VIRGINIA GOVERNOR BIOGRAPHIES

VIRGINIA GENEALOGIES BY FILE NAME

Virginia Governor Biographies

Andros, Edmund

Berkeley, William

Blair, James

Cabell, William Henry

Carter I, Robert "King"

Dinwiddie III, Robert

Henry, Patrick

Jefferson, Thomas

Letcher, John

Monroe, James

Murray, John (Lord Dunmore)

Nelson, Thomas

Nicholson, Francis

Randolph, Edmund Jenings

Robb, Charles Spittal

Smith, John

Smith, William “Extra Billy”

Spotswood, Alexander

Swanson, Claudius Augustus

Tazewell, Littleton Waller

Tyler IV, John

Wilder, Lawrence, Douglas

Virginia Other Biographies

Braxton, Carter

Byrd I, William Evelyn

Byrd II, William Evelyn

Byrd III, William Evelyn

Byrd I, Harry

Claiborne I, William

Glass, Carter

Lee, Richard Henry

Lee I, Richard

Lee, Robert Edward

Madison II, James

Mahone, William

Marshall, John

Mason IV, George

Preston, William Ballard

Randolph II, John

Taylor, Zachary

Washington, George

Wythe, George

Virginia Governor Genealogies by Surname

Wingfield, Edward Maria 1607

Ratcliffe, John 1608

Scrivener, Matthew 1608

Smith, John 1608-1609

Percy, George 1609-1610, 1611

Gates, Thomas 1610 , 1611-14

West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, Thomas 1610-1611

Dale, Thomas 1611, 1614-1616

Yeardley, George 1616-1617, 1619-1621, 1626-1627

Argall, Samuel 1617-1619

Wyatt, Francis 1621-1626, 1639-1642

Powell, Nathaniel 1622 (Acting)

West, Francis 1627-1629

Pott, John 1629-1630

Harvey, John 1630-1635, 1637-1639

Reade, George (Acting Governor) 1638-1639

West, John 1635-1637

Berkeley, William 1642-1652, 1660, 1669-1677

Kemp, Richard 1644-1645

Bennett, Richard 1652-1655

Digges, Edward 1655-1656

Mathews, Samuel 1656-1660

Culpeper, 2nd Baron Culpeper of Thoresway, Thomas 1677-1683

Spencer III, Nicholas

Howard, Baron Howard of Effingham, Francis 1683-1692

Andros, Edmund 1692-1698

Nicholson, Francis 1698-1705

Nott, Edward 1705-1706

Jenings, Edmund 1706-1708

Hunter, Robert 1707-1709

Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, George 1710-1737, absentee

Spotswood, Alexander (Lieutenant Governor) 1710-1722

Drysdale, Hugh, 1723-1726

Carter, Robert (Acting Governor) 1726-27

Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, Willem Anne van 1737-1754

Blair, James (Acting Governor) 1740-1741

Lee, Thomas (Acting Governor) 1749-50

Dinwiddie, Robert (Lieutenant Governor) 1751- 1758

Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, John 1756-1759

Amherst, Jeffery 1759-1768

Blair, John 1768

Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Norborne 1768-1770

Nelson, William 1770-1771

Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, John 1771-1775

State of Virginia Governors with Dates:

Henry, Patrick 1776-1779, 1784-1786

Jefferson, Thomas 1779-1781

Fleming, William 1781 (June 4-12)

