List of governors of North Carolina

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The governor of North Carolina is the head of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

There have been 69 governors of North Carolina, with six serving non-consecutive terms, totaling 75 terms. The current governor is Democrat Roy Cooper, who took office on January 1, 2017.

Governors[edit]

Presidents of the Council[edit]

Prior to declaring its independence, North Carolina was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain. The 13-member Provincial Council, renamed the Council of Safety in April 1776, was essentially the executive authority during the second year of the revolution, and was appointed by the Provincial Congress. The Presidency of the Council and the Presidency of the Congress could each be considered the highest offices in the state during this time, but the council was supreme when the congress was not in session.

Cornelius Harnett served as the first president from October 18, 1775, to August 21, 1776. Samuel Ashe then served until September 27, 1776, and Willie Jones until October 25, 1776, at which time a state government had been formed.[1]

State Governors[edit]

North Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and was admitted as a state on November 21, 1789.[2] It seceded from the Union on May 20, 1861,[3] and joined the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861.[4] Following the end of the American Civil War, North Carolina during Reconstruction was part of the Second Military District, which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections. North Carolina was readmitted to the Union on July 4, 1868.[5]

The first constitution of 1776 created the office of governor, to be chosen by the legislature annually, and whom may only serve up to three out of every six years.[6] An amendment in 1835 changed this to popular election for a term of two years,[7] allowing them to succeed themselves once.[1] The 1868 constitution lengthened terms to four years, to commence on the first day of January after the election,[8] but they could not succeed themselves,[9] a limit that was changed in 1977 to allow them to succeed themselves once.[10]

The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1868, to act as governor when that office is vacant;[11] in 1971 this was changed so that the lieutenant governor becomes governor.[12] Before the office was created, the speaker of the senate would act as governor should it be vacant.[13]

Governors of the State of North Carolina
No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor[a][b]
1 Richard Caswell (governor).jpg   Richard Caswell
(1729–1789)
[15] 		December 19, 1776[c]
–
April 21, 1780
(term-limited) 		None 1776 Office did not exist
1777
1778
1779
2 AbnerNash.jpg Abner Nash
(1740–1786)
[19] 		April 21, 1780[17]
–
June 26, 1781
(did not run) 		None 1780
3 Thomas Burke of North Carolina.jpg Thomas Burke[d]
(1747–1783)
[22] 		June 26, 1781[23]
–
April 22, 1782
(did not run) 		None 1781
4 NCG-AlexanderMartin.jpg Alexander Martin
(1740–1807)
[21][24] 		April 22, 1782[25]
–
May 13, 1785
(did not run) 		Anti-Federalist 1782
1783
5 Richard Caswell (governor).jpg Richard Caswell
(1729–1789)
[15] 		May 13, 1785[26][27]
–
December 20, 1787
(did not run) 		None 1784
1785
1786
6 Samuel Johnston Bust.JPG Samuel Johnston
