S.no. |
Governor |
Term start |
Term end |
Party |
Place |
1 |
Patrick Henry |
5 July 1776 |
1 June 1779 |
No party |
Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, British America |
2 |
Thomas Jefferson |
1 June 1779 |
3 June 1781 |
No party |
Shadwell, Colony of Virginia |
3 |
William Fleming |
3 June 1781 |
12 June 1781 |
No party |
Jedburgh, Scotland |
4 |
Thomas Nelson, Jr. |
12 June 1781 |
22 November 1781 |
No party |
Yorktown, Virginia |
5 |
David Jameson |
22 November 1781 |
1 December 1781 |
No party |
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6 |
Benjamin Harrison V |
1 December 1781 |
1 December 1784 |
No party |
Charles City County, Virginia |
7 |
Patrick Henry |
1 December 1784 |
1 December 1786 |
No party |
Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, British America |
8 |
Edmund Randolph |
1 December 1786 |
1 December 1788 |
No party |
Williamsburg, Virginia |
9 |
Beverley Randolph |
1 December 1788 |
1 December 1791 |
No party |
Henrico County, Virginia |
10 |
Henry Lee III |
1 December 1791 |
1 December 1794 |
Federalist |
Dumfries, Colony of Virginia |
11 |
Robert Brooke |
1 December 1794 |
1 December 1796 |
Democratic-Republican |
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12 |
James Wood |
1 December 1796 |
1 December 1799 |
Federalist |
Winchester, Virginia |
13 |
Hardin Burnley |
7 December 1799 |
11 December 1799 |
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14 |
John Pendleton, Jr. |
11 December 1799 |
19 December 1799 |
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15 |
James Monroe |
19 December 1799 |
1 December 1802 |
Democratic-Republican |
Monroe Hall, Virginia |
16 |
John Page |
1 December 1802 |
7 December 1805 |
Democratic-Republican |
Rosewell Plantation, Gloucester County, Virginia |
17 |
William H. Cabell |
7 December 1805 |
1 December 1808 |
Democratic-Republican |
Cumberland County, Virginia |
18 |
John Tyler, Sr. |
1 December 1808 |
15 January 1811 |
Democratic-Republican |
Charles City County, Virginia |
19 |
George William Smith |
15 January 1811 |
19 January 1811 |
Democratic-Republican |
Essex County, Virginia |
20 |
James Monroe |
19 January 1811 |
3 April 1811 |
Democratic-Republican |
Monroe Hall, Virginia |
21 |
George William Smith |
3 April 1811 |
26 December 1811 |
Democratic-Republican |
Essex County, Virginia |
22 |
Peyton Randolph |
27 December 1811 |
3 January 1812 |
Democratic-Republican |
Williamsburg, Virginia |
23 |
James Barbour |
3 January 1812 |
1 December 1814 |
Democratic-Republican |
Barboursville, Virginia |
24 |
Wilson Cary Nicholas |
1 December 1814 |
1 December 1816 |
Democratic-Republican |
Williamsburg, Virginia |
25 |
James Patton Preston |
1 December 1816 |
1 December 1819 |
Democratic-Republican |
Montgomery, Virginia |
26 |
Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. |
1 December 1819 |
1 December 1822 |
Democratic-Republican |
Tuckahoe Plantation, Goochland County, Virginia |
27 |
James Pleasants |
1 December 1822 |
10 December 1825 |
Democratic-Republican |
Powhatan County, Virginia |
28 |
John Tyler |
10 December 1825 |
4 March 1827 |
Democratic-Republican |
Charles City County, Virginia |
29 |
William Branch Giles |
4 March 1827 |
4 March 1830 |
Democratic |
Amelia Courthouse, Virginia |
30 |
John Floyd |
4 March 1830 |
31 March 1834 |
Democratic |
Floyd’s Station, Virginia |
31 |
Littleton Waller Tazewell |
31 March 1834 |
30 April 1836 |
Whig |
Williamsburg, Virginia |
32 |
Wyndham Robertson |
30 April 1836 |
31 March 1837 |
Whig |
near Manchester, Chesterfield County, Virginia |
33 |
David Campbell |
31 March 1837 |
31 March 1840 |
Democratic |
Washington County (later Smyth County), Virginia |
34 |
Thomas Walker Gilmer |
31 March 1840 |
20 March 1841 |
Whig |
Albemarle County, Virginia |
35 |
John M. Patton |
20 March 1841 |
31 March 1841 |
Whig |
Fredericksburg, Virginia |
36 |
John Rutherfoord |
31 March 1841 |
31 March 1842 |
Democratic |
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37 |
John Munford Gregory |
31 March 1842 |
1 January 1843 |
Whig |
Charles City County, Virginia |
38 |
James McDowell |
1 January 1843 |
1 January 1846 |
Democratic |
Rockbridge County, Virginia |
39 |
William Smith |
1 January 1846 |
1 January 1849 |
Democratic |
Marengo, Virginia |
40 |
John B. Floyd |
1 January 1849 |
16 January 1852 |
Democratic |
Blacksburg, Virginia, US |
41 |
Joseph Johnson |
16 January 1852 |
1 January 1856 |
Democratic |
Orange County, New York |
42 |
Henry A. Wise |
1 January 1856 |
1 January 1860 |
Democratic |
Drummondtown, Virginia |
43 |
