Southern United States
Alabama
20 Sep 1783 - 07 Apr 1798 Part of Georgia
07 Apr 1798 - 03 Mar 1817 Part of Mississippi
03 Mar 1817 Alabama terrirory
14 Dec 1819 State of Alabama
04 Jul 1861 - 20 Jul 1868 In secession from US, part of Confederated States of America
Capital: Montgomery.
Language: English.
Religion: Baptist, Protestant.
State Anthem: "Alabama".
State Motto: Audemus jura nostra defendere (We dare defend our rights).
State Emblem:
Governors
25 Sep 1817 - 10 Jul 1820 William Wyatt Bibb ......................... 1781-1820
10 Jul 1820 - 09 Nov 1821 Thomas Bibb ................................ 1783-1839
09 Nov 1821 - 25 Nov 1825 Israel Pickens ............................. 1780-1827
25 Nov 1825 - 25 Nov 1829 John Murphy ................................ 1786-1841
25 Nov 1829 - 03 Mar 1831 Gabriel Moore .............................. 1785-1845
03 Mar - 26 Nov 1831 Samuel B. Moore ............................ 1789-1846
(acting)
26 Nov 1831 - 21 Nov 1835 John Gayle ................................. 1792-1859
21 Nov 1835 - 16 Jul 1837 Clement Comer Clay ......................... 1789-1866
16 Jul - 30 Nov 1837 Hugh McVay ................................. 1788-1851
30 Nov 1837 - 22 Nov 1841 Arthur Pendelton Bagby ..................... 1794-1858
22 Nov 1841 - 10 Dec 1845 Benjamin Fitzpatrick ....................... 1802-1869
10 Dec 1845 - 06 Dec 1847 Joshua Lanier Martin ....................... 1799-1856
06 Dec 1847 - 17 Dec 1849 Reuben Chapman ............................. 1799-1882
17 Dec 1849 - 20 Dec 1853 Henry Watkins Collier ...................... 1801-1855
20 Dec 1853 - 06 Dec 1857 John Anthony Winston ....................... 1812-1872
06 Dec 1857 - 02 Dec 1861 Andrew Barry Moore ......................... 1807-1873
02 Dec 1861 - 30 Nov 1863 John Gill Shorter .......................... 1818-1872
01 Dec 1863 - 01 May 1865 Thomas Hill Watts .......................... 1819-1892
01 May - 13 Dec 1865 Lewis Eliphalet Parsons .................... 1817-1895
(Provisional)
27 Jun 1865 - 19 May 1866 Charles R. Woods ........................... 1827-1885 Mil
(Military governor)
13 Dec 1865 - 14 Jul 1868 Robert Miller Patton ....................... 1809-1885
19 May 1866 - 14 Jul 1868 Wager T. Swayne ............................ 1834-1902 Mil
(Military governor)
14 Jul 1868 - 26 Nov 1870 William Henry Smith ........................ 1826-1899
26 Nov 1870 - 17 Nov 1872 Robert Burns Lindsey ....................... 1824-1902
17 Nov 1872 - 24 Nov 1874 David Peter Lewis .......................... 1820-1884
24 Nov 1874 - 28 Nov 1878 George Smith Houston ....................... 1811-1979
28 Nov 1878 - 30 Nov 1882 Rufus Willis Cobb .......................... 1829-1913
01 Dec 1882 - 30 Nov 1886 Edward Ashbury O'Neal ...................... 1818-1890
01 Dec 1886 - 30 Nov 1890 Thomas Seay ................................ 1846-1896
01 Dec 1890 - 30 Nov 1894 Thomas Good Jones .......................... 1844-1914
01 Dec 1894 - 30 Nov 1896 William Calvin Oates ....................... 1835-1910
01 Dec 1896 - 30 Nov 1900 Joseph Forney Johnston ..................... 1843-1913
01 Dec 1900 - 11 Jun 1901 Willaim James Samford ...................... 1844-1901
11 Jun 1901 - 14 Jan 1907 William Dorsey Jelks ....................... 1855-1911
14 Jan 1907 - 17 Jan 1911 Braxton Bragg Comer ........................ 1848-1927
17 Jan 1911 - 18 Jan 1915 Emmett O'Neal .............................. 1853-1922
18 Jan 1915 - 20 Jan 1919 Charles Henderson .......................... 1860-1937
20 Jan 1919 - 15 Jan 1923 Thomas Erby Kilby .......................... 1865-1943
15 Jan 1923 - 17 Jan 1927 William Woodward Brandon ................... 1868-1934
17 Jan 1927 - 19 Jan 1931 David Bibb Graves (1st Time) ............... 1873-1942
19 Jan 1931 - 14 Jan 1935 Benjamin Meek Miler ........................ 1864-1944
14 Jan 1935 - 17 Jan 1939 David Bibb Graves (2nd Time)
17 Jan 1939 - 19 Jan 1943 Frank Murray Dixon ......................... 1892-1965
19 Jan 1943 - 20 Jan 1947 Chauncey M. Sparks ......................... 1884-1968 D
20 Jan 1947 - 15 Jan 1951 James Elisha Folsom Sr ..................... 1908-1987 D
15 Jan 1951 - 17 Jan 1955 Seth Gordon Persons ........................ 1902-1965 D
17 Jan 1955 - 19 Jan 1959 James Elisha Folsom Sr (2nd Time)
19 Jan 1959 - 14 Jan 1963 John Malcolm Patterson ..................... 1921-2021 D
14 Jan 1963 - 16 Jan 1967 George Corley Wallace ...................... 1919-1998 D
16 Jan 1967 - 07 May 1968 Lurleen Burns Wallace ...................... 1926-1968 D
07 May 1968 - 18 Jan 1971 Albert Preston Brewer ...................... 1928- D
18 Jan 1971 - 15 Jan 1979 George Corley Wallace (2nd Time)
15 Jan 1979 - 17 Jan 1983 Forrest Hood James Jr ...................... 1934- D
17 Jan 1983 - 19 Jan 1987 George Corley Wallace (3rd Time)
19 Jan 1987 - 22 Apr 1993 Harold Guy Hunt ............................ 1933-2009 R
22 Apr 1993 - 16 Jan 1995 James Elisha Folsom ........................ 1949- D
16 Jan 1995 - 18 Jan 1999 Forrest Hood James Jr (2nd Time)
18 Jan 1999 - 20 Jan 2003 Donald Eugene Siegelman .................... 1946- D
20 Jan 2003 - 17 Jan 2011 Robert Renfroe Riley ....................... 1944- R
17 Jan 2011 - 10 Apr 2017 Robert Julian Bentley ...................... 1943- R
10 Apr 2017 - Kay Ellen Ivey ............................. 1944- R
Arkansas
26 Mar 1804 - 07 Dec 1812 Part of Louisiana
07 Dec 1812 - 02 Mar 1819 Part of Missouri
02 Mar 1819 - 15 Jun 1836 Arkansas territory
15 Jun 1836 State of Arkansas
20 May 1861 - 28 May 1865 In secession from the US as part of the Confederate States
Capital: Little Rock
Religion: Baptist, Protestant
Language: English
State Anthem: "Arkansas"
State Motto: Regnat populus (The People rule).
State Emblem:
Governors
04 Jul 1819 - 04 Mar 1825 James Miller ............................... 1776-1851
04 Mar 1825 - 22 Nov 1828 George Izard ............................... 1776-1828
22 Nov 1828 - 09 Mar 1829 Robert Crittendan .......................... 1797-1834
(acting)
09 Mar 1829 - 09 Mar 1835 John Pope .................................. 1770-1845
09 Mar 1835 - 13 Sep 1836 William S. Fulton .......................... 1795-1844 D
13 Sep 1836 - 04 Nov 1840 James Sevier Conway ........................ 1798-1855 D
04 Nov 1840 - 29 Apr 1844 Archibald Yell ............................. 1797-1847 D
29 Apr - 05 Nov 1844 Samuel Adams ............................... 1805-1850 D
(acting)
05 Nov 1844 - 10 Apr 1849 Thomas Stevenson Drew ...................... 1802-1879 D
10 Apr 1849 - 15 Nov 1852 John Selden Roane .......................... 1817-1867 D
15 Nov 1852 - 16 Nov 1860 Elias Nelson Conway ........................ 1812-1894 D
16 Nov 1860 - 04 Nov 1862 Henry Massey Rector ........................ 1816-1899 D
04 Nov - 15 Nov 1862 Thomas Fletcher ............................ 1817-1880 D
(Confederate governor)
15 Nov 1862 - 28 May 1865 Harris Flangagin ........................... 1817-1874 D
(Confederate governor;
in South only from 1863)
19 Jul 1862 - 09 Jul 1863 John S. Phelps ............................. 1814-1886 Mil
(U.S military governor)
18 Apr 1864 - 02 Jul 1868 Isaac Murphy ............................... 1802-1882 D/Uni
02 Jul 1868 - 17 Mar 1871 Powell Clayton ............................. 1833-1914 R
17 Mar 1871 - 06 Jan 1873 Ozra Amander Hadley ........................ 1826-1915 R
(acting)
06 Jan 1873 - 12 Nov 1874 Elisha Baxter .............................. 1827-1899 R
12 Nov 1874 - 11 Jan 1877 Augustus Hill Garland ...................... 1832-1899 D
11 Jan 1877 - 11 Jan 1881 William Read Miller ........................ 1823-1887 D
11 Jan 1881 - 09 Jan 1883 Thomas James Churchill ..................... 1824-1905 D
09 Jan 1883 - 13 Jan 1885 James Henderson Berry ...................... 1841-1913 D
13 Jan 1885 - 08 Jan 1889 Simon Pollard Hughes Jr. ................... 1830-1906 D
08 Jan 1889 - 10 Jan 1893 James Phillip Eagle ........................ 1837-1904 D
10 Jan 1893 - 08 Jan 1895 William Meade Fishback ..................... 1831-1903 D
08 Jan 1895 - 12 Jan 1897 James Paul Clarke .......................... 1854-1916 D
12 Jan 1897 - 08 Jan 1901 Daniel Webster Jones ....................... 1839-1918 D
08 Jan 1901 - 07 Jan 1907 Jefferson Davis ............................ 1862-1913 D
07 Jan - 11 Feb 1907 John Sebastian Little ...................... 1853-1916 D
