List of Governors of Virginia
This is a list of Governors of Virginia since Virginia became a U.S. state following the American Revolutionary War. The Constitution of the Commonwealth forbids any Governor from serving consecutive terms; however, several governors have served multiple non-consecutive terms. See also: List of colonial governors of Virginia. Each new gubernatorial term begins on the Saturday after the second Wednesday in January.
Governors under Statehood
- 1. Patrick Henry 1776-1779
- 2. Thomas Jefferson 1779-1781
- 3. William Fleming 1781-1781
- 4. Thomas Nelson, Jr. 1781-1781
- 5. Benjamin Harrison 1781-1784
- 6. Patrick Henry 1784-1786
- 7. Edmund Randolph 1786-1788
- 8. Beverley Randolph 1788-1791
- 9. Henry Lee Federalist 1791-1794
- 10. Robert Brooke Dem.-Rep. 1794-1796
- 11. James Wood Dem.-Rep. 1796-1799
- 12. James Monroe Dem.-Rep. 1799-1802
- 13. John Page Dem.-Rep. 1802-1805
- 14. William H. Cabell Dem.-Rep. 1805-1808
- 15. John Tyler, Sr. Dem.-Rep. 1808-1811
- 16. James Monroe Dem.-Rep. 1811
- 17. George William Smith Dem.-Rep. 1811
- 18. Peyton Randolph Dem.-Rep. 1811-1812
- 19. James Barbour Dem.-Rep. 1812-1814
- 20. Wilson Cary Nicholas Dem.-Rep. 1814-1816
- 21. James Patton Preston Dem.-Rep. 1816-1819
- 22. Thomas Mann Randolph Dem.-Rep. 1819-1822
- 23. James Pleasants Dem.-Rep. 1822-1825
- 24. John Tyler, Jr. Dem.-Rep. 1825-1827
- 25. William Branch Giles Democratic 1827-1830
- 26. John Floyd Democratic 1830-1834
- 27. Littleton Waller Tazewell Whig 1834-1836
- 28. Wyndham Robertson Whig 1836-1837
- 29. David Campbell Democratic 1837-1840
- 30. Thomas Walker Gilmer Whig 1840-1841
- 31. John Mercer Patton Whig 1841
- 32. John Rutherford Whig 1841-1842
- 33. John Munford Gregory Whig 1842-1843
- 34. James McDowell Democratic 1843-1846
- 35. William Smith Democratic 1846-1849
- 36. John Buchanan Floyd Democratic 1849-1852
- 37. Joseph Johnson Democratic 1852-1856
- 38. Henry A. Wise Democratic 1856-1860
- 39. John Letcher Democratic 1860-1864
- 40. William Smith Democratic 1864-1865
- 41. Francis H. Pierpont Republican 1865-1868
- 42. Henry H. Wells Republican 1868-1869
- 43. Gilbert C. Walker Republican 1869-1874
- 44. James L. Kemper Democratic 1874-1878
- 45. Frederick W. M. Holliday Democratic 1878-1882
- 46. William E. Cameron Republican 1882-1886
- 47. Fitzhugh Lee Democratic 1886-1890
- 48. Philip W. McKinney Democratic 1890-1894
- 49. Charles T. O'Ferrall Democratic 1894-1898
- 50. James Hoge Tyler Democratic 1898-1902
- 51. Andrew Jackson Montague Democratic 1902-1906
- 52. Claude A. Swanson Democratic 1906-1910
- 53. William Hodges Mann Democratic 1910-1914
- 54. Henry Carter Stuart Democratic 1914-1918
- 55. Westmoreland Davis Democratic 1918-1922
- 56. Elbert Lee Trinkle Democratic 1922-1926
- 57. Harry F. Byrd Sr. Democratic 1926-1930
- 58. John Garland Pollard Democratic 1930-1934
- 59. George C. Peery Democratic 1934-1938
- 60. James H. Price Democratic 1938-1942
- 61. Colgate W. Darden Jr. Democratic 1942-1946
- 62. William M. Tuck Democratic 1946-1950
- 63. John S. Battle Democratic 1950-1954
- 64. Thomas B. Stanley Democratic 1954-1958
- 65. J. Lindsay Almond Jr. Democratic 1958-1962
- 66. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. Democratic 1962-1966
- 67. Mills E. Godwin Jr. Democratic 1966-1970
- 68. A. Linwood Holton Jr. Republican 1970-1974
- 69. Mills E. Godwin Jr. Republican 1974-1978
- 70. John N. Dalton Republican 1978-1982
- 71. Charles S. "Chuck" Robb Democratic 1982-1986
- 72. Gerald L. Baliles Democratic 1986-1990
- 73. L. Douglas Wilder Democratic 1990-1994
- 74. George F. Allen Republican 1994-1998
- 75. James S. Gilmore III Republican 1998-2002
- 76. Mark R. Warner Democratic 2002-