Alabama

 

 

20 Sep 1783 - 07 Apr 1798 Part of Georgia

07 Apr 1798 - 03 Mar 1817 Part of Mississippi

03 Mar 1817               Alabama terrirory

14 Dec 1819               State of Alabama

04 Jul 1861 - 20 Jul 1868 In secession from US, part of Confederated States of America

 

Capital: Montgomery.

Language: English.

Religion: Baptist, Protestant.

State Anthem: "Alabama".

State Motto: Audemus jura nostra defendere (We dare defend our rights).

State Emblem:

 

Governors

25 Sep 1817 - 10 Jul 1820 William Wyatt Bibb

10 Jul 1820 - 09 Nov 1821 Thomas Bibb

09 Nov 1821 - 25 Nov 1825 Israel Pickens

25 Nov 1825 - 25 Nov 1829 John Murphy

25 Nov 1829 - 03 Mar 1831 Gabriel Moore

03 Mar      - 26 Nov 1831 Samuel B. Moore

                          (acting)

26 Nov 1831 - 21 Nov 1835 John Gayle

21 Nov 1835 - 16 Jul 1837 Clement Comer Clay

16 Jul      - 30 Nov 1837 Hugh McVay

30 Nov 1837 - 22 Nov 1841 Arthur Pendelton Bagby

22 Nov 1841 - 10 Dec 1845 Benjamin Fitzpatrick

10 Dec 1845 - 06 Dec 1847 Joshua Lanier Martin

06 Dec 1847 - 17 Dec 1849 Reuben Chapman

17 Dec 1849 - 20 Dec 1853 Henry Watkins Collier

20 Dec 1853 - 06 Dec 1857 John Anthony Winston

06 Dec 1857 - 02 Dec 1861 Andrew Barry Moore

02 Dec 1861 - 30 Nov 1863 John Gill Shorter

01 Dec 1863 - 01 May 1865 Thomas Hill Watts

01 May      - 13 Dec 1865 Lewis Eliphalet Parsons

                          (Provisional)

13 Dec 1865 - 14 Jul 1868 Robert Miller Patton

14 Jul 1868 - 26 Nov 1870 William Henry Smith

26 Nov 1870 - 17 Nov 1872 Robert Burns Lindsey

17 Nov 1872 - 24 Nov 1874 David Peter Lewis

24 Nov 1874 - 28 Nov 1878 George Smith Houston

28 Nov 1878 - 30 Nov 1882 Rufus Willis Cobb

01 Dec 1882 - 30 Nov 1886 Edward Ashbury O'Neal

01 Dec 1886 - 30 Nov 1890 Thomas Seay

01 Dec 1890 - 30 Nov 1894 Thomas Good Jones

01 Dec 1894 - 30 Nov 1896 William Calvin Oates

01 Dec 1896 - 30 Nov 1900 Joseph Forney Johnston

01 Dec 1900 - 11 Jun 1901 Willaim James Samford

11 Jun 1901 - 14 Jan 1907 William Dorsey Jalks

14 Jan 1907 - 17 Jan 1911 Braxton Bragg Comer

17 Jan 1911 - 18 Jan 1915 Emmett O'Neal

18 Jan 1915 - 20 Jan 1919 Charles Henderson

20 Jan 1919 - 15 Jan 1923 Thomas Erby Kilby

15 Jan 1923 - 17 Jan 1927 William Woodward Brandon

17 Jan 1927 - 19 Jan 1931 David Bibb Graves

19 Jan 1931 - 14 Jan 1935 Benjamin Meek Miler

14 Jan 1935 - 17 Jan 1939 David Bibb Graves (2nd Time)

17 Jan 1939 - 19 Jan 1943 Frank Murray Dixon

19 Jan 1943 - 20 Jan 1947 Chauncey M. Sparks ................. 1884-1968 D

20 Jan 1947 - 15 Jan 1951 James Elisha Folsom Sr ............. 1908-1987 D

15 Jan 1951 - 17 Jan 1955 Seth Gordon Persons ................ 1902-1965 D

17 Jan 1955 - 19 Jan 1959 James Elisha Folsom Sr (2nd Time)

19 Jan 1959 - 14 Jan 1963 John Malcolm Patterson ............. 1921-     D

14 Jan 1963 - 16 Jan 1967 George Corley Wallace .............. 1919-1998 D

16 Jan 1967 - 07 May 1968 Lurleen Burns Wallace .............. 1926-1968 D

07 May 1968 - 18 Jan 1971 Albert Preston Brewer .............. 1928-     D

18 Jan 1971 - 15 Jan 1979 George Corley Wallace (2nd Time)

15 Jan 1979 - 17 Jan 1983 Forrest Hood James Jr .............. 1934-     D

17 Jan 1983 - 19 Jan 1987 George Corley Wallace (3rd Time)

19 Jan 1987 - 22 Apr 1993 Harold Guy Hunt .................... 1933-2009 R

22 Apr 1993 - 16 Jan 1995 James Elisha Folsom ................ 1949-     D

16 Jan 1995 - 18 Jan 1999 Forrest Hood James Jr (2nd Time)

18 Jan 1999 - 20 Jan 2003 Donald Eugene Siegelman ............ 1946-     D

20 Jan 2003 - 17 Jan 2011 Robert Renfroe Riley ............... 1944-     R

17 Jan 2011 -             Robert Julian Bentley .............. 1943-     R

Arkansas

 

 

26 Mar 1804 - 07 Dec 1812 Part of Louisiana

07 Dec 1812 - 02 Mar 1819 Part of Missouri

02 Mar 1819 - 15 Jun 1836 Arkansas territory

15 Jun 1836               State of Arkansas

20 May 1861 - 28 May 1865 1865 In secession from the US as part of the Confederate States

 

Capital: Little Rock

Religion: Baptist, Protestant

Language: English

State Anthem: "Arkansas"

State Motto: Regnat populus (The People rule)

State Emblem:

 

Governors

04 Jul 1819 - 04 Mar 1825 James Miller

04 Mar 1825 - 22 Nov 1828 George Izard

22 Nov 1828 - 09 Mar 1829 Robert Crittendan

09 Mar 1829 - 09 Mar 1835 John Pope

09 Mar 1835 - 13 Sep 1836 William S. Fulton

13 Sep 1836 - 04 Nov 1840 James Sevier Conway

04 Nov 1840 - 29 Apr 1844 Archibald Yell

29 Apr 1844 - 10 Apr 1849 Thomas Stevenson Drew

10 Apr 1849 - 15 Nov 1852 John Selden Roane

15 Nov 1852 - 16 Nov 1860 Elias Nelson Conway

16 Nov 1860 - 04 Nov 1862 Henry Massey Rector

04 Nov 1862 - 28 May 1865 Harris Flangagin

                          (Confederate governor;

                           in South only from 1863)

19 Jul 1862 - 09 Jul 1863 John S. Phelps

                          (US military governor)

