Appendix 6
Virginia Governors
| Number | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
| 1 | Patrick Henry | July 6, 1776 | June 1, 1779 | None |
| 2 | Thomas Jefferson | June 2, 1779 | June 3, 1781 | None |
| 3 | William Fleming | June 4, 1781 | June 12, 1781 | None |
| 4 | Thomas Nelson, Jr. | June 12, 1781 | November 22, 1781 | None |
| Acting Governor | David Jameson | November 22, 1781 | November 30, 1781 | None |
| 5 | Benjamin Harrison V | December 1, 1781 | November 30, 1784 | None |
| 6 | Patrick Henry | November 30, 1784 | November 30, 1786 | None |
| 7 | Edmund Randolph | November 30, 1786 | November 12, 1788 | None |
| 8 | Beverley Randolph | November 12, 1788 | December 1, 1791 | None |
| 9 | Henry Lee III | December 1, 1791 | December 1, 1794 | Federalist |
| 10 | Robert Brooke | December 1, 1794 | November 30, 1796 | Democratic-Republican |
| 11 | James Wood | November 30, 1796 | December 6, 1799 | Federalist |
| Acting Governor | Hardin Burnley | December 7, 1799 | December 9, 1799 | None |
| Acting Governor | John Pendleton, Jr. | December 11, 1799 | December 19, 1799 | None |
| 12 | James Monroe | December 19, 1799 | December 24, 1802 | Democratic-Republican |
| 13 | John Page | December 24, 1802 | December 11, 1805 | Democratic-Republican |
| 14 | William H. Cabell | December 11, 1805 | December 12, 1808 | Democratic-Republican |
| 15 | John Tyler, Sr. | December 12, 1808 | January 15, 1811 | Democratic-Republican |
| Acting Governor | George William Smith | January 15, 1811 | January 19, 1811 | Democratic-Republican |
| 16 | James Monroe | January 19, 1811 | April 3, 1811 | Democratic-Republican |
| Acting Governor |
George William Smith | April 3, 1811 | December 6, 1811 | Democratic-Republican |
| 17 | George William Smith | December 6, 1811 | December 26, 1811 | Democratic- Republican |
| Acting Governor | Peyton Randolph | December 27, 1811 | January 4, 1812 | Democratic-Republican |
| 18 | James Barbour | January 4, 1812 | December 11, 1814 | Democratic-Republican |
| 19 | Wilson Cary Nicholas | December 11, 1814 | December 11, 1816 | Democratic-Republican |
| 20 | James Patton Preston | December 1, 1816 | December 11, 1819 | Democratic-Republican |
| 21 | Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. | December 11, 1819 | December 11, 1822 | Democratic-Republican |
| 22 | James Pleasants, Jr. | December 11, 1822 | December 11, 1825 | Democratic-Republican |
| 23 | John Tyler, Jr. | December 11, 1825 | March 4, 1827 | Democratic-Republican |
| 24 | William Branch Giles | March 4, 1827 | March 4, 1830 | Democratic- Republican |
| 25 | John Floyd | March 4, 1830 | March 31, 1834 | Democrat |
| 26 | Littleton Waller Tazewell | March 31, 1834 | March 30, 1836 | None |
| Acting Governor | Wyndham Robertson | March 30, 1836 | March 31, 1837 | Whig |
| 27 | David Campbell | March 31, 1837 | March 31, 1840 | Whig |
| 28 | Thomas Walker Gilmer | March 31, 1840 | March 20, 1841 | Whig |
| Acting Governor | John M. Patton | March 20, 1841 | March 31, 1841 | Whig |
| Acting Governor | John Rutherford | March 31, 1841 | March 31, 1842 | Democrat |
| Acting Governor | John Munford Gregory | March 31, 1842 | January 5, 1843 | Whig |
| 29 | James McDowell | January 5, 1843 | January 1, 1846 | Democrat |
| 30 | William Smith | January 1, 1846 | January 1, 1849 | Democrat |
| 31 | John B. Floyd | January 1, 1849 | January 1, 1852 | Democrat |
