List of Governors of Virginia

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 forbidden by

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the Constitution of the Commonwealth from serving consecutive terms; however, several governors have served multiple non-consecutive terms. In Virginia, governors and lieutenant governors are elected separately, so the two can be of different political parties and can be political rivals. See also: List of colonial governors of Virginia. Each new gubernatorial term begins on the Saturday after the second Wednesday in January.

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Lieutenant governors - List of colonial governors of Virginia

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• Sir Thomas Smith, President of the Council of the Virginia Company, 1606 - 1618
• Edward Maria Wingfield President of the Council resident in Virginia, May 13, 1607 - September 10, 1607
• John Ratcliffe, President of the Council in Virginia, September 10, 1607 - September 7, 1608
• John Smith, President of the Council in Virginia, September 7, 1608 - to October, 1609
• Captain George Percy. President of the Council in Virginia, October, 1609 - May 24, 1610, and March 28, 1611 - May 19, 1611
• Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Gates, Deputy Governor, May 24, 1610 - June 10, 1610
• Sir Thomas West, 3rd Lord De La Warr, or Delaware, June 10, 1610 - March 28, 1611
• Captain George Percy, March 28, 1611 - May 19, 1611
• Sir Thomas Dale, Acting Governor, High Marshall, May 19, 1611 - August, 1611
• Sir Thomas Gates, August, 1611 - March, 1613
• Sir Thomas Dale, March, 1613 - April, 1616
• Captain George Yeardley, President of the Council in Virginia, Deputy Governor, April, 1616 - May 15, 1617
• Captain Samuel Argall, May 15, 1617 - April 9, 1619
• Captain Nathaniel Powell, President of the Council in Virginia, Acting Governor, April 19, 1619 - November 8, 1621
• Sir Francis Wyatt, Governor and Captain General of Virginia, November 8, 1621 - May 17, 1626
• Sir George Yeardley, May 17, 1626 - November, 1626
• Captain Francis West, President of the Council in Virginia, Acting Governor of Virginia, November, 1626 - March 5, 1629
• Doctor John Pott, March 5, 1629 - March, 1630
• Sir John Harvey, March, 1630 - April 28, 1635
• Captain John West, April 28, 1635 - April 2, 1636
• Sir John Harvey, April 2, 1636 - November, 1639
• Sir Francis Wyatt, November, 1639 - February, 1642
• Sir William Berkeley, Governor and Captain General, February, 1642 - June, 1644
• Richard Kempe, June, 1644 - June, 1645
• Sir William Berkeley, June, 1645 - April 30, 1652
• Richard Bennet, April 30, 1652 - March 30, 1655
• Edward Digges, March 30, 1655 - March 13, 1658
• Colonel Samuel Matthews, March 13, 1658 - January, 1660
• Vacant January, 1660 - March 23, 1660
• Sir William Berkeley, March 23, 1660 - April 30, 1661
• Francis Morryson or Morrison, Deputy Governor, April 30, 1661 - December 23, 1662
• Sir William Berkeley, December 23, 1662 - April 27, 1676
• Colonel Herbert Teffreys, April 27, 1676 - November 11, 1676
• Captain Robert Walter, November 11, 1676 - December 30, 1678
• Sir Henry Chicheley, December 30, 1678 - May 10, 1680
• Thomas, Lord Culpeper, May 10, 1680 - August, 1680
• Sir Henry Chicheley, August, 1680 - November, 1682
• Thomas, Lord Culpeper, November, 1682 - September 17, 1683
• Colonel Nicholas Spencer, September 17, 1683 - April 16, 1684
• Francis Howard, Baron Effingham, April 16, 1684 - October 20, 1688
• Nathaniel Bacon, Sr., October 20, 1688 - October 16, 1690
• Sir Francis Nicholson, October 16, 1690 - October 15, 1693
• Sir Edmund Andros, October 16, 1693 - December 9, 1698
• Sir Francis Nicholson, December 9, 1698 - August 15, 1705
• Edward Matt, August 15, 1705 - August 23, 1706
• Edmund Jenings, August 23, 1706 - June 10, 1710
• Colonel Alexander Spotswood, June 23, 1710 - September 27, 1722
• Hugh Drysdale, September 27, 1722 - July 22, 1726
• Robert Carter, July 22, 1726 - October 13, 1727
• William Gooch, October 13, 1727 - June 7, 1740
• James Blair, June 7, 1740 - July, 1741
• William Gooch, July, 1741 - June 20, 1749
• John Robinson, June 20, 1749 - September 5, 1749
• Thomas Lee, September 5, 1749 - February 12, 1751
• Lewis Burwell, February 12, 1751 - November 20, 1751
• Robert Dinwiddie, November 20, 1751 - January, 1758
• John Blair, January, 1758 - June 7, 1758
• Francis Fauquier, June 7, 1758 - March 3, 1768
• John Blair, March 3, 1768 - October, 1768
• Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, October, 1768 - October 15, 1770
• William Nelson, October 15, 1770 - February, 1772
• John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, February, 1772 - June 6, 1775-->
 
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