List of governors of Georgia

The governor of Georgia is the head of government of the U.S. state of Georgia and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. Republican Brian Kemp assumed office on January 14, 2019. Template:History of Georgia (U.S. state)

There have officially been 83 governors of the State of Georgia, including 11 who served more than one distinct term (John Houstoun, George Walton, Edward Telfair, George Mathews, Jared Irwin, David Brydie Mitchell, George Rockingham Gilmer, M. Hoke Smith, Joseph Mackey Brown, John M. Slaton and Eugene Talmadge, with Herman Talmadge serving two de facto distinct terms).

The longest-serving governors are George Busbee, Joe Frank Harris, Zell Miller, Sonny Perdue and Nathan Deal, each of whom served two full four-year terms; Joseph E. Brown, governor during the Civil War, was elected four times, serving seven and a half years. The shortest term of the post-revolutionary period is that of Matthew Talbot, who served 13 days after succeeding his predecessor, who died in office. Eugene Talmadge died in December 1946 before taking office in his second distinct term, leading to a dispute in which three people claimed the office.

Governors

Georgia was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on January 2, 1788.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Before it declared its independence, Georgia was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain. It seceded from the Union on January 19, 1861,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861.<ref>Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America Template:Webarchive, accessed July 8, 2015</ref> Following the end of the American Civil War, Georgia during Reconstruction was part of the Third Military District, which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections. Georgia was readmitted to the Union on July 25, 1868;<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> again expelled from Congress on March 3, 1869;<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref> and again readmitted on July 15, 1870.<ref>Template:Usstat</ref>

The Rules and Regulations of the Colony, drafted in 1776, provided for a president to serve a term of 6 months.<ref>1776 Const. art. I</ref> A formal constitution was drafted in 1777, providing for a governor to serve a term of one year, but no more than one year out of every three.<ref>1777 Const. art. XXIII</ref> The term was lengthened to two years in 1789, but with no term limit.<ref>1789 Const. art. II, § 1</ref> The 1865 constitution required governors to take four years off after serving two terms,<ref>1865 Const. art III, § 1</ref> but that was quickly changed in the 1868 constitution, which allowed four-year terms with no limits.<ref name="1868const-a4-s1"/> The term length was returned to the two-year term and limit of the 1865 constitution in 1877.<ref>1877 Const. art V, § 1</ref>

The 1945 constitution changed the length of terms to four years, with governors required to take four years off before running again, and it created the office of Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, who would exercise the powers of the governor should the office become vacant.<ref>1945 Const. art. V, § 1</ref> This was changed in 1983 so that the lieutenant governor fully becomes governor in that circumstance.<ref name="const-a5s1">GA Const. art. V, § 1</ref> Before the creation of the office of lieutenant governor, the president of the senate (or, before 1789, the president of the executive council<ref>1777 Const. art. XXIX</ref>) would exercise the powers of governor.<ref>1789 Const. art. II, § 4</ref> The 1983 constitution also allows governors to succeed themselves once, before having to wait four years to run again.<ref name="const-a5s1" /> The governor and the lieutenant governor are not officially elected on the same ticket.

