U.S. States S -U

Lords Proprietary
1663 -  3 Jan 1670         George Monck, Duke of Albemarle    (b. 1608 - d. 1670)
 3 Jan 1670 -  6 Oct 1688  Christopher Monck, Duke of         (b. 1652 - d. 1688)
                             Albemarle
1663 - 1674                Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon     (b. 1609 - d. 1674)
1663 - 1664                John Berkeley, Baron of Stratton   (b. 1602 - d. 1678)
1663 - 1683                Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl        (b. 1621 - d. 1683)
                             of Shaftesbury
1663 - 1680                Sir George Carteret                (b. c.1610 - d. 1680)
1663 - 1697                William, Earl of Craven            (b. 1606 - d. 1697)
1664 - 1677                Sir William Berkeley               (b. 1608 - d. 1677)
1663 - 1666                Sir John Colleton                  (b. 1608 - d. 1666)
1666 - Apr 1694            Sir Peter Colleton I               (d. 1694)
1674 - 1679                Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon      (b. 1638 - d. 1709)
1678 - 1709                John Archdale
1678 - 1698                John Berkeley, Baron of Stratton   (b. c.1663 - d. 1697)
1679 - 1692                Seth Sothel                        (d. 1692)
1680 - 1696                Sir George Carteret, Earl of
                             Granville
1683 - 1699                Anthony Ashley Cooper II, Earl     (b. 1652 - d. 1699)
                             of Shaftesbury
1692 - 1700                Thomas Amy
1694 - 1717                Sir Peter Colleton II              (d. 1717)
1694 - 22 Aug 1701         John Granville, Earl of Bath       (b. 1628 - d. 1701)
1697 - 1711                William II, Baron Craven           (b. 1668 - d. 1711)
1698 - 1700                Joseph Blake                       (d. 1700)
1699 - 1713                Anthony Ashley Cooper III,         (b. 1671 - d. 1713)
                             Earl of Shaftesbury
.... - 1715                Robert Gibbes                      (d. 1715)
16.. - 1728                James Bertie                       (b. 1673 - d. 1734)
1700 - 1728                Joseph Blake, Jr.
1711 - 1728                William III, Baron Craven          (b. 1700 - d. 1739)
1701 - 1709                John Carteret, Earl of Granville   (b. 1690 - d. 1763)
1709 - 1724                John Dawson
1709 - 24 May 1714         Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort   (b. 1684 - d. 1714)
1713 - 1724                Maurice Ashley
1725 - 1728                John Cotton

Governors
1669 - 1671                William Sayle
1671 - 1672                Joseph West (1st time)             (d. 1692)
1672 - 1674                Sir John Yeamans                   (b. 1611? - d. 1675)
1674 - 1682                Joseph West (2nd time)             (s.a.)
1682 - 1684                Joseph Morton (1st time)
1684                       Richard Kyrle
1684 - 1685                Robert Quarry
1685                       Joseph West (3rd time)             (s.a.)
1685 - 1686                Joseph Morton (2nd time)
1686 - 1690                James Colleton
1690 - 1692                Seth Sothel                        (s.a.)
1692 - 1693                Philip Ludwell                     (b. 1660? - d. 1704?)
1693 - 1694                Thomas Smith
1694                       Joseph Blake (1st time)
1694 - 1696                John Archdale                      (b. 1642 - d. 1717)
1696 - 1700                Joseph Blake (2nd time)
1700 - 1703                James Moore                        (b. 16.. - d. 1706)
1703 - 1708                Sir Nathaniel Johnson
1709 - 1710                Edward Tynte
1710 - 1711                Robert Gibbes
1711 - 1716                Charles Craven
1716 - 1717                Robert Daniel
1717 - 1719                Robert Johnson (1st time)          (b. 1676? - d. 1735)
1719 - 1721                James Moore
1721 - 1725                Francis Nicholson                  (b. 1660 - d. 1728) 
1725 - 1729                Arthur Middleton                   (b. 1681 - d. 1737)
1729 - 1735                Robert Johnson (2nd time)          (s.a.)
1735 - 1737                Thomas Broughton (acting)
1737 - 1743                William Bull (acting)              (b. 1683 - d. 1755)
1743 - 1756                James Glen                         (b. 1701 - d. 1777)
1756 - 1760                William Henry Lyttelton            (b. 1724 - d. 1808)
1760 - 1761                William Bull (1st time) (acting)   (b. 1710 - d. 1791)
1761 - 1764                Thomas Boone
1764 - 1766                William Bull (2nd time) (acting)   (s.a.)
1766 - 1773                Charles Greville Montagu           (b. 1741 - d. 1783)
1773 - 1775                William Bull (3rd time) (acting)   (s.a.)
