This is a list of Governors of Virginia since Virginia became a U.S. state following the American Revolutionary War. The Constitution of the Commonwealth forbids any Governor from serving consecutive terms; however, several governors have served multiple non-consecutive terms. See also: List of colonial governors of Virginia. Each new gubernatorial term begins on the Saturday after the second Wednesday in January.

Governors under Statehood

• 1. Patrick Henry 1776-1779
• 2. Thomas Jefferson 1779-1781
• 3. William Fleming 1781-1781
• 4. Thomas Nelson, Jr. 1781-1781
• 5. Benjamin Harrison 1781-1784
• 6. Patrick Henry 1784-1786
• 7. Edmund Randolph 1786-1788
• 8. Beverley Randolph 1788-1791
• 9. Henry Lee Federalist 1791-1794
• 10. Robert Brooke Dem.-Rep. 1794-1796
• 11. James Wood Dem.-Rep. 1796-1799
• 12. James Monroe Dem.-Rep. 1799-1802
• 13. John Page Dem.-Rep. 1802-1805
• 14. William H. Cabell Dem.-Rep. 1805-1808
• 15. John Tyler, Sr. Dem.-Rep. 1808-1811
• 16. James Monroe Dem.-Rep. 1811
• 17. George William Smith Dem.-Rep. 1811
• 18. Peyton Randolph Dem.-Rep. 1811-1812
• 19. James Barbour Dem.-Rep. 1812-1814
• 20. Wilson Cary Nicholas Dem.-Rep. 1814-1816
• 21. James Patton Preston Dem.-Rep. 1816-1819
• 22. Thomas Mann Randolph Dem.-Rep. 1819-1822
• 23. James Pleasants Dem.-Rep. 1822-1825
• 24. John Tyler, Jr. Dem.-Rep. 1825-1827
• 25. William Branch Giles Democratic 1827-1830
• 26. John Floyd Democratic 1830-1834
• 27. Littleton Waller Tazewell Whig 1834-1836
• 28. Wyndham Robertson Whig 1836-1837
• 29. David Campbell Democratic 1837-1840
• 30. Thomas Walker Gilmer Whig 1840-1841
• 31. John Mercer Patton Whig 1841
• 32. John Rutherford Whig 1841-1842
• 33. John Munford Gregory Whig 1842-1843
• 34. James McDowell Democratic 1843-1846
• 35. William Smith Democratic 1846-1849
• 36. John Buchanan Floyd Democratic 1849-1852
• 37. Joseph Johnson Democratic 1852-1856
• 38. Henry A. Wise Democratic 1856-1860
• 39. John Letcher Democratic 1860-1864
• 40. William Smith Democratic 1864-1865
• 41. Francis H. Pierpont Republican 1865-1868
• 42. Henry H. Wells Republican 1868-1869
• 43. Gilbert C. Walker Republican 1869-1874
• 44. James L. Kemper Democratic 1874-1878
• 45. Frederick W. M. Holliday Democratic 1878-1882
• 46. William E. Cameron Republican 1882-1886
• 47. Fitzhugh Lee Democratic 1886-1890
• 48. Philip W. McKinney Democratic 1890-1894
• 49. Charles T. O'Ferrall Democratic 1894-1898
• 50. James Hoge Tyler Democratic 1898-1902
• 51. Andrew Jackson Montague Democratic 1902-1906
• 52. Claude A. Swanson Democratic 1906-1910
• 53. William Hodges Mann Democratic 1910-1914
• 54. Henry Carter Stuart Democratic 1914-1918
• 55. Westmoreland Davis Democratic 1918-1922
• 56. Elbert Lee Trinkle Democratic 1922-1926
• 57. Harry F. Byrd Sr. Democratic 1926-1930
• 58. John Garland Pollard Democratic 1930-1934
• 59. George C. Peery Democratic 1934-1938
• 60. James H. Price Democratic 1938-1942
• 61. Colgate W. Darden Jr. Democratic 1942-1946
• 62. William M. Tuck Democratic 1946-1950
• 63. John S. Battle Democratic 1950-1954
• 64. Thomas B. Stanley Democratic 1954-1958
• 65. J. Lindsay Almond Jr. Democratic 1958-1962
• 66. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. Democratic 1962-1966
• 67. Mills E. Godwin Jr. Democratic 1966-1970
• 68. A. Linwood Holton Jr. Republican 1970-1974
• 69. Mills E. Godwin Jr. Republican 1974-1978
• 70. John N. Dalton Republican 1978-1982
• 71. Charles S. "Chuck" Robb Democratic 1982-1986
• 72. Gerald L. Baliles Democratic 1986-1990
• 73. L. Douglas Wilder Democratic 1990-1994
• 74. George F. Allen Republican 1994-1998
• 75. James S. Gilmore III Republican 1998-2002
• 76. Mark R. Warner Democratic 2002-