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List of governors of North Carolina

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Here is the list of individuals who became the Governor of North Carolina.

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Governors of the State of North Carolina
No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor[a][b]
1     Richard Caswell
(1729–1789)
[2] 		December 19, 1776[c]
–
April 21, 1780
(term-limited)[d] 		None[7] 1776 Office did not exist
1777
1778
1779
2   Abner Nash
(1740–1786)
[8] 		April 21, 1780[4]
–
June 26, 1781
(did not run) 		None[7] 1780
3   Thomas Burke[e]
(1747–1783)
[11] 		June 26, 1781[12]
–
April 22, 1782
(did not run) 		None[7] 1781
4   Alexander Martin
(1740–1807)
[10][13] 		April 22, 1782[14]
–
May 13, 1785
(did not run) 		None[7] 1782
1783
5   Richard Caswell
(1729–1789)
[2] 		May 13, 1785[15][16]
–
December 20, 1787
(did not run) 		None[7] 1784
1785
1786
6   Samuel Johnston
(1733–1816)
[17] 		December 20, 1787[18]
–
December 17, 1789
(resigned)[f] 		Federalist[19] 1787
1788
1789
7   Alexander Martin
(1740–1807)
[10][13] 		December 17, 1789[18]
–
December 14, 1792
(term-limited)[d] 		Federalist[19] 1789
(special)
1790
1791
8   Richard Dobbs Spaight
(1758–1802)
[20][21] 		December 14, 1792[18]
–
November 19, 1795
(term-limited)[d] 		Federalist[g] 1792
1793
1794
9   Samuel Ashe
(1725–1813)
[22][23] 		November 19, 1795[18]
–
December 7, 1798
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic-
Republican[h] 		1795
1796
1797
10   William Richardson Davie
(1756–1820)
[25][26] 		December 7, 1798[18]
–
November 23, 1799
(did not run)[i] 		Federalist[19] 1798
11   Benjamin Williams
(1751–1814)
[29][30] 		November 23, 1799[31]
–
December 6, 1802
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic-
Republican[19] 		1799
1800
1801
—   John Baptista Ashe
(1748–1802) 		Died before
taking office[18][32] 		Democratic-
Republican[7] 		1802
12   James Turner
(1766–1824)
[32][33] 		December 6, 1802[34]
–
December 10, 1805
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic-
Republican[19] 		1802
(special)
1803
1804
13   Nathaniel Alexander
(1756–1808)
[35][36] 		December 10, 1805[37]
–
December 1, 1807
(did not run)[35] 		Democratic-
Republican[19] 		1805
1806
14   Benjamin Williams
(1751–1814)
[29][30] 		December 1, 1807[38]
–
December 12, 1808
(did not run) 		Federalist[j] 1807
15   David Stone
(1770–1818)
[40][41] 		December 12, 1808[42]
–
December 5, 1810
(lost election)[43] 		Democratic-
Republican[19] 		1808
1809
16   Benjamin Smith
(1756–1826)
[44][45] 		December 5, 1810[46]
–
December 9, 1811
(did not run)[k] 		Democratic-
Republican[19] 		1810
17   William Hawkins
(1777–1819)
[48][49] 		December 9, 1811[47]
–
December 7, 1814
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic-
Republican[19] 		1811
1812
1813
18   William Miller
(1783–1825)
[50][51] 		December 7, 1814[52]
–
December 6, 1817
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic-
Republican[19] 		1814
1815
1816
19   John Branch
(1782–1863)
[53][54] 		December 6, 1817[55]
–
December 7, 1820
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic-
Republican[19] 		1817
1818
1819
20   Jesse Franklin
(1760–1823)
[56][57] 		December 7, 1820[58]
–
December 7, 1821
(did not run)[56] 		Democratic-
Republican[19] 		1820
21   Gabriel Holmes
(1769–1829)
[59][60] 		December 7, 1821[61]
–
December 7, 1824
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic-
Republican[19] 		1821
1822
1823
22   Hutchins Gordon Burton
(1774–1836)
[62][63] 		December 7, 1824[64]
–
December 8, 1827
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic-
Republican[l] 		1824
1825
1826
23   James Iredell Jr.
(1788–1853)
[65][66] 		December 8, 1827[67]
–
December 12, 1828
(did not run)[m] 		Democratic-
Republican[19] 		1827
24   John Owen
(1787–1841)
[68][69] 		December 12, 1828[70]
–
December 18, 1830
(did not run)[n] 		Democratic-
Republican[o] 		1828
1829
25   Montfort Stokes
(1762–1842)
[72][73] 		December 18, 1830[74]
–
December 6, 1832
(did not run)[p] 		Democratic-
Republican[q] 		1830
1831
26   David Lowry Swain
(1801–1868)
[77][78] 		December 6, 1832[79]
–
December 10, 1835
(term-limited)[d] 		National
Republican[r] 		1832
1833
1834
27   Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.