11 Feb - 14 May 1907 John I. Moore .............................. 1856-1937 D
(acting)
14 May 1907 - 14 Jan 1909 Xenphon Overton Pindall .................... 1873-1935 D
14 Jan 1909 - 16 Jan 1913 George Washington Donaghey ................. 1856-1937 D
16 Jan - 08 Mar 1913 Joseph Taylor Robinson ..................... 1872-1937 D
08 Mar - 13 Mar 1913 William Kavanaugh Oldham ................... 1865-1938 D
(continues in opposition to 24 Mar 1913)
13 Mar - 23 Jul 1913 Julius Marion Futrell ...................... 1870-1955 D
(1st Time, acting)
23 Jul 1913 - 09 Jan 1917 George Washington Hays ..................... 1863-1927 D
09 Jan 1917 - 12 Jan 1921 Charles Hillman Brough ..................... 1876-1935 D
12 Jan 1921 - 13 Jan 1925 Thomas Chipman McRae ....................... 1851-1929 D
13 Jan 1925 - 11 Jan 1927 Thomas Jefferson Terral .................... 1884-1946 D
11 Jan 1927 - 04 Mar 1928 John Ellis Martineau ....................... 1873-1937 D
04 Mar 1928 - 10 Jan 1933 Harvey Parnell ............................. 1880-1936 D
10 Jan 1933 - 12 Jan 1937 Junius Marion Futrell (2nd Time)
12 Jan 1937 - 14 Jan 1941 Carl Edward Bailey ......................... 1894-1948 D
14 Jan 1941 - 09 Jan 1945 Homer Martin Adkins ........................ 1890-1964 D
09 Jan 1945 - 11 Jan 1949 Benjamin Travis Laney ...................... 1896-1977 D
11 Jan 1949 - 13 Jan 1953 Sidney Sanders McMatch ..................... 1912-2003 D
13 Jan 1953 - 11 Jan 1955 Francis Cherry ............................. 1908-1965 D
11 Jan 1955 - 10 Jan 1967 Orval Eugene Faubus ........................ 1910-1994 D
10 Jan 1967 - 12 Jan 1971 Winthrop Rockefeller ....................... 1912-1973 R
12 Jan 1971 - 03 Jan 1975 Dale Leon Bumpers .......................... 1925-2016 D
03 Jan 1975 - 03 Jan 1979 David Hampton .............................. 1934- D
03 Jan 1979 - 19 Jan 1981 William Jeffersson Clinton ................. 1946- D
19 Jan 1981 - 11 Jan 1983 Frank Durward White ........................ 1933-2003 R
11 Jan 1983 - 12 Dec 1992 William Jeffersson Clinton (2nd Time)
12 Dec 1992 - 15 Jul 1996 James Guy Tucker ........................... 1943- D
15 Jul 1996 - 09 Jan 2007 Michael Dale Huckabee ...................... 1955- R
09 Jan 2007 - 13 Jan 2015 Michael Dale Beebe ......................... 1946- D
13 Jan 2015 - 10 Jan 2023 William Asa Hutchinson ..................... 1950- R
10 Jan 2023 - Sarah Huckabee Sanders ..................... 1982- R
Florida
02 Apr 1513 Discovered by and claimed for Aragon and Castile,
named Pascua Florida "Flowering Easter"
30 Apr 1564 - 20 Sep 1565 French colony of Fort Caroline
08 Sep 1565 Spanish colony, subordinated to New Spain (Mexico)
10 Feb 1763 Traded to Britain, divided into East and West Florida
09 May 1781 West Florida retaken by Spain
23 Sep 1783 Formally returned to Spain, subordinated to Cuba
22 Feb 1819 Ceded to the U.S
03 Mar 1821 U.S territories of East and West Florida
10 Jul 1821 East Florida formally transferred to the U.S
17 Jul 1821 West Florida formally transferred to the U.S
30 Mar 1822 Florida Territory
03 Mar 1945 State
10 Jan 1861 - 1865 Secession from the U.S
25 Jun 1868 Readmitted to the U.S
Capital: Tallassee.
Language: English, Spanish.
Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic.
State Anthem: "The Swanee River."
State Motto: In God we Trust.
State Name: The Sunshine State
Governor and Commissioner
10 Mar - 31 Dec 1821 Andrew Jackson ............................. 1767-1845 Mil
Governors
17 Apr 1822 - 24 Apr 1834 William Pope Duval ......................... 1784-1854 D
24 Apr 1834 - 16 Mar 1836 John Henry Eaton ........................... 1790-1856 D
16 Mar 1836 - 02 Dec 1839 Richard Keith Call (1st Time) .............. 1792-1862 W
02 Dec 1839 - 19 Mar 1841 Robert Raymond Reid ........................ 1789-1841 D
19 Mar 1841 - 11 Aug 1844 Richard Keith Call (2nd Time)
11 Aug 1844 - 25 Jun 1845 John Branch ................................ 1782-1863 R
25 Jun 1845 - 01 Oct 1849 William Dunn Moseley ....................... 1795-1863 D
01 Oct 1849 - 03 Oct 1853 Thomas Brown ............................... 1785-1867 W
03 Oct 1853 - 05 Oct 1857 James Emilius Broone ....................... 1808-1883 D
05 Oct 1857 - 07 Oct 1861 Madison Starke Perry ....................... 1814-1865 D
07 Oct 1861 - 01 Apr 1865 John Milton ................................ 1807-1865 D
01 Apr - 19 May 1865 Abraham Kurkindolle Allison ................ 1810-1893 D
(acting)
19 May - 27 Jun 1865 Edward Moody McCook ........................ 1833-1909 Mil
(Military governor)
27 Jun - 13 Jul 1865 John Newton ................................ 1822-1895 Mil
(acting, Military governor)
13 Jul - 20 Dec 1865 William Marvin ............................. 1808-1902
(Provisional)
20 Dec 1865 - 04 Jul 1868 David Shelby Walker ........................ 1806-1891 D
04 Jul 1868 - 07 Jan 1873 Harrison Reid .............................. 1813-1899 R
07 Jan 1873 - 18 Mar 1874 Ossian Bingley Hart ........................ 1821-1874 R
18 Mar 1874 - 02 Jan 1877 Marcellus Lovejoy Stearns .................. 1839-1891 R
02 Jan 1877 - 04 Jan 1881 George Franklin Drew ....................... 1827-1900 D
04 Jan 1881 - 07 Jan 1885 William Dunnington Bloxham ................. 1835-1911 D
(1st Time)
07 Jan 1885 - 08 Jan 1889 Edward Aylesworth Perry .................... 1831-1889 D
08 Jan 1889 - 03 Jan 1893 Francis Philip Fleming ..................... 1841-1908 D
03 Jan 1893 - 05 Jan 1897 Henry Laurents Mitchell .................... 1831-1903 D
05 Jan 1897 - 08 Jan 1901 William Dunnington Bloxham
(2nd Time)
08 Jan 1901 - 03 Jan 1905 William Sherman Jennings ................... 1863-1920 D
03 Jan 1905 - 05 Jan 1909 Napoleon Bonaparte Broward ................. 1857-1910 D
05 Jan 1909 - 07 Jan 1913 Albert Waller Gilchrist .................... 1858-1926 D
07 Jan 1913 - 02 Jan 1917 Parlk Trammell ............................. 1876-1936 D
02 Jan 1917 - 04 Jan 1921 Sidney Johnston Catts ...................... 1863-1936 D
04 Jan 1921 - 06 Jan 1925 Cary Augustus Hardee ....................... 1876-1957 D
06 Jan 1925 - 08 Jan 1929 John Wellborn Martin ....................... 1884-1958 D
08 Jan 1929 - 03 Jan 1933 Doyle Elam Carlton ......................... 1887-1972 D
03 Jan 1933 - 05 Jan 1937 David Schultz .............................. 1891-1953 D
05 Jan 1937 - 07 Jan 1941 Frederick Preston Cone ..................... 1871-1948 D
07 Jan 1941 - 02 Jan 1945 Spesspard Lindsay Holland .................. 1892-1971 D
02 Jan 1945 - 04 Jan 1949 Millard Fillmore Caldwell .................. 1897-1984 D
04 Jan 1949 - 06 Jan 1953 Fuller Warren .............................. 1905-1973 D
06 Jan - 28 Sep 1953 Daniel Thomas McCarthy ..................... 1912-1953 D
28 Sep 1953 - 05 Jan 1955 Charley Eugene Johns ....................... 1905-1990 D
(acting)
05 Jan 1955 - 03 Jan 1961 LeRoy Collins .............................. 1909-1991 D
03 Jan 1961 - 05 Jan 1965 Cecill Farris Bryant ....................... 1914-2002 D
05 Jan 1965 - 03 Jan 1967 William Haydon Burns ....................... 1912-1987 D
03 Jan 1967 - 05 Jan 1971 Claude Roy Kirk Jr ......................... 1926-2011 R
05 Jan 1971 - 02 Jan 1979 Reubin O'Donovan Askew ..................... 1928-2014 D
02 Jan 1979 - 03 Jan 1987 Daniel Robert Graham ....................... 1936- D
03 Jan - 07 Jan 1987 John Wayn Mixson ........................... 1922-2020 D
(acting)
07 Jan 1987 - 08 Jan 1991 Robert Martinez ............................ 1934- R
08 Jan 1991 - 12 Dec 1998 Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr .................... 1930-1998 D
12 Dec 1998 - 05 Jan 1999 Kenneth Hood MacKay ........................ 1933- D
05 Jan 1999 - 02 Jan 2007 John Ellis "Jeb" Bush ...................... 1953- R
02 Jan 2007 - 04 Jan 2011 Charles Joseph Crist ....................... 1956- R
(Independent from 29 Apr 2010)
04 Jan 2011 - 08 Jan 2019 Rick L. Scott .............................. 1952- R
08 Jan 2019 - Ronald Dion DeSantis ....................... 1978- R
Georgia
09 Jun 1732 British colony of South Georgia
08 May 1777 State of Georgia
02 Jan 1788 U.S State of Georgia
19 Jan 1861 - 1865 In secession from US, founder of the Confederacy
15 Jul 1870 Re-admitted to the U.S
Capital: Atlanta
Language: English
Religion: Baptist, Protestant
State Anthem: "Georgia on My Mind"
State Motto: Wisdom, justice and moderation.
