Governors of Virginia, 1776-2021(May beincomplete!) PatrickHenry 1776-79ThomasJefferson 1779-81WilliamFleming 1781ThomasNelson, Jr. 1781DavidJameson 1781BenjaminHarrison 1781-84PatrickHenry 1784-86EdmundJenings Randolph 1786-88BeverleyRandolph 1788-91HenryLee 1791-94RobertBrooke 1794-96JamesWood 1796-99HardinBurnley 1799JohnPendleton, Jr. 1799JamesMonroe 1799-1802JohnPage 1802-05WilliamH. Cabell 1805-08JohnTyler 1808-11JamesMonroe 1811GeorgeWilliam Smith 1811PeytonRandolph 1811-12JamesBarbour 1812-14WilsonC. Nicholas 1814-16JamesP. Preston 1816-19ThomasMann Randolph 1819-22JamesPleasants 1822-25JohnTyler 1825-27WilliamB. Giles 1827-30JohnFloyd 1830-34LittletonW. Tazewell 1834-36WyndhamRobertson 1836-37DavidCampbell 1837-40ThomasWalker Gilmer 1840-41JohnMercer Patton 1841JohnRutherford 1841-42JohnM. Gregory 1842-43JamesMcDowell 1843-46WilliamSmith 1846-49JohnB. Floyd 1849-52JosephJohnson 1852-55HenryA. Wise 1856-59JohnLetcher 1860-63WilliamSmith 1864-65FrancisHarrison Pierpoint 1865-68HenryH. Wells 1868-69GilbertC. Walker 1869-74JamesLawson Kemper 1874-78FrederickWilliam Mackey Holliday 1878-82WilliamE. Cameron 1882-86FitzhughLee 1886-90PhilipW. McKinney 1890-94CharlesT. O'Ferrall 1894-98J.Hoge Tyler 1898-1902AndrewJ. Montague 1902-06ClaudeA. Swanson 1906-10W.Hodges Mann 1910-14HenryC. Stuart 1914-18WestmorelandDavis 1918-22E.Lee Trinkle 1922-26HarryF. Byrd 1926-30JohnGarland Pollard 1930-34GeorgeC. Peery 1934-38JamesH. Price 1938-42ColgateW. Darden, Jr. 1942-46WilliamM. Tuck 1946-50JohnS. Battle 1950-54ThomasB. Stanley 1954-58J.Lindsay Almond, Jr. 1958-62AlbertS. Harrison, Jr. 1962-66MillsE. Godwin, Jr. 1966-70LinwoodHolton 1970-74MillsE. Godwin, Jr. 1974-78JohnN. Dalton 1978-82ChuckRobb 1982-86GeraldL. Baliles 1986-90L.Douglas Wilder 1990-94GeorgeF. Allen, Jr. 1994-98JimGilmore 1998-2002MarkWarner 2002-06TimKaine 2006-10BobMcDonnell 2010-14TerryMcAuliffe 2014-18RalphS. Northam 2018- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1811 Dec 26:GeorgeWilliam Smith, died in office. 1873:RobertWilliam Hughes (Rep), defeated. 1878:FayetteMcMullen, defeated. 1881:JohnW. Daniel, defeated. 1885:JohnS. Wise (Rep), defeated. 1893 Nov 7:CharlesT. O'Ferrall (Dem), elected;EdmundR. Cocke (Populist), defeated;JamesR. Miller (Prohibition), defeated. 1897 Nov 2:J.Hoge Tyler (Dem), elected;PatrickH. McCaull (Rep), defeated;L.A. Cutler (Prohibition), defeated;J.J. Quantz (Socialist Labor), defeated;JamesS. Cowden (Ind), defeated. 1901:ClaudeA. Swanson, defeated for nomination. 1901 Nov 5:AndrewJ. Montague (Dem), elected;J.Hampton Hoge (Rep), defeated;O.C. Rucker (Prohibition), defeated;H.D. McTier (Socialist Labor), defeated;J.J. Quantz (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1905 Nov 7:ClaudeA. Swanson (Dem), elected;LunsfordL. Lewis (Rep), defeated;B.D. Downey (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1909 Nov 2:W.Hodges Mann (Dem), elected;WilliamP. Kent (Rep), defeated;A.H. Dennett (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1913 Nov 4:HenryC. Stuart (Dem), elected;C.Campbell (Socialist), defeated;B.D. Downey (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1917 Nov 6:WestmorelandDavis (Dem), elected;ThomasJ. Muncy (Rep), defeated;FrankSmith (Socialist), defeated. 