Governors of Georgia, 1777-2012(May beincomplete!) ButtonGwinnett 1777JohnA. Treutlen 1777-78JohnHoustoun 1778JohnWereat 1779GeorgeWalton 1779-80RichardHowly 1780GeorgeWells 1780StephenHeard 1780-81NathanBrownson 1781-82JohnMartin 1782-83LymanHall 1783-84JohnHoustoun 1784-85SamuelElbert 1785-86GeorgeHandley 1788-89GeorgeWalton 1789EdwardTelfair 1789-93GeorgeMathews 1793-96JaredIrwin 1796-98JamesJackson 1798-1801DavidEmanuel 1801JosiahTattnall 1801-02JohnMilledge 1802-06JaredIrwin 1806-09DavidBrydie Mitchell 1809-13PeterEarly 1813-15DavidBrydie Mitchell 1815-17WilliamRabun 1817-19MatthewTalbot 1819JohnClark 1819-23GeorgeM. Troup 1823-27JohnForsyth 1827-29GeorgeR. Gilmer 1829-31WilsonLumpkin 1831-35WilliamSchley 1835-37GeorgeR. Gilmer 1837-39CharlesJames McDonald 1839-43GeorgeWalker Crawford 1843-47GeorgeW. B. Towns 1847-51HowellCobb 1851-53HerschelV. Johnson 1853-57JosephE. Brown 1857-65JamesJohnson 1865CharlesJ. Jenkins 1865-68ThomasHoward Ruger 1868RufusB. Bullock 1868-71BenjaminF. Conley 1871-72JamesMilton Smith 1872-77AlfredH. Colquitt 1877-82AlexanderH. Stephens 1882-83JamesStoddard Boynton 1883HenryDickerson McDaniel 1883-86JohnB. Gordon 1886-90WilliamJ. Northen 1890-94WilliamYates Atkinson 1894-98AllenD. Candler 1898-1902JosephM. Terrell 1902-07M.Hoke Smith 1907-09JosephM. Brown 1909-11M.Hoke Smith 1911JohnM. Slaton 1911-12JosephM. Brown 1912-13JohnM. Slaton 1913-15NatE. Harris 1915-17HughM. Dorsey 1917-21ThomasW. Hardwick 1921-23CliffordM. Walker 1923-27LamartineGriffin Hardman 1927-31RichardB. Russell, Jr. 1931-33EugeneTalmadge 1933-37E.D. Rivers 1937-41EugeneTalmadge 1941-43EllisGibbs Arnall 1943-47HermanE. Talmadge 1947MelvinE. Thompson 1947-48HermanE. Talmadge 1948-55MarvinGriffin 1955-59S.Ernest Vandiver, Jr. 1959-63CarlE. Sanders 1963-67LesterMaddox 1967-71JimmyCarter 1971-75GeorgeDekle Busbee 1975-83JoeFrank Harris 1983-91ZellMiller 1991-99RoyE. Barnes 1999-2003SonnyPerdue 2003-NathanDeal 2011- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1780 Feb 15:GeorgeWells, died in office. 1787:JohnHoustoun, defeated. 1819:GeorgeM. Troup, defeated. 1841:WilliamC. Dawson, defeated. 1845:MatthewH. McAllister, defeated. 1857:BenjaminH. Hill, defeated. 1860:WarrenAkin, defeated. 1861 Oct 7:JosephE. Brown (Dem), elected;EugeniusA. Nisbet (Anti-Brown Democratic), defeated. 1863 Oct 5:JosephE. Brown (Independent Democratic), elected;JoshuaHill, defeated;TimothyFurlow (Davis Democrat), defeated. 1865 Nov 15:CharlesJ. Jenkins, elected;JosephE. Brown, defeated;AlexanderH. Stephens, defeated. 1868 Apr 24:RufusB. Bullock (Rep), elected;JohnB. Gordon (Dem), defeated. 1876:JonathanNorcross (Rep), defeated. 1880:ThomasM. Norwood, defeated. 1882:LuciusJ. Gartrell, defeated for nomination. 1883 Mar 4:AlexanderH. Stephens, died in office. 1902:JohnH. Estill (Dem), defeated for nomination;DupontGuerry (Dem), defeated in primary. 1906:RichardB. Russell (Dem), defeated in primary. 1912 Jan 10:JosephM. Brown (Dem), elected;A.F. Castleberry (Socialist), defeated. 1912 Oct 2:JohnM. Slaton (Dem), elected unopposed. 1914 Nov 3:NatE. Harris (Dem), elected unopposed. 1916 Nov 7:HughM. Dorsey (Dem), elected;RoscoePickett (Rep), defeated;ThomasM. Taylor (Socialist), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:HughM. Dorsey (Dem), elected unopposed. 1920 Nov 2:ThomasW. Hardwick (Dem), elected unopposed. 1922 Nov 7:CliffordM. Walker (Dem), elected unopposed. 1924 Nov 4:CliffordM. Walker (Dem), elected unopposed. 1926 Nov 2:LamartineGriffin Hardman (Dem), elected unopposed. 1928 Nov 6:LamartineGriffin Hardman (Dem), elected unopposed. 1930 Nov 4:RichardB. Russell, Jr. (Dem), elected unopposed. 1954:CharlesGowen, defeated. 1966:JamesH. Gray (Dem), defeated in primary. 1966 Sep 15:EllisGibbs Arnall (Dem), advanced to runoff;LesterMaddox (Dem), advanced to runoff;JimmyCarter (Dem), defeated in primary;JamesGrey (Dem), defeated in primary. 1966 Sep 28:LesterMaddox (Dem), nominated;EllisGibbs Arnall (Dem), defeated in primary. 1966 Nov 8:HowardH. Callaway (Rep), candidate;LesterMaddox (Dem), candidate in inconclusive election, subsequentlychosen;EllisGibbs Arnall (Ind), candidate. 1970:JimmyBentley, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary. 1970:HalSuit (Rep), defeated;LindaJenness (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1974:HarryC. Jackson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1974:RonnieThompson (Rep), defeated. 1982:BoGinn (Dem), defeated in primary. 1990:AndyYoung (Dem), defeated in primary. 1990:JohnnyIsakson, defeated. 1990 Jul 17:RoyE. Barnes (Dem), defeated in primary. 1994:GuyW. Millner (Rep), defeated. 1998 Jul 21:DavidPoythress (Dem), defeated in primary. 1998 Nov 3:RoyE. Barnes (Dem), elected. 2002 Nov 5:RoyE. Barnes (Dem), defeated. 2006 Jul 18:BillBolton (Dem), defeated in primary. 2010 Jul 20:RoyE. Barnes (Dem), nominated;ThurbertE. Baker (Dem), defeated in primary;DavidPoythress (Dem), defeated in primary;DuBosePorter (Dem), defeated in primary;CarlCamon (Dem), defeated in primary;BillBolton (Dem), defeated in primary;RandalMangham (Dem), defeated in primary. 2010 Jul 20:KarenC. Handel (Rep), advanced to runoff;NathanDeal (Rep), advanced to runoff;EricJohnson (Rep), defeated in primary;JohnW. Oxendine (Rep), defeated in primary;JeffChapman (Rep), defeated in primary;RayMcBerry (Rep), defeated in primary;OtisPutnam (Rep), defeated in primary. 2010 Aug 10:NathanDeal (Rep), nominated;KarenC. Handel (Rep), defeated in primary. 2010 Nov 2:NathanDeal (Rep), elected;RoyE. Barnes (Dem), defeated;JohnH. Monds (Libertarian), defeated;DavidC. Byrne, defeated;NealHorsley, defeated. | |