State Emblem:
Governors
08 May 1777 - 10 Jan 1778 John Adam Treutlen ......................... 1726-1782
10 Jan 1778 - 21 Jan 1779 John Houstoun (1st Time) ................... 1744-1796
21 Jan - 27 Jul 1779 William Glascock ........................... 1730-1793
(acting)
27 Jul - 06 Aug 1779 Seth John Cuthbert ......................... 1741-1788
(acting)
06 Aug - 03 Nov 1779 John Wereat ................................ 1730-1799
04 Nov 1779 - 04 Jan 1780 George Walton (1st Time) ................... 1750-1804
04 Jan - 16 Feb 1780 Richard Howley ............................. 1740-1784
16 Feb - 18 Feb 1780 Humphrey Wells
(acting)
18 Feb 1780 - 18 Aug 1781 Stephan Heard .............................. 1740-1815
18 Aug 1781 - 03 Jan 1782 Nathan Brownson ............................ 1741-1796
03 Jan 1782 - 08 Jan 1783 John Martin ................................ 1730-1786
08 Jan 1783 - 09 Jan 1784 Lyman Hall ................................. 1724-1790
09 Jan 1984 - 06 Jan 1785 John Houstoun (2nd Time)
06 Jan 1785 - 09 Jan 1786 Samuel Elbert .............................. 1740-1788
09 Jan 1786 - 09 Jan 1787 Edward Telfair (1st Time) .................. 1735-1807
09 Jan 1787 - 09 Jan 1788 George Mathews (1st Time) .................. 1739-1812
09 Jan 1788 - 07 Jan 1789 George Handley ............................. 1752-1793
07 Jan - 09 Nov 1789 George Walton (2nd Time)
09 Nov 1789 - 08 Jan 1793 Edward Telfair (2nd Time)
08 Jan 1793 - 15 Jan 1796 George Mathews (2nd Time)
15 Jan 1796 - 12 Jan 1798 Jared Irwin (1st Time) ..................... 1751-1818
12 Jan 1798 - 03 Mar 1801 James Jackson .............................. 1757-1806
03 Mar - 07 Nov 1801 David Emanuel .............................. 1744-1810
07 Nov 1801 - 04 Nov 1802 Josiah Tattle .............................. 1765-1803
04 Nov 1802 - 23 Sep 1806 John Milledge .............................. 1757-1818
23 Sep 1806 - 10 Nov 1809 Jared Irwin (2nd Time)
10 Nov 1809 - 05 Nov 1813 David Brydie Mitchell (1st Time) ........... 1766-1837
05 Nov 1813 - 20 Nov 1815 Peter Early ................................ 1773-1817
20 Nov 1815 - 04 Mar 1817 David Brydie Mitchell (2nd Time)
04 Mar 1817 - 24 Oct 1819 William Rabun .............................. 1771-1819
24 Oct - 05 Nov 1819 Mathew Talbot .............................. 1767-1827
05 Nov 1819 - 07 Nov 1823 John Clark ................................. 1766-1832
07 Nov 1823 - 07 Nov 1827 George Michael Troup ....................... 1780-1856
07 Nov 1827 - 04 Mar 1829 John Forsyth ............................... 1780-1841
04 Mar 1829 - 09 Nov 1831 George Rockingham Gilmer (1st Time) ........ 1790-1859
09 Nov 1831 - 04 Nov 1835 Wilson Lumpkin ............................. 1783-1870
04 Nov 1835 - 07 Nov 1837 William Schley ............................. 1786-1858
07 Nov 1837 - 06 Nov 1839 George Rockingham Gilmer (2nd Time)
06 Nov 1839 - 08 Nov 1843 Charles James McDonald ..................... 1793-1860 D
08 Nov 1843 - 03 Nov 1847 George Walker Crawford ..................... 1798-1872
03 Nov 1847 - 05 Nov 1851 George Washington Bonaparte Towns .......... 1802-1854
05 Nov 1851 - 09 Nov 1853 Howell Cobb ................................ 1815-1868
09 Nov 1853 - 06 Nov 1857 Herschel Vespasian Johnson ................. 1812-1880
06 Nov 1857 - 17 Jun 1865 Joseph Emerson Brown ....................... 1821-1894
17 Jun - 14 Dec 1865 James Johnson .............................. 1811-1891 D
(Provisional)
27 Jun - 10 Dec 1865 James D, Steedman .......................... 1817-1883 Mil
(military governor)
14 Dec 1865 - 10 Jan 1868 Charles Jones Jenkins ...................... 1805-1883
30 Mar 1867 - 01 Jan 1868 John Pope .................................. 1822-1892 Mil
(Military governor)
10 Jan - 13 Jul 1868 George G. Meade ............................ 1815-1872 Mil
(US military governor)
13 Jul - 04 Jul 1868 Thomas H. Ruger ............................ 1833-1907 Mil
(1st Time, acting)
04 Jun 1868 - 30 Oct 1871 Rufus Brown Bullock ........................ 1834-1907 R
22 Dec 1869 - 15 Jul 1870 Alfred H. Terry ............................ 1827-1890 Mil
(Military governor)
30 Oct 1871 - 12 Jan 1872 Benjamin F. Conley ......................... 1815-1886
(acting)
12 Jan 1872 - 12 Jan 1877 James Milton Smith ......................... 1823-1890 D
12 Jan 1877 - 04 Nov 1882 Alfred Holt Colquitt ....................... 1824-1894 D
04 Nov 1882 - 05 Mar 1883 Alexander Hamilton Stephens ................ 1812-1883
05 Mar - 10 May 1883 James S. Boynton ........................... 1833-1902 D
(acting)
10 May 1883 - 09 Nov 1886 Henry Dickson McDaniel ..................... 1836-1926 D
09 Nov 1886 - 08 Nov 1890 John Brown Gordon .......................... 1832-1904 D
08 Nov 1890 - 27 Oct 1894 William Jonathon Northen ................... 1835-1913 D
27 Oct 1894 - 29 Oct 1898 William Yates Atkinson ..................... 1854-1899 D
29 Oct 1898 - 25 Oct 1902 Allan Daniel Candler ....................... 1834-1910 D
25 Oct 1902 - 29 Jun 1907 Joseph Meriwether Terrell .................. 1861-1932 D
29 Jun 1907 - 26 Jun 1909 Michael Hoke Smith (1st Time) .............. 1855-1931 D
26 Jun 1909 - 30 Jun 1911 Joseph Mackey Brown (1st Time) ............. 1851-1932 D
01 Jul - 16 Nov 1911 Michael Hoke Smith (2nd Time)
16 Nov 1911 - 25 Jan 1912 John Marshall Slaton (1st Time) ............ 1866-1955 D
25 Jan 1912 - 28 Jun 1913 Joseph Mackey Brown (2nd Time)
28 Jun 1913 - 26 Jun 1915 John Marshall Slaton (2nd Time)
26 Jun 1915 - 30 Jun 1917 Nathaniel Edwin Harris ..................... 1846-1929 D
01 Jul 1917 - 25 Jun 1921 Hugh Manson Dorsey ......................... 1871-1948 D
25 Jun 1921 - 30 Jun 1923 Thomas William Hardwick .................... 1872-1949 D
01 Jul 1923 - 25 Jun 1927 Clifford M. Walker ......................... 1877-1954 D
25 Jun 1927 - 27 Jun 1931 Lamartine Griffin Hardman .................. 1856-1937 D
27 Jun 1931 - 10 Jan 1933 Richard Brevard Russel ..................... 1897-1971 D
10 Jan 1933 - 12 Jan 1937 Eugene Talmadge (1st Time) ................. 1884-1946 D
12 Jan 1937 - 14 Jan 1941 Eurith Dickinson Rivers .................... 1895-1967 D
14 Jan 1941 - 12 Jan 1943 Eugene Talmadge (2nd Time)
12 Jan 1943 - 14 Jan 1947 Ellis Gibbs Arnall ......................... 1907-1992 D
14 Jan - 18 Mar 1947 Herman Eugene Talmadge ..................... 1913-2002 D
18 Mar 1947 - 17 Nov 1948 Melvin E. Thompson ......................... 1903-1980 D
17 Nov 1948 - 11 Jan 1955 Herman Eugene Talmadge (2nd Time)
11 Jun 1955 - 13 Jan 1959 Sameul Marvin Griffin ...................... 1907-1982 D
13 Jan 1959 - 15 Jan 1963 Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr .................. 1918-2005 D
15 Jan 1963 - 11 Jan 1967 Carl Edward Sanders ........................ 1925-2014 D
11 Jan 1967 - 12 Jan 1971 Lester Garfield Maddox ..................... 1915-2003 D
12 Jan 1971 - 14 Jan 1975 James Earl Carter .......................... 1924- D
14 Jan 1975 - 11 Jan 1983 George Dekl Busbee ......................... 1927-2004 D
11 Jan 1983 - 13 Jan 1991 Joe Frank Harris ........................... 1936- D
13 Jan 1991 - 11 Jan 1999 Zell Bryan Miller .......................... 1932-2018 D
11 Jan 1999 - 13 Jan 2003 Roy Eugene Barnes .......................... 1948- D
13 Jan 2003 - 11 Jan 2011 George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III ............ 1946- R
11 Jan 2011 - 14 Jan 2019 John Nathan Deal ........................... 1942- R
14 Jan 2019 - Brian Porter Kemp .......................... 1963- R
Kentucky
23 May 1775 - 31 Dec 1776 Provisional government of Transylvania
(not recognised by Virginia)
31 Dec 1776 Part of Virginia
01 Jun 1792 Commonwealth of Kentucky
20 Nov 1861 - 10 May 1865 Secession from US, part of the Confederacy
Capital: Frankfort.
Language: English.
Religion: Baptist, Protestant.
State Anthem: "My Old Kentucky Home".
State Motto: United we stand, divided we fall.
