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| S.no. | Governor | Term start | Term end | Party | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Henry | 5 July 1776 | 1 June 1779 | No party | Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, British America |
| 2 | Thomas Jefferson | 1 June 1779 | 3 June 1781 | No party | Shadwell, Colony of Virginia |
| 3 | William Fleming | 3 June 1781 | 12 June 1781 | No party | Jedburgh, Scotland |
| 4 | Thomas Nelson, Jr. | 12 June 1781 | 22 November 1781 | No party | Yorktown, Virginia |
| 5 | David Jameson | 22 November 1781 | 1 December 1781 | No party | |
| 6 | Benjamin Harrison V | 1 December 1781 | 1 December 1784 | No party | Charles City County, Virginia |
| 7 | Patrick Henry | 1 December 1784 | 1 December 1786 | No party | Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, British America |
| 8 | Edmund Randolph | 1 December 1786 | 1 December 1788 | No party | Williamsburg, Virginia |
| 9 | Beverley Randolph | 1 December 1788 | 1 December 1791 | No party | Henrico County, Virginia |
| 10 | Henry Lee III | 1 December 1791 | 1 December 1794 | Federalist | Dumfries, Colony of Virginia |
| 11 | Robert Brooke | 1 December 1794 | 1 December 1796 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 12 | James Wood | 1 December 1796 | 1 December 1799 | Federalist | Winchester, Virginia |
| 13 | Hardin Burnley | 7 December 1799 | 11 December 1799 | ||
| 14 | John Pendleton, Jr. | 11 December 1799 | 19 December 1799 | ||
| 15 | James Monroe | 19 December 1799 | 1 December 1802 | Democratic-Republican | Monroe Hall, Virginia |
| 16 | John Page | 1 December 1802 | 7 December 1805 | Democratic-Republican | Rosewell Plantation, Gloucester County, Virginia |
| 17 | William H. Cabell | 7 December 1805 | 1 December 1808 | Democratic-Republican | Cumberland County, Virginia |
| 18 | John Tyler, Sr. | 1 December 1808 | 15 January 1811 | Democratic-Republican | Charles City County, Virginia |
| 19 | George William Smith | 15 January 1811 | 19 January 1811 | Democratic-Republican | Essex County, Virginia |
| 20 | James Monroe | 19 January 1811 | 3 April 1811 | Democratic-Republican | Monroe Hall, Virginia |
| 21 | George William Smith | 3 April 1811 | 26 December 1811 | Democratic-Republican | Essex County, Virginia |
| 22 | Peyton Randolph | 27 December 1811 | 3 January 1812 | Democratic-Republican | Williamsburg, Virginia |
| 23 | James Barbour | 3 January 1812 | 1 December 1814 | Democratic-Republican | Barboursville, Virginia |
| 24 | Wilson Cary Nicholas | 1 December 1814 | 1 December 1816 | Democratic-Republican | Williamsburg, Virginia |
| 25 | James Patton Preston | 1 December 1816 | 1 December 1819 | Democratic-Republican | Montgomery, Virginia |
| 26 | Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. | 1 December 1819 | 1 December 1822 | Democratic-Republican | Tuckahoe Plantation, Goochland County, Virginia |
| 27 | James Pleasants | 1 December 1822 | 10 December 1825 | Democratic-Republican | Powhatan County, Virginia |
| 28 | John Tyler | 10 December 1825 | 4 March 1827 | Democratic-Republican | Charles City County, Virginia |
| 29 | William Branch Giles | 4 March 1827 | 4 March 1830 | Democratic | Amelia Courthouse, Virginia |
| 30 | John Floyd | 4 March 1830 | 31 March 1834 | Democratic | Floyd’s Station, Virginia |
| 31 | Littleton Waller Tazewell | 31 March 1834 | 30 April 1836 | Whig | Williamsburg, Virginia |
| 32 | Wyndham Robertson | 30 April 1836 | 31 March 1837 | Whig | near Manchester, Chesterfield County, Virginia |
| 33 | David Campbell | 31 March 1837 | 31 March 1840 | Democratic | Washington County (later Smyth County), Virginia |
| 34 | Thomas Walker Gilmer | 31 March 1840 | 20 March 1841 | Whig | Albemarle County, Virginia |
| 35 | John M. Patton | 20 March 1841 | 31 March 1841 | Whig | Fredericksburg, Virginia |
| 36 | John Rutherfoord | 31 March 1841 | 31 March 1842 | Democratic | |
| 37 | John Munford Gregory | 31 March 1842 | 1 January 1843 | Whig | Charles City County, Virginia |
| 38 | James McDowell | 1 January 1843 | 1 January 1846 | Democratic | Rockbridge County, Virginia |
| 39 | William Smith | 1 January 1846 | 1 January 1849 | Democratic | Marengo, Virginia |
| 40 | John B. Floyd | 1 January 1849 | 16 January 1852 | Democratic | Blacksburg, Virginia, US |
| 41 | Joseph Johnson | 16 January 1852 | 1 January 1856 | Democratic | Orange County, New York |
| 42 | Henry A. Wise | 1 January 1856 | 1 January 1860 | Democratic | Drummondtown, Virginia |
| 43 | John Letcher | 1 January 1860 | 1 January 1864 | Democratic | Lexington, Virginia, US |