Governors of the State of Georgia

Template:AbbrTemplate:Efn	Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. GovernorTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
7	File:Archibald Bulloch 1.jpg	rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Archibald Bulloch Template:Small <ref name="nga-bulloch">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-bulloch">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> – February 22, 1777 Template:Small	None	—Template:Efn	Office did not exist
8	File:Portrait of Button Gwinnett, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia.jpg	Button Gwinnett Template:Small <ref name="nga-gwinnett">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-gwinnett">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – May 8, 1777 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	—Template:Efn
9	File:John Adam Treutlen.jpg	John A. Treutlen Template:Small <ref name="nga-treutlen">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-treutlen">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 10, 1778 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	—
10	File:Portrait of John Houstoun.png	John Houstoun Template:Small <ref name="nga-houstoun">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-houstoun">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – December 29, 1778 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	—
—	Competing governments			Template:Dts – August 6, 1779	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
11	File:John Wereat.jpg	rowspan="13" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	John Wereat Template:Small <ref name="nga-wereat">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-wereat">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 1779 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	—
12	File:George Walton (ca 1749-1804).jpg	George Walton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-walton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-walton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 4, 1780 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	—
13	File:No image.svg	Richard Howly Template:Small <ref name="nga-howly">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – February 5, 1780 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	—
—	File:No image.svg	George Wells Template:Small	Template:Dts – February 16, 1780 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	—
14	File:Stephen Heard.jpg	Stephen HeardTemplate:Efn Template:Small <ref name="nga-heard">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-heard">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – August 18, 1781 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	—
15	File:Gov. Brownson portrait.jpg	Nathan Brownson Template:Small <ref name="nga-brownson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-brownson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 3, 1782 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	1781
16	File:No image.svg	John Martin Template:Small <ref name="nga-martin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-martin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 8, 1783 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	1782
17	File:Lyman Hall.jpg	Lyman Hall Template:Small <ref name="nga-hall">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-hall">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 9, 1784 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	1783
10	File:Portrait of John Houstoun.png	John Houstoun Template:Small <ref name="nga-houstoun" /><ref name="ga-houstoun" />	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 6, 1785 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	1784
18	File:SamuelElbert01.jpg	Samuel Elbert Template:Small <ref name="nga-elbert">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-elbert">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 9, 1786 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	1785
19	File:No image.svg	Edward Telfair Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-telfair">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-telfair">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 9, 1787 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	1786
20	File:Gen. George Mathews profile.png	George Mathews Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mathews">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-mathews">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 26, 1788 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	1787
21	File:No image.svg	George Handley Template:Small <ref name="nga-handley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-handley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 7, 1789 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	None	1788Template:Efn
12	File:George Walton.jpg	rowspan="27" style="background:Template:Party color";|	George Walton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-walton" /><ref name="ga-walton" />	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 9, 1789 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Jan. 1789
19	File:No image.svg	Edward Telfair Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-telfair" /><ref name="ga-telfair" />	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 7, 1793 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Nov. 1789Template:Efn
					1791
20	File:Gen. George Mathews profile.png	George Mathews Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mathews" /><ref name="ga-mathews" />	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 15, 1796 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1793
22	File:Jared Irwin.jpg	Jared Irwin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-irwin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-irwin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 12, 1798 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1795
23	File:JamesJackson.jpg	James Jackson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-jackson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-jackson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – March 3, 1801 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1797
			1799
24	File:No image.svg	David Emanuel Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-emanuel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-emanuel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 7, 1801 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
25	File:No image.svg	Josiah Tattnall Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-tattnall">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-tattnall">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 4, 1802 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1801
26	File:Milledge.jpg	John Milledge Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-milledge">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-milledge">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – September 23, 1806 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1802 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
			1803
			1805
22	File:Jared Irwin.jpg	Jared Irwin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-irwin" /><ref name="ga-irwin" />	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 10, 1809 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
					1807
27	File:Davidbrydiemitchell.jpg	David Brydie Mitchell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mitchell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-mitchell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 5, 1813 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1809
			1811
28	File:GovernorPeterEarly.jpg	Peter Early Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-early">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-early">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 10, 1815 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1813
27	File:Davidbrydiemitchell.jpg	David Brydie Mitchell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mitchell" /><ref name="ga-mitchell" />	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – March 4, 1817 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1815
29	File:No image.svg	William Rabun Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-rabun">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-rabun">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – October 24, 1819 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
			1817
30	File:Matthew Talbot.jpg	Matthew Talbot Template:Small <ref name="nga-talbot">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 5, 1819 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
31	File:John Clark.jpg	John Clark Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-clark">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-clark">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 7, 1823 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1819
			1821
32	File:George M. Troup.jpg	George Troup Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-troup">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-troup">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 7, 1827 Template:Small	Troup Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1823
			1825
33	File:John Forsyth US Secretary of State.jpg	John Forsyth Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-forsyth">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-forsyth">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 4, 1829 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Troup Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1827
34	File:George Rockingham Gilmer.jpg	George Rockingham Gilmer Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-gilmer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-gilmer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 9, 1831 Template:Small	Troup Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1829
