Last Updated on April 23, 2022 by Team FinderWheel
Are you looking for the Governors of North Carolina? Here is the list of all the Governors of North Carolina from beginning to present with their tenure and respective political party name.
North Carolina Governors List
Here is a list of governors of the US state of Governors of North Carolina by Party Name and Tenure Periods.
| Sr. No. | Governor Name |
Term Start | Term End | Party |
| 1 | Richard Caswell | 12 November 1776 | 20 April 1780 | No party |
| 2 | Abner Nash | 20 April 1780 | 26 June 1781 | No party |
| 3 | Thomas Burke | 26 June 1781 | 22 April 1782 | No party |
| 4 | Alexander Martin | 22 April 1782 | 13 May 1785 | No party |
| 5 | Richard Caswell | 13 May 1785 | 20 December 1787 | No party |
| 6 | Samuel Johnston | 20 December 1787 | 17 December 1789 | Federalist |
| 7 | Alexander Martin | 17 December 1789 | 14 December 1792 | Anti-Federalist |
| 8 | Richard Dobbs Spaight | 14 December 1792 | 19 November 1795 | Federalist |
| 9 | Samuel Ashe | 19 November 1795 | 7 December 1798 | Anti-Federalist |
| 10 | William Richardson Davie | 7 December 1798 | 23 November 1799 | Federalist |
| 11 | Benjamin Williams | 23 November 1799 | 6 December 1802 | Federalist |
| 12 | James Turner | 6 December 1802 | 10 December 1805 | Democratic-Republican |
| 13 | Nathaniel Alexander | 10 December 1805 | 1 December 1807 | Democratic-Republican |
| 14 | Benjamin Williams | 1 December 1807 | 12 December 1808 | Federalist |
| 15 | David Stone | 12 December 1808 | 1 December 1810 | Democratic-Republican |
| 16 | Benjamin Smith | 1 December 1810 | 11 December 1811 | Democratic-Republican |
| 17 | William Hawkins | 11 December 1811 | 29 November 1814 | Democratic-Republican |
| 18 | William Miller | 29 November 1814 | 6 December 1817 | Democratic-Republican |
| 19 | John Branch | 6 December 1817 | 7 December 1820 | Democratic-Republican |
| 20 | Jesse Franklin | 7 December 1820 | 7 December 1821 | Democratic-Republican |
| 21 | Gabriel Holmes | 7 December 1821 | 7 December 1824 | Democratic-Republican |
| 22 | Hutchins Gordon Burton | 7 December 1824 | 8 December 1827 | No party |
| 23 | James Iredell, Jr. | 8 December 1827 | 12 December 1828 | Democratic-Republican |
| 24 | John Owen | 12 December 1828 | 18 December 1830 | Democratic |
| 25 | Montfort Stokes | 18 December 1830 | 6 December 1832 | Democratic |
| 26 | David Lowry Swain | 6 December 1832 | 10 December 1835 | National Republican |
| 27 | Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. | 10 December 1835 | 31 December 1836 | Democratic |
| 28 | Edward Bishop Dudley | 31 December 1836 | 1 January 1841 | Whig |
| 29 | John Motley Morehead | 1 January 1841 | 1 January 1845 | Whig |
| 30 | William Alexander Graham | 1 January 1845 | 1 January 1849 | Whig |
| 31 | Charles Manly | 1 January 1849 | 1 January 1851 | Whig |
| 32 | David Settle Reid | 1 January 1851 | 6 December 1854 | Democratic |
