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List of governors of North Carolina

April 09, 2024

The governor of North Carolina is the head of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

There have been 69 governors of North Carolina, with six serving non-consecutive terms, totaling 75 terms. The current governor is Democrat Roy Cooper, who took office on January 1, 2017.

Governors edit

Presidents of the Council edit

Prior to declaring its independence, North Carolina was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain. The 13-member Provincial Council, renamed the Council of Safety in April 1776, was essentially the executive authority during the second 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.

Cornelius Harnett served as the first president from October 18, 1775, to August 21, 1776. Samuel Ashe then served until September 27, 1776, and Willie Jones until October 25, 1776, at which time a state government had been formed.[1]

State governors edit

For the period before independence, see List of governors of the Province of North Carolina.

North Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and was admitted as a state on November 21, 1789.[2] It seceded from the Union on May 20, 1861,[3] and joined the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861.[4] Following the end of the American Civil War, North Carolina during Reconstruction was part of the Second Military District, which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections. North Carolina was readmitted to the Union on July 4, 1868.[5]

The first constitution of 1776 created the office of governor, to be chosen by the legislature annually, and whom may only serve up to three out of every six years.[6] An amendment in 1835 changed this to popular election for a term of two years,[7] allowing them to succeed themselves once.[1] The 1868 constitution lengthened terms to four years, to commence on the first day of January after the election,[8] but they could not succeed themselves,[9] a limit that was changed in 1977 to allow them to succeed themselves once.[10]

The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1868, to act as governor when that office is vacant;[11] in 1971 this was changed so that the lieutenant governor becomes governor.[12] Before the office was created, the speaker of the senate would act as governor should it be vacant.[13]

