List of Governors of Virginia - Definition and Overview

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-