The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

:

• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
  Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
  The Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Lieutenant Governor is elected every four years along with the Governor and Attorney General. The office is currently held by Republican William T. Bolling. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected...
  
  
• Attorney General
  Attorney General of Virginia
  The Attorney General of Virginia is an executive office in the Government of Virginia. Attorneys General are elected for a four-year term in the year following a presidential election . There are no term limits restricting the number of terms someone can serve as Attorney General...
  
  

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
  Senate of Virginia
  The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 Senators representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts. The Senate is presided over by the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia...
  
  
• State House of Delegates
  Virginia House of Delegates
  The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the...
  
  
• State delegation to the U.S. Senate
• State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows: (AA); (CU); (D); (DR); (F); (I); (N), unknown, or other; (PA); (R); (RA); (U); and .

Year	|Executive offices	|General Assembly Virginia General Assembly The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the oldest legislative body in the Western Hemisphere, established on July 30, 1619. The General Assembly is a bicameral body consisting of a lower house, the Virginia House of Delegates, with 100 members,...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Virginia These are tables of congressional delegations from Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.Virginia has undergone so many demographic changes that in some cases, a district often is not a direct continuation of the same numbered district before reapportionment...	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Governor	|Lieutenant Governor Lieutenant Governor of Virginia The Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Lieutenant Governor is elected every four years along with the Governor and Attorney General. The office is currently held by Republican William T. Bolling. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected...	Attorney General Attorney General of Virginia The Attorney General of Virginia is an executive office in the Government of Virginia. Attorneys General are elected for a four-year term in the year following a presidential election . There are no term limits restricting the number of terms someone can serve as Attorney General...	State Senate Senate of Virginia The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 Senators representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts. The Senate is presided over by the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia...	State House Virginia House of Delegates The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the...	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. House
1776	Patrick Henry Patrick Henry Patrick Henry was an orator and politician who led the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia from 1776 to 1779 and subsequently, from 1784 to 1786...  (N)	not an elected office		Edmund Randolph Edmund Randolph Edmund Jennings Randolph was an American attorney, the seventh Governor of Virginia, the second Secretary of State, and the first United States Attorney General.-Biography:...  (N)			began in 1789
1777
1778
1779
	Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...  (N)
1780
1781
	William Fleming William Fleming (governor) Colonel William Fleming was a physician, soldier, statesman, and planter who briefly acted as the Governor of Virginia during the American Revolutionary War...  (N)
	Thomas Nelson, Jr. Thomas Nelson, Jr. Thomas Nelson, Jr. was an American planter, soldier, and statesman from Yorktown, Virginia. He represented Virginia in the Continental Congress and was its Governor in 1781. He is regarded as one of the U.S. Founding Fathers since he signed the Declaration of Independence as a member of the...  (N)
	David Jameson David Jameson (governor) David Jameson was the acting Governor of Virginia for a short period of time in 1781. A native of Essex County, he served as lieutenant governor under Thomas Nelson, Jr.; in 1783 he entered the Virginia State Senate. He was acting governor briefly before the ascension of Benjamin Harrison V to...  (N)
1782	Benjamin Harrison V Benjamin Harrison V Benjamin Harrison V was an American planter and revolutionary leader from Charles City County, Virginia. He earned his higher education at the College of William and Mary, and he was perhaps the first figure in the Harrison family to gain national attention...  (N)
1783
1784
1785	Patrick Henry Patrick Henry Patrick Henry was an orator and politician who led the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia from 1776 to 1779 and subsequently, from 1784 to 1786...  (N)
1786				James Innes (N)
1787	Edmund Randolph (N)
1788
1789	Beverley Randolph Beverley Randolph Beverley Randolph was an American politician from Virginia. He served as the eighth Governor of Virginia from 1788 to 1791....  (N)						William Grayson William Grayson William Grayson was a soldier, lawyer, and statesman from Virginia. He was one of the first two U.S. Senators from Virginia, and belonged to the Anti-Federalist faction.-Biography:...  (AA)	Richard Henry Lee Richard Henry Lee Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States...  (AA))	7AA, 3PA	George Washington George Washington George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...  (N)
