Civil War Governors – Part 3: The Confederate States

Alabama
Andrew B. Moore, Democrat, December 1, 1857 – December 2, 1861
John Gill Shorter, Democrat, December 2, 1861 – December 1, 1863
Thomas H. Watts, Democrat, December 1, 1863 – May 1, 1865

Arkansas
Elias Nelson Conway, Democrat, November 15, 1852 – November 16, 1860
Henry Massey Rector, Democrat, November 16, 1860 – November 4, 1862
Harris Flanagin, Democrat, November 4, 1862 – April 18, 1864
Isaac Murphy, Republican, April 18, 1864 – July 2, 1868

Florida
Madison S. Perry, Democrat, October 5, 1857 – October 7, 1861
John Milton, Democrat, October 7, 1861 – April 1, 1865
Abraham K. Allison, Democrat, April 1, 1865 – May 19, 1865

Georgia
Joseph E. Brown, Democrat, November 6, 1857 – June 17, 1865

Louisiana

Confederate:
Thomas Overton Moore, Democrat, January 23, 1860 – January 25, 1864
Henry Watkins Allen, Democrat, January 25, 1864 – June 2, 1865

Union:
George F. Shepley, Military, July 2, 1862 – March 4, 1864
Michael Hahn, Republican, March 4, 1864 – March 4, 1865
James Madison Wells, Unionist Democrat, March 4, 1865 – June 3, 1867

Mississippi
John J. Pettus, Democrat, November 21, 1859 – November 16, 1863
Charles Clark, Democrat, November 16, 1863 – May 22, 1865

North Carolina
John Willis Ellis, Democrat, January 1, 1859 – July 7, 1861
Henry Toole Clark, Demcrat, July 7, 1861 – September 8, 1862
Zebulon Baird Vance, Conservative, September 8, 1862 – May 29, 1865

South Carolina
William Henry Gist, Democrat, December 10, 1858 – December 14, 1860
Francis Wilkinson Pickens, Democrat, December 14, 1860 – December 17, 1862
Milledge Luke Bonham, Democrat, December 17, 1862 – December 18, 1864
Andrew Gordon Magrath, Democrat, December 18, 1864 – May 25, 1865

Tennessee
Isham G. Harris, Democrat, November 3, 1857 – March 12, 1862
Andrew Johnson, Democrat/Military, March 12, 1862 – March 4, 1865
Edward H. East, Republican, March 4, 1865 – April 5, 1865
William G. Brownlow, Republican, April 5, 1865 – February 25, 1869

Texas
Sam Houston, Independent, December 21, 1859 – March 18, 1861
Edward Clark, Democrat, March 18, 1861 – November 7, 1861
Francis R. Lubbock, Democrat, November 7, 1861 – November 5, 1863
Pendleton Murrah, Democrat, November 5, 1863 – June 17, 1865

Virginia
Henry A. Wise, Democrat, January 1, 1856 – January 1, 1860
John Letcher, Democrat, January 1, 1860 – January 1, 1864
William Smith, Democrat, January 1, 1864 – May 9, 1865

KEY: Name, Party, Term In Office

See Also:
Civil War Governors – Part 1: The United States
Civil War Governors – Part 2: The Border States