Governors of the State of North Carolina
No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor[a][b]
1     Richard Caswell
(1729–1789)
[15]		 December 19, 1776[c]
–
April 21, 1780
(term-limited)[d]		 None[20] 1776 Office did not exist
1777
1778
1779
2   Abner Nash
(1740–1786)
[21]		 April 21, 1780[17]
–
June 26, 1781
(did not run) 		None[20] 1780
3   Thomas Burke[e]
(1747–1783)
[24]		 June 26, 1781[25]
–
April 22, 1782
(did not run) 		None[20] 1781
4   Alexander Martin
(1740–1807)
[23][26]		 April 22, 1782[27]
–
May 13, 1785
(did not run) 		None[20] 1782
1783
5   Richard Caswell
(1729–1789)
[15]		 May 13, 1785[28][29]
–
December 20, 1787
(did not run) 		None[20] 1784
1785
1786
6   Samuel Johnston
(1733–1816)
[30]		 December 20, 1787[1]
–
December 17, 1789
(resigned)[f]		 Federalist[31] 1787
1788
1789
7   Alexander Martin
(1740–1807)
[23][26]		 December 17, 1789[1]
–
December 14, 1792
(term-limited)[d]		 Federalist[31] 1789
(special)
1790
1791
8   Richard Dobbs Spaight
(1758–1802)
[32][33]		 December 14, 1792[1]
–
November 19, 1795
(term-limited)[d]		 Federalist[g] 1792
1793
1794
9   Samuel Ashe
(1725–1813)
[34][35]		 November 19, 1795[1]
–
December 7, 1798
(term-limited)[d]		 Democratic-
Republican[h]		 1795
1796
1797
10   William Richardson Davie
(1756–1820)
[37][38]		 December 7, 1798[1]
–
November 23, 1799
(did not run)[i]		 Federalist[31] 1798
11   Benjamin Williams
(1751–1814)
[41][42]		 November 23, 1799[43]
–
December 6, 1802
(term-limited)[d]		 Democratic-
Republican[31]		 1799
1800
1801
—   John Baptista Ashe
(1748–1802) 		Died before
taking office[1][44]		 Democratic-
Republican[20]		 1802
12   James Turner
(1766–1824)
[44][45]		 December 6, 1802[46]
–
December 10, 1805
(term-limited)[d]		 Democratic-
Republican[31]		 1802
(special)
1803
1804
13   Nathaniel Alexander
(1756–1808)
[47][48]		 December 10, 1805[49]
–
December 1, 1807
(did not run)[47]		 Democratic-
Republican[31]		 1805
1806
14   Benjamin Williams
(1751–1814)
[41][42]		 December 1, 1807[50]
–
December 12, 1808
(did not run) 		Federalist[j] 1807
15   David Stone
(1770–1818)
[52][53]		 December 12, 1808[54]
–
December 5, 1810
(lost election)[55]		 Democratic-
Republican[31]		 1808
1809
16   Benjamin Smith
(1756–1826)
[56][57]		 December 5, 1810[58]
–
December 9, 1811
(did not run)[k]		 Democratic-
Republican[31]		 1810
17   William Hawkins
(1777–1819)
[60][61]		 December 9, 1811[59]
–
December 7, 1814
(term-limited)[d]		 Democratic-
Republican[31]		 1811
1812
1813
18   William Miller
(1783–1825)
[62][63]		 December 7, 1814[64]
–
December 6, 1817
(term-limited)[d]		 Democratic-
Republican[31]		 1814
1815
1816
19   John Branch
(1782–1863)
[65][66]		 December 6, 1817[67]
–
December 7, 1820
(term-limited)[d]		 Democratic-
Republican[31]		 1817
1818
1819
20   Jesse Franklin
(1760–1823)
[68][69]		 December 7, 1820[70]
–
December 7, 1821
(did not run)[68]		 Democratic-
Republican[31]		 1820
21   Gabriel Holmes
(1769–1829)
[71][72]		 December 7, 1821[73]
–
December 7, 1824
(term-limited)[d]		 Democratic-
Republican[31]		 1821
1822
1823
22   Hutchins Gordon Burton
(1774–1836)
[74][75]		 December 7, 1824[76]
–
December 8, 1827
(term-limited)[d]		 Democratic-
Republican[l]		 1824
1825
1826
23   James Iredell Jr.
(1788–1853)
[77][78]		 December 8, 1827[79]
–
December 12, 1828
(did not run)[m]		 Democratic-
Republican[31]		 1827
24   John Owen
(1787–1841)
[80][81]		 December 12, 1828[82]
–
December 18, 1830
(did not run)[n]		 Democratic-
Republican[o]		 1828
1829
25   Montfort Stokes
(1762–1842)
[84][85]		 December 18, 1830[86]
–
December 6, 1832
(did not run)[p]		 Democratic-
Republican[q]		 1830
1831
26   David Lowry Swain
(1801–1868)
[89][90]		 December 6, 1832[91]
–
December 10, 1835
(term-limited)[d]		 National
Republican[r]		 1832
1833
1834
27   Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.
(1796–1850)
[92][93]		 December 10, 1835[94]
–
December 31, 1836
(lost election) 		Democratic[31] 1835
28   Edward Bishop Dudley
(1789–1855)
[95][96]		 December 31, 1836[97]
–
January 1, 1841
(term-limited)[s]		 Whig[31] 1836
1838
29   John Motley Morehead
(1796–1866)
[99][100]		 January 1, 1841[101]
–
January 1, 1845
(term-limited)[s]		 Whig[31] 1840
1842
30   William Alexander Graham
(1804–1875)
[102][103]		 January 1, 1845[104]
–
January 1, 1849
(term-limited)[s]		 Whig[31] 1844
1846
31   Charles Manly
(1795–1871)
[105][106]		 January 1, 1849[107]
–
January 1, 1851
(lost election) 		Whig[31] 1848
32   David Settle Reid
(1813–1891)
[108][109]		 January 1, 1851[110]
–
December 6, 1854
(resigned)[t]		 Democratic[31] 1850
1852
33   Warren Winslow
(1810–1862)
[112][113]		 December 6, 1854[114]
–
January 1, 1855
(successor took office) 		Democratic[31] Speaker of
the Senate
acting
34   Thomas Bragg
(1810–1872)
[115][116]		 January 1, 1855[117]
–
January 1, 1859
(term-limited)[s]		 Democratic[31] 1854
1856
35   John Willis Ellis
(1820–1861)
[118][119]		 January 1, 1859[120]
–
July 7, 1861
(died in office) 		Democratic[31] 1858
1860
36   Henry Toole Clark
(1808–1874)
[121][122]		 July 7, 1861[123]
–
September 8, 1862
(successor took office) 		Democratic[31] Speaker of
the Senate
acting
37   Zebulon Baird Vance[u]
(1830–1894)
[125][126]		 September 8, 1862[127]
–
May 13, 1865
(arrested and removed)[v]		 Conservative[31] 1862
1864
— Vacant May 13, 1865
–
May 29, 1865 		Office vacated
after civil war
38   William Woods Holden
(1818–1892)
[130][131]		 May 29, 1865[132]
–
December 15, 1865
(lost election) 		Provisional governor
appointed by President[w]
39   Johnathan Worth
(1802–1869)
[133][134]		 December 15, 1865[135]
–
July 1, 1868
(did not run)[133]		 Conservative[31] 1865
1866
40   William Woods Holden
(1818–1892)
