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Governor of Georgia | |
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![]() Great Seal of the State of Georgia | |
Residence | Georgia Governor's Mansion |
Term length | Four years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Archibald Bulloch |
Formation | July 12, 1775 |
Salary | $139,339 (2013)[1] |
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The governor of Georgia is the head of the executive branch of Georgia's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
The current governor is Republican Brian Kemp, who took office on January 14, 2019.
No.[b] | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[c] | |||
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16 | ![]() | Archibald Bulloch | 1776 – 1777 (died in office) | None | —[d] | Office did not exist | ||
17 | ![]() | Button Gwinnett | 1777 – 1778 | None | —[e] | |||
18 | ![]() | John A. Treutlen | 1778 – 1779 | None | — | |||
19 | John Houstoun | 1779 – 1780[f] | None | — | ||||
— | Vacant | 1780 – August 6, 1781 | — | Government in chaos after fall of Savannah[g] | ||||
11 | ![]() | John Wereat | August 6, 1782 – November 1783[g] | None | — | |||
12 | ![]() | George Walton | November 1783[g] – January 4, 1785 | None | — | |||
13 | Richard Howly | January 4, 1780 – February 5, 1780 (resigned)[h] | None | —[i] | ||||
14 | ![]() | Stephen Heard | February 18, 1780 – August 18, 1781 | None | —[i][j] | |||
15 | Nathan Brownson | August 18, 1781 – January 3, 1782 (term limited) | None | 1781 | ||||
16 | John Martin | January 1, 1782 – December 31, 1782 (term limited) | None | 1782 | ||||
17 | ![]() | Lyman Hall | January 8, 1783 – December 9, 1783 (term limited) | None | 1783 | |||
10 | John Houstoun | January 9, 1784 – January 6, 1785 (term limited) | None | 1784 | ||||
18 | Samuel Elbert | January 6, 1785 – January 9, 1786 (term limited) | None | 1785 | ||||
19 | Edward Telfair | January 9, 1786 – January 9, 1787 (term limited) | None | 1786 | ||||
20 | George Mathews | January 9, 1787 – January 26, 1788 (term limited) | None | 1787 | ||||
21 | George Handley | January 26, 1788 – January 7, 1789 (term limited) | None | 1788[k] | ||||
12 | ![]() | George Walton | January 7, 1789 – November 9, 1789 (term limited) | Democratic- Republican | Jan. 1789 | |||
19 | Edward Telfair | November 9, 1789 – November 7, 1793 (lost election) | Democratic- Republican | Nov. 1789[l] | ||||
1791 | ||||||||
20 | George Mathews | November 7, 1793 – January 15, 1796 (not candidate for election) | Democratic- Republican | 1793 | ||||
22 | ![]() | Jared Irwin | January 15, 1796 – January 12, 1798 (not candidate for election) | Democratic- Republican | 1795 | |||
23 | ![]() | James Jackson | January 12, 1798 – March 3, 1801 (resigned)[m] | Democratic- Republican | 1797 | |||
1799 | ||||||||
24 | David Emanuel | March 3, 1801 – November 7, 1801 (not candidate for election) | Democratic- Republican | Succeeded from President of the Senate | ||||
25 | Josiah Tattnall | November 7, 1801 – November 4, 1802 (resigned)[n] | Democratic- Republican | 1801 | ||||
26 | ![]() | John Milledge | November 4, 1802 – September 23, 1806 (resigned)[o] | Democratic- Republican | 1802 (special)[p] | |||
1803 | ||||||||
1805 | ||||||||
22 | ![]() | Jared Irwin | September 23, 1806 – November 10, 1809 (not candidate for election) | Democratic- Republican | Succeeded from President of the Senate | |||
1807 | ||||||||
27 | ![]() | David Brydie Mitchell | November 10, 1809 – November 5, 1813 (not candidate for election) | Democratic- Republican | 1809 | |||
1811 | ||||||||
28 | ![]() | Peter Early | November 5, 1813 – November 20, 1815 (lost election) | Democratic- Republican | 1813 | |||
27 | ![]() | David Brydie Mitchell | November 20, 1815 – March 4, 1817 (resigned)[q] | Democratic- Republican | 1815 | |||
29 | William Rabun | March 4, 1817 – October 24, 1819 (died in office) | Democratic- Republican | Succeeded from President of the Senate | ||||
1817 | ||||||||