18 Apr 1864 - 02 Jul 1868 Isaac Murphy

02 Jul 1868 - 17 Mar 1871 Powell Clayton

17 Mar 1871 - 06 Jan 1873 Ozra Amander Hadley

06 Jan 1873 - 12 Nov 1874 Elisha Baxter

12 Nov 1874 - 11 Jan 1877 Augustus Hill Garland

11 Jan 1877 - 11 Jan 1881 William Read Miller

11 Jan 1881 - 09 Jan 1883 Thomas James Churchill

09 Jan 1883 - 13 Jan 1885 James Henderson Berry

13 Jan 1885 - 08 Jan 1889 Simon Pollard Hughes Jr

08 Jan 1889 - 10 Jan 1893 James Phillip Eagle

10 Jan 1893 - 08 Jan 1895 William Meade Fishback

08 Jan 1895 - 12 Jan 1897 James Paul Clarke

12 Jan 1897 - 08 Jan 1901 Daniel Webster Jones

08 Jan 1901 - 07 Jan 1907 Jefferson Davis

07 Jan      - 11 Feb 1907 John Sebastian Little

11 Feb      - 14 May 1907 John I. Moore (acting)

14 May 1907 - 14 Jan 1909 Xenphon Overton Pindall

14 Jan 1909 - 16 Jan 1913 George Washington Donaghey

16 Jan      - 23 Jul 1913 Joseph Taylor Robinson

23 Jul 1913 - 09 Jan 1917 George Washington Hays

09 Jan 1917 - 12 Jan 1921 Charles Hillman Brough

12 Jan 1921 - 13 Jan 1925 Thomas Chipman McRae

13 Jan 1925 - 11 Jan 1927 Thomas Jefferson Terral

11 Jan 1927 - 04 Mar 1928 John Ellis Martineau

04 Mar 1928 - 10 Jan 1933 Harvey Parnell

10 Jan 1933 - 12 Jan 1937 Junius Marion Futrell

12 Jan 1937 - 14 Jan 1941 Carl Edward Bailey

14 Jan 1941 - 09 Jan 1945 Homer Martin Adkins

09 Jan 1945 - 11 Jan 1949 Benjamin Travis Laney .............. 1896-1977 D

11 Jan 1949 - 13 Jan 1953 Sidney Sanders McMatch ............. 1912-2003 D

13 Jan 1953 - 11 Jan 1955 Francis Cherry ..................... 1908-1965 D

11 Jan 1955 - 10 Jan 1967 Orval Eugene Faubus ................ 1910-1994 D

10 Jan 1967 - 12 Jan 1971 Winthrop Rockefeller ............... 1912-1973 R

12 Jan 1971 - 03 Jan 1975 Dale Leon Bumpers .................. 1925-     D

03 Jan 1975 - 03 Jan 1979 David Hampton ...................... 1934-     D

03 Jan 1979 - 19 Jan 1981 William Jeffersson Clinton ......... 1946-     D

19 Jan 1981 - 11 Jan 1983 Frank Durward White ................ 1933-2003 R

11 Jan 1983 - 12 Dec 1992 William Jeffersson Clinton (2nd Time)

12 Dec 1992 - 15 Jul 1996 James Guy Tucker ................... 1943-     D

15 Jul 1996 - 09 Jan 2007 Michael Dale Huckabee .............. 1955-     R

09 Jan 2007 - 13 Jan 2015 Michael Dale Beebe ................. 1946-     D

13 Jan 2015 -             William Asa Hutchinson ............. 1950-     R

Florida

 

 

02 Apr 1513               Discovered by and claimed for Aragon and Castile,

                          named Pascua Florida "Flowering Easter"

30 Apr 1564 - 20 Sep 1565 French colony of Fort Caroline

08 Sep 1565               Spanish colony, subordinated to New Spain (Mexico)

10 Feb 1763               Traded to Britain, divided into East and West Florida

09 May 1781               West Florida retaken by Spain

23 Sep 1783               Formally returned to Spain, subordinated to Cuba

22 Feb 1819               Ceded to the U.S

03 Mar 1821               U.S territories of East and West Florida

10 Jul 1821               East Florida formally transferred to the U.S

17 Jul 1821               West Florida formally transferred to the U.S

30 Mar 1822               Florida Territory

03 Mar 1945               State

10 Jan 1861 - 1865        Secession from the U.S

25 Jun 1868               Readmitted to the U.S

 

 

Capital: Tallassee.

Language: English, Spanish.

Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic.

State Anthem: "The Swanee River."

State Motto: In God we Trust.

State Name: The Sunshine State

 

Governor and Commissioner

10 Mar      - 31 Dec 1821 Andrew Jackson ..................... 1767-1845 Mil

Governors

17 Apr 1822 - 24 Apr 1834 William Pope Duval ................. 1784-1854 D

24 Apr 1834 - 16 Mar 1836 John Henry Eaton ................... 1790-1856 D

16 Mar 1836 - 02 Dec 1839 Richard Keith Call (1st Time) ...... 1792-1862 W

02 Dec 1839 - 19 Mar 1841 Robert Raymond Reid ................ 1789-1841 D

19 Mar 1841 - 11 Aug 1844 Richard Keith Call (2nd Time)

11 Aug 1844 - 25 Jun 1845 John Branch ........................ 1782-1863 R

25 Jun 1845 - 01 Oct 1849 William Dunn Moseley ............... 1795-1863 D

01 Oct 1849 - 03 Oct 1853 Thomas Brown ....................... 1785-1867 W

03 Oct 1853 - 05 Oct 1857 James Emilius Broone ............... 1808-1883 D

05 Oct 1857 - 07 Oct 1861 Madison Starke Perry ............... 1814-1865 D

07 Oct 1861 - 01 Apr 1865 John Milton ........................ 1807-1865 D

01 Apr      - 19 May 1865 Abraham Kurkindolle Allison ........ 1810-1893 D

                          (acting)

19 May      - 27 Jun 1865 Edward Moody McCook ................ 1833-1909 Mil

                          (Military governor)

27 Jun      - 13 Jul 1865 John Newton ........................ 1822-1895 Mil

                          (acting, Military governor)

13 Jul      - 20 Dec 1865 William Marvin ..................... 1808-1902

                          (Provisional)

20 Dec 1865 - 04 Jul 1868 David Shelby Walker ................ 1806-1891 D

04 Jul 1868 - 07 Jan 1873 Harrison Reid ...................... 1813-1899 R

07 Jan 1873 - 18 Mar 1874 Ossian Bingley Hart ................ 1821-1874 R

18 Mar 1874 - 02 Jan 1877 Marcellus Lovejoy Stearns .......... 1839-1891 R

02 Jan 1877 - 04 Jan 1881 George Franklin Drew ............... 1827-1900 D

04 Jan 1881 - 07 Jan 1885 William Dunnington Bloxham ......... 1835-1911 D

                          (1st Time)

07 Jan 1885 - 08 Jan 1889 Edward Aylesworth Perry ............ 1831-1889 D

08 Jan 1889 - 03 Jan 1893 Francis Philip Fleming ............. 1841-1908 D

03 Jan 1893 - 05 Jan 1897 Henry Laurents Mitchell ............ 1831-1903 D

05 Jan 1897 - 08 Jan 1901 William Dunnington Bloxham

                          (2nd Time)

08 Jan 1901 - 03 Jan 1905 William Sherman Jennings ........... 1863-1920 D

03 Jan 1905 - 05 Jan 1909 Napoleon Bonaparte Broward ......... 1857-1910 D

05 Jan 1909 - 07 Jan 1913 Albert Waller Gilchrist ............ 1858-1926 D

07 Jan 1913 - 02 Jan 1917 Parlk Trammell ..................... 1876-1936 D

02 Jan 1917 - 04 Jan 1921 Sidney Johnston Catts .............. 1863-1936 D

04 Jan 1921 - 06 Jan 1925 Cary Augustus Hardee ............... 1876-1957 D

06 Jan 1925 - 08 Jan 1929 John Wellborn Martin ............... 1884-1958 D

08 Jan 1929 - 03 Jan 1933 Doyle Elam Carlton ................. 1887-1972 D

03 Jan 1933 - 05 Jan 1937 David Schultz ...................... 1891-1953 D

05 Jan 1937 - 07 Jan 1941 Frederick Preston Cone ............. 1871-1948 D

07 Jan 1941 - 02 Jan 1945 Spesspard Lindsay Holland .......... 1892-1971 D

02 Jan 1945 - 04 Jan 1949 Millard Fillmore Caldwell .......... 1897-1984 D

04 Jan 1949 - 06 Jan 1953 Fuller Warren ...................... 1905-1973 D

06 Jan      - 28 Sep 1953 Daniel Thomas McCarthy ............. 1912-1953 D

28 Sep 1953 - 05 Jan 1955 Charley Eugene Johns ............... 1905-1990 D

05 Jan 1955 - 03 Jan 1961 LeRoy Collins ...................... 1909-1991 D

03 Jan 1961 - 05 Jan 1965 Cecill Farris Bryant ............... 1914-2002 D

05 Jan 1965 - 03 Jan 1967 William Haydon Burns ............... 1912-1987 D

03 Jan 1967 - 05 Jan 1971 Claude Roy Kirk Jr ................. 1926-2011 R

05 Jan 1971 - 02 Jan 1979 Reubin O'Donovan Askew ............. 1928-2014 D

02 Jan 1979 - 03 Jan 1987 Daniel Robert Graham ............... 1936-     D

03 Jan      - 07 Jan 1987 John Wayn Mixson ................... 1922-     D

07 Jan 1987 - 08 Jan 1991 Robert Martinez .................... 1934-     R

08 Jan 1991 - 12 Dec 1998 Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr ............ 1930-1998 D

12 Dec 1998 - 05 Jan 1999 Kenneth Hood MacKay ................ 1933-     D

05 Jan 1999 - 02 Jan 2007 John Ellis "Jeb" Bush .............. 1953-     R  

02 Jan 2007 - 04 Jan 2011 Charles Joseph Crist ............... 1956-     R

                          (Independent from 29 Apr 2010)