State Emblem:
President of Provisional Government
23 May 1775 - 31 Dec 1776 Richard Henderson
Governors
04 Jun 1792 - 07 Jun 1796 Isaac Shelby (1st time)
07 Jun 1796 - 05 Sep 1804 James Garrard
05 Sep 1804 - 01 Sep 1808 Christopher Greenup
01 Sep 1808 - 24 Aug 1812 Charles Scott
24 Aug 1812 - 05 Sep 1816 Isaac Shelby (2nd time)
05 Sep 1816 - 19 Oct 1816 George Madison
19 Oct 1816 - 07 Sep 1820 Gabriel Slaughter
07 Sep 1820 - 24 Aug 1824 John Adair
24 Aug 1824 - 26 Aug 1828 Joseph Desha
26 Aug 1828 - 04 Sep 1832 Thomas Metcalfe
04 Sep 1832 - 22 Feb 1834 John Breathitt
22 Feb 1834 - 30 Aug 1836 James Turner Morehead
30 Aug 1836 - 12 Sep 1839 James Clark
12 Sep 1839 - 02 Sep 1840 Charles Anderson Wickliffe
02 Sep 1840 - 04 Sep 1844 Robert Perkins Letcher
04 Sep 1844 - 06 Sep 1848 William Owsley
06 Sep 1848 - 31 Jul 1850 John Jordan Crittenden
31 Jul 1850 - 02 Sep 1851 John LaRue Helm (1st time)
02 Sep 1851 - 04 Sep 1855 Lazarus Whitehead Powell
04 Sep 1855 - 30 Aug 1859 Charles Slaughter Morehead
30 Aug 1859 - 18 Aug 1862 Beriah Magoffin
20 Nov 1861 - 09 Apr 1862 George W. Johnson
(Confederate provisional governor)
18 Aug 1862 - 01 Sep 1863 James Fisher Robinson
04 Oct 1862 - 09 Apr 1865 Richard Hawes
(Confederate provisional governor)
01 Sep 1863 - 03 Sep 1867 Thomas Elliot Bramlette
18 Feb - 21 Jun 1865 John M. Palmer (1st time)
(U.S. military govenor)
21 Jun - 27 Jun 1865 Edward Henry Hobson
(U.S. military govenor)
27 Jun 1865 - 13 Apr 1866 John M. Palmer (2nd time)
(U.S. military govenor)
13 Apr - 05 Jun 1866 Jefferson Columbus Davis
(military govenor)
03 Sep 1867 - 08 Sep 1867 John LaRue Helm (2nd time)
08 Sep 1867 - 05 Sep 1871 John White Stevenson
05 Sep 1871 - 31 Aug 1875 Preston Hopkins Leslie
31 Aug 1875 - 02 Sep 1879 James Bolivar McCreary (1st time)
02 Sep 1879 - 05 Sep 1883 Luke Pryor Blackburn
05 Sep 1883 - 30 Aug 1887 James Proctor Knott
30 Aug 1887 - 02 Sep 1891 Simon Bolivar Buckner
02 Sep 1891 - 10 Dec 1895 John Young Brown
10 Dec 1895 - 12 Dec 1899 William O'Connell Bradley
12 Dec 1899 - 31 Jan 1900 William Sylvester Taylor
31 Jan 1900 - 03 Feb 1900 William Justus Goebel
03 Feb 1900 - 10 Dec 1907 John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham
10 Dec 1907 - 12 Dec 1911 Augustus Everett Willson
12 Dec 1911 - 07 Dec 1915 James Bennett McCreary (2nd time)
07 Dec 1915 - 19 May 1919 Augustus Owsley Stanley
19 May 1919 - 09 Dec 1919 James Dixon Black
09 Dec 1919 - 11 Dec 1923 Edwin Porch Morrow
11 Dec 1923 - 13 Dec 1927 William Jason Fields
13 Dec 1927 - 08 Dec 1931 Flem Davis Sampson
08 Dec 1931 - 10 Dec 1935 Ruby Laffoon
10 Dec 1935 - 12 Dec 1939 Albert Benjamin Chandler (1st time)
12 Dec 1939 - 07 Dec 1943 Keen Johnson
07 Dec 1943 - 09 Dec 1947 Simeon Slavens Willis ...................... 1879-1965 R
09 Dec 1947 - 27 Nov 1950 Earle Chester Clements ..................... 1896-1985 D
27 Nov 1950 - 13 Dec 1955 Lawrence Winchester Wetherby ............... 1908-1994 D
13 Dec 1955 - 08 Dec 1959 Albert Benjamin Chandler (2nd time)
08 Dec 1959 - 10 Dec 1963 Bertram Thomas Combs ....................... 1911-1991 D
10 Dec 1963 - 12 Dec 1967 Edward Thompson Breathitt .................. 1924-2003 D
12 Dec 1967 - 07 Dec 1971 Louie Broady Nunn .......................... 1924-2004 R
07 Dec 1971 - 09 Dec 1975 Wendell Hampton Ford ....................... 1924-2015 D
09 Dec 1975 - 11 Dec 1979 Julian Morton Carroll ...................... 1931- D
11 Dec 1979 - 13 Dec 1983 John Young Brown, Jr. ...................... 1933-2022 D
13 Dec 1983 - 08 Dec 1987 Martha Layne Collins ....................... 1936- D
08 Dec 1987 - 10 Dec 1991 Wallace Glenn Wilkinson .................... 1941-2002 D
10 Dec 1991 - 12 Dec 1995 Brereton Chandler Jones .................... 1939- D
12 Dec 1995 - 09 Dec 2003 Paul Edward Patton ......................... 1937- D
09 Dec 2003 - 11 Dec 2007 Ernest Lee Fletcher ........................ 1952- R
11 Dec 2007 - 08 Dec 2015 Steve Lynn Beshear ......................... 1944- D
08 Dec 2015 - 10 Dec 2019 Matthew Griswold Bevin ..................... 1967- R
10 Dec 2019 - Andrew Graham Beshear ...................... 1977- D
Louisiana
20 Jan 1685 - 08 Dec 1699 Claimed for France
08 Dec 1699 - 03 Nov 1762 French colony, Part of Nouvelle-France
03 Nov 1762 Ceded to Spain by France, Spanish administration
from 05 Mar 1766, subordinated to Cuba
01 Oct 1800 Spain secretly returns Louisiana to France by Treaty of Idelfonso
21 Mar 1801 Retured to France
30 Apr 1803 Sold to U.S by France (U.S assumes sovereignty 20 Dec 1803)
01 Oct 1804 Louisiana divided into the Orleans and Louisiana territories
30 Apr 1812 State of Louisiana
26 Jan 1861 - 10 May 1865 In secession from U.S,
founding member of Confederate States of America
28 Apr 1862 New Orleans occupied by the Union army
25 Jul 1864 Secession revoked (only in Union occupied territory)
09 Jul 1868 Readmitted into the United States
Capital: Baton Rouge.
Language: English, French Creol, Spanish.
Religion: Baptist, Roman Catholic.
State Anthem: "Give Me Louisiana."
State Motto: Union, Justice and Confidence.
State Emblem: Pelican.
Governors
20 Dec 1803 - 16 Dec 1816 William Charles Coles Claiborne ............ 1775-1817
16 Dec 1816 - 17 Dec 1820 Jacques Philipps Villeré ................... 1761-1830
18 Dec 1820 - 15 Nov 1824 Thomas Bolling Robertson ................... 1779-1828
15 Nov - 13 Dec 1824 Henri Schuyler Thibodeaux .................. 1769-1827
13 Dec 1824 - 15 Dec 1828 Henry Johnson .............................. 1783-1864
15 Dec 1828 - 06 Oct 1829 Pierre Auguste Charles Bourgignon Derbigny . 1767-1829
06 Oct 1829 - 14 Jan 1830 Armand Julie Beauvais ...................... 1783-1843
14 Jan 1830 - 31 Jan 1831 Jacques Dupré .............................. 1773-1846
01 Feb 1831 - 04 Feb 1835 Andre Bienvenu Roman (1st Time) ............ 1795-1866
04 Feb 1835 - 04 Feb 1839 Edward Douglas White ....................... 1795-1847
04 Feb 1839 - 30 Jan 1843 Andre Bienvenu Roman (2nd Time)
30 Jan 1843 - 11 Feb 1846 Alexander Mouton ........................... 1804-1885 D
11 Feb 1846 - 27 Jan 1850 Isaac Johnson .............................. 1803-1853 D
27 Jan 1850 - 15 Jan 1853 Joseph Marshall Walker ..................... 1784-1856 D
18 Jan 1853 - 21 Jan 1856 Paul Octave Hebert ......................... 1818-1880 D
21 Jan 1856 - 22 Jan 1860 Robert Charles Wickliffe ................... 1819-1856 D
22 Jan 1860 - 25 Jan 1864 Thomas Overton Moore ....................... 1804-1876 D
(Confederate governor)
02 Jul 1862 - 04 Mar 1864 George Foster Shepley ...................... 1803-1853
(U.S military governor)
25 Jan 1864 - 02 Jun 1865 Henry Watkins Allen ........................ 1820-1866 D
(Confedorate governor)
04 Mar 1864 - 04 Mar 1865 Michael Georg Decker Hahn .................. 1819-1878
(U.S military governor)
04 Mar 1865 - 03 Jun 1867 James Madison Wells ........................ 1808-1899 R
03 Jan 1867 - 08 Jan 1868 Benjamin Flanders .......................... 1816-1898 R
08 Jan - 27 Jun 1868 Joshua Baker ............................... 1799-1885 R
27 Jun 1868 - 11 Dec 1872 Henry Clay Warmoth ......................... 1842-1932 R
11 Dec 1872 - 13 Jan 1873 Pinckey Benton Steward Pinchback ........... 1837-1921 R
(acting)
13 Jan 1873 - 05 Jan 1877 William Pitt Kellogg ....................... 1830-1886 R
05 Jan 1877 - 13 Jan 1880 Francis Tillou Nicholls (1st Time) ......... 1834-1912 D
14 Jan 1880 - 16 Oct 1881 Louis Alfred Wiltz ......................... 1843-1881 D
16 Oct 1881 - 20 May 1888 Samuel Douglas McEnery ..................... 1837-1910 D
20 May 1888 - 10 May 1892 Francis Tillou Nicholls (2nd Time)
10 May 1892 - 08 May 1900 Murphy James Foster ........................ 1849-1921 D
08 May 1900 - 10 May 1904 William Wright Heard ....................... 1853-1926 D
10 May 1904 - 12 May 1908 Newton Crain Blanchard ..................... 1849-1922 D
12 May 1908 - 14 May 1912 Jared Young Sanders ........................ 1869-1944 D
14 May 1912 - 09 May 1916 Luther Egbert Hall ......................... 1869-1921 D
09 May 1916 - 11 May 1920 Ruffin Golson Pleasant ..................... 1871-1937 D
11 May 1920 - 13 May 1924 John Milliken Parker ....................... 1863-1939 D
13 May 1924 - 11 Oct 1926 Henry Fuqua ................................ 1865-1926 D
11 Oct 1926 - 21 May 1928 Oramel Hinckley Simpson .................... 1870-1932 D
21 May 1928 - 25 Jan 1932 Huey Pierce Long Jr ........................ 1893-1935 D
25 Jan - 10 May 1932 Alvin Olin King ............................ 1890-1958 D
10 May 1932 - 28 Jan 1936 Oscar Kelly Allen .......................... 1882-1936 D
28 Jan - 12 May 1936 James Albert Noe ........................... 1890-1976 D
12 May 1936 - 26 Jun 1939 Richard Webster Leche ...................... 1898-1965 D
26 Jun 1939 - 14 May 1940 Earl Kemp Long ............................. 1895-1960 D
14 May 1940 - 09 May 1944 Samuel Houston Jones ....................... 1897-1978 D
09 May 1944 - 11 May 1948 James Houston Davis ........................ 1899-2000 D
11 May 1948 - 13 May 1952 Earl Kemp Long (2nd Time)
13 May 1952 - 08 May 1956 Robert Floyd Kennan ........................ 1902-1988 D
08 May 1956 - 10 May 1960 Earl Kemp Long (3rd Time)
10 May 1960 - 12 May 1964 James Houston Davis (2nd Time)
12 May 1964 - 09 May 1972 John Julian McKeithen ...................... 1918-1999 D
09 May 1972 - 10 Mar 1980 Edwin Washington Edwards ................... 1927-20 D
10 Mar 1980 - 12 Mar 1984 David Conner Treen ......................... 1928-2009 R
12 Mar 1984 - 14 Mar 1988 Edwin Washington Edwards (2nd Time)
14 Mar 1988 - 08 Jan 1992 Charles Elson Roemer III ................... 1943-2021 D
08 Jan 1992 - 08 Jan 1996 Edwin Washington Edwards (3rd Time)
08 Jan 1996 - 12 Jan 2004 Michael James Foster Jr .................... 1930-2020 R
12 Jan 2004 - 14 Jan 2008 Kathleen Babineaux Blanco .................. 1942-2019 D
14 Jan 2008 - 11 Jan 2016 Piyush "Bobby" Jindal ...................... 1971- R
11 Jan 2016 - John Bel Edwards ........................... 1966- D
Mississippi
07 Apr 1798 Territory
10 Dec 1817 State of Mississippi
09 Jan 1861 - 10 Jan 1865 Secession from US part of the Confederate States of America
23 Feb 1870 State of Mississippi
Capital: Jackson.