(1733–1816)
[28] 		December 20, 1787[1]
–
December 17, 1789
(resigned)[e] 		Federalist 1787
1788
1789
7 NCG-AlexanderMartin.jpg Alexander Martin
(1740–1807)
[21][24] 		December 17, 1789[1]
–
December 14, 1792
(term-limited) 		Anti-Federalist 1789
(special)
1790
1791
8 NCG-RichardSpaight.jpg Richard Dobbs Spaight
(1758–1802)
[29][30] 		December 14, 1792[1]
–
November 19, 1795
(term-limited) 		Federalist 1792
1793
1794
9 Samuel Ashe
(1725–1813)
[31][32] 		November 19, 1795[1]
–
December 7, 1798
(term-limited) 		Anti-Federalist 1795
1796
1797
10 William Richardson Davie - Charles Willson Peale (full portrait) (frame cropped).jpg William Richardson Davie
(1756–1820)
[33][34] 		December 7, 1798[1]
–
November 23, 1799
(did not run)[f] 		Federalist 1798
11 NCG-BenjaminWilliams.jpg Benjamin Williams
(1751–1814)
[37][38] 		November 23, 1799[39]
–
December 6, 1802
(term-limited) 		Federalist 1799
1800
1801
— John Ashe E-000273-20111012.jpg John Baptista Ashe
(1748–1802) 		Died before
taking office[1][40] 		Democratic-
Republican 		1802
12 James Turner Gouverneur von North Carolina.jpg James Turner
(1766–1824)
[40][41] 		December 6, 1802[42]
–
December 10, 1805
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1802
(special)
1803
1804
13 Nathaniel Alexander
(1756–1808)
[43][44] 		December 10, 1805[45]
–
December 1, 1807
(did not run) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1805
1806
14 NCG-BenjaminWilliams.jpg Benjamin Williams
(1751–1814)
[37][38] 		December 1, 1807[46]
–
December 12, 1808
(did not run) 		Federalist 1807
15 NC-Congress-DavidStone.jpg David Stone
(1770–1818)
[47][48] 		December 12, 1808[49]
–
December 5, 1810
(lost election)[50] 		Democratic-
Republican 		1808
1809
16 Governor Benjamin Smith.jpg Benjamin Smith
(1756–1826)
[51][52] 		December 5, 1810[53]
–
December 9, 1811
(did not run)[g] 		Democratic-
Republican 		1810
17 William Hawkins.jpg William Hawkins
(1777–1819)
[55][56] 		December 9, 1811[54]
–
December 7, 1814
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1811
1812
1813
18 Governor William Miller.jpg William Miller
(1783–1825)
[57][58] 		December 7, 1814[59]
–
December 6, 1817
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1814
1815
1816
19 JohnBranch2.jpg John Branch
(1782–1863)
[60][61] 		December 6, 1817[62]
–
December 7, 1820
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1817
1818
1819
20 Jesse Franklin
(1760–1823)
[63][64] 		December 7, 1820[65]
–
December 7, 1821
(did not run) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1820
21 Gabriel Holmes
(1769–1829)
[66][67] 		December 7, 1821[68]
–
December 7, 1824
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1821
1822
1823
22 Hutchins Gordon Burton.jpg Hutchins Gordon Burton
(1774–1836)
[69][70] 		December 7, 1824[71]
–
December 8, 1827
(term-limited) 		None 1824
1825
1826
23 James Iredell.jpg James Iredell Jr.
(1788–1853)
[72][73] 		December 8, 1827[74]
–
December 12, 1828
(did not run)[h] 		Democratic-
Republican 		1827
24 John Owen.jpg John Owen
(1787–1841)
[75][76] 		December 12, 1828[77]
–
December 18, 1830
(did not run)[i] 		Democratic 1828
1829
25 NCG-MontfortStokes.jpg Montfort Stokes
(1762–1842)
[79][80] 		December 18, 1830[81]
–
December 6, 1832
(did not run)[j] 		Democratic 1830
1831
26 David Lowry Swain.jpg David Lowry Swain
(1801–1868)
[84][85] 		December 6, 1832[86]
