Historical Record
Previous Governors of Virginia
Governors who previously held office in Virginia, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesAbigail SpanbergerDemocrat2023–2030
Abigail SpanbergerDemocrat2026–2030
Glenn YoungkinRepublican2022–2026
Ralph NorthamDemocrat2018–2022
Terry McAuliffeDemocrat2014–2018
Bob McDonnellRepublican2010–2014
Tim KaineDemocrat2006–2010
Mark WarnerDemocrat2002–2006
Jim GilmoreRepublican1998–2002
George AllenRepublican1994–1998
Douglas WilderDemocrat1990–1994
Gerald BalilesDemocrat1986–1990
Chuck RobbDemocrat1982–1986
John N. DaltonDemocrat1978–1982
Mills GodwinRepublican1974–1978
Linwood HoltonDemocrat1970–1974
Mills GodwinDemocrat1966–1970
Albertis HarrisonDemocrat1962–1966
J. Lindsay AlmondDemocrat1958–1962
Thomas B. StanleyDemocrat1954–1958
John S. BattleDemocrat1950–1954
William M. TuckDemocrat1946–1952
Colgate DardenDemocrat1942–1946
James Hubert PriceDemocrat1938–1942
George C. PeeryDemocrat1934–1938
John Garland PollardDemocrat1930–1934
Harry F. ByrdDemocrat1926–1930
Elbert Lee TrinkleDemocrat1922–1926
Westmoreland DavisDemocrat1918–1922
Henry Carter StuartDemocrat1914–1918
William Hodges MannDemocrat1910–1914
Claude A. SwansonDemocrat1906–1910
Andrew Jackson MontagueDemocrat1902–1906
James Hoge TylerDemocrat1898–1902
Charles Triplett O'FerrallDemocrat1894–1898
Philip W. McKinneyDemocrat1890–1894
Fitzhugh LeeDemocrat1886–1890
William E. CameronRepublican1882–1886
Frederick W. M. HollidayDemocrat1878–1882
James L. KemperDemocrat1874–1878
Gilbert Carlton WalkerRepublican1869–1874
Henry H. WellsIndependent1868–1869
Francis Harrison PierpontIndependent1861–1868
William SmithDemocrat1861–1865
John LetcherDemocrat1860–1864
Henry A. WiseDemocrat1856–1860
Joseph JohnsonDemocrat1852–1856
John B. FloydDemocrat1849–1852
William SmithDemocrat1846–1849
James McDowellDemocrat1843–1846
John Munford GregoryIndependent1842–1843
John RutherfoordDemocrat1841–1842
John M. PattonIndependent1841–1841
Thomas Walker GilmerIndependent1840–1841
David CampbellDemocrat1837–1840
Wyndham RobertsonIndependent1836–1837
Littleton Waller TazewellDemocrat1834–1836
John FloydDemocrat1830–1834
William Branch GilesIndependent1827–1830
John TylerIndependent1825–1827
James PleasantsIndependent1822–1825
Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.Independent1819–1822
James Patton PrestonIndependent1816–1819
Wilson Cary NicholasIndependent1814–1816
James BarbourIndependent1812–1814
Peyton RandolphIndependent1811–1812
James MonroeIndependent1811–1811
John Tyler Sr.Independent1808–1811
George William SmithIndependent1811–1811
William H. CabellIndependent1805–1808
John PageIndependent1802–1805
James MonroeIndependent1799–1802
James WoodIndependent1796–1799
Robert BrookeIndependent1794–1796
Henry Lee IIIIndependent1791–1794
Beverley RandolphIndependent1788–1791
Edmund RandolphIndependent1786–1788
Patrick HenryIndependent1784–1786
Benjamin Harrison VIndependent1781–1784
Thomas Nelson Jr.Independent1781–1781
David JamesonIndependent1781–1781
William FlemingIndependent1781–1781
Thomas JeffersonIndependent1779–1781
Patrick HenryIndependent1776–1779