Language: English.
Religion: Protestant, Baptist, Methodist.
State Anthem: "Go Mississippi."
State Motto: By valor and arms.
State Emblem:
Governors
07 May 1798 - 25 May 1801 Winthrop Sargent ........................... 1753-1820
25 May 1801 - 01 Mar 1805 William Charles Coles Claiborne ............ 1775-1817
01 Mar 1805 - 07 Mar 1809 Robert Williams ............................ 1773-1855
07 Mar 1809 - 05 Jan 1820 David Holmes (1st Time) .................... 1769-1832
05 Jan 1820 - 07 Jan 1822 George Poindexter .......................... 1779-1835
07 Jan 1822 - 17 Nov 1825 Walter Leaker .............................. 1762-1825
17 Nov 1825 - 07 Jan 1826 Gerard Chittocque Brandon (1st Time) ....... 1788-1850
07 Jan - 25 Jul 1826 David Holmes (2nd Time)
25 Jul 1826 - 09 Jan 1832 Gerard Chittocque Brandon (2nd Time)
09 Jan 1832 - 12 Jul 1833 Abram Marshall Scott ....................... 1785-1833 D
12 Jul - 20 Nov 1833 Charles Lynch (1st Time) ................... 1783-1853 D
20 Nov 1833 - 03 Dec 1835 Hiram George Runnels ....................... 1796-1857 D
03 Dec 1835 - 07 Jan 1836 John Anthony Quitman (1st Time) ............ 1798-1858
07 Jan 1836 - 08 Jan 1838 Charles Lynch (2nd Time)
08 Jan 1838 - 10 Jan 1842 Alexander Gallatin McNutt .................. 1802-1848 D
10 Jan 1842 - 10 Jan 1844 Tilgham Mayfield Tucker .................... 1802-1859 D
10 Jan 1844 - 10 Jan 1848 Albert Gallatin Brown ...................... 1813-1880 D
10 Jan 1848 - 10 Jan 1850 Joseph Warren Mathews ...................... 1812-1862 D
10 Jan 1850 - 03 Feb 1851 John Anthony Quitman (2nd Time)
03 Feb - 24 Nov 1851 John Isaac Guion ........................... 1802-1855 D
(acting)
24 Nov 1851 - 10 Jan 1852 James Whitfield ............................ 1791-1875 D
(acting)
10 Jan 1852 - 05 Jan 1854 Henry Stuart Foote ......................... 1804-1880 D
10 Jan 1854 - 16 Nov 1857 John Jones McRae ........................... 1815-1861 D
16 Nov 1857 - 21 Nov 1859 William McWillie ........................... 1795-1869
21 Nov 1859 - 16 Nov 1863 John Jones Pettus .......................... 1813-1867 D
16 Nov 1863 - 13 Jun 1865 Charles Clark .............................. 1810-1877 D
16 Oct 1865 - 15 Jun 1868 Benjamin Grubb Humphreys ................... 1808-1882
1867 - 1868 Alvan Cullen Gillem
(U.S military governor)
15 Jun 1868 - 10 Mar 1870 Adelbert Ames .............................. 1835-1933 Mil
(1st Time, U.S military governor)
10 Mar 1870 - 30 Nov 1871 James Lusk Alcorn .......................... 1816-1894 R
01 Dec 1871 - 04 Jan 1874 Ridgley Ceylon Powers ...................... 1836-1912 R
04 Jan 1874 - 04 Jan 1876 Adelbert Ames (2nd Time)
04 Jan 1876 - 09 Jan 1882 John Marshall Stone (1st Time) ............. 1830-1900 D
09 Jan 1882 - 13 Jan 1890 Robert Lowry ............................... 1830-1910 D
13 Jan 1890 - 20 Jan 1896 John Marshall Stone (2nd Time)
20 Jan 1896 - 16 Jan 1900 Anselm Joseph McLauren ..................... 1848-1909 D
16 Jan 1900 - 19 Jan 1904 Andrew Houston Longino ..................... 1854-1942 D
19 Jan 1904 - 21 Jan 1908 James Kimble Vardaman ...................... 1861-1930 D
21 Jan 1908 - 16 Jan 1912 Edmund Favor Noel .......................... 1856-1927 D
16 Jan 1912 - 18 Jan 1916 Earl LeRoy Brewer .......................... 1869-1942 D
18 Jan 1916 - 18 Jan 1920 Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (1st Time) .......... 1877-1947 D
18 Jan 1920 - 18 Jan 1924 Lee Maurice Russell ........................ 1875-1943 D
18 Jan 1924 - 18 Mar 1927 Henry Lewis Whifield ....................... 1868-1927 D
18 Mar 1927 - 16 Jan 1928 Herron Dennis Murphree (1st Time) .......... 1886-1949 D
16 Jan 1928 - 19 Jan 1932 Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (2nd Time)
19 Jan 1932 - 21 Jan 1936 Martin Sennett Conner ...................... 1891-1950 D
21 Jan 1936 - 16 Jan 1940 Hugh Lawson White (1st Time) ............... 1881-1965 D
16 Jan 1940 - 26 Dec 1943 Paul Burney Johnson ........................ 1880-1943 D
26 Dec 1943 - 18 Jan 1944 Herron Dennis Murphree (2nd Time)
18 Jan 1944 - 02 Nov 1946 Thomas Lowry Bailey ........................ 1888-1946 D
02 Nov 1946 - 22 Jan 1952 Fielding Lewis Wright ...................... 1895-1956 D
22 Jan 1952 - 17 Jan 1956 Hugh Lawson White (2nd Time)
17 Jan 1956 - 19 Jan 1960 James Pleman Coleman ....................... 1914-1991 D
19 Jan 1960 - 21 Jan 1964 Ross Robert Barnett ........................ 1898-1987 D
21 Jan 1964 - 16 Jan 1968 Paul Burney Johnson Jr. .................... 1916-1985 D
16 Jan 1968 - 18 Jan 1972 John Bell Williams ......................... 1918-1983 D
18 Jan 1972 - 20 Jan 1976 William Lowe Waller ........................ 1926-2011 D
20 Jan 1976 - 22 Jan 1980 Charles Clifton Finch ...................... 1927-1986 D
22 Jan 1980 - 10 Jan 1984 William Forrest Winter ..................... 1923-2020 D
10 Jan 1984 - 12 Jan 1988 William A. Allain .......................... 1928-2013 D
12 Jan 1988 - 14 Jan 1992 Raymond Edwin Mabus ........................ 1948- D
14 Jan 1992 - 11 Jan 2000 Daniel Kirkwood Fordice .................... 1934-2004 R
11 Jan 2000 - 13 Jan 2004 David Ronald Musgrove ...................... 1956- D
13 Jan 2004 - 10 Jan 2012 Haley Reeves Barbour ....................... 1947- R
10 Jan 2012 - 14 Jan 2020 Philip Bryant .............................. 1954- R
14 Jan 2020 - Jonathan Tate Reeves ....................... 1974- R
North Carolina
17 Aug 1585 - Aug 1590 English settlement on Roanoke island
30 Oct 1629 Carolina territory granted to Sir Robert Heath,
by Royal decree, but not settled
03 Apr 1663 English proprietary colony, named Albemarle province
10 Jul 1665 - 05 Aug 1729 Proprietry colony of Carolina (North and South Carolina,
Georgia, and Florida to New Smyrna Beach)
1712 Formal division into North and South Carolina
05 Aug 1729 North Carolina a Crown colony
08 Mar 1731 Province of North Carolina
04 Jul 1776 North Carolina a state
14 Dec 1784 - 01 Mar 1788 State of Franklin declared in western North Carolina (not recognised)
21 Nov 1789 State of the United States
20 May 1861 Secession from the U.S and accession to the Confederacy
04 Jul 1868 Readmitted to the Union
Capital: Raleigh.
Language: English.