1790							John Walker (PA)
1791							James Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...  (AA)		8AA, 2PA
1792	Henry Lee III (F)
								John Taylor John Taylor of Caroline John Taylor usually called John Taylor of Caroline was a politician and writer. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and in the United States Senate . He wrote several books on politics and agriculture...  (AA)
1793									15AA, 4PA
1794
							vacant	vacant
1795	Robert Brooke Robert Brooke (Virginia) Robert Brooke was the son of Richard Brooke, and grandson of Robert Brooke, a skilled surveyor, who had been one of Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood's "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition"...  (DR)						Stevens T. Mason Stevens Thomson Mason (Virginia) Stevens Thomson Mason was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, a member of the Virginia state legislature and a Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia .-Early life and military career:...  (DR)	Henry Tazewell Henry Tazewell Henry Tazewell was an American politician who was instrumental in the early government of the U.S. state of Virginia. He was born in Brunswick County, Virginia. He served as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate in 1795.He was the father of Littleton Tazewell...  (DR)	17DR, 2F
1796										Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1797	James Wood (DR)			Robert Brooke (DR)					15DR, 4F
1798
1799
	Hardin Burnley Hardin Burnley Hardin Burnley was the acting Governor of Virginia for a short period of time in 1799.-References:...							vacant	13DR, 6F
	John Pendleton, Jr. John Pendleton, Jr. John Pendleton, Jr. was the acting Governor of Virginia for a short period of time in 1799.-References:...								14DR, 5F
1800	James Monroe (DR)			Philip Norborne Nicholas (DR)				Wilson Cary Nicholas Wilson Cary Nicholas Wilson Cary Nicholas was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1799 to 1804 and was the 19th Governor of Virginia from 1814 to 1816....  (DR)		Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1801									18DR, 1F
1802
1803	John Page (DR)
							John Taylor (DR)		18DR, 4F
1804							Abraham B. Venable Abraham B. Venable Abraham Bedford Venable was a representative and senator from Virginia. He was the uncle of congressman Abraham Watkins Venable....  (DR)		19DR, 3F	Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton George Clinton (vice president) George Clinton was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States , serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He and John C...  (DR)
							William Branch Giles William Branch Giles William Branch Giles ; the name is pronounced jyles) was an American statesman, long-term Senator from Virginia, and the 24th Governor of Virginia...  (DR)	Andrew Moore (DR)
1805							Andrew Moore (DR)	William Branch Giles (DR)	21DR, 1F
1806	William H. Cabell William H. Cabell William H. Cabell was a Virginia politician and Democratic-Republican. He served as Member of the Assembly, as Governor of Virginia, and as judge...  (DR)
1807									20DR, 2F
1808										James Madison James Madison James Madison, Jr. was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States and is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being the primary author of the United States Constitution and at first an opponent of, and then a key author of the United...  and George Clinton (DR)
1809	John Tyler, Sr. John Tyler, Sr. John Tyler Sr. was a Virginia planter, judge, 15th Governor of Virginia and the father of the 10th President of the United States, John Tyler....  (DR)						Richard Brent Richard Brent (Virginia) Richard Brent was an American planter, lawyer, and politician from Stafford County, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate.-External links:*...  (DR)		16DR, 6F
1810
1811
	George William Smith George William Smith (politician) George William Smith was Acting Governor of Virginia, briefly between the terms of John Tyler, Sr. and James Monroe in January 1811 and the 17th Governor of Virginia from April to December of the same year when Monroe resigned to become United States Secretary of State...  (DR)
	James Monroe (DR)
	George William Smith (DR)
	Peyton Randolph Peyton Randolph (governor) Peyton Randolph was a Democrat-Republican politician from Virginia. Following the death of Governor George William Smith, and 68 others, in the burning of the Richmond Theater on December 26, 1811, Randolph served as the Acting Governor of Virginia, from December 26, 1811 until January 3,...  (DR)
1812										James Madison and Elbridge Gerry Elbridge Gerry Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States , serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term...  (DR)
	James Barbour James Barbour James Barbour was an American lawyer, amember and speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, the 18th Governor of Virginia, the first Governor to reside in the current Virginia Governor's Mansion, a U.S. Senator from 1814–1825, and the United States Secretary of War from 1825-1828.Barbour was a...  (DR)
1813									17DR, 6F
1814
1815	Wilson Cary Nicholas (DR)						James Barbour (DR)	vacant	19DR, 4F
