| Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. Nathan Deal | Georgia |
2015 - 2019 2011 - 2015 |
Republican |
| Gov. Sonny Perdue | Georgia |
2003 - 2011 |
Republican |
| Gov. Roy E. Barnes | Georgia |
1999 - 2003 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Zell Miller | Georgia |
1991 - 1999 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Joe Frank Harris | Georgia |
1983 - 1991 |
Democratic |
| Gov. George Dekle Busbee | Georgia |
1975 - 1983 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Jimmy Earl Carter | Georgia |
1971 - 1975 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Lester Garfield Maddox | Georgia |
1967 - 1971 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Carl Edward Sanders | Georgia |
1963 - 1967 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Samuel Ernest Vandiver | Georgia |
1959 - 1963 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Samuel Marvin Griffin | Georgia |
1955 - 1959 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Herman Eugene Talmadge | Georgia |
1948 - 1955 1947 - 1947 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Melvin Ernest Thompson | Georgia |
1947 - 1948 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Ellis Gibbs Arnall | Georgia |
1943 - 1947 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Eugene Talmadge | Georgia |
1941 - 1943 1933 - 1937 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Eurith Dickinson Rivers | Georgia |
1937 - 1941 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Richard Brevard Russell | Georgia |
1931 - 1933 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Lamartine Griffin Hardman | Georgia |
1927 - 1931 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Clifford Mitchell Walker | Georgia |
1923 - 1927 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Thomas William Hardwick | Georgia |
1921 - 1923 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Hugh Manson Dorsey | Georgia |
1917 - 1921 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Nathaniel Edwin Harris | Georgia |
1915 - 1917 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Marshall Slaton | Georgia |
1913 - 1915 1911 - 1912 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Joseph Mackey Brown | Georgia |
1909 - 1911 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Hoke Smith | Georgia |
1907 - 1909 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Joseph Meriwether Terrell | Georgia |
1902 - 1907 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Allen D. Candler | Georgia |
1898 - 1902 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Yates Atkinson | Georgia |
1894 - 1898 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Jonathan Northen | Georgia |
1890 - 1894 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Brown Gordon | Georgia |
1886 - 1890 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Henry Dickerson McDaniel | Georgia |
1883 - 1886 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Boynton | Georgia |
1883 - 1883 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Alexander Hamilton Stephens | Georgia |
1882 - 1883 |
Democratic-Whig |
| Gov. Alfred Holt Colquitt | Georgia |
1877 - 1882 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Milton Smith | Georgia |
1872 - 1877 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Benjamin F. Conley | Georgia |
1871 - 1872 |
Republican |
| Gov. Rufus Brown Bullock | Georgia |
1868 - 1871 |
Republican |
| Gov. Thomas Howard Ruger | Georgia |
1868 - 1868 |
Military |
| Gov. Charles Jones Jenkins | Georgia |
1865 - 1868 |
Union Democratic |
| Gov. James Johnson | Georgia |
1865 - 1865 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Joseph Emerson Brown | Georgia |
1857 - 1865 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Herschel Vespasian Johnson | Georgia |
1853 - 1857 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Howell Cobb | Georgia |
1851 - 1853 |
Union Democratic |
| Gov. George Washington Towns | Georgia |
1847 - 1851 |
Democratic |
| Gov. George Walker Crawford | Georgia |
1843 - 1847 |
Whig |
| Gov. Charles James McDonald | Georgia |
1839 - 1843 |
|
| Gov. George Rockingham Gilmer | Georgia |
1837 - 1839 1829 - 1831 |
Democratic-Whig |
| Gov. William Schley | Georgia |
1835 - 1837 |
Union Democratic |
| Gov. Wilson Lumpkin | Georgia |
1831 - 1835 |
Union Democratic |
| Gov. John Forsyth | Georgia |
1827 - 1829 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. George Michael Troup | Georgia |
1823 - 1827 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. John Clark | Georgia |
1819 - 1823 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Matthew Talbot | Georgia |
1819 - 1819 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. William Rabun | Georgia |
1817 - 1819 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. David Brydie Mitchell | Georgia |
1815 - 1817 1809 - 1813 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Peter Early | Georgia |
1813 - 1815 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. John Milledge | Georgia |
1802 - 1806 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Josiah Tattnall | Georgia |
1801 - 1802 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. David Emanuel | Georgia |
1801 - 1801 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. James Jackson | Georgia |
1798 - 1801 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Jared Irwin | Georgia |
1796 - 1798 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. George Mathews | Georgia |
1793 - 1796 1787 - 1788 |
Jeffersonian Republican |
| Gov. Edward Telfair | Georgia |
1789 - 1793 1786 - 1787 |
Jeffersonian Republican |
| Gov. George Handley | Georgia |
1788 - 1789 |
|
| Gov. Samuel Elbert | Georgia |
1785 - 1786 |
Whig (conservation faction) |
| Gov. John Houstoun | Georgia |
1784 - 1785 1778 - 1779 |
Whig |
| Gov. Lyman Hall | Georgia |
1783 - 1784 |
Whig (radical faction) |
| Gov. John Martin | Georgia |
1782 - 1783 |
|
| Gov. Nathan Brownson | Georgia |
1781 - 1782 |
Whig |
| Gov. Stephen Heard | Georgia |
1780 - 1781 |
Whig |
| Gov. Richard Howley | Georgia |
1780 - 1780 |
Whig |
| Gov. George Walton | Georgia |
1779 - 1780 |
Whig (radical faction), Jeffersonian Republican |
| Gov. John Wereat | Georgia |
1779 - 1779 |
Whig (conservation faction) |
| Gov. John Adam Treutlen | Georgia |
1777 - 1778 |
Whig (radical faction) |
| Gov. Button Gwinnett | Georgia |
1777 - 1777 |
Whig (radical faction) |
| Gov. Archibald Bulloch | Georgia |
1776 - 1777 |
Whig |
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