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Revision as of 18:52, 28 March 2019

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The county's official site states that the currently accepted spelling varied from that used by Governor John Houstoun. This seems reasonable given that standardized spelling wasn't in much vogue during the 18th century. Ellsworth 23:54, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

As someone who took Georgia history as a schoolchild, I'd like to point out that, at several different times in the early 1900s and also during Reconstruction, their were three or more people claiming to be governor. This should be noted. I'd especially look at the Arnall, Talmadge, Thompson period, where, for two months in 1947, Georgia had three governors.


Many of the links for the colonial governors just prior to the American Revolution are just plain wrong . . . but I don't know if the names are wrong, or just the links . . . RCL - 2 Aug 2006

I've upgraded the table and added notes, but I have no/little good information for the revolutionary governors. I haven't put any notes for the pre-Jeffersonian Republican governors. --Golbez 11:44, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Numbering of Governors

The numbering of the Governors is incorrect. Georgia numbers it's Governors by the individual, not the governorships. In othewords: Non-consecutive term Governors are not recounted. GoodDay (talk) 23:56, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The entire list is an unfinished mess. You're welcome to renumber it; it's not under active editing at the present. --Golbez (talk) 01:36, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'll have a go at it, later today. GoodDay (talk) 01:43, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No Pardon Authority

Contrary to what you have listed, the Governor of the State of Georgia has absolutely no Pardon power or authority. It is vested in the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole per § 42-9-56. Restriction on Governor's powers:

  The Governor shall have no authority or power whatever over the granting of pardons or paroles.

HISTORY: Ga. L. 1943, p. 185, § 21; Ga. L. 1983, p. 500, § 7. --Commonwealth States Historian (Kentucky 1333) (talk) 20:24, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Numbering of Governors (again)

Kemp will be the 83rd governor, not the 89th. GoodDay (talk) 00:13, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I mean, they say that, but I'd like to see you find a way to count 83 governors. The best way I found was: Until the Civil War, count everything; ignore the military governor; and ignore repeat terms after the civil war. One can see how this is insane unless we have an official source saying how. Once Kemp is inaugurated and there's press saying he's #83, I'll email the state archives directly and ask how they came up with this, it'd be interesting to know if we have some listed that they omit, or maybe they're just wrong - see Iowa's list, where we acknowledge, with support from the press, that no one knows what the official number should be. I'd be completely happy to have that here, but at the moment, any numbering system is original research, so yeah, I guess removing them was the best option. --Golbez (talk) 04:43, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
My guess is, there's confusion with the Confederate governors & likely some governors were counted more then once (due to multiple terms) while others weren't. It's a mess, for sure. GoodDay (talk) 04:54, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I emailed the state and got a pretty good response:

"We believe the Governor's Office is working from the list in the Official and Statistical Register of Georgia, published by the Office of Secretary of State. The register is no longer published but has been scanned and is available online in the Digital Library of Georgia. The 1977-78 register is considered the last "historical" register, with lists of statewide elected officials and members of the General Assembly dating back to the creation of the office (in the "State Miscellany" section of the Register). The list of governors in the 1977-78 register includes the Royal Governors, the presidents of the Trustees of Georgia during the Colonial period, and the military commander during Reconstruction, Gen. Thomas H. Ruger. You can find the list here, http://statregister.galileo.usg.edu/statregister/view?docId=statregister/stat1977/stat1977-1146.xml
If you count the governors from no. 77, George Busbee, Brian Kemp is the 83rd governor."

I'll work on integrating this, but I think it solves our problem.

That said, I must share the last line of their email:

"We frankly gave no thought to the numbering."

I feel ya, friend. --Golbez (talk) 20:39, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]