GEORGIA GOVERNOR
BIOGRAPHIES
GEORGIA GENEALOGIES BY FILE NAME
Georgia
Governor Biographies
Carter, James Earl II
Cobb I, Howell
Georgia
Other Biographies
Georgia
Governor Genealogies by Surname
Colonial
Governors of Georgia with Dates:
Oglethorpe, James Edward (President)
1733-1743
Stephens, William (President) 1743-1751
Parker, Henry (President) 1751-1752
Graham, Patrick (President) 1752-1754
Reynolds, John 1754-1757
Ellis, Henry 1757-1760
Wright, James 1761-1776
Habersham II, James (Acting Governor) 1771-73
Campbell, Archibald (British Governor) 1778-1779
Prevost, Lieutenant Colonel James Marcus (British
Governor) 1779
State of Georgia Governors
with Dates:
Ewen, William (President of Council of Safety) 1775 Bulloch, Archibald (President of Council of Safety) 1776-1777
Gwinnett, Button (President of Council of Safety) 1777
Treutlen, John Adam 1777-1778
Houstoun, John 1778-1779, 1784-1785
Wright, James 1779-82 (British Governor)
Glascock, William (President of Executive Council) 1779
Cuthbert, Seth John (President of Executive Council) 1779
Wereat, John (President of Executive Council) 1779-1780
Walton, George (elected by irregular assembly) 1779-1780
Howley, Richard 1780
Wells, George (President of Executive Council) 1780
Wells III, Humphrey (President of Executive Council) 1780
Heard, Stephen (President of Executive Council) 1780
Davies, Myrick (President of Executive Council) 1780-1781
Brownson, Nathan 1781-1782
Martin, John 1782-1783
Hall, Lyman 1783-1784
Elbert, Samuel 1785-1786
Telfair, Edward 1786-1787, 1790-1793
Mathews, George 1787, 1793-1796
Handley, George 1788-1789
Walton I, George 1789-1790
Irwin, Jared 1796-1798, 1806-09
Jackson II, James 1798-1801
Emanuel II, David (President of Senate) 1801
Tattnall II, Josiah 1801-1802
Milledge II, John 1802-1806
Mitchell, David Brydie 1809-1813, 1815-1817
Early, Peter 1813-1815
Rabun, William (President of the Senate) 1817-1819
Talbot, Mathew (President of Senate) 1819
Clark, John 1819-1823
Troup, George Michael 1823-1827
Forsyth, John 1827-1829
Gilmer, George R. 1829-1831, 1837-1839
Lumpkin, Wilson 1831-1835
Schley, William 1835-1837
McDonald II, Charles James 1839-1843
Crawford, George Walker 1843-1847
Towns, George Washington Bonaparte 1847-1851
Cobb I, Howell 1851-1853
Johnson, Herschel Vespasian 1853-1857
Brown I, Joseph Emerson 1857-1865
Johnson, James 1865
Jenkins III, Charles Jones 1865-1868
Ruger II, Thomas Howard 1868
Bullock, Rufus Brown 1868-1871
Conley, Benjamin (President of Senate) 1871-1872
Smith II, James Milton 1872-1877
Colquitt, Alfred Holt 1877-1882
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton 1882-1883
Boynton, James Stoddard (President of Senate) 1883