(1796–1850)
[80][81] 		December 10, 1835[82]
–
December 31, 1836
(lost election) 		Democratic[19] 1835
28   Edward Bishop Dudley
(1789–1855)
[83][84] 		December 31, 1836[85]
–
January 1, 1841
(term-limited)[s] 		Whig[19] 1836
1838
29   John Motley Morehead
(1796–1866)
[87][88] 		January 1, 1841[89]
–
January 1, 1845
(term-limited)[s] 		Whig[19] 1840
1842
30   William Alexander Graham
(1804–1875)
[90][91] 		January 1, 1845[92]
–
January 1, 1849
(term-limited)[s] 		Whig[19] 1844
1846
31   Charles Manly
(1795–1871)
[93][94] 		January 1, 1849[95]
–
January 1, 1851
(lost election) 		Whig[19] 1848
32   David Settle Reid
(1813–1891)
[96][97] 		January 1, 1851[98]
–
December 6, 1854
(resigned)[t] 		Democratic[19] 1850
1852
33   Warren Winslow
(1810–1862)
[100][101] 		December 6, 1854[102]
–
January 1, 1855
(successor took office) 		Democratic[19] Speaker of
the Senate
acting
34   Thomas Bragg
(1810–1872)
[103][104] 		January 1, 1855[105]
–
January 1, 1859
(term-limited)[s] 		Democratic[19] 1854
1856
35   John Willis Ellis
(1820–1861)
[106][107] 		January 1, 1859[108]
–
July 7, 1861
(died in office) 		Democratic[19] 1858
1860
36   Henry Toole Clark
(1808–1874)
[109][110] 		July 7, 1861[111]
–
September 8, 1862
(successor took office) 		Democratic[19] Speaker of
the Senate
acting
37   Zebulon Baird Vance[u]
(1830–1894)
[113][114] 		September 8, 1862[115]
–
May 13, 1865
(arrested and removed)[v] 		Conservative[19] 1862
1864
— Vacant May 13, 1865
–
May 29, 1865 		Office vacated
after civil war
38   William Woods Holden
(1818–1892)
[118][119] 		May 29, 1865[120]
–
December 15, 1865
(lost election) 		Provisional governor
appointed by President[w]
39   Johnathan Worth
(1802–1869)
[121][122] 		December 15, 1865[123]
–
July 1, 1868
(did not run)[121] 		Conservative[19] 1865
1866
40   William Woods Holden
(1818–1892)
[118][119] 		July 1, 1868[124]
–
March 22, 1871
(impeached and removed)[x] 		Republican[19] 1868   Tod Robinson Caldwell
41   Tod Robinson Caldwell
(1818–1874)
[125][126] 		March 22, 1871[y]
–
July 11, 1874
(died in office) 		Republican[19] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
1872 Curtis Hooks Brogden
42   Curtis Hooks Brogden
(1816–1901)
[130][131] 		July 11, 1874[132]
–
January 1, 1877
(successor took office) 		Republican[19] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
43   Zebulon Baird Vance
(1830–1894)
[113][114] 		January 1, 1877[133]
–
February 5, 1879
(resigned)[z] 		Democratic[19] 1876 Thomas Jordan Jarvis
44   Thomas Jordan Jarvis
(1836–1915)
[135][136] 		February 5, 1879[137]
–
January 21, 1885
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
1880 James L. Robinson[ab]
45   Alfred Moore Scales
(1827–1892)
[140][141] 		January 21, 1885[142]
–
January 17, 1889
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1884 Charles Manly Stedman
46   Daniel Gould Fowle
(1831–1891)
[143][144] 		January 17, 1889[145]
–
April 7, 1891
(died in office) 		Democratic[19] 1888 Thomas Michael Holt
47   Thomas Michael Holt
(1831–1896)
[146][147] 		April 7, 1891[148]
–
January 18, 1893
(lost nomination)[146] 		Democratic[19] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
48   Elias Carr
(1839–1900)
[149][150] 		January 18, 1893[151]
–
January 12, 1897
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1892 Rufus A. Doughton
49   Daniel Lindsay Russell
(1845–1908)
[152][153] 		January 12, 1897[154]
–
January 15, 1901
(term-limited)[aa] 		Republican[19] 1896 Charles A. Reynolds
50   Charles Brantley Aycock
(1859–1912)
[155][156] 		January 15, 1901[157]
–
January 11, 1905
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1900 Wilfred D. Turner
51   Robert Broadnax Glenn
(1854–1920)
[158][159] 		January 11, 1905[160]
–
January 12, 1909
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1904 Francis D. Winston
52   William Walton Kitchin
(1866–1924)
[161][162] 		January 12, 1909[163]
–
January 15, 1913
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1908 William C. Newland
53   Locke Craig
(1860–1924)
[164][165] 		January 15, 1913[166]
–
January 11, 1917
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1912 Elijah L. Daughtridge
54   Thomas Walter Bickett
