^Died in office; after losing his bid for re-election, Gwinnett was wounded in a duel with Lachlan McIntosh on May 6, 1777 and died of his wounds two days later.
^Removed from office by the military because he refused to allow state funds to be used for a racially integrated state constitutional convention; the state was still under military occupation during Reconstruction.
^Provisional governor appointed by General George Meade.
^Resigned; fled the state to avoid impeachment; was arrested in 1876 and found not guilty of embezzlement.
^Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley died before the Electoral College voted. 6 of Georgia's 11 votes went to Greeley's running mate Brown, while 3 went to Greeley and 2 went to Democratic Georgia Governor Charles J. Jenkins
^Position of lieutenant governor created in 1945 and first elected in 1946.
^Appointed by Governor Eugene Talmadge to replace William B. Harrison, an action disputed by Harrison.
^Appointed by Governor Eugene Talmadge to replace Carreker and fill out the remainder of the term.
^Restored to his office at the beginning of the 1937 legislative term.
^Appointed secretary of state in 1946 to fill the unexpired term of John B. Wilson, who died in office.[4]
^Eugene Talmadge was elected to a third non-consecutive term in 1946 but died before taking office. Incumbent Governor Ellis Arnall and Lieutenant Governor-elect Melvin E. Thompson both claimed the office. The state legislature chose Eugene Talmadge's son, Herman Talmadge, to be governor, and he took office in January 1947, but the state Supreme Court later that year declared this unconstitutional and declared Thompson the rightful acting governor, and Talmadge stepped down after 67 days in office.
^Talmadge defeated Thompson in a special election in September 1948.
^Recently reelected incumbent Democrat Chuck Simsswitched parties to Republican between the November 2004 election and the beginning of the legislative session in January 2005.
^Greg Morris switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party in August 2005.
^Resigned to seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
^Brian Kemp was appointed Secretary of State, January 4, 2010, to fill the unexpired term of Karen Handel.
^Tim Golden switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party after the November 2, 2010 General Election.
