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 Governor of Virginia is subject to a term limit of one four-year term. See also: List of colonial governors of Virginia.
Governors under Statehood
- 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
- Beverley Randolph 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 F. Byrd Sr. 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. "Chuck" Robb Democratic 1982-1986
- Gerald L. Baliles Democratic 1986-1990
- L. Douglas Wilder Democratic 1990-1994
- George F. Allen Republican 1994-1998
- James S. Gilmore III Republican 1998-2002
- Mark R. Warner Democratic 2002-