04 Jan 2011 -             Rick L. Scott ...................... 1952-     R

Georgia

 

 

 

1732-1776 British colony of South Georgia

1776-1788 State of Georgia

1788      US State of Georgia

1861-1865 In secession from US, Founder of the Confederate States

 

Capital: Atlanta

Language: English

Religion: Baptist, Protestant

State Anthem: "Georgia on My Mind"

State Motto: Wisdom, justice and moderation

State Emblem:

 

Governors

08 May 1777 - 10 Jan 1778 John Adam Treutlen

10 Jan 1778 - 21 Jan 1779 John Houstoun (1st Time)

21 Jan      - 27 Jul 1779 William Glascock (acting)

27 Jul      - 06 Aug 1779 Seth John Cuthbert (acting)

06 Aug      - 03 Nov 1779 John Martin

04 Nov 1779 - 04 Jan 1780 George Walton (1st Time)

04 Jan      - 18 Feb 1780 Richard Howley

18 Feb 1780 - 18 Aug 1781 Stephan Heard

18 Aug 1781 - 03 Jan 1782 Nathan Brownson

03 Jan 1782 - 08 Jan 1783 John Martin

08 Jan 1783 - 09 Jan 1784 Lyman Hall

09 Jan 1984 - 06 Jan 1785 John Houstoun (2nd Time)

06 Jan 1785 - 09 Jan 1786 Samuel Elbert

09 Jan 1786 - 09 Jan 1787 Edward Telfair (1st Time)

09 Jan 1787 - 09 Jan 1788 George Mathews (1st Time)

09 Jan 1788 - 07 Jan 1789 George Handley

07 Jan      - 09 Nov 1789 George Walton (2nd Time)

09 Nov 1789 - 08 Jan 1793 Edward Telfair (2nd Time)

08 Jan 1793 - 15 Jan 1796 George Mathews (2nd Time)

15 Jan 1796 - 12 Jan 1798 Jared Irwin

12 Jan 1798 - 03 Mar 1801 James Jackson

03 Mar      - 07 Nov 1801 David Emanuel

07 Nov 1801 - 04 Nov 1802 Josiah Tattle

04 Nov 1802 - 23 Sep 1806 John Milledge

23 Sep 1806 - 10 Nov 1809 Jared Irwin

10 Nov 1809 - 05 Nov 1813 David Brydie Mitchell (1st Time)

05 Nov 1813 - 20 Nov 1815 Peter Early

20 Nov 1815 - 04 Mar 1817 David Brydie Mitchell (2nd Time)

04 Mar 1817 - 24 Oct 1819 William Rabun

24 Oct      - 05 Nov 1819 Mathew Talbot

05 Nov 1819 - 07 Nov 1823 John Clark

07 Nov 1823 - 07 Nov 1827 George Michael Troup

07 Nov 1827 - 04 Mar 1829 John Forsyth

04 Mar 1829 - 09 Nov 1831 George Rockingham Gilmer (1st Time)

09 Nov 1831 - 04 Nov 1835 Wilson Lumpkin

04 Nov 1835 - 07 Nov 1837 William Schley

07 Nov 1837 - 06 Nov 1839 George Rockingham Gilmer (2nd Time)

06 Nov 1839 - 08 Nov 1843 Charles James McDonald

08 Nov 1843 - 03 Nov 1847 George Walker Crawford

03 Nov 1847 - 05 Nov 1851 George Washington Bonaparte Towns

05 Nov 1851 - 09 Nov 1853 Howell Cobb

09 Nov 1853 - 06 Nov 1857 Herschel Vespasian Johnson

06 Nov 1857 - 17 Jun 1865 Joseph Emerson Brown

17 Jun      - 14 Dec 1865 James Johnson

                          (Provisional)

14 Dec 1865 - 10 Jan 1868 Charles Jones Jenkins

10 Jan      - 13 Jul 1868 George G. Meade

                          (US military governor)

13 Jul      - 04 Jul 1868 Thomas H. Ruger

                          (1st Time, acting)

04 Jun 1868 - 30 Oct 1871 Rufus Brown Bullock

30 Oct 1871 - 12 Jan 1872 Benjamin F. Conley

12 Jan 1872 - 12 Jan 1877 James Milton Smith

12 Jan 1877 - 04 Nov 1882 Alfred Holt Colquitt

04 Nov 1882 - 05 Mar 1883 Alexander Hamilton Stephens

05 Mar      - 10 May 1883 James S. Boynton

10 May 1883 - 09 Nov 1886 Henry Dickson McDaniel

09 Nov 1886 - 08 Nov 1890 John Brown Gordon

08 Nov 1890 - 27 Oct 1894 William Jonathon Northen

27 Oct 1894 - 29 Oct 1898 William Yates Atkinson

29 Oct 1898 - 25 Oct 1902 Allan Daniel Candler

25 Oct 1902 - 29 Jun 1907 Joseph Meriwether Terrell

29 Jun 1907 - 26 Jun 1909 Michael Hoke Smith (1st Time)

26 Jun 1909 - 30 Jun 1911 Joseph Mackey Brown (1st Time)

01 Jul      - 16 Nov 1911 Michael Hoke Smith (2nd Time)

16 Nov 1911 - 25 Jan 1912 John Marshall Slaton (1st Time)

25 Jan 1912 - 28 Jun 1913 Joseph Mackey Brown (2nd Time)

28 Jun 1913 - 26 Jun 1915 John Marshall Slaton (2nd Time)

26 Jun 1915 - 30 Jun 1917 Nathaniel Edwin Harris

01 Jul 1917 - 25 Jun 1921 Hugh Manson Dorsey

25 Jun 1921 - 30 Jun 1923 Thomas William Hardwick

01 Jul 1923 - 25 Jun 1927 Clifford M. Walker

25 Jun 1927 - 27 Jun 1931 Lamartine Griffin Hardman

27 Jun 1931 - 10 Jan 1933 Richard Brevard Russel

10 Jan 1933 - 12 Jan 1937 Eugene Talmadge (1st Time)

12 Jan 1937 - 14 Jan 1941 Eurith Dickinson Rivers

14 Jan 1941 - 12 Jan 1943 Eugene Talmadge (2nd Time)

12 Jan 1943 - 14 Jan 1947 Ellis Gibbs Arnall ................ 1907-1992 D

14 Jan      - 18 Mar 1947 Herman Eugene Talmadge ............ 1913-2002 D

18 Mar 1947 - 17 Nov 1948 Melvin E. Thompson ................ 1903-1980 D

17 Nov 1948 - 11 Jan 1955 Herman Eugene Talmadge (2nd Time)

11 Jun 1955 - 13 Jan 1959 Sameul Marvin Griffin ............. 1907-1982 D

13 Jan 1959 - 15 Jan 1963 Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr ......... 1918-2005 D

15 Jan 1963 - 11 Jan 1967 Carl Edward Sanders ............... 1925-2014 D

11 Jan 1967 - 12 Jan 1971 Lester Garfield Maddox ............ 1915-2003 D

12 Jan 1971 - 14 Jan 1975 James Earl Carter ................. 1924-     D

14 Jan 1975 - 11 Jan 1983 George Dekl Busbee ................ 1927-2004 D

11 Jan 1983 - 13 Jan 1991 Joe Frank Harris .................. 1936-     D

13 Jan 1991 - 11 Jan 1999 Zell Bryan Miller ................. 1932-     D

11 Jan 1999 - 13 Jan 2003 Roy Eugene Barnes ................. 1948-     D

13 Jan 2003 - 11 Jan 2011 George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III ... 1946-     R

11 Jan 2011 -             John Nathan Deal .................. 1942-     R

Louisiana

 