Religion: Protestant, Baptist.
State Anthem: "The old North State."
State Motto: To be rather than to seem.
State Emblem: Carolina Lily.
Presidents of the Provicial Congress
21 Aug - 10 Sep 1775 Samuel Johnstone (1st Time)
10 Sep 1775 - 04 Apr 1776 Cornelius Harnett
04 Apr - 14 May 1776 Samuel Johnstone (2nd Time)
Presidents of the Council of Safety
05 Jun - 21 Aug 1776 Cornelius Harnett
21 Aug - 27 Sep 1776 Samuel Ashe
27 Sep - 12 Nov 1776 William Jones
President of the Provissional Congress
12 Nov - 23 Dec 1776 Richard Caswell
Governors
23 Dec 1776 - 21 Apr 1780 Richard Caswell
21 Apr 1780 - 26 Jun 1781 Abner Nash
26 Jun 1781 - 25 Apr 1782 Thomas Burke
25 Apr 1782 - 13 May 1785 Alexander Martin
(1st Time)
13 May 1785 - 20 Dec 1787 Richard Caswell
20 Dec 1787 - 17 Dec 1789 Samuel Johnson
17 Dec 1789 - 14 Dec 1792 Alexander Martin
(2nd Time)
14 Dec 1792 - 19 Nov 1795 Richard Dobbs Spaight
19 Nov 1795 - 07 Dec 1798 Samuel Ashe
07 Dec 1798 - 23 Nov 1799 William Richardson Davie
23 Nov 1799 - 06 Dec 1802 Benjamin Williams
(1st Time)
06 Dec 1802 - 10 Dec 1805 James Turner
10 Dec 1805 - 01 Dec 1807 Nathaniel Williams
01 Dec 1807 - 12 Dec 1808 Benjamin Williams
(2nd Time)
12 Dec 1808 - 01 Dec 1810 David Stone
01 Dec 1810 - 11 Dec 1811 Benjamin Smith
11 Dec 1811 - 29 Nov 1814 William Hawkins
29 Nov 1814 - 03 Dec 1817 William Miller
03 Dec 1817 - 07 Dec 1820 John Branch
07 Dec 1820 - 01 Dec 1821 Jesse Franklin
01 Dec 1821 - 07 Dec 1824 Gabriel Holmes
07 Dec 1824 - 08 Dec 1827 Hutchings Gordon Burton
08 Dec 1827 - 12 Dec 1828 James Iredell
12 Dec 1828 - 18 Dec 1830 John Owen
18 Dec 1830 - 06 Dec 1832 Montfort Stokes
06 Dec 1832 - 10 Dec 1835 David Lowry Swain
10 Dec 1835 - 31 Dec 1836 Richard Dobbs Spraight Jr
01 Jan 1837 - 31 Dec 1840 Edward Bishop Dudley
01 Jan 1841 - 31 Dec 1844 John Morehead
01 Jan 1845 - 31 Dec 1848 William Alexander Graham
01 Jan 1849 - 31 Dec 1850 Charles Manly
01 Jan 1851 - 06 Dec 1854 David Settle Reid
06 Dec - 31 Dec 1854 Warren Winslow
(acting)
01 Jan 1855 - 31 Dec 1858 Thomas Bragg
01 Jan 1859 - 07 Jul 1861 John Willis Ellis
07 Jul 1861 - 08 Sep 1862 Henry Toole Clark
08 Sep 1862 - 15 Jan 1863 Edward W Stanley
(US military governor)
15 Jan 1863 - 29 May 1865 Zebulen Baird Vance
(1st Time)
29 Jan - 15 Dec 1865 William Woods Holden
(1st Time, provisional)
15 Dec 1865 - 01 Jul 1868 Johnathan Worth
Mar - Aug 1867 Daniel E. Sickles
(military governor)
Sep 1867 - Aug 1868 Edward R.S Canby
(military governor)
01 Jul 1868 - 15 Dec 1870 William Woods Holden
(2nd Time)
15 Dec 1870 - 11 Jul 1874 Tod Robinson Caldwell
11 Jul 1874 - 31 Dec 1876 Curtis Hookes Brogden
01 Jan 1877 - 05 Feb 1879 Zebulen Baird Vance
(2nd Time)
05 Deb 1879 - 21 Jan 1885 Thomas Jordan Jarvis
21 Jan 1885 - 17 Jan 1889 Alfred Moore Scales
17 Jan 1889 - 07 Apr 1891 Daniel Gould Fowle
07 Apr 1891 - 18 Jan 1893 Thomas Michael Holt
18 Jan 1893 - 12 Jan 1897 Elias Carr
12 Jan 1897 - 15 Jan 1901 Daniel Lindsay Russell ..................... 1845-1908 R
15 Jan 1901 - 11 Jan 1905 Charles Brantley Aycock .................... 1859-1912 D
11 Jan 1905 - 12 Jan 1909 Robert Broadnax Glenn ...................... 1854-1920 D
12 Jan 1909 - 15 Jan 1913 Williams Walton Kitchin .................... 1866-1924 D
15 Jan 1913 - 11 Jan 1917 Locke Craig ................................ 1860-1925 D
11 Jan 1917 - 12 Jan 1921 Thomas Walter Bickett ...................... 1869-1921 D
12 Jan 1921 - 14 Jan 1925 Cameron A. Morrison ........................ 1869-1953 D
14 Jan 1925 - 11 Jan 1929 Angus Wilton McLean ........................ 1870-1935 D
11 Jan 1929 - 05 Jan 1933 Oliver Max Gardner ......................... 1882-1947 D
05 Jan 1933 - 07 Jan 1937 John Christopher Blucher Ehringhaus ........ 1882-1949 D
07 Jan 1937 - 09 Jan 1941 Clyde Roark Hoey ........................... 1877-1954 D
09 Jan 1941 - 04 Jan 1945 Joseph Melville Broughton .................. 1888-1949 D
04 Jan 1945 - 06 Jan 1949 Robert Gregory Cherry ...................... 1891-1957 D
06 Jan 1949 - 08 Jan 1953 William Kerr Scott ......................... 1896-1958 D
08 Jan 1953 - 07 Nov 1954 William Bradley Umstead .................... 1895-1954 D
07 Nov 1954 - 05 Jan 1961 Luther Hartwell Hodges ..................... 1898-1974 D
05 Jan 1961 - 08 Jan 1965 James Terry Sanford ........................ 1917-1998 D
08 Jan 1965 - 03 Jan 1969 Daniel Killian Moore ....................... 1906-1986 D
03 Jan 1969 - 05 Jan 1973 Robert Walter Scott ........................ 1929-2009 D
05 Jan 1973 - 08 Jan 1977 James Eubert Holshouser Jr. ................ 1934-2013 R
08 Jan 1977 - 05 Jan 1985 James Baxter Hunt Jr. ...................... 1937- D
(1st Time)
05 Jan 1985 - 09 Jan 1993 James Grubbs Martin ........................ 1935- R
09 Jan 1993 - 06 Jan 2001 James Baxter Hunt Jr.(2nd Time)
06 Jan 2001 - 10 Jan 2009 Michael Francis Easley ..................... 1950- D
10 Jan 2009 - 05 Jan 2013 Beverly Eaves Perdue ....................... 1947- D
05 Jun 2013 - 01 Jan 2017 Patrick Lloyd McCroy ....................... 1956- R
01 Jan 2017 - Roy Asberry Cooper III ..................... 1957- D
Oklahoma
28 May 1830 - 02 May 1890 Indian Territory
02 May 1890 - 16 Nov 1907 Oklahoma Territory
16 Nov 1907 - State of Oklahoma
Capital: Oklahoma City.
Language: English.
Religion: Protestant.
State Anthem: "Oklahoma"
State Motto: Labour conquers all things.
State Emblem:
Governors
02 May 1890 - 18 Oct 1891 George Washington Steele
18 Oct 1891 - 01 Feb 1892 Robert Martin
01 Feb 1892 - 07 May 1893 Abraham Jefferson Seay
07 May 1893 - 24 May 1897 William Cary Renfrow
24 May 1897 - 20 Apr 1901 Cassius McDonald Barnes
20 Apr - 30 Nov 1901 William Miller Jenkins
20 Nov - 09 Dec 1901 William C. Grimes
09 Dec 1901 - 06 Jan 1906 Thompson Benton Ferguson
06 Jan 1906 - 16 Nov 1907 Frank Frantz
16 Nov 1907 - 09 Jan 1911 Charles Nathaniel Haskell
09 Jan 1911 - 11 Jan 1915 Lee Cruce
11 Jan 1915 - 13 Jan 1919 Robert Lee Williams
13 Jan 1919 - 08 Jan 1923 James Brooks Ayers Robertson
08 Jan - 19 Nov 1923 John Callaway Walton
19 Nov 1923 - 10 Jan 1927 Martin Edwin Trapp
10 Jan 1927 - 20 Mar 1929 Henry Simpson Johnston
20 Mar 1929 - 01 Jan 1931 William Judson Holloway
01 Jan 1931 - 14 Jan 1935 William Henry Murray
14 Jan 1935 - 09 Jan 1939 Ernest Whitworth Marland
09 Jan 1939 - 11 Jan 1943 Leon Chase Phillips
11 Jan 1943 - 13 Jan 1947 Robert Samuel Kerr ......................... 1896-1963 D
13 Jan 1947 - 08 Jan 1951 Roy Joseph Turner .......................... 1894-1973 D
08 Jan 1951 - 10 Jan 1955 Johnston Murray ............................ 1902-1974 D
10 Jan 1955 - 12 Jan 1959 Raymond Dancel Gary ........................ 1908-1993 D
12 Jan 1959 - 14 Jan 1963 James Howard Edmondson ..................... 1925-1971 D
14 Jan 1963 - 09 Jan 1967 Henry Louis Bellmon ........................ 1921-2009 R
09 Jan 1967 - 11 Jan 1971 Dewey Follett Bartlett ..................... 1919-1978 R
11 Jan 1971 - 13 Jan 1975 David Hall ................................. 1930- D
13 Jan 1975 - 03 Jan 1979 David Lyle Boren ........................... 1941- D
03 Jan 1979 - 12 Jan 1987 George Patterson Nigh ...................... 1927- D
12 Jan 1987 - 14 Jan 1991 Henry Louis Bellmon (2nd Time)
14 Jan 1991 - 09 Jan 1995 David Lee Walters .......................... 1951- D
09 Jan 1995 - 13 Jan 2003 Frank Anthony Keating ...................... 1944- R
13 Jan 2003 - 10 Jan 2011 Charles Bradford Henry ..................... 1963- D
10 Jan 2011 - 14 Jan 2019 Mary Fallin ................................ 1954- R
14 Jan 2019 - John Kevin Stitt ........................... 1972- R
South Carolina
1562-1563 French Settlement at Port Royale
1663-1710 English colony
1710 Seperated from North Carolina
1710-1776 Bristish Colony
1776-1780 State of South Carolina
1780-1782 British occupy Charleston
1788-1860 State of South Carolina
1860 Secession
1861-1865 Founding member of the Confederation States of America
1868 State of South Carolina
Capital: Columbia.
