The spouse of the governor of North Carolina is given an honorary position, styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the State of North Carolina. They are the official hosts at the North Carolina Executive Mansion in Raleigh and the Governor's Western Residence in Asheville. To date, there has been one woman governor of the State of North Carolina, Bev Perdue, and therefore her husband, Bob Eaves, was the state's first and only first gentleman. Two of the state's first ladies were daughters, not wives, of governors: Helen Whitaker Fowle served as first lady during the administration of her widowed father, Governor Daniel Gould Fowle, and Angelia Lawrance Morrison served as first lady during the term of her widowed father, Governor Cameron A. Morrison, until his marriage to Sara Virginia Ecker Watts on April 2, 1924.

Mary P. Easley, wife of Governor Mike Easley, was the state's first Catholic and first Greek American first lady.

The current first lady is Anna Harris Stein, wife of Governor Josh Stein.

Lists Lists of colonial first ladies The following are lists of the first ladies of North Carolina during the Colonial period under British rule.

Roanoke Colony The following is a list of the wives of governors of the Roanoke Colony at Fort Raleigh. Name Image Term in office Birth-Death Governor Notes vacant 1585–1586 Sir Ralph Lane Sir Ralph Lane never married Tomasyn Cooper White 1587–1590 John White

Albemarle Settlements The following is a list of the wives of governors of the Albemarle Settlements. Name Image Term in office Birth-Death Governor Notes Sarah Prescott Drummond 1664–1667 William Drummond Frances Culpeper Stephens 1667–1669 circa 1634 – circa 1690 Samuel Stephens vacant 1670–1672 Peter Carteret no record of Carteret's marriage Johanna Gerald Jenkins 1672–1675 John Jenkins husband's first term Name unknown 1675–1676 Thomas Eastchurch Name left off records Johanna Gerald Jenkins 1676–1677 John Jenkins husband's second term vacant 1677 Thomas Miller no record of Miller's marriage Dorothy Tooke Harvey 1679 died 1682 John Harvey Johanna Gerald Jenkins 1680–1681 John Jenkins husband's third term Anna Willix Riscoe Blount Sothel 1682–1689 died before May 1695 Seth Sothel

Province of Carolina The following is a list of the wives of governors and deputy governors of the Province of Carolina. Name Image Term in office Birth-Death Governor Notes Frances Culpeper Stephens Berkeley Ludwell 1689–1691 circa 1634 – circa 1690 Philip Ludwell her second marriage to a NC governor Name unknown 1691–1694 Thomas Jarvis Ann Dobson Archdale 1694–1696 John Archdale Sarah Catherine Laker Harvey 1696–1699 died circa 1730 Thomas Harvey Ann Lillington Walker 1699–1704 1679–1732 Henderson Walker Martha Wainwright Daniel 1704–1705 Robert Daniell Name unknown 1705–1708 Thomas Cary Mary Davis Glover 1706–1706 died before 1707 William Glover died in office Catherine "Catalina" Atwood Glover 1706–1708 William Glover Glover's second wife, married in office Name unknown 1708–1711 Thomas Cary husband's second term Catherine Rigby Hyde 1711–1712 died 1738 Edward Hyde

Province of North Carolina The following is a list of the wives of governors of the Province of North Carolina. The last three provincial governors and their wives resided at Tryon Palace in New Bern. Name Image Term in office Birth-Death Governor Notes Esther Wilkinson Pollock 1712–1714 died 1716 Thomas Pollock Penelope Golland Eden 1714–1716 1677–1716 Charles Eden died in office vacant 1722 Thomas Pollock second term, widowed Jane Reed 1722–1724 William Reed Name unknown 1724–1725 George Burrington Susannah Kidder Everard, Lady Everard 1725–1731 1683–1739 Sir Richard Everard, 4th BaronetName unknown 1731–1734 George Burrington Mary Bursey Rice 1734 Nathaniel Rice Penelope Golland Maule Lovick Phenney Johnston 1734–1741 died 1741 Gabriel Johnston died in office Frances Button Johnston 1741–1752 died 1768 Gabriel Johnston Johnston's second wife Mary Bursey Rice 1752–1753 died 1753 Nathaniel Rice husband's second term Elizabeth Rowan Rowan 1753–1754 Matthew Rowan Justina Davis Dobbs 1754–1765 1745–1771 Arthur Dobbs Margaret Wake Tryon 1764–1771 c.1732 – 1819 William Tryon no record 1771 James Hasell Elizabeth Martin Martin 1771–1776 1732–1778 Josiah Martin went into exile during the American Revolution

