Governor of Virginia
Governor History82
Abigail Davis SpanbergerDemocratic • Jan 2026 – Present
Glenn YoungkinRepublican • Jan 2022 – Dec 2026
Ralph NorthamDemocratic • Jan 2018 – Dec 2022
Terry McAuliffeDemocratic • Jan 2014 – Dec 2018
Robert McDonnellRepublican • Jan 2010 – Dec 2014
Tim KaineDemocratic • Jan 2006 – Dec 2010
Mark R. WarnerDemocratic • Jan 2002 – Dec 2006
James S. GilmoreRepublican • Jan 1998 – Dec 2002
George AllenRepublican • Jan 1994 – Dec 1998
L. Douglas WilderDemocratic • Jan 1990 – Dec 1994
Gerald L. BalilesDemocratic • Jan 1986 – Dec 1990
Charles S. RobbDemocratic • Jan 1982 – Dec 1986
John Nichols DaltonRepublican • Jan 1978 – Dec 1982
Mills Edwin GodwinDemocratic (1st), Republican (2nd) • Jan 1974 – Dec 1978
Linwood HoltonRepublican • Jan 1970 – Dec 1974
Mills Edwin GodwinDemocratic (1st), Republican (2nd) • Jan 1966 – Dec 1970
Albertis S. HarrisonDemocratic • Jan 1962 – Dec 1966
James Lindsay AlmondDemocratic • Jan 1958 – Dec 1962
Thomas Bahnson StanleyDemocratic • Jan 1954 – Dec 1958
John Stewart BattleDemocratic • Jan 1950 – Dec 1954
William Munford TuckDemocratic • Jan 1946 – Dec 1950
Colgate Whitehead DardenDemocratic • Jan 1942 – Dec 1946
James Hubert PriceDemocratic • Jan 1938 – Dec 1942
George Campbell PeeryDemocratic • Jan 1934 – Dec 1938
John Garland PollardDemocratic • Jan 1930 – Dec 1934
Harry F. ByrdDemocratic • Jan 1926 – Dec 1930
Elbert Lee TrinkleDemocratic • Jan 1922 – Dec 1926
Westmoreland DavisDemocratic • Jan 1918 – Dec 1922
Henry Carter StuartDemocratic • Jan 1914 – Dec 1918
William Hodges MannDemocratic • Jan 1910 – Dec 1914
Claude Augustus SwansonDemocratic • Jan 1906 – Dec 1910
Andrew Jackson MontagueDemocratic • Jan 1902 – Dec 1906
James Hoge TylerDemocratic • Jan 1898 – Dec 1902
Charles Triplett O’FerrallDemocratic • Jan 1894 – Dec 1898
Philip Watkins McKinneyDemocratic • Jan 1890 – Dec 1894
Fitzhugh LeeDemocratic • Jan 1886 – Dec 1890
William E. CameronReadjuster • Jan 1882 – Dec 1886
Frederick William Mackey HollidayConservative • Jan 1878 – Dec 1882
James Lawson KemperConservative • Jan 1874 – Dec 1878
Gilbert Carlton WalkerRepublican • Jan 1869 – Dec 1874
Henry Horatio WellsRepublican • Jan 1868 – Dec 1869
William SmithDemocratic • Jan 1864 – Dec 1865
John LetcherDemocratic • Jan 1860 – Dec 1864
Henry Alexander WiseDemocratic • Jan 1856 – Dec 1860
Joseph JohnsonDemocratic • Jan 1852 – Dec 1856
John Buchanan Floyd Jr.Democratic • Jan 1848 – Dec 1851
William SmithDemocratic • Jan 1846 – Dec 1849
James McDowellDemocratic • Jan 1843 – Dec 1846
John Munford GregoryWhig • Jan 1842 – Dec 1843
John RutherfoordDemocratic • Jan 1841 – Dec 1842
John Mercer PattonWhig • Jan 1841 – Dec 1841
Thomas Walker GilmerWhig • Jan 1840 – Dec 1841
David CampbellDemocratic • Jan 1837 – Dec 1940
Wyndham RobertsonWhig • Jan 1836 – Dec 1837
Littleton Waller TazewellWhig • Jan 1834 – Dec 1836
John Floyd Sr.Democratic • Jan 1830 – Dec 1834
William Branch GilesAnti-Federalist • Jan 1827 – Dec 1830
John Tyler Jr.Democratic-Republican • Jan 1825 – Dec 1827
James PleasantsDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1822 – Dec 1825
Thomas Mann RandolphDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1819 – Dec 1822
James Patton PrestonDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1816 – Dec 1819
Wilson Cary NicholasDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1814 – Dec 1816
James BarbourDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1812 – Dec 1814
Peyton RandolphDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1811 – Dec 1812
George William SmithDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1811 – Dec 1811
John Tyler Sr.Democratic-Republican • Jan 1808 – Dec 1810
William Henry CabellDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1805 – Dec 1808
John Page (VA Gov 1802)Democratic-Republican • Jan 1802 – Dec 1805
James MonroeDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1799 – Dec 1802
John PendletonJan 1799 – Dec 1799
Hardin BurnleyJan 1799 – Dec 1799
James WoodFederalist • Jan 1796 – Dec 1799
Robert BrookeDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1794 – Dec 1796
Henry LeeFederalist • Jan 1791 – Dec 1794
Beverley RandolphJan 1788 – Dec 1791
Edmund RandolphJan 1786 – Dec 1788
Benjamin HarrisonJan 1781 – Dec 1784
David JamesonJan 1781 – Dec 1781
Thomas NelsonJan 1781 – Dec 1781
William FlemingJan 1781 – Dec 1781
Thomas JeffersonJan 1779 – Dec 1781
Patrick HenryJan 1776 – Dec 1779