1775 - Mar 1776            William Campbell
Presidents
 4 Jul 1776 -  7 Mar 1778  John Rutledge                      (b. 1739 - d. 1800)
 7 Mar 1778 -  9 Jan 1779  Rawlins Lowndes                    (b. 1721 - d. 1800)
Governors
 9 Jan 1779 - 31 Jan 1782  John Rutledge                      (s.a.)               Non-party
31 Jan 1782 -  4 Feb 1783  John Mathews                       (b. 1744 - d. 1802)  Non-party
 4 Feb 1783 - 11 Feb 1785  Benjamin Guerard                                        Non-party
11 Feb 1785 - 20 Feb 1787  William Moultrie (1st time)        (b. 1730 - d. 1805)  Non-party
20 Feb 1787 - 26 Jan 1789  Thomas Pinckney                    (b. 1750 - d. 1828)  Fed
26 Jan 1789 -  5 Dec 1792  Charles Pinckney (1st time)        (b. 1757 - d. 1824)  Fed
 5 Dec 1792 - Dec 1794     William Moultrie (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Non-party
Dec 1794 - Dec 1796        Arnoldus Vanderhorst               (b. 1748 - d. 1815)  Fed
Dec 1796 -  6 Dec 1798     Charles Pinckney (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Fed
18 Dec 1798 - 23 Jan 1800  Edward Rutledge                    (b. 1749 - d. 1800)  Fed
23 Jan 1800 - Dec 1802     John Drayton (1st time)            (b. 1767 - d. 1822)  Non-party
Dec 1802 - Dec 1804        James B. Richardson                (b. 1770 - d. 1836)  Non-party
Dec 1804 - Dec 1806        Paul Hamilton                      (b. 1762 - d. 1816)  D-R
Dec 1806 - 10 Dec 1808     Charles Pinckney (3rd time)        (s.a.)               D-R
10 Dec 1808 - Dec 1810     John Drayton (2nd time)            (s.a.)               D-R
10 Dec 1810 - Dec 1812     Henry Middleton                    (b. 1770 - d. 1846)  D-R
Dec 1812 - Dec 1814        Joseph Alston                      (b. 1779 - d. 1816)  D-R
Dec 1814 - Dec 1816        David Rogerson Williams            (b. 1776 - d. 1830)  D-R
Dec 1816 - Dec 1818        Andrew Rickens                     (b. 1739 - d. 1817)  D-R
Dec 1818 - Dec 1820        John Geddes                        (b. 1763 - d. 1838)  D-R
Dec 1820 - Dec 1822        Thomas Bennett, Jr.                (b. 1781 - d. 1865)  D-R
Dec 1822 - Dec 1824        John Lyde Wilson                   (b. 1784 - d. 1849)  D-R
Dec 1824 - Dec 1826        Richard Irvine Manning             (b. 1789 - d. 1836)  D-R
Dec 1826 - Dec 1828        John Taylor                        (b. 1770 - d. 1832)  D-R
Dec 1828 - Dec 1830        Stephen Decatur Miller             (b. 1787 - d. 1838)  Dem
Dec 1830 - 13 Dec 1832     James Hamilton, Jr.                (b. 1786 - d. 1857)  Dem
13 Dec 1832 - 11 Dec 1834  Robert Young Hayne                 (b. 1791 - d. 1839)  Dem
11 Dec 1834 - Dec 1836     George McDuffie                    (b. 1790 - d. 1851)  Dem
Dec 1836 - 10 Dec 1838     Pierce Mason Butler                (b. 1798 - d. 1847)  Dem
10 Dec 1838 -  7 Apr 1840  Patrick Noble                      (b. 1787 - d. 1840)  Dem
 7 Apr 1840 - 10 Dec 1840  Barnabus Kelet Henagan (acting)    (b. 1798 - d. 1855)  Dem
10 Dec 1840 - Dec 1842     John Peter Richardson II           (b. 1801 - d. 1864)  Dem
Dec 1842 - Dec 1844        James Henry Hammond                (b. 1807 - d. 1864)  Dem
Dec 1844 - Dec 1846        William Aiken                      (b. 1806 - d. 1887)  Dem
Dec 1846 - Dec 1848        David Johnson                      (b. 1782 - d. 1855)  Dem
Dec 1848 - Dec 1850        Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook       (b. 1792 - d. 1855)  Dem
16 Dec 1850 - Dec 1852     John Hugh Means                    (b. 1812 - d. 1862)  Dem
Dec 1852 - Dec 1854        John Lawrence Manning              (b. 1816 - d. 1889)  Dem
Dec 1854 - Dec 1856        James Hopkins Adams                (b. 1812 - d. 1861)  Dem
Dec 1856 - Dec 1858        Robert Francis Withers Allston     (b. 1801 - d. 1864)  Dem
Dec 1858 - Dec 1860        William Henry Gist                 (b. 1807 - d. 1874)  Dem
Dec 1860 - Dec 1862        Francis Wilkinson Pickens          (b. 1805 - d. 1869)  Dem
Dec 1862 - Dec 1864        Milledge Luke Bonham               (b. 1813 - d. 1890)  Dem
20 Dec 1864 - 25 May 1865  Andrew Gordon Magrath              (b. 1813 - d. 1893)  Dem
30 Jun 1865 - 29 Nov 1865  Benjamin Franklin Perry (acting)   (b. 1805 - d. 1886)
29 Nov 1865 -  6 Jul 1868  James Lawrence Orr                 (b. 1822 - d. 1883)  Con
