List of Governors of North Carolina

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The following is a list of chief executives for the British colony and the U.S. state of North Carolina. See also History of North Carolina.

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The 13-member Provincial Council, renamed the Council of Safety in April 1776, was essentially the executive authority during the first year of the Revolution, and was appointed by the Provincial Congress. The Presidency of the Council and the Presidency of the Congress could each be considered the highest offices in the state during this time, but the council was supreme when the congress was not in session. [1]

  • Presidents of the Council:
    • Cornelius Harnett 18 Oct. 1775 - 5 March 1776; 5 June 1776 - 21 August 1776
    • Samuel Ashe 21 August 1776 - 27 September 1776
    • Willie Jones 27 September 1776 - 25 Oct. 1776 (some sources indicate that Jones was president through Nov. 12, when the Fifth Provincial Congress convened.)


Name Took
office		 Left
office		 Party
Richard Caswell 1776 1780 No party
Abner Nash 1780 1781 No party
Thomas Burke 1781 1782 No party
Alexander Martin 1782 1784 No party
Richard Caswell 1784 1787 No party
Samuel Johnston 1787 1789 Federalist
Alexander Martin 1789 1792 Anti-Federalist
Richard Dobbs Spaight 1792 1795 Federalist
Samuel Ashe 1795 1798 Anti-Federalist
William Richardson Davie 1798 1799 Federalist
Benjamin Williams 1799 1802 Federalist
James Turner 1802 1805 Democratic-Republican
Nathaniel Alexander 1805 1807 Democratic-Republican
Benjamin Williams 1807 1808 Federalist
David Stone 1808 1810 Democratic-Republican
Benjamin Smith 1810 1811 Democratic-Republican
William Hawkins 1811 1814 Democratic-Republican
William Miller 1814 1817 Democratic-Republican
John Branch 1817 1820 Democratic-Republican
Jesse Franklin 1820 1821 Democratic-Republican
Gabriel Holmes 1821 1824 Democratic-Republican
Hutchins Gordon Burton 1824 1827 No party
James Iredell, Jr. 1827 1828 Democratic-Republican
John Owen 1828 1830 Democrat
Montfort Stokes 1830 1832 Democrat
David Lowry Swain 1832 1835 National Republican
Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. 1835 1836 Democrat
Edward Bishop Dudley 1836 1841 Whig
John Motley Morehead 1841 1845 Whig
William Alexander Graham 1845 1849 Whig
Charles Manly 1849 1851 Whig
David Settle Reid 1851 1854 Democrat
Warren Winslow 1854 1855 Democrat
Thomas Bragg 1855 1859 Democrat
John Willis Ellis 1859 1861 Democrat
Henry Toole Clark 1861 1862 Democrat
Zebulon Baird Vance 1862 1865 Conservative Party
William Woods Holden 1865 1865 National Union
Jonathan Worth 1865 1868 Conservative Party
William Woods Holden 1868 1871 Republican
Tod Robinson Caldwell 1871 1874 Republican
Curtis Hooks Brogden 1874 1877 Republican
Zebulon Baird Vance 1877 1879 Democrat
Thomas Jordan Jarvis 1879 1885 Democrat
Alfred Moore Scales 1885 1889 Democrat
Daniel Gould Fowle 1889 1891 Democrat
Thomas Michael Holt 1891 1893 Democrat
Elias Carr 1893 1897 Democrat
Daniel Lindsay Russell 1897 1901 Republican
Charles Brantley Aycock 1901 1905 Democrat
Robert Broadnax Glenn 1905 1909 Democrat
William Walton Kitchin 1909 1913 Democrat
Locke Craig 1913 1917 Democrat
Thomas Walter Bickett 1917 1921 Democrat
Cameron Morrison 1921 1925 Democrat
Angus Wilton McLean 1925 1929 Democrat
Oliver Max Gardner 1929 1933 Democrat
John C.B. Ehringhaus 1933 1937 Democrat
Clyde R. Hoey 1937 1941 Democrat
J. Melville Broughton 1941 1945 Democrat
R. Gregg Cherry 1945 1949 Democrat
W. Kerr Scott 1949 1953 Democrat
William B. Umstead 1953 1954 Democrat
Luther H. Hodges 1954 1961 Democrat
Terry Sanford 1961 1965 Democrat
Dan K. Moore 1965 1969 Democrat
Robert W. Scott 1969 1973 Democrat
James E. Holshouser, Jr. 1973 1977 Republican
James B. Hunt, Jr. 1977 1985 Democrat
James G. Martin 1985 1993 Republican
James B. Hunt, Jr. 1993 2001 Democrat
Mike Easley 2001   Democrat


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