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The governor of Georgia is the head of the executive branch of Georgia's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
Governor of Georgia | |
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Residence | Georgia Governor's Mansion |
Term length | Four years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Archibald Bulloch |
Formation | July 12, 1775 |
Salary | $139,339 (2013)[1] |
Website | Official website |
The current governor is Republican Brian Kemp, who took office on January 14, 2019.
No.[lower-alpha 2] | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[lower-alpha 3] | |||
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16 | Archibald Bulloch | 1776 – 1777 (died in office) |
None | —[lower-alpha 4] | Office did not exist | |||
17 | Button Gwinnett | 1777 – 1778 |
None | —[lower-alpha 5] | ||||
18 | John A. Treutlen | 1778 – 1779 |
None | — | ||||
19 | John Houstoun | 1779 – 1780[lower-alpha 6] |
None | — | ||||
— | Vacant | 1780 – August 6, 1781 |
— | Government in chaos after fall of Savannah[lower-alpha 7] | ||||
11 | John Wereat | August 6, 1782 – November 1783[lower-alpha 7] |
None | — | ||||
12 | George Walton | November 1783[lower-alpha 7] – January 4, 1785 |
None | — | ||||
13 | Richard Howly | January 4, 1780 – February 5, 1780 (resigned)[lower-alpha 8] |
None | —[lower-alpha 9] | ||||
14 | Stephen Heard | February 18, 1780 – August 18, 1781 |
None | —[lower-alpha 9][lower-alpha 10] | ||||
15 | Nathan Brownson | August 18, 1781 – January 3, 1782 (term limited) |
None | 1781 | ||||
16 | John Martin | January 1, 1782 – December 31, 1782 (term limited) |
None | 1782 | ||||
17 | Lyman Hall | January 8, 1783 – December 9, 1783 (term limited) |
None | 1783 | ||||
10 | John Houstoun | January 9, 1784 – January 6, 1785 (term limited) |
None | 1784 | ||||
18 | Samuel Elbert | January 6, 1785 – January 9, 1786 (term limited) |
None | 1785 | ||||
19 | Edward Telfair | January 9, 1786 – January 9, 1787 (term limited) |
None | 1786 | ||||
20 | George Mathews | January 9, 1787 – January 26, 1788 (term limited) |
None | 1787 | ||||
21 | George Handley | January 26, 1788 – January 7, 1789 (term limited) |
None | 1788[lower-alpha 11] | ||||
12 | George Walton | January 7, 1789 – November 9, 1789 (term limited) |
Democratic- Republican |
Jan. 1789 | ||||
19 | Edward Telfair | November 9, 1789 – November 7, 1793 (lost election) |
Democratic- Republican |
Nov. 1789[lower-alpha 12] | ||||
1791 | ||||||||
20 | George Mathews | November 7, 1793 – January 15, 1796 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic- Republican |
1793 | ||||
22 | Jared Irwin | January 15, 1796 – January 12, 1798 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic- Republican |
1795 | ||||
23 | James Jackson | January 12, 1798 – March 3, 1801 (resigned)[lower-alpha 13] |
Democratic- Republican |
1797 | ||||
1799 | ||||||||
24 | David Emanuel | March 3, 1801 – November 7, 1801 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic- Republican |
Succeeded from President of the Senate | ||||
25 | Josiah Tattnall | November 7, 1801 – November 4, 1802 (resigned)[lower-alpha 14] |
Democratic- Republican |
1801 | ||||
26 | John Milledge | November 4, 1802 – September 23, 1806 (resigned)[lower-alpha 15] |
Democratic- Republican |
1802 (special)[lower-alpha 16] | ||||
1803 | ||||||||
1805 | ||||||||
22 | Jared Irwin | September 23, 1806 – November 10, 1809 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic- Republican |
Succeeded from President of the Senate | ||||
1807 | ||||||||
27 | David Brydie Mitchell | November 10, 1809 – November 5, 1813 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic- Republican |
1809 | ||||
1811 | ||||||||
28 | Peter Early | November 5, 1813 – November 20, 1815 (lost election) |
Democratic- Republican |
1813 | ||||
27 | David Brydie Mitchell | November 20, 1815 – March 4, 1817 (resigned)[lower-alpha 17] |
Democratic- Republican |
1815 | ||||
29 | William Rabun | March 4, 1817 – October 24, 1819 (died in office) |
Democratic- Republican |
Succeeded from President of the Senate | ||||
1817 | ||||||||
30 | Matthew Talbot | October 24, 1819 – November 5, 1819 (successor took office) |
Democratic- Republican |
