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| S.no. | Governor | Term start | Term end | Party | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Caswell | 12 November 1776 | 20 April 1780 | No party | Harford County, Maryland |
| 2 | Abner Nash | 20 April 1780 | 26 June 1781 | No party | Prince Edward County, Virginia |
| 3 | Thomas Burke | 26 June 1781 | 22 April 1782 | No party | |
| 4 | Alexander Martin | 22 April 1782 | 13 May 1785 | No party | Hunterdon County, New Jersey |
| 5 | Richard Caswell | 13 May 1785 | 20 December 1787 | No party | Harford County, Maryland |
| 6 | Samuel Johnston | 20 December 1787 | 17 December 1789 | Federalist | Dundee, Scotland |
| 7 | Alexander Martin | 17 December 1789 | 14 December 1792 | Anti-Federalist | Hunterdon County, New Jersey |
| 8 | Richard Dobbs Spaight | 14 December 1792 | 19 November 1795 | Federalist | New Bern, North Carolina |
| 9 | Samuel Ashe | 19 November 1795 | 7 December 1798 | Anti-Federalist | Beaufort, Carteret County North Carolina, British colony |
| 10 | William Richardson Davie | 7 December 1798 | 23 November 1799 | Federalist | Egremont, Cumberland, England |
| 11 | Benjamin Williams | 23 November 1799 | 6 December 1802 | Federalist | Johnston County, North Carolina |
| 12 | James Turner | 6 December 1802 | 10 December 1805 | Democratic-Republican | Southampton County, Virginia |
| 13 | Nathaniel Alexander | 10 December 1805 | 1 December 1807 | Democratic-Republican | near Concord, North Carolina |
| 14 | Benjamin Williams | 1 December 1807 | 12 December 1808 | Federalist | Johnston County, North Carolina |
| 15 | David Stone | 12 December 1808 | 1 December 1810 | Democratic-Republican | Bertie County, North Carolina |
| 16 | Benjamin Smith | 1 December 1810 | 11 December 1811 | Democratic-Republican | Charles Town, South Carolina |
| 17 | William Hawkins | 11 December 1811 | 29 November 1814 | Democratic-Republican | Vance County, North Carolina) |
| 18 | William Miller | 29 November 1814 | 6 December 1817 | Democratic-Republican | Warren County, North Carolina |
| 19 | John Branch | 6 December 1817 | 7 December 1820 | Democratic-Republican | Halifax County, North Carolina |
| 20 | Jesse Franklin | 7 December 1820 | 7 December 1821 | Democratic-Republican | Orange County, Virginia |
| 21 | Gabriel Holmes | 7 December 1821 | 7 December 1824 | Democratic-Republican | Clinton, Sampson County |
| 22 | Hutchins Gordon Burton | 7 December 1824 | 8 December 1827 | No party | Mecklenburg County, Virginia |
| 23 | James Iredell, Jr. | 8 December 1827 | 12 December 1828 | Democratic-Republican | Chowan County, North Carolina |
| 24 | John Owen | 12 December 1828 | 18 December 1830 | Democratic | Bladen County, North Carolina |
| 25 | Montfort Stokes | 18 December 1830 | 6 December 1832 | Democratic | Lunenburg County, Virginia |
| 26 | David Lowry Swain | 6 December 1832 | 10 December 1835 | National Republican | Buncombe County, North Carolina |
| 27 | Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. | 10 December 1835 | 31 December 1836 | Democratic | New Bern, North Carolina |
| 28 | Edward Bishop Dudley | 31 December 1836 | 1 January 1841 | Whig | Onslow County, North Carolina |
| 29 | John Motley Morehead | 1 January 1841 | 1 January 1845 | Whig | Pittsylvania County, Virginia |
| 30 | William Alexander Graham | 1 January 1845 | 1 January 1849 | Whig | Lincolnton, North Carolina, US |
| 31 | Charles Manly | 1 January 1849 | 1 January 1851 | Whig | Chatham County, North Carolina |
| 32 | David Settle Reid | 1 January 1851 | 6 December 1854 | Democratic | Rockingham County, North Carolina |
| 33 | Warren Winslow | 6 December 1854 | 1 January 1855 | Democratic | Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| 34 | Thomas Bragg | 1 January 1855 | 1 January 1859 | Democratic | Warrenton, North Carolina, US |
| 35 | John Willis Ellis | 1 January 1859 | 7 July 1861 | Democratic | Rowan County, North Carolina |
| 36 | Henry Toole Clark | 7 July 1861 | 8 September 1862 | Democratic | Edgecombe County, North Carolina |
| 37 | Zebulon Baird Vance | 8 September 1862 | 29 May 1865 | Conservative | Weaverville, North Carolina |
