Historical Record
Previous Governors of North Carolina
Governors who previously held office in North Carolina, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesJosh SteinDemocrat2023–2025
Roy CooperDemocrat2017–2025
Pat McCroryRepublican2013–2017
Bev PerdueDemocrat2009–2013
Mike EasleyDemocrat2001–2009
Jim HuntDemocrat1993–2001
James G. MartinRepublican1985–1993
Jim HuntDemocrat1977–1985
James HolshouserDemocrat1973–1977
Robert W. ScottDemocrat1969–1973
Dan K. MooreDemocrat1965–1969
Terry SanfordDemocrat1961–1965
Luther H. HodgesDemocrat1954–1961
William B. UmsteadDemocrat1953–1954
W. Kerr ScottDemocrat1949–1953
R. Gregg CherryDemocrat1945–1949
J. Melville BroughtonDemocrat1941–1945
Clyde R. HoeyDemocrat1937–1941
John C. B. EhringhausDemocrat1933–1937
Oliver Max GardnerDemocrat1929–1933
Angus Wilton McLeanDemocrat1925–1929
Cameron A. MorrisonDemocrat1921–1925
Thomas Walter BickettDemocrat1917–1921
Locke CraigDemocrat1913–1917
William Walton KitchinDemocrat1909–1913
Robert Broadnax GlennDemocrat1905–1909
Charles Brantley AycockDemocrat1901–1905
Daniel Lindsay RussellRepublican1897–1901
Elias CarrDemocrat1893–1897
Thomas Michael HoltDemocrat1891–1893
Daniel Gould FowleDemocrat1889–1891
Alfred Moore ScalesDemocrat1885–1889
Thomas Jordan JarvisDemocrat1879–1885
Zebulon Baird VanceDemocrat1877–1879
Curtis Hooks BrogdenRepublican1874–1877
Tod Robinson CaldwellRepublican1870–1874
William Woods HoldenRepublican1868–1871
Jonathan WorthIndependent1865–1868
William Woods HoldenIndependent1865–1865
Zebulon Baird VanceIndependent1862–1865
Henry Toole ClarkDemocrat1861–1862
John Willis EllisDemocrat1859–1861
Thomas BraggDemocrat1855–1859
Warren WinslowDemocrat1854–1855
David Settle ReidDemocrat1851–1854
Charles ManlyIndependent1849–1851
William Alexander GrahamIndependent1845–1849
John Motley MoreheadIndependent1841–1845
Edward Bishop DudleyIndependent1836–1841
Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.Democrat1835–1836
David Lowry SwainIndependent1832–1835
Montfort StokesIndependent1830–1832
John OwenIndependent1828–1830
James Iredell Jr.Independent1827–1828
Hutchins Gordon BurtonIndependent1824–1827
Gabriel HolmesIndependent1821–1824
Jesse FranklinIndependent1820–1821
John BranchIndependent1817–1820
William MillerIndependent1814–1817
William HawkinsIndependent1811–1814
Benjamin SmithIndependent1810–1811
David StoneIndependent1808–1810
Benjamin WilliamsIndependent1807–1808
Nathaniel AlexanderIndependent1805–1807
James TurnerIndependent1802–1805
John Baptista AsheIndependent1802–1802
Benjamin WilliamsIndependent1799–1802
William Richardson DavieIndependent1798–1799
Samuel AsheIndependent1795–1798
Richard Dobbs SpaightIndependent1792–1795
Alexander MartinIndependent1789–1792
Samuel JohnstonIndependent1787–1789
Richard CaswellIndependent1785–1787
Alexander MartinIndependent1782–1785
Thomas BurkeIndependent1781–1782
Abner NashIndependent1780–1781
Richard CaswellIndependent1776–1780