[130][131]		 July 1, 1868[136]
–
March 22, 1871
(impeached and removed)[x]		 Republican[31] 1868   Tod Robinson Caldwell
41   Tod Robinson Caldwell
(1818–1874)
[137][138]		 March 22, 1871[y]
–
July 11, 1874
(died in office) 		Republican[31] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
1872 Curtis Hooks Brogden
42   Curtis Hooks Brogden
(1816–1901)
[142][143]		 July 11, 1874[144]
–
January 1, 1877
(successor took office) 		Republican[31] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
43   Zebulon Baird Vance
(1830–1894)
[125][126]		 January 1, 1877[145]
–
February 5, 1879
(resigned)[z]		 Democratic[31] 1876 Thomas Jordan Jarvis
44   Thomas Jordan Jarvis
(1836–1915)
[147][148]		 February 5, 1879[149]
–
January 21, 1885
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
1880 James L. Robinson[ab]
45   Alfred Moore Scales
(1827–1892)
[152][153]		 January 21, 1885[154]
–
January 17, 1889
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1884 Charles Manly Stedman
46   Daniel Gould Fowle
(1831–1891)
[155][156]		 January 17, 1889[157]
–
April 7, 1891
(died in office) 		Democratic[31] 1888 Thomas Michael Holt
47   Thomas Michael Holt
(1831–1896)
[158][159]		 April 7, 1891[160]
–
January 18, 1893
(lost nomination)[158]		 Democratic[31] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
48   Elias Carr
(1839–1900)
[161][162]		 January 18, 1893[163]
–
January 12, 1897
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1892 Rufus A. Doughton
49   Daniel Lindsay Russell
(1845–1908)
[164][165]		 January 12, 1897[166]
–
January 15, 1901
(term-limited)[aa]		 Republican[31] 1896 Charles A. Reynolds
50   Charles Brantley Aycock
(1859–1912)
[167][168]		 January 15, 1901[169]
–
January 11, 1905
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1900 Wilfred D. Turner
51   Robert Broadnax Glenn
(1854–1920)
[170][171]		 January 11, 1905[172]
–
January 12, 1909
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1904 Francis D. Winston
52   William Walton Kitchin
(1866–1924)
[173][174]		 January 12, 1909[175]
–
January 15, 1913
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1908 William C. Newland
53   Locke Craig
(1860–1924)
[176][177]		 January 15, 1913[178]
–
January 11, 1917
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1912 Elijah L. Daughtridge
54   Thomas Walter Bickett
(1869–1921)
[179][180]		 January 11, 1917[181]
–
January 12, 1921
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1916 Oliver Max Gardner
55   Cameron A. Morrison
(1869–1953)
[182][183]		 January 12, 1921[184]
–
January 14, 1925
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1920 William B. Cooper
56   Angus Wilton McLean
(1870–1935)
[185][186]		 January 14, 1925[187]
–
January 11, 1929
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1924 J. Elmer Long
57   Oliver Max Gardner
(1882–1947)
[188][189]		 January 11, 1929[190]
–
January 5, 1933
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1928 Richard T. Fountain
58   John C. B. Ehringhaus
(1882–1949)
[191][192]		 January 5, 1933[193]
–
January 7, 1937
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1932 Alexander H. Graham
59   Clyde R. Hoey
(1877–1954)
[194][195]		 January 7, 1937[196]
–
January 9, 1941
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1936 Wilkins P. Horton
60   J. Melville Broughton
(1888–1949)
[197][198]		 January 9, 1941[199]
–
January 4, 1945
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1940 Reginald L. Harris
61   R. Gregg Cherry
(1891–1957)
[200][201]		 January 4, 1945[202]
–
January 6, 1949
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1944 Lynton Y. Ballentine
62   W. Kerr Scott
(1896–1958)
[203][204]		 January 6, 1949[205]
–
January 8, 1953
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] 1948 Hoyt Patrick Taylor
63   William B. Umstead
(1895–1954)
[206][207]		 January 8, 1953[208]
–
November 7, 1954
(died in office) 		Democratic[31] 1952 Luther H. Hodges
64   Luther H. Hodges
(1898–1974)
[209][210]		 November 7, 1954[211]
–
January 5, 1961
(term-limited)[aa]		 Democratic[31] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
1956 Luther E. Barnhardt
65   Terry Sanford
(1917–1998)
[212][213]		 January 5, 1961[214]
–
January 8, 1965
(term-limited)[ac]		 Democratic[31] 1960 Harvey Cloyd Philpott
Vacant
66   Dan K. Moore
(1906–1986)
[216][217]		 January 8, 1965[218]
–
January 3, 1969
(term-limited)[ac]		 Democratic[31] 1964 Robert W. Scott
67   Robert W. Scott
(1929–2009)
[219][220]		 January 3, 1969[221]
–
January 5, 1973
(term-limited)[ad]		 Democratic[31] 1968 Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr.
68   James Holshouser
(1934–2013)
[223][224]		 January 5, 1973[225]
–
January 8, 1977
(term-limited)[ad]		 Republican[31] 1972 Jim Hunt[ae]
69   Jim Hunt
(b. 1937)
[226][227]		 January 8, 1977[228]
–
January 5, 1985
(term-limited)[af]		 Democratic[227] 1976 James C. Green
1980
70   James G. Martin
(b. 1935)
[230]		 January 5, 1985[231]
–
January 9, 1993
(term-limited)[af]		 Republican[230] 1984 Robert B. Jordan[ae]
1988 Jim Gardner
71   Jim Hunt
(b. 1937)
[226][227]		 January 9, 1993[232]
–
January 6, 2001
(term-limited)[af]		 Democratic[227] 1992 Dennis A. Wicker
1996
72   Mike Easley
(b. 1950)
[233]		 January 6, 2001[234]
–
January 10, 2009
(term-limited)[af]		 Democratic[233] 2000 Bev Perdue
2004
73   Bev Perdue
(b. 1947)
[235]		 January 10, 2009[236]
–
January 5, 2013
(did not run) 		Democratic[235] 2008 Walter H. Dalton
74   Pat McCrory
(b. 1956)
[237]		 January 5, 2013[238]
–
January 1, 2017
(lost election) 		Republican[237] 2012 Dan Forest[ag]
75   Roy Cooper
(b. 1957)
[239]		 January 1, 2017[240]
–
Incumbent[ah]		 Democratic[239] 2016
2020 Mark Robinson[ag]

