List of Virginia Governors

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Ralph Northam, the current governor of Virginia

This list includes all of the governors of the US state of Virginia .

Virginia as an independent state

Surname Term of office Political party
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

State of Virginia

Surname Term of office Political party
Beverley Randolph 1788-1791
Henry Lee 1791-1794 Federalist Party
Robert Brooke 1794-1796 Democratic Republican
James Wood 1796-1799 Democratic Republican
James Monroe 1799-1802 Democratic Republican
John Page 1802-1805 Democratic Republican
William Henry Cabell 1805-1808 Democratic Republican
John Tyler Sr. 1808-1811 Democratic Republican
James Monroe 1811 Democratic Republican
George William Smith 1811 Democratic Republican
Peyton Randolph 1811-1812 Democratic Republican
James Barbour 1812-1814 Democratic Republican
Wilson Cary Nicholas 1814-1816 Democratic Republican
James Patton Preston 1816-1819 Democratic Republican
Thomas Mann Randolph 1819-1822 Democratic Republican
James Pleasants 1822-1825 Democratic Republican
John Tyler Jr. 1825-1827 Democratic Republican
William Branch Giles 1827-1830 democrat
John Floyd 1830-1834 democrat
Littleton Waller Tazewell 1834-1836 Whig
Wyndham Robertson 1836-1837 Whig
David Campbell 1837-1840 democrat
Thomas Walker Gilmer 1840-1841 Whig
John Mercer Patton 1841 Whig
John Rutherfoord 1841-1842 Whig
John Munford Gregory 1842-1843 Whig
James McDowell 1843-1846 democrat
William Smith 1846-1849 democrat
John Buchanan Floyd 1849-1852 democrat
Joseph Johnson 1852-1856 democrat
Henry Alexander Wise 1856-1860 democrat
John Letcher 1860-1864 democrat
William Smith 1864-1865 democrat
Francis Harrison Pierpont 1865-1868 republican
Henry Horatio Wells 1868-1869 republican
Gilbert Carlton Walker 1869-1874 republican
James Lawson Kemper 1874-1878 democrat
Frederick William Mackey Holliday 1878-1882 democrat
William Evelyn Cameron 1882-1886 Readjuster party
Fitzhugh Lee 1886-1890 democrat
Philip Watkins McKinney 1890-1894 democrat
Charles Triplet O'Ferrall 1894-1898 democrat
James Hoge Tyler 1898-1902 democrat
Andrew Jackson Montague 1902-1906 democrat
Claude Augustus Swanson 1906-1910 democrat
William Hodges husband 1910-1914 democrat
Henry Carter Stuart 1914-1918 democrat
Westmoreland Davis 1918-1922 democrat
Elbert Lee Trinkle 1922-1926 democrat
Harry Flood Byrd 1926-1930 democrat
John Garland Pollard 1930-1934 democrat
George Campbell Peery 1934-1938 democrat
James Hubert Price 1938-1942 democrat
Colgate Whitehead Darden 1942-1946 democrat
William Munford Tuck 1946-1950 democrat
John Stewart Battle 1950-1954 democrat
Thomas Bahnson Stanley 1954-1958 democrat
James Lindsay Almond 1958–1962 democrat
Albertis Sydney Harrison 1962-1966 democrat
Mills Edwin Godwin 1966-1970 democrat
Abner Linwood Holton 1970-1974 republican
Mills Edwin Godwin 1974-1988 republican
John Nichols Dalton 1978-1982 republican
Charles Spittal Robb 1982-1986 democrat
Gerald L. Baliles 1986-1990 democrat
Lawrence Douglas Wilder 1990-1994 democrat
George Felix Allen 1994-1998 republican
James Stuart Gilmore 1998-2002 republican
Mark Robert Warner 2002-2006 democrat
Timothy Michael Kaine 2006-2010 democrat
Robert Francis McDonnell 2010-2014 republican
Terence Richard McAuliffe 2014-2018 democrat
Ralph Shearer Northam since 2018 democrat

See also

Web links

Commons : Governors of Virginia  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files