(1869–1921)
[167][168] 		January 11, 1917[169]
–
January 12, 1921
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1916 Oliver Max Gardner
55   Cameron A. Morrison
(1869–1953)
[170][171] 		January 12, 1921[172]
–
January 14, 1925
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1920 William B. Cooper
56   Angus Wilton McLean
(1870–1935)
[173][174] 		January 14, 1925[175]
–
January 11, 1929
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1924 J. Elmer Long
57   Oliver Max Gardner
(1882–1947)
[176][177] 		January 11, 1929[178]
–
January 5, 1933
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1928 Richard T. Fountain
58   John C. B. Ehringhaus
(1882–1949)
[179][180] 		January 5, 1933[181]
–
January 7, 1937
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1932 Alexander H. Graham
59   Clyde R. Hoey
(1877–1954)
[182][183] 		January 7, 1937[184]
–
January 9, 1941
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1936 Wilkins P. Horton
60   J. Melville Broughton
(1888–1949)
[185][186] 		January 9, 1941[187]
–
January 4, 1945
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1940 Reginald L. Harris
61   R. Gregg Cherry
(1891–1957)
[188][189] 		January 4, 1945[190]
–
January 6, 1949
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1944 Lynton Y. Ballentine
62   W. Kerr Scott
(1896–1958)
[191][192] 		January 6, 1949[193]
–
January 8, 1953
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] 1948 Hoyt Patrick Taylor
63   William B. Umstead
(1895–1954)
[194][195] 		January 8, 1953[196]
–
November 7, 1954
(died in office) 		Democratic[19] 1952 Luther H. Hodges
64   Luther H. Hodges
(1898–1974)
[197][198] 		November 7, 1954[199]
–
January 5, 1961
(term-limited)[aa] 		Democratic[19] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
1956 Luther E. Barnhardt
65   Terry Sanford
(1917–1998)
[200][201] 		January 5, 1961[202]
–
January 8, 1965
(term-limited)[ac] 		Democratic[19] 1960 Harvey Cloyd Philpott
Vacant
66   Dan K. Moore
(1906–1986)
[204][205] 		January 8, 1965[206]
–
January 3, 1969
(term-limited)[ac] 		Democratic[19] 1964 Robert W. Scott
67   Robert W. Scott
(1929–2009)
[207][208] 		January 3, 1969[209]
–
January 5, 1973
(term-limited)[ad] 		Democratic[19] 1968 Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr.
68   James Holshouser
(1934–2013)
[211][212] 		January 5, 1973[213]
–
January 8, 1977
(term-limited)[ad] 		Republican[19] 1972 Jim Hunt[ae]
69   Jim Hunt
(b. 1937)
[214][215] 		January 8, 1977[216]
–
January 5, 1985
(term-limited)[af] 		Democratic[215] 1976 James C. Green
1980
70   James G. Martin
(b. 1935)
[218] 		January 5, 1985[219]
–
January 9, 1993
(term-limited)[af] 		Republican[218] 1984 Robert B. Jordan[ae]
1988 Jim Gardner
71   Jim Hunt
(b. 1937)
[214][215] 		January 9, 1993[220]
–
January 6, 2001
(term-limited)[af] 		Democratic[215] 1992 Dennis A. Wicker
1996
72   Mike Easley
(b. 1950)
[221] 		January 6, 2001[222]
–
January 10, 2009
(term-limited)[af] 		Democratic[221] 2000 Bev Perdue
2004
73   Bev Perdue
(b. 1947)
[223] 		January 10, 2009[224]
–
January 5, 2013
(did not run) 		Democratic[223] 2008 Walter H. Dalton
74   Pat McCrory
(b. 1956)
[225] 		January 5, 2013[226]
–
January 1, 2017
(lost election) 		Republican[225] 2012 Dan Forest[ag]
75   Roy Cooper
(b. 1957)
[227] 		January 1, 2017[228]
–
January 1, 2025
(term-limited)[af] 		Democratic[227] 2016
2020 Mark Robinson[ag]
76   Josh Stein
(b. 1966) 		January 1, 2025
–
Incumbent[ah] 		Democratic 2024 Rachel Hunt

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References

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  1. ↑ 1868 Const. art. III, § 1
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Richard Caswell". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  3. ↑ North Carolina Secretary of State (1913). North Carolina Manual. North Carolina Historical Commission. pp. 417–420.
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  219. ↑ Alston, Chuck; Pittman, Tim (1985-01-06). "Jim Martin Takes Oath As Governor". News and Record. p. A1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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