Governors of North Carolina

Governors of North Carolina

The following is a list of governors or chief executives for the US state of North Carolina. The current and 73rd Governor of North Carolina is Beverly Perdue from Democratic Party. She is elected to serve in January 10, 2009 and the first female governor of North Carolina.

SuccessionGovernorParty In Office 
73Beverly PerdueDemocratic1/10/2009 - Present 
72Mike EasleyDemocratic1/6/2001 - 1/10/2009 
71James B. Hunt, Jr.Democratic1/9/1993 - 1/6/2001 
70James G. MartinRepublican1/5/1985 - 1/9/1993 
69James B. Hunt, Jr.Democratic1/8/1977 - 1/5/1985 
68James E. Holshouser, Jr.Republican1/5/1973 - 1/8/1977 
67Robert W. ScottDemocratic1/3/1969 - 1/5/1973 
66Dan K. MooreDemocratic1/8/1965 - 1/3/1969 
65Terry SanfordDemocratic1/5/1961 - 1/8/1965 
64Luther H. HodgesDemocratic11/7/1954 - 1/8/1961 
63William B. UmsteadDemocratic1/8/1953 - 11/7/1954 
62W. Kerr ScottDemocratic1/6/1949 - 1/8/1953 
61R. Gregg CherryDemocratic1/4/1945 - 1/6/1949 
60J. Melville BroughtonDemocratic1/9/1941 - 1/4/1945 
59Clyde R. HoeyDemocratic1/7/1937 - 1/9/1941 
58John C.B. EhringhausDemocratic1/5/1933 - 1/7/1937 
57Oliver Max GardnerDemocratic1/11/1929 - 1/5/1933 
56Angus Wilton McLeanDemocratic1/14/1925 - 1/11/1929 
55Cameron MorrisonDemocratic1/12/1921 - 1/14/1925 
54Thomas Walter BickettDemocratic1/11/1917 - 1/12/1921 
53Locke CraigDemocratic1/15/1913 - 1/11/1917 
52William Walton KitchinDemocratic1/12/1909 - 1/15/1913 
51Robert Broadnax GlennDemocratic1/11/1905 - 1/12/1909 
50Charles Brantley AycockDemocratic1/15/1901 - 1/11/1905 
49Daniel Lindsay RussellRepublican1/12/1897 - 1/15/1901 
48Elias CarrDemocratic1/18/1893 - 1/12/1897 
47Thomas Michael HoltDemocratic4/7/1891 - 1/18/1893 
46Daniel Gould FowleDemocratic1/17/1889 - 4/7/1891 
45Alfred Moore ScalesDemocratic1/21/1885 - 1/17/1889 
44Thomas Jordan JarvisDemocratic2/5/1879 - 1/21/1885 
43Zebulon Baird VanceDemocratic1/1/1877 - 2/5/1879 
42Curtis Hooks BrogdenRepublican7/11/1874 - 1/1/1877 
41Tod Robinson CaldwellRepublican12/15/1870 - 7/11/1874 
40William Woods HoldenRepublican7/1/1868 - 12/15/1870 
39Jonathan WorthConservative Party12/15/1865 - 7/1/1868 
38William Woods HoldenNational Union5/29/1865 - 12/15/1865 
37Zebulon Baird VanceConservative Party9/8/1862 - 5/29/1865 
36Henry Toole ClarkDemocratic7/7/1861 - 9/8/1862 
35John Willis EllisDemocratic1/1/1859 - 7/7/1861 
34Thomas BraggDemocratic1/1/1855 - 1/1/1859 
33Warren WinslowDemocratic12/6/1854 - 1/1/1855 
32David Settle ReidDemocratic1/1/1851 - 12/6/1854 
31Charles ManlyWhig1/1/1849 - 1/1/1851 
30William Alexander GrahamWhig1/1/1845 - 1/1/1849 
29John Motley MoreheadWhig1/1/1841 - 1/1/1845 
28Edward Bishop DudleyWhig12/31/1836 - 1/1/1841 
27Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr.Democratic12/10/1835 - 12/31/1836 
26David Lowry SwainNational Republican12/6/1832 - 12/10/1835 
25Montfort StokesDemocratic12/18/1830 - 12/6/1832 
24John OwenDemocratic12/12/1828 - 12/18/1830 
23James Iredell, Jr.Democratic-Republican12/8/1827 - 12/12/1828 
22Hutchins Gordon BurtonNo Party12/7/1824 - 12/8/1827 
21Gabriel HolmesDemocratic-Republican12/7/1821 - 12/7/1824 
20Jesse FranklinDemocratic-Republican12/7/1820 - 12/7/1821 
19John BranchDemocratic-Republican12/6/1817 - 12/7/1820 
18William MillerDemocratic-Republican11/29/1814 - 12/6/1817 
17William HawkinsDemocratic-Republican12/11/1811 - 11/29/1814 
16Benjamin SmithDemocratic-Republican12/1/1810 - 12/11/1811 
15David StoneDemocratic-Republican12/12/1808 - 12/1/1810 
14Benjamin WilliamsFederalist12/1/1807 - 12/12/1808 
13Nathaniel AlexanderDemocratic-Republican12/10/1805 - 12/1/1807 
12James TurnerDemocratic-Republican12/6/1802 - 12/10/1805 
11Benjamin WilliamsFederalist11/23/1799 - 12/6/1802 
10William Richardson DavieFederalist12/7/1798 - 11/23/1799 
9Samuel AsheAnti-Federalist11/19/1795 - 12/7/1798 
8Richard Dobbs SpaightFederalist12/14/1792 - 11/19/1795 
7Alexander MartinAnti-Federalist12/17/1789 - 12/14/1792 
6Samuel JohnstonFederalist12/20/1787 - 12/17/1789 
5Richard CaswellNo Party5/13/1785 - 12/20/1787 
4Alexander MartinNo Party4/22/1782 - 5/13/1785 
3Thomas BurkeNo Party26 6/1781 - 4/22/1782 
2Abner NashNo Party4/20/1780 - 1781 
1Richard CaswellNo Party11/12/1776 - 4/20/1780 
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