30 | ![]() | Matthew Talbot | October 24, 1819 – November 5, 1819 (successor took office) | Democratic- Republican | Succeeded from President of the Senate | |||
31 | ![]() | John Clark | November 5, 1819 – November 7, 1823 (not candidate for election) | Democratic- Republican | 1819 | |||
1821 | ||||||||
32 | ![]() | George Troup | November 7, 1823 – November 7, 1827 (not candidate for election) | Democratic- Republican | 1823 | |||
1825 | ||||||||
33 | ![]() | John Forsyth | November 7, 1827 – November 4, 1829 (not candidate for election) | Democratic- Republican | 1827 | |||
34 | ![]() | George Rockingham Gilmer | November 4, 1829 – November 9, 1831 (not candidate for election) | Democratic- Republican | 1829 | |||
35 | ![]() | Wilson Lumpkin | November 9, 1831 – November 4, 1835 (not candidate for election) | Union (Democratic) | 1831 | |||
1833 | ||||||||
36 | ![]() | William Schley | November 4, 1835 – November 8, 1837 (not candidate for election) | Union (Democratic) | 1835 | |||
34 | ![]() | George Rockingham Gilmer | November 8, 1837 – November 6, 1839 (not candidate for election) | State Rights (Whig) | 1837 | |||
37 | ![]() | Charles James McDonald | November 6, 1839 – November 8, 1843 (not candidate for election) | Union (Democratic) | 1839 | |||
1841 | ||||||||
38 | ![]() | George W. Crawford | November 8, 1843 – November 3, 1847 (not candidate for election) | Whig | 1843 | |||
1845 | ||||||||
39 | ![]() | George W. Towns | November 3, 1847 – November 5, 1851 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1847 | |||
1849 | ||||||||
40 | ![]() | Howell Cobb | November 5, 1851 – November 9, 1853 (not candidate for election) | Constitutional Union | 1851 | |||
41 | ![]() | Herschel Vespasian Johnson | November 9, 1853 – November 6, 1857 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1853 | |||
1855 | ||||||||
42 | ![]() | Joseph E. Brown | November 6, 1857 – June 17, 1865[r] (resigned)[s] | Democratic | 1857 | |||
1859 | ||||||||
1861 | ||||||||
1863 | ||||||||
43 | ![]() | James Johnson | June 17, 1865 – December 14, 1865[t] (provisional term ended) | Democratic | Provisional governor appointed by President[u] | |||
44 | ![]() | Charles J. Jenkins | December 14, 1865 – January 13, 1868 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1865[v] | |||
45 | ![]() | Thomas H. Ruger | January 13, 1868 – July 4, 1868 (state readmitted) | — | Military occupation[w] | |||
46 | ![]() | Rufus Bullock | July 4, 1868[x] – October 30, 1871[y] (resigned)[z] | Republican | 1868[aa] | |||
47 | ![]() | Benjamin F. Conley | October 30, 1871 – January 12, 1872 | Republican | President of the Senate acting as Governor | |||
48 | ![]() | James Milton Smith | January 12, 1872 – January 12, 1877 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1871 (special)[ab] | |||
1872 | ||||||||
49 | ![]() | Alfred H. Colquitt | January 12, 1877 – November 4, 1882 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1876 | |||
1880[ac] | ||||||||
50 | ![]() | Alexander H. Stephens | November 4, 1882 – March 4, 1883 (died in office) | Democratic | 1882 | |||
29 | ![]() | James S. Boynton | March 4, 1883 – May 10, 1883 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | President of the Senate acting as Governor | |||
30 | ![]() | Henry Dickerson McDaniel | May 10, 1883 – November 9, 1886 (not candidate for election)[ad] | Democratic | 1883 (special)[ae] | |||
1884 | ||||||||
31 | ![]() | John Brown Gordon | November 9, 1886 – November 8, 1890 (term limited) | Democratic | 1886 | |||
1888 | ||||||||
32 | ![]() | William J. Northen | November 8, 1890 – October 27, 1894 (term limited) | Democratic | 1890 | |||
1892 | ||||||||
33 | ![]() | William Yates Atkinson | October 27, 1894 – October 29, 1898 (term limited) | Democratic | 1894 | |||
1896 | ||||||||
34 | ![]() | Allen D. Candler | October 29, 1898 – October 25, 1902 (term limited) | Democratic | 1898 | |||
1900 | ||||||||
33 | ![]() | Joseph M. Terrell | October 25, 1902 – June 29, 1907 (term limited) | Democratic | 1902 | |||