 6 Jul 1868 -  9 Jul 1868  Edward R.S. Canby (acting)
 9 Jul 1868 -  7 Dec 1872  Robert Kingston Scott              (b. 1826 - d. 1900)  Rep
 7 Dec 1872 -  1 Dec 1874  Franklin J. Moses, Jr.             (b. 1838 - d. 1906)  Rep
 1 Dec 1874 - 14 Dec 1876  Daniel Henry Chamberlain           (b. 1835 - d. 1907)  Rep
                             (continues in opposition to 10 Apr 1877)
14 Dec 1876 - 26 Feb 1879  Wade Hampton III                   (b. 1818 - d. 1902)  Dem
26 Feb 1879 -  1 Sep 1880  William Dunlap Simpson (acting)    (b. 1823 - d. 1890)  Dem
 1 Sep 1880 - Nov 1880     Thomas Bothwell Jeter              (b. 1827 - d. 1883)  Dem
30 Nov 1880 - Dec 1882     Johnson Hagood                     (b. 1829 - d. 1898)  Dem
Dec 1882 - 10 Jul 1886     Hugh Smith Thompson                (b. 1836 - d. 1904)  Dem
10 Jul 1886 - 30 Nov 1886  John Calhoun Sheppard (acting)     (b. 1850 - d. 1931)  Dem
30 Nov 1886 -  4 Dec 1890  John Peter Richardson III          (b. 1831 - d. 1899)  Dem
 4 Dec 1890 -  4 Dec 1894  Benjamin Ryan Tillman              (b. 1847 - d. 1918)  Dem
 4 Dec 1894 - 18 Jan 1897  John Gary Evans                    (b. 1863 - d. 1942)  Dem
18 Jan 1897 -  2 Jun 1899  William Haselden Ellerbe           (b. 1862 - d. 1899)  Dem
 2 Jun 1899 - 20 Jan 1903  Miles Benjamin McSweeney           (b. 1855 - d. 1909)  Dem
20 Jan 1903 - 15 Jan 1907  Duncan Clinch Heyward              (b. 1864 - d. 1943)  Dem
15 Jan 1907 - 17 Jan 1911  Martin Frederick Ansel             (b. 1850 - d. 1945)  Dem
17 Jan 1911 - 14 Jan 1915  Coleman Livingston Blease          (b. 1868 - d. 1942)  Dem
14 Jan 1915 - 19 Jan 1915  Charles Aurelius Smith (acting)    (b. 1861 - d. 1916)  Dem
19 Jan 1915 - 21 Jan 1919  Richard Irvine Manning III         (b. 1859 - d. 1931)  Dem
21 Jan 1919 - 20 May 1922  Robert Archer Cooper               (b. 1874 - d. 1953)  Dem
20 May 1922 - 16 Jan 1923  Wilson Godfrey Harvey              (b. 1866 - d. 1932)  Dem
16 Jan 1923 - 18 Jan 1927  Thomas Gordon McLeod               (b. 1868 - d. 1932)  Dem
18 Jan 1927 - 20 Jan 1931  John Gardiner Richards             (b. 1864 - d. 1941)  Dem
20 Jan 1931 - 15 Jan 1935  Ibra Charles Blackwood             (b. 1878 - d. 1956)  Dem
15 Jan 1935 - 17 Jan 1939  Olin Dewitt Talmadge Johnston      (b. 1896 - d. 1965)  Dem
                             (1st time) 
17 Jan 1939 -  4 Nov 1941  Burnet Rhett Maybank               (b. 1899 - d. 1954)  Dem
 4 Nov 1941 - 27 Feb 1942  Joseph Emile Harley                (b. 1880 - d. 1942)  Dem
 2 Mar 1942 - 19 Jan 1943  Richard Manning Jeffries           (b. 1889 - d. 1964)  Dem
19 Jan 1943 -  2 Jan 1945  Olin Dewitt Talmadge Johnston      (s.a.)               Dem
                             (2nd time) 
 2 Jan 1945 - 21 Jan 1947  Ransome Judson Williams            (b. 1892 - d. 1970)  Dem
21 Jan 1947 - 16 Jan 1951  James Strom Thurmond               (b. 1902 - d. 2003)  Dem
16 Jan 1951 - 18 Jan 1955  James Francis Byrnes               (b. 1879 - d. 1972)  Dem
18 Jan 1955 - 20 Jan 1959  George Bell Timmerman              (b. 1881 - d. 1966)  Dem
20 Jan 1959 - 15 Jan 1963  Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings  (b. 1922)            Dem
15 Jan 1963 - 22 Apr 1965  Donald Stuart Russell              (b. 1906 - d. 1998)  Dem
22 Apr 1965 - 19 Jan 1971  Robert Evander McNair              (b. 1923 - d. 2007)  Dem
19 Jan 1971 - 21 Jan 1975  John Carl West                     (b. 1922 - d. 2004)  Dem
21 Jan 1975 - 10 Jan 1979  James Burrows Edwards              (b. 1927)            Rep
10 Jan 1979 - 14 Jan 1987  Richard Wilson Riley               (b. 1933)            Dem
14 Jan 1987 - 11 Jan 1995  Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr.      (b. 1940 - d. 2005)  Rep
11 Jan 1995 - 13 Jan 1999  David Muldrow Beasley              (b. 1957)            Rep
13 Jan 1999 - 15 Jan 2003  James "Jim" H. Hodges              (b. 1956)            Dem
15 Jan 2003 -              Marshall "Mark" C. Sanford, Jr.    (b. 1960)            Rep

May 1562 - 1563            French colony at Port Royale sound which is called
                             Charlesfort.
1682                       Port Royale (Stuart's Town) colony (south of Charles Town).
Sep 1686                   Colony destroyed by the Spanish.