1816								Armistead Thomson Mason Armistead Thomson Mason Armistead Thomson Mason , the son of Stevens Thomson Mason, was a U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1816 to 1817.-Early life and education:...  (DR)		James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins Daniel D. Tompkins Daniel D. Tompkins was an entrepreneur, jurist, Congressman, the fourth Governor of New York , and the sixth Vice President of the United States .-Name:...  (DR)
1817	James Patton Preston James Patton Preston James Patton Preston was a U.S. political figure. He served as the 20th Governor of Virginia between 1816 and 1819. He was the brother-in-law of John Floyd and uncle of James McDowell and John Buchanan Floyd....  (DR)							John Wayles Eppes John Wayles Eppes John Wayles Eppes was an attorney, a United States Representative and a Senator from Virginia. One of the planter class, he married his first cousin Maria Jefferson, the youngest surviving daughter of Martha Wayles Skelton and Thomas Jefferson...  (DR)	20DR, 3F
1818
1819
1820	Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. (DR)			John Robertson (DR)				James Pleasants James Pleasants James Pleasants, Jr. was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1819 to 1822 and was the 22nd Governor of Virginia from 1822 to 1825. Pleasants was born at “Cold Comfort,” in Powhatan County, Virginia, October 24, 1769. He pursued classical studies and graduated from the College...  (DR)
									21DR, 2F
1821
1822
1823	James Pleasants (DR)							John Taylor (DR)	21DR, 1F
1824					William H. Crawford William H. Crawford William Harris Crawford was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War from 1815 to 1816 and United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1816 to 1825, and was a candidate for President of the United States in 1824.-Political...  and John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun John Caldwell Calhoun was a leading politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. Calhoun eloquently spoke out on every issue of his day, but often changed positions. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer, and proponent...  (DR)
						vacant
1825						vacant	Littleton Waller Tazewell Littleton Waller Tazewell Littleton Waller Tazewell was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from and the 26th Governor of Virginia.Tazewell, son of Henry Tazewell, was born in Williamsburg, Virginia, where his grandfather Benjamin Waller was a lawyer who taught him Latin...  (DR)	22DR
1826	John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States . A native of Virginia, Tyler served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before being elected Vice President . He was the first to succeed to the office of President following the death of a predecessor...  (DR)					John Randolph John Randolph of Roanoke John Randolph , known as John Randolph of Roanoke, was a planter and a Congressman from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives , the Senate , and also as Minister to Russia...  (DR)
1827	William Branch Giles (D)					John Tyler (DR)
1828					Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...  and John C. Calhoun (D)
1829
1830	John Floyd John Floyd (Virginia politician) John Floyd was a Virginia politician and soldier. He represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives and later served as the 25th Governor of Virginia....  (D)
1831
1832					Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States . Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson ....  (D)
							vacant
1833							William Cabell Rives William Cabell Rives William Cabell Rives was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Albemarle County, Virginia. He represented Virginia as a Jackson Democrat in both the U.S. House and Senate and also served as the U.S. minister to France....  (DR)	21DR
1834	Littleton Waller Tazewell (W)	Sidney S. Baxter (W)					Benjamin W. Leigh Benjamin W. Leigh Benjamin Watkins Leigh was an American lawyer and politician from Richmond, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and represented Virginia in the United States Senate. Benjamin Watkins Leigh was born in Chesterfield County on June 18, 1781, the son of the Reverend William Leigh...  (W)
1835								17DR, 3W, 1D
1836	Wyndham Robertson Wyndham Robertson Wyndham Robertson was the Acting Governor of the U.S. state of Virginia from 1836 to 1837. He also served twice in the Virginia House of Delegates, the second time during the American Civil War....  (W)				William Cabell Rives (D)	Martin Van Buren and Richard Mentor Johnson Richard Mentor Johnson Richard Mentor Johnson was the ninth Vice President of the United States, serving in the administration of Martin Van Buren . He was the only vice-president ever elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S...  (D)
							vacant
1837	David Campbell David Campbell (Virginia) David Campbell was the 27th Governor of Virginia from 1837 to 1840.Campbell was born in a part of Washington County, Virginia, that later became Smyth County. He was a successful merchant in Abingdon, Virginia, and served in the U.S...  (D)						Richard E. Parker Richard E. Parker Richard Elliott Parker was born at Rock Spring, Westmoreland County, Virginia, son of Captain William Harwar and Mary Parker, and grandson of Judge Richard and Elizabeth Parker. He studied law at Lawfield, Virginia, under his grandfather, Judge Richard Parker...  (DR)	15D, 6W
							William H. Roane William H. Roane William Henry Roane was a politician from Virginia. He was the son of Judge Spencer Roane and the grandson of founding father Patrick Henry.Born in Virginia, Roane pursued in preparatory studies as a young man...  (D)
1838
1839					vacant			12D, 7W, 2Cons.