35	File:Wilson Lumpkin.jpg	rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color";|	Wilson Lumpkin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-lumpkin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-lumpkin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 4, 1835 Template:Small	Union (Democratic)Template:Sfn	1831
		1833
36	File:William Schley.jpg	William Schley Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-schley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-schley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 8, 1837 Template:Small	Union (Democratic)Template:Sfn	1835
34	File:George Rockingham Gilmer.jpg	style="background:Template:Party color";|	George Rockingham Gilmer Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-gilmer" /><ref name="ga-gilmer" />	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 6, 1839 Template:Small	State Rights (Whig)Template:Sfn	1837
37	File:CharlesJamesMcDonald (cropped).jpg	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color";|	Charles James McDonald Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mcdonald">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-mcdonald">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 8, 1843 Template:Small	Union (Democratic)Template:Sfn	1839
		1841
38	File:GeorgeWCrawford.jpg	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color";|	George W. Crawford Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-crawford">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-crawford">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 3, 1847 Template:Small<ref name="ga-crawford" />	WhigTemplate:Sfn	1843
		1845
39	File:GeorgeWashTowns.jpg	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color";|	George W. Towns Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-towns">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-towns">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 5, 1851 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1847
		1849
40	File:Howell Cobb-crop.jpg	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Party color";|	Howell Cobb Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-cobb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-cobb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 9, 1853 Template:Small	Constitutional UnionTemplate:Efn	1851
41	File:Herschel V. Johnson cph.3a02862.jpg	rowspan="6" style="background:Template:Party color";|	Herschel V. Johnson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-johnson-herschel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-johnson-herschel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – November 6, 1857 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1853
		1855
42	File:Joseph Emerson Brown.jpg	Joseph E. Brown Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-brown-joseph-e">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-brown-joseph-e">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – June 17, 1865 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1857
			1859
			1861
			1863
43	File:James Johnson (Georgia politician).jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	James Johnson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-johnson-james">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-johnson-james">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – December 19, 1865 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
44	File:CharJenkins.jpg	style="background:Template:Party color";|	Charles J. Jenkins Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-jenkins">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-jenkins">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 13, 1868 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1865
45	File:Thomas H. Ruger (cropped).jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Thomas H. Ruger Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-ruger">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-ruger">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – July 4, 1868 Template:Small	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
46	File:Rufus Bullock - Brady-Handy.jpg	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color";|	Rufus Bullock Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bullock">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-bullock">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – October 30, 1871 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1868Template:Efn
47	File:Benjamin Conley.jpg	Benjamin F. Conley Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-conley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 12, 1872 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
48	File:JamesMiltonSmith.jpg	rowspan="56" style="background:Template:Party color";|	James Milton Smith Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-smith-james">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-milton-smith">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="register-1990" /> – January 12, 1877 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1871 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
		1872
49		Alfred H. Colquitt Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-colquitt">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-colquitt">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the Senate. 1877 sess., 45, accessed August 11, 2023</ref> – November 4, 1882 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1876
			1880Template:Efn
50		Alexander H. Stephens Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-stephens">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-stephens">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the Senate. 1882 sess., 48, accessed August 11, 2023</ref> – March 4, 1883 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1882
51		James S. Boynton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-boynton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – May 10, 1883 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
52		Henry Dickerson McDaniel Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mcdaniel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-mcdaniel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1883 sess., 20, accessed August 12, 2023</ref> – November 9, 1886 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1883 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
			1884
53	File:Jbgordon.jpg	John B. Gordon Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-gordon">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-gordon">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1886 sess., 101, accessed August 12, 2023</ref> – November 8, 1890 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1886
			1888
54	File:William J. Northen.jpg	William J. Northen Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-northen">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-northen">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1890 sess., 95, accessed August 12, 2023</ref> – October 27, 1894 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1890
			1892
55	File:William Yates Atkinson.jpg	William Yates Atkinson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-atkinson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-atkinson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1894 sess., 68, accessed August 12, 2023</ref> – October 29, 1898 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1894
			1896
56	File:Allen D. Candler.jpg	Allen D. Candler Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-candler">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-candler">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1898 sess., 93, accessed August 13, 2023</ref> – October 25, 1902 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1898
			1900
57	File:JosephMTerrell.jpg	Joseph M. Terrell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-terrell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-terrell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1902 sess., 117, accessed August 13, 2023</ref> – June 29, 1907 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1902
			1904Template:Efn
58	File:Hoke Smith cph.3a02321 (3x4b).jpg	M. Hoke Smith Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-smith-hoke">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-smith-hoke">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1907 sess., 166, accessed August 13, 2023</ref> – June 26, 1909 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1906
59	File:JosephMacBrown (cropped).jpg	Joseph Mackey Brown Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-brown-joseph-m">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-brown-joseph-m">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1909 sess., 218, accessed August 13, 2023</ref> – July 1, 1911 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1908
58	File:Hoke Smith cph.3a02321 (3x4b).jpg	M. Hoke Smith Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-smith-hoke" /><ref name="ga-smith-hoke" />	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1911 sess., 203, accessed August 13, 2023</ref> – November 15, 1911 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1910
60	File:John Marshall Slaton.jpg	John M. Slaton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-slaton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-slaton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – January 25, 1912 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
59	File:JosephMacBrown (cropped).jpg	Joseph Mackey Brown Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-brown-joseph-m" /><ref name="ga-brown-joseph-m" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – June 28, 1913 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1912 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