Language: English.
Religion: Protestant, Baptist, Methodist.
State Anthem: "Carolina."
State Motto: While I breath, I hope.
State Emblem: Palm tree.
Presidents
04 Jul 1776 - 06 Mar 1778 John Rutledge
06 Mar 1778 - 09 Jan 1779 Rawlins Lowndes
Governors
09 Jan 1779 - 31 Jan 1782 John Rutledge
31 Jan 1782 - 06 Feb 1783 John Mathews
06 Feb 1783 - 11 Feb 1785 Benjamin Guerard
11 Feb 1785 - 21 Feb 1787 William Moultrie
(1st Time)
21 Feb 1787 - 26 Jan 1789 Thomas Pinckney
26 Jan 1789 - 05 Dec 1792 Charles Pinckney
(1st Time)
05 Dec 1792 - 18 Dec 1794 William Moultrie
(2nd Time)
18 Dec 1794 - 12 Dec 1796 Arnoldus Vanderhorst
12 Dec 1796 - 19 Dec 1798 Charles Pinckney
(2nd Time)
19 Dec 1798 - 23 Jan 1800 Edward Rutledge
23 Jan 1800 - 01 Dec 1802 John Drayton
(1st Time)
01 Dec 1802 - 10 Dec 1804 James B. Richardson
10 Dec 1804 - 11 Dec 1806 Paul Hamilton
11 Dec 1806 - 10 Dec 1808 Charles Pinckney
10 Dec 1808 - 10 Dec 1810 John Drayton
(2nd Time)
10 Dec 1810 - 11 Dec 1812 Henry Middleton
11 Dec 1812 - 17 Dec 1814 Joseph Alston
17 Dec 1814 - 14 Dec 1816 David Rogerson Williams
14 Dec 1816 - 01 Dec 1818 Andrew Rickens
01 Dec 1818 - 01 Dec 1820 John Geddes
01 Dec 1820 - 01 Dec 1822 Thomas Bennett Jr
01 Dec 1822 - 01 Dec 1824 John Lyde Wilson
01 Dec 1824 - 01 Dec 1826 Richard Irvine Manning
01 Dec 1826 - 01 Dec 1828 John Taylor
01 Feb 1828 - 01 Dec 1830 Stephen Decatur Miller
01 Dec 1830 - 13 Dec 1832 James Hamilton Jr
13 Dec 1832 - 11 Dec 1834 Robert Yong Hayne
11 Dec 1834 - 01 Dec 1836 Georg McDuffie
01 Dec 1836 - 10 Dec 1838 Pierce Mason Butler
10 Dec 1838 - 07 Apr 1840 Patrick Noble
07 Apr - 10 Dec 1840 Barnabus Kelet Henagan
(acting)
10 Dec 1840 - 01 Dec 1842 John Peter Richardson II
01 Dec 1842 - 01 Dec 1844 James Henry Hammond
01 Dec 1844 - 01 Dec 1846 William Aiken
01 Dec 1846 - 01 Dec 1848 David Johnson
01 Dec 1848 - 01 Dec 1850 Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook
01 Dec 1850 - 01 Dec 1852 John Hugh Means
01 Dec 1852 - 01 Dec 1854 John Lawrence Manning
01 Dec 1854 - 01 Dec 1856 James Hopkins Adams
01 Dec 1856 - 01 Dec 1858 Robert Francis Withers Allston
01 Dec 1858 - 01 Dec 1860 William Henry Gist
01 Dec 1860 - 01 Dec 1862 Francis Wilkinson Pickens
01 Dec 1862 - 01 Dec 1864 Milledge Luke Bonham
20 Dec 1864 - 25 May 1865 Andrew Gordon Magrath
30 Jun - 29 Nov 1865 Benjamin Franklin Perry
(acting)
29 Nov 1865 - 06 Jul 1868 James Lawrence Orr
Mar - Aug 1867 Daniel E. Sickles
(US military governor)
Sep 1867 - 09 Jul 1868 Edward R.S Canby
(US military governor)
09 Jul 1868 - 07 Dec 1872 Robert Kingston Scott
07 Dec 1872 - 01 Dec 1874 Franklin Israel J. Moses Jr
01 Dec 1874 - 14 Dec 1876 Daniel Henry Chamberlin
14 Dec 1876 - 26 Feb 1879 Wade Hampton III
26 Feb 1879 - 01 Sep 1880 William Dunlap Simpson Jr
01 Sep - 30 Nov 1880 Thomas Bothwell Jeter
30 Nov 1880 - 01 Dec 1882 Johnson Hagood
01 Dec 1882 - 10 Jul 1886 Hugh Smith Thompson
10 Jul 1886 - 04 Dec 1890 John Peter Richardson III
04 Dec 1890 - 04 Dec 1894 Benjamin Ryan Tillman
04 Dec 1894 - 18 Jan 1897 John Grey Evans
18 Jan 1897 - 02 Jun 1899 William Haselden Ellerbe
02 Jun 1899 - 20 Jan 1903 Miles Benjamin McSweeney
20 Jan 1903 - 15 Jan 1907 Duncan Clinch Heyward
15 Jan 1907 - 17 Jan 1911 Martin Frederick Ansel
17 Jan 1911 - 15 Jan 1915 Coleman Livingston Blease
15 Jan - 19 Jan 1915 Charles Aurelius Smith
(acting)
19 Jan 1915 - 21 Jan 1919 Richard Irvine Manning III
21 Jan 1919 - 20 May 1922 Robert Archer Cooper
20 May 1922 - 16 Jan 1923 Wilson Godfrey Harvey
16 Jan 1923 - 18 Jan 1927 Thomas Gordon McLeod
18 Jan 1927 - 20 Jan 1931 John Gardiner Richards
20 Jan 1931 - 15 Jan 1935 Ibra Charles Blackwood
15 Jan 1935 - 17 Jan 1939 Olin Dewitt Talmadge Johnston
(1st Time)
17 Jan 1939 - 04 Nov 1941 Burnet Rhett Maybank
04 Nov 1941 - 27 Feb 1942 Joseph Emil Harley
27 Feb 1942 - 19 Jan 1943 Richard Manning Jeffries
19 Jan 1943 - 02 Jan 1945 Olin Dewitt Talmadge Johnston
(2nd Time)
02 Jan 1945 - 21 Jan 1947 Ransome Judson Williams .................... 1892-1970 D
21 Jan 1947 - 16 Jan 1951 James Strom Thurnmond ...................... 1902-2003 D
16 Jan 1951 - 18 Jan 1955 James Francis Byrnes ....................... 1879-1972 D
18 Jan 1955 - 20 Jan 1959 George Bell Timmerman ...................... 1912-1994 D
20 Jan 1959 - 15 Jan 1963 Ernest Frederick Holldings ................. 1922-2019 D
15 Jan 1963 - 22 Apr 1965 Donald Stuart Russell ...................... 1906-1998 D
22 Apr 1965 - 19 Jan 1971 Robert Evander McNair ...................... 1923-2007 D
19 Jan 1971 - 21 Jan 1975 John Carl West ............................. 1922-2004 D
21 Jan 1975 - 10 Jan 1979 James Burrows Edwards ...................... 1927-2014 R
10 Jan 1979 - 14 Jan 1987 Richard Wilson Riley ....................... 1933- D
14 Jan 1987 - 11 Jan 1995 Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr ................ 1940-2005 R
11 Jan 1995 - 13 Jan 1999 David Muldrow Beasley ...................... 1957- R
13 Jan 1999 - 15 Jan 2003 James Hovis Hodges ......................... 1956- D
15 Jan 2003 - 12 Jan 2011 Marshall Clemment Sanford Jr ............... 1960- R
12 Jan 2011 - 24 Jan 2017 Nimrata "Nikki" Randhawa Haley ............. 1972- R
24 Jan 2017 - Henry Dargan McMaster ...................... 1947- R
Tennessee
1776-1790 Part of North Carolina
1790-1796 Territory of the US
1796-1861 State of Tennessee
1861-1865 In secession from the US, part of the Confedarate States
1866 State of Tennessee
Capital: Nashville.
Language: English.
Religion: Protestant.
State Anthem: "My Homeland Tennessee."
State Motto: Argiculture and Commerce.