Governors
May 1562 - 11 Jun 1562     Jean Ribault                       (b. 1520 - d. 1565)
11 Jun 1562 - Oct 1562     Albert de la Pierria               (d. 1652)
Oct 1562 - 1563            Nicolas Barré 
1682 - Sep 1686            Henry Erskine, Lord Cardross       (b. c.1650 - d. 1693)

Dakota Territory

Governors
27 May 1861 -  2 Nov 1863  William Jayne                      (b. 1826 - d. 1916)  Rep
 2 Nov 1863 -  5 Sep 1866  Newton Edmunds                     (b. 1819 - d. 1908)  Rep
 5 Sep 1866 - 10 May 1869  Andrew Jackson Faulk               (b. 1814 - d. 1898)  Rep
10 May 1869 -  1 Jan 1874  John Albyne Burbank                (b. 1827 - d. 1905)  Rep
 1 Jan 1874 - 13 Apr 1878  John Lee Pennington                (b. 1829 - d. 1900)  Rep
13 Apr 1878 - 10 Apr 1880  William Alanson Howard             (b. 1813 - d. 1880)  Rep
10 Apr 1880 - 24 Jun 1880  George H. Hand (acting)            (b. 1837 - d. 1891)  Rep 
24 Jun 1880 - 25 Jul 1884  Nehemiah George Ordway             (b. 1828 - d. 1907)  Rep
25 Jul 1884 - 17 Feb 1886  Gilbert Ashville Pierce            (b. 1841 - d. 1901)  Rep
17 Feb 1887 - 22 Mar 1889  Louis Kussuth Church               (b. 1846 - d. 1897)  Dem
22 Mar 1889 -  2 Nov 1889  Arthur Calvin Mellette             (b. 1842 - d. 1896)  Rep

Governors
 2 Nov 1889 -  3 Jan 1893  Arthur Calvin Mellette             (s.a.)               Rep
 3 Jan 1893 -  1 Jan 1897  Charles Henry Sheldon              (b. 1840 - d. 1898)  Rep
 1 Jan 1897 -  8 Jan 1901  Andrew Ericson Lee                 (b. 1847 - d. 1934)  Dem
 8 Jan 1901 -  3 Jan 1905  Charles Nelson Herreid             (b. 1857 - d. 1928)  Rep
 3 Jan 1905 -  9 Jan 1907  Samuel Harrison Elrod              (b. 1856 - d. 1935)  Rep
 8 Jan 1907 -  5 Jan 1909  Coe Isaac Crawford                 (b. 1858 - d. 1944)  Rep
 5 Jan 1909 -  7 Jan 1913  Robert Scadden Vessey              (b. 1858 - d. 1929)  Rep
 7 Jan 1913 -  2 Jan 1917  Frank Michael Byrne                (b. 1858 - d. 1927)  Rep
 2 Jan 1917 -  4 Jan 1921  Peter Norbeck                      (b. 1870 - d. 1936)  Rep
 4 Jan 1921 -  6 Jan 1925  William Henry McMaster             (b. 1877 - d. 1968)  Rep
 6 Jan 1925 -  4 Jan 1927  Carl Gunderson                     (b. 1864 - d. 1933)  Rep
 4 Jan 1927 -  6 Jan 1931  William John Bulow                 (b. 1869 - d. 1960)  Dem
 6 Jan 1931 -  3 Jan 1933  Warren Everett Green               (b. 1870 - d. 1945)  Rep
 3 Jan 1933 -  5 Jan 1937  Thomas Berry                       (b. 1879 - d. 1951)  Dem
 5 Jan 1937 -  3 Jan 1939  Leslie Jensen                      (b. 1892 - d. 1964)  Rep
 3 Jan 1939 -  5 Jan 1943  Harlan John Bushfield              (b. 1882 - d. 1948)  Rep
 5 Jan 1943 -  7 Jan 1947  Merrell Quentin Sharpe             (b. 1883 - d. 1962)  Rep
 7 Jan 1947 -  2 Jan 1951  George Theodore Mickelson          (b. 1903 - d. 1965)  Rep
 2 Jan 1951 -  4 Jan 1955  Sigurd Anderson                    (b. 1904 - d. 1990)  Rep
 4 Jan 1955 -  6 Jan 1959  Joe Jacob Foss                     (b. 1915 - d. 2003)  Rep
 6 Jan 1959 -  3 Jan 1961  Ralph E. Herseth                   (b. 1909 - d. 1969)  Dem
 3 Jan 1961 -  5 Jan 1965  Archie M. Gubbrud                  (b. 1910 - d. 1987)  Rep
 5 Jan 1965 -  7 Jan 1969  Nils Andreas Boe                   (b. 1913 - d. 1992)  Rep
 7 Jan 1969 -  5 Jan 1971  Frank Leroy Farrar                 (b. 1929)            Rep
 5 Jan 1971 - 24 Jul 1978  Richard Kneip                      (b. 1933 - d. 1987)  Dem
24 Jul 1978 -  1 Jan 1979  Harvey Wollman                     (b. 1935)            Dem
 1 Jan 1979 -  6 Jan 1987  William John Janklow (1st time)    (b. 1939)            Rep
 6 Jan 1987 - 19 Apr 1993  George Speaker Mickelson           (b. 1941 - d. 1993)  Rep
20 Apr 1993 -  7 Jan 1995  Walter Dale Miller                 (b. 1925)            Rep
 7 Jan 1995 -  7 Jan 2003  William John Janklow (2nd time)    (s.a.)               Rep
 7 Jan 2003 -              M. Michael "Mike" Rounds           (b. 1954)            Rep

Governors
1790 - 1796                William Blount                     (b. 1749 - d. 1800)
30 Mar 1796 - 23 Sep 1801  John Sevier (1st time)             (b. 1745 - d. 1815)  D-R
23 Sep 1801 - 23 Sep 1803  Archibald Roane                    (b. 1760 - d. 1819)  D-R
23 Sep 1803 - 20 Sep 1809  John Sevier (2nd time)             (s.a.)               D-R
20 Sep 1809 - 27 Sep 1815  Willie Blount                      (b. 1768 - d. 1835)  D-R
27 Sep 1815 -  1 Oct 1821  Joseph McMinn                      (b. 1758 - d. 1854)  D-R
 1 Oct 1821 -  1 Oct 1827  William Carroll (1st time)         (b. 1788 - d. 1844)  D-R
 1 Oct 1827 - 16 Apr 1829  Sam Houston                        (b. 1793 - d. 1863)  D-R