McDaniel, Henry Dickeron 1883-1886
Gordon, John Brown 1886-1890
Northen, William Jonathan 1890-1894
Atkinson I, William Yates 1894-1898
Candler, Allen D. 1898-1902
Terrell, Joseph Meriwether 1902-1907
Smith, Michael Hoke 1907-1909, 1911
Brown II, Joseph Mackey 1909-1911, 1912-13
Slaton, John Marshall (President of Senate) 1911-1912, 1913-1915
Harris, Nathaniel Edwin 1915-1917
Dorsey, Hugh Manson 1917-1921
Hardwick, Thomas William 1921-1923
Walker, Clifford Mitchell 1923-1927
Hardman, Lamartine Griffin 1927-1931
Russell II, Richard Brevard 1931-1933
Talmadge, Eugene 1933-1937, 1941-1943
Rivers, Eurith Dickenson 1937-1941
Arnall, Ellis Gibbs 1943-1947
Talmadge, Herman Eugene 1947, 1948-1955
Thompson, Melvin Ernest 1947-1948
Griffin, Samuel Marvin 1955-1959
Vandiver II, Samuel Ernest 1959-1963
Sanders II, Carl Edward 1963-1967
Maddox, Lester Garfield 1967-1971
Carter II, James E. 1971-1975
Busbee, George Dekle 1975-1983
Harris, Joe Frank 1983-1991
Miller, Zell Bryan 1991-1999
Barnes, Roy Eugene 1999-2003
Perdue III, George Ervin "Sonny" 2003-2011
Deal, John Nathan 2011-
U.S. Senators from
Georgia, Genealogies by Surname, With Dates of Service:
Few II, William 1789-1793
Gunn, James 1789-1801
Jackson II, James 1793-1795, 1801-1806
Walton I, George 1795-1796
Tattnall II, Josiah 1796-1799
Baldwin, Abraham 1799-1807
Milledge II, John 1806-1809
Jones, George 1807
Crawford, William Harris 1807-1813
Tait, Charles 1809-1819
Bulloch, William Bellinger 1813
Bibb, William Wyatt 1813-1816
Troup II, George Michael 1816-1818, 1829-1833
Forsyth I, John 1818-1819, 1829-1834
Walker II, Freeman 1819-1821
Elliott III, John 1819-1825
Ware, Nicholas 1821-1824
Cobb, Thomas Willis 1824-1828
Berrien III, John MacPherson 1825-1829, 1841-1845, 1845-1852
Prince, Oliver Hillhouse 1828-1829
King, John Pendleton 1833-1837
Cuthbert, Alfred 1835-1843
Lumpkin, Wilson 1837-1841
Colquitt, Walter Terry 1843-1848
Johnson, Herschel Vespasian 1848-1849
Dawson, William Crosby 1849-1855
Charlton, Robert Milledge 1852-1853
Toombs II, Robert Augustus 1853-1861
Iverson, Alfred 1855-1861
Miller, Homer Virgil Milton 1871
Hill, Joshua 1871-1873
Norwood, Thomas Manson 1871-1877
Gordon, John Brown 1873-1880, 1891-1897
Hill, Benjamin Harvey 1877-1882
Brown I, Joseph Emerson 1880-1891
Barrow, Middleton Pope 1882-1883
Colquitt, Alfred Holt 1883-1894
Walsh, Patrick 1894-1895
Bacon II, Augustus Octavius 1895-1914
Clay, Alexander Stephens 1897-1910
Terrell, Joseph Meriwether 1910-1911
Smith, Michael Hoke 1911-1921
West, William Stanley 1914
Hardwick, Thomas William 1914-1919
Harris, William Julius 1919-1932
Watson, Thomas Edward 1921-1922
Felton, Rebecca Latimer November 21-22, 1922
