CHRONOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNORS

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Related entries: History of Governorship in North Carolina, Places named for Governors

Governors of the State of North Carolina

Patrick McCrory, 2013 - present.

Beverly Eaves Perdue, 2009 - 2012.

Michael F. Easley, 2001 - 2009

James Baxter Hunt, Jr., 1993 - 2001

James Grubbs Martin, 1985 - 1993

James Baxter Hunt, Jr., 1977 - 1985

James Eubert Holshouser, Jr., 1973 - 1977

Robert Walter Scott, 1969 - 1973

Dan Killian Moore, 1965 - 1969

Terry Sanford, 1961 - 1965

Luther Hartwell Hodges, 1954 - 1961

William Bradley Umstead, 1953 - 1954

William Kerr Scott, 1949 - 1953

Robert Gregg Cherry, 1945 - 1949

Joseph Melville Broughton, 1941 - 1945

Clyde Roark Hoey, 1937 - 1941

John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus, 1933 - 1937

Oliver Max Gardner, 1929 - 1933

Angus Wilton McLean, 1925 - 1929

Cameron Morrison, 1921 - 1925

Thomas Walter Bickett, 1917 - 1921

Locke Craig, 1913 - 1917

William Walton Kitchin, 1909 - 1913

Robert Brodnax Glenn, 1905 - 1909

Charles Brantley Aycock, 1901 - 1905

Daniel Lindsay Russell, Jr., 1897 - 1901

Elias Carr, 1893 - 1897

Thomas Michael Holt, 1891 - 1893

Daniel Gould Fowle, 1889 - 1891

Alfred Moore Scales, 1885 - 1889

Thomas Jordan Jarvis, 1879 - 1885

Zebulon Baird Vance, 1877 - 1879

Curtis Hooks Brogden, 1874 - 1877

Tod Robinson Caldwell, 1870 - 1874

William Woods Holden, 1868 - 1870

Jonathan Worth, 1865 - 1868

William Woods Holden, 1865

Zebulon Baird Vance, 1862 - 1865

Henry Toole Clark, 1861 - 1862

John Willis Ellis, 1859 - 1861

Thomas Bragg, 1855 - 1859

Warren Winslow, 1854 - 1855

David Settle Reid, 1851 - 1854

Charles Manly, 1849 - 1851

William Alexander Graham, 1845 - 1849

John Motley Morehead, 1841 - 1845

Edward Bishop Dudley, 1836 - 1841

Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr., 1835 - 1836

David Lowry Swain, 1832 - 1835

Montfort Stokes, 1830 - 1832

John Owen, 1828 - 1830

James Iredell, Jr., 1827 - 1828

Hutchins Gordon Burton, 1824 - 1827

Gabriel Holmes, 1821 - 1824

Jesse Franklin, 1820 - 1821

John Branch, 1817 - 1820

William Miller, 1814 - 1817

William Hawkins, 1811 - 1814

Benjamin Smith, 1810 - 1811

David Stone, 1808 - 1810

Benjamin Williams, 1807 - 1808

Nathaniel Alexander, 1805 - 1807

James Turner, 1802 - 1805

Benjamin Williams, 1799 - 1802

William Richardson Davie, 1798 - 1799

Samuel Ashe, 1795 - 1798

Richard Dobbs Spaight, Sr., 1792 - 1795

Alexander Martin, 1789 - 1792

Samuel Johnston, 1787 - 1789

Richard Caswell, 1784 - 1787

Alexander Martin, 1782 - 1785

Thomas Burke, 1781 - 1782

Abner Nash, 1780 - 1781

Richard Caswell, 1776 - 1780

Governors before North Carolina became a state

Royal Governors

Josiah Martin, 1771 - 1775

James Hasell, 1771

William Tryon, 1765 - 1771

Arthur Dobbs, 1753 - 1763

Matthew Rowan, 1753 - 1754

Nathaniel Rice, 1752 - 1753

Gabriel Johnston, 1734 - 1752

Nathaniel Rice, 1734

George Burrington, 1731 - 1734

Lords Proprietors

Richard Everard, 1725 - 1731

George Burrington, 1724 - 1725

William Reed, 1722 - 1724

Thomas Pollock, 1722

Charles Eden, 1714 - 1722

Thomas Pollock, 1712 - 1714

Edward Hyde, 1711 - 1712

William Glover, 1706 - 1710

Thomas Cary, 1705 - 1711

Robert Daniel, 1703 - 1705

Henderson Walker, 1699 - 1703

John Archdale, 1695 - 1696

Thomas Harvey, 1694 - 1699

Philip Ludwell, 1690 - 1691, 1692 - 1693, 1693 - 1695

Thomas Jarvis, 1690 - 1694

John Gibbs, 1689 - 1690

John Archdale, 1683 - 1686

Seth Sothel, 1682 - 1689

John Jenkins, 1680 - 1681

Henry Wilkinson, 1680

John Harvey, 1679

Thomas Miller, 1677

John Jenkins, 1676 - 1677

Thomas Eastchurch, 1675 - 1676

John Jenkins, 1672 - 1675

Peter Carteret, 1670 - 1672

Samuel Stephens, 1667 - 1669

William Drummond, 1664 - 1667

Governor of the County of Clarendon

John Yeamans, 1665-1667

Commander of the Southern Plantation

Samuel Stephens, 1662 - 1664

Original Virginia Colony

John White, 1587

Ralph Lane, 1585 - 1586