Succeeded from President of the Senate | ||||
31 | John Clark | November 5, 1819 – November 7, 1823 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic- Republican |
1819 | ||||
1821 | ||||||||
32 | George Troup | November 7, 1823 – November 7, 1827 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic- Republican |
1823 | ||||
1825 | ||||||||
33 | John Forsyth | November 7, 1827 – November 4, 1829 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic- Republican |
1827 | ||||
34 | George Rockingham Gilmer | November 4, 1829 – November 9, 1831 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic- Republican |
1829 | ||||
35 | Wilson Lumpkin | November 9, 1831 – November 4, 1835 (not candidate for election) |
Union (Democratic) | 1831 | ||||
1833 | ||||||||
36 | William Schley | November 4, 1835 – November 8, 1837 (not candidate for election) |
Union (Democratic) | 1835 | ||||
34 | George Rockingham Gilmer | November 8, 1837 – November 6, 1839 (not candidate for election) |
State Rights (Whig) | 1837 | ||||
37 | Charles James McDonald | November 6, 1839 – November 8, 1843 (not candidate for election) |
Union (Democratic) | 1839 | ||||
1841 | ||||||||
38 | George W. Crawford | November 8, 1843 – November 3, 1847 (not candidate for election) |
Whig | 1843 | ||||
1845 | ||||||||
39 | George W. Towns | November 3, 1847 – November 5, 1851 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1847 | ||||
1849 | ||||||||
40 | Howell Cobb | November 5, 1851 – November 9, 1853 (not candidate for election) |
Constitutional Union | 1851 | ||||
41 | Herschel Vespasian Johnson | November 9, 1853 – November 6, 1857 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1853 | ||||
1855 | ||||||||
42 | Joseph E. Brown | November 6, 1857 – June 17, 1865[lower-alpha 18] (resigned)[lower-alpha 19] |
Democratic | 1857 | ||||
1859 | ||||||||
1861 | ||||||||
1863 | ||||||||
43 | James Johnson | June 17, 1865 – December 14, 1865[lower-alpha 20] (provisional term ended) |
Democratic | Provisional governor appointed by President[lower-alpha 21] | ||||
44 | Charles J. Jenkins | December 14, 1865 – January 13, 1868 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1865[lower-alpha 22] | ||||
45 | Thomas H. Ruger | January 13, 1868 – July 4, 1868 (state readmitted) |
— | Military occupation[lower-alpha 23] | ||||
46 | Rufus Bullock | July 4, 1868[lower-alpha 24] – October 30, 1871[lower-alpha 25] (resigned)[lower-alpha 26] |
Republican | 1868[lower-alpha 27] | ||||
47 | Benjamin F. Conley | October 30, 1871 – January 12, 1872 |
Republican | President of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
48 | James Milton Smith | January 12, 1872 – January 12, 1877 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1871 (special)[lower-alpha 28] | ||||
1872 | ||||||||
49 | Alfred H. Colquitt | January 12, 1877 – November 4, 1882 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1876 | ||||
1880[lower-alpha 29] | ||||||||
50 | Alexander H. Stephens | November 4, 1882 – March 4, 1883 (died in office) |
Democratic | 1882 | ||||
29 | James S. Boynton | March 4, 1883 – May 10, 1883 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | President of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
30 | Henry Dickerson McDaniel | May 10, 1883 – November 9, 1886 (not candidate for election)[lower-alpha 30] |
Democratic | 1883 (special)[lower-alpha 31] | ||||
1884 | ||||||||
31 | John Brown Gordon | November 9, 1886 – November 8, 1890 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1886 | ||||
1888 | ||||||||
32 | William J. Northen | November 8, 1890 – October 27, 1894 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1890 | ||||
1892 | ||||||||
33 | William Yates Atkinson | October 27, 1894 – October 29, 1898 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1894 | ||||
1896 | ||||||||
34 | Allen D. Candler | October 29, 1898 – October 25, 1902 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1898 | ||||
1900 | ||||||||
33 | Joseph M. Terrell | October 25, 1902 – June 29, 1907 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1902 | ||||
1904[lower-alpha 32] | ||||||||
35 | M. Hoke Smith | June 29, 1907 – June 26, 1909 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1906 | ||||
