List of Governors of Virginia

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List of Virginia Governors

Colonial Governors

Sir Thomas Smith, President of the Council of the Virginia Company, 1606 - 1618

Edward Maria Wingfield President of the Council resident in Virginia, May 13, 1607 - September 10, 1607

John Ratcliffe, President of the Council in Virginia, September 10, 1607 - September 7, 1608

John Smith, President of the Council in Virginia, September 7, 1608 - to October, 1609
Captain George Percy. President of the Council in Virginia, October, 1609 - May 24, 1610, and March 28, 1611 - May 19, 1611
Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Gates, Deputy Governor, May 24, 1610 - June 10, 1610
Sir Thomas West, 3rd Lord De La Warr, or Delaware, June 10, 1610 - March 28, 1611
Captain George Percy, March 28, 1611 - May 19, 1611
Sir Thomas Dale , Acting Governor, High Marshall, May 19, 1611 - August, 1611
Sir Thomas Gates, August, 1611 - March, 1613
Sir Thomas Dale, March, 1613 - April, 1616
Captain George Yeardley, President of the Council in Virginia, Deputy Governor, April, 1616 - May 15, 1617
Captain Samuel Argall, May 15, 1617 - April 9, 1619
Captain Nathaniel Powell, President of the Council in Virginia, Acting Governor, April 19, 1619 - November 8, 1621
Sir Francis Wyatt, Governor and Captain General of Virginia, November 8, 1621 - May 17, 1626
Sir George Yeardley, May 17, 1626 - November, 1626
Captain Francis West, President of the Council in Virginia, Acting Governor of Virginia, November, 1626 - March 5, 1629
Doctor John Pott, March 5, 1629 - March, 1630
Sir John Harvey, March, 1630 - April 28, 1635
Captain John West, April 28, 1635 - April 2, 1636
Sir John Harvey, April 2, 1636 - November, 1639
Sir Francis Wyatt, November, 1639 - February, 1642
Sir William Berkeley, Governor and Captain General, February, 1642 - June, 1644
Richard Kempe, June, 1644 - June, 1645
Sir William Berkeley, June, 1645 - April 30, 1652
Richard Bennet, April 30, 1652 - March 30, 1655
Edward Digges, March 30, 1655 - March 13, 1658
Colonel Samuel Matthews, March 13, 1658 - January, 1660
Vacant January, 1660 - March 23, 1660
Sir William Berkeley, March 23, 1660 - April 30, 1661
Francis Morryson or Morrison, Deputy Governor, April 30, 1661 - December 23, 1662
Sir William Berkeley, December 23, 1662 - April 27, 1676
Colonel Herbert Teffreys, April 27, 1676 - November 11, 1676
Captain Robert Walter, November 11, 1676 - December 30, 1678
Sir Henry Chicheley, December 30, 1678 - May 10, 1680
Thomas, Lord Culpeper, May 10, 1680 - August, 1680
Sir Henry Chicheley, August, 1680 - November, 1682
Thomas, Lord Culpeper, November, 1682 - September 17, 1683
Colonel Nicholas Spencer, September 17, 1683 - April 16, 1684
Francis Howard, Baron Effingham, April 16, 1684 - October 20, 1688
Nathaniel Bacon, Sr, October 20, 1688 - October 16, 1690
Sir Francis Nicholson, October 16, 1690 - October 15, 1693
Sir Edmund Andros, October 16, 1693 - December 9, 1698
Sir Francis Nicholson, December 9, 1698 - August 15, 1705
Edward Matt, August 15, 1705 - August 23, 1706
Edmund Jenings, August 23, 1706 - June 10, 1710
Colonel Alexander Spotswood, June 23, 1710 - September 27, 1722
Hugh Drysdale, September 27, 1722 - July 22, 1726
Robert Carter, July 22, 1726 - October 13, 1727
William Gooch, October 13, 1727 - June 7, 1740
James Blair, June 7, 1740 - July, 1741
William Gooch, July, 1741 - June 20, 1749
John Robinson, June 20, 1749 - September 5, 1749
Thomas Lee, September 5, 1749 - February 12, 1751
Lewis Burwell, February 12, 1751 - November 20, 1751
Robert Dinwiddie, November 20, 1751 - January, 1758
John Blair, January, 1758 - June 7, 1758
Francis Fauquier, June 7, 1758 - March 3, 1768
John Blair, March 3, 1768 - October, 1768
Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, October, 1768 - October 15, 1770
William Nelson, October 15, 1770 - February, 1772
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, February, 1772 - June 6, 1775

