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This is of the governors of the [[Province of Georgia]] from 17331732 tountil 1782, including the restored [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] administration during the [[American Revolutionary War|War of American Independence]].<ref>Historical List Of Georgia Governors, Georgia Info</ref>
 
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!Order# !! Image !! Name !! Title !! DatesTerm start !! Term end !! Notes
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| 1– ||[[File:James Edward Oglethorpe by Alfred Edmund Dyer.jpg|75px]] ||[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] [[James Oglethorpe]] || Resident Trustee || 1733–17439 ||June namesake1732 of [[Oglethorpe County, Georgia|Oglethorpe| County]] and1743 Oglethorpe|| University
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| 21 ||[[File:No image.svg|75px]] || [[William Stephens (governor of Georgia)|William Stephens]] || President || 1743–17511743 || 8 April 1751 || First governor
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| 2 ||[[File:No image.svg|75px]] || [[Henry Parker (Georgia official)|Henry Parker]] || President || 8 April 1751 || 23 June 1752 || <ref name="Evans1898">{{cite book|author=Lawton Bryan Evans|title=A History of Georgia for Use in Schools|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorygeorgia00evangoog|year=1898|publisher=American Book Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ahistorygeorgia00evangoog/page/n59 45]–}}</ref>
| 3 || [[Henry Parker (Georgia) |Henry Parker]] || President || 1751-1752 ||
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| 43 ||[[File:No image.svg|75px]] || [[Patrick Graham (Georgiagovernor)|Patrick Graham]] || President || 1752–175423 June 1752 || 21 June 1754 ||
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| 54 ||[[File:Jeremiah Theus (1719-1774) - Captain John Reynolds (c.1713–1788) - BHC2963 - Royal Museums Greenwich.jpg|75px]] || [[Admiral]] [[John Reynolds (Royal Navy officer)|John Reynolds]] || Governor || 1754–175729 October 1754 || 3 August 1756 (de facto) <br> 14 April 1758 (officially) || First royal governor <ref name="Evans1898"/><ref>Edward J. Cashin, [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/royal-georgia-1752-1776 "Royal Georgia, 1752-1776"], New Georgia Encyclopedia, 3/10/2003</ref><ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Reynolds, John (1713?-1788)}}</ref>
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| 65 ||[[File:No image.svg|75px]] || [[Henry Ellis (governor)|Henry Ellis]] || Governor || 1757–176017 May 1758 || November 1760 ||
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| 76 ||[[File:JamesWrightBySoldi.jpg|75px]] || [[James Wright (governor)|James Wright]] || Governor || 1760–1776November 1760 || 11 February 1776 ||
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| colspan="57" align="center"| ''Interregnum under revolutionary control from 1776- until 1778; see [[List of Governorsgovernors of Georgia]]''
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| 8(7) ||[[File:ArchibaldCampbell.jpg|75px]] ||[[General officer|General]] [[Archibald Campbell (British Army officer, born 1739)|Sir Archibald Campbell]] || governor || 1778–177929 December 1778 || July 1779 || Head of military administration <br> <ref name="Evans1898"/>
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| 9(8) ||[[File:No image.svg|75px]] || [[Jacques Marcus Prevost|James MarkJacques Prevost]] || Provisional governor || July 1779 || September 1779 ||
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| 10(9) ||[[File:JamesWrightBySoldi.jpg|75px]] ||[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[James Wright (governor)|James Wright]]|| Governor || September 1779 || 1779–178211 July 1782 ||
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[[Category:Lists of American colonial governors]]
[[Category:Colonial governors of Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Lists of Georgia (U.S. state) politicians|Governors]]
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