 

1685-1699 Claimed for France

1699-1762 French colony Part of New France (Quebec)

1762-1801 Ceded to Spain subordinated to Cuba

1801-1803 Retured to France

1803      Sold to US by France

1803-1812 Louisiana territory

1812      State of Louisiana

1861-1865 In secession from US founding member of Confederate States of America

 

Capital: Baton Rouge

Language: English, French, Spanish

Religion: Baptist, Roman Catholic

State Anthem: "Give Me Louisiana"

State Motto: Union, Justice and Confidence

State Emblem: Pelican

 

Governors

20 Dec 1803 - 16 Dec 1816 William Charles Coles Claiborne

16 Dec 1816 - 17 Dec 1820 Jacques Philipps Villere

18 Dec 1820 - 15 Nov 1824 Thomas Bolling Robertson

15 Nov      - 13 Dec 1824 Henri Schuyler Thibodeaux

13 Dec 1824 - 15 Dec 1828 Henry Johnson

15 Dec 1828 - 06 Oct 1829 Pierre Auguste Charles Bourgignon Derbigny

06 Oct 1829 - 14 Jan 1830 Armand Julie Beauvais

14 Jan 1830 - 31 Jan 1831 Jacques Dupre

01 Feb 1831 - 04 Feb 1835 Andre Bienvenu Roman (1st Time)

04 Feb 1835 - 04 Feb 1839 Edward Douglas White

04 Feb 1839 - 30 Jan 1843 Andre Bienvenu Roman (2nd Time)

30 Jan 1843 - 11 Feb 1846 Alexander Mouton

11 Feb 1846 - 27 Jan 1850 Isaac Johnson

27 Jan 1850 - 15 Jan 1853 Joseph Marshall Walker

18 Jan 1853 - 21 Jan 1856 Paul Octave Hebert

21 Jan 1856 - 22 Jan 1860 Robert Charles Wickliffe

22 Jan 1860 - 25 Jan 1864 Thomas Overton Moore

                          (Confederate governor)

02 Jul 1862 - 04 Mar 1864 George Foster Shepley

                          (US military governor)

04 Mar 1864 - 04 Mar 1865 Michael Georg Decker Hahn

                          (US military governor)

04 Mar 1865 - 03 Jun 1867 James Madison Wells

03 Jan 1867 - 08 Jan 1868 Benjamin Flanders

08 Jan      - 27 Jun 1868 Joshua Baker

27 Jun 1868 - 11 Dec 1872 Henry Clay Warmoth

11 Dec 1872 - 13 Jan 1873 Pinckey Benton Steward Pinchback

13 Jan 1873 - 05 Jan 1877 William Pitt Kellogg

05 Jan 1877 - 13 Jan 1880 Francis Tillou Nicholls (1st Time)

14 Jan 1880 - 16 Oct 1881 Louis Alfred Wiltz

16 Oct 1881 - 20 May 1888 Samuel Douglas McEnery

20 May 1888 - 10 May 1892 Francis Tillou Nicholls (2nd Time)

10 May 1892 - 08 May 1900 Murphy James Foster

08 May 1900 - 10 May 1904 William Wright Heard

10 May 1904 - 12 May 1908 Newton Crain Blanchard

12 May 1908 - 14 May 1912 Jared Young Sanders

14 May 1912 - 09 May 1916 Luther Egbert Hall

09 May 1916 - 11 May 1920 Ruffin Golson Pleasant

11 May 1920 - 13 May 1924 John Milliken Parker

13 May 1924 - 11 Oct 1926 Henry Fuqua

11 Oct 1926 - 21 May 1928 Oramel Hinckley Simpson

21 May 1928 - 25 Jan 1932 Huey Pierce Long Jr

25 Jan      - 10 May 1932 Alvin Olin King

10 May 1932 - 28 Jan 1936 Oscar Kelly Allen

28 Jan      - 12 May 1936 James Albert Noe

12 May 1936 - 26 Jun 1939 Richard Webster Leche

26 Jun 1939 - 14 May 1940 Earl Kemp Long ................... 1895-1960 D

14 May 1940 - 09 May 1944 Samuel Houston Jones ............. 1897-1978 D

09 May 1944 - 11 May 1948 James Houston Davis .............. 1899-2000 D

11 May 1948 - 13 May 1952 Earl Kemp Long (2nd Time)

13 May 1952 - 08 May 1956 Robert Floyd Kennan .............. 1902-1988 D

08 May 1956 - 10 May 1960 Earl Kemp Long (3rd Time)

10 May 1960 - 12 May 1964 James Houston Davis (2nd Time)

12 May 1964 - 09 May 1972 John Julian McKeithen ............ 1918-1999 D

09 May 1972 - 10 Mar 1980 Edwin Washington Edwards ......... 1927-     D

10 Mar 1980 - 12 Mar 1984 David Conner Treen ............... 1928-2009 R

12 Mar 1984 - 14 Mar 1988 Edwin Washington Edwards (2nd Time)

14 Mar 1988 - 08 Jan 1992 Charles Elson Roemer III ......... 1943-     D

08 Jan 1992 - 08 Jan 1996 Edwin Washington Edwards (3rd Time)

08 Jan 1996 - 12 Jan 2004 Michael James Foster Jr .......... 1930-     R

12 Jan 2004 - 14 Jan 2008 Kathleen Babineaux Blanco ........ 1942-     D

14 Jan 2008 -             Piyush "Bobby" Jindal ............ 1971-     R

 

Mississippi

 

 

1798-1817 Territory

1817-1861 State of Mississippi

1861-1865 Secession from US part of the Confederate States of America

1870      State of Mississippi

 

Capital: Jackson

Language: English

Religion: Protestant, Baptist, Methodist

State Anthem: "Go Mississippi"

State Motto: By valor and arms

State Emblem:

 

Governors

07 May 1798 - 25 May 1801 Winthrop Sargent

25 May 1801 - 01 Mar 1805 William Charles Coles Claiborne

01 Mar 1805 - 07 Mar 1809 Robert Williams

07 Mar 1809 - 05 Jan 1820 David Holmes (1st Time)

05 Jan 1820 - 07 Jan 1822 George Poindexter

07 Jan 1822 - 17 Nov 1825 Walter Leaker

17 Nov 1825 - 07 Jan 1826 Gerard Chittocque Brandon (1st Time)

07 Jan      - 25 Jul 1826 David Holmes (2nd Time)

25 Jul 1826 - 09 Jan 1832 Gerard Chittocque Brandon (2nd Time)

09 Jan 1832 - 12 Jul 1833 Abram Marshall Scott

12 Jul      - 20 Nov 1833 Charles Lynch (1st Time)

20 Nov 1833 - 03 Dec 1835 Hiram George Runnels

03 Dec 1835 - 07 Jan 1836 John Anthony Quitman (1st Time)

07 Jan 1836 - 08 Jan 1838 Charles Lynch (1st Time)

08 Jan 1838 - 10 Jan 1842 Alexander Gallatin McNutt

10 Jan 1842 - 10 Jan 1844 Tilgham Mayfield Tucker

10 Jan 1844 - 10 Jan 1848 Albert Gallatin Brown

10 Jan 1848 - 10 Jan 1850 Joseph Warren Mathews

10 Jan 1850 - 03 Feb 1851 John Anthony Quitman (2nd Time)

03 Feb      - 24 Nov 1851 John Isaac Guion (acting)

24 Nov 1851 - 10 Jan 1852 James Whitfield (acting)

10 Jan 1852 - 05 Jan 1854 Henry Stuart Foote

10 Jan 1854 - 16 Nov 1857 John Jones McRae

16 Nov 1857 - 21 Nov 1859 William McWillie

21 Nov 1859 - 16 Nov 1863 John Jones Pettus

16 Nov 1863 - 13 Jun 1865 Charles Clark

16 Oct 1865 - 15 Jun 1868 Benjamin Grubb Humphreys

1867 - 1868               Alvan Cullen Gillem

                          (US military governor)