16 Apr 1829 -  1 Oct 1829  William Hall (acting)              (b. 1775 - d. 1856)  Dem
 1 Oct 1829 - 12 Oct 1835  William Carroll (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Dem
12 Oct 1835 - 14 Oct 1839  Newton Cannon                      (b. 1781 - d. 1841)  Dem
14 Oct 1839 - 15 Oct 1841  James K. Polk                      (b. 1795 - d. 1849)  Dem
15 Oct 1841 - 14 Oct 1845  James C. Jones                     (b. 1809 - d. 1859)  Whg
14 Oct 1845 - 17 Oct 1847  Aaron V. Brown                     (b. 1795 - d. 1859)  Dem
17 Oct 1847 - 16 Oct 1849  Neill S. Brown                     (b. 1810 - d. 1886)  Whg
16 Oct 1849 - 16 Oct 1851  William Trousdale                  (b. 1790 - d. 1872)  Dem
16 Oct 1851 - 17 Oct 1853  William B. Campbell                (b. 1807 - d. 1867)  Whg
17 Oct 1853 -  3 Nov 1857  Andrew Johnson (1st time)          (b. 1808 - d. 1875)  Dem
 3 Nov 1857 - 12 Mar 1862  Isham Green Harris                 (b. 1818 - d. 1897)  Dem
                             (Confederate governor 12 Mar 1862 - Aug 1863)
12 Mar 1862 -  4 Mar 1865  Andrew Johnson (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Mil/Dem
                             (U.S. military governor)
Aug 1863                   Robert Looney Caruthers            (b. 1800 - d. 1882)  Dem
                             (Confederate governor-elect; not inaugurated)
 4 Mar 1865 -  5 Apr 1865  Edward Hazzard East (acting)       (b. 1830 - d. 1904)  Uni
 5 Apr 1865 - 25 Feb 1869  William G. Brownlow                (b. 1805 - d. 1877)  Rep
25 Feb 1869 - 10 Oct 1871  DeWitt C. Senter                   (b. 1830 - d. 1898)  Rep
10 Oct 1871 - 18 Jan 1875  John C. Brown                      (b. 1827 - d. 1889)  Dem
18 Jan 1875 - 16 Feb 1879  James D. Porter                    (b. 1828 - d. 1912)  Dem
16 Feb 1879 - 17 Jan 1881  Albert S. Marks                    (b. 1836 - d. 1891)  Dem
17 Jan 1881 - 15 Jan 1883  Alvin Hawkins                      (b. 1821 - d. 1905)  Rep
15 Jan 1883 - 17 Jan 1887  William B. Bate                    (b. 1826 - d. 1905)  Dem
17 Jan 1887 - 19 Jan 1891  Robert L. Taylor (1st time)        (b. 1850 - d. 1912)  Dem
19 Jan 1891 - 16 Jan 1893  John P. Buchanan                   (b. 1847 - d. 1930)  Dem
16 Jan 1893 - 21 Jan 1897  Peter Turney                       (b. 1827 - d. 1903)  Dem
21 Jan 1897 - 16 Jan 1899  Robert L. Taylor (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
16 Jan 1899 - 19 Jan 1903  Benton McMillin                    (b. 1845 - d. 1933)  Dem
19 Jan 1903 - 21 Mar 1905  James B. Frazier                   (b. 1856 - d. 1937)  Dem
21 Mar 1905 - 17 Jan 1907  John I. Cox                        (b. 1855 - d. 1946)  Dem
17 Jan 1907 - 26 Jan 1911  Malcolm R. Patterson               (b. 1861 - d. 1935)  Dem
26 Jan 1911 - 17 Jan 1915  Ben W. Hooper                      (b. 1870 - d. 1957)  Rep
17 Jan 1915 - 15 Jan 1919  Thomas C. Rye                      (b. 1863 - d. 1953)  Dem
15 Jan 1919 - 15 Jan 1921  Albert H. Roberts                  (b. 1868 - d. 1946)  Dem
15 Jan 1921 - 16 Jan 1923  Alfred A. Taylor                   (b. 1848 - d. 1931)  Rep
16 Jan 1923 -  2 Oct 1927  Austin Peay                        (b. 1876 - d. 1927)  Dem
 3 Oct 1927 - 17 Jan 1933  Henry H. Horton                    (b. 1866 - d. 1934)  Dem
17 Jan 1933 - 15 Jan 1937  Hill McAlister                     (b. 1875 - d. 1959)  Dem
15 Jan 1937 - 16 Jan 1939  Gordon Browning (1st time)         (b. 1889 - d. 1976)  Dem
16 Jan 1939 - 16 Jan 1945  Prentice Cooper                    (b. 1895 - d. 1969)  Dem
16 Jan 1945 - 17 Jan 1949  Jim Nance McCord                   (b. 1879 - d. 1968)  Dem
17 Jan 1949 - 15 Jan 1953  Gordon Browning (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Dem
15 Jan 1953 - 19 Jan 1959  Frank G. Clement (1st time)        (b. 1920 - d. 1969)  Dem
19 Jan 1959 - 15 Jan 1963  Buford Ellington (1st time)        (b. 1907 - d. 1972)  Dem
15 Jan 1963 - 16 Jan 1967  Frank G. Clement (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
16 Jan 1967 - 16 Jan 1971  Buford Ellington (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
16 Jan 1971 - 18 Jan 1975  Winfield Dunn                      (b. 1927)            Rep
18 Jan 1975 - 17 Jan 1979  Ray Blanton                        (b. 1930 - d. 1996)  Dem
17 Jan 1979 - 17 Jan 1987  Lamar Alexander                    (b. 1940)            Rep
17 Jan 1987 - 21 Jan 1995  Ned Ray McWherter                  (b. 1930)            Dem
21 Jan 1995 - 18 Jan 2003  Don Sundquist                      (b. 1936)            Rep
18 Jan 2003 -              Phil Bredesen                      (b. 1943)            Dem

