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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)
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)
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)
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Kemp will be the 83rd governor, not the 89th. GoodDay ( talk) 00:13, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
I emailed the state and got a pretty good response:
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)
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So frustrating to come to wikipedia and not find some needed information . . .
So, first of all, I take issue that there is no article called Governor of Georgia (the reason that's not a red link is because it's a redirect to this article). Separate articles are needed. A "list" should not include things like powers and methods of election. And I'd really like this to cover the way the governor is elected. Tonight I learned that Lester Maddox won in 1966 despite not having gotten the most votes, because the legislature picked him when no one got an actual majority. Is that still the way it's done? I'd like to know, but the article that would tell me had not been created. Why not? About half the states have an article on the office and another mere list. All of them should have both. Un sch ool 03:42, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
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