15 Jun 1868 - 10 Mar 1870 Adelbert Ames

                          (1st Time, US military governor)

10 Mar 1870 - 30 Nov 1871 James Lusk Alcorn

01 Dec 1871 - 04 Jan 1874 Ridgley Ceylon Powers

04 Jan 1874 - 04 Jan 1876 Adelbert Ames (2nd Time)

04 Jan 1876 - 09 Jan 1882 John Marshall Stone (1st Time)

09 Jan 1882 - 13 Jan 1890 Robert Lowry

13 Jan 1890 - 20 Jan 1896 John Marshall Stone (2nd Time)

20 Jan 1896 - 16 Jan 1900 Anselm Joseph McLauren

16 Jan 1900 - 19 Jan 1904 Andrew Houston Longino

19 Jan 1904 - 21 Jan 1908 James Kimble Vardaman

21 Jan 1908 - 16 Jan 1912 Edmund Favor Noel

16 Jan 1912 - 18 Jan 1916 Earl LeRoy Brewer

18 Jan 1916 - 18 Jan 1920 Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (1st Time)

18 Jan 1920 - 18 Jan 1924 Lee Maurice Russell

18 Jan 1924 - 18 Mar 1927 Henry Lewis Whifield

18 Mar 1927 - 16 Jan 1928 Herron Dennis Murphree (1st Time)

16 Jan 1928 - 19 Jan 1932 Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (2nd Time)

19 Jan 1932 - 21 Jan 1936 Martin Sennett Conner

21 Jan 1936 - 16 Jan 1940 Hugh Lawson White (1st Time)

16 Jan 1940 - 26 Dec 1943 Paul Burney Johnson

26 Dec 1943 - 18 Jan 1944 Herron Dennis Murphree (2nd Time)

18 Jan 1944 - 02 Nov 1946 Thomas Lowry Bailey ............. 1888-1946 D

02 Nov 1946 - 22 Jan 1952 Fielding Lewis Wright ........... 1895-1956 D

22 Jan 1952 - 17 Jan 1956 Hugh Lawson White (2nd Time)

17 Jan 1956 - 19 Jan 1960 James Pleman Coleman ............ 1914-1991 D

19 Jan 1960 - 21 Jan 1964 Ross Robert Barnett ............. 1898-1987 D

21 Jan 1964 - 16 Jan 1968 Paul Burney Johnson Jr. ......... 1916-1985 D

16 Jan 1968 - 18 Jan 1972 John Bell Williams .............. 1918-1983 D

18 Jan 1972 - 20 Jan 1976 William Lowe Waller ............. 1926-2011 D

20 Jan 1976 - 22 Jan 1980 Charles Clifton Finch ........... 1927-1986 D

22 Jan 1980 - 10 Jan 1984 William Forrest Winter .......... 1923-     D

10 Jan 1984 - 12 Jan 1988 William A. Allain ............... 1928-2013 D

12 Jan 1988 - 14 Jan 1992 Raymond Edwin Mabus ............. 1948-     D

14 Jan 1992 - 11 Jan 2000 Daniel Kirkwood Fordice ......... 1934-2004 R

11 Jan 2000 - 13 Jan 2004 David Ronald Musgrove ........... 1956-     D

13 Jan 2004 - 10 Jan 2012 Haley Reeves Barbour ............ 1947-     R

10 Jan 2012 -             Philip Bryant ................... 1954-     R

 

North Carolina

 

 

Capital: Raleigh

Language: English

Religion: Protestant, Baptist

State Anthem: "The old North State"

State Motto: To be rather than to seem

State Emblem: Carolina Lily

 

Presidents of the Council of Safety

1776 Cornelius Harnett

1776 Samuel Ashe

1776 William Jones

Governors

23 Dec 1776 - 21 Apr 1780 Richard Caswell

21 Apr 1780 - 26 Jun 1781 Abner Nash

26 Jun 1781 - 25 Apr 1782 Thomas Burke

25 Apr 1782 - 13 May 1785 Alexander Martin

                          (1st Time)

13 May 1785 - 20 Dec 1787 Richard Caswell

20 Dec 1787 - 17 Dec 1789 Samuel Johnson

17 Dec 1789 - 14 Dec 1792 Alexander Martin

                          (2nd Time)

14 Dec 1792 - 19 Nov 1795 Richard Dobbs Spaight

19 Nov 1795 - 07 Dec 1798 Samuel Ashe

07 Dec 1798 - 23 Nov 1799 William Richardson Davie

23 Nov 1799 - 06 Dec 1802 Benjamin Williams

                          (1st Time)

06 Dec 1802 - 10 Dec 1805 James Turner

10 Dec 1805 - 01 Dec 1807 Nathaniel Williams

01 Dec 1807 - 12 Dec 1808 Benjamin Williams

                          (2nd Time)

12 Dec 1808 - 01 Dec 1810 David Stone

01 Dec 1810 - 11 Dec 1811 Benjamin Smith

11 Dec 1811 - 29 Nov 1814 William Hawkins

29 Nov 1814 - 03 Dec 1817 William Miller

03 Dec 1817 - 07 Dec 1820 John Branch

07 Dec 1820 - 01 Dec 1821 Jesse Franklin

01 Dec 1821 - 07 Dec 1824 Gabriel Holmes

07 Dec 1824 - 08 Dec 1827 Hutchings Gordon Burton

08 Dec 1827 - 12 Dec 1828 James Iredell

12 Dec 1828 - 18 Dec 1830 John Owen

18 Dec 1830 - 06 Dec 1832 Montfort Stokes

06 Dec 1832 - 10 Dec 1835 David Lowry Swain

10 Dec 1835 - 31 Dec 1836 Richard Dobbs Spraight Jr

01 Jan 1837 - 31 Dec 1840 Edward Bishop Dudley

01 Jan 1841 - 31 Dec 1844 John Morehead

01 Jan 1845 - 31 Dec 1848 William Alexander Graham

01 Jan 1849 - 31 Dec 1850 Charles Manly

01 Jan 1851 - 06 Dec 1854 David Settle Reid

06 Dec      - 31 Dec 1854 Warren Winslow

                          (acting)

01 Jan 1855 - 31 Dec 1858 Thomas Bragg

01 Jan 1859 - 07 Jul 1861 John Willis Ellis

07 Jul 1861 - 08 Sep 1862 Henry Toole Clark

08 Sep 1862 - 15 Jan 1863 Edward W Stanley

                          (US military governor)

15 Jan 1863 - 29 May 1865 Zebulen Baird Vance

                          (1st Time)

29 Jan      - 15 Dec 1865 William Woods Holden

                          (1st Time, provisional)

15 Dec 1865 - 01 Jul 1868 Johnathan Worth

   Mar      -    Aug 1867 Daniel E. Sickles

                          (military governor)

   Sep 1867 -    Aug 1868 Edward R.S Canby

                          (military governor)

01 Jul 1868 - 15 Dec 1870 William Woods Holden

                          (2nd Time)

15 Dec 1870 - 11 Jul 1874 Tod Robinson Caldwell

11 Jul 1874 - 31 Dec 1876 Curtis Hookes Brogden

01 Jan 1877 - 05 Feb 1879 Zebulen Baird Vance

                          (2nd Time)

