List of governors of Georgia

The following is a list of Governors of the State of Georgia and governors of the British colony of Georgia.

Colonial governors

 * James Oglethorpe, Resident Trustee, 1733 - 1743 (namesake of Oglethorpe County)
 * William Stephens, President, 1743 - 1751
 * Henry Parker, President, 1751 - 1752
 * Patrick Graham, President, 1752 - 1754
 * John Reynolds, 1754 - 1757
 * Henry Ellis, 1757 - 1760
 * James Wright, 1760-1776

Restored royal government during Revolutionary War

 * Archibald Campbell, 1778 - 1779 (provisional)
 * James Mark Prevost, 1779 (provisional)
 * James Wright, 1779 - 1782

Other high offices held
This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and Confederate offices held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Georgia. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Living former governors
, five former governors were alive, the oldest being Jimmy Carter (1971–1975, born 1924). The former governor to die most recently was Ernest Vandiver (1959–1963), on February 21, 2005. The most recently-serving governor to die was George Busbee (1975–1983), on July 16, 2004.

Source

 * A History of Georgia, second ed. Kenneth Coleman, general editor.  University of Georgia Press: 1991.

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