| January 12, 1798 |
James Jackson begins term as governor
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| March 3, 1801 |
David Emanuel becomes the first Jewish chief executive of any state when he completes James Jackson's term as governor.
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| November 7, 1801 |
Josiah Tattnall, Jr. elected governor
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| November 4, 1802 |
John Milledge, grandson of an original settler and the man for whom Milledgeville is named, elected governor
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| September 23, 1806 |
Jared Irwin becomes governor of Georgia
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| November 10, 1809 |
David Brydie Mitchell begins term as governor of Georgia
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| November 5, 1813 |
Peter Early begins term as governor of Georgia
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Peter Early |
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| March 4, 1817 |
William Rabun begins term as governor of Georgia
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William Rabun |
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| October 24, 1819 |
Matthew Talbot serves as governor after the death of William Rabun
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William Rabun |
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| November 5, 1819 |
John Clark begins term as governor of Georgia
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| November 7, 1823 |
George Michael Troup begins term as governor of Georgia
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George Michael Troup |
| November 7, 1827 |
John Forsyth begins term as governor of Georgia
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| November 4, 1829 |
George Gilmer begins term as governor of Georgia
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George Gilmer |
| November 9, 1831 |
Wilson Lumpkin begins term as governor of Georgia
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| November 4, 1835 |
William Schley begins term as governor of Georgia
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William Schley |
| November 8, 1837 |
George Rockingham Gilmer begins term as governor of Georgia
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| November 6, 1839 |
Charles James McDonald begins term as governor of Georgia
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| November 8, 1843 |
George Walker Crawford begins term as governor of Georgia
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| November 3, 1847 |
George Washington Towns begins term as governor of Georgia
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| November 5, 1851 |
Howell Cobb begins term as governor of Georgia
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Howell Cobb |
| November 9, 1853 |
Herschel Vespasian Johnson begins term as governor of Georgia
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Herschel V. Johnson |
| November 6, 1857 |
Joseph Emerson Brown begins term as governor of Georgia
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Joseph Emerson Brown |
| June 17, 1865 |
James Johnson, a pro-Union Georgian appointed by President Andrew Johnson begins term as governor of Georgia
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| December 14, 1865 |
Charles Jones Jenkins begins term as governor of Georgia
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Charles Jones Jenkins |
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| January 13, 1868 |
Thomas Ruger ordered to become "provisional governor" of Georgia, replacing Gov. Charles Jenkins, who refused to pay for a state constitutional convention. Jenkins flees the state.
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| July 22, 1868 |
Gov. Rufus Bullock inaugurated
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A Republican governor |
| July 23, 1868 |
"Bush Arbor" protests Bullock's inauguration
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| October 30, 1871 |
Benjamin Conley, president of the Georgia Senate, begins term as governor of Georgia with the departure of Rufus Bullock
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| January 12, 1872 |
James Milton Smith begins term as governor of Georgia
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| January 12, 1877 |
Alfred Holt Colquitt begins term as governor of Georgia
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| November 4, 1882 |
Alexander Hamilton Stephens begins term as governor of Georgia
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Alexander Stephens |
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| March 5, 1883 |
James Stoddard Boynton, president of the Georgia Senate, begins term as governor of Georgia
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| May 10, 1883 |
Henry Dickerson McDaniel begins term as governor of Georgia
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| November 9, 1886 |
John Brown Gordon begins term as governor of Georgia
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John Brown Gordon
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| November 8, 1890 |
William Jonathan Northen begins term as governor of Georgia
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| October 27, 1894 |
William Yates Atkinson begins term as governor of Georgia
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| October 29, 1898 |
Allen Daniel Candler begins term as governor of Georgia
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