1921 Nov 8:E.Lee Trinkle (Dem), elected;HenryW. Anderson (Rep), defeated;JohnP. Mitchell, Jr., defeated;Mrs.George Curtis, defeated;JohnP. Goodman, defeated. 1925 Nov 3:HarryF. Byrd (Dem), elected;S.Harris Hoge (Rep), defeated. 1929 Nov 5:JohnGarland Pollard (Dem), elected;WilliamM. Brown (Rep), defeated;JohnJ. Kafka (Socialist), defeated;W.A. Rowe (Ind), defeated. 1933:JosephT. Deal (Dem), defeated in primary. 1933 Nov 7:GeorgeC. Peery (Dem), elected;FredW. McWane (Rep), defeated;AndrewJ. Dunning, Jr. (Prohibition), defeated;GeorgeC. White (Socialist), defeated;JohnM. Robinson (Ind), defeated;W.A. Rowe (Ind), defeated. 1937 Nov 2:JamesH. Price (Dem), elected;J.Powell Royall (Rep), defeated;DonaldBurke (Communist), defeated;JamesA. Edgerton (Prohibition), defeated. 1941 Nov 4:ColgateW. Darden, Jr. (Dem), elected;BenjaminMuse (Rep), defeated;AliceBurke (Communist), defeated;HilliardBernstein (Socialist), defeated. 1945 Nov 6:WilliamM. Tuck (Dem), elected;S.Floyd Landreth (Rep), defeated;HowardH. Carwile (Ind), defeated. 1949 Nov 8:JohnS. Battle (Dem), elected;WalterJohnson (Rep), defeated;ClarkeT. Robb (Social Democratic), defeated. 1953 Nov 3:ThomasB. Stanley (Dem), elected;TedDalton (Rep), defeated;HowardH. Carwile (Ind), defeated. 1957:HowardH. Carwile (Dem), defeated in primary. 1957 Nov 5:J.Lindsay Almond, Jr. (Dem), elected;TedDalton (Rep), defeated;C.Gilmer Brooks (Ind), defeated. 1961 Nov 7:AlbertS. Harrison, Jr. (Dem), elected;H.Clyde Pearson (Rep), defeated. 1965 Nov 2:MillsE. Godwin, Jr. (Dem), elected;LinwoodHolton (Rep), defeated;WilliamJ. Story, Jr. (Conservative), defeated;GeorgeLincoln Rockwell (American Nazi), defeated. 1969:HenryEvans Howell, Jr., defeated. 1973:HenryEvans Howell, Jr., defeated. 1977:HenryEvans Howell, Jr., defeated. 1989:L.Douglas Wilder (Dem), elected. 1997:DonBeyer (Dem), defeated. 2001 Nov 6:MarkWarner (Dem), elected;MarkEarley (Rep), defeated;WilliamB. Redpath (Libertarian), defeated. 2005 Jun 14:JerryW. Kilgore (Rep), nominated;GeorgeFitch (Rep), defeated in primary. 2005 Nov 8:TimKaine (Dem), elected;JerryW. Kilgore (Rep), defeated;RussPotts (Ind), defeated. 2009 Jun 9:R.Creigh Deeds (Dem), nominated;TerryMcAuliffe (Dem), defeated in primary;BrianMoran (Dem), defeated in primary. 2009 Nov 3:BobMcDonnell (Rep), elected;R.Creigh Deeds (Dem), defeated. 2013 Nov 5:TerryMcAuliffe (Dem), elected;KenCuccinelli (Rep), defeated;RobertC. Sarvis (Libertarian), defeated. 2017 Jun 13:RalphS. Northam (Dem), nominated;TomPerriello (Dem), defeated in primary. 2017 Jun 13:EdGillespie (Rep), nominated;CoreyStewart (Rep), defeated in primary;FrankW. Wagner (Rep), defeated in primary. 2017 Nov 7:RalphS. Northam (Dem), elected;EdGillespie (Rep), defeated;CliffHyra (Libertarian), defeated. | |