14 Dec 1784                State of Franklin (not recognized by U.S.).
 1 Mar 1788                Re-incorporated into North Carolina.
 2 Apr 1790                Part of Southwest Territory (from 1796, Tennessee).

Governor
 1 Mar 1785 -  1 Mar 1788  John Sevier                        (b. 1745 - d. 1815)

Governors
23 Jan 1691 - 1692         Domingo Terán de los Ríos
Feb 1685 - Mar 1687        Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la  (b. 1643 - d. 1687)
                             Salle -at Fort St. Louis
Mar 1687 - Jan 1689        Gabriel Minime, Sieur de           (b. 16.. - d. 1689)
                             Barbier -at Fort St. Louis
1692 - 26 Dec 1697         Gregorio de Salinas Varona         (b. c.1650 - d. af.1720)
1698 - 1702                Francisco Cuerbo y Valdez
1703 - 1705                Mathías de Aguirre
1705 - 1708                Martín de Alarcón (1st time)
1708 - 1712                Simon Padilla y Córdova
1712 - 1714                Pedro Fermín de Echevers y Subisa
1714 - 1716                Juan Váldez
 9 Dec 1716 - 1719         Martín de Alarcón (2nd time)
21 Oct 1719 - 13 Jun 1722  José de Azlor y Virto de Vera,
                             marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo  (b. 16.. - d. 1734)
1722 - 1727                Fernando Pérez de Almazán
1727 - 1731                Melchor de Media Villa y Azcona
1731 - 1734                Juan Antonio Bustillos y Ceballos
1734 - 1736                Manuel de Sandoval
26 Sep 1736 - Sep 1737     Carlos Benites Franquis de Lugo    (b. 1691 - d. 17..)
1737 - 1738                José Antonio Fernández de Jáuregui
                             Urrutia
1738 - 1741                Prudencio de Orobio y Basterra
1741 - 1743                Tomás Felipe de Winthuisen
17 Dec 1743 - Sep 1744     Justo Boneo y Morales              (d. 1744)
Sep 1744 - 1748            Francisco García Larios
 3 Jun 1748 - 1750         Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella
1751 - 1759                Jacinto de Barrios y Jáuregui
 6 Feb 1759 - 28 Aug 1767  Ángel de Martos y Navarrete
28 Aug 1767 - 1770         Hugo Oconór                        (b. 1732 - d. 1779)
 4 Feb 1770 - 1778         Juan María Vicencio,               (d. 1780)
                             barón de Ripperdá 
29 Oct 1778 -  3 Dec 1786  Domingo Cabello y Robles           (b. c.1725 - d. ....)
 5 Dec 1786 - 1788         Rafael Martínez Pacheco (1st time)
1789 - 18 Oct 1790         Rafael Martínez Pacheco (2nd time)
1790 - 27 Jul 1799         Manuel Muñoz                       (b. c.1730 - d. 1799)
27 Jul 1799 -  5 Oct 1805  Juan Bautista Elguézabal           (b. 1741 - d. 1805)
1805 -  7 Nov 1808         Manuel Antonio Cordero y
                             Bustamante                       (b. 1753 - d. 1823)
1808 - 22 Jan 1811         Manuel María de Salcedo (1st time) (b. 17.. - d. 1813)
22 Jan 1811 -  2 Mar 1811  Juan Bautista de las Casas         (b. 17.. - d. 1811)
                             (in rebellion)
 1 Mar 1811 - Jul 1811     Juan Manuel Sambrano
                             (President of the Junta)
Jul 1811 - Dec 1811        Simon de Herrera (interim)
Dec 1811 -  5 Apr 1813     Manuel María de Salcedo (2nd time) (s.a.)
1813 - Oct 1814            Cristóbal Domínguez                (b. 17.. - d. 1814)
1814 - 1815                Benito de Armiñán
1815 - 1816                Mariano Varela
27 Jul 1816 - 20 Mar 1817  Juan Ignacio Pérez                 (b. 1761 - d. 1823)
20 Mar 1817 - 27 May 1817  Manuel Pardo                       (b. 1774 - d. 18..)
27 May 1817 - 17 Aug 1822  Antonio María Martínez             (b. 17.. - d. 1823)
Jun 1819 - 28 Oct 1819     James Long 
                            (Chairman of the Supreme Council of
                             Camp Freeman, in rebellion)