Nelson, Thomas 1781

Harrison, Benjamin 1781-1784

Randolph, Edmund 1786-1788

Randolph, Beverley 1788-1791

Lee, Henry 1791-1794

Brooke, Robert 1794-1796

Wood, James 1796-1799

Monroe II, James 1799-1802, 1811

Page, John 1802-1805

Cabell, William H. 1805-1808

Tyler III, John 1808-1811

Smith, George William 1811

Randolph, Peyton 1811-1812

Barbour, James 1812-1814

Nicholas, Wilson Cary 1814-1816

Preston, James Patton 1816-1819

Randolph, Thomas Mann 1819-1822

Pleasants, James 1822-1825

Tyler IV, John 1825-1827

Giles, William Branch 1827-1830

Floyd, John 1830-1834

Tazewell, Littleton Waller 1834-1836

Robertson, Wyndham 1836-1837

Campbell, David 1837-1840

Gilmer, Thomas Walker 1840-1841

Patton, John Mercer 1841

Rutherford, John 1841-1842

Gregory, John Munford 1842-1843

McDowell, James 1843-1846

Smith, William 1846-1849, 1864-1865

Floyd, John Buchanan 1849-1852

Johnson, Joseph 1852-1856

Wise, Henry A. 1856-1860

Letcher, John 1860-1864

Pierpont, Francis H. 1865-1868

Wells, Henry H. 1868-1869

Walker, Gilbert C. 1869-1874

Kemper, James L. 1874-1878

Holliday, Frederick W. M. 1878-1882

Cameron, William E. 1882-1886

Lee, Fitzhugh 1886-1890

McKinney, Philip W. 1890-1894

O'Ferrall, Charles T. 1894-1898

Tyler, James Hoge 1898-1902

Montague, Andrew Jackson 1902-1906

Swanson, Claude A. 1906-1910

Mann, William Hodges 1910-1914

Stuart, Henry Carter 1914-1918

Davis, Westmoreland 1918-1922

Trinkle, Elbert Lee 1922-1926

Byrd I, Harry F. 1926-1930

Pollard, John Garland 1930-1934

Peery, George C.1934-1938

Price, James H. 1938-1942

Darden II, Colgate W. 1942-1946

Tuck, William M. 1946-1950

Battle, John S. 1950-1954

Stanley, Thomas B. 1954-1958

Almond II, J. Lindsay 1958-1962

Harrison II, Albertis S. 1962-1966

Godwin II, Mills E. 1966-1970, 1974-78

Holton II, A. Linwood 1970-1974

Dalton, John N. 1978-1982

Robb, Charles S. "Chuck" 1982-1986

Baliles, Gerald L. 1986-1990

Wilder, L. Douglas 1990-1994

Allen, George Felix 1994-1998

Gilmore III, James S. 1998-2002

Warner, Mark Richard 2002-2006

Kaine, Timothy Michael 2006-2009

McDonnell, Robert Francis 2009-

U.S. Senators from Virginia, Genealogies by Surname, With Dates of Service:

Grayson, William 1789-1790

Lee, Richard Henry 1789-1792

Walker, John 1790

Monroe, James 1790-1794

Taylor, John 1792-1794, 1803, 1822-1824

Tazewell, Henry 1794-1799

Mason, Stevens Thomson 1794-1803

Nicholas, Wilson Cary 1799-1804

Venable, Abraham Bedford 1803-04

Moore, Andrew 1804-09

Giles, William B. 1804-1815

Brent, Richard 1809-1814

Barbour, James 1815-1825

Mason, Armistead Thomson 1816-1817

Eppes, John Wayles 1817-1819

Pleasants, James 1819-1822

Tazewell, Littleton W. 1824-1832

Randolph II, John 1825-1827

Tyler IV, John 1827-1836

Rives, William Cabell 1832-1834, 1836-1839, 1841-1845

Leigh, Benjamin Watkins 1834-1836

Parker I, Richard Elliot 1836-1837

Roane, William Henry 1837-1841

Archer, William Segar 1841-1847

Pennybacker, Isaac Samuels 1845-1847

Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliaferro 1847-1861

Mason, James Murray 1847-1861

Willey, Waitman Thomas 1861-1863

Carlile, John Snyder 1861-1865

Bowden, Lemuel Jackson 1863-1864

Lewis, John Francis 1870-1875

Johnston II, John Warfield 1870-1883

Withers, Robert E. 1875-1881

Mahone, William 1881-1887

Riddleberger, Harrison Holt 1883-1889

Daniel, John Warwick 1887-1910

Barbour II, John Strode 1889-1892

Hunton, Eppa 1892-1895

Martin, Thomas Staples 1895-1919

Swanson, Claude Augustus 1910-1933

Glass, Carter 1920-1946

Byrd, Harry Flood 1933-1965

Burch, Thomas Granville 1946

Robertson, Abasalom Willis 1946-1966

Byrd II, Harry Flood 1965-1983

Spong II, William Belser 1966-1973

Scott, William L. 1973-1979

Warner III, John William 1979-2009

Trible II, Paul Seward 1983-1989

Robb, Charles S. 1989-2001

Allen, George Felix 2001-2007

Webb II, James Henry 2007-at least 2011

Warner, Mark Richard 2009-at least 2011

Virginia Other Genealogies by Surname

Adams, Thomas

Bacon, Nathaniel

Banister, John

Braxton I, Carter

Byrd I, William Evelyn

Byrd II, William Evelyn

Byrd III, William Evelyn

Byrd I, Harry

Claiborne I, William

Daniel, John Warwick

Daniel I, Peter Vivian

Doak, William Nuckles

Fairfax, Thomas

Fowler, Henry Hammill

Glass, Carter

Graham, George

Harvie, John

Johnson, Louis Arthur

Jones, John Winston

Lee, Charles

Lee, Francis Lightfoot

Lee, Richard Henry

Lee I, Richard

Lee, Robert Edward

Madison II, James

Mahone, William

Marshall II, George Catlett

Marshall II, James William

Mason, Armistead Thomson

Mason IV, George

Mason, James Murray

Mason, John Young

McMullen, Lafayette

Powell II, Lewis Franklin

Preston, William Ballard

Quarles IV, John Rhodes

Randolph, George Wythe

Randolph II, John

Reid (Robinson); (Rollins) (O'Leary), Hazel

Schultze, Charles Louis

Seddon I, James Alexander

Stevenson, Andrew

Strauss, Lewis Lichtenstein

Stuart, Alexander Hugh Holmes

Taylor, Zachary

Upshur, Abel Parker

Washington, George

Webb II, James Henry

Willey, Waitman Thomas

Wirt, William

Withers, Robert Enoch

Wythe, George

Virginia Genealogies by File Name

Adams-VA-2

Allen-VA-3

Amherst-VA-1

Archer-VA-1

Argall-VA-1

Bacon-VA-1

Baliles-VA-1

Banister-VA-1

Barbour-VA-1

Battle-VA-1

Bennett-VA-1

Berkeley-VA-2

Berkeley-VA-3

Blair-VA-1

Bowden-VA-1

Braxton-VA-1

Brent-VA-1

Brooke-VA-1

Burch-VA-1

Byrd-VA-1

Cabell-VA-3

Cameron-VA-1

Campbell-VA-3

Campbell-VA-1

Carlile-VA-1

Carter-VA-1

Claiborne-VA-1

Culpeper-VA-1

Dale-VA-1

Dalton-VA-1

Daniel-VA-2

Darden-VA-1

Davis-VA-2

Digges-VA-1

Dinwiddie-VA-1

Doak-VA-1

Drysdale-VA-1

Epes-VA-1

Fairfax-VA-1

Fleming-VA-1

Floyd-VA-1

Fowler-VA-1

Gates-VA-1

Giles-VA-1

Gilmer-VA-1

Glass-VA-1

Godwin-VA-1

Graham-VA-1

Graves-VA-1

Grayson-VA-1

Gregory-VA-2

Hamilton-VA-1

Harrison-VA-1

Harrison-VA-4

Harvey-VA-1

Harvie-VA-1

Henry-VA-1

Holliday-VA-1

Holton-VA-1

Howard-VA-1

Howard-VA-2

Hunter-VA-1

Hunton-VA-1

Jenings-VA-1

Jefferson-VA-1

Johnson-VA-1

Johnson-VA-3

Johnson-VA-4

Johnston-VA-3

Jones-VA-2

Kaine-VA-1

Kemp-VA-1

Kemper-VA-1

Keppel-VA-1

Lee-VA-1

Lee-VA-2

Leigh-VA-1

Lewis-VA-4

Letcher-VA-1

Lucas-VA-2

Ludwell-VA-1

Madison-VA-1

Mahone-VA-1

Marshall-VA-1

Marshall-VA-2

Marshall-VA-4

Martin-VA-4

Mason-VA-1

Mason-VA-2

Mathews-VA-1

McDonnell-VA-1

McDowell-VA-1

McKinney-VA-1

McMullen-VA-1

Mercer-VA-1

Monroe-VA-1

Montague-VA-1

Moore-VA-2

Murray-VA-1

Nelson-VA-1

Nicholas-VA-1

Nicholson-VA-1

Nott-VA-1

O'Ferrall-VA-1

Page-VA-1

Parker-VA-2

Patton-VA-2

Peery-VA-1

Pennybacker-VA-1

Percy-VA-1

Pierpont-VA-1

Pleasants-VA-1

Pollard-VA-1

Pott-VA-1

Powell-VA-2

Powell-VA-5

Preston-VA-1

Preston-VA-2

Price-VA-2

Quarles-VA-1

Randolph-VA-1

Randolph-VA-2

Ratcliffe-VA-1

Reade-VA-1

Reid-VA-2

Riddleberger-VA-1

Rives-VA-1

Roane-VA-1

Robb-VA-1

Robertson-VA-1

Robertson-VA-2

Rutherford-VA-2

Schultze-VA-1

Scrivener-VA-1

Seddon-VA-1

Smith-VA-3

Smith-VA-9

Spencer-VA-1

Spong-VA-1

Spotswood-VA-1

Stanley-VA-1

Strauss-VA-1

Stuart-VA-1

Swanson-VA-1

Taylor-VA-1

Taylor-VA-2

Taylor-VA-6

Tazewell-VA-1

Trible-VA-1

Trinkle-VA-1

Tuck-VA-1

Tyler-VA-1

Upshur-VA-1

Venable-VA-1

Walker-VA-1

Walker-VA-7

Warner-VA-2

Washington-VA-2

Webb-VA-2

Wells-VA-1

West-VA-1

Wilder-VA-1

Willey-VA-1

Wingfield-VA-1

Wirt-VA-1

Wise-VA-1

Withers-VA-1

Wood-VA-4

Wyatt-VA-1

Wythe-VA-1

Yeardley-VA-1