| 44 | William Smith | 1 January 1864 | 9 May 1865 | Democratic | Marengo, Virginia |
| 45 | Francis Harrison Pierpont | 9 May 1865 | 4 April 1868 | Republican | Morgantown (then in Virginia) |
| 46 | Henry H. Wells | 4 April 1868 | 21 September 1869 | Republican | Rochester, New York, USA |
| 47 | Gilbert Carlton Walker | 21 September 1869 | 1 January 1874 | Democratic | Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania |
| 48 | James L. Kemper | 1 January 1874 | 1 January 1878 | Democratic | Madison County, Virginia |
| 49 | Frederick W. M. Holliday | 1 January 1878 | 1 January 1882 | Democratic | Winchester, Virginia |
| 50 | William E. Cameron | 1 January 1882 | 1 January 1886 | Re-adjuster | Petersburg, Virginia, USA |
| 51 | Fitzhugh Lee | 1 January 1886 | 1 January 1890 | Democratic | Fairfax County, Virginia |
| 52 | Philip W. McKinney | 1 January 1890 | 1 January 1894 | Democratic | Buckingham County, Virginia |
| 53 | Charles Triplett O’Ferrall | 1 January 1894 | 1 January 1898 | Democratic | Berkley Springs, Virginia |
| 54 | James Hoge Tyler | 1 January 1898 | 1 January 1902 | Democratic | Caroline, Virginia, U.S. |
| 55 | Andrew Jackson Montague | 1 January 1902 | 1 February 1906 | Democratic | Campbell County, Virginia |
| 56 | Claude A. Swanson | 1 February 1906 | 10 February 1910 | Democratic | Swansonville, Virginia, U.S. |
| 57 | William Hodges Mann | 10 February 1910 | 1 February 1914 | Democratic | Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| 58 | Henry Carter Stuart | 1 February 1914 | 1 February 1918 | Democratic | Wytheville, Virginia, USA |
| 59 | Westmoreland Davis | 1 February 1918 | 1 February 1922 | Democratic | Atlantic Ocean |
| 60 | Elbert Lee Trinkle | 1 February 1922 | 1 February 1926 | Democratic | Wytheville, Virginia, U.S. |
| 61 | Harry F. Byrd | 1 February 1926 | 15 January 1930 | Democratic | Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S. |
| 62 | John Garland Pollard | 15 January 1930 | 17 January 1934 | Democratic | King and Queen County, Virginia |
| 63 | George C. Peery | 17 January 1934 | 15 January 1938 | Democratic | Cedar Bluff, Virginia, U.S. |
| 64 | James H. Price | 15 January 1938 | 21 January 1942 | Democratic | Greenbrier, West Virginia, U.S. |
| 65 | Colgate Darden | 21 January 1942 | 16 January 1946 | Democratic | Franklin, Virginia |
| 66 | William M. Tuck | 16 January 1946 | 18 January 1950 | Democratic | Halifax County, Virginia |
| 67 | John S. Battle | 18 January 1950 | 20 January 1954 | Democratic | New Bern, North Carolina |
| 68 | Thomas Bahnson Stanley | 20 January 1954 | 11 January 1958 | Democratic | Spencer, Virginia |
| 69 | James Lindsay Almond, Jr. | 11 January 1958 | 13 January 1962 | Democratic | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 70 | Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. | 13 January 1962 | 15 January 1966 | Democratic | Alberta, Virginia, U.S. |
| 71 | Mills E. Godwin, Jr. | 15 January 1966 | 17 January 1970 | Democratic | Nansemond County, Virginia, U.S. |
| 72 | A. Linwood Holton, Jr. | 17 January 1970 | 12 January 1974 | Republican | Big Stone Gap, Virginia, U.S. |
| 73 | Mills E. Godwin, Jr. | 12 January 1974 | 14 January 1978 | Republican | Nansemond County, Virginia, U.S. |
| 74 | John N. Dalton | 14 January 1978 | 16 January 1982 | Republican | Emporia, Virginia |
| 75 | Chuck Robb | 16 January 1982 | 18 January 1986 | Democratic | Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
| 76 | Gerald L. Baliles | 18 January 1986 | 13 January 1990 | Democratic | Stuart, Virginia, U.S. |
| 77 | Douglas Wilder | 13 January 1990 | 15 January 1994 | Democratic | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| 78 | George Allen | 15 January 1994 | 17 January 1998 | Republican | Whittier, California, U.S. |
| 79 | Jim Gilmore | 17 January 1998 | 12 January 2002 | Republican | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| 80 | Mark Warner | 12 January 2002 | 14 January 2006 | Democratic | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| 81 | Tim Kaine | 14 January 2006 | 16 January 2010 | Democratic | St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| 82 | Bob McDonnell | 16 January 2010 | 11 January 2014 | Republican | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 83 | Terry McAuliffe | 11 January 2014 | 13 January 2018 | Democratic | Syracuse, New York |
| 84 | Ralph Northam | 13 January 2018 | 15 January 2022 | Democratic | Nassawadox, Virginia, United States |
| 85 | Glenn Youngkin | 15 January 2022 | Incumbent | Republican | Richmond, Virginia, United States |
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