John A. Treutlen[12] 1777-1778
John Houston 1778-1779
John Wereat[13] 1779
George Walton 1779-1780
Richard Hawley 1780
Stephen Heard[13] 1780-1781
Myrick Davies[13] 1781
Nathan Brownson 1781-1782
John Martin 1782-1783
Lyman Hall 1783-1785
Samuel Elbert 1785-1786
Edward Telfair 1786-1787
George Matthews 1787-1788
George Handley 1788-1789
George Walton 1789-1790 Democratic-Republican
Edward Telfair 1790-1793 " "
George Matthews 1793-1796 " "
Jared Irwin 1796-1798 " "
James Jackson 1798-1801 " "
David Emanuel 1801 " "
Josiah Tattnall 1801-1802 " "
John Milledge 1802-1806 " "
Jared Irwin 1806-1809 " "
David B. Mitchell 1809-1813 " "
Peter Early 1813-1815 " "
David B. Mitchell 1815-1817 " "
William Rabun[14] 1817-1819 " "
Matthew Talbot[14] 1819 " "
John Clarke 1819-1823 " "
George M. Troup 1823-1827 " "
John Forsyth 1827-1829 " "
George R. Gilmer 1829-1831 National Republican
Wilson Lumpkin 1831-1835 Democratic-Republican
William Schley 1835-1837 Union
George Gilmer 1837-1839 Democrat
Charles J. McDonald 1839-1843 Union
George W. Crawford 1843-1847 Whig
George W.B. Towns 1847-1851 Democrat
Howell Cobb 1851-1853 Constitutional Union
Herschell V. Johnson 1853-1856 Democrat
Joseph E. Brown 1857-1865 "
James Johnson[15] 1865 "
Charles J. Jenkins 1865-1868 "
Thomas H. Ruger 1868 "
Rufus B. Bullock 1868-1871 Republican
Benjamin Conley[14] 1871-1872 "
James M. Smith 1872-1876 Democrat
Alfred H. Colquitt 1876-1882 "
Alexander H. Stephens 1882-1883 "
James S. Boynton[14] 1883 "
Henry D. McDaniel 1883-1886 "
John B. Gordon 1886-1890 "
W.J. Northen 1890-1894 "
W.Y. Atkinson 1894-1898 "
A.D. Candler 1898-1902 "
Joseph M. Terrell 1902-1907 "
Hoke Smith 1907-1909 "
Joseph M. Brown 1909-1911 "
Hoke Smith 1911- "
A brief bibliography, chiefly of historical materials, is given by
U.B. Phillips in his monograph "Georgia and State Rights," in vol. ii.
of the _Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1901_
(Washington, 1902). Valuable information concerning the resources and
products of the state is given in the publications of the Department
of Agriculture, which include weekly and monthly _Bulletins_, biennial
_Reports_ and a volume entitled _Georgia, Historical and Industrial_
(Atlanta, 1901). The Reports of the United States Census (especially
the Twelfth Census for 1900 and the special census of manufactures for
1905) should be consulted, and _Memoirs of Georgia_ (2 vols., Atlanta,
Ga., 1895) contains chapters on industrial conditions.
The principal sources for public administration are the annual reports
of the state officers, philanthropic institutions, the prison
commission and the railroad commission, and the revised Code of
Georgia (Atlanta, 1896), adopted in 1895; see also L.F. Schmeckebier's
"Taxation in Georgia" (_Johns Hopkins University Studies_, vol.
xviii.) and "Banking in Georgia" (_Banker's Magazine_, vol. xlviii.).
Education and social conditions are treated in C.E. Jones's _History
of Education in Georgia_ (Washington, 1890), the Annual Reports of the
School Commissioner, and various magazine articles, such as "Georgia
Cracker in the Cotton Mill" (_Century Magazine_, vol. xix.) and "A
Plea for Light" (_South Atlantic Quarterly_, vol. iii.). The view of
slavery given in Frances A. Kemble's _Journal of a Residence on a
Georgia Plantation in 1838-1839_ (New York, 1863) should be compared
with R.Q. Mallard's _Plantation Life before Emancipation_ (Richmond,
Va., 1897), and with F.L. Olmsted's _A Journey in the Seaboard Slave
States_ (New York, 1856).
The best book for the entire field of Georgia history is Lawton B.
Evans's _A Student's History of Georgia_ (New York, 1898), a textbook
for schools. This should be supplemented by C.C. Jones's _Antiquities
of the Southern Indians, particularly of the Georgia Tribes_ (New
York, 1873), for the aborigines; W.B. Stevens's _History of Georgia to
1798_ (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1847-1859) and C.C. Jones, jun., History
of Georgia (2 vols., Boston, 1883) for the Colonial and Revolutionary
periods; C.H. Haskins's _The Yazoo Land Companies_ (Washington, 1891);
the excellent monograph (mentioned above) by U.B. Phillips for
politics prior to 1860; Miss Annie H. Abel's monograph "The History of
Events Resulting in Indian Consolidation West of the Mississippi," in
vol. i. of the _Annual Report of the American Historical Association
for 1906_ (Washington, 1908) for a good account of the removal of the
Indians from Georgia; the judicious monograph by E.C. Woolley,
_Reconstruction in Georgia_ (New York, 1901); and I.W. Avery's
_History of Georgia from 1850 to 1881_ (New York, 1881), which is
marred by prejudice but contains material of value. _The Confederate
Records of the State of Georgia_ were published at Atlanta in 1909.
See also: E.J. Harden's _Life of George M. Troup_ (Savannah, 1840);
R.M. Johnston and W.H. Browne, _Life of Alexander H. Stephens
(Philadelphia, 1878), and Louis Pendleton, Life of Alexander H.
Stephens_ (Philadelphia, 1907); P.A. Stovall's _Robert Toombs_ (New
York, 1892); H. Fielder's _Life, Times and Speeches of Joseph E.
Brown_ (Springfield, Mass., 1883) and C.C. Jones, jun., _Biographical
Sketches of Delegates from Georgia to the Continental Congress_ (New
York, 1891). There is much valuable material, also, in the
publications (beginning with 1840) of the Georgia Historical Society
(see the list in vol. ii. of the _Report of the American Historical
Association for 1905_).