| Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. Pat McCrory | North Carolina |
2013 - 2016 |
Republican |
| Gov. Bev Perdue | North Carolina |
2009 - 2013 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Michael F. Easley | North Carolina |
2001 - 2009 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James B. Hunt | North Carolina |
1993 - 2001 1977 - 1985 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James G Martin | North Carolina |
1985 - 1993 |
Republican |
| Gov. James E. Holshouser | North Carolina |
1973 - 1977 |
Republican |
| Gov. Robert Walter Scott | North Carolina |
1969 - 1973 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Dan Killian Moore | North Carolina |
1965 - 1969 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Terry Sanford | North Carolina |
1961 - 1965 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Luther Hartwell Hodges | North Carolina |
1954 - 1961 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Bradley Umstead | North Carolina |
1953 - 1954 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Kerr Scott | North Carolina |
1949 - 1953 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Robert Gregg Cherry | North Carolina |
1945 - 1949 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Joseph Melville Broughton | North Carolina |
1941 - 1945 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Clyde Roark Hoey | North Carolina |
1937 - 1941 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Christopher Blucher Ehringhaus | North Carolina |
1933 - 1937 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Oliver Max Gardner | North Carolina |
1929 - 1933 |
Baptist |
| Gov. Angus Wilton Mclean | North Carolina |
1925 - 1929 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Cameron A. Morrison | North Carolina |
1921 - 1925 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Thomas Walter Bickett | North Carolina |
1917 - 1921 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Locke Craig | North Carolina |
1913 - 1917 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Walton Kitchin | North Carolina |
1909 - 1913 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Robert Broadnax Glenn | North Carolina |
1905 - 1909 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Charles Brantley Aycock | North Carolina |
1901 - 1905 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Daniel Lindsay Russell | North Carolina |
1897 - 1901 |
Republican |
| Gov. Elias Carr | North Carolina |
1893 - 1897 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Thomas Michael Holt | North Carolina |
1891 - 1893 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Daniel Gould Fowle | North Carolina |
1889 - 1891 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Alfred Moore Scales | North Carolina |
1885 - 1889 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Thomas Jordan Jarvis | North Carolina |
1879 - 1885 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Zebulon Baird Vance | North Carolina |
1877 - 1879 1862 - 1865 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Curtis Hooks Brogden | North Carolina |
1874 - 1877 |
Republican |
| Gov. Tod Robinson Caldwell | North Carolina |
1870 - 1874 |
Republican |
| Gov. William Woods Holden | North Carolina |
1868 - 1870 1865 - 1865 |
Republican |
| Gov. Jonathan Worth | North Carolina |
1865 - 1868 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Henry Toole Clark | North Carolina |
1861 - 1862 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Willis Ellis | North Carolina |
1859 - 1861 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Thomas Bragg | North Carolina |
1855 - 1859 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Warren Winslow | North Carolina |
1854 - 1855 |
Democratic |
| Gov. David Settle Reid | North Carolina |
1851 - 1854 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Charles Manly | North Carolina |
1849 - 1850 |
Whig |
| Gov. William Alexander Graham | North Carolina |
1845 - 1849 |
Whig |
| Gov. John Motley Morehead | North Carolina |
1841 - 1845 |
Whig |
| Gov. Edward Bishop Dudley | North Carolina |
1836 - 1841 |
Whig |
| Gov. Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr. | North Carolina |
1835 - 1836 |
Democratic |
| Gov. David Lowry Swain | North Carolina |
1832 - 1835 |
Whig |
| Gov. Montfort Stokes | North Carolina |
1830 - 1832 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Owen | North Carolina |
1828 - 1830 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Iredell | North Carolina |
1827 - 1828 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Hutchins Gordon Burton | North Carolina |
1824 - 1827 |
Federalist |
| Gov. Gabriel Holmes | North Carolina |
1821 - 1824 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Jesse Franklin | North Carolina |
1820 - 1821 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. John Branch | North Carolina |
1817 - 1820 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. William Miller | North Carolina |
1814 - 1817 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. William Hawkins | North Carolina |
1811 - 1814 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Benjamin Smith | North Carolina |
1810 - 1811 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. David Stone | North Carolina |
1808 - 1810 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Benjamin Williams | North Carolina |
1807 - 1808 1799 - 1802 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Nathaniel Alexander | North Carolina |
1805 - 1807 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. James Turner | North Carolina |
1802 - 1805 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. William Richardson Davie | North Carolina |
1798 - 1799 |
Federalist |
| Gov. Samuel Ashe | North Carolina |
1795 - 1798 |
Republican |
| Gov. Richard Dobbs Spaight Sr. | North Carolina |
1792 - 1795 |
Anti-Federalist |
| Gov. Alexander Martin | North Carolina |
1789 - 1792 1782 - 1785 |
Federalist |
| Gov. Samuel Johnston | North Carolina |
1787 - 1789 |
Federalist |
| Gov. Thomas Burke | North Carolina |
1781 - 1782 |
|
| Gov. Abner Nash | North Carolina |
1780 - 1781 |
|
| Gov. Richard Caswell | North Carolina |
1776 - 1780 |
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