This is a list of the governors of North Carolina from the colonial period to the present.

Table of contents
1 Proprietary Colony, 1664-1731
2 Royal Colony, 1731-1775
3 State of North Carolina, 1776-present
4 References

Proprietary Colony, 1664-1731

Governors of Albemarle, 1664-1689

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

State of North Carolina, 1776-present

References