
Governor of North Carolina
Governor History76

Josh SteinDemocratic • Jan 2025 – Present
Roy CooperDemocratic • Jan 2021 – Dec 2025
Roy CooperDemocratic • Jan 2017 – Dec 2020
Pat McCroryRepublican • Jan 2013 – Dec 2016
Bev PerdueDemocratic • Jan 2009 – Dec 2013
Michael F. EasleyDemocratic • Jan 2001 – Dec 2009
James B. HuntDemocratic • Jan 1993 – Dec 2001

James G. MartinRepublican • Jan 1985 – Dec 1993
James B. HuntDemocratic • Jan 1977 – Dec 1985
James E. HolshouserRepublican • Jan 1973 – Dec 1977

Robert C. "Bobby" ScottDemocratic • Jan 1969 – Dec 1973
Dan Killian MooreDemocratic • Jan 1965 – Dec 1969
James Terry SanfordDemocratic • Jan 1961 – Dec 1965
Luther Hartwell HodgesDemocratic • Jan 1954 – Dec 1961
William Bradley UmsteadDemocratic • Jan 1953 – Dec 1954

William Lloyd ScottDemocratic • Jan 1949 – Dec 1953
Robert Gregg CherryDemocratic • Jan 1945 – Dec 1949
Joseph Melville BroughtonDemocratic • Jan 1941 – Dec 1945
Clyde Roark HoeyDemocratic • Jan 1937 – Dec 1941
John Christopher Blucher EhringhausDemocratic • Jan 1933 – Dec 1937
Oliver Max GardnerBaptist • Jan 1929 – Dec 1933
Angus Wilton McleanDemocratic • Jan 1925 – Dec 1929
Cameron A. MorrisonDemocratic • Jan 1921 – Dec 1925
Thomas Walter BickettDemocratic • Jan 1917 – Dec 1921
Locke CraigDemocratic • Jan 1913 – Dec 1917
William Walton KitchinDemocratic • Jan 1909 – Dec 1913
Robert Broadnax GlennDemocratic • Jan 1905 – Dec 1909
Charles Brantley AycockDemocratic • Jan 1901 – Dec 1905
Daniel Lindsay RussellRepublican • Jan 1897 – Dec 1901
Elias CarrDemocratic • Jan 1893 – Dec 1897
Thomas Michael HoltDemocratic • Jan 1891 – Dec 1893
Daniel Gould FowleDemocratic • Jan 1889 – Dec 1891
Alfred Moore ScalesDemocratic • Jan 1885 – Dec 1889
Thomas Jordan JarvisDemocratic • Jan 1879 – Dec 1885
Zebulon Baird VanceDemocratic • Jan 1877 – Dec 1879
Curtis Hooks BrogdenRepublican • Jan 1874 – Dec 1877
Tod Robinson CaldwellRepublican • Jan 1870 – Dec 1874
William Woods HoldenRepublican • Jan 1868 – Dec 1870
William Woods HoldenRepublican • Jan 1865 – Dec 1865
Jonathan WorthDemocratic • Jan 1865 – Dec 1868
Zebulon Baird VanceDemocratic • Jan 1862 – Dec 1865
Henry Toole ClarkDemocratic • Jan 1861 – Dec 1862
John Willis EllisDemocratic • Jan 1859 – Dec 1861
Thomas BraggDemocratic • Jan 1855 – Dec 1859
Warren WinslowDemocratic • Jan 1854 – Dec 1855
David Settle ReidDemocratic • Jan 1851 – Dec 1854
Charles ManlyWhig • Jan 1849 – Dec 1850
William Alexander GrahamWhig • Jan 1845 – Dec 1849
John Motley MoreheadWhig • Jan 1841 – Dec 1845
Edward Bishop DudleyWhig • Jan 1836 – Dec 1841
Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.Democratic • Jan 1835 – Dec 1836
David Lowry SwainWhig • Jan 1832 – Dec 1835
Montfort StokesDemocratic • Jan 1830 – Dec 1832
John OwenDemocratic • Jan 1828 – Dec 1830
James IredellDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1827 – Dec 1828
Hutchins Gordon BurtonFederalist • Jan 1824 – Dec 1827
Gabriel HolmesDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1821 – Dec 1824
Jesse FranklinDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1820 – Dec 1821
John BranchDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1817 – Dec 1820
William MillerDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1814 – Dec 1817
William HawkinsDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1811 – Dec 1814
Benjamin SmithDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1810 – Dec 1811
David StoneDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1808 – Dec 1810
Benjamin WilliamsDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1807 – Dec 1808
Nathaniel AlexanderDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1805 – Dec 1807
James TurnerDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1802 – Dec 1805
Benjamin WilliamsDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1799 – Dec 1802
William Richardson DavieFederalist • Jan 1798 – Dec 1799
Samuel AsheRepublican • Jan 1795 – Dec 1798
Richard Dobbs Spaight Sr.Anti-Federalist • Jan 1792 – Dec 1795
Alexander MartinFederalist • Jan 1789 – Dec 1792
Samuel JohnstonFederalist • Jan 1787 – Dec 1789
Alexander MartinFederalist • Jan 1782 – Dec 1785
Thomas BurkeJan 1781 – Dec 1782
Abner NashJan 1780 – Dec 1781
Richard CaswellJan 1776 – Dec 1780