36 | Joseph Mackey Brown | June 26, 1909 – July 1, 1911 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1908 | ||||
37 | M. Hoke Smith | July 1, 1911 – November 15, 1911[lower-alpha 33] (resigned)[lower-alpha 34] |
Democratic | 1910 | ||||
38 | John M. Slaton | November 16, 1911 – January 25, 1912 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | President of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
39 | Joseph Mackey Brown | January 25, 1912 – June 28, 1913 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1912 (special)[lower-alpha 35] | ||||
35 | John M. Slaton | June 28, 1913 – June 26, 1915 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1912 | ||||
40 | Nathaniel Edwin Harris | June 26, 1915 – June 30, 1917 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1914 | ||||
41 | Hugh Dorsey | June 30, 1917 – June 25, 1921 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1916 | ||||
1918 | ||||||||
42 | Thomas W. Hardwick | June 25, 1921 – June 30, 1923 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1920 | ||||
43 | Clifford Walker | June 30, 1923 – June 25, 1927 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1922 | ||||
1924 | ||||||||
44 | Lamartine Griffin Hardman | June 25, 1927 – June 27, 1931 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1926 | ||||
1928 | ||||||||
42 | Richard Russell Jr. | June 27, 1931 – January 10, 1933 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1930[lower-alpha 36] | ||||
45 | Eugene Talmadge | January 10, 1933 – January 12, 1937 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1932 | ||||
1934 | ||||||||
46 | Eurith D. Rivers | January 12, 1937 – January 14, 1941 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1936 | ||||
1938 | ||||||||
67 | Eugene Talmadge | January 14, 1941 – January 12, 1943 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1940 | ||||
47 | Ellis Arnall | January 12, 1943 – January 14, 1947 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1942[lower-alpha 37] | ||||
— | Eugene Talmadge | Died before taking office | Democratic | 1946[lower-alpha 38] | Melvin E. Thompson | |||
— | Herman Talmadge | January 14, 1947 – March 18, 1947 (removed from office) |
Democratic | |||||
48 | Melvin E. Thompson | March 18, 1947 – November 17, 1948 (lost election) |
Democratic | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | |||
49 | Herman Talmadge | November 17, 1948 – January 11, 1955 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1948 (special)[lower-alpha 39] |
Marvin Griffin | |||
1950 | ||||||||
50 | Marvin Griffin | January 11, 1951 – January 13, 1956 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1954 | Ernest Vandiver | |||
51 | Ernest Vandiver | January 13, 1956 – January 15, 1963 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1958 | Garland T. Byrd | |||
52 | Carl Sanders | January 15, 1963 – January 11, 1967 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1962 | Peter Zack Geer | |||
53 | Lester Maddox | January 11, 1967 – January 12, 1971 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1966 | George T. Smith | |||
54 | Jimmy Carter | January 12, 1971 – January 14, 1975 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1970 | Lester Maddox | |||
55 | George Busbee | January 14, 1975 – January 11, 1983 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1974 | Zell Miller | |||
1978 | ||||||||
56 | Joe Frank Harris | January 11, 1983 – January 14, 1991 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1982 | ||||
1986 | ||||||||
57 | Zell Miller | January 14, 1991 – January 11, 1999 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1990 | Pierre Howard | |||
1994 | ||||||||
58 | Roy Barnes | January 11, 1999 – January 13, 2003 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1998 | Mark Taylor[lower-alpha 40] | |||
59 | Sonny Perdue | January 13, 2003 – January 10, 2011 (term limited) |
Republican | 2002 | ||||
2006 | Casey Cagle | |||||||
Nathan Deal | January 10, 2011 – January 14, 2019 (term limited) |
Republican | 2010 | |||||
2014 | ||||||||
83 | Brian Kemp | January 14, 2019 – present[lower-alpha 41] |
Republican | 2018 | Geoff Duncan |
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