Governors of North Carolina Test and Flashcards (2025)

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• Alexander Martin

  Alexander Martin (1740 – November 10, 1807) was the fourth and seventh Governor of the U.

• Thomas Bragg

  Thomas Bragg (November 9, 1810 – January 21, 1872) was a politician and lawyer who served as the 34th Governor of the U.

• Bev Perdue

  Beverly Eaves "Bev" Perdue (born Beverly Marlene Moore; January 14, 1947) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 73rd Governor of the U.

• Pat McCrory

  Patrick Lloyd "Pat" McCrory (born October 17, 1956) is an American politician and the 74th Governor of North Carolina, in office since 2013.

• Terry Sanford

  James Terry Sanford (August 20, 1917 – April 18, 1998) was a United States politician and educator from North Carolina.

• Warren Winslow

  Warren Winslow (January 1, 1810 – August 16, 1862) was the 33rd Governor of the U.

• Samuel Johnston

  Samuel Johnston (December 15, 1733 – August 17, 1816) was an American planter, lawyer, and statesman from Chowan County, North Carolina.

• William Alexander Graham

  William Alexander Graham (September 5, 1804 – August 11, 1875) was a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, a Senator later in the Confederate States Senate from 1864 to 1865, the 30th Governor of North Carolina from 1845 to 1849 and U.

• Charles Brantley Aycock

  Charles Brantley Aycock (November 1, 1859 – April 4, 1912) was the 50th Governor of the U.

• Alfred Moore Scales

  Alfred Moore Scales (November 26, 1827 – February 9, 1892) was a North Carolina state legislator, Confederate general in the American Civil War and the 45th Governor of the U.

• Tod Robinson Caldwell

  Tod Robinson Caldwell (February 19, 1818 – July 11, 1874) was a lawyer and the 41st Governor of the U.

• Elias Carr

  Elias Carr (February 25, 1839 – July 22, 1900) was the 48th Governor of the U.

• David Settle Reid

  David Settle Reid (April 19, 1813 – June 19, 1891) was the 32nd Governor of the U.

• Luther H. Hodges

  Luther Hartwell Hodges (March 9, 1898 – October 6, 1974) was an American politician, who served as the 64th Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1954 to 1961 and as United States Secretary of Commerce from 1961 to 1965.

• Thomas Michael Holt

  Col. Thomas Michael Holt (July 15, 1831 – April 11, 1896) was a prominent North Carolina industrialist who served as the 47th Governor of North Carolina from 1891 to 1893.

• John Willis Ellis

  John Willis Ellis (November 23, 1820 – July 7, 1861) was the 35th Governor of the U.

• Locke Craig

  Locke Craig (August 16, 1860 – June 9, 1924) was the 53rd Governor of the U.

• James Holshouser

  James Eubert Holshouser, Jr.

• Abner Nash

  Abner Nash (August 8, 1740 – December 2, 1786) was the second Governor of the U.

• James L. Robinson

  James Lowry Robinson (September 17, 1838 – July 11, 1887) was a Democratic politician from the U.

• Angus Wilton McLean

  Angus Wilton McLean (April 20, 1870 – June 21, 1935) was a lawyer and banker who was the 56th Governor of the U.

• Robert W. Scott

  Robert Walter "Bob" Scott (June 13, 1929 – January 23, 2009) was the 67th Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1969 to 1973.

• William B. Umstead

  William Bradley Umstead (May 13, 1895 – November 7, 1954) was an American Senator and the 63rd Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1953 to 1954.

• James Turner (North Carolina politician)

  James Turner (December 20, 1766 – January 15, 1824) was the 12th Governor of the U.

• William Hawkins (governor)

  William Hawkins (October 20, 1777 – May 17, 1819) was the 17th Governor of the U.

• Jesse Franklin

  Jesse Franklin (March 24, 1760 – August 31, 1823) was the Democratic-Republican U.

• William Richardson Davie

  William Richardson Davie (June 20, 1756 – November 29, 1820) was a military officer and the tenth Governor of North Carolina from 1798 to 1799, as well as one of the most important men involved in the founding of the University of North Carolina.

• Benjamin Williams

  Benjamin Williams (1 January 1751 – 20 July 1814) was the 11th and 14th Governor of the U.

• Benjamin Smith (North Carolina politician)

  Benjamin Smith (January 10, 1756 – January 26, 1826) was the 16th Governor of the U.

• List of Governors of North Carolina

  The following is a list of governors, or chief executives, for the U.

• John Branch

  John Branch, Jr. (November 4, 1782 – January 3, 1863) was an American politician who served as U.

• Jim Hunt

  James Baxter "Jim" Hunt, Jr.

• Mike Easley

  Michael Francis "Mike" Easley (born March 23, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 72nd governor of the U.

• R. Gregg Cherry

  Robert Gregg Cherry (October 17, 1891 – June 25, 1957) was the 61st Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1945 to 1949.