Notes edit

  1. ^ The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1868.[14]
  2. ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  3. ^ Sources disagree on when Caswell took office; the 1913 state manual says December 19,[16] the 1981 state manual says December 21,[17] while a biography from 1905 says it was December 24.[18]
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Under the 1776 constitution, governors were ineligible to hold the office more than three years in six successive years.[19]
  5. ^ Burke was captured by Loyalists led by David Fanning on September 13, 1781, and escaped on January 16, 1872;[22] during this time, Speaker of the Senate Alexander Martin acted as governor.[23]
  6. ^ Johnston resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[30]
  7. ^ Spaight is labeled a Federalist by Kallenbach,[31] and a Democratic-Republican by Glashan.[20]
  8. ^ Ashe is labeled an Anti-Federalist by Kallenbach,[31] and a Democratic-Republican by Dubin[36] and Glashan.[20]
  9. ^ Some sources say Davie resigned on September 10, 1799, to be a peace envoy to France;[39][37] however, the state manual does not mention a resignation,[1] and other sources say that, while he left the state, he arranged to formally remain governor.[40]
  10. ^ Kallenbach labels Williams a Democratic-Republican,[31] but Glashan[20] and Tufts[51] label him a Federalist.
  11. ^ Smith was nominated and received votes in the first round of balloting, but he had not authorized this and was not interested, so his name was withdrawn.[59]
  12. ^ Glashan[20] and Kallenbach[31] label Burton a Democratic-Republican, but Sobel labels him a Federalist.[74]
  13. ^ Iredell was instead elected to the United States Senate on December 1; while Sobel says he resigned to take his new office,[77] contemporary sources mention no such resignation.
  14. ^ Sobel says Owen had been nominated and withdrew,[80] but contemporary sources say only that he requested not to be nominated.[83]
  15. ^ Glashan[20] and Kallenbach[31] label Owen a Democratic-Republican, while Sobel says he was a "National Republican with Federalist sympathies."[80]
  16. ^ Stokes was appointed to be a commissioner to treat with Indians, and sent a farewell message to the general assembly on November 19.[87] Some sources, both modern and older, interpret this as him resigning;[84][88] however, the 1927 manual says he left office normally on December 6,[1] and contemporary news does not use any term of resignation.
  17. ^ Glashan[20] and Kallenbach[31] label Stokes a Democratic-Republican, while Dubin labels him a Democrat.[36]
  18. ^ Swain is labeled a Democrat by Dubin,[36] a National Republican by Glashan,[20] a Democratic-Republican by Kallenbach,[31] and a Whig by Sobel.[89]
  19. ^ a b c d Under an 1835 amendment to the constitution, governors were ineligible to hold the office more than four years in six successive years.[98]
  20. ^ Reid resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[111]
  21. ^ After the Union victory in the Battle of New Bern, Abraham Lincoln appointed General Edward Stanly as military governor of the Union-held regions of North Carolina, and he served in that capacity from May 26, 1862, until early 1863, when he resigned over the Emancipation Proclamation.[124]
  22. ^ Vance left Raleigh on April 12 to negotiate a surrender,[128] surrendered to General John Schofield on May 2, and was arrested in Statesville on May 13. He was released a few weeks later, and would be pardoned by Andrew Johnson in 1867.[129]
  23. ^ Holden was appointed provisional governor by the Union occupation.[130]
  24. ^ Holden was impeached over crimes committed during the Kirk–Holden war against the Ku Klux Klan.[130]
  25. ^ Holden was impeached on December 19, 1870;[139][140] per the constitution, Caldwell became acting governor, and served in that capacity until and after Holden was convicted and removed on March 22, 1871.[141]
  26. ^ Vance resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[125][146]
  27. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Under the 1868 constitution, governors were ineligible to hold the office more than four years in eight successive years.[150]
  28. ^ Robinson acted as governor from September 1 to September 28, 1883, while Jarvis was out of state.[151]
  29. ^ a b Under a 1962 amendment to the constitution, governors were ineligible to succeed themselves.[215]
  30. ^ a b Under the 1971 constitution, governors were ineligible to succeed themselves.[222]
  31. ^ a b Represented the Democratic Party
  32. ^ a b c d Under a 1977 amendment to the constitution, governors are ineligible for election to more than two consecutive terms.[229]
  33. ^ a b Represented the Republican Party
  34. ^ Cooper's second term began January 9, 2021, and will expire in January 2025; he will be term-limited.

