List of North Carolina Governors (57)

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Name	Birth	In Office	Birthplace
Gov. John Jenkins	abt 1640	1672-1675	England
Sir John Harvey	1628	1679-1679	England, Warwickshire
Gov. Thomas Harvey	abt 1668	1694-1699	NC, Perquimans Co, Berkeley District
Henderson Walker	1660	1699-1703	NC, Perquimans Co
Honorable Robert Daniel	1646	1703-1705	England
Edward Hyde	1667	1711-1712	England, Cheshire, Hyde
Gov. Thomas Pollock	6 MAY 1664	1712-1714	Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
Gov. Charles Eden	1673	1714-1722	England
Col. William Reed	1671	1722-1724	NC, Camden Co
Gabriel Johnston	abt 1695	1734-1752	Scotland, Dumfriesshire, Annandale
William Tryon	8 JUN 1729	1765-1771	England, Surrey
Richard Caswell	3 AUG 1729	1776-1780	MD, Harford Co
Abner Nash	8 AUG 1740	1780-1781	VA, Prince Edward Co
Governor Alexander Martin	10 NOV 1740	1782-1784	NJ, Hunterdon Co
Richard Caswell	3 AUG 1729	1785-1787	MD, Harford Co
Gov. Samuel Johnston	15 DEC 1733	1787-1789	Scotland, Angusshire
Governor Alexander Martin	10 NOV 1740	1789-1792	NJ, Hunterdon Co
Gen. Richard Dobbs Spaight	25 MAR 1758	1792-1795	NC, Craven Co
Samuel Swann Ashe	12 MAR 1725	1795-1798	NC, Carteret Co, Beaufort
William Richardson Davie	22 JUN 1756	1798-1799	England, Cumberland, Egremont
Benjamin Williams	1 JAN 1751	1799-1802	NC, Johnston Co
James Turner	20 DEC 1766	1802-1805	VA, Southampton Co
Nathaniel Alexander	5 MAR 1756	1805-1807	NC, Mecklenburg Co
Benjamin Williams	1 JAN 1751	1807-1808	NC, Johnston Co
David Stone	17 FEB 1770	1808-1810	NC, Bertie Co
John Branch	4 NOV 1782	1817-1820	NC, Halifax Co
Jesse Hardin Franklin	24 MAR 1760	1820-1821	VA, Albemarle Co
Gabriel Holmes	1769	1821-1824	NC, Sampson Co
Hutchins Gordon Burton	24 APR 1784	1825-1827	VA, Mecklenburg Co
James Iredell	2 NOV 1788	1827-1828	NC, Chowan Co, Edenton
David Lowry Swain	4 JAN 1801	1832-1835	NC, Buncombe Co
Richard Dobbs Spaight	1796	1835-1836	NC, Craven Co, New Bern
Edward Bishop Dudley	15 DEC 1789	1836-1841	NC, Onslow Co
John Motley Morehead	4 JUL 1796	1841-1845	VA, Pittsylvania Co
Gov. William Alexander Graham	5 SEP 1804	1845-1849	NC, Lincoln Co
Gov. Charles Manly	13 MAY 1795	1849-1851	NC
David Settle Reid	19 APR 1813	1851-1854	NC, Rockingham Co
Thomas Bragg	9 NOV 1810	1855-1859	NC, Warren Co, Warrenton
Henry Toole Clark	7 FEB 1808	1861-1862	NC, Edgecombe Co
Gov. Zebulon Baird Vance	13 MAY 1830	1862-1865	NC, Buncombe Co, Asheville
William Woods Holden	24 NOV 1818	1865-1865	NC, Orange Co
Jonathan Worth	18 NOV 1802	1865-1868	NC, Guilford Co
William Woods Holden	24 NOV 1818	1868-1871	NC, Orange Co
Gov. Zebulon Baird Vance	13 MAY 1830	1877-1879	NC, Buncombe Co, Asheville
Thomas Jordan Jarvis	18 JAN 1836	1879-1885	NC, Currituck Co, Jarvisburg
Alfred Moore Scales	26 NOV 1827	1885-1889	NC, Rockingham Co, Reidsville
Daniel Gould Fowle	3 MAR 1831	1889-1891	NC, Beaufort Co, Washington
Gov. Elias Carr	25 FEB 1839	1893-1897	NC, Edgecombe Co
Gov. Daniel Russell	7 AUG 1845	1897-1901	NC, Brunswick Co
Charles Brantley Aycock	1 NOV 1859	1901-1905	NC, Wayne Co
William Walton Kitchin	9 OCT 1866	1909-1913	NC, Halifax Co, Scotland Neck
Angus Wilton McLean	20 APR 1870	1925-1929	NC, Robeson Co
John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus	5 FEB 1882	1933-1937	NC, Pasquotank Co, Elizabeth City
Joseph Melville Broughton	11/1888	1941-1945	NC, Wake Co, Raleigh
William Kerr Scott	17 APR 1896	1949-1953	NC, Alamance Co, Haw River
Gov. James Baxter Hunt	16 MAY 1937	1977-1985	NC, Guilford Co, Greensboro
Gov. James Baxter Hunt	16 MAY 1937	1993-2001	NC, Guilford Co, Greensboro