List of Virginia Governors

  • Patrick Henry None 1776-1779
  • Thomas Jefferson None 1779-1781
  • William Fleming None 1781-1781
  • Thomas Nelson, Jr None 1781-1781
  • Benjamin Harrison None 1781-1784
  • Patrick Henry None 1784-1786
  • Edmund Randolph None 1786-1788
  • Beverley Randolph None 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 Floyd Democratic 1849-1852
  • Joseph Johnson Democratic 1852-1856
  • Henry A. Wise Democratic 1856-1860
  • John Letcher Democratic 1860-1864
  • William Smith Democratic 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 Flood Byrd 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. Robb Democratic 1982-1986
  • Gerald L. Baliles Democratic 1986-1990
  • Douglas Wilder Democratic 1990-1994
  • George Allen, Jr Republican 1994-1998
  • James S. Gilmore III Republican 1998-2002
  • Mark R. Warner Democratic 2002-