List of First Ladies and Gentlemen of the State of North Carolina The following is a list of first ladies and gentlemen of the U.S. state of North Carolina. From 1816 to 1865, during the Antebellum period and the Civil War, the first ladies resided at the Governor's Palace in Raleigh. The official residences of the governors and their families are now the North Carolina Executive Mansion in Raleigh and the Governor's Western Residence in Asheville. Name Image Term in office Birth-Death Governor Notes Sarah Heritage Caswell 1776–1780 1740–1794 Richard Caswell first First Lady of the State of North Carolina Mary Whiting Jones Nash 1780–1781 1754–1800 Abner Nash Mary Freeman Burke 1781–1782 Thomas Burke vacant 1782–1785 Alexander Martin Sarah Heritage Caswell 1785–1787 1740–1794 Richard Caswell husband's second term Frances Cathcart Johnston 1787–1789 1751–1801 Samuel Johnston vacant 1789–1792 Alexander Martin Mary Jones Leech Spaight 1792–1795 1765–1810 Richard Dobbs Spaight Elizabeth Jones Merrick Ashe 1795–1798 1735–1815 Samuel Ashe Sarah Jones Davie 1798–1799 1762–1802 William Richardson Davie Elizabeth Chauncey Jones Williams 1799–1802 1762–1817 Benjamin Williams Elizabeth Montfort Ashe 1802 John Baptista Ashe husband died before taking office Ann Cochran Turner 1802–1805 died 1806 James Turner Margaret Polk Alexander 1805–1807 circa 1764–1806 Nathaniel Alexander Elizabeth Chauncey Jones Williams 1807–1808 1762–1817 Benjamin Williams husband's second term Hannah Turner Stone 1808–1810 1776–1816 David Stone Sarah Rhett Dry Smith 1810–1811 circa 1762–1821 Benjamin Smith Ann Swepson Boyd Hawkins 1811–1814 William Hawkins Lydia Anna Evans Miller 1814–1817 died 1818 William Miller Elizabeth Foort Branch 1817–1820 1787–1851 John Branch Maria Perkins Franklin 1820–1821 1765–1834 Jesse Franklin Mary Smith Hunter Holmes 1821–1824 died 1838 Gabriel Holmes Sarah Wales Jones Burton 1824–1827 Hutchins Gordon Burton Frances Johnston Treadwell Iredell 1827–1828 1797–1865 James Iredell Jr. Lucy Ann Brown Owen 1828–1830 1793–1853 John Owen Rachel Montgomery Stokes 1830–1832 (1776–1862) Montfort Stokes Eleanor White Swain 1832–1835 1800–1883 David L. Swain vacant 1835–1836 Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr. never married Elizabeth Henry Haywood Dudley 1836–1840 1796–1840 Edward Bishop Dudley died in office Ann Eliza Lindsay Morehead 1841–1845 (1804–1868) John Motley Morehead Susannah Sarah Washington Graham 1845–1849 1816–1890 William Alexander Graham Charity Hare Haywood Manly 1849–1851 1799–1881 Charles Manly Henrietta Williams Settle Reid 1851–1854 1824–1913 David Settle Reid vacant 1854–1855 Warren Winslow widower Isabella Cuthbert Bragg 1855–1859 1820–1877 Thomas Bragg Mary McKinley Daves Ellis 1859–1861 1835–1916 John Willis Ellis North Carolina secedes from the Union and joines the Confederate States of America Mary Weeks Parker Hargrave Clark 1861–1862 1822–1896 Henry Toole Clark Confederate