–
December 10, 1835
(term-limited) 		National
Republican 		1832
1833
1834
27 RDSpaightJr-NC.jpg Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.
(1796–1850)
[87][88] 		December 10, 1835[89]
–
December 31, 1836
(lost election) 		Democratic 1835
28 Edward Bishop Dudley.jpg Edward Bishop Dudley
(1789–1855)
[90][91] 		December 31, 1836[92]
–
January 1, 1841
(term-limited) 		Whig 1836
1838
29 John Motley Morehead.jpg John Motley Morehead
(1796–1866)
[93][94] 		January 1, 1841[95]
–
January 1, 1845
(term-limited) 		Whig 1840
1842
30 William Alexander Graham - Brady-Handy.jpg William Alexander Graham
(1804–1875)
[96][97] 		January 1, 1845[98]
–
January 1, 1849
(term-limited) 		Whig 1844
1846
31 Charles Manly.jpg Charles Manly
(1795–1871)
[99][100] 		January 1, 1849[101]
–
January 1, 1851
(lost election) 		Whig 1848
32 DavidSettleReid.jpg David Settle Reid
(1813–1891)
[102][103] 		January 1, 1851[104]
–
December 6, 1854
(resigned)[k] 		Democratic 1850
1852
33 Warren Winslow.jpg Warren Winslow
(1810–1862)
[106][107] 		December 6, 1854[108]
–
January 1, 1855
(successor took office) 		Democratic Speaker of
the Senate
acting
34 Thomas Bragg 1.jpg Thomas Bragg
(1810–1872)
[109][110] 		January 1, 1855[111]
–
January 1, 1859
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1854
1856
35 John Willis Ellis.jpg John Willis Ellis
(1820–1861)
[112][113] 		January 1, 1859[114]
–
July 7, 1861
(died in office) 		Democratic 1858
1860
36 Henry Toole Clark.jpg Henry Toole Clark
(1808–1874)
[115][116] 		July 7, 1861[117]
–
September 8, 1862
(did not run) 		Democratic Speaker of
the Senate
acting
37 Zebulon Baird Vance - Brady-Handy.jpg Zebulon Baird Vance[l]
(1830–1894)
[119][120] 		September 8, 1862[121]
–
May 13, 1865
(arrested and removed)[m] 		Conservative 1862
1864
— Vacant May 13, 1865
–
May 29, 1865 		— Office vacated
after civil war
38 NCG-WilliamHolden.jpg William Woods Holden
(1818–1892)
[124][125] 		May 29, 1865[126]
–
December 15, 1865
(lost election) 		— Provisional
governor
appointed by
President[n]
39 Jonathan Worth (North Carolina).jpg Johnathan Worth
(1802–1869)
[127][128] 		December 15, 1865[129]
–
July 1, 1868
(did not run) 		Conservative 1865
1866
40 NCG-WilliamHolden.jpg William Woods Holden
(1818–1892)
[124][125] 		July 1, 1868[130]
–
March 22, 1871
(impeached and removed)[o] 		Republican 1868   Tod Robinson Caldwell
41 Tod Caldwell.jpg Tod Robinson Caldwell
(1818–1874)
[131][132] 		March 22, 1871[p]
–
July 11, 1874
(died in office) 		Republican Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
1872 Curtis Hooks Brogden
42 Curtis Hooks Brogden (1816-1901) portrait.jpg Curtis Hooks Brogden
(1816–1901)
[136][137] 		July 11, 1874[138]
–
January 1, 1877
(did not run)[q] 		Republican Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
43 Zebulon Baird Vance - Brady-Handy.jpg Zebulon Baird Vance
(1830–1894)
[119][120] 		January 1, 1877[139]
–
February 5, 1879
(resigned)[r] 		Democratic 1876 Thomas Jordan Jarvis
44 Thomas Jordan Jarvis.jpg Thomas Jordan Jarvis
(1836–1915)
[141][142] 		February 5, 1879[143]
–
January 21, 1885
(term-limited) 		Democratic Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
1880 James L. Robinson[s]
45 NCG-AlfredScales.jpg Alfred Moore Scales
(1827–1892)
[145][146] 		January 21, 1885[147]
–
January 17, 1889
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1884 Charles Manly Stedman
46 NCG-DanielFowle.jpg Daniel Gould Fowle
(1831–1891)
[148][149] 		January 17, 1889[150]
–
April 7, 1891
(died in office) 		Democratic 1888 Thomas Michael Holt
47 Thomas Michael Holt Governor of North Carolina.jpeg Thomas Michael Holt
(1831–1896)
[151][152] 		April 7, 1891[153]
–
January 18, 1893
(lost nomination)[t] 		Democratic Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
48 Elias Carr - Gouverneur von Nord-Carolina.jpg Elias Carr
