Governors of North Carolina, 1776-2020 (May be
incomplete!)
Richard
Caswell 1776-80
Abner
Nash 1780-81
Thomas
Burke 1781-82
Alexander
Martin 1782-85
Richard
Caswell 1785-87
Samuel
Johnston 1787-89
Alexander
Martin 1789-92
Richard
Dobbs Spaight 1792-95
Samuel
Ashe 1795-98
William
Richardson Davie 1798-99
Benjamin
Williams 1799-1802
James
Turner 1802-05
Nathaniel
Alexander 1805-07
Benjamin
Williams 1807-08
David
Stone 1808-10
Benjamin
Smith 1810-11
William
Hawkins 1811-14
William
Miller 1814-17
John
Branch 1817-20
Jesse
Franklin 1820-21
Gabriel
Holmes 1821-24
Hutchins
Gordon Burton 1824-27
James
Iredell 1827-28
John
Owen 1828-30
Montfort
Stokes 1830-32
David
L. Swain 1832-35
Richard
D. Spaight, Jr. 1835-36
Edward
B. Dudley 1836-41
John
Motley Morehead 1841-45
William
A. Graham 1845-49
Charles
Manly 1849-51
David
S. Reid 1851-54
Warren
Winslow 1854
Thomas
Bragg 1855-59
John
Willis Ellis 1859-61
Henry
T. Clark 1861-62
Zebulon
B. Vance 1862-65
William
W. Holden 1865
Jonathan
Worth 1865-68
William
W. Holden 1868-70
Tod
R. Caldwell 1870-74
Curtis
H. Brogden 1874-77
Zebulon
B. Vance 1877-79
Thomas
J. Jarvis 1879-85
Alfred
M. Scales 1885-89
Daniel
G. Fowle 1889-91
Thomas
M. Holt 1891-93
Elias
Carr 1893-97
D.
L. Russell 1897-1901
Charles
B. Aycock 1901-05
Robert
B. Glenn 1905-09
William
W. Kitchin 1909-13
Locke
Craig 1913-17
Thomas
W. Bickett 1917-21
Cameron
Morrison 1921-25
Angus
W. McLean 1925-29
O.
Max Gardner 1929-33
J.
C. B. Ehringhaus 1933-37
Clyde
R. Hoey 1937-41
J.
Melville Broughton 1941-45
R.
Gregg Cherry 1945-49
W.
Kerr Scott 1949-53
William
B. Umstead 1953-54
Luther
H. Hodges 1954-61
Terry
Sanford 1961-65
Dan
K. Moore 1965-69
Robert
Scott 1969-73
James
E. Holshouser, Jr. 1973-77
James
B. Hunt, Jr. 1977-85
James
G. Martin 1985-93
James
B. Hunt, Jr. 1993-2001
Mike
F. Easley 2001-09
Bev
Perdue 2009-13
Pat
McCrory 2013-17
Roy
Cooper 2017-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1802:
John
Baptista Ashe, elected, but died before taking office.
1840:
Romulus
M. Saunders, defeated.
1856:
John
A. Gilmer, defeated.
1861 Jul 7:
John
Willis Ellis, died in office.
1868:
Thomas
Samuel Ashe, defeated.
1872:
A.
S. Merrimon, defeated.
1874 Jul 11:
Tod
R. Caldwell, died in office.
1876:
Thomas
Settle, defeated.
1880:
Ralph
P. Buxton, defeated.
1884:
Tyre
York, defeated.
1888:
Charles
M. Stedman, defeated for nomination;
Oliver
Hart Dockery, defeated;
William
Walker, defeated.
1891 Apr 7:
Daniel
G. Fowle, died in office.
1892:
David
M. Furches (Rep), defeated;
Will
P. Exum (Populist), defeated;
James
M. Templeton (Prohibition), defeated.
1896:
William
A. Guthrie, defeated;
Cyrus
B. Watson, defeated.
1900:
Spencer
B. Adams (Rep), defeated.
1904:
Charles
J. Harris (Rep), defeated.
1908:
J.
Elwood Cox (Rep), defeated.
1912 Nov 5:
Locke
Craig (Dem), elected;
Iredell
Meares (Progressive), defeated;
Thomas
Settle (Rep), defeated;
H.
E. Hodges (Socialist), defeated.
1916 Nov 7:
Thomas
W. Bickett (Dem), elected;
Frank
A. Linney (Rep), defeated;
L.
Miller, defeated.
1920:
O.
Max Gardner (Dem), defeated for nomination.
1920 Nov 2:
Cameron
Morrison (Dem), elected;
John
J. Parker (Rep), defeated.
1924 Nov 4:
Angus
W. McLean (Dem), elected;
Isaac
M. Meekins (Rep), defeated.
1928 Nov 6:
O.
Max Gardner (Dem), elected;
Herbert
F. Seawell (Rep), defeated.
1932 Nov 8:
J.
C. B. Ehringhaus (Dem), elected;
C.
Clifford Frazier (Rep), defeated.
1936 Nov 3:
Clyde
R. Hoey (Dem), elected;
Gilliam
Grissom (Rep), defeated.
1940 Nov 5:
J.
Melville Broughton (Dem), elected;
Robert
H. McNeill (Rep), defeated.
1944 Nov 7:
R.
Gregg Cherry (Dem), elected;
Frank
C. Patton (Rep), defeated.
1948 Nov 2:
W.
Kerr Scott (Dem), elected;
George
M. Pritchard (Rep), defeated;
Mary
Price (Progressive), defeated.
1952 Nov 4:
William
B. Umstead (Dem), elected;
Herbert
F. Seawell, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
1954 Nov 7:
William
B. Umstead, died in office.
1956 Nov 6:
Luther
H. Hodges (Dem), elected;
Kyle
Hayes (Rep), defeated.
1960:
I.
Beverly Lake, defeated for nomination;
Malcolm
B. Seawell, defeated for nomination;
John
D. Larkins, Jr. (Dem), defeated for nomination;
Robert
L. Gavin, defeated.
1964:
Kidd
Brewer, defeated for nomination;
Bruce
Burleson, defeated for nomination;
R.
J. Stansbury, defeated for nomination;
Charles
W. Strong, defeated for nomination;
Don
Badgley (Rep), defeated for nomination;
I.
Beverly Lake, defeated for nomination;
L.
Richardson Preyer, defeated for nomination;
Robert
L. Gavin, defeated.
1968:
J.
Melville Broughton, Jr., defeated for nomination;
Reginald
A. Hawkins, defeated for nomination;
John
L. Stickley, defeated for nomination;
James
Carson Gardner (Rep), defeated.
1980:
I.
Beverly Lake, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
1984:
Lauch
Faircloth, defeated for nomination.
1984:
Jimmy
Green (Dem), defeated in primary;
Glenn
Miller (Dem), defeated in primary.
1984:
Rufus
L. Edmisten (Dem), defeated.
1996:
Robin
Hayes (Rep), defeated in primary.
2000:
Mike
F. Easley (Dem), elected.
2004:
Mike
F. Easley (Dem), elected.
2008:
Pat
McCrory (Rep), defeated.
2012:
Barbara
J. Howe (Libertarian), defeated;
Pat
McCrory (Rep), elected.
2016:
Roy
Cooper (Dem), elected.
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