References edit

General
  • "Former North Carolina Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  • Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. III. Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466008. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  • Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  • Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5646-8.
  • Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Oceana Publications. ISBN 978-0-379-00665-0. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  • Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 978-0-930466-17-6.
  • "Our Campaigns - Governor of North Carolina - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  • "Our Campaigns - Governor of North Carolina (CSA) - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
Specific
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j North Carolina Secretary of State (1927). North Carolina Manual. North Carolina Historical Commission. pp. 67–69.
  2. ^ "Ratification of the Constitution by the State of North Carolina; November 21, 1789". The Avalon Project at Yale Law School. from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  3. ^ "Secession Ordinances of 13 Confederate States". University of Houston. from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "Secession". John Locke Foundation.
  5. ^ Act authorizing readmission on ratification of 14th amendment: 15 Stat. 73. Proclamation of North Carolina's ratification: 15 Stat. 703.
  6. ^ 1776 Const. art. XV
  7. ^ "Constitution, State". www.ncpedia.org. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  8. ^ 1868 Const. art. III, § 1
  9. ^ 1868 Const. art. III, § 2
  10. ^ North Carolina Secretary of State (1985). North Carolina manual [serial]. North Carolina Historical Commission. p. 155.
  11. ^ 1868 Const. art. III, § 12
  12. ^ NC Const. art. III, § 3
  13. ^ 1776 Const. art. XIX
  14. ^ 1868 Const. art. III, § 1
  15. ^ a b "Richard Caswell". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  16. ^ North Carolina Secretary of State (1913). North Carolina Manual. North Carolina Historical Commission. pp. 417–420.
  17. ^ a b North Carolina Secretary of State (1981). North Carolina Manual (PDF). pp. 409–412.
  18. ^ Ashe, Samuel A. (Samuel A'Court) (1905). Biographical history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present. Greensboro, N.C., C.L. Van Noppen. p. 74.
  19. ^ "1776 N.C. Const. § 15". www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Glashan 1979, p. 228.
  21. ^ "Abner Nash". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  22. ^ Watterson, John S.; Roberts, Paul C.; Frisard, Madlyn I.; McMillan, Ryan P.; Brown, Timothy J.; Lawless, Michael H.; Hulver, Matthew W.; Schmelz, Eva M. (1971). "The Ordeal of Governor Burke". The North Carolina Historical Review. 48 (2): 95–117. doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.02.017. ISSN 0029-2494. PMC 3691854. PMID 23518387.
  23. ^ a b c Sobel 1978, pp. 1111–1112.
  24. ^ "Thomas Burke". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  25. ^ Minutes of the North Carolina House of Commons, Volume 17, 26 June 1781, 897. Documenting the American South, University Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Accessed May 16, 2023.
  26. ^ a b "Alexander Martin". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  27. ^ Minutes of the North Carolina House of Commons, Volume 16, 22 April 1782, 40. Documenting the American South, University Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Accessed May 22, 2023.
  28. ^ Alexander, C. B. (1946). "Richard Caswell's Military and Later Public Services". The North Carolina Historical Review. 23 (3): 301–302. ISSN 0029-2494.
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The governor of North Carolina is the head of government of the U S state of North Carolina and commander in chief of the state s military forces There have been 69 governors of North Carolina with six serving non consecutive terms totaling 75 terms The current governor is Democrat Roy Cooper who took office on January 1 2017 Contents 1 Governors 1 1 Presidents of the Council 1 2 State governors 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksGovernors editPresidents of the Council edit Prior to declaring its independence North Carolina was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain The 13 member Provincial Council renamed the Council of Safety in April 1776 was essentially the executive authority during the second 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 Cornelius 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17814 nbsp Alexander Martin 1740 1807 23 26 April 22 1782 27 May 13 1785 did not run None 20 178217835 nbsp Richard Caswell 1729 1789 15 May 13 1785 28 29 December 20 1787 did not run None 20 1784178517866 nbsp Samuel