List of Governors of Georgia

• John A. Treutlen Whig 1777-1778
• John Houstoun Whig 1778-1779
• John Wereat Whig 1779-1780
• George Walton Whig 1779-1780
• Richard Howley Whig 1780-1780
• Stephen Heard Whig 1780-1780
• Myrick Davies Whig 1780-1781
• Nathan Brownson Whig 1781-1782
• John Martin Whig 1782-1783
• Lyman Hall None 1783-1784
• John Houstoun None 1784-1785
• Samuel Elbert None 1785-1786
• Edward Telfair None 1786-1787
• George Mathews None 1787-1788
• George Handley None 1788-1789
• George Walton None 1789-1790
• Edward Telfair None 1790-1793
• George Mathews None 1793-1796
• Jared Irwin None 1796-1798
• James Jackson Jeff.-Rep. 1798-1801
• David Emanuel Jeff.-Rep. 1801-1801
• Josiah Tattnall, Jr Jeff.-Rep. 1801-1802
• John Milledge Jeff.-Rep. 1802-1806
• Jared Irwin Jeff.-Rep. 1806-1809
• David B. Mitchell Jeff.-Rep. 1809-1813
• Peter Early Jeff.-Rep. 1813-1815
• David B. Mitchell Jeff.-Rep. 1815-1817
• William Rabun Jeff.-Rep. 1817-1819
• Matthew Talbot Jeff.-Rep. 1819-1819
• John Clark Jeff.-Rep. 1819-1823
• George M. Troup Jeff.-Rep. 1823-1827
• John Forsyth Jeff.-Rep. 1827-1829
• George R. Gilmer Unknown 1829-1831
• Wilson Lumpkin Democratic 1831-1835
• William Schley Democratic 1835-1837
• George R. Gilmer Whig 1837-1839
• Charles J. McDonald Democratic 1839-1843
• George W. Crawford Whig 1843-1847
• George W. Towns Democratic 1847-1851
• Howell Cobb Union Democratic 1851-1853
• Herschel V. Johnson Union Democratic 1853-1857
• Joseph E. Brown Democratic 1857-1865
• James Johnson Democratic 1865-1865
• Charles J. Jenkins Democratic 1865-1868
• Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger U.S. Military Governor 1868-1868
• Rufus B. Bullock Republican 1868-1871
• Benjamin Conley Republican 1871-1872
• James M. Smith Democratic 1872-1877
• Alfred H. Colquitt Democratic 1877-1882
• Alexander H. Stephens Democratic 1882-1883
• James S. Boynton Democratic 1883-1883
• Henry D. McDaniel Democratic 1883-1886
• John B. Gordon Democratic 1886-1890
• William J. Northen Democratic 1890-1894
• William Y. Atkinson Democratic 1894-1898
• Allen D. Candler Democratic 1898-1902
• Joseph M. Terrell Democratic 1902-1907
• Hoke Smith Democratic 1907-1909
• Joseph M. Brown Democratic 1909-1911
• Hoke Smith Democratic 1911-1911
• John M. Slaton Democratic 1911-1912
• Joseph M. Brown Democratic 1912-1913
• John M. Slaton Democratic 1913-1915
• Nathaniel E. Harris Democratic 1915-1917
• Hugh M. Dorsey Democratic 1917-1921
• Thomas W. Hardwick Democratic 1921-1923
• Clifford Walker Democratic 1923-1927
• Lamartine G. Hardman Democratic 1927-1931
• Richard B. Russell, Jr Democratic 1931-1933
• Eugene Talmadge Democratic 1933-1937
• Eurith D. Rivers Democratic 1937-1941
• Eugene Talmadge Democratic 1941-1943
• Ellis Arnall Democratic 1943-1947
• Melvin E. Thompson Democratic 1947-1948
• Herman E. Talmadge Democratic 1948-1955
• Marvin Griffin Democratic 1955-1959
• Ernest Vandiver Democratic 1959-1963
• Carl E. Sanders Democratic 1963-1967
• Lester Maddox Democratic 1967-1971
• Jimmy Carter Democratic 1971-1975
• George D. Busbee Democratic 1975-1983
• Joe Frank Harris Democratic 1983-1991
• Zell Miller Democratic 1991-1999
• Roy Barnes Democratic 1999-2003
• Sonny Perdue Republican 2003-