| 33 | Warren Winslow | 6 December 1854 | 1 January 1855 | Democratic |
| 34 | Thomas Bragg | 1 January 1855 | 1 January 1859 | Democratic |
| 35 | John Willis Ellis | 1 January 1859 | 7 July 1861 | Democratic |
| 36 | Henry Toole Clark | 7 July 1861 | 8 September 1862 | Democratic |
| 37 | Zebulon Baird Vance | 8 September 1862 | 29 May 1865 | Conservative |
| 38 | William Woods Holden | 29 May 1865 | 15 December 1865 | National Union |
| 39 | Jonathan Worth | 15 December 1865 | 1 July 1868 | Conservative |
| 40 | William Woods Holden | 1 July 1868 | 22 March 1871 | Republican |
| 41 | Tod Robinson Caldwell | 22 March 1871 | 11 July 1874 | Republican |
| 42 | Curtis Hooks Brogden | 11 July 1874 | 1 January 1877 | Republican |
| 43 | Zebulon Baird Vance | 1 January 1877 | 5 February 1879 | Democratic |
| 44 | Thomas Jordan Jarvis | 5 February 1879 | 21 January 1885 | Democratic |
| 45 | Alfred Moore Scales | 21 January 1885 | 17 January 1889 | Democratic |
| 46 | Daniel Gould Fowle | 17 January 1889 | 7 April 1891 | Democratic |
| 47 | Thomas Michael Holt | 7 April 1891 | 18 January 1893 | Democratic |
| 48 | Elias Carr | 18 January 1893 | 12 January 1897 | Democratic |
| 49 | Daniel Lindsay Russell | 12 January 1897 | 15-Jan-01 | Republican |
| 50 | Charles Brantley Aycock | 15-Jan-01 | 11-Jan-05 | Democratic |
| 51 | Robert Broadnax Glenn | 11-Jan-05 | 12-Jan-09 | Democratic |
| 52 | William Walton Kitchin | 12-Jan-09 | 15-Jan-13 | Democratic |
| 53 | Locke Craig | 15-Jan-13 | 11-Jan-17 | Democratic |
| 54 | Thomas Walter Bickett | 11-Jan-17 | 12-Jan-21 | Democratic |
| 55 | Cameron Morrison | 12-Jan-21 | 14-Jan-25 | Democratic |
| 56 | Angus Wilton McLean | 14-Jan-25 | 11-Jan-29 | Democratic |
| 57 | Oliver Max Gardner | 11-Jan-29 | 05-Jan-33 | Democratic |
| 58 | John C.B. Ehringhaus | 05-Jan-33 | 07-Jan-37 | Democratic |
| 59 | Clyde R. Hoey | 07-Jan-37 | 09-Jan-41 | Democratic |
| 60 | J. Melville Broughton | 09-Jan-41 | 04-Jan-45 | Democratic |
| 61 | R. Gregg Cherry | 04-Jan-45 | 06-Jan-49 | Democratic |
| 62 | W. Kerr Scott | 06-Jan-49 | 08-Jan-53 | Democratic |
| 63 | William B. Umstead | 08-Jan-53 | 07-Nov-54 | Democratic |
| 64 | Luther H. Hodges | 07-Nov-54 | 05-Jan-61 | Democratic |
| 65 | Terry Sanford | 05-Jan-61 | 08-Jan-65 | Democratic |
| 66 | Dan K. Moore | 08-Jan-65 | 03-Jan-69 | Democratic |
| 67 | Robert W. Scott | 03-Jan-69 | 05-Jan-73 | Democratic |
| 68 | James E. Holshouser, Jr. | 05-Jan-73 | 08-Jan-77 | Republican |
| 69 | James B. Hunt, Jr. | 08-Jan-77 | 05-Jan-85 | Democratic |
| 70 | James G. Martin | 05-Jan-85 | 09-Jan-93 | Republican |
| 71 | James B. Hunt, Jr. | 09-Jan-93 | 06-Jan-01 | Democratic |
| 72 | Mike Easley | 06-Jan-01 | 10-Jan-09 | Democratic |
| 73 | Beverly Perdue | 10-Jan-09 | 05-Jan-13 | Democratic |
| 74 | Pat McCrory | 05-Jan-13 | 31-Dec-16 | Republican |
| 75 | Roy Cooper | 01-Jan-17 | Incumbent | Democratic |
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