| 38 | William Woods Holden | 29 May 1865 | 15 December 1865 | National Union | Eno River State Park ( Orange County) |
| 39 | Jonathan Worth | 15 December 1865 | 1 July 1868 | Conservative | North Carolina |
| 40 | William Woods Holden | 1 July 1868 | 22 March 1871 | Republican | Eno River State Park ( Orange County) |
| 41 | Tod Robinson Caldwell | 22 March 1871 | 11 July 1874 | Republican | Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina |
| 42 | Curtis Hooks Brogden | 11 July 1874 | 1 January 1877 | Republican | Wayne County, North Carolina |
| 43 | Zebulon Baird Vance | 1 January 1877 | 5 February 1879 | Democratic | Weaverville, North Carolina |
| 44 | Thomas Jordan Jarvis | 5 February 1879 | 21 January 1885 | Democratic | Jarvisburg, North Carolina |
| 45 | Alfred Moore Scales | 21 January 1885 | 17 January 1889 | Democratic | Reidsville, North Carolina |
| 46 | Daniel Gould Fowle | 17 January 1889 | 7 April 1891 | Democratic | Washington, North Carolina |
| 47 | Thomas Michael Holt | 7 April 1891 | 18 January 1893 | Democratic | Alamance County, North Carolina |
| 48 | Elias Carr | 18 January 1893 | 12 January 1897 | Democratic | Edgecombe County, North Carolina |
| 49 | Daniel Lindsay Russell | 12 January 1897 | 15 January 1901 | Republican | Brunswick County, North Carolina |
| 50 | Charles Brantley Aycock | 15 January 1901 | 11 January 1905 | Democratic | Wayne County, North Carolina |
| 51 | Robert Broadnax Glenn | 11 January 1905 | 12 January 1909 | Democratic | Rockingham County, North Carolina |
| 52 | William Walton Kitchin | 12 January 1909 | 15 January 1913 | Democratic | Scotland Neck, North Carolina |
| 53 | Locke Craig | 15 January 1913 | 11 January 1917 | Democratic | Bertie County, North Carolina |
| 54 | Thomas Walter Bickett | 11 January 1917 | 12 January 1921 | Democratic | Monroe, North Carolina |
| 55 | Cameron Morrison | 12 January 1921 | 14 January 1925 | Democratic | Rockingham, North Carolina |
| 56 | Angus Wilton McLean | 14 January 1925 | 11 January 1929 | Democratic | Robeson County, North Carolina |
| 57 | Oliver Max Gardner | 11 January 1929 | 5 January 1933 | Democratic | Shelby, North Carolina |
| 58 | John C.B. Ehringhaus | 5 January 1933 | 7 January 1937 | Democratic | Elizabeth City, North Carolina |
| 59 | Clyde R. Hoey | 7 January 1937 | 9 January 1941 | Democratic | Shelby, North Carolina |
| 60 | J. Melville Broughton | 9 January 1941 | 4 January 1945 | Democratic | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| 61 | R. Gregg Cherry | 4 January 1945 | 6 January 1949 | Democratic | South Carolina |
| 62 | W. Kerr Scott | 6 January 1949 | 8 January 1953 | Democratic | Haw River, North Carolina |
| 63 | William B. Umstead | 8 January 1953 | 7 November 1954 | Democratic | Mangum Township, Durham County, North Carolina |
| 64 | Luther H. Hodges | 7 November 1954 | 5 January 1961 | Democratic | Cascade, Virginia, U.S. |
| 65 | Terry Sanford | 5 January 1961 | 8 January 1965 | Democratic | Laurinburg, North Carolina |
| 66 | Dan K. Moore | 8 January 1965 | 3 January 1969 | Democratic | Asheville, North Carolina |
| 67 | Robert W. Scott | 3 January 1969 | 5 January 1973 | Democratic | Haw River, North Carolina |
| 68 | James E. Holshouser, Jr. | 5 January 1973 | 8 January 1977 | Republican | Boone, North Carolina |
| 69 | James B. Hunt, Jr. | 8 January 1977 | 5 January 1985 | Democratic | Wilson, North Carolina |
| 70 | James G. Martin | 5 January 1985 | 9 January 1993 | Republican | Savannah, Georgia |
| 71 | James B. Hunt, Jr. | 9 January 1993 | 6 January 2001 | Democratic | Wilson, North Carolina |
| 72 | Mike Easley | 6 January 2001 | 10 January 2009 | Democratic | Rocky Mount, North Carolina |
| 73 | Beverly Perdue | 10 January 2009 | 5 January 2013 | Democratic | Grundy, Virginia, U.S. |
| 74 | Pat McCrory | 5 January 2013 | 31 December 2016 | Republican | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| 75 | Roy Cooper | 1 January 2017 | Incumbent | Democratic | Nashville, North Carolina, U.S. |
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