Categories: Georgia (U.S. state) politician stubs | 1760 births | 1837 deaths | Governors of Georgia | Politicians This is a list of Governors of the state of Georgia, including governors of the British colony of Georgia. ... State Flag of Georgia Ratio 3:5 430 × 260 pixels 2980 bytes File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... George Walton (1741–February 2, 1804) signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. ... Archibald Bulloch (c. ... Button Gwinnett (1735 – May 19, 1777), was one of the signatories (first signature on the left)of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. ... John Adam Treutlen (1734-1782)arrived in Colonial America as an indentured servant and rose to become a wealthy merchant and landowner. ... John Houstoun (August 31, 1744 – July 20, 1796) was an American lawyer and statesman from Savannah, Georgia. ... George Walton (1741–February 2, 1804) signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. ... Richard Howly (1740– December 1784), sometimes spelled Howley, was an American planter and lawyer from Liberty County, Georgia. ... Stephen Heard (1740 - 1815) was briefly Chairman of the Executive Council of Georgia (a position later known as Governor) from when he was appointed on February 18th, 1780 until Nathan Brownson was elected to replace him on August 18th, 1781. ... John Martin (c. ... Lyman Hall (April 12, 1724–October 19, 1790), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. ... John Houstoun (August 31, 1744 – July 20, 1796) was an American lawyer and statesman from Savannah, Georgia. ... Samuel Elbert (1740– November 11, 1788) was an American merchant from Savannah, Georgia. ... Edward Telfair (1735– September 17, 1807) was governor of the state of Georgia in 1786 and 1790-1793. ... George Mathews (1739–1812) was an United States planter, merchant, and pioneer from Virginia and western Georgia. ... George Walton (1741–February 2, 1804) signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. ... Edward Telfair (1735– September 17, 1807) was governor of the state of Georgia in 1786 and 1790-1793. ... George Mathews (1739–1812) was an United States planter, merchant, and pioneer from Virginia and western Georgia. ... Jared Irwin (1750–March 1, 1818) was twice elected Governor of Georgia around the turn of the Nineteenth Century. ... Jackson as an officer in the American Revolution James Jackson (September 21, 1757–March 19, 1806) was a politician in the Democratic Republican Party. ... David Emanuel (1744–February 19, 1808) became Governor of Georgia in 1801 upon the resignation of James Jackson to become U.S. Senator from Georgia. ... Josiah Tattnall (1762–June 6, 1803) was an American planter, soldier and politician from Savannah, Georgia. ... John Milledge (1757–February 9, 1818) was an American politician. ... Jared Irwin (1750–March 1, 1818) was twice elected Governor of Georgia around the turn of the Nineteenth Century. ... George M. Troup George Michael Troup (September 8, 1780 – April 26, 1856) was an American politician who served as the Governor of Georgia during the mid-1820s. ... John Forsyth (October 22, 1780 – October 21, 1841) was a 19th century American politician from Georgia. ... Wilson Lumpkin (January 14, 1783 - December 28, 1870 was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia. ... George W. Crawford (December 22, 1798–July 27, 1872) was an American political figure from Georgia. ... Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815–October 9, 1868) was an American political figure. ... Herschel Vespasian Johnson (September 18, 1812 - August 16, 1880) was an American politician. ... Joseph Emerson Brown (April 15, 1821–November 30, 1894), often referred to as Joe Brown, was a Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, and a U.S. Senator from 1880 to 1891. ... James Johnson (February 12, 1811 - November 20, 1891, from the City of Columbus in Muscogee County, served as provisional governor of the State of Georgia between June and October of 1865. ... Charles Jones Jenkins (January 6, 1805 - June 14, 1883) was a politician from Georgia. ... James Milton Smith (October 24, 1823 – November 26, 1890) was a Confederate infantry colonel in the American Civil War, as well as a post-war Governor of Georgia. ... Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824–March 26, 1894) was a lawyer, preacher, soldier, Governor of Georgia and two term U.S. Senator from Georgia where he died in office. ... Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was Vice President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. ... John Brown Gordon John Brown Gordon ( February 6, 1832 – January 9, 1904) served as one of Robert E. Lees most trusted generals during the Civil War. ... William Jonathan Northen, the two-term governor of Georgia from 1890 to 1894, was born in in Jones County, Georgia, on July 9th, 1835. ... William Yates Atkinson, the governor of Georgia from 1894 to 1898, was born in Oakland, Georgia, on November 11, 1854. ... Michael Hoke Smith (September 2, 1855 – November 27, 1931) was a newspaper owner, United States Secretary of the Interior (1893-1896), Democratic Governor of Georgia (1907-1909,1911), and a United States Senator (1911-1920) from Georgia. ... Michael Hoke Smith (September 2, 1855 – November 27, 1931) was a newspaper owner, United States Secretary of the Interior (1893-1896), Democratic Governor of Georgia (1907-1909,1911), and a United States Senator (1911-1920) from Georgia. ... John Marshall Slaton, or Jack Slaton, served two non-consecutive terms as the Governor of Georgia. ... John Marshall Slaton, or Jack Slaton, served two non-consecutive terms as the Governor of Georgia. ... Thomas William Hardwick (December 9, 1872 – January 31, 1944) was an American politician from the state of Georgia. ... Lamartine Griffin Hardman (April 14, 1856 - February 18, 1937) served two terms as governor of the state of Georgia from 1927 to 1931. ... Richard Russell, Jr. ... Eugene Talmadge (September 23, 1884–December 21, 1946) was an American politician who served as governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1933 to 1937 and again from 1941 to 1943. ... Eurith Dickenson (ED) Rivers (December 5, 1895– June 11, 1967) was an American politician from Lanier County, Georgia. ... Eugene Talmadge (September 23, 1884–December 21, 1946) was an American politician who served as governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1933 to 1937 and again from 1941 to 1943. ... Ellis Gibbs Arnall (March 20, 1907 - December 13, 1992) was an American politician who served as the Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1943 to 1947. ... Melvin Ernest Thompson (May 1, 1903 - October 3, 1980) was a politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Herman Eugene Talmadge (August 9, 1913 - March 21, 2002) was an American politician who served as Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia briefly in 1947 and again from 1948 to 1955, and as a U.S. Senator from 1957 until 1981. ... Samuel Marvin Griffin (September 4, 1907 - June 13, 1982) was a politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr. ... Carl Edward Sanders (born May 15, 1925) is an American politician who served as the governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1963 to 1967. ... Lester Garfield Maddox (September 30, 1915–June 25, 2003) was an American Democratic Party politician who was governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. ... For the submarine, see USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23). ... George Dekle Busbee (August 7, 1927–July 16, 2004) was an American politician who served as the governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1975 to 1983. ... Joe Frank Harris (born February 16, 1936) is an American politician who served as the Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1983 to 1991. ... Zell Bryan Miller (born February 24, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Roy Eugene Barnes (born March 11, 1948) was the governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from January 1999 until January 2003. ... George Ervin Sonny Perdue III (born December 20, 1946) is the current governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. ...