The Political Graveyard: Georgia: Governors

Georgia: Governors

Governors of Georgia, 1777-2007 (May be incomplete!)
John A. Treutlen 1777-78 John Houstoun 1778 George Walton 1779- Richard Howly 1780 George Wells 1780 Stephen Heard 1780-81 Lyman Hall 1783- John Houstoun 1784 Samuel Elbert 1785 George Handley 1788-89 George Walton 1789 Edward Telfair 1789-93 George Mathews 1793-96 Jared Irwin 1796-98 James Jackson 1798-1801 David Emanuel 1801 Josiah Tattnall 1801-02 John Milledge 1802-06 Jared Irwin 1806-09 David Brydie Mitchell 1809-13 Peter Early 1813-15 David Brydie Mitchell 1815-17 William Rabun 1817-19 Matthew Talbot 1819 John Clark 1819-23 George M. Troup 1823-27 John Forsyth 1827-29 George R. Gilmer 1829-31 Wilson Lumpkin 1831-35 William Schley 1835-37 George R. Gilmer 1837-39 Charles James McDonald 1839-43 George Walker Crawford 1843-47 George W. B. Towns 1847-51 Howell Cobb 1851-53 Herschel V. Johnson 1853-57 Joseph E. Brown 1857-65 James Johnson 1865 Charles Jones Jenkins 1865-68 Thomas Howard Ruger 1868 Rufus Brown Bullock 1868-71 Benjamin Conley 1871-72 James Milton Smith 1872-77 Alfred H. Colquitt 1877-82 Alexander H. Stephens 1882-83 James Stoddard Boynton 1883 Henry Dickerson McDaniel 1883-86 John B. Gordon 1886-90 William Jonathan Northen 1890-94 William Yates Atkinson 1894-98 Allen D. Candler 1898-1902 Joseph Meriwether Terrell 1902-07 Hoke Smith 1907-09 Joseph M. Brown 1909-11 Hoke Smith 1911 John M. Slaton 1911-12 Joseph M. Brown 1912-13 John M. Slaton 1913-15 Nathaniel Edwin Harris 1915-17 Hugh M. Dorsey 1917-21 Thomas W. Hardwick 1921-23 Clifford Mitchell Walker 1923-27 Lamartine Griffin Hardman 1927-31 Richard B. Russell, Jr. 1931-33 Eugene Talmadge 1933-37 E. D. Rivers 1937-41 Eugene Talmadge 1941-43 Ellis Gibbs Arnall 1943-47 Herman E. Talmadge 1947 Melvin E. Thompson 1947-48 Herman E. Talmadge 1948-55 Marvin Griffin 1955-59 S. Ernest Vandiver, Jr. 1959-63 Carl Edward Sanders 1963-67 Lester Maddox 1967-71 Jimmy Carter 1971-75 George Dekle Busbee 1975-83 Joe Frank Harris 1983-91 Zell Miller 1991-99 Roy E. Barnes 1999-2003 Sonny Perdue 2003-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1780 Feb 15: George Wells, died in office.

1787: John Houstoun, defeated.

1841: William Crosby Dawson, defeated.

1857: Benjamin Harvey Hill, defeated.

1860: Warren Akin, defeated.

1876: Jonathan Norcross (Rep), defeated.

1880: Thomas M. Norwood, defeated.

1882: Lucius J. Gartrell, defeated for nomination.

1883 Mar 4: Alexander H. Stephens, died in office.

1906: Richard B. Russell (Dem), defeated in primary.

1954: Charles Gowen, defeated.

1966 Sep 15: Ellis Gibbs Arnall (Dem), advanced to runoff; Lester Maddox (Dem), advanced to runoff; Jimmy Carter (Dem), defeated in primary; James Grey (Dem), defeated in primary.

1966 Sep 28: Lester Maddox (Dem), nominated; Ellis Gibbs Arnall (Dem), defeated in primary.

1966 Nov 8: Howard H. Callaway (Rep), candidate; Lester Maddox (Dem), candidate in inconclusive election, subsequently chosen; Ellis Gibbs Arnall (Ind), candidate.

1970: Jimmy Bentley, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.

1970: Hal Suit (Rep), defeated.

1974: Harry C. Jackson (Dem), defeated in primary.

1990: Andy Young (Dem), defeated in primary; Roy E. Barnes (Dem), defeated in primary.

1990: Johnny Isakson, defeated.

1998: Roy E. Barnes (Dem), elected.

2002: Roy E. Barnes (Dem), defeated.

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