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-