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Governors of Georgia
| Trustee Period |
James Edward Oglethorpe |
1733-1743 |
Resident Trustee |
| William Stephens |
1743-1751 |
President |
| Henry Parker |
1751-1752 |
President |
| Patrick Graham |
1752-1754 |
President |
| Royal or Colonial Period |
John Reynolds |
1754-1757 |
Royal Governor |
| Henry Ellis |
1757-1760 |
Royal Governor |
| James Wright |
1760-1776 |
Royal Governor |
| Revolutionary Period (British) |
James Wright |
1779-1782 |
Royal Governor |
| Council of Safety Leaders |
William Ewen |
1775 |
President |
| George Walton |
1776 |
President |
| William Ewen |
1776 |
President |
| Archibald Bulloch |
1776-1777 |
President |
| Button
Gwinnett |
1777 |
President |
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John Adam Treutlen |
1777-1778 |
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| John Houstoun |
1778-1779 |
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| Government in exile |
William Glascock |
1779 |
President of Executive Council |
| Seth John Cuthbert |
1779 |
President of Supreme Executive Council |
| John Wereat |
1779-1780 |
President of Supreme Executive Council |
| George Walton |
1779-1780 |
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| Richard Howley |
1780 |
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| George Wells |
1780 |
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| Humphrey Wells |
1780 |
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| Stephen Heard |
1780 |
President of Executive Council |
| Myrick Davies |
1780-1781 |
President of Executive Council |
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Nathan Brownson |
1781-1782 |
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| John Martin |
1782-1783 |
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| Antebellum Governors |
Lyman Hall |
1783-1784 |
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| John Houstoun |
1784-1785 |
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| Samuel Elbert |
1785-1786 |
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| Edward Telfair |
1786-1787 |
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| George Mathews |
1787-1788 |
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| George Handley |
1788-1789 |
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| George Walton |
1789-1790 |
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| Edward Telfair |
1790-1793 |
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| George Mathews |
1793-1796 |
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| Jared Irwin |
1796-1798 |
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| James Jackson |
1798-1801 |
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| David Emanuel |
1801 |
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| Josiah Tattnall, Jr. |
1801-1802 |
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| John Milledge |
1802-1806 |
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| Jared Irwin |
1806-1809 |
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| David B. Mitchell |
1809-1813 |
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| Peter Early |
1813-1815 |
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| David B. Mitchell |
1815-1817 |
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| William Rabun |
1817-1819 |
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| Mathew Talbot |
1819 |
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| John Clark |
1819-1823 |
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| George M. Troup |
1823-1827 |
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| John Forsyth |
1827-1829 |
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| George R. Gilmer |
1829-1831 |
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| Wilson Lumpkin |
1831-1835 |
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| William Schley |
1835-1837 |
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| George R. Gilmer |
1837-1839 |
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| Charles J. McDonald |
1839-1843 |
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| George W. Crawford |
1843-1847 |
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| George W.B. Towns |
1847-1851 |
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| Howell Cobb |
1851-1853 |
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| Herscel V. Johnson |
1853-1857 |
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| Joseph E. Brown |
1857-1865 |
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| Post Civil War Governors |
James Johnson |
1865 |
Provisional Governor |
| Charles J. Jenkins |
1865-1868 |
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| Thomas H. Ruger |
1868 |
U. S. Military Governor |
| Rufus B. Bullock |
1868-1871 |
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| Benjamin Conley |
1871-1872 |
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| James M. Smith |
1872-1877 |
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| Alfred H. Colquitt |
1877-1882 |
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| Alexander H. Stephens |
1882-1883 |
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| James S. Boynton |
1883 |
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| Henry D. McDaniel |
1883-1886 |
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| John B. Gordon |
1886-1890 |
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| William J. Northen |
1890-1894 |
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| William Y. Atkinson |
1894-1898 |
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| Allen D. Candler |
1898-1902 |
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| Joseph M. Terrell |
1902-1907 |
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| Hoke Smith |
1907-1909 |
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| Joseph M. Brown |
1909-1911 |
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| Hoke Smith |
1911 |
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| John M. Slaton |
1911-1912 |
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| Joseph M. Brown |
1912-1913 |
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| John M. Slaton |
1913-1915 |
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| Nathaniel E. Harris |
1915-1917 |
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| Hugh M. Dorsey |
1917-1921 |
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| Thomas W. Hardwick |
1921-1923 |
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| Clifford M. Walker |
1923-1927 |
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| Lamartine G. Hardman |
1927-1931 |
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| Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
1931-1933 |
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| Eugene Talmadge |
1933-1937 |
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| Eurith D. Rivers |
1937-1941 |
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| Eugene Talmadge |
1941-1943 |
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| Ellis G. Arnall |
1943-1947 |
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Herman E. Talmadge
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1947 |
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| Melvin E. Thompson |
1947-1948 |
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| Herman E. Talmadge |
1948-1955 |
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S. Marvin Griffin
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1955-1959 |
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| S. Ernest Vandiver, Jr. |
1959-1963 |
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| Carl E. Sanders |
1963-1967 |
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| Lester G. Maddox |
1967-1971 |
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| James E. Carter |
1971-1975 |
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| George Busbee |
1975-1983 |
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| Joe Frank Harris |
1983-1991 |
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| Zell Miller |
1991-1999 |
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| Roy Barnes |
1999- |
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