(1839–1900)
[155][156] 		January 18, 1893[157]
–
January 12, 1897
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1892 Rufus A. Doughton
49 Daniel Lindsay Russell.jpg Daniel Lindsay Russell
(1845–1908)
[158][159] 		January 12, 1897[160]
–
January 15, 1901
(term-limited) 		Republican 1896 Charles A. Reynolds
50 Picture of Charles Brantley Aycock.jpg Charles Brantley Aycock
(1859–1912)
[161][162] 		January 15, 1901[163]
–
January 11, 1905
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1900 Wilfred D. Turner
51 Robert Broadnax Glenn.jpg Robert Broadnax Glenn
(1854–1920)
[164][165] 		January 11, 1905[166]
–
January 12, 1909
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1904 Francis D. Winston
52 WilliamWaltonKitchin.jpg William Walton Kitchin
(1866–1924)
[167][168] 		January 12, 1909[169]
–
January 15, 1913
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1908 William C. Newland
53 Locke Craig.jpg Locke Craig
(1860–1924)
[170][171] 		January 15, 1913[172]
–
January 11, 1917
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1912 Elijah L. Daughtridge
54 ThomasWBickett.jpg Thomas Walter Bickett
(1869–1921)
[173][174] 		January 11, 1917[175]
–
January 12, 1921
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1916 Oliver Max Gardner
55 Cameron A. Morrison.jpg Cameron A. Morrison
(1869–1953)
[176][177] 		January 12, 1921[178]
–
January 14, 1925
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1920 William B. Cooper
56 Angus Wilton McLean.jpg Angus Wilton McLean
(1870–1935)
[179][180] 		January 14, 1925[181]
–
January 11, 1929
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1924 J. Elmer Long
57 Oliver Max Gardner.jpg Oliver Max Gardner
(1882–1947)
[182][183] 		January 11, 1929[184]
–
January 5, 1933
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1928 Richard T. Fountain
58 JohnEhringhaus.jpg John C. B. Ehringhaus
(1882–1949)
[185][186] 		January 5, 1933[187]
–
January 7, 1937
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1932 Alexander H. Graham
59 Clyde Hoey.jpg Clyde R. Hoey
(1877–1954)
[188][189] 		January 7, 1937[190]
–
January 9, 1941
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1936 Wilkins P. Horton
60 Melville Broughton.jpg J. Melville Broughton
(1888–1949)
[191][192] 		January 9, 1941[193]
–
January 4, 1945
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1940 Reginald L. Harris
61 Robert Gregg Cherry.jpg R. Gregg Cherry
(1891–1957)
[194][195] 		January 4, 1945[196]
–
January 6, 1949
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1944 Lynton Y. Ballentine
62 W. Kerr Scott.jpg W. Kerr Scott
(1896–1958)
[197][198] 		January 6, 1949[199]
–
January 8, 1953
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1948 Hoyt Patrick Taylor
63 William Bradley Umstead.jpg William B. Umstead
(1895–1954)
[200][201] 		January 8, 1953[202]
–
November 7, 1954
(died in office) 		Democratic 1952 Luther H. Hodges
64 N 85 29 L Hodges-Bill Friday-Bob House 56 (8080601640) (cropped).jpg Luther H. Hodges
(1898–1974)
[203][204] 		November 7, 1954[205]
–
January 5, 1961
(term-limited) 		Democratic Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Acting as governor
1956 Luther E. Barnhardt
65 Terry Sanford 1961.jpg Terry Sanford
(1917–1998)
[206][207] 		January 5, 1961[208]
–
January 8, 1965
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1960 Harvey Cloyd Philpott
Vacant
66 Dan K. Moore.jpg Dan K. Moore
(1906–1986)
[209][210] 		January 8, 1965[211]
–
January 3, 1969
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1964 Robert W. Scott
67 Robert W. Scott official photo (cropped).jpg Robert W. Scott
(1929–2009)
[212][213] 		January 3, 1969[214]
–
January 5, 1973
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1968 Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr.