Johnston 1733 1816 30 December 20 1787 1 December 17 1789 resigned f Federalist 31 1787178817897 nbsp Alexander Martin 1740 1807 23 26 December 17 1789 1 December 14 1792 term limited d Federalist 31 1789 special 179017918 nbsp Richard Dobbs Spaight 1758 1802 32 33 December 14 1792 1 November 19 1795 term limited d Federalist g 1792179317949 nbsp Samuel Ashe 1725 1813 34 35 November 19 1795 1 December 7 1798 term limited d Democratic Republican h 17951796179710 nbsp William Richardson Davie 1756 1820 37 38 December 7 1798 1 November 23 1799 did not run i Federalist 31 179811 nbsp Benjamin Williams 1751 1814 41 42 November 23 1799 43 December 6 1802 term limited d Democratic Republican 31 179918001801 nbsp John Baptista Ashe 1748 1802 Died beforetaking office 1 44 Democratic Republican 20 180212 nbsp James Turner 1766 1824 44 45 December 6 1802 46 December 10 1805 term limited d Democratic Republican 31 1802 special 1803180413 nbsp Nathaniel Alexander 1756 1808 47 48 December 10 1805 49 December 1 1807 did not run 47 Democratic Republican 31 1805180614 nbsp Benjamin Williams 1751 1814 41 42 December 1 1807 50 December 12 1808 did not run Federalist j 180715 nbsp David Stone 1770 1818 52 53 December 12 1808 54 December 5 1810 lost election 55 Democratic Republican 31 1808180916 nbsp Benjamin Smith 1756 1826 56 57 December 5 1810 58 December 9 1811 did not run k Democratic Republican 31 181017 nbsp William Hawkins 1777 1819 60 61 December 9 1811 59 December 7 1814 term limited d Democratic Republican 31 18111812181318 nbsp William Miller 1783 1825 62 63 December 7 1814 64 December 6 1817 term limited d Democratic Republican 31 18141815181619 nbsp John Branch 1782 1863 65 66 December 6 1817 67 December 7 1820 term limited d Democratic Republican 31 18171818181920 nbsp Jesse Franklin 1760 1823 68 69 December 7 1820 70 December 7 1821 did not run 68 Democratic Republican 31 182021 nbsp Gabriel Holmes 1769 1829 71 72 December 7 1821 73 December 7 1824 term limited d Democratic Republican 31 18211822182322 nbsp Hutchins Gordon Burton 1774 1836 74 75 December 7 1824 76 December 8 1827 term limited d Democratic Republican l 18241825182623 nbsp James Iredell Jr 1788 1853 77 78 December 8 1827 79 December 12 1828 did not run m Democratic Republican 31 182724 nbsp John Owen 1787 1841 80 81 December 12 1828 82 December 18 1830 did not run n Democratic Republican o 1828182925 nbsp Montfort Stokes 1762 1842 84 85 December 18 1830 86 December 6 1832 did not run p Democratic Republican q 1830183126 nbsp David Lowry Swain 1801 1868 89 90 December 6 1832 91 December 10 1835 term limited d NationalRepublican r 18321833183427 nbsp Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr 1796 1850 92 93 December 10 1835 94 December 31 1836 lost election Democratic 31 183528 nbsp Edward Bishop Dudley 1789 1855 95 96 December 31 1836 97 January 1 1841 term limited s Whig 31 1836183829 nbsp John Motley Morehead 1796 1866 99 100 January 1 1841 101 January 1 1845 term limited s Whig 31 1840184230 nbsp William Alexander Graham 1804 1875 102 103 January 1 1845 104 January 1 1849 term limited s Whig 31 1844184631 nbsp Charles Manly 1795 1871 105 106 January 1 1849 107 January 1 1851 lost election Whig 31 184832 nbsp David Settle Reid 1813 1891 108 109 January 1 1851 110 December 6 1854 resigned t Democratic 31 1850185233 nbsp Warren Winslow 1810 1862 112 113 December 6 1854 114 January 1 1855 successor took office Democratic 31 Speaker ofthe Senateacting34 nbsp Thomas Bragg 1810 1872 115 116 January 1 1855 117 January 1 1859 term limited s Democratic 31 1854185635 nbsp John Willis Ellis 1820 1861 118 119 January 1 1859 120 July 7 1861 died in office Democratic 31 1858186036 nbsp Henry Toole Clark 1808 1874 121 122 July 7 1861 123 September 8 1862 successor took office Democratic 31 Speaker ofthe Senateacting37 nbsp Zebulon Baird Vance u 1830 1894 125 126 September 8 1862 127 May 13 1865 arrested and removed v Conservative 31 18621864 Vacant May 13 1865 May 29 1865 Office vacatedafter civil war38 nbsp William Woods Holden 1818 1892 130 131 May 29 1865 132 December 15 1865 lost election Provisional governorappointed by President w 39 nbsp Johnathan Worth 1802 1869 133 134 December 15 1865 135 July 1 1868 did not run 133 Conservative 31 1865186640 nbsp William Woods Holden 1818 1892 130 131 July 1 1868 136 March 22 1871 impeached and removed x Republican 31 1868 Tod Robinson Caldwell41 nbsp Tod Robinson Caldwell 1818 1874 137 138 March 22 1871 y July 11 1874 died in office Republican 31 Lieutenantgovernoracting Acting as governor1872 Curtis Hooks Brogden42 nbsp Curtis Hooks Brogden 1816 1901 142 143 July 11 1874 144 January 1 1877 successor took office Republican 31 Lieutenantgovernoracting Acting as governor43 nbsp Zebulon Baird Vance 1830 1894 125 126 January 1 1877 145 February 5 1879 resigned z Democratic 31 1876 Thomas Jordan Jarvis44 nbsp