Governors of North Carolina

Governor

Party

Term

Richard Caswell None
1776-1780
Abner Nash None
1780-1781
Thomas Burke None
1781-1782
Alexander Martin None
1782-1784
Richard Caswell None
1784-1787
Samuel Johnston Federalist
1787-1789
Alexander Martin None
1789-1792
R. D. Spaight, Jr. Democratic-Republican
1792-1795
Samuel Ashe Democratic-Republican
1795-1798
W. R. Davie Federalist
1798-1799
Benjamin Williams Democratic-Republican
1799-1802
James Turner Democratic-Republican
1802-1805
Nathaniel Alexander Democratic-Republican
1805-1807
Benjamin Williams Democratic-Republican
1807-1808
David Stone Democratic-Republican
1808-1810
Benjamin Smith Democratic-Republican
1810-1811
William Hawkins Democratic-Republican
1811-1814
William Miller Democratic-Republican
1814-1817
John Branch Democratic-Republican
1817-1820
Jesse Franklin Democratic-Republican
1820-1821
Gabriel Holmes None
1821-1824
H. G. Burton Federalist
1824-1827
James Iredell, Jr. Democratic-Republican
1827-1828
John Owen None
1828-1830
Montfort Stokes Democrat
1830-1832
D. L. Swain Whig
1832-1835
R. D. Spaight, Jr. Democrat
1835-1836
E. B. Duduley Whig
1836-1841
J. M. Moorhead Whig
1841-1845
W. A. Graham Whig
1845-1849
Charles Manly Whig
1849-1851
D. S. Reid Democrat
1851-1854
Warren Winslow Democrat
1854-1855
Thomas Bragg Democrat
1855-1859
John Ellis Democrat
1859-1861
Henry Clark Democrat
1861-1862
Z.B. Vance Democrat
1862-1865
W.W. Holden (Provisional Governor) Republican
1865
Jonathan Worth Democrat
1865-1868
W. W. Holden Republican
1868-1871
T. R. Caldwell Republican
1871-1874
C. H. Brogden Republican
1874-1877
Z. B. Vance Democrat
1877-1879
T. J. Jarvis Democrat
1879-1885
A. M. Scales Democrat
1885-1889
D. G. Fowle Democrat
1889-1891
Thomas Holt Democrat
1891-1893
Elias Carr Democrat
1893-1897
D. L. Russell Republican
1897-1901
Charles Aycock Democrat
1901-1905
R. B. Glenn Democrat
1905-1909
W. W. Kitchin Democrat
1909-1913
Locke Craig Democrat
1913-1917
Thomas Bickett Democrat
1917-1921
Cameron Mitchell Democrat
1921-1925
Angus Wilton McLean Democrat
1925-1929
O. Max Gardner Democrat
1929-1933
J. C. B. Ehringhaus Democrat
1933-1937
Clyde Hoey Democrat
1937-1941
J. Melville Broughton Democrat
1941-1945
R. Gregg Cherry Democrat
1945-1949
W. Kerr Scott Democrat
1949-1953
William Umstead Democrat
1953-1954
Luther Hodges Democrat
1954-1961
Terry Sanford Democrat
1961-1965
Daniel Moore Democrat
1965-1969
Robert W. Scott Democrat
1969-1973
James Holshouser, Jr. Republican
1973-1977
James B. Hunt, Jr. Democrat
1977-1985
James G. Martin Republican
1985-1993
James B. Hunt, Jr. Democrat
1993-Present