68 James Holshouser official photo (cropped).jpg James Holshouser
(1934–2013)
[215][216] 		January 5, 1973[217]
–
January 8, 1977
(term-limited) 		Republican 1972 Jim Hunt[u]
69 Jim Hunt (NC, 1981).png Jim Hunt
(b. 1937)
[218][219] 		January 8, 1977[220]
–
January 5, 1985
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1976 James C. Green
1980
70 James G. Martin (cropped).jpg James G. Martin
(b. 1935)
[221] 		January 5, 1985[222]
–
January 9, 1993
(term-limited) 		Republican 1984 Robert B. Jordan[u]
1988 Jim Gardner
71 Jim Hunt official portrait (cropped).jpg Jim Hunt
(b. 1937)
[218][219] 		January 9, 1993[223]
–
January 6, 2001
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1992 Dennis A. Wicker
1996
72 Mike Easley.jpg Mike Easley
(b. 1950)
[224] 		January 6, 2001[225]
–
January 10, 2009
(term-limited) 		Democratic 2000 Bev Perdue
2004
73 Beverly Perdue official photo.jpg Bev Perdue
(b. 1947)
[226] 		January 10, 2009[227]
–
January 5, 2013
(did not run) 		Democratic 2008 Walter H. Dalton
74 Governor McCrory cropped.jpg Pat McCrory
(b. 1956)
[228] 		January 5, 2013[229]
–
January 1, 2017
(lost election) 		Republican 2012 Dan Forest[v]
75 Gov. Cooper Cropped.jpg Roy Cooper
(b. 1957)
[230] 		January 1, 2017[231]
–
Incumbent[w] 		Democratic 2016
2020 Mark Robinson[v]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1868.[14]
  2. ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  3. ^ Sources disagree on when Caswell took office; the 1913 state manual says December 19,[16] the 1981 state manual says December 21,[17] while a biography from 1905 says it was December 24.[18]
  4. ^ Burke was captured by Loyalists led by David Fanning on September 13, 1781, and escaped on January 16, 1872;[20] during this time, Speaker of the Senate Alexander Martin acted as governor.[21]
  5. ^ Johnston resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[28]
  6. ^ Some sources say Davie resigned on September 10, 1799, to be a peace envoy to France;[35][33] however, the state manual does not mention a resignation,[1] and other sources say that, while he left the state, he arranged to formally remain governor.[36]
  7. ^ Smith was nominated and received votes in the first round of balloting, but he had not authorized this and was not interested, so his name was withdrawn.[54]
  8. ^ Iredell was instead elected to the United States Senate on December 1; while Sobel says he resigned to take his new office,[72] contemporary sources mention no such resignation.
  9. ^ Sobel says Owen had been nominated and withdrew,[75] but contemporary sources say only that he requested not to be nominated.[78]
  10. ^ Stokes was appointed to be a commissioner to treat with Indians, and sent a farewell message to the general assembly on November 19.[82] Some sources, both modern and older, interpret this as him resigning;[79][83] however, the 1927 manual says he left office normally on December 6,[1] and contemporary news does not use any term of resignation.
  11. ^ Reid resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[105]
  12. ^ After the Union victory in the Battle of New Bern, Abraham Lincoln appointed General Edward Stanly as military governor of the Union-held regions of North Carolina, and he served in that capacity from May 26, 1862, until early 1863, when he resigned over the Emancipation Proclamation.[118]
  13. ^ Vance left Raleigh on April 12 to negotiate a surrender,[122] surrendered to General John Schofield on May 2, and was arrested in Statesville on May 13. He was released a few weeks later, and would be pardoned by Andrew Johnson in 1867.[123]
  14. ^ Holden was appointed provisional governor by the Union occupation.[124]
  15. ^ Holden was impeached over crimes committed during the Kirk–Holden war against the Ku Klux Klan.[124]
  16. ^ Holden was impeached on December 19, 1870;[133][134] per the constitution, Caldwell became acting governor, and served in that capacity until and after Holden was convicted and removed on March 22, 1871.[135]
  17. ^ Brogden instead ran successfully for United States House of Representatives.[136]
  18. ^ Vance resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[119][140]
  19. ^ Robinson acted as governor from September 1 to September 28, 1883, while Jarvis was out of state.[144]
  20. ^ Holt lost the Democratic nomination to Elias Carr.[151][154]
  21. ^ a b Represented the Democratic Party
  22. ^ a b Represented the Republican Party
  23. ^ Cooper's second term began January 9, 2021, and will expire in January 2025; he will be term-limited.