17 Aug 1822 - 17 Apr 1823  José Félix Trespalacios            (b. 17.. - d. 1835)
 8 Jul 1823 - 12 Oct 1823  Luciano García
15 Aug 1824 - 15 Mar 1826  Rafael Gonzales                    (b. 1789 - d. 1857)
30 May 1826 - 27 Jan 1827  Víctor Blanco
 4 Jul 1827 -  4 Apr 1831  José María Viesca
 5 Apr 1831 - 18 Sep 1832  José María Letona                  (b. 1799 - d. 1832)
18 Sep 1832 - 1833         Juan Martín de Veramendi           (b. 1778 - d. 1833)
1833 - 1834                Juan José de Vidauri y Villaseñor
30 Aug 1834 - 12 Mar 1835  Juan José Elguézabal               (b. 1781 - d. 1840)
12 Mar 1835 - 14 Apr 1835  José María Cantu 
14 Apr 1835 -  8 Jun 1835  Agustín M. Viesca                  (b. 1790 - d. 1845)
Jun 1835 - Nov 1835        Marciel Borrego
28 Jun 1835 - 1835         Ramón Musquiz                      (b. c.1797 - d. 18..)
                            (did not take office)
15 Nov 1835 - 11 Jan 1836  Henry Smith                        (b. 1788 - d. 1851)
11 Jan 1836 -  1 Mar 1836  James W. Robinson (acting)         (b. 1790 - d. 1857)
President of the Convention
 2 Mar 1836 - 17 Mar 1836  Richard Ellis                      (b. 1781 - d. 1846)
President of the ad-interim Government
17 Mar 1836 - 22 Oct 1836  David Gouverneur Burnet            (b. 1788 - d. 1870)
Presidents
22 Oct 1836 - 10 Dec 1838  Sam Houston (1st time)             (b. 1793 - d. 1863)
10 Dec 1838 - 13 Dec 1841  Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar          (b. 1798 - d. 1859)
13 Dec 1841 -  9 Dec 1844  Sam Houston (2nd time)             (s.a.)
 9 Dec 1844 - 19 Feb 1846  Anson Jones                        (b. 1798 - d. 1858)
Governors
19 Feb 1846 - 21 Dec 1847  Pinckney Henderson                 (b. 1808 - d. 1858)  Dem
21 Dec 1847 - 21 Dec 1849  George T. Wood                     (b. 1795 - d. 1858)  Dem
21 Dec 1849 - 23 Nov 1853  Peter Hansbrough Bell              (b. 1810 - d. 1898)  Dem
23 Nov 1853 - 21 Dec 1853  James Wilson Henderson (acting)    (b. 1817 - d. 1880)  Dem
21 Dec 1853 - 21 Dec 1857  Elisha Marshall Pease (1st time)   (b. 1812 - d. 1883)  Dem
21 Dec 1857 - 21 Dec 1859  Hardin Richard Runnels             (b. 1820 - d. 1873)  Dem
21 Dec 1859 - 16 Mar 1861  Sam Houston                        (s.a.)               Uni
16 Mar 1861 -  7 Nov 1861  Edward Clark (acting)              (b. 1815 - d. 1880)  Dem
 7 Nov 1861 -  5 Nov 1863  Francis Richard Lubbock            (b. 1815 - d. 1905)  Dem
 5 Nov 1863 - 17 Jun 1865  Pendleton Murrah                   (b. 1824 - d. 1865)  Dem
17 Jun 1865 -  9 Aug 1866  Andrew Jackson Hamilton            (b. 1815 - d. 1875)  Con
 9 Aug 1866 -  8 Aug 1867  James Webb Throckmorton            (b. 1825 - d. 1894)  Con
 8 Aug 1867 - 30 Sep 1869  Elisha Marshall Pease (2nd time)   (s.a.)               Rep
 8 Jan 1870 - 15 Jan 1874  Edmund Jackson Davis               (b. 1827 - d. 1883)  Rep
15 Jan 1874 -  1 Dec 1876  Richard Coke                       (b. 1829 - d. 1897)  Dem
 1 Dec 1876 - 21 Jan 1879  Richard Bennett Hubbard            (b. 1832 - d. 1901)  Dem
21 Jan 1879 - 16 Jan 1883  Oran Milo Roberts                  (b. 1815 - d. 1898)  Dem
16 Jan 1883 - 18 Jan 1887  John Ireland                       (b. 1827 - d. 1896)  Dem
18 Jan 1887 - 20 Jan 1891  Lawrence Sullivan Ross             (b. 1838 - d. 1898)  Dem
20 Jan 1891 - 15 Jan 1895  James Stephen Hogg                 (b. 1851 - d. 1906)  Dem
15 Jan 1895 - 17 Jan 1899  Charles Allen Culberson            (b. 1855 - d. 1925)  Dem
17 Jan 1899 - 20 Jan 1903  Joseph Draper Sayers               (b. 1841 - d. 1929)  Dem
20 Jan 1903 - 15 Jan 1907  amuel Willis Tucker Lanham         (b. 1846 - d. 1908)  Dem
15 Jan 1907 - 17 Jan 1911  Thomas Mitchell Campbell           (b. 1857 - d. 1923)  Dem
17 Jan 1911 - 19 Jan 1915  Oscar Branch Colquitt              (b. 1861 - d. 1940)  Dem
19 Jan 1915 - 25 Aug 1917  James Edward Ferguson, Jr.         (b. 1871 - d. 1944)  Dem
25 Aug 1917 - 18 Jan 1921  William Pettus Hobby               (b. 1878 - d. 1964)  Dem
18 Jan 1921 - 20 Jan 1925  Patrick Morris Neff                (b. 1871 - d. 1952)  Dem
20 Jan 1925 - 17 Jan 1927  Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson (f) (b. 1875 - d. 1961)  Dem
                             (1st time)
17 Jan 1927 - 20 Jan 1931  Daniel James Moody, Jr.            (b. 1893 - d. 1966)  Dem
20 Jan 1931 - 17 Jan 1933  Ross Shaw Sterling                 (b. 1875 - d. 1949)  Dem
17 Jan 1933 - 15 Jan 1935  Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson (f) (s.a.)               Dem
                             (2nd time)
