Original
Virginia Colony |
Ralph Lane |
1585 |
1586 |
- |
John White |
1587 |
- |
- |
| Commander of the Southern
Plantation |
Samuel Stephens |
1662 |
1664 |
Governor under Lords Proprietors; 1667-1669 |
Lords Proprietors
The President of the
Council or Speaker of the Assembly often acted as governor. Please note
that at times the dates overlap. Suggested reading;
"William S. Powell's Dictionary of North Carolina Biography". |
William Drummond |
1664 |
1667 |
- |
Samuel Stephens |
1667 |
1669 |
Commander of the Southern Plantation; 1662-1664 |
Peter Carteret |
1670 |
1672 |
- |
John Jenkins |
1672 |
1675 |
- |
Thomas Eastchurch |
1675 |
1676 |
- |
John Jenkins |
1676 |
1677 |
- |
Thomas Miller |
1677 |
1679 |
- |
John Harvey |
1679 |
1680 |
- |
Henry Wilkinson |
1680 |
- |
- |
John Jenkins |
1680 |
1681 |
- |
Seth Sothel |
1682 |
1689 |
- |
John Archdale |
1683 |
1686 |
- |
John Gibbs |
1689 |
1690 |
- |
Thomas Jarvis |
1690 |
1694 |
- |
Philip Ludwell |
1690 |
1695 |
- |
Thomas Harvey |
1694 |
1699 |
- |
John Archdale |
1695 |
1696 |
- |
Henderson Walker |
1699 |
1703 |
- |
Robert Daniel |
1703 |
1705 |
- |
Thomas Cary |
1705 |
1711 |
- |
William Glover |
1706 |
1710 |
- |
Edward Hyde |
1711 |
1712 |
- |
Thomas Pollock |
1712 |
1714 |
- |
Charles Eden |
1714 |
1722 |
- |
Thomas Pollock |
1722 |
- |
- |
William Reed |
1722 |
1724 |
- |
George Burrington |
1724 |
1725 |
Royal Governor; 1731-1734 |
Richard Everard |
1725 |
1731 |
- |
Royal Governors |
George Burrington |
1731 |
1734 |
Lords Proprietors Governor 1724-1725 |
Nathaniel Rice |
1734 |
- |
- |
Gabriel Johnston |
1734 |
1752 |
- |
Nathaniel Rice |
1752 |
1753 |
- |
Matthew Rowan |
1753 |
1754 |
- |
Arthur Dobbs |
1753 |
1763 |
- |
- |
1763 |
1765 |
- |
William Tryon |
1765 |
1771 |
- |
James Hasell |
1771 |
- |
- |
Josiah Martin |
1771 |
1775 |
- |
North Carolina
State Governors |
Richard Caswell |
1776 |
1780 |
First of two terms |
Abner Nash |
1780 |
1781 |
- |
Thomas Burke |
1781 |
1782 |
- |
Alexander Martin |
1782 |
1785 |
First of two terms |
Richard Caswell |
1784 |
1787 |
Second of two terms |
Samuel Johnston |
1787 |
1789 |
- |
Alexander Martin |
1789 |
1792 |
Second of two terms |
Richard Dobbs Spaight Sr. |
1792 |
1795 |
- |
Samuel Ashe |
1795 |
1798 |
- |
William Richardson Davie |
1798 |
1799 |
- |
Benjamin Williams |
1799 |
1802 |
First of two terms |
James Turner |
1802 |
1805 |
- |
Nathaniel Alexander |
1805 |
1807 |
- |
Benjamin Williams |
1807 |
1808 |
Second of two terms |
David Stone |
1808 |
1810 |
- |
Benjamin Smith |
1810 |
1811 |
- |
William Hawkins |
1811 |
1814 |
- |
William Miller |
1814 |
1817 |
- |
John Branch |
1817 |
1820 |
- |
Jesse Franklin |
1820 |
1821 |
- |
Gabriel Holmes |
1821 |
1824 |
- |
Hutchins Gordon Burton |
1824 |
1827 |
- |
James Iredell Jr. |
1827 |
1828 |
- |
John Owen |
1828 |
1830 |
- |
Montford Stokes |
1830 |
1832 |
- |
David Lowry Swain |
1832 |
1835 |
- |
Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr. |
1835 |
1836 |
- |
Edward Bishop Dudley |
1836 |
1841 |
- |
John Motley Morehead |
1841 |
1845 |
- |
William Alexander Graham |
1845 |
1849 |
- |
Charles Manly |
1849 |
1850 |
- |
David Settle Reid |
1851 |
1854 |
- |
Warren Winslow |
1854 |
1855 |
- |
Thomas Bragg |
1855 |
1859 |
- |
John Willis Ellis |
1859 |
1861 |
- |
Henry Toole Clark |
1861 |
1862 |
- |
Zebulon Baird Vance |
1862 |
1865 |
First of two terms |
William Woods Holden |
1865 |
- |
First of two terms |
Jonathan Worth |
1865 |
1868 |
- |
William Woods Holden |
1868 |
1870 |
Second of two terms |
Tod Robinson Caldwell |
1870 |
1874 |
- |
Curtis Hooks Brogden |
1874 |
1877 |
- |
Zebulon Baird Vance |
1877 |
1879 |
Second of two terms |
Thomas Jordan Jarvis |
1879 |
1885 |
- |
Alfred Moore Scales |
1885 |
1889 |
- |
Daniel Gould Fowle |
1889 |
1891 |
- |
Thomas Michael Holt |
1891 |
1893 |
- |
Elias Carr |
1893 |
1897 |
- |
Daniel Lindsay Russell |
1897 |
1901 |
- |
Charles Brantley Aycock |
1901 |
1905 |
- |
Robert Broadnax Glenn |
1905 |
1909 |
- |
William Walton Kitchin |
1909 |
1913 |
- |
Locke Craig |
1913 |
1917 |
- |
Thomas Walter Bickett |
1917 |
1921 |
- |
Cameron Morrison |
1921 |
1925 |
- |
Angus Wilton McLean |
1925 |
1929 |
- |
Oliver Ma Gardner |
1929 |
1933 |
- |
John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus |
1933 |
1937 |
- |
Clyde Roark Hoey |
1937 |
1941 |
- |
Joseph Melville Broughton |
1941 |
1945 |
- |
Robert Gregg Cherry |
1945 |
1949 |
- |
William Kerr Scott |
1949 |
1953 |
- |
William Bradley Umstead |
1953 |
1954 |
- |
Luther Hartwell Hodges |
1954 |
1961 |
- |
Terry Sanford |
1961 |
1965 |
- |
Dan Killian Moore |
1965 |
1969 |
- |
Robert Walter Scott |
1969 |
1973 |
- |
James Eubert Holshouser Jr. |
1973 |
1977 |
- |
James Baxter Hunt Jr. |
1977 |
1985 |
First of two terms |
James Grubbs Martin |
1985 |
1993 |
- |
James Baxter Hunt Jr. |
1993 |
2001 |
Second of two terms |
Michael F. Easley |
2001 |
Present |
- |