References[edit]

General
  • "Former North Carolina Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  • Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. III. Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466008. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
Specific
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j North Carolina Secretary of State (1927). North Carolina Manual. North Carolina Historical Commission. pp. 67–69.
  2. ^ "Ratification of the Constitution by the State of North Carolina; November 21, 1789". The Avalon Project at Yale Law School. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  3. ^ "Secession Ordinances of 13 Confederate States". University of Houston. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "Secession". John Locke Foundation.
  5. ^ Act authorizing readmission on ratification of 14th amendment: 15 Stat. 73. Proclamation of North Carolina's ratification: 15 Stat. 703.
  6. ^ 1776 Const. art. XV
  7. ^ "Constitution, State". www.ncpedia.org. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  8. ^ 1868 Const. art. III, § 1
  9. ^ 1868 Const. art. III, § 2
  10. ^ North Carolina Secretary of State (1985). North Carolina manual [serial]. North Carolina Historical Commission. p. 155.
  11. ^ 1868 Const. art. III, § 12
  12. ^ NC Const. art. III, § 3
  13. ^ 1776 Const. art. XIX
  14. ^ 1868 Const. art. III, § 1
  15. ^ a b "Richard Caswell". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  16. ^ North Carolina Secretary of State (1913). North Carolina Manual. North Carolina Historical Commission. pp. 417–420.
  17. ^ a b North Carolina Secretary of State (1981). North Carolina Manual (PDF). pp. 409–412.
  18. ^ Ashe, Samuel A. (Samuel A'Court) (1905). Biographical history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present. Greensboro, N.C., C.L. Van Noppen. p. 74.
  19. ^ "Abner Nash". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  20. ^ Watterson, John S.; Roberts, Paul C.; Frisard, Madlyn I.; McMillan, Ryan P.; Brown, Timothy J.; Lawless, Michael H.; Hulver, Matthew W.; Schmelz, Eva M. (1971). "The Ordeal of Governor Burke". The North Carolina Historical Review. 48 (2): 95–117. doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.02.017. ISSN 0029-2494. PMC 3691854. PMID 23518387.
  21. ^ a b c Sobel pp. 1111–1112
  22. ^ "Thomas Burke". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  23. ^ Minutes of the North Carolina House of Commons, Volume 17, 26 June 1781, 897. Documenting the American South, University Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Accessed May 16, 2023.
  24. ^ a b "Alexander Martin". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  25. ^ Minutes of the North Carolina House of Commons, Volume 16, 22 April 1782, 40. Documenting the American South, University Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Accessed May 22, 2023.
  26. ^ Alexander, C. B. (1946). "Richard Caswell's Military and Later Public Services". The North Carolina Historical Review. 23 (3): 301–302. ISSN 0029-2494.
  27. ^ Wheeler, John Hill (1884). Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians. Columbus print. works. p. 105. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  28. ^ a b "Samuel Johnston". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  29. ^ Sobel pp. 1112–1113
  30. ^ "Richard Dobbs Spaight Sr". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  31. ^ Sobel p. 1113
  32. ^ "Samuel Ashe". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  33. ^ a b Sobel pp. 1114–1115
  34. ^ "William Richardson Davie". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  35. ^ Allen, William Cicero (1918). History of Halifax County. Cornhill Company. p. 161.
  36. ^ Ashe, Samuel A'Court (1925). History of North Carolina: From 1783 to 1925. C.L. Van Noppen. pp. 158–159.
