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State of Virginia
Governors
List of Virginia State Governors
| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
| Patrick Henry | Dec 1, 1784
Dec 1, 1786 | No Party Affiliation |
| Thomas Jefferson | Jun 1, 1779
Jun 3, 1781 | No Party Affiliation |
| William Fleming | Jun 3, 1781
Jun 12, 1781 | No Party Affiliation |
| Thomas Nelson, Jr. | Jun 12, 1781
Nov 22, 1781 | No Party Affiliation |
| David Jameson | Nov 22, 1781
Dec 1, 1781 | No Party Affiliation |
| Benjamin Harrison V | Dec 1, 1781
Dec 1, 1784 | No Party Affiliation |
| Edmund Randolph | Dec 1, 1786
Dec 1, 1788 | No Party Affiliation |
| Beverley Randolph | Dec 1, 1788
Dec 1, 1791 | No Party Affiliation |
| Henry Lee III | Dec 1, 1791
Dec 1, 1794 | Federalist |
| Robert Brooke | Dec 1, 1794
Dec 1, 1796 | Democratic-Republican |
| James Wood | Dec 1, 1796
Dec 1, 1799 | Democratic-Republican |
| Hardin Burnley | Dec 7, 1799?
Dec 11, 1799? | No Party Affiliation |
| John Pendleton | Dec 11, 1799?
Dec 19, 1799? | No Party Affiliation |
| James Monro | Dec 1, 1799?
Dec 1, 1802 | Democratic-Republican |
| John Page | Dec 1, 1802
Dec 7, 1805? | Democratic-Republican |
| William H. Cabell | Dec 7, 1805?
Dec 1, 1808 | Democratic-Republican |
| John Tyler, Sr. | Dec 1, 1808
Jan 15, 1811 | Democratic-Republican |
| George William Smith | April 3, 1811
Dec 26, 1811 | Democratic-Republican |
| James Monroe | Jan 19, 1811
April 3, 1811 | Democratic-Republican |
| Peyton Randolph | Dec 27, 1811
Jan 3, 1812 | Democratic-Republican |
| James Barbour | Jan 3, 1812
Dec 1, 1814 | Democratic-Republican |
| Wilson Cary Nicholas | Dec 1, 1814
Dec 1, 1816 | Democratic-Republican |
| James Patton Preston | Dec 1, 1816
Dec 1, 1819 | Democratic-Republican |
| Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. | Dec 1, 1819
Dec 1, 1822 | Democratic-Republican |
| James Pleasants | Dec 1, 1822
Dec 10, 1825 | Democratic-Republican |
| John Tyler | Dec 10, 1825
March 4, 1827 | Democratic-Republican |
| William Branch Giles | March 4, 1827
March 4, 1830 | Democratic |
| John Floyd | March 4, 1830
March 31, 1834 | Democratic |
| Littleton Waller Tazewell | March 31, 1834
April 30, 1836 | Whig |
| Wyndham Robertson | April 30, 1836
March 31, 1837 | Whig |
| David Campbell | March 31, 1837
March 31, 1840 | Democratic |
| Thomas Walker Gilmer | March 31, 1840
March 20, 1841 | Whig |
| John M. Patton | March 20, 1841 -March 31, 1841 | Whig |
| John Rutherford | March 31, 1841
March 31, 1842 | Whig |
| John Munford Gregory | March 31, 1842
Jan 1, 1843 | Whig |
| James McDowell | Jan 1, 1843
Jan 1, 1846 | Democratic |
| William Smith | Jan 1, 1864
May 9, 1865 | Democratic |
| John B. Floyd | Jan 1, 1849
Jan 16, 1852 | Democratic |
| Joseph Johnson | Jan 16, 1852
Jan 1, 1856 | Democratic |
| Henry A. Wise | Jan 1, 1856
Jan 1, 1860 | Democratic |
| John Letcher | Jan 1, 1860
Jan 1, 1864 | Democratic |
| Francis Harrison Pierpont | May 9, 1865
April 4, 1868 | Republican |
| Henry H. Wells | April 4, 1868
Sep 21, 1869 | Republican |
| Gilbert Carlton Walker | Sep 21, 1869
Jan 1, 1874 | Republican |
| James L. Kemper | Jan 1, 1874
Jan 1, 1878 | Democratic |
| Frederick W. M. Holliday | Jan 1, 1878
Jan 1, 1882 | Democratic |
| William E. Cameron | Jan 1, 1882
Jan 1, 1886 | Re-adjuster |
| Fitzhugh Lee | Jan 1, 1886
Jan 1, 1890 | Democratic |
| Philip W. McKinney | Jan 1, 1890
Jan 1, 1894 | Democratic |
| Charles Triplett O'Ferrall | Jan 1, 1894
Jan 1, 1898 | Democratic |
| James Hoge Tyler | Jan 1, 1898
Jan 1, 1902 | Democratic |
| Andrew Jackson Montague | Jan 1, 1902
Feb 1, 1906 | Democratic |
| Claude A. Swanson | Feb 1, 1906
Feb 10, 1910 | Democratic |
| William Hodges Mann | Feb 10, 1910
Feb 1, 1914 | Democratic |
| Henry Carter Stuart | Feb 1, 1914
Feb 1, 1918 | Democratic |
| Westmoreland Davis | Feb 1, 1918
Feb 1, 1922 | Democratic |
| Elbert Lee Trinkle | Feb 1, 1922
Feb 1, 1926 | Democratic |
| Harry F. Byrd | Feb 1, 1926
Jan 15, 1930 | Democratic |
| John Garland Pollard | Jan 15, 1930
Jan 17, 1934 | Democratic |
| George C. Peery | Jan 17, 1934
Jan 15, 1938 | Democratic |
| James H. Price | Jan 15, 1938
Jan 21, 1942 | Democratic |
| Colgate Darden | Jan 21, 1942
Jan 16, 1946 | Democratic |
| William M. Tuck | Jan 16, 1946
Jan 18, 1950 | Democratic |
| John S. Battle | Jan 18, 1950
Jan 20, 1954 | Democratic |
| Thomas Bahnson Stanley | Jan 20, 1954
Jan 11, 1958 | Democratic |
| James Lindsay Almond, Jr. | Jan 11, 1958
Jan 13, 1962 | Democratic |
| Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. | Jan 13, 1962
Jan 15, 1966 | Democratic |
| Mills E. Godwin, Jr. | Jan 12, 1974
Jan 14, 1978 | Republican |
| A. Linwood Holton, Jr. | Jan 17, 1970
Jan 12, 1974 | Republican |
| John N. Dalton | Jan 14, 1978
Jan 16, 1982 | Republican |
| Chuck Robb | Jan 16, 1982
Jan 18, 1986 | Democratic |
| Gerald L. Baliles | Jan 18, 1986
Jan 14, 1990 | Democratic |
| Douglas Wilder | Jan 14, 1990
Jan 15, 1994 | Democratic |
| George Allen | Jan 15, 1994
Jan 17, 1998 | Republican |
| Jim Gilmore | Jan 17, 1998
Jan 12, 2002 | Republican |
| Mark Warner | Jan 12, 2002
Jan 14, 2006 | Democratic |
| Tim Kaine | Jan 14, 2006
Incumbent | Democratic |
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