Historical Record
Previous Governors of Georgia
Governors who previously held office in Georgia, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesBrian KempRepublican2019–2027
Nathan DealRepublican2011–2019
Sonny PerdueRepublican2003–2011
Roy BarnesDemocrat1999–2003
Zell MillerDemocrat1991–1999
Joe Frank HarrisDemocrat1983–1991
George BusbeeDemocrat1975–1983
Jimmy CarterDemocrat1971–1975
Lester MaddoxDemocrat1967–1971
Carl SandersDemocrat1963–1967
Ernest VandiverDemocrat1959–1963
Marvin GriffinDemocrat1955–1959
Herman TalmadgeDemocrat1948–1955
Melvin E. ThompsonDemocrat1947–1948
Herman TalmadgeDemocrat1947–1947
Ellis ArnallDemocrat1943–1947
Eugene TalmadgeDemocrat1947–1947
Eugene TalmadgeDemocrat1941–1943
Eurith D. RiversDemocrat1937–1941
Eugene TalmadgeDemocrat1933–1937
Richard B. Russell Jr.Democrat1931–1933
Lamartine Griffin HardmanDemocrat1927–1931
Clifford WalkerDemocrat1923–1927
Thomas W. HardwickDemocrat1921–1923
Hugh DorseyDemocrat1917–1921
Nathaniel Edwin HarrisDemocrat1915–1917
John M. SlatonDemocrat1913–1915
Joseph Mackey BrownDemocrat1912–1913
John M. SlatonDemocrat1911–1912
Joseph Mackey BrownDemocrat1909–1911
M. Hoke SmithDemocrat1911–1911
M. Hoke SmithDemocrat1907–1909
Joseph M. TerrellDemocrat1902–1907
Allen D. CandlerDemocrat1898–1902
William Yates AtkinsonDemocrat1894–1898
William J. NorthenDemocrat1890–1894
John B. GordonDemocrat1886–1890
Henry Dickerson McDanielDemocrat1883–1886
Alexander H. StephensDemocrat1882–1883
James S. BoyntonDemocrat1883–1883
Alfred H. ColquittDemocrat1877–1882
James Milton SmithDemocrat1872–1877
Benjamin F. ConleyRepublican1871–1872
Rufus BullockRepublican1868–1871
Thomas H. RugerIndependent1868–1868
Charles J. JenkinsDemocrat1865–1868
James JohnsonIndependent1865–1865
Joseph E. BrownDemocrat1857–1865
Herschel V. JohnsonDemocrat1853–1857
Howell CobbIndependent1851–1853
George W. TownsDemocrat1847–1851
George W. CrawfordIndependent1843–1847
Charles James McDonaldDemocrat1839–1843
George Rockingham GilmerIndependent1837–1839
William SchleyDemocrat1835–1837
Wilson LumpkinDemocrat1831–1835
George Rockingham GilmerIndependent1829–1831
John ForsythIndependent1827–1829
George TroupIndependent1823–1827
John ClarkIndependent1819–1823
William RabunIndependent1817–1819
Matthew TalbotIndependent1819–1819
David Brydie MitchellIndependent1815–1817
Peter EarlyIndependent1813–1815
David Brydie MitchellIndependent1809–1813
Jared IrwinIndependent1806–1809
John MilledgeIndependent1802–1806
Josiah TattnallIndependent1801–1802
James JacksonIndependent1798–1801
David EmanuelIndependent1801–1801
Jared IrwinIndependent1796–1798
George MathewsIndependent1793–1796
Edward TelfairIndependent1789–1793
George WaltonIndependent1789–1789
George HandleyIndependent1788–1789
George MathewsIndependent1787–1788
Edward TelfairIndependent1786–1787
Samuel ElbertIndependent1785–1786
John HoustounIndependent1784–1785
Lyman HallIndependent1783–1784
John MartinIndependent1782–1783
Nathan BrownsonIndependent1781–1782
Richard HowlyIndependent1780–1780
George WellsIndependent1780–1780
George WaltonIndependent1780–1780
John WereatIndependent1779–1779
John A. TreutlenIndependent1777–1778
John HoustounIndependent1778–1778
Button GwinnettIndependent1777–1777
Archibald BullochIndependent1776–1777