Civil War-Era Governors Of Southern States
| NOTE: This table includes governors of state governments allied with the Confederacy as well as those allied with the Union. Name and dates in italics denote a Union alliance, those not in italics denote a Confederate alliance. Often a single state was represented simultaneously by a government allied with Confederacy and a government remaining in, occupied by, or restored to the Union. Dates of service vary widely in historical sources. The dates given here reflect the best available consensus based on various state records, state histories, military histories and biographies. |
|
State |
Governor |
Dates of Service |
| Alabama | Andrew B. Moore John G. Shorter Thomas H. Watts |
Dec. 1, 1857-Dec. 2, 1861 Dec. 2, 1861-Dec. 1,1863 Dec. 1, 1863-Apr. 12, 1865 |
| Arkansas | Henry M. Rector Thomas Fletcher Harris Flanagin Isaac Murphy |
Nov. 15, 1860-Nov. 4, 1862 Nov. 4, 1862-Nov. 15, 1862 Nov. 15, 1862-May 28, 1865 Apr. 18, 1864-July 3, 1868 |
| Florida | Madison S. Perry John Milton Abraham K. Allison |
Oct. 5, 1857-Oct. 7, 1861 Oct. 7, 1861-Apr. 1, 1865 Apr. 1, 1865-Sept. 1865 |
| Georgia | Joseph E. Brown | Nov. 6, 1857-May 9, 1865 |
| Kentucky | George W. Johnson Richard Hawes Beriah Magoffin James F. Robinson Thomas Elliott Bramlette |
Nov. 20, 1861-Apr. 8, 1862 Apr. 8, 1862-Spring 1865 Aug. 30, 1859-Aug 18, 1862 Aug. 18, 1862-Sept. 1, 1863 Sept. 1, 1863-Sept. 3, 1867 |
| Louisiana | Thomas O. Moore Henry W. Allen George F. Shepley Michael Hahn James Madison Wells |
Jan. 23, 1860-Jan. 26, 1864 Jan. 26, 1864-June 6, 1865 June 2, 1862-Mar. 4, 1864 Mar. 4, 1864-Mar. 3, 1865 Mar. 3, 1865-June 25, 1868 |
| Mississippi | J. J. Pettus Charles Clard |
Nov. 21, 1859-Nov. 16, 1863 Nov. 16, 1863-May 22, 1865 |
| Missouri | Claiborne F. Jackson Thomas C. Reynolds Hamilton Rowan Gamble Willard Preble Hall Thomas Clement Fletcher |
Jan. 3, 1861-Dec. 6, 1862 Dec. 6, 1862-Apr. 1865 June 31, 1861-Jan 31, 1864 Jan. 31, 1864-Jan. 2, 1865 Jan. 2, 1865-Jan. 12, 1869 |
| North Carolina | John W. Ellis Henry T. Clark Zebulon Vance Edward Stanly |
Jan. 1, 1859-July 7, 1861 July 7, 1861-Sept. 8, 1862 Sept. 8, 1862-May 13, 1865 May 26, 1862-Jan 15, 1863 |
| South Carolina | Francis W. Pickens Miledge L. Bonham Andrew G. Magrath |
Dec. 14, 1860-Dec. 1862 Dec. 17, 1862-Dec. 1864 Dec. 18, 1864-May 28, 1865 |
| Tennessee | Isham G. Harris Robert Looney Caruthers Andrew Johnson E.H. East William G. Brownlow |
Nov. 3, 1857-Aug. 1863 Aug. 1863 Mar. 3, 1862-Mar. 3, 1865 Mar. 3, 1865-Apr. 5, 1865 Apr. 5, 1865-Feb. 25, 1869 |
| Texas | Edward Clark Francis R. Lubbock Pendleton Murrah |
Mar. 16, 1861-Nov. 7, 1861 Nov. 7, 1861-Nov. 5, 1863 Nov. 5, 1863-June 11, 1865 |
| Virginia | John Letcher William (Extra Billy) Smith Francis H. Peirpoint |
Jan. 1, 1860-Jan. 1, 1864 Jan. 1, 1864-May 9, 1865 June 1861-Apr. 16, 1863 |
Source: Macmillan Information Now Encyclopedia, "The Confederacy" article by W. Buck Yearns in that book.
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