The Governor of North Carolina is the top executive of the government of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2004, the governor of North Carolina is Mike Easley, a Democrat. Among other responsibilities, the governor heads the North Carolina Council of State.

List of Governors

Roanake Colony, 1585 - 1586

• Ralph Lane, 1585 - 1586
• John White, 1587

Proprietary Colony, 1664-1731

Governors of Albemarle, 1664-1689

• William Drummond 1664-1667
• Samuel Stephens 1667-1669
• Peter Carteret 1670-1672
• John Jenkins 1672-1675
• Thomas Eastchurch 1675-1676
• John Jenkins 1676-1677
• Thomas Miller 1677
• John Harvey 1679
• Henry Wilkinson 1680
• John Jenkins 1680-1681
• Seth Sothel 1682-1689

Deputy Governors of Carolina, 1689-1710

• John Gibbs 1689-1690
• Thomas Jarvis 1690-1694
• Philip Ludwell 1690-1691, 1692-1693, 1693-1695
• Thomas Harvey 1694-1699
• John Archdale 1695-1696 (Governor of North and South Carolina)
• Henderson Walker 1699-1703
• Robert Daniel 1703-1705
• Thomas Cary 1705-1711
• William Glover 1706-1710

Governors of North Carolina, 1711-1731

• Edward Hyde 1711-1712
• Thomas Pollock 1712-1714
• Charles Eden 1714-1722
• Thomas Pollock 1722
• William Reed 1722-1724
• George Burrington 1724-1725
• Richard Everard 1725-1731

Royal Colony, 1731-1775

• George Burrington 1731-1734
• Nathaniel Rice 1734
• Gabriel Johnston 1734-1752
• Nathaniel Rice 1752-1753
• Matthew Rowan 1753-1754
• Arthur Dobbs 1753-1763
• William Tryon 1765-1771
• James Hasell 1771
• Josiah Martin 1771-1775

State of North Carolina, 1776-present

Related articles

• North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2004

References

• North Carolina Encyclopedia

External link

• Office of the Governor