05 Deb 1879 - 21 Jan 1885 Thomas Jordan Jarvis

21 Jan 1885 - 17 Jan 1889 Alfred Moore Scales

17 Jan 1889 - 07 Apr 1891 Daniel Gould Fowle

07 Apr 1891 - 18 Jan 1893 Thomas Michael Holt

18 Jan 1893 - 12 Jan 1897 Elias Carr

12 Jan 1897 - 15 Jan 1901 Daniel Lindsay Russell

15 Jan 1901 - 11 Jan 1905 Charles Brantley Aycock

11 Jan 1905 - 12 Jan 1909 Robert Broadnax Glenn

12 Jan 1909 - 15 Jan 1913 Williams Walton Kitchin

15 Jan 1913 - 11 Jan 1917 Locke Craig

11 Jan 1917 - 12 Jan 1921 Thomas Walter Bickett

12 Jan 1921 - 14 Jan 1925 Cameron A. Morrison

14 Jan 1925 - 11 Jan 1929 Angus Wilton McLean

11 Jan 1929 - 05 Jan 1933 Oliver Max Gardner

05 Jan 1933 - 07 Jan 1937 John Christopher Blucher Ehringhaus

07 Jan 1937 - 09 Jan 1941 Clyde Roark Hoey

09 Jan 1941 - 04 Jan 1945 Joseph Melville Broughton ....... 1888-1949 D

04 Jan 1945 - 06 Jan 1949 Robert Gregory Cherry ........... 1891-1957 D

06 Jan 1949 - 08 Jan 1953 William Kerr Scott .............. 1896-1958 D

08 Jan 1953 - 07 Nov 1954 William Bradley Umstead ......... 1895-1954 D

07 Nov 1954 - 05 Jan 1961 Luther Hartwell Hodges .......... 1898-1974 D

05 Jan 1961 - 08 Jan 1965 James Terry Sanford ............. 1917-1998 D

08 Jan 1965 - 03 Jan 1969 Daniel Killian Moore ............ 1906-1986 D

03 Jan 1969 - 05 Jan 1973 Robert Walter Scott ............. 1929-2009 D

05 Jan 1973 - 08 Jan 1977 James Eubert Holshouser Jr. ..... 1934-2013     R

08 Jan 1977 - 05 Jan 1985 James Baxter Hunt Jr. ........... 1937-     D

                          (1st Time)

05 Jan 1985 - 09 Jan 1993 James Grubbs Martin ............. 1935-     R

09 Jan 1993 - 06 Jan 2001 James Baxter Hunt Jr.(2nd Time)

06 Jan 2001 - 10 Jan 2009 Michael Francis Easley .......... 1950-     D

10 Jan 2009 - 05 Jan 2013 Beverly Eaves Perdue ............ 1947-     D

05 Jun 2013 -             Patrick Lloyd McCroy ............ 1956-     R

 

 

South Carolina

 

 

1562-1563 French Settlement at Port Royale

1663-1710 English colony

1710      Seperated from North Carolina

1710-1776 Bristish Colony

1776-1780 State of South Carolina

1780-1782 British occupy Charleston

1788-1860 State of South Carolina

1860      Secession

1861-1865 Founding member of the Confederation States of America

1868      State of South Carolina

 

Capital: Columbia

Language: English

Religion: Protestant, Baptist, Methodist

State Anthem: "Carolina"

State Motto: While I breath I hope

State Emblem: Palm tree

 

Presidents

04 Jul 1776 - 06 Mar 1778 John Rutledge

06 Mar 1778 - 09 Jan 1779 Rawlins Lowndes

Governors

09 Jan 1779 - 31 Jan 1782 John Rutledge

31 Jan 1782 - 06 Feb 1783 John Mathews

06 Feb 1783 - 11 Feb 1785 Benjamin Guerard

11 Feb 1785 - 21 Feb 1787 William Moultrie

                          (1st Time)

21 Feb 1787 - 26 Jan 1789 Thomas Pinckney

26 Jan 1789 - 05 Dec 1792 Charles Pinckney

                          (1st Time)

05 Dec 1792 - 18 Dec 1794 William Moultrie

                          (2nd Time)

18 Dec 1794 - 12 Dec 1796 Arnoldus Vanderhorst

12 Dec 1796 - 19 Dec 1798 Charles Pinckney

                          (2nd Time)

19 Dec 1798 - 23 Jan 1800 Edward Rutledge

23 Jan 1800 - 01 Dec 1802 John Drayton

                          (1st Time)

01 Dec 1802 - 10 Dec 1804 James B. Richardson

10 Dec 1804 - 11 Dec 1806 Paul Hamilton

11 Dec 1806 - 10 Dec 1808 Charles Pinckney

10 Dec 1808 - 10 Dec 1810 John Drayton

                          (2nd Time)

10 Dec 1810 - 11 Dec 1812 Henry Middleton

11 Dec 1812 - 17 Dec 1814 Joseph Alston

17 Dec 1814 - 14 Dec 1816 David Rogerson Williams

14 Dec 1816 - 01 Dec 1818 Andrew Rickens

01 Dec 1818 - 01 Dec 1820 John Geddes

01 Dec 1820 - 01 Dec 1822 Thomas Bennett Jr

01 Dec 1822 - 01 Dec 1824 John Lyde Wilson

01 Dec 1824 - 01 Dec 1826 Richard Irvine Manning

01 Dec 1826 - 01 Dec 1828 John Taylor

01 Feb 1828 - 01 Dec 1830 Stephen Decatur Miller

01 Dec 1830 - 13 Dec 1832 James Hamilton Jr

13 Dec 1832 - 11 Dec 1834 Robert Yong Hayne

11 Dec 1834 - 01 Dec 1836 Georg McDuffie

01 Dec 1836 - 10 Dec 1838 Pierce Mason Butler

10 Dec 1838 - 07 Apr 1840 Patrick Noble

07 Apr      - 10 Dec 1840 Barnabus Kelet Henagan

                          (acting)

10 Dec 1840 - 01 Dec 1842 John Peter Richardson II

01 Dec 1842 - 01 Dec 1844 James Henry Hammond

01 Dec 1844 - 01 Dec 1846 William Aiken

01 Dec 1846 - 01 Dec 1848 David Johnson

01 Dec 1848 - 01 Dec 1850 Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook

01 Dec 1850 - 01 Dec 1852 John Hugh Means

01 Dec 1852 - 01 Dec 1854 John Lawrence Manning

01 Dec 1854 - 01 Dec 1856 James Hopkins Adams

01 Dec 1856 - 01 Dec 1858 Robert Francis Withers Allston

01 Dec 1858 - 01 Dec 1860 William Henry Gist

01 Dec 1860 - 01 Dec 1862 Francis Wilkinson Pickens

01 Dec 1862 - 01 Dec 1864 Milledge Luke Bonham

20 Dec 1864 - 25 May 1865 Andrew Gordon Magrath

30 Jun      - 29 Nov 1865 Benjamin Franklin Perry

                          (acting)

29 Nov 1865 - 06 Jul 1868 James Lawrence Orr

   Mar      -    Aug 1867 Daniel E. Sickles

                          (US military governor)

   Sep 1867 - 09 Jul 1868 Edward R.S Canby

                          (US military governor)

09 Jul 1868 - 07 Dec 1872 Robert Kingston Scott

07 Dec 1872 - 01 Dec 1874 Franklin Israel J. Moses Jr

01 Dec 1874 - 14 Dec 1876 Daniel Henry Chamberlin

14 Dec 1876 - 26 Feb 1879 Wade Hampton III

26 Feb 1879 - 01 Sep 1880 William Dunlap Simpson Jr

01 Sep      - 30 Nov 1880 Thomas Bothwell Jeter

30 Nov 1880 - 01 Dec 1882 Johnson Hagood

01 Dec 1882 - 10 Jul 1886 Hugh Smith Thompson

10 Jul 1886 - 04 Dec 1890 John Peter Richardson III

04 Dec 1890 - 04 Dec 1894 Benjamin Ryan Tillman

04 Dec 1894 - 18 Jan 1897 John Grey Evans

18 Jan 1897 - 02 Jun 1899 William Haselden Ellerbe

02 Jun 1899 - 20 Jan 1903 Miles Benjamin McSweeney

20 Jan 1903 - 15 Jan 1907 Duncan Clinch Heyward

15 Jan 1907 - 17 Jan 1911 Martin Frederick Ansel

17 Jan 1911 - 15 Jan 1915 Coleman Livingston Blease

15 Jan      - 19 Jan 1915 Charles Aurelius Smith

                          (acting)

19 Jan 1915 - 21 Jan 1919 Richard Irvine Manning III

21 Jan 1919 - 20 May 1922 Robert Archer Cooper

20 May 1922 - 16 Jan 1923 Wilson Godfrey Harvey

16 Jan 1923 - 18 Jan 1927 Thomas Gordon McLeod

18 Jan 1927 - 20 Jan 1931 John Gardiner Richards

20 Jan 1931 - 15 Jan 1935 Ibra Charles Blackwood

15 Jan 1935 - 17 Jan 1939 Olin Dewitt Talmadge Johnston

                          (1st Time)

