Six Mercer alumni have served as governor of Georgia since the University’s founding. These include:
![black and white headshot of henry dickerson mcdaniel](https://den.mercer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/henry-dickerson-daniel.jpg)
(A.B. 1856, A.M. 1859)
52nd Governor 1883-1886
![black and white headshot of william johnathan northen](https://den.mercer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/william-johnathan-northen.jpg)
(A.B. 1853, Hon. LL.D. 1891)
54th Governor 1890-1894
![black and white headshot of allen daniel candler](https://den.mercer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/allen-daniel-candler.jpg)
(A.B. 1859, A.M. 1866)
56th Governor 1898-1902
![black and white headshot of thomas hardwick](https://den.mercer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/thomas-hardwick.jpg)
(A.B. 1892)
63rd Governor 1921-1923
![black and white headshot of Ellis Arnall](https://den.mercer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ellis-arnall.jpg)
(Attended 1924)
69th Governor 1943-1947
![headshot of nathan deal](https://den.mercer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/nathan-deal.jpg)
(CLAS ’64, LAW ’66)
82nd Governor 2011-2019
This article originally appeared in the Spring 2024 issue of The Mercerian. Read more from the magazine: Under the Gold Dome: Mercerians leading in the Legislature and More Mercer University alumni serve in the Georgia Legislature.