John Letcher |
1 January 1860 |
1 January 1864 |
Democratic |
Lexington, Virginia, US |
44 |
William Smith |
1 January 1864 |
9 May 1865 |
Democratic |
Marengo, Virginia |
45 |
Francis Harrison Pierpont |
9 May 1865 |
4 April 1868 |
Republican |
Morgantown (then in Virginia) |
46 |
Henry H. Wells |
4 April 1868 |
21 September 1869 |
Republican |
Rochester, New York, USA |
47 |
Gilbert Carlton Walker |
21 September 1869 |
1 January 1874 |
Democratic |
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania |
48 |
James L. Kemper |
1 January 1874 |
1 January 1878 |
Democratic |
Madison County, Virginia |
49 |
Frederick W. M. Holliday |
1 January 1878 |
1 January 1882 |
Democratic |
Winchester, Virginia |
50 |
William E. Cameron |
1 January 1882 |
1 January 1886 |
Re-adjuster |
Petersburg, Virginia, USA |
51 |
Fitzhugh Lee |
1 January 1886 |
1 January 1890 |
Democratic |
Fairfax County, Virginia |
52 |
Philip W. McKinney |
1 January 1890 |
1 January 1894 |
Democratic |
Buckingham County, Virginia |
53 |
Charles Triplett O’Ferrall |
1 January 1894 |
1 January 1898 |
Democratic |
Berkley Springs, Virginia |
54 |
James Hoge Tyler |
1 January 1898 |
1 January 1902 |
Democratic |
Caroline, Virginia, U.S. |
55 |
Andrew Jackson Montague |
1 January 1902 |
1 February 1906 |
Democratic |
Campbell County, Virginia |
56 |
Claude A. Swanson |
1 February 1906 |
10 February 1910 |
Democratic |
Swansonville, Virginia, U.S. |
57 |
William Hodges Mann |
10 February 1910 |
1 February 1914 |
Democratic |
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S. |
58 |
Henry Carter Stuart |
1 February 1914 |
1 February 1918 |
Democratic |
Wytheville, Virginia, USA |
59 |
Westmoreland Davis |
1 February 1918 |
1 February 1922 |
Democratic |
Atlantic Ocean |
60 |
Elbert Lee Trinkle |
1 February 1922 |
1 February 1926 |
Democratic |
Wytheville, Virginia, U.S. |
61 |
Harry F. Byrd |
1 February 1926 |
15 January 1930 |
Democratic |
Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S. |
62 |
John Garland Pollard |
15 January 1930 |
17 January 1934 |
Democratic |
King and Queen County, Virginia |
63 |
George C. Peery |
17 January 1934 |
15 January 1938 |
Democratic |
Cedar Bluff, Virginia, U.S. |
64 |
James H. Price |
15 January 1938 |
21 January 1942 |
Democratic |
Greenbrier, West Virginia, U.S. |
65 |
Colgate Darden |
21 January 1942 |
16 January 1946 |
Democratic |
Franklin, Virginia |
66 |
William M. Tuck |
16 January 1946 |
18 January 1950 |
Democratic |
Halifax County, Virginia |
67 |
John S. Battle |
18 January 1950 |
20 January 1954 |
Democratic |
New Bern, North Carolina |
68 |
Thomas Bahnson Stanley |
20 January 1954 |
11 January 1958 |
Democratic |
Spencer, Virginia |
69 |
James Lindsay Almond, Jr. |
11 January 1958 |
13 January 1962 |
Democratic |
Charlottesville, Virginia |
70 |
Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. |
13 January 1962 |
15 January 1966 |
Democratic |
Alberta, Virginia, U.S. |
71 |
Mills E. Godwin, Jr. |
15 January 1966 |
17 January 1970 |
Democratic |
Nansemond County, Virginia, U.S. |
72 |
A. Linwood Holton, Jr. |
17 January 1970 |
12 January 1974 |
Republican |
Big Stone Gap, Virginia, U.S. |
73 |
Mills E. Godwin, Jr. |
12 January 1974 |
14 January 1978 |
Republican |
Nansemond County, Virginia, U.S. |
74 |
John N. Dalton |
14 January 1978 |
16 January 1982 |
Republican |
Emporia, Virginia |
75 |
Chuck Robb |
16 January 1982 |
18 January 1986 |
Democratic |
Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
76 |
Gerald L. Baliles |
18 January 1986 |
13 January 1990 |
Democratic |
Stuart, Virginia, U.S. |
77 |
Douglas Wilder |
13 January 1990 |
15 January 1994 |
Democratic |
Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
78 |
George Allen |
15 January 1994 |
17 January 1998 |
Republican |
Whittier, California, U.S. |
79 |
Jim Gilmore |
17 January 1998 |
12 January 2002 |
Republican |
Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
80 |
Mark Warner |
12 January 2002 |
14 January 2006 |
Democratic |
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
81 |
Tim Kaine |
14 January 2006 |
16 January 2010 |
Democratic |
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
82 |
Bob McDonnell |
16 January 2010 |
11 January 2014 |
Republican |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
83 |
Terry McAuliffe |
11 January 2014 |
13 January 2018 |
Democratic |
Syracuse, New York |
84 |
Ralph Northam |
13 January 2018 |
15 January 2022 |
Democratic |
Nassawadox, Virginia, United States |
85 |
Glenn Youngkin |
15 January 2022 |
Incumbent |
Republican |
Richmond, Virginia, United States |