US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

1662	1663	Samuel Stephens	(Commander)
1663	1667	William Drummond	(b. circa 1617, d. 1688)
1667	1669	Samuel Stephens
1670	1673	Peter Carteret
1673	1676	John Jenkins	(1st time, acting)
1676	1677	Thomas Eastchurch
1677		Thomas Miller
1678		Seth Sothel	(1st time)
1679		John Harvey	(1st time, acting)
1679	1681	John Jenkins	(2nd time, acting)
1682	1689	Seth Sothel	(2nd time)
1689	1694	Philipp Ludwell	(b. circa 1660, d. circa 1704)
1694	1696	John Archdale	(b. 1642, d. 1717)
1696	1699	John Harvey	(2nd time)
1699	1704	Henderson Walker	(acting)
1704	1705	Robert Daniel	(acting, d. 1745)
1705	1706	Thomas Cary	(1st time)
1706	1708	William Glover	(acting)
1708	1710	Thomas Cary	(2nd time, acting)
1710	8-Sep-1712	Edward Hyde	(b. 1650, d. 1712)
8-Sep-1712	1714	Thomas Pollock	(1st time, acting, b. 1654, d. 1722)
1714	17-Mar-1722	Charles Eden	(b. 1673, d. 1722)
17-Mar-1722	30-Aug-1722	Thomas Pollock	(2nd time, acting)
1722	1724	William Reed
1724	1725	George Burrington	(1st time, b. 1680, d. 1759)
1725	Feb-1731	Richard Everard
Feb-1731	1734	George Burrington	(2nd time)
1734	1752	Gabriel Johnston	(b. 1699, d. 1752)
1752	1753	Nathaniel Rice
1753	1754	Matthew Rowan
1754	1765	Arthur Dobbs	(b. 1689, d. 1765)
1765	1771	William Tryon	(b. 1729, d. 1788)
1771		James Hasell	(acting)
1771	1776	Josiah Martin	(b. 1737, d. 1786)
4-Jul-1776	21-Aug-1776	Cornelius Harnett	(President)
21-Aug-1776	27-Sep-1776	Samuel Ashe	(President, b. 1725, d. 1813)
27-Sep-1776	12-Nov-1776	Willie Jones	(President)
12-Nov-1776	20-Dec-1776	Richard Caswell	(President, b. 1729, d. 1789)
20-Dec-1776	20-Apr-1780	Richard Caswell	(1st time)
20-Apr-1780	26-Jun-1781	Abner Nash	(b. 1740, d. 1786)
26-Jun-1781	22-Apr-1782	Thomas Burke	(b. 1747, d. 1783)
22-Apr-1782	13-May-1785	Alexander Martin	(1st time, b. 1740, d. 1807)
13-May-1785	20-Dec-1787	Richard Caswell	(2nd time)
20-Dec-1787	17-Dec-1789	Samuel Johnston	(b. 1733, d. 1816)
17-Dec-1789	14-Dec-1792	Alexander Martin	(2nd time, Republican)
14-Dec-1792	19-Nov-1795	Richard D. Spaight	(b. 1758, d. 1802, Republican)
19-Nov-1795	7-Dec-1798	Samuel Ashe	(s.a., Republican)
7-Dec-1798	23-Nov-1799	William R. Davie	(b. 1756, d. 1820, Federalist)
23-Nov-1799	6-Dec-1802	Benjamin Williams	(1st time, b. 1751, d. 1814, Republican)
6-Dec-1802	10-Dec-1805	James Turner	(b. 1766, d. 1824, Republican)
10-Dec-1805	1-Dec-1807	Nathaniel Alexander	(b. 1756, d. 1808, Republican)
1-Dec-1807	12-Dec-1808	Benjamin Williams	(2nd time, Republican)
12-Dec-1808	1-Dec-1810	David Stone	(b. 1770, d. 1818, Republican)
5-Dec-1810	11-Dec-1811	Benjamin Smith	(b. 1756, d. 1826, Republican)
11-Dec-1811	29-Nov-1814	William Hawkins	(b. 1777, d. 1819, Republican)
7-Dec-1814	3-Dec-1817	William Miller	(b. 1770, d. 1825, Republican)
6-Dec-1817	7-Dec-1820	John Branch	(b. 1782, d. 1863, Republican)
7-Dec-1820	1-Dec-1821	Jesse Franklin	(b. 1760, d. 1823, Republican)
7-Dec-1821	7-Dec-1824	Gabriel Holmes	(b. 1769, d. 1829, Republican)
7-Dec-1824	8-Dec-1827	Hutchings G. Burton	(b. 1784, d. 1836, Republican)
8-Dec-1827	12-Dec-1828	James Iredell	(b. 1788, d. 1853, Republican)
12-Dec-1828	18-Dec-1830	John Owen	(b. 1767, d. 1841, Democrat)
18-Dec-1830	6-Dec-1832	Montfort Stokes	(b. 1762, d. 1842, Democrat)
6-Dec-1832	10-Dec-1835	David L. Swain	(b. 1801, d. 1868, Democrat)