Thomas Jordan Jarvis 1836 1915 147 148 February 5 1879 149 January 21 1885 term limited aa Democratic 31 Lieutenantgovernoracting Acting as governor1880 James L Robinson ab 45 nbsp Alfred Moore Scales 1827 1892 152 153 January 21 1885 154 January 17 1889 term limited aa Democratic 31 1884 Charles Manly Stedman46 nbsp Daniel Gould Fowle 1831 1891 155 156 January 17 1889 157 April 7 1891 died in office Democratic 31 1888 Thomas Michael Holt47 nbsp Thomas Michael Holt 1831 1896 158 159 April 7 1891 160 January 18 1893 lost nomination 158 Democratic 31 Lieutenantgovernoracting Acting as governor48 nbsp Elias Carr 1839 1900 161 162 January 18 1893 163 January 12 1897 term limited aa Democratic 31 1892 Rufus A Doughton49 nbsp Daniel Lindsay Russell 1845 1908 164 165 January 12 1897 166 January 15 1901 term limited aa Republican 31 1896 Charles A Reynolds50 nbsp Charles Brantley Aycock 1859 1912 167 168 January 15 1901 169 January 11 1905 term limited aa Democratic 31 1900 Wilfred D Turner51 nbsp Robert Broadnax Glenn 1854 1920 170 171 January 11 1905 172 January 12 1909 term limited aa Democratic 31 1904 Francis D Winston52 nbsp William Walton Kitchin 1866 1924 173 174 January 12 1909 175 January 15 1913 term limited aa Democratic 31 1908 William C Newland53 nbsp Locke Craig 1860 1924 176 177 January 15 1913 178 January 11 1917 term limited aa Democratic 31 1912 Elijah L Daughtridge54 nbsp Thomas Walter Bickett 1869 1921 179 180 January 11 1917 181 January 12 1921 term limited aa Democratic 31 1916 Oliver Max Gardner55 nbsp Cameron A Morrison 1869 1953 182 183 January 12 1921 184 January 14 1925 term limited aa Democratic 31 1920 William B Cooper56 nbsp Angus Wilton McLean 1870 1935 185 186 January 14 1925 187 January 11 1929 term limited aa Democratic 31 1924 J Elmer Long57 nbsp Oliver Max Gardner 1882 1947 188 189 January 11 1929 190 January 5 1933 term limited aa Democratic 31 1928 Richard T Fountain58 nbsp John C B Ehringhaus 1882 1949 191 192 January 5 1933 193 January 7 1937 term limited aa Democratic 31 1932 Alexander H Graham59 nbsp Clyde R Hoey 1877 1954 194 195 January 7 1937 196 January 9 1941 term limited aa Democratic 31 1936 Wilkins P Horton60 nbsp J Melville Broughton 1888 1949 197 198 January 9 1941 199 January 4 1945 term limited aa Democratic 31 1940 Reginald L Harris61 nbsp R Gregg Cherry 1891 1957 200 201 January 4 1945 202 January 6 1949 term limited aa Democratic 31 1944 Lynton Y Ballentine62 nbsp W Kerr Scott 1896 1958 203 204 January 6 1949 205 January 8 1953 term limited aa Democratic 31 1948 Hoyt Patrick Taylor63 nbsp William B Umstead 1895 1954 206 207 January 8 1953 208 November 7 1954 died in office Democratic 31 1952 Luther H Hodges64 nbsp Luther H Hodges 1898 1974 209 210 November 7 1954 211 January 5 1961 term limited aa Democratic 31 Lieutenantgovernoracting Acting as governor1956 Luther E Barnhardt65 nbsp Terry Sanford 1917 1998 212 213 January 5 1961 214 January 8 1965 term limited ac Democratic 31 1960 Harvey Cloyd PhilpottVacant66 nbsp Dan K Moore 1906 1986 216 217 January 8 1965 218 January 3 1969 term limited ac Democratic 31 1964 Robert W Scott67 nbsp Robert W Scott 1929 2009 219 220 January 3 1969 221 January 5 1973 term limited ad Democratic 31 1968 Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr 68 nbsp James Holshouser 1934 2013 223 224 January 5 1973 225 January 8 1977 term limited ad Republican 31 1972 Jim Hunt ae 69 nbsp Jim Hunt b 1937 226 227 January 8 1977 228 January 5 1985 term limited af Democratic 227 1976 James C Green198070 nbsp James G Martin b 1935 230 January 5 1985 231 January 9 1993 term limited af Republican 230 1984 Robert B Jordan ae 1988 Jim Gardner71 nbsp Jim Hunt b 1937 226 227 January 9 1993 232 January 6 2001 term limited af Democratic 227 1992 Dennis A Wicker199672 nbsp Mike Easley b 1950 233 January 6 2001 234 January 10 2009 term limited af Democratic 233 2000 Bev Perdue200473 nbsp Bev Perdue b 1947 235 January 10 2009 236 January 5 2013 did not run Democratic 235 2008 Walter H Dalton74 nbsp Pat McCrory b 1956 237 January 5 2013 238 January 1 2017 lost election Republican 237 2012 Dan Forest ag 75 nbsp Roy Cooper b 1957 239 January 1 2017 240 Incumbent ah Democratic 239 20162020 Mark Robinson ag Notes edit The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1868 14 Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted Sources disagree on when Caswell took office the 1913 state manual says December 19 16 the 1981 state manual says December 21 17 while a biography from 1905 says it was December 24 18 a b c d e f g h i j k l Under the 1776 constitution governors were ineligible to hold the office more than three years in six successive years 19 Burke was captured by Loyalists led by David Fanning on September 13 1781 and escaped on January 16 1872 22 during this time Speaker of the Senate Alexander Martin acted as governor 23 Johnston