Gwinnett was elected by the Council of Safety to succeed Bulloch.^[21]
7. The date given is the capture of Savannah, where the New Georgia Encyclopedia says his last official act as governor was to flee.^[26]
8. The capture of Savannah threw the government into disarray and exile, and records are scarce as to dates and leadership. William Glascock (elected January 21, 1779)^[27] and Seth John Cuthbert (elected July 24, 1779), while often included in lists of governors, are omitted from the official state register. A school pamphlet from 1977 notes, "This confusing situation resulted in a number of radical Whigs, mainly from Wilkes County, organizing a second government with George Walton as governor and Glascock as speaker of the assembly. ... As a result of this makeshift election, there were two Whig governments plus the restored loyalist government."^[28]
9. Howly had also been elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress, and the Council voted on February 5 that he must take that seat.^[35]
10. George Wells succeeded Howly, but was killed in a duel on February 16, 1780; he is omitted from nearly every list of governors, including the official register.^[35]
11. Some sources say Myrick Davies served as governor in August 1780,^[36] but he is omitted from the official state register and it is unknown if this was in an acting fashion.
12. The official register says Heard took office on February 18, 1870;^[20] an article from 1967 says Humphrey Wells was elected governor on February 16, but declined two days later.^[38] Other sources, including the New Georgia Encyclopedia, say Heard did not take office until May 24.^[36][37]
13. Under the 1777 constitution, governors were ineligible for office for more than one year out of three.^[41]
14. James Jackson was elected in 1788, but declined the position, citing inexperience.^[56]
15. Sobel notes that Walton was term-limited under the 1777 constitution;^[31] it is unclear if the provisions of that, or the 1789 constitution, would have applied to Walton.
16. First term under the 1789 constitution, which lengthened terms to two years.^[57]
17. Jackson resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.^[62]
18. Tattnall resigned due to declining health.^[68]
19. Milledge resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.^[71]
20. Special election for the remainder of Josiah Tattnall's term^[73]
21. Mitchell resigned to be appointed agent to the Creek Indians.^[75]
22. Forsyth was instead elected to the United States Senate.
23. Not to be confused with Constitutional Union Party of 1860, the Constitutional Union Party of Georgia was a brief merger of the Democratic and Whig state parties.^[121]
24. Brown was arrested by Union forces on May 9, 1865, and resigned after he was released.^[129]
25. Johnson left office on December 19, five days after his successor was sworn in.^{[131][132][133]}
26. Johnson was appointed provisional governor by the Union occupation.^[132]
27. Jenkins was removed from office by the military because he refused to allow state funds to be used for a racially integrated state constitutional convention; the state was still under military occupation during Reconstruction.^[136]
28. Provisional governor appointed by General George Meade^[139]
29. Bullock was appointed governor on July 4 by General George Meade to replace Ruger, who was being removed;^[143] however, Bullock had already won the election, and would be formally inaugurated into the post on July 21.^[140][141]
30. Bullock resigned and fled the state to avoid impeachment; he was arrested in 1876 and found not guilty of embezzlement.^[141] Some sources state Bullock resigned on October 23, but that is when he secretly submitted his resignation; it did not take effect until October 30.^[144]
31. First term under the 1868 constitution, which lengthened terms to four years.^[11]
32. Special election for the remainder of Rufus Bullock's term^[149]
33. First term under the 1877 constitution, which shortened terms to two years.^[155]
34. Stephens died on March 4, and Boynton was sworn in on March 5.^[162]
35. McDaniel's first term was shortened, so it is not known if he can be considered term-limited.
36. Special election for the remainder of Alexander Stephens' term^[164]
37. Under the 1877 constitution, governors were ineligible for re-election until four years after the expiration of their second term.^[171]
38. The start of a gubernatorial term has always been set by the legislature, rather than the constitution; it appears the start of this term changed from the last Saturday in October to the last Saturday in June, lengthening it by eight months.
39. Brown lost the Democratic nomination to M. Hoke Smith, and ran as an independent.^[194]
40. Smith resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.^[189]
41. Smith resigned on November 15, and Slaton was sworn in on November 16; at least one contemporary news source regarded this as a vacancy rather than an automatic succession.^[200]
42. Special election for the remainder of Hoke Smith's term^[193]
43. Russell was instead elected to the United States Senate.
44. The start of the term changed from the last Saturday in June to the second Tuesday in January, shortening this term by five months.^[224]
45. Under the 1945 constitution, governors were ineligible for re-election until the expiration of four years from the end of their term.^[240]
46. First term under a 1941 amendment to the constitution which lengthened terms to four years.^[20]
47. Eugene Talmadge was elected to a third term in 1946, but died before taking office. Ellis Arnall, governor at the time, claimed the office, as did Lieutenant Governor Melvin Thompson. The state legislature chose Eugene Talmadge's son, Herman Talmadge, to be governor, but during what came to be called the three governors controversy, the state supreme court declared this unconstitutional and declared Thompson rightful governor, and Talmadge stepped down after 67 days. Talmadge later defeated Thompson in a special election.^[241]
48. Under the 1976 constitution, governors were ineligible to succeed themselves, or to hold the office until the expiration of four years from the end of their term.^[275]
49. Under the 1982 constitution, those governors who have succeeded themselves were ineligible to be elected to the office four years after the end of their term.^[279]
50. Represented the Democratic Party
51. Kemp's second term began on January 9, 2023, and will expire January 11, 2027; he will be term-limited

References

General

• "Former Georgia Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
• "The New Georgia Encyclopedia". Retrieved June 21, 2019.
• A History of Georgia, second ed. Kenneth Coleman, general editor. University of Georgia Press: 1991.
• Candler, Allen Daniel (1908). The Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia Volume 1. Franklin-Turner Company. ISBN 9780404073008. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
• Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. I. Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
• Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
• Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5646-8.
• Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Oceana Publications. ISBN 978-0-379-00665-0. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
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Constitutions

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• "Constitution of the State of Georgia". University of Georgia. 1945. Archived from the original on June 13, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
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• "Constitution of the State of Georgia". University of Georgia. 1868. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
• "Constitution of the State of Georgia". University of Georgia. 1865. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
• "Constitution of the State of Georgia". University of Georgia. 1861. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
• "Constitution of the State of Georgia". University of Georgia. 1798. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
• "Constitution of the State of Georgia". University of Georgia. 1789. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
• "Constitution of the State of Georgia". University of Georgia. 1777. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
• "Rules and Regulations of the Colony of Georgia". University of Georgia. 1776. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2012.

Specific

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5. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Georgia (United States)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 751–758, see page 757.
6. 16 Stat. 363
7. 1776 Const. art. I
8. 1777 Const. art. XXIII
9. 1789 Const. art. II, § 1
10. 1865 Const. art III, § 1
11. 1868 Const. art. IV, § 1
12. 1877 Const. art V, § 1
13. 1945 Const. art. V, § 1
14. GA Const. art. V, § 1
15. 1777 Const. art. XXIX
16. 1789 Const. art. II, § 4
17. "Georgia Official and Statistical Register, 1977-78". Georgia Department of Archives and History. 1978. pp. 1145–1149. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
18. "Archibald Bulloch". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
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