17 Jan 1939 - 04 Nov 1941 Burnet Rhett Maybank

04 Nov 1941 - 27 Feb 1942 Joseph Emil Harley

27 Feb 1942 - 19 Jan 1943 Richard Manning Jeffries

19 Jan 1943 - 02 Jan 1945 Olin Dewitt Talmadge Johnston

                          (2nd Time)

02 Jan 1945 - 21 Jan 1947 Ransome Judson Williams ........ 1892-1970 D

21 Jan 1947 - 16 Jan 1951 James Strom Thurnmond .......... 1902-2003 D

16 Jan 1951 - 18 Jan 1955 James Francis Byrnes ........... 1879-1972 D

18 Jan 1955 - 20 Jan 1959 George Bell Timmerman .......... 1912-1994 D

20 Jan 1959 - 15 Jan 1963 Ernest Frederick Holldings ..... 1922-     D

15 Jan 1963 - 22 Apr 1965 Donald Stuart Russell .......... 1906-1998 D

22 Apr 1965 - 19 Jan 1971 Robert Evander McNair .......... 1923-2007 D

19 Jan 1971 - 21 Jan 1975 John Carl West ................. 1922-2004 D

21 Jan 1975 - 10 Jan 1979 James Burrows Edwards .......... 1927-2014 R

10 Jan 1979 - 14 Jan 1987 Richard Wilson Riley ........... 1933-     D

14 Jan 1987 - 11 Jan 1995 Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr .... 1940-2005 R

11 Jan 1995 - 13 Jan 1999 David Muldrow Beasley .......... 1957-     R

13 Jan 1999 - 15 Jan 2003 James Hovis Hodges ............. 1956-     D

15 Jan 2003 - 12 Jan 2011 Marshall Clemment Sanford Jr ... 1960-     R

12 Jan 2011 -             Nimrata "Nikki" Randhawa Haley . 1972-     R

 

Tennessee

 

 

1776-1790 Part of North Carolina

1790-1796 Territory of the US

1796-1861 State of Tennessee

1861-1865 In secession from the US, part of the Confedarate States

1866      State of Tennessee

 

Capital:Nashville

Language: Englsih

Religion: Protestant

State Anthem: "My Homeland Tennessee"

State Motto: Argiculture and Commerce

State Emblem:

 

Governors

17 Aug 1790 - 30 Mar 1796 William Blount

30 Mar 1796 - 23 Sep 1801 John Seviers

                          (1st Time)

23 Sep 1801 - 23 Sep 1803 Archibald Roane

23 Sep 1803 - 20 Sep 1809 John Seviers

                          (2nd Time)

20 Sep 1809 - 27 Sep 1815 William Blount

27 Sep 1815 - 30 Sep 1821 Joseph McMinn

01 Oct 1821 - 30 Sep 1827 Willaim Carroll

                          (1st Time)

01 Oct 1827 - 16 Apr 1829 Samuel Houston

16 Apr      - 30 Sep 1829 Willaim Hall

01 Oct 1829 - 12 Oct 1835 Willaim Carroll

                          (2nd Time)

12 Oct 1835 - 14 Oct 1839 Newton Cannon

14 Oct 1839 - 14 Oct 1841 James Knox Polk

14 Oct 1841 - 12 Oct 1845 James Chamberlain Jones

12 Oct 1845 - 17 Oct 1847 Aaron Venable Brown

17 Oct 1847 - 16 Oct 1849 Neill Smith Brown

15 Oct 1849 - 16 Oct 1851 Willaim Trousdale

16 Oct 1851 - 17 Oct 1853 William Bowen Campbell

17 Oct 1853 - 03 Nov 1857 Andrew Johnson (1st Time)

03 Nov 1857 - 12 Mar 1862 Isham Green Harris

12 Mar 1862 - 04 Mar 1865 Andrew Johnson

                          (2nd Time, US military governor)

05 Mar      - 05 Apr 1865 Edward Hazzard East

05 Apr 1865 - 25 Feb 1869 William Gannaway Brownlow

25 Feb 1869 - 10 Oct 1871 DeWitte Clinton Senter

10 Oct 1871 - 18 Jan 1875 John Calvin Brown

18 Jan 1875 - 16 Feb 1879 James Davis Porter

16 Feb 1879 - 17 Jan 1881 Albert Smith Marks

17 Jan 1881 - 15 Jan 1883 Alvin Hawkins

15 Jan 1883 - 17 Jan 1887 William Brimage Bate

17 Jan 1887 - 19 Jan 1891 Robert Love Taylor

                          (1st Time)

19 Jan 1891 - 16 Jan 1893 John Price Buchanan

16 Jan 1893 - 21 Jan 1897 Peter Turney

21 Jan 1897 - 16 Jan 1899 Robert Love Taylor

                          (2nd Time)

16 Jan 1899 - 19 Jan 1903 Benton McMillin

19 Jan 1903 - 21 Mar 1905 James Beriah Frazier

21 Mar 1905 - 17 Jan 1907 John Isaac Cox

17 Jan 1907 - 26 Jan 1911 Malcome Rice Patterson

26 Jan 1911 - 17 Jan 1915 Benjamin Walter Hooper

17 Jan 1915 - 15 Jan 1919 Thomas Clark Rye

15 Jan 1919 - 15 Jan 1921 Albert Houston Roberts

15 Jan 1921 - 16 Jan 1923 Alfred Alexander Taylor

16 Jan 1923 - 02 Oct 1927 Austin Peay

02 Oct 1927 - 17 Jan 1933 Henry Hollis Horton

17 Jan 1933 - 15 Jan 1937 Henry Hill McAlister

15 Jan 1937 - 16 Jan 1939 Gordon Weaver Browning

                          (1st Time)

16 Jan 1939 - 16 Jan 1945 William Prentice Cooper

16 Jan 1945 - 17 Jan 1949 James Nance McCord ............. 1879-1968 D

17 Jan 1949 - 15 Jan 1953 Gordon Weaver Browning

                          (2nd Time)

15 Jan 1953 - 19 Jan 1959 Frank Goad Clement ............. 1920-1969 D

19 Jan 1959 - 15 Jan 1963 Earl Buford Ellington .......... 1907-1972 D

15 Jan 1963 - 16 Jan 1967 Frank Goad Clement

                          (2nd Time)

16 Jan 1967 - 16 Jan 1971 Earl Buford Ellington

                          (2nd Time)

16 Jan 1971 - 18 Jan 1975 Bryant Winfrield Culberson Dunn  1927-     R

18 Jan 1975 - 17 Jan 1979 Leonard Ray Blanton ............ 1930-1996 D

17 Jan 1979 - 17 Jan 1987 Andrew Lamar Alexander ......... 1940-     R

17 Jan 1987 - 21 Jan 1995 Edward Ray McWherter ........... 1930-2011 D

21 Jan 1995 - 18 Jan 2003 Donald Kenneth Sundquist ....... 1936-     R

18 Jan 2003 - 15 Jan 2011 Phillip Normon Bresdesen ....... 1943-     D

15 Jan 2011 -             William Edward Haslam .......... 1958-     R

 

Texas

 

 

       1682 - 18 Jul 1821 Part of New Spain

28 Sep 1821               Part of Mexico, Provinces de Tejas

02 Mar 1836               Republic of Texas, declared independent

29 Dec 1845               Incorporated into the United States

16 Feb 1846               State of Texas

02 Feb 1848               Incorporation into the U.S recognised by Mexico

02 Mar 1861 - 1865        In secession from the U.S, 

                           part of the Confederate states of America

30 Mar 1870               State of Texas re-admitted into the U.S

 

Capital:Austin

Language: English, Spanish.

Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic.

State Anthem: "Texas Our Texas".

State Motto: Friendship.

State Emblem: Lone Star.