1904[af] | ||||||||
35 | ![]() | M. Hoke Smith | June 29, 1907 – June 26, 1909 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1906 | |||
36 | ![]() | Joseph Mackey Brown | June 26, 1909 – July 1, 1911 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1908 | |||
37 | ![]() | M. Hoke Smith | July 1, 1911 – November 15, 1911[ag] (resigned)[ah] | Democratic | 1910 | |||
38 | ![]() | John M. Slaton | November 16, 1911 – January 25, 1912 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | President of the Senate acting as Governor | |||
39 | ![]() | Joseph Mackey Brown | January 25, 1912 – June 28, 1913 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1912 (special)[ai] | |||
35 | ![]() | John M. Slaton | June 28, 1913 – June 26, 1915 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1912 | |||
40 | ![]() | Nathaniel Edwin Harris | June 26, 1915 – June 30, 1917 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1914 | |||
41 | ![]() | Hugh Dorsey | June 30, 1917 – June 25, 1921 (term limited) | Democratic | 1916 | |||
1918 | ||||||||
42 | ![]() | Thomas W. Hardwick | June 25, 1921 – June 30, 1923 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1920 | |||
43 | ![]() | Clifford Walker | June 30, 1923 – June 25, 1927 (term limited) | Democratic | 1922 | |||
1924 | ||||||||
44 | ![]() | Lamartine Griffin Hardman | June 25, 1927 – June 27, 1931 (term limited) | Democratic | 1926 | |||
1928 | ||||||||
42 | ![]() | Richard Russell Jr. | June 27, 1931 – January 10, 1933 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1930[aj] | |||
45 | ![]() | Eugene Talmadge | January 10, 1933 – January 12, 1937 (term limited) | Democratic | 1932 | |||
1934 | ||||||||
46 | ![]() | Eurith D. Rivers | January 12, 1937 – January 14, 1941 (term limited) | Democratic | 1936 | |||
1938 | ||||||||
67 | ![]() | Eugene Talmadge | January 14, 1941 – January 12, 1943 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1940 | |||
47 | Ellis Arnall | January 12, 1943 – January 14, 1947 (term limited) | Democratic | 1942[ak] | ||||
— | ![]() | Eugene Talmadge | Died before taking office | Democratic | 1946[al] | Melvin E. Thompson | ||
— | ![]() | Herman Talmadge | January 14, 1947 – March 18, 1947 (removed from office) | Democratic | ||||
48 | Melvin E. Thompson | March 18, 1947 – November 17, 1948 (lost election) | Democratic | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor | Vacant | |||
49 | ![]() | Herman Talmadge | November 17, 1948 – January 11, 1955 (term limited) | Democratic | 1948 (special)[am] | Marvin Griffin | ||
1950 | ||||||||
50 | ![]() | Marvin Griffin | January 11, 1951 – January 13, 1956 (term limited) | Democratic | 1954 | Ernest Vandiver | ||
51 | Ernest Vandiver | January 13, 1956 – January 15, 1963 (term limited) | Democratic | 1958 | Garland T. Byrd | |||
52 | ![]() | Carl Sanders | January 15, 1963 – January 11, 1967 (term limited) | Democratic | 1962 | Peter Zack Geer | ||
53 | ![]() | Lester Maddox | January 11, 1967 – January 12, 1971 (term limited) | Democratic | 1966 | George T. Smith | ||
54 | ![]() | Jimmy Carter | January 12, 1971 – January 14, 1975 (term limited) | Democratic | 1970 | Lester Maddox | ||
55 | ![]() | George Busbee | January 14, 1975 – January 11, 1983 (term limited) | Democratic | 1974 | Zell Miller | ||
1978 | ||||||||
56 | ![]() | Joe Frank Harris | January 11, 1983 – January 14, 1991 (term limited) | Democratic | 1982 | |||
1986 | ||||||||
57 | ![]() | Zell Miller | January 14, 1991 – January 11, 1999 (term limited) | Democratic | 1990 | Pierre Howard | ||
1994 | ||||||||
58 | ![]() | Roy Barnes | January 11, 1999 – January 13, 2003 (lost election) | Democratic | 1998 | Mark Taylor[an] | ||
59 | ![]() | Sonny Perdue | January 13, 2003 – January 10, 2011 (term limited) | Republican | 2002 | |||
2006 | Casey Cagle | |||||||
![]() | Nathan Deal | January 10, 2011 – January 14, 2019 (term limited) | Republican | 2010 | ||||
2014 | ||||||||
83 | ![]() | Brian Kemp | January 14, 2019 – present[ao] | Republican | 2018 | Geoff Duncan |