| 32 | Joseph Johnson | January 1, 1852 | January 1, 1856 | Democrat |
| 33 | Henry A. Wise | January 1, 1856 | January 1, 1860 | Democrat |
| 34 | John Letcher | January 1, 1860 | January 1, 1864 | Democrat |
| 35 | William Smith | January 1, 1864 | May 9, 1865 | Democrat |
| Provisional | Francis Harrison Pierpont | May 9, 1865 | April 4, 1868 | Republican |
| Provisional | Henry H. Wells | April 4, 1868 | September 21, 1869 | Republican |
| Provisional | Gilbert Carlton Walker | September 21, 1869 | December 31, 1869 | Republican |
| 36 | Gilbert Carlton Walker | January 1, 1870 | January 1, 1874 | Republican |
| 37 | James L. Kemper | January 1, 1874 | January 1, 1878 | Conservative |
| 38 | Frederick W.M. Holliday | January 1, 1878 | January 1, 1882 | Conservative |
| 39 | William E. Cameron | January 1, 1882 | January 1, 1886 | Readjuster |
| 40 | Fitzhugh Lee | January 1, 1886 | January 1, 1890 | Democrat |
| 41 | Philip W. McKinney | January 1, 1890 | January 1, 1894 | Democrat |
| 42 | Charles Triplett O’Ferrall | January 1, 1894 | January 1, 1898 | Democrat |
| 43 | James Hoge Tyler | January 1, 1898 | January 1, 1902 | Democrat |
| 44 | Andrew Jackson Montague | January 1, 1902 | February 1, 1906 | Democrat |
| 45 | Claude A. Swanson | February 1, 1906 | February 1, 1910 | Democrat |
| 46 | William Hodges Mann | February 1, 1910 | February 1, 1914 | Democrat |
| 47 | Henry Carter Stuart | February 1, 1914 | February 1, 1918 | Democrat |
| 48 | Westmoreland Davis | February 1, 1918 | February 1, 1922 | Democrat |
| 49 | Elbert Lee Trinkle | February 1, 1922 | February 1, 1926 | Democrat |
| 50 | Harry F. Byrd | February 1, 1926 | January 15, 1930 | Democrat |
| 51 | John Garland Pollard | January 15, 1930 | January 16, 1934 | Democrat |
| 52 | George C. Peery | January 17, 1934 | January 18, 1938 | Democrat |
| 53 | James H. Price | January 19, 1938 | January 20, 1942 | Democrat |
| 54 | Colgate Darden, Jr. | January 21, 1942 | January 15, 1946 | Democrat |
| 55 | William M. Tuck | January 16, 1946 | January 17, 1950 | Democrat |
| 56 | John S. Battle | January 18, 1950 | January 19, 1954 | Democrat |
| 57 | Thomas Bahnson Stanley | January 20, 1954 | January 11, 1958 | Democrat |
| 58 | James Lindsay Almond, Jr. | January 11, 1958 | January 13, 1962 | Democrat |
| 59 | Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. | January 13, 1962 | January 15, 1966 | Democrat |
| 60 | Mills E. Godwin, Jr. | January 15, 1966 | January 17, 1970 | Democrat |
| 61 | A. Linwood Holton, Jr. | January 17, 1970 | January 12, 1974 | Republican |
| 62 | Mills E. Godwin, Jr. | January 12, 1974 | January 14, 1978 | Republican |
| 63 | John N. Dalton | January 14, 1978 | January 16, 1982 | Republican |
| 64 | Charles S. Robb | January 16, 1982 | January 11, 1986 | Democrat |
| 65 | Gerald L. Baliles | January 11, 1986 | January 13, 1990 | Democrat |
| 66 | Douglas Wilder | January 13, 1990 | January 15, 1994 | Democrat |
| 67 | George Allen | January 15, 1994 | January 17, 1998 | Republican |
| 68 | Jim Gilmore | January 17, 1998 | January 12, 2002 | Republican |
| 69 | Mark Warner | January 12, 2002 | January 14, 2006 | Democrat |
| 70 | Timothy Kaine | January 14, 2006 | January 16, 2010 | Democrat |
| 71 | Bob McDonnell | January 16, 2010 | January 11, 2014 | Republican |
| 72 | Terry McAuliffe | January 11, 2014 | Present | Democrat |