 

Governors

15 Nov 1835 - 11 Jan 1836 Henry Smith

11 Jan      - 01 Mar 1836 James W. Robinson (acting)

Presidents of the Republic of Texas

     02 Mar - 16 Mar 1836 Richard Ellis .................. 1781-1846

     16 Mar - 22 Oct 1836 David Gouverneur Burnet ........ 1788-1870

22 Oct 1836 - 10 Dec 1838 Samuel Houston ................. 1793-1863

                          (1st Time)

10 Dec 1838 - 13 Dec 1841 Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar ...... 1798-1859

13 Dec 1841 - 09 Dec 1844 Samuel Houston

                          (2nd Time)

09 Dec 1844 - 19 Feb 1846 Anson Jones .................... 1798-1858

Governors

19 Feb 1846 - 21 Dec 1847 Pinckney Henderson

21 Dec 1847 - 21 Dec 1849 George T. Wood

21 Dec 1849 - 23 Nov 1853 Peter Hansbrough Bell

23 Nov 1853 - 21 Dec 1857 Elisha Marshall Peace

                          (1st Time)

21 Dec 1857 - 21 Dec 1859 Hardin Richard Runnels

21 Dec 1859 - 16 Mar 1861 Samuel Houston

16 Mar      - 07 Nov 1861 Edward Clark (acting)

07 Nov 1861 - 05 Nov 1863 Francis Richard Lubbock

05 Nov 1863 - 12 Jun 1865 Pendleton Murrah

14 Nov 1862 - 09 Aug 1866 Andrew Jackson Hamilton

                          (US military governor)

09 Aug 1866 - 08 Aug 1867 James Webb Throckmorton

       1867 -        1868 Joseph Jones Reynolds

                          (1st Time, US military governor)

08 Aug 1867 - 30 Sep 1869 Elisha Marshall Peace (2nd Time)

       1868 -        1869 Edward R.S Canby

                          (US military governor)

       1869 -        1870 Joseph Jones Reynolds

                          (2nd Time, US military governor)

08 Jan 1870 - 15 Jan 1874 Edmund Jackson Davis

15 Jan 1874 - 01 Dec 1876 Richard Coke

01 Dec 1876 - 21 Jan 1879 Richard Bennett Hubbard

21 Jan 1879 - 16 Jan 1883 Oran Milo Roberts

16 Jan 1883 - 18 Jan 1887 John Ireland

18 Jan 1887 - 20 Jan 1891 Lawrence Sullivan Ross

20 Jan 1891 - 15 Jan 1895 James Stephen Hogg

15 Jan 1895 - 17 Jan 1899 Charles Allen Culberson

17 Jan 1899 - 20 Jan 1903 Joseph Draper Sayers

20 Jan 1903 - 15 Jan 1907 Samuel Willis Tucker Lanhan

15 Jan 1907 - 17 Jan 1911 Thomas Mitchell Campbell

17 Jan 1911 - 19 Jan 1915 Oscar Branch Colquitt

15 Jan 1915 - 25 Aug 1917 James Edward Ferguson Jr.

25 Aug 1917 - 18 Jan 1921 William Pettus Hobby

18 Jan 1921 - 20 Jan 1925 Patrick Morris Neff

20 Jan 1925 - 17 Jan 1927 Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson

                          (1st Time)

17 Jan 1927 - 20 Jan 1931 Daniel James Moody Jr.

20 Jan 1931 - 17 Jan 1933 Ross Shaw Sterling

17 Jan 1933 - 15 Jan 1935 Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson

                          (2nd Time)

15 Jan 1935 - 17 Jan 1939 James Burr V. Allred

17 Jan 1939 - 04 Aug 1941 Wilbert Lee O'Daniel

04 Aug 1941 - 21 Jan 1947 Coke Robert Stevenson ................. 1888-1975 D

21 Jan 1947 - 11 Jul 1949 Beauford Halbert Jester ............... 1893-1949 D

11 Jul 1949 - 15 Jan 1957 Robert Allan Shivers .................. 1907-1985 D

15 Jan 1957 - 15 Jan 1963 Marion Prince Daniel .................. 1910-1988 D

15 Jan 1963 - 21 Jan 1969 John Bowden Connally Jr. .............. 1917-1993 D

21 Jan 1969 - 16 Jan 1973 Preston Earnest Smith ................. 1912-2003 D

16 Jan 1973 - 16 Jan 1979 Adolph Briscoe Jr ..................... 1923-2010 D

16 Jan 1979 - 18 Jan 1983 William Perry Clements Jr. ............ 1917-2011 R

18 Jan 1983 - 20 Jan 1987 Mark Wells Wright Jr. ................. 1940-     D

20 Jan 1987 - 15 Jan 1991 William Perry Clements Jr.

                          (2nd Time)

15 Jan 1991 - 17 Jan 1995 Dorothy Ann Willis Richards ........... 1933-2006 D

17 Jan 1995 - 21 Dec 2000 George Walker Bush .................... 1946-     R

21 Dec 2000 - 20 Jan 2015 James Richard Perry ................... 1950-     R

20 Jan 2015 -             Gregory Wayne Abbot ................... 1957-     R

 

_____________________________________________________________________________

 

Dallas

 

 

 

Mayors

   May 1961 - 03 Feb 1964 Earle Cabell .......................... 1906-1975 D

1964 - 1971               John Erik Jonsson ..................... 1901-1995

       1971 - 11 Feb 1976 Wesley Wise ........................... 1929-

11 Feb 1976 - 1977        Adlene Harrisson ...................... 1923-

1977 - 1981               Robert Folsom ......................... 1929-

1981 - 1983               Jack Wilson Evans ..................... 1922-1997 R

1983 - 1987               Austin Strake Taylor .................. 1922-2014

18 Apr 1987 - 1991        Annette Strauss ....................... 1924-1998

11 Mar 1991 - 05 Jun 1995 Stephen Bartlett ...................... 1947-     R

05 Jun 1995 - 20 Feb 2002 Ronald Kirk ........................... 1954-     D

20 Feb 2002 - 25 Jun 2007 Laura Miller .......................... 1958-     D

25 Jun 2007 - 25 Feb 2011 Thomas Leppert ........................ 1954-     R

25 Feb      - 26 Jun 2011 Dwaine Caraway ........................ 1952-     D

                          (acting)

26 Jun 2011 -             Michael Rawlings ...................... 1954-     D

 

_____________________________________________________________________________

 

Houston

 

 

Mayors

1900 - 1902               John D. Woolford ...................... 1855-1918

1902 - 1904               Orren Thaddeus Holt ................... 1849-1913

1904 - 1905               Andrew L. Jackson

1905 - 1913               H. Baldwin Rice (2nd Time)

1913 - 1917               Ben Campbell .......................... 1858-1942

1917                      Joseph J. Pastoriza ................... 1854-1917

1917 - 1918               Joseph Chappell Hutcheson ............. 1879-1973 R

1918 - 1921               A. Earl Amerman ....................... 1878-1958

1921 - 1929               Oscar Fitzallen Holcombe (1st Time) ... 1888-1968 D

1929 - 1933               Walter E. Monteith

1933 - 1937               Oscar Fitzallen Holcombe (2nd Time)

1937 - 1939               Richard H. Fonville

02 Jan 1939 - 02 Jan 1941 Oscar Fitzallen Holcombe (3rd Time)

02 Jan 1941 - 02 Jan 1943 Cornelius Augustus Pickett ............ 1902-1990 D

02 Jan 1943 - 02 Jan 1947 Otis Massey ........................... 1891-1968

02 Jan 1947 - 1953        Oscar Fitzallen Holcombe (4th Time)

1953 - 1956               Roy Mark Hofheinz ..................... 1912-1982

       1956 - 02 Jan 1958 Oscar Fitzallen Holcombe (5th Time)

02 Jan 1958 - 02 Jan 1964 Lewis Wesley Cutrer ................... 1904-1981 D

02 Jan 1964 - 02 Jan 1974 Louie Welch ........................... 1918-2008 R

02 Jan 1974 - 02 Jan 1978 Frederick Hofheinz .................... 1938-     D

02 Jan 1978 - 02 Jan 1982 James Joseph McConn ................... 1928-1997 R

02 Jan 1982 - 02 Jan 1992 Kathryn Jean Whitmire ................. 1846-     D

02 Jan 1992 - 02 Jan 1998 Bob Lanier

02 Jan 1998 - 02 Jan 2004 Lee Patrick Brown

02 Jan 2004 - 02 Jan 2010 William Howard White

02 Jan 2010 -             Annise Danette Parker ................. 1956-     D