Governor of North Carolina

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The Governor of North Carolina is the top executive of the government of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2004, the governor of North Carolina is Mike Easley, a Democrat. Among other responsibilities, the governor heads the North Carolina Council of State.

Contents
1 List of Governors

1.1 Roanake Colony, 1585 - 1586
1.2 Proprietary Colony, 1664-1731

1.2.1 Governors of Albemarle, 1664-1689
1.2.2 Deputy Governors of Carolina, 1689-1710
1.2.3 Governors of North Carolina, 1711-1731

1.3 Royal Colony, 1731-1775
1.4 State of North Carolina, 1776-present

2 Related articles
3 References
4 External link
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List of Governors

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Roanake Colony, 1585 - 1586

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Proprietary Colony, 1664-1731

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Governors of Albemarle, 1664-1689

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Deputy Governors of Carolina, 1689-1710

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Governors of North Carolina, 1711-1731

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Royal Colony, 1731-1775

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State of North Carolina, 1776-present


Name Took
Office 		Left
Office 		Party
Richard Caswell 1776 1780 No party
Abner Nash 1780 1781 No party
Thomas Burke 1781 1782 No party
Alexander Martin 1782 1784 No party
Richard Caswell 1784 1787 No party
Samuel Johnston 1787 1789 Federalist
Alexander Martin 1789 1792 Federalist
Richard Dobbs Spaight 1792 1795 Democratic-Republican
Samuel Ashe 1795 1798 Democratic-Republican
William Richardson Davie 1798 1799 Federalist
Benjamin Williams 1799 1802 Democratic-Republican
James Turner 1802 1805 Democratic-Republican
Nathaniel Alexander 1805 1807 Democratic-Republican
Benjamin Williams 1807 1808 Democratic-Republican
David Stone 1808 1810 Democratic-Republican
Benjamin Smith 1810 1811 Democratic-Republican
William Hawkins 1811 1814 Democratic-Republican
William Miller 1814 1817 Democratic-Republican
John Branch 1817 1820 Democratic-Republican
Jesse Franklin 1820 1821 Democratic-Republican
Gabriel Holmes 1821 1824 No party
Hutchins Gordon Burton 1824 1827 No party
James Iredell, Jr. 1827 1828 Democratic-Republican
John Owen 1828 1830 Democrat
Montfort Stokes 1830 1832 Democrat
David Lowry Swain 1832 1835 Whig
Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. 1835 1836 Democrat
Edward Bishop Dudley 1836 1841 Whig
John Motley Morehead 1841 1845 Whig
William Alexander Graham 1845 1849 Whig
Charles Manly 1849 1851 Whig
David Settle Reid 1851 1854 Democrat
Warren Winslow 1854 1855 Democrat
Thomas Bragg 1855 1859 Democrat
John Willis Ellis 1859 1861 Democrat
Henry Toole Clark 1861 1862 Democrat
Zebulon Baird Vance 1862 1865 Democrat
William Woods Holden 1865 1865 Republican
Jonathan Worth 1865 1868 Democrat
William Woods Holden 1868 1871 Republican
Tod Robinson Caldwell 1871 1874 Republican
Curtis Hooks Brogden 1874 1877 Republican
Zebulon Baird Vance 1877 1879 Democrat
Thomas Jordan Jarvis 1879 1885 Democrat
Alfred Moore Scales 1885 1889 Democrat
Daniel Gould Fowle 1889 1891 Democrat
Thomas Michael Holt 1891 1893 Democrat
Elias Carr 1893 1897 Democrat
Daniel Lindsay Russell 1897 1901 Republican
Charles Brantley Aycock 1901 1905 Democrat
Robert Broadnax Glenn 1905 1909 Democrat
William Walton Kitchin 1909 1913 Democrat
Locke Craig 1913 1917 Democrat
Thomas Walter Bickett 1917 1921 Democrat
Cameron Morrison 1921 1925 Democrat
Angus Wilton McLean 1925 1929 Democrat
Oliver Max Gardner 1929 1933 Democrat
John C.B. Ehringhaus 1933 1937 Democrat
Clyde R. Hoey 1937 1941 Democrat
J. Melville Broughton 1941 1945 Democrat
R. Gregg Cherry 1945 1949 Democrat
W. Kerr Scott 1949 1953 Democrat
William B. Umstead 1953 1954 Democrat
Luther H. Hodges 1954 1961 Democrat
Terry Sanford 1961 1965 Democrat
Dan K. Moore 1965 1969 Democrat
Robert W. Scott 1969 1973 Democrat
James E. Holshouser, Jr. 1973 1977 Republican
James B. Hunt, Jr. 1977 1985 Democrat
James G. Martin 1985 1993 Republican
James B. Hunt, Jr. 1993 2001 Democrat
Mike Easley 2001   Democrat
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