15 Jan 1935 - 17 Jan 1939  James Burr V. Allred               (b. 1899 - d. 1959)  Dem
17 Jan 1939 -  4 Aug 1941  Wilbert Lee O'Daniel               (b. 1890 - d. 1969)  Dem
 4 Aug 1941 - 21 Jan 1947  Coke Robert Stevenson              (b. 1888 - d. 1975)  Dem
21 Jan 1947 - 11 Jul 1949  Beauford Halbert Jester            (b. 1893 - d. 1949)  Dem
11 Jul 1949 - 15 Jan 1957  Robert Allan Shivers               (b. 1907 - d. 1985)  Dem
15 Jan 1957 - 15 Jan 1963  Marion Price Daniel                (b. 1910 - d. 1988)  Dem
15 Jan 1963 - 21 Jan 1969  John Bowden Connally, Jr.          (b. 1917 - d. 1993)  Dem
21 Jan 1969 - 16 Jan 1973  Preston Earnest Smith              (b. 1912 - d. 2003)  Dem
16 Jan 1973 - 16 Jan 1979  Dolph Briscoe, Jr.                 (b. 1923)            Dem
16 Jan 1979 - 18 Jan 1983  William Perry Clements (1st time)  (b. 1917)            Rep
18 Jan 1983 - 20 Jan 1987  Mark Wells White, Jr.              (b. 1940)            Dem
20 Jan 1987 - 15 Jan 1991  William Perry Clements (2nd time)  (s.a.)               Rep
15 Jan 1991 - 17 Jan 1995  Ann Willis Richards (f)            (b. 1933 - d. 2006)  Dem
17 Jan 1995 - 21 Dec 2000  George Walker Bush                 (b. 1946)            Rep
21 Dec 2000 -              James Richard "Rick" Perry         (b. 1950)            Rep

President of the Church of Mormon
24 Jul 1847 - 12 Mar 1849  Brigham Young                      (b. 1801 - d. 1877)
Governors
12 Mar 1849 - Apr 1858     Brigham Young                      (s.a.)               Non-party
Apr 1858 - May 1861        Alfred Cumming                     (b. 1802 - d. 1873)  Dem
May 1861 - 1861            Francis Hall Wooten (acting)       (b. 1822 - d. 1863) 
 7 Dec 1861 - 31 Dec 1861  John W. Dawson                     (b. 1820 - d. 1877)  Rep
31 Dec 1861 - 1862         Frank Fuller (acting)
1862 - 1863                Stephen Selwyn Harding             (b. 1808 - d. 1891)  Rep
Jan 1862 - Jan 1870        Brigham Young ('shadow governor')  (s.a.)
1863 - 13 Jun 1865         James Duane Doty                   (b. 1799 - d. 1865)  Rep
13 Jun 1865 - 1865         Amos Reed (acting)
1865 - 21 Dec 1869         Charles Durkee                     (b. 1805 - d. 1870)  Lib
21 Dec 1869 - Jan 1870     Edwin Higgins (acting)
Jan 1870 - 1870            Stephen A. Mann (acting)           (b. 1834 - d. 1881) 
1870 - 31 Oct 1870         John Wilson Shaffer                (b. 1827 - d. 1870)  Rep
1870 - Jan 1871            Vernon H. Vaughan (acting)         (b. 1838 - d. 1878)  Rep
Jan 1871 - 1871            George A. Black (acting)           (b. 1841 - d. 1914) 
1871 - 1874                George Lemuel Woods                (b. 1832 - d. 1890)  Rep
1874 - 1875                Samuel Beach Axtell                (b. 1819 - d. 1891)  Rep
Jun 1875 - 1880            George W. Emery                    (b. 1830 - d. 1909)  Rep
1880 - Mar 1886            Eli Houston Murray                 (b. 1843 - d. 1896)  Rep
Mar 1886 - May 1889        Caleb Walton West (1st time)       (b. 1844 - d. 1909)  Dem
May 1889 - 1893            Arthur Lloyd Thomas                (b. 1851 - d. 1924)  Rep
14 Apr 1893 -  4 Jan 1896  Caleb Walton West (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
 6 Jan 1896 -  2 Jan 1905  Heber Manning Wells                (b. 1859 - d. 1938)  Rep
 2 Jan 1905 -  4 Jan 1909  John Christopher Cutler            (b. 1846 - d. 1928)  Rep
 4 Jan 1909 -  1 Jan 1917  William Spry                       (b. 1864 - d. 1929)  Rep
 1 Jan 1917 -  3 Jan 1921  Simon Bamberger                    (b. 1847 - d. 1926)  Dem
 3 Jan 1921 -  5 Jan 1925  Charles Rendell Mabey              (b. 1877 - d. 1959)  Rep
 5 Jan 1925 -  2 Jan 1933  George Henry Dern                  (b. 1872 - d. 1936)  Dem
 2 Jan 1933 -  6 Jan 1941  Henry Hooper Blood                 (b. 1872 - d. 1942)  Dem
 6 Jan 1941 -  3 Jan 1949  Herbert Brown Maw                  (b. 1893 - d. 1990)  Dem
 3 Jan 1949 -  7 Jan 1957  Joseph Bracken Lee                 (b. 1899 - d. 1996)  Rep
 7 Jan 1957 -  4 Jan 1965  George Dewey Clyde                 (b. 1898 - d. 1972)  Rep
 4 Jan 1965 -  3 Jan 1977  Calvin Lewellyn Rampton            (b. 1913 - d. 2007)  Dem
 3 Jan 1977 -  7 Jan 1985  Scott Milne Matheson               (b. 1929 - d. 1990)  Dem
 7 Jan 1985 -  4 Jan 1993  Norman Howard Bangerter            (b. 1933)            Rep
 4 Jan 1993 -  5 Nov 2003  Michael "Mike" Okerlund Leavitt    (b. 1951)            Rep
 5 Nov 2003 -  3 Jan 2005  Olene Walker (f)                   (b. 1930)            Rep
 3 Jan 2005 -              Jon Huntsman, Jr.                  (b. 1960)            Rep