State Emblem:
Governors
17 Aug 1790 - 30 Mar 1796 William Blount
30 Mar 1796 - 23 Sep 1801 John Seviers
(1st Time)
23 Sep 1801 - 23 Sep 1803 Archibald Roane
23 Sep 1803 - 20 Sep 1809 John Seviers
(2nd Time)
20 Sep 1809 - 27 Sep 1815 William Blount
27 Sep 1815 - 30 Sep 1821 Joseph McMinn
01 Oct 1821 - 30 Sep 1827 Willaim Carroll
(1st Time)
01 Oct 1827 - 16 Apr 1829 Samuel Houston
16 Apr - 30 Sep 1829 Willaim Hall
01 Oct 1829 - 12 Oct 1835 Willaim Carroll
(2nd Time)
12 Oct 1835 - 14 Oct 1839 Newton Cannon
14 Oct 1839 - 14 Oct 1841 James Knox Polk
14 Oct 1841 - 12 Oct 1845 James Chamberlain Jones
12 Oct 1845 - 17 Oct 1847 Aaron Venable Brown
17 Oct 1847 - 16 Oct 1849 Neill Smith Brown
15 Oct 1849 - 16 Oct 1851 Willaim Trousdale
16 Oct 1851 - 17 Oct 1853 William Bowen Campbell
17 Oct 1853 - 03 Nov 1857 Andrew Johnson (1st Time)
03 Nov 1857 - 12 Mar 1862 Isham Green Harris
12 Mar 1862 - 04 Mar 1865 Andrew Johnson
(2nd Time, US military governor)
05 Mar - 05 Apr 1865 Edward Hazzard East
05 Apr 1865 - 25 Feb 1869 William Gannaway Brownlow
25 Feb 1869 - 10 Oct 1871 DeWitte Clinton Senter
10 Oct 1871 - 18 Jan 1875 John Calvin Brown
18 Jan 1875 - 16 Feb 1879 James Davis Porter
16 Feb 1879 - 17 Jan 1881 Albert Smith Marks
17 Jan 1881 - 15 Jan 1883 Alvin Hawkins
15 Jan 1883 - 17 Jan 1887 William Brimage Bate
17 Jan 1887 - 19 Jan 1891 Robert Love Taylor
(1st Time)
19 Jan 1891 - 16 Jan 1893 John Price Buchanan
16 Jan 1893 - 21 Jan 1897 Peter Turney
21 Jan 1897 - 16 Jan 1899 Robert Love Taylor
(2nd Time)
16 Jan 1899 - 19 Jan 1903 Benton McMillin
19 Jan 1903 - 21 Mar 1905 James Beriah Frazier
21 Mar 1905 - 17 Jan 1907 John Isaac Cox
17 Jan 1907 - 26 Jan 1911 Malcome Rice Patterson
26 Jan 1911 - 17 Jan 1915 Benjamin Walter Hooper
17 Jan 1915 - 15 Jan 1919 Thomas Clark Rye
15 Jan 1919 - 15 Jan 1921 Albert Houston Roberts
15 Jan 1921 - 16 Jan 1923 Alfred Alexander Taylor
16 Jan 1923 - 02 Oct 1927 Austin Peay
02 Oct 1927 - 17 Jan 1933 Henry Hollis Horton
17 Jan 1933 - 15 Jan 1937 Henry Hill McAlister
15 Jan 1937 - 16 Jan 1939 Gordon Weaver Browning
(1st Time)
16 Jan 1939 - 16 Jan 1945 William Prentice Cooper
16 Jan 1945 - 17 Jan 1949 James Nance McCord ........................ 1879-1968 D
17 Jan 1949 - 15 Jan 1953 Gordon Weaver Browning
(2nd Time)
15 Jan 1953 - 19 Jan 1959 Frank Goad Clement ........................ 1920-1969 D
19 Jan 1959 - 15 Jan 1963 Earl Buford Ellington ..................... 1907-1972 D
15 Jan 1963 - 16 Jan 1967 Frank Goad Clement
(2nd Time)
16 Jan 1967 - 16 Jan 1971 Earl Buford Ellington
(2nd Time)
16 Jan 1971 - 18 Jan 1975 Bryant Winfrield Culberson Dunn ........... 1927- R
18 Jan 1975 - 17 Jan 1979 Leonard Ray Blanton ....................... 1930-1996 D
17 Jan 1979 - 17 Jan 1987 Andrew Lamar Alexander .................... 1940- R
17 Jan 1987 - 21 Jan 1995 Edward Ray McWherter ...................... 1930-2011 D
21 Jan 1995 - 18 Jan 2003 Donald Kenneth Sundquist .................. 1936-202 R
18 Jan 2003 - 15 Jan 2011 Phillip Normon Bresdesen .................. 1943- D
15 Jan 2011 - 19 Jan 2019 William Edward Haslam ..................... 1958- R
19 Jan 2019 - William B. Lee ............................ 1959- R
Texas
1682 - 18 Jul 1821 Part of New Spain
28 Sep 1821 Part of Mexico, Provinces de Tejas
02 Mar 1836 Republic of Texas, declared independent
29 Dec 1845 Incorporated into the United States
16 Feb 1846 State of Texas
02 Feb 1848 Incorporation into the U.S recognised by Mexico
02 Mar 1861 - 1865 In secession from the U.S,
part of the Confederate states of America
30 Mar 1870 State of Texas re-admitted into the U.S
Capital: Austin
Language: English, Spanish.
Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic.
State Anthem: "Texas Our Texas".
State Motto: Friendship.
State Emblem: Lone Star.
Governors
15 Nov 1835 - 11 Jan 1836 Henry Smith ............................... 1788-1851
11 Jan - 01 Mar 1836 James W. Robinson ......................... 1790-1857
(acting)
Presidents of the Republic of Texas
02 Mar - 16 Mar 1836 Richard Ellis ............................. 1781-1846
16 Mar - 22 Oct 1836 David Gouverneur Burnet ................... 1788-1870
22 Oct 1836 - 10 Dec 1838 Samuel Houston ............................ 1793-1863
(1st Time)
10 Dec 1838 - 13 Dec 1841 Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar ................. 1798-1859
13 Dec 1841 - 09 Dec 1844 Samuel Houston
(2nd Time)
09 Dec 1844 - 19 Feb 1846 Anson Jones ............................... 1798-1858
Governors
19 Feb 1846 - 21 Dec 1847 James Pinckney Henderson .................. 1808-1858 D
21 Dec 1847 - 21 Dec 1849 George Tyler Wood ......................... 1795-1858 D
21 Dec 1849 - 23 Nov 1853 Peter Hansbrough Bell ..................... 1810-1898 D
23 Nov - 21 Dec 1853 James Wilson Henderson .................... 1817-1880 D
21 Dec 1853 - 21 Dec 1857 Elisha Marshall Peace ..................... 1812-1883 D
(1st Time)
21 Dec 1857 - 21 Dec 1859 Hardin Richard Runnels .................... 1820-1873 D
21 Dec 1859 - 16 Mar 1861 Samuel Houston ............................ s.a
16 Mar - 07 Nov 1861 Edward Clark .............................. 1815-1880 D
(acting)
07 Nov 1861 - 05 Nov 1863 Francis Richard Lubbock ................... 1815-1905 D
05 Nov 1863 - 04 Aug 1865 Pendleton Murrah .......................... 1824-1895 D
(in exile in Mexico from 22 Jun 1865)
12 Jun - 04 Aug 1865 Fletcher S. Stockdale ..................... 1825-1890 D
(acting)
14 Nov 1862 - 09 Aug 1866 Andrew Jackson Hamilton ................... 1815-1875 D
(U.S military governor)
09 Aug 1866 - 08 Aug 1867 James Webb Throckmorton ................... 1825-1894
1867 - 1868 Joseph Jones Reynolds
(1st Time, US military governor)
08 Aug 1867 - 30 Sep 1869 Elisha Marshall Peace (2nd Time)
1868 - 1869 Edward Richard Sprigg Canby ............... 1817-1873
(U.S military governor)
1869 - 1870 Joseph Jones Reynolds
(2nd Time, US military governor)
08 Jan 1870 - 15 Jan 1874 Edmund Jackson Davis ...................... 1827-1883 R
15 Jan 1874 - 01 Dec 1876 Richard Coke .............................. 1829-1897 D
01 Dec 1876 - 21 Jan 1879 Richard Bennett Hubbard ................... 1832-1901 D
21 Jan 1879 - 16 Jan 1883 Oran Milo Roberts ......................... 1815-1898 D
16 Jan 1883 - 18 Jan 1887 John Ireland .............................. 1827-1896 D
18 Jan 1887 - 20 Jan 1891 Lawrence Sullivan Ross .................... 1838-1898 D
20 Jan 1891 - 15 Jan 1895 James Stephen Hogg ........................ 1851-1906 D
15 Jan 1895 - 17 Jan 1899 Charles Allen Culberson ................... 1855-1925 D
17 Jan 1899 - 20 Jan 1903 Joseph Draper Sayers ...................... 1841-1929 D
20 Jan 1903 - 15 Jan 1907 Samuel Willis Tucker Lanhan ............... 1846-1908 D
15 Jan 1907 - 17 Jan 1911 Thomas Mitchell Campbell .................. 1857-1923 D
17 Jan 1911 - 19 Jan 1915 Oscar Branch Colquitt ..................... 1861-1940 D
15 Jan 1915 - 25 Aug 1917 James Edward Ferguson Jr. ................. 1871-1944 D
25 Aug 1917 - 18 Jan 1921 William Pettus Hobby ...................... 1878-1964 D
18 Jan 1921 - 20 Jan 1925 Patrick Morris Neff ....................... 1871-1952 D
20 Jan 1925 - 17 Jan 1927 Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson ............ 1875-1961 D
(1st Time)
17 Jan 1927 - 20 Jan 1931 Daniel James Moody Jr. .................... 1893-1966 D
20 Jan 1931 - 17 Jan 1933 Ross Shaw Sterling ........................ 1875-1949 D
17 Jan 1933 - 15 Jan 1935 Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson
(2nd Time)
15 Jan 1935 - 17 Jan 1939 James Burr V. Allred ...................... 1899-1959 D
17 Jan 1939 - 04 Aug 1941 Wilbert Lee O'Daniel ...................... 1890-1969 D
04 Aug 1941 - 21 Jan 1947 Coke Robert Stevenson ..................... 1888-1975 D
21 Jan 1947 - 11 Jul 1949 Beauford Halbert Jester ................... 1893-1949 D
11 Jul 1949 - 15 Jan 1957 Robert Allan Shivers ...................... 1907-1985 D
15 Jan 1957 - 15 Jan 1963 Marion Prince Daniel ...................... 1910-1988 D
15 Jan 1963 - 21 Jan 1969 John Bowden Connally Jr. .................. 1917-1993 D
21 Jan 1969 - 16 Jan 1973 Preston Earnest Smith ..................... 1912-2003 D
16 Jan 1973 - 16 Jan 1979 Adolph Briscoe Jr ......................... 1923-2010 D
16 Jan 1979 - 18 Jan 1983 William Perry Clements Jr. ................ 1917-2011 R
18 Jan 1983 - 20 Jan 1987 Mark Wells Wright Jr. ..................... 1940-2017 D
20 Jan 1987 - 15 Jan 1991 William Perry Clements Jr.
(2nd Time)
15 Jan 1991 - 17 Jan 1995 Dorothy Ann Willis Richards ............... 1933-2006 D
17 Jan 1995 - 21 Dec 2000 George Walker Bush ........................ 1946- R
21 Dec 2000 - 20 Jan 2015 James Richard Perry ....................... 1950- R
20 Jan 2015 - Gregory Wayne Abbot ....................... 1957- R