Here is the list of individuals who became the Governor of North Carolina.
No party Anti-Federalist Federalist Democratic-Republican Democratic Whig/National Republican Conservative Republican/National Union
# | Governor | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Richard Caswell | November 12, 1776 | April 20, 1780 | No party | ||
2 | Abner Nash | April 20, 1780 | June 26, 1781 | No party | ||
3 | Thomas Burke | June 26, 1781 | April 22, 1782 | No party | ||
4 | Alexander Martin | April 22, 1782 | May 13, 1785 | Anti-Federalist | ||
5 | Richard Caswell | May 13, 1785 | December 20, 1787 | No party | ||
6 | Samuel Johnston | December 20, 1787 | December 17, 1789 | Federalist | ||
7 | Alexander Martin | December 17, 1789 | December 14, 1792 | Anti-Federalist | ||
8 | Richard Dobbs Spaight | December 14, 1792 | November 19, 1795 | Federalist | ||
9 | Samuel Ashe | November 19, 1795 | December 7, 1798 | Anti-Federalist | ||
10 | William Richardson Davie | December 7, 1798 | November 23, 1799 | Federalist | ||
11 | Benjamin Williams | November 23, 1799 | December 6, 1802 | Federalist | ||
12 | James Turner | December 6, 1802 | December 10, 1805 | Democratic-Republican | [1] | |
13 | Nathaniel Alexander | December 10, 1805 | December 1, 1807 | Democratic-Republican | ||
14 | Benjamin Williams | December 1, 1807 | December 12, 1808 | Federalist | ||
15 | David Stone | December 12, 1808 | December 1, 1810 | Democratic-Republican | ||
16 | Benjamin Smith | December 1, 1810 | December 11, 1811 | Democratic-Republican | ||
17 | William Hawkins | December 11, 1811 | November 29, 1814 | Democratic-Republican | ||
18 | William Miller | November 29, 1814 | December 6, 1817 | Democratic-Republican | ||
19 | John Branch | December 6, 1817 | December 7, 1820 | Democratic-Republican | ||
20 | Jesse Franklin | December 7, 1820 | December 7, 1821 | Democratic-Republican | ||
21 | Gabriel Holmes | December 7, 1821 | December 7, 1824 | Democratic-Republican | ||
22 | Hutchins Gordon Burton | December 7, 1824 | December 8, 1827 | No party | ||
23 | James Iredell Jr. | December 8, 1827 | December 12, 1828 | Democratic-Republican | ||
24 | John Owen | December 12, 1828 | December 18, 1830 | Democratic | ||
25 | Montfort Stokes | December 18, 1830 | December 6, 1832 | Democratic | ||
26 | David Lowry Swain | December 6, 1832 | December 10, 1835 | National Republican | ||
27 | Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr. | December 10, 1835 | December 31, 1836 | Democratic | ||
28 | Edward Bishop Dudley | December 31, 1836 | January 1, 1841 | Whig | ||
29 | John Motley Morehead | January 1, 1841 | January 1, 1845 | Whig | ||
30 | William Alexander Graham | January 1, 1845 | January 1, 1849 | Whig | ||
31 | Charles Manly | January 1, 1849 | January 1, 1851 | Whig | ||
32 | David Settle Reid | January 1, 1851 | December 6, 1854 | Democratic | ||
33 | Warren Winslow | December 6, 1854 | January 1, 1855 | Democratic | ||
34 | Thomas Bragg | January 1, 1855 | January 1, 1859 | Democratic | ||
35 | John Willis Ellis | January 1, 1859 | July 7, 1861 | Democratic | ||
36 | Henry Toole Clark | July 7, 1861 | September 8, 1862 | Democratic | ||
37 | Zebulon Baird Vance | September 8, 1862 | May 29, 1865 | Conservative | ||
38 | William Woods Holden | May 29, 1865 | December 15, 1865[note 1] | National Union | [2] | |
39 | Jonathan Worth | December 15, 1865 | July 1, 1868 | Conservative | ||
40 | William Woods Holden | July 1, 1868 | March 22, 1871 | Republican | ||
41 | Tod Robinson Caldwell | March 22, 1871 | July 11, 1874 | Republican | ||
42 | Curtis Hooks Brogden | July 11, 1874 | January 1, 1877 | Republican | ||
43 | Zebulon Baird Vance | January 1, 1877 | February 5, 1879 | Democratic | ||
44 | Thomas Jordan Jarvis | February 5, 1879 | January 21, 1885 | Democratic | ||
45 | Alfred Moore Scales | January 21, 1885 | January 17, 1889 | Democratic | ||
46 | Daniel Gould Fowle | January 17, 1889 | April 7, 1891 | Democratic | ||
47 | Thomas Michael Holt | April 7, 1891 | January 18, 1893 | Democratic | ||
48 | Elias Carr | January 18, 1893 | January 12, 1897 | Democratic | ||
49 | Daniel Lindsay Russell | January 12, 1897 | January 15, 1901 | Republican | [3] | |
50 | Charles Brantley Aycock | January 15, 1901 | January 11, 1905 | Democratic | ||
51 | Robert Broadnax Glenn | January 11, 1905 | January 12, 1909 | Democratic | ||
52 | William Walton Kitchin | January 12, 1909 | January 15, 1913 | Democratic | ||
53 | Locke Craig | January 15, 1913 | January 11, 1917 | Democratic | ||
54 | Thomas Walter Bickett | January 11, 1917 | January 12, 1921 | Democratic | ||
55 | Cameron A. Morrison | January 12, 1921 | January 14, 1925 | Democratic | ||
56 | Angus Wilton McLean | January 14, 1925 | January 11, 1929 | Democratic | ||
57 | Oliver Max Gardner | January 11, 1929 | January 5, 1933 | Democratic | ||
58 | John C.B. Ehringhaus | January 5, 1933 | January 7, 1937 | Democratic | ||
59 | Clyde R. Hoey | January 7, 1937 | January 9, 1941 | Democratic | ||
60 | J. Melville Broughton | January 9, 1941 | January 4, 1945 | Democratic | ||
61 | R. Gregg Cherry | January 4, 1945 | January 6, 1949 | Democratic | ||
62 | W. Kerr Scott | January 6, 1949 | January 8, 1953 | Democratic | ||
63 | William B. Umstead | January 8, 1953 | November 7, 1954 | Democratic | ||
64 | Luther H. Hodges | November 7, 1954 | January 5, 1961 | Democratic | ||
65 | Terry Sanford | January 5, 1961 | January 8, 1965 | Democratic | ||
66 | Dan K. Moore | January 8, 1965 | January 3, 1969 | Democratic | ||
67 | Robert W. Scott | January 3, 1969 | January 5, 1973 | Democratic | ||
68 | James Holshouser | January 5, 1973 | January 8, 1977 | Republican | ||
69 | Jim Hunt | January 8, 1977 | January 5, 1985 | Democratic | ||
70 | James G. Martin | January 5, 1985 | January 9, 1993 | Republican | ||
71 | Jim Hunt | January 9, 1993 | January 6, 2001 | Democratic | ||
72 | Mike Easley | January 6, 2001 | January 10, 2009 | Democratic | ||
73 | Bev Perdue | January 10, 2009 | January 5, 2013 | Democratic | [4] | |
74 | Pat McCrory | January 5, 2013 | January 1, 2017 | Republican | ||
75 | Roy Cooper | January 1, 2017 | Present | Democratic |
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