George, Walter Franklin 1922-1957
Cohen, John Sanford 1932-1933
Russell II, Richard Brevard 1933-1971
Talmadge, Herman Eugene 1957-1981
Gambrell, David Henry 1971-1972
Nunn II, Samuel Augustus 1972-1997
Mattingly, Mack 1981-1987
Fowler II, Wyche 1987-1993
Coverdell, Paul Douglas 1993-2000
Cleland II, Joseph Maxwell "Max" 1997-2003
Miller, Zell Bryan 2000-2005
Chambliss, Clarence Saxby 2003-At least 2011
Isakson, John Ward "Johnny" 2005-at least 2011
Georgia
Other Genealogies by Surname
Akerman, Amos Tappan
Bell, Griffin Boyette
Crisp I, Charles Frederick
Cumming, Alfred
Folsom, Marion Bayard
Gingrich, Newton Leroy
Habersham, Joseph
King II, Martin Luther
Lamar, Joseph Rucker
Lamar II, Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Lance II, Thomas Bertram
Langworthy, Edward
McIntyre II, James Talmadge
Rusk, David Dean
Sullivan, Louis Wade
Thomas, Clarence
Usery II, Willie Julian
Walton, John
Wayne, James Moore
Georgia
Genealogies by File Name
Akerman-GA-1
Arnall-GA-1
Atkinson-GA-1
Bacon-GA-1
Barnes-GA-1
Barrow-GA-1
Bell-GA-1
Berrien-GA-1
Boynton-GA-1
Brown-GA-1
Brownson-GA-1
Bulloch-GA-1
Bullock-GA-1
Busbee-GA-1
Campbell-GA-1
Candler-GA-1
Carter-GA-1
Chambliss-GA-1
Charlton-GA-1
Clark-GA-1
Clay-GA-1
Cleland-GA-1
Cobb-GA-1
Cohen-GA-1
Colquitt-GA-1
Coverdell-GA-1
Crawford-GA-1
Crisp-GA-1
Cumming-GA-1
Cuthbert-GA-1
Dawson-GA-1
Deal-GA-1
Dorsey-GA-1
Early-GA-1
Elbert-GA-1
Elliott-GA-1
Ellis-GA-1
Emanuel-GA-1
Ewen-GA-1
Few-GA-1
Folsom-GA-1
Forsyth-GA-1
Fowler-GA-1
Gambrell-GA-1
George-GA-1
Gilmer-GA-1
Gingrich-GA-1
Glascock-GA-1
Gordon-GA-1
Graham-GA-1
Griffin-GA-1
Gunn-GA-1
Gwinnett-GA-1
Habersham-GA-1
Hall-GA-1
Handley-GA-1
Hardman-GA-1
Hardwick-GA-1
Harris-GA-1
Harris-GA-2
Harris-GA-4
Heard-GA-1
Hill-GA-1
Hill-GA-2
Houstoun-GA-1
Howley-GA-1
Irwin-GA-1
Isakson-GA-1
Iverson-GA-1
Jackson-GA-1
Jenkins-GA-1
Johnson-GA-1
Johnson-GA-2
Jones-GA-1
King-GA-1
King-GA-3
Lamar-GA-1
Lamar-GA-2
Lance-GA-1
Langworthy-GA-1
Latimer-GA-1
Lumpkin-GA-1
Maddox-GA-2
Mathews-GA-1
McDaniel-GA-1
McDonald-GA-1
McIntyre-GA-1
Milledge-GA-1
Miller-GA-1
Miller-GA-3
Mitchell-GA-1
Northen-GA-1
Norwood-GA-1
Nunn-GA-1
Oglethorpe-GA-1
Parker-GA-1
Perdue-GA-1
Prevost-GA-1
Prince-GA-1
Rabun-GA-1
Reynolds-GA-1
Rivers-GA-1
Ruger-GA-1
Rusk-GA-1
Russell-GA-1
Sanders-GA-1
Schley-GA-1
Slaton-GA-1
Smith-GA-1
Smith-GA-2
Stephens-GA-1
Stephens-GA-2
Sullivan-GA-1
Tait-GA-1
Talbot-GA-1
Talmadge-GA-1
Tattnall-GA-1
Telfair-GA-1
Thomas-GA-1
Toombs-GA-1
Towns-GA-1
Treutlen-GA-1
Troup-GA-1
Usery-GA-1
Vandiver-GA-1
Walker-GA-1
Walker-GA-2
Walsh-GA-1
Walton-GA-1
Ware-GA-1
Watson-GA-1
Wayne-GA-1
Wells-GA-1
Wereat-GA-1
West-GA-1
Wright-GA-1
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