States of America Harriett Newell Espy Vance 1862–1865 1832–1878 Zebulon Vance Confederate States of America vacant May 13, 1865 – May 29, 1865 vacant Office vacated after the American Civil War Louisa Virginia Harrison Holden 1865 1830–1900 William Woods Holden provisional appointment by President Andrew Johnson Martitia Daniel Worth 1865–1868 1808–1874 Jonathan Worth Louisa Virginia Harrison Holden 1868–1871 1830–1900 William Woods Holden husband's second term Minerva Ruffin Cain Caldwell 1871–1874 1820–1890 Tod Robinson Caldwell vacant 1874–1877 Curtis Hooks Brogden never married Harriett Newell Espy Vance 1877–1879 1832–1878 Zebulon Vance husband's second term Mary Woodson Jarvis 1879–1885 1842–1924 Thomas J. Jarvis Catherine Bullock Henderson Scales 1885–1889 1845–1930 Alfred Moore Scales Helen Whitaker Fowle 1889–1891 1869–1948 Daniel Gould Fowle daughter of Governor Fowle Louisa Moore Holt 1891–1893 1833–1899 Thomas Michael Holt Eleanor Kearny Carr 1893–1897 1840–1912 Elias Carr Sarah Amanda Sanders Russell 1897–1901 1844–1913 Daniel Lindsay Russell Cora Lily Woodard Aycock 1901–1905 1868–1952 Charles Brantley Aycock Cornelia Deaderick Glenn 1905–1909 1854–1926 Robert Broadnax Glenn Musette Satterfield Kitchin 1909–1913 1874–1956 William Walton Kitchin Annie Burgin Craig 1913–1917 1873–1955 Locke Craig Fanny Neal Yarborough Bickett 1917–1921 1870–1941 Thomas Walter Bickett Angelia Lawrance Morrison Harris 1921–1924 1912–1983 Cameron A. Morrison daughter of Governor Morrison Sara Virginia Ecker Watts Morrison 1924-1925 1868–1950 Cameron A. Morrison married in office Margaret French McLean 1925–1929 1879–1959 Angus Wilton McLean Fay Webb-Gardner 1929–1933 1885–1969 Oliver Max Gardner Tillie Ehringhaus 1933–1937 1890–1980 John C. B. Ehringhaus Margaret Gardner Hoey 1937–1941 1875–1942 Clyde R. Hoey Alice Willson Broughton 1941–1945 1889–1980 J. Melville Broughton Mildred Stafford Cherry 1945–1949 1894–1971 R. Gregg Cherry Mary White Scott 1949–1953 1897–1972 W. Kerr Scott Merle Davis Umstead 1953–1954 1901–1988 William B. Umstead husband died in office Martha Blakeney Hodges 1954–1961 1897–1969 Luther H. Hodges Margaret Rose Sanford 1961–1965 1918–2006 Terry Sanford Jeanelle Coulter Moore 1965–1969 1911–1999 Dan K. Moore Jessie Rae Scott 1969–1973 1929–2010 Robert W. Scott Patricia Hollingsworth Holshouser 1973–1977 1939–2006 James Holshouser Carolyn Hunt 1977–1985 born 1937 Jim Hunt Dottie Martin 1985–1993 1937—2026 James G. Martin Carolyn Hunt 1993–2001 born 1937 Jim Hunt husband's second term Mary P. Easley 2001–2009 Mike Easley Bob Eaves 2009–2013 Bev Perdue First Gentleman Ann McCrory 2013–2017 born 1956 Pat McCrory Kristin Cooper 2017–2025 born 1956 Roy Cooper Anna Harris Stein 2025–present Josh Stein

See also List of colonial governors of North Carolina List of governors of North Carolina List of governors of the Province of North Carolina

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