List of Governors of Virginia

List of Virginia Governors

Colonial Governors

  • Sir Thomas Smith, President of the Council of the Virginia Company, 1606 - 1618
  • Edward Maria Wingfield President of the Council resident in Virginia, May 13, 1607 - September 10, 1607
  • John Ratcliffe, President of the Council in Virginia, September 10, 1607 - September 7, 1608
  • John Smith, President of the Council in Virginia, September 7, 1608 - to October, 1609
  • Captain George Percy. President of the Council in Virginia, October, 1609 - May 24, 1610, and March 28, 1611 - May 19, 1611
  • Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Gates, Deputy Governor, May 24, 1610 - June 10, 1610
  • Sir Thomas West, 3rd Lord De La Warr, or Delaware, June 10, 1610 - March 28, 1611
  • Captain George Percy, March 28, 1611 - May 19, 1611
  • Sir Thomas Dale , Acting Governor, High Marshall, May 19, 1611 - August, 1611
  • Sir Thomas Gates, August, 1611 - March, 1613
  • Sir Thomas Dale, March, 1613 - April, 1616
  • Captain George Yeardley, President of the Council in Virginia, Deputy Governor, April, 1616 - May 15, 1617
  • Captain Samuel Argall, May 15, 1617 - April 9, 1619
  • Captain Nathaniel Powell, President of the Council in Virginia, Acting Governor, April 19, 1619 - November 8, 1621
  • Sir Francis Wyatt, Governor and Captain General of Virginia, November 8, 1621 - May 17, 1626
  • Sir George Yeardley, May 17, 1626 - November, 1626
  • Captain Francis West, President of the Council in Virginia, Acting Governor of Virginia, November, 1626 - March 5, 1629
  • Doctor John Pott, March 5, 1629 - March, 1630
  • Sir John Harvey, March, 1630 - April 28, 1635
  • Captain John West, April 28, 1635 - April 2, 1636
  • Sir John Harvey, April 2, 1636 - November, 1639
  • Sir Francis Wyatt, November, 1639 - February, 1642
  • Sir William Berkeley, Governor and Captain General, February, 1642 - June, 1644
  • Richard Kempe, June, 1644 - June, 1645
  • Sir William Berkeley, June, 1645 - April 30, 1652
  • Richard Bennet, April 30, 1652 - March 30, 1655
  • Edward Digges, March 30, 1655 - March 13, 1658
  • Colonel Samuel Matthews, March 13, 1658 - January, 1660
  • Vacant January, 1660 - March 23, 1660
  • Sir William Berkeley, March 23, 1660 - April 30, 1661
  • Francis Morryson or Morrison, Deputy Governor, April 30, 1661 - December 23, 1662
  • Sir William Berkeley, December 23, 1662 - April 27, 1676
  • Colonel Herbert Teffreys, April 27, 1676 - November 11, 1676
  • Captain Robert Walter, November 11, 1676 - December 30, 1678
  • Sir Henry Chicheley, December 30, 1678 - May 10, 1680
  • Thomas, Lord Culpeper, May 10, 1680 - August, 1680
  • Sir Henry Chicheley, August, 1680 - November, 1682
  • Thomas, Lord Culpeper, November, 1682 - September 17, 1683
  • Colonel Nicholas Spencer, September 17, 1683 - April 16, 1684
  • Francis Howard, Baron Effingham, April 16, 1684 - October 20, 1688
  • Nathaniel Bacon, Sr, October 20, 1688 - October 16, 1690
  • Sir Francis Nicholson, October 16, 1690 - October 15, 1693
  • Sir Edmund Andros, October 16, 1693 - December 9, 1698
  • Sir Francis Nicholson, December 9, 1698 - August 15, 1705
  • Edward Matt, August 15, 1705 - August 23, 1706
  • Edmund Jenings, August 23, 1706 - June 10, 1710
  • Colonel Alexander Spotswood, June 23, 1710 - September 27, 1722
  • Hugh Drysdale, September 27, 1722 - July 22, 1726
  • Robert Carter, July 22, 1726 - October 13, 1727
  • William Gooch, October 13, 1727 - June 7, 1740
  • James Blair, June 7, 1740 - July, 1741
  • William Gooch, July, 1741 - June 20, 1749
  • John Robinson, June 20, 1749 - September 5, 1749
  • Thomas Lee, September 5, 1749 - February 12, 1751
  • Lewis Burwell, February 12, 1751 - November 20, 1751
  • Robert Dinwiddie, November 20, 1751 - January, 1758
  • John Blair, January, 1758 - June 7, 1758
  • Francis Fauquier, June 7, 1758 - March 3, 1768
  • John Blair, March 3, 1768 - October, 1768
  • Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, October, 1768 - October 15, 1770
  • William Nelson, October 15, 1770 - February, 1772
  • John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, February, 1772 - June 6, 1775

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