List of Virginia Governors (56)

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Name	Birth	In Office	Birthplace
George Percy	4 Sep 1580	1609-1610	England, Sussex, Petworth
Thomas West	9 Jul 1577	1610-1611	England, Hampshire, Wherwell
Governor John West I	12/14/1590	1635-1636	England, Wiltshire, Testwood
Col. George Reade	25 OCT 1608	1638-1639	England
Sir William Berkeley Knt Charles I	bef 1608	1642	England, Middlesex, Hanworth Manor
Richard Bennett	6 AUG 1609	1652-1655	England, Somerset, Wiveliscombe
Col./Hon. William Claiborne Deputy Governor. Seated at "Romancoke," King William County, Virginia.	08/10/1600	1653	England, Kent, Crayford
Gov. Edward Digges	03/29/1621	1655-1658	England, Kent, Chilham Castle
Lt Col Samuel Mathews II	1583	1657	England, Somerset, Bristol
Nicholas Spencer Governor of the Virginia Colony during the absence of Gov. Culpepper	19 JUL 1633	1673	England, Bedford, Cople
Sir Thomas Culpeper	1635	1677-1683	England
Gov. Edmund Jennings	1658	1706-1710	England, Yorkshire, Ripon, Ofmarknfieldhall
Willem Van Keppel	5 JUN 1702	1737-1754	England, Middlesex, Whitehall Palace
Thomas Lee	abt 1690	1749-1750	VA, Westmoreland Co, Lee Hall
Norborne Berkeley	1717	1768-1770	England, Gloucestershire, Stoke Gifford
Col. William Nelson	1711	1770-1771	VA, York Co
President Thomas Jefferson	04/13/1743	1779-1781	VA, Albemarle Co, Shadwell
Benjamin Harrison V	5 APR 1726	1781-1784	VA, Charles City Co, Berkeley Plantation
Governer Patrick Henry	05/29/1736	1784-1786	VA, Hanover Co, Studley
Edmund Jennings Randolph	10 AUG 1753	1786-1788	VA, Williamsburg, Tazewell Hall
Beverley Randolph	09/11/1753	1788-1791	VA, Henrico Co, Chatsworth
Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III	01/29/1756	1791-1794	VA, Prince William Co, Dumfries
Robert Brooke	1761	1794-1796	VA, Spotsylvania Co
John Page	04/28/1743	1802-1805	VA, Gloucester Co, Rosewell
Governor William H. Cabell	12/16/1772	1805-1808	VA, Cumberland Co, Boston Hill
John Tyler III	02/28/1747	1808-1811	VA, James City Co
President James Monroe	28 APR 1758	1811-1811	VA, Westmoreland Co
George William Smith	1762	1811-1811	VA, Essex Co
Governor James Barbour IV	06/10/1775	1812-1814	VA, Orange Co, Gordonsville
Wilson Cary Nicholas	31 JAN 1761	1814-1816	VA, Williamsburg
James Patton Preston	21 JUN 1774	1816-1819	VA, Montgomery Co
Gov. Thomas Mann Randolph II	10/01/1768	1819-1822	VA, Henrico Co, Tuckahoe
James Pleasants	24 OCT 1769	1822-1825	VA, Powhatan Co
President John Tyler IV	03/29/1790	1825-1827	VA, Charles City Co
William Branch Giles	12 AUG 1762	1827-1830	VA, Amelia Co
John Floyd	04/24/1783	1830-1834	KY, Jefferson Co
Littleton Waller Tazewell	17 DEC 1774	1834-1836	VA, Williamsburg
Gov. John Mercer Patton Sr.	10 AUG 1797	1841-1841	VA, Fredericksburg
John Munford Gregory	8 JUL 1804	1842-1843	VA, Staunton
James McDowell	11 OCT 1795	1843-1846	VA, Rockbridge Co
William Smith	6 SEP 1797	1846-1849	VA, King George Co, Marengo
John Buchanan Floyd	1 JUN 1806	1849-1852	VA, Montgomery Co, Blacksburg
Joseph Johnson	19 DEC 1785	1852-1856	NY, Orange Co
Gov./Gen. Henry Alexander Wise	3 DEC 1806	1856-1860	VA, Accomack Co
John Letcher	29 MAR 1813	1860-1864	VA, Lexington
Francis Harrison Pierpont	25 JAN 1814	1861-1868	VA, Monongalia Co, Morgantown
William Smith	6 SEP 1797	1864-1865	VA, King George Co, Marengo
Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee	11/19/1835	1886-1890	VA, Fairfax Co, Fairfax
James Hoge Tyler	11 AUG 1846	1898-1902	VA, Caroline Co
Gov. Andrew Jackson Montague	3 OCT 1862	1902-1906	VA, Campbell Co
Henry Carter Stuart	18 JAN 1855	1914-1918	VA, Wythe Co, Wytheville
Senator Harry Flood Byrd	06/10/1887	1926-1930	WV, Berkeley Co, Martinsburg
Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr.	11 FEB 1897	1942-1946	VA, Franklin City
Abner Linwood Holton	21 SEP 1923	1970-1974	VA, Wise Co, Big Stone Gap
Charles Spittal Robb	26 JUN 1939	1982-1986	AZ, Maricopa Co, Phoenix
Timothy Michael Kaine	26 FEB 1958	2006-2010	MN, Ramsey Co, St Paul