United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Buchanan, Scott E.2005-03-26Encyclopedia article about the office of governor in Georgia. The office of governor can trace its ancestry to Georgia's founding as a British colony in 1733. Although he never held the title of governor, General James Oglethorpe, founder of the Georgia colony, is generally considered to be the first executive officer of Georgia. The state's first governor after independence from Great Britain was John A. Treutlen. Given the experience of strong royal governors during the years leading up to the Revolutionary War (1775-83), Georgia governors in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were initially weak in the amount of power granted to them. Since that time subsequent state constitutions have delegated greater powers to the office of governor.GSE identifier: SS8CG3, SS8H12, SS2CG2text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Governors--GeorgiaGeorgia--Government and politicsGovernorText