Governors under Statehood

Patrick Henry 1776-1779
Thomas Jefferson 1779-1781
William Fleming 1781-1781
Thomas Nelson, Jr 1781-1781
Benjamin Harrison 1781-1784
Patrick Henry 1784-1786
Edmund Randolph 1786-1788
Beverley Randolph 1788-1791
Henry Lee Federalist 1791-1794
Robert Brooke Dem.-Rep. 1794-1796
James Wood Dem.-Rep. 1796-1799
James Monroe Dem.-Rep. 1799-1802
John Page Dem.-Rep. 1802-1805
William H. Cabell Dem.-Rep. 1805-1808
John Tyler, Sr Dem.-Rep. 1808-1811
James Monroe Dem.-Rep. 1811
George William Smith Dem.-Rep. 1811
Peyton Randolph Dem.-Rep. 1811-1812
James Barbour Dem.-Rep. 1812-1814
Wilson Cary Nicholas Dem.-Rep. 1814-1816
James Patton Preston Dem.-Rep. 1816-1819
Thomas Mann Randolph Dem.-Rep. 1819-1822
James Pleasants Dem.-Rep. 1822-1825
John Tyler, Jr. Dem.-Rep. 1825-1827
William Branch Giles Democratic 1827-1830
John Floyd Democratic 1830-1834
Littleton Waller Tazewell Whig 1834-1836
Wyndham Robertson Whig 1836-1837
David Campbell Democratic 1837-1840
Thomas Walker Gilmer Whig 1840-1841
John Mercer Patton Whig 1841
John Rutherford Whig 1841-1842
John Munford Gregory Whig 1842-1843
James McDowell Democratic 1843-1846
William Smith Democratic 1846-1849
John Buchanan FloydDemocratic 1849-1852
Joseph Johnson Democratic 1852-1856
Henry A. Wise Democratic 1856-1860
John Letcher Democratic 1860-1864
William SmithDemocratic 1864-1865
Francis H. Pierpont Republican 1865-1868
Henry H. Wells Republican 1868-1869
Gilbert C. Walker Republican 1869-1874
James L. Kemper Democratic 1874-1878
Frederick W. M. Holliday Democratic 1878-1882
William E. Cameron Republican 1882-1886
Fitzhugh Lee Democratic 1886-1890
Philip W. McKinney Democratic 1890-1894
Charles T. O'Ferrall Democratic 1894-1898
James Hoge Tyler Democratic 1898-1902
Andrew Jackson Montague Democratic 1902-1906
Claude A. Swanson Democratic 1906-1910
William Hodges Mann Democratic 1910-1914
Henry Carter Stuart Democratic 1914-1918
Westmoreland Davis Democratic 1918-1922
Elbert Lee Trinkle Democratic 1922-1926
Harry F. Byrd Sr Democratic 1926-1930
John Garland Pollard Democratic 1930-1934
George C. Peery Democratic 1934-1938
James H. Price Democratic 1938-1942
Colgate W. Darden Jr Democratic 1942-1946
William M. Tuck Democratic 1946-1950
John S. Battle Democratic 1950-1954
Thomas B. Stanley Democratic 1954-1958
J. Lindsay Almond Jr Democratic 1958-1962
Albertis S. Harrison Jr Democratic 1962-1966
Mills E. Godwin Jr Democratic 1966-1970
A. Linwood Holton Jr Republican 1970-1974
Mills E. Godwin Jr Republican 1974-1978
John N. Dalton Republican 1978-1982
Charles S. "Chuck" Robb Democratic 1982-1986
Gerald L. Baliles Democratic 1986-1990
L. Douglas Wilder Democratic 1990-1994
George F. Allen Jr Republican 1994-1998
James S. Gilmore III Republican 1998-2002
Mark R. Warner Democratic 2002-