60	File:John Marshall Slaton.jpg	John M. Slaton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-slaton" /><ref name="ga-slaton" />	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1913 sess., 150, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – June 26, 1915 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1912
61	File:Nathaniel Harris 1882.png	Nathaniel Edwin Harris Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-harris-nathaniel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-harris-nathaniel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1915 sess., 245, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – June 30, 1917 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1914
62	File:Hugh Dorsey.jpg	Hugh Dorsey Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-dorsey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-dorsey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1917 sess., 322, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – June 25, 1921 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1916
			1918
63	File:Senator Thomas Hardwick.jpg	Thomas W. Hardwick Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hardwick">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-hardwick">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1921 sess., 220, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – June 30, 1923 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1920
64	File:GovernorCliffWalker (3x4).jpg	Clifford Walker Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-walker">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-walker">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1923 sess., 221, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – June 25, 1927 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1922
			1924
65	File:Hardman222.jpg	Lamartine Griffin Hardman Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hardman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-hardman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1927 sess., 193, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – June 27, 1931 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1926
			1928
66	File:Richard Russell Jr. (GA).png	Richard Russell Jr. Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-russell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-russell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1931 sess., 212, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – January 10, 1933 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1930Template:Efn
67	File:Eugene Talmadge, Georgia Governor.jpg	Eugene Talmadge Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-talmadge-eugene">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-talmadge-eugene">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1933 special sess., 203, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – January 12, 1937 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1932
			1934
68	File:E. D. Rivers Georgia Governor.jpg	Eurith D. Rivers Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-rivers">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-rivers">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1937 sess., 509, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – January 14, 1941 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1936
			1938
67	File:Eugene Talmadge, Georgia Governor.jpg	Eugene Talmadge Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-talmadge-eugene" /><ref name="ga-talmadge-eugene" />	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1941 special sess., 32, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – January 12, 1943 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1940
69	File:Ellis Arnall cropped.png	Ellis Arnall Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-arnall">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-arnall">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1943 special sess., 34, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – January 14, 1947 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1942Template:Efn
—	File:Eugene Talmadge, Georgia Governor.jpg	Eugene Talmadge Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-talmadge-eugene" /><ref name="ga-talmadge-eugene" />	Template:DtsDied before taking office	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1946Template:Efn	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color";|	Template:Sortname
—	File:Herman Talmadge (GA).jpg	Herman Talmadge Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-talmadge-herman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-talmadge-herman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1947 sess., 43, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – March 19, 1947 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn		DemocraticTemplate:Sfn
70	File:Melvin Thompson.png	Melvin E. Thompson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-thompson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-thompson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 17, 1948 Template:Small<ref name="ga-thompson" />	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
71	File:Herman Talmadge (GA).jpg	Herman Talmadge Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-talmadge-herman" /><ref name="ga-talmadge-herman" />	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. November 1948 special sess., 42, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – January 11, 1955 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1948 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	rowspan="15" style="background:Template:Party color";|	Template:Sortname
					1950
72	File:Marvingriffin (cropped).gif	Marvin Griffin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-griffin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-griffin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1955 sess., 37, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – January 13, 1959 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1954	Template:Sortname
73	File:Ernest Vandiver (1962).jpg	Ernest Vandiver Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-vandiver">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-vandiver">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1959 sess., 31, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – January 15, 1963 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1958	Template:Sortname
74	File:Carl Sanders.jpg	Carl Sanders Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-sanders">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-sanders">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Georgia General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1963 sess., 88, accessed August 14, 2023</ref> – January 11, 1967 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1962	Template:Sortname
75	File:Lester Maddox.jpg	Lester Maddox Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-maddox">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-maddox">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 12, 1971 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1966	Template:Sortname
76	File:Jimmy Carter official portrait as Governor.jpg	Jimmy Carter Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-carter">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-carter">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1975 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1970	Template:Sortname
77	File:George Busbee.jpg	George Busbee Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-busbee">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-busbee">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1983 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1974	Template:Sortname
			1978
78	File:Joe Frank Harris.jpg	Joe Frank Harris Template:Small <ref name="nga-harris-joe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-harris-joe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1991 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="ga-harris-joe" />	1982
			1986
79	File:Zell B Miller (cropped).jpg	Zell Miller Template:Small <ref name="nga-miller">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-miller">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1999 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="ga-miller" />	1990	Template:Sortname
			1994
80	File:Roy Barnes concession speech (cropped).jpg	Roy Barnes Template:Small <ref name="nga-barnes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-barnes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 13, 2003 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="ga-barnes" />	1998	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
81	File:Sonny Perdue at rally.jpg	rowspan="6" style="background:Template:Party color";|	Sonny Perdue Template:Small <ref name="nga-perdue">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-perdue">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 10, 2011 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="ga-perdue" />		2002
		2006		rowspan="5" style="background:Template:Party color";|	Template:Sortname
82	File:Nathan Deal, April 25, 2017 (cropped).jpg	Nathan Deal Template:Small <ref name="nga-deal">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ga-deal">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 2019 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="ga-deal" />	2010
			2014
83	File:David Perdue and Brian Kemp (cropped).jpg	Brian Kemp Template:Small <ref name="nga-kemp">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – IncumbentTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-kemp" />	2018	Template:Sortname
			2022			Template:Sortname

See also

• Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Georgia
• First ladies of Georgia

References

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External links

• Office of the Governor of Georgia