resigned having been elected to the United States Senate 30 Spaight is labeled a Federalist by Kallenbach 31 and a Democratic Republican by Glashan 20 Ashe is labeled an Anti Federalist by Kallenbach 31 and a Democratic Republican by Dubin 36 and Glashan 20 Some sources say Davie resigned on September 10 1799 to be a peace envoy to France 39 37 however the state manual does not mention a resignation 1 and other sources say that while he left the state he arranged to formally remain governor 40 Kallenbach labels Williams a Democratic Republican 31 but Glashan 20 and Tufts 51 label him a Federalist Smith was nominated and received votes in the first round of balloting but he had not authorized this and was not interested so his name was withdrawn 59 Glashan 20 and Kallenbach 31 label Burton a Democratic Republican but Sobel labels him a Federalist 74 Iredell was instead elected to the United States Senate on December 1 while Sobel says he resigned to take his new office 77 contemporary sources mention no such resignation Sobel says Owen had been nominated and withdrew 80 but contemporary sources say only that he requested not to be nominated 83 Glashan 20 and Kallenbach 31 label Owen a Democratic Republican while Sobel says he was a National Republican with Federalist sympathies 80 Stokes was appointed to be a commissioner to treat with Indians and sent a farewell message to the general assembly on November 19 87 Some sources both modern and older interpret this as him resigning 84 88 however the 1927 manual says he left office normally on December 6 1 and contemporary news does not use any term of resignation Glashan 20 and Kallenbach 31 label Stokes a Democratic Republican while Dubin labels him a Democrat 36 Swain is labeled a Democrat by Dubin 36 a National Republican by Glashan 20 a Democratic Republican by Kallenbach 31 and a Whig by Sobel 89 a b c d Under an 1835 amendment to the constitution governors were ineligible to hold the office more than four years in six successive years 98 Reid resigned having been elected to the United States Senate 111 After the Union victory in the Battle of New Bern Abraham Lincoln appointed General Edward Stanly as military governor of the Union held regions of North Carolina and he served in that capacity from May 26 1862 until early 1863 when he resigned over the Emancipation Proclamation 124 Vance left Raleigh on April 12 to negotiate a surrender 128 surrendered to General John Schofield on May 2 and was arrested in Statesville on May 13 He was released a few weeks later and would be pardoned by Andrew Johnson in 1867 129 Holden was appointed provisional governor by the Union occupation 130 Holden was impeached over crimes committed during the Kirk Holden war against the Ku Klux Klan 130 Holden was impeached on December 19 1870 139 140 per the constitution Caldwell became acting governor and served in that capacity until and after Holden was convicted and removed on March 22 1871 141 Vance resigned having been elected to the United States Senate 125 146 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Under the 1868 constitution governors were ineligible to hold the office more than four years in eight successive years 150 Robinson acted as governor from September 1 to September 28 1883 while Jarvis was out of state 151 a b Under a 1962 amendment to the constitution governors were ineligible to succeed themselves 215 a b Under the 1971 constitution governors were ineligible to succeed themselves 222 a b Represented the Democratic Party a b c d Under a 1977 amendment to the constitution governors are ineligible for election to more than two consecutive terms 229 a b Represented the Republican Party Cooper s second term began January 9 2021 and will expire in January 2025 he will be term limited References editGeneral Former North Carolina Governors National Governors Association Retrieved May 16 2023 Sobel Robert 1978 Biographical directory of the governors of the United States 1789 1978 Vol III 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Beginning First Female Governor Takes Office Vowing to Think Big The News and Observer p 1A Retrieved May 30 2023 a b Pat McCrory National Governors Association Retrieved May 26 2023 McCrory Sworn In As North Carolina s 74th Governor January 5 2013 Retrieved May 30 2023 a b Roy Cooper National Governors Association Retrieved May 26 2023 Roy Cooper Sworn In As North Carolina Governor January 1 2017 Retrieved May 30 2023 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Governors of North Carolina Office of the Governor of North Carolina Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Politics nbsp United States Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of governors of North Carolina amp oldid 1193248038, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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