• William Miller (North Carolina)

  William Miller (1770–1825) was the 18th Governor of the U.

• John C. B. Ehringhaus

  John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus (February 5, 1882 – July 31, 1949) was the Governor of North Carolina from 1933 to 1937.

• Gabriel Holmes

  Gabriel Holmes (1769 – September 26, 1829) was the 21st Governor of the U.

• Dan K. Moore

  Daniel Killian Moore (April 2, 1906 – September 7, 1986) was the 66th Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1965 to 1969.

• J. Melville Broughton

  Joseph Melville Broughton (November 17, 1888 – March 6, 1949) was the 60th Governor of North Carolina from 1941 to 1945.

• Montfort Stokes

  Montfort Stokes (March 12, 1762 – November 4, 1842) was an American Democratic (originally Democratic-Republican) politician who served as U.

• James G. Martin

  James Grubbs "Jim" Martin (born December 11, 1935) was the 70th Governor of the state of North Carolina.

• James Iredell Jr.

  James Iredell Jr.

• Hutchins Gordon Burton

  Hutchins Gordon Burton (1774 or 1782 – 21 April 1836) was the 22nd Governor of the U.

• John Owen (North Carolina politician)

  John Owen (August 1787 – 9 October 1841) was the 24th Governor of the U.

• John Motley Morehead

  John Motley Morehead (July 4, 1796 – August 27, 1866) was the 29th Governor of the U.

• Edward Bishop Dudley

  Edward Bishop Dudley (December 15, 1789 – October 30, 1855) was the 28th Governor of the U.

• Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.

  Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.

• David Lowry Swain

  David Lowry Swain (January 4, 1801 – August 27, 1868) was the 26th Governor of the U.

• Charles Manly

  Charles Manly (May 13, 1795 – May 1, 1871) was the 31st Governor of the U.

• W. Kerr Scott

  William Kerr Scott (April 17, 1896 – April 16, 1958) was a Democratic Party politician from North Carolina.

• Jonathan Worth (Governor)

  Jonathan Worth (November 18, 1802 – September 5, 1869) was the 39th governor of the U.

• William Woods Holden

  William Woods Holden (November 24, 1818 – March 1, 1892) was the 38th and 40th Governor of North Carolina, who was appointed by President Andrew Johnson in 1865 for a brief term, and then elected in 1868, serving until 1871.

• Curtis Hooks Brogden

  Curtis Hooks Brogden (November 6, 1816 – January 5, 1901) was a yeoman farmer and politician, and the 42nd Governor of the U.

• Henry Toole Clark

  Henry Toole Clark (February 7, 1808 – April 14, 1874) was the 36th Governor of the U.

• Thomas Jordan Jarvis

  Thomas Jordan Jarvis (January 18, 1836 – June 17, 1915) was the 44th Governor of the U.

• Daniel Gould Fowle

  Daniel Gould Fowle (March 3, 1831 – April 7, 1891) was the 46th Governor of the U.

• Daniel Lindsay Russell

  Daniel Lindsay Russell, Jr.

• Thomas Burke (North Carolina)

  Thomas Burke (c. 1747 – December 2, 1783) was an Irish physician, lawyer, and statesman who lived in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

• Robert Broadnax Glenn

  Robert Broadnax Glenn (August 11, 1854 – May 16, 1920) was the 51st Governor of the U.

• Cameron A. Morrison

  Cameron A. Morrison (October 5, 1869 – August 20, 1953) was the 55th Governor of the U.

• William Walton Kitchin

  William Walton Kitchin (October 9, 1866 – November 9, 1924) was the 52nd Governor of the U.

• Thomas Walter Bickett

  Thomas Walter Bickett (February 28, 1869 – December 28, 1921) was the 54th Governor of the U.

• Nathaniel Alexander (governor)

  Nathaniel Alexander (March 5, 1756 – March 7, 1808) was the 13th Governor of the U.

• Oliver Max Gardner

  Oliver Max Gardner (March 22, 1882 – February 6, 1947) was an American politician who served as the 57th Governor of the U.

• David Stone (politician)

  David Stone (February 17, 1770 – October 7, 1818) was the 15th Governor of the U.

• Zebulon Baird Vance

  Zebulon Baird Vance (May 13, 1830 – April 14, 1894) was a Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, the 37th and 43rd Governor of North Carolina, and U.

• Samuel Ashe (North Carolina)

  Samuel Ashe (March 24, 1725 – February 3, 1813) was the ninth Governor of the U.

• Richard Caswell

  Richard Caswell (August 3, 1729 – November 10, 1789) was the first and fifth governor of the U.

• Clyde R. Hoey

  Clyde Roark Hoey (December 11, 1877 in Shelby, North Carolina – May 12, 1954 in Washington, D.C.) was a Democratic politician from North Carolina.