  37. ^ a b Sobel pp. 1115–1116
  38. ^ a b "Benjamin Williams". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  39. ^ "General Assembly". Weekly Raleigh Register. 1799-11-26. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  40. ^ a b Sobel p. 1116
  41. ^ "James Turner". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  42. ^ "No title". Weekly Raleigh Register. 1802-12-07. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  43. ^ Sobel pp. 1116–1117
  44. ^ "Nathaniel Alexander". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  45. ^ "No title". Weekly Raleigh Register. 1805-12-16. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  46. ^ "No title". Weekly Raleigh Register. 1807-12-03. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
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  48. ^ "David Stone". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  49. ^ "No title". The Raleigh Minerva. 1808-12-15. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  50. ^ "No title". Weekly Raleigh Register. 1810-12-06. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
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  54. ^ a b "No title". Weekly Raleigh Register. 1811-12-13. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
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  58. ^ "William Miller". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  59. ^ "No title". The Raleigh Minerva. 1814-12-16. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
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  61. ^ "John Branch". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  62. ^ "No title". Weekly Raleigh Register. 1817-12-12. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
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  64. ^ "Jesse Franklin". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  65. ^ "No title". The Hillsborough Recorder. 1820-12-13. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
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  67. ^ "Gabriel Holmes". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  68. ^ "No title". Weekly Raleigh Register. 1821-12-14. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  69. ^ Sobel p. 1123
  70. ^ "Hutchins Gordon Burton". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  71. ^ "No title". North-Carolina Free Press. 1824-12-17. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
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  73. ^ "James Iredell". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  74. ^ "No title". The North-Carolina Star. 1827-12-13. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
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  76. ^ "John Owen". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  77. ^ "No title". The Raleigh Register. 1828-12-16. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  78. ^ "No title". Weekly Raleigh Register. 1830-12-16. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
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  80. ^ "Montfort Stokes". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  81. ^ "No title". The North-Carolina Star. 1830-12-23. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  82. ^ "Governor's Message". North-Carolina Free Press. 1832-12-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
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  85. ^ "David Lowry Swain". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  86. ^ "No title". North-Carolina Free Press. 1832-12-18. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
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  88. ^ "Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  89. ^ "Inaugural Address of Governor Spaight". The Weekly Standard. 1835-12-15. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
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  91. ^ "Edward Bishop Dudley". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  92. ^ "Inauguration". Weekly Raleigh Register. 1837-01-03. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
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  108. ^ "The Legislature". Semi-Weekly Standard. 1854-12-09. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
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  117. ^ "No title". The Daily Journal. 1861-07-11. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
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  120. ^ a b "Zebulon Baird Vance". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
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  125. ^ a b "William Woods Holden". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  126. ^ "President Johnson's Proclamation Appointing a Provisional Governor for North Carolina". The Daily Record. 1865-06-07. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
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  130. ^ "Meeting of the Legislature". The Daily Standard. 1868-07-02. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
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  132. ^ "Tod Robinson Caldwell". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
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  135. ^ "Impeachment of Holden". The Wilmington Morning Star. 1871-03-23. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
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  137. ^ "Curtis Hooks Brogden". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  138. ^ "Death of Gov. Caldwell". The Charlotte Democrat. 1874-07-13. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  139. ^ "The Inauguration". Carolina Watchman. 1877-01-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  140. ^ "Gov. Vance Resigns". The Torchlight. 1879-02-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
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  143. ^ "From the Capital". The Charlotte Observer. 1879-02-06. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
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  146. ^ "Alfred Moore Scales". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  147. ^ "The Inauguration". The Wilmington Morning Star. 1885-01-22. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
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  149. ^ "Daniel Gould Fowle". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  150. ^ "Gov. Daniel G. Fowle". Asheville Citizen-Times. 1889-01-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