10-Dec-1835	31-Dec-1836	Richard D. Spaight, Jr.	(b. 1796, d. 1850, Democrat)
31-Dec-1836	1-Jan-1841	Edward B. Dudley	(b. 1769, d. 1855, Whig)
1-Jan-1841	1-Jan-1845	John M. Morehead	(b. 1796, d. 1866, Whig)
1-Jan-1845	1-Jan-1849	William A. Graham	(b. 1804, d. 1875, Whig)
1-Jan-1849	1-Jan-1851	Charles Manly	(b. 1795, d. 1871, Whig)
1-Jan-1851	6-Dec-1854	David S. Reid	(b. 1813, d. 1891, Democrat)
6-Dec-1854	1-Jan-1855	Warren Winslow	(acting, b. 1810, d. 1862, Democrat)
1-Jan-1855	1-Jan-1859	Thomas Bragg	(b. 1810, d. 1872, Democrat)
1-Jan-1859	7-Jul-1861	John W. Ellis	(b. 1820, d. 1861, Democrat)
7-Jul-1861	8-Sep-1862	Henry T. Clark	(acting, b. 1808, d. 1874, Whig)
8-Sep-1862	29-May-1865	Zebulon Vance	(1st time, b. 1830, d. 1894, Whig/Con)
29-May-1865	15-Dec-1865	William W. Holden	(1st time, provisional, b. 1818, d. 1892)
15-Dec-1865	1-Jul-1868	Jonathan Worth	(b. 1802, d. 1869, Con)
1-Jul-1868	15-Dec-1870	William W. Holden	(2nd time, Republican)
15-Dec-1870	11-Jul-1874	Tod R. Caldwell	(b. 1818, d. 1874, Republican)
11-Jul-1874	1-Jan-1877	Curtis H. Brogden	(b. 1816, d. 1901, Republican)
1-Jan-1877	5-Feb-1879	Zebulon Vance	(2nd time, Democrat)
5-Feb-1879	21-Jan-1885	Thomas J. Jarvis	(b. 1836, d. 1915, Democrat)
21-Jan-1885	17-Jan-1889	Alfred M. Scales	(b. 1827, d. 1892, Democrat)
17-Jan-1889	7-Apr-1891	Daniel G. Fowle	(b. 1831, d. 1891, Democrat)
8-Apr-1891	18-Jan-1893	Thomas M. Holt	(b. 1831, d. 1896, Democrat)
18-Jan-1893	12-Jan-1897	Elias Carr	(b. 1839, d. 1900, Democrat)
12-Jan-1897	15-Jan-1901	Daniel L. Russell	(b. 1845, d. 1908, Republican)
15-Jan-1901	11-Jan-1905	Charles B. Aycock	(b. 1859, d. 1912, Democrat)
11-Jan-1905	12-Jan-1909	Robert B. Glenn	(b. 1854, d. 1920, Democrat)
12-Jan-1909	15-Jan-1913	William W. Kitchin	(b. 1866, d. 1924, Democrat)
15-Jan-1913	11-Jan-1917	Locke Craig	(b. 1860, d. 1925, Democrat)
11-Jan-1917	12-Jan-1921	Thomas W. Bickett	(b. 1869, d. 1921, Democrat)
12-Jan-1921	14-Jan-1925	Cameron Morrison	(b. 1869, d. 1953, Democrat)
14-Jan-1925	11-Jan-1929	Angus W. McLean	(b. 1870, d. 1935, Democrat)
11-Jan-1929	5-Jan-1933	O. Max Gardner	(b. 1882, d. 1947, Democrat)
5-Jan-1933	7-Jan-1937	J.C.B. Ehringhaus	(b. 1882, d. 1949, Democrat)
7-Jan-1937	9-Jan-1941	Clyde R. Hoey	(b. 1877, d. 1954, Democrat)
9-Jan-1941	4-Jan-1945	Joseph M. Broughton	(b. 1888, d. 1949, Democrat)
4-Jan-1945	6-Jan-1949	R. Gregg Cherry	(b. 1891, d. 1957, Democrat)
6-Jan-1949	8-Jan-1953	W. Kerr Scott	(b. 1896, d. 1958, Democrat)
8-Jan-1953	7-Nov-1954	William B. Umstead	(b. 1895, d. 1954, Democrat)
7-Nov-1954	5-Jan-1961	Luther H. Hodges	(b. 1898, d. 1974, Democrat)
5-Jan-1961	8-Jan-1965	Terry Sanford	(b. 1917, d. 1998, Democrat)
8-Jan-1965	3-Jan-1969	Dan K. Moore	(b. 1906, d. 1986, Democrat)
3-Jan-1969	5-Jan-1973	Robert W. Scott	(b. 1929, d. 2009, Democrat)
5-Jan-1973	8-Jan-1977	James Holshouser	(b. 1934, Republican)
8-Jan-1977	5-Jan-1985	James B. Hunt	(1st time, b. 1937, Democrat)
5-Jan-1985	9-Jan-1993	James G. Martin	(b. 1935, Republican)
9-Jan-1993	6-Jan-2001	James B. Hunt	(2nd time, Democrat)
6-Jan-2001	10-Jan-2009	Michael Easley	(b. 1950, Democrat)
10-Jan-2009	5-Jan-2013	Beverly Perdue	(b. 1948, Democrat)
5-Jan-2013	--	Patrick McCrory	(b. 1956, Republican)

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