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  152. ^ "Thomas Michael Holt". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  153. ^ "Governor Fowle Dead". Asheville Citizen-Times. 1891-04-08. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  154. ^ "Elias Carr for Governor". The News and Observer. 1892-05-19. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
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  156. ^ "Elias Carr". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  157. ^ "Governor Elias Carr". The State Chronicle. 1893-01-19. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
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  159. ^ "Daniel Lindsay Russell". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  160. ^ "Russell Inaugurated". The Wilmington Morning Star. 1897-01-13. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
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  162. ^ "Charles Brantley Aycock". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  163. ^ "Inauguration of Aycock". The Charlotte Observer. 1901-01-16. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  165. ^ "Robert Broadnax Glenn". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  166. ^ "New Governor Inaugurated". The Charlotte Observer. 1905-01-12. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  168. ^ "William Walton Kitchin". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  169. ^ "New Officers Take Oath". The Charlotte Observer. 1909-01-13. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  171. ^ "Locke Craig". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  172. ^ "Craig Is Now Our Governor". The Herald-Sun. 1913-01-16. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  174. ^ "Thomas Walter Bickett". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  175. ^ "Thomas Walker Bickett Assumes Governorship". The News and Observer. 1917-01-12. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  177. ^ "Cameron A. Morrison". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  178. ^ "Ovation to Governor Morrison a Reminder of Vance's Inauguration". The Charlotte Observer. 1921-01-13. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  180. ^ "Angus Wilton Mclean". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  181. ^ "M'Lean Inaugurated Governor". The News and Observer. 1925-01-15. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  183. ^ "Oliver Max Gardner". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  184. ^ "Thousands Cheer Gardner at Inaugural". The Charlotte Observer. 1929-01-12. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  186. ^ "John Christopher Blucher Ehringhaus". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  187. ^ "New Governor Takes Office". The News and Observer. 1933-01-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  189. ^ "Clyde Roark Hoey". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  190. ^ "Hoey Outlines Program in Inaugural Address". The Charlotte Observer. 1937-01-08. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  192. ^ "Joseph Melville Broughton". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  193. ^ "Governor Inducted in Solemn Ceremony". The Charlotte Observer. 1941-01-10. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  195. ^ "Robert Gregg Cherry". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  196. ^ "Gregg Cherry Inaugurated As State's New Governor". The News and Observer. 1945-01-05. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  198. ^ "William Kerr Scott". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  199. ^ "'Go Forward Program' Offered by Kerr Scott; Governor's Oath Taken Before Joint Session". The Herald-Sun. 1949-01-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  201. ^ "William Bradley Umstead". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  202. ^ "Umstead Charts Far-Reaching Program After Taking Office". The Charlotte Observer. 1953-01-09. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  204. ^ "Luther Hartwell Hodges". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  205. ^ "State Leaders Are Confronted With Problem". The Herald-Sun. 1954-11-08. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  207. ^ "James Terry Sanford". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  208. ^ "Sanford Takes N.C. Helm From Hodges". The Charlotte Observer. 1961-01-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  210. ^ "Dan Killian Moore". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  211. ^ "Moore Takes Oath As N.C.'s Governor". The Charlotte Observer. 1965-01-09. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  213. ^ "Robert Walter Scott". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  214. ^ "Governor Scott Promises to Steer Progressive Path". The News and Observer. 1969-01-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  216. ^ "James E. Holshouser". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  217. ^ "Holshouser Sworn In As Governor". The Charlotte Observer. 1973-01-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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  219. ^ a b "James B. Hunt". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  220. ^ "Hunt Takes Office As Governor". The Charlotte Observer. 1977-01-09. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  221. ^ "James G Martin". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  222. ^ "Jim Martin takes oath as governor". News and Record. 1985-01-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  223. ^ "Hunt's Third Oath". The News and Observer. 1993-01-10. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  224. ^ "Michael F. Easley". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  225. ^ "'One state, one people' - Easley emphasizes opportunities for all of N.C." The News and Observer. 2001-01-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  226. ^ "Bev Perdue". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  227. ^ "'New Beginning' - First Female Governor Takes Office Vowing to 'Think Big'". The News and Observer. 2009-01-11. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  228. ^ "Pat McCrory". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  229. ^ "McCrory Sworn In As North Carolina's 74th Governor". 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  230. ^ "Roy Cooper". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  231. ^ "Roy Cooper sworn in as North Carolina governor". 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2023-05-30.

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