1840	Thomas Walker Gilmer Thomas Walker Gilmer Thomas Walker Gilmer was an American statesman.-Personal life:Gilmer was born to George and Eliza Gilmer at their farm, "Gilmerton", in Albemarle County, Virginia. He was taught by private tutors in Charlottesville and Staunton, and studied law in Liberty , Virginia.Gilmer practiced law in...  (W)					11D, 8W, 2Cons.		Martin Van Buren and Richard Mentor Johnson (D)
1841	John M. Patton John M. Patton John Mercer Patton was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Patton attended Princeton University and graduated from the medical department at the University of Pennsylvania in 1818. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing...  (W)				William Cabell Rives (W)	William S. Archer William S. Archer William Segar Archer was a politician and lawyer from Virginia who served in the United States Senate from 1841 to 1847. He was the nephew of Joseph Eggleston....  (W)	11W, 10D
	John Rutherford (W)
1842	John Munford Gregory John Munford Gregory John Munford Gregory was a U.S. political figure and Acting Governor of Virginia from 1842 to 1843.Gregory was born in Virginia on July 8, 1804 and was a member of the Virginia state House of Delegates from 1831 to 1840. He served as acting Governor of Virginia from 1842 to 1843 and then as a...  (W)
1843	James McDowell James McDowell James McDowell was a U.S. Congressman and the 29th Governor of Virginia from 1843 to 1846.McDowell was born at "Cherry Grove," near Rockbridge County, Virginia, on October 13, 1795...  (D)						12D, 3W
1844							11D, 4W	James K. Polk James K. Polk James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States . Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 12th Governor of Tennessee...  and George M. Dallas George M. Dallas George Mifflin Dallas was a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the 11th Vice President of the United States , serving under James K. Polk.-Family and early life:...  (D)
1845					vacant		13D, 2W
1846	William "Extra Billy" Smith (D)				Isaac S. Pennybacker Isaac S. Pennybacker Isaac Samuels Pennybacker was an American lawyer, federal judge, and politician from Harrisonburg, Virginia.- Early life and education :Pennybacker was born at Pine Forge, near New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia....  (D)
1847					James Murray Mason (D)	Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter -References:* Patrick, Rembert W. . Jefferson Davis and His Cabinet. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. pp. 90–101.-External links:* – A speech by R. M. T. Hunter before the U.S. House of Representatives, May 8th, 1846...  (D)	9D, 6W
1848								Lewis Cass Lewis Cass Lewis Cass was an American military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, a U.S. Senator representing Michigan, and co-founder as well as first Masonic Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan...  and William Orlando Butler William Orlando Butler William Orlando Butler was a U.S. political figure and U.S. Army major general from Kentucky. He served as a Democratic congressman from Kentucky from 1839 to 1843, and was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee under Lewis Cass in 1848.-Early life:Butler was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky,...  (D)
1849	John B. Floyd John B. Floyd John Buchanan Floyd was the 31st Governor of Virginia, U.S. Secretary of War, and the Confederate general in the American Civil War who lost the crucial Battle of Fort Donelson.-Early life:...  (D)						14D, 1W
1850							13D, 2W
1851
1852	Joseph Johnson Joseph Johnson (Virginia politician) Joseph Johnson was a United States Representative and was the 32nd Governor of Virginia from 1852 to 1856. Born in Orange County, New York, he moved with his mother to Belvidere, New Jersey in 1791 and thence to Bridgeport, Virginia in 1801...  (D)	Shelton Leake Shelton Leake Shelton Farrar Leake was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and teacher from Virginia.Born near Hillsboro, Virginia, Leake completed preparatory studies, taught school, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1835, commencing practice in Charlottesville, Virginia...  (D)		Willis P. Bocock (D)						Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and is the only President from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce took part in the Mexican-American War and became a brigadier general in the Army...  and William R. King William R. King William Rufus DeVane King was the 13th Vice President of the United States for about six weeks , and earlier a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Minister to France, and a Senator from Alabama...  (D)
1853									12D, 1W
1854
1855									12D, 1U
1856	Henry A. Wise Henry A. Wise Henry Alexander Wise was an American politician and governor of Virginia, as well as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...  (D)	Elisha W. McComas Elisha W. McComas Elisha W. McComas was an American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia in 1856 and 1857.McComas was living in Cabell County when he was elected Virginia's second lieutenant governor. He began his term on 1 January 1856 and resigned on 7 December 1857, when he was succeeded by...								James Buchanon and John C. Breckinridge John C. Breckinridge John Cabell Breckinridge was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States , to date the youngest vice president in U.S...  (D)
1857		William Lowther Jackson William Lowther Jackson William Lowther Jackson was a United States Army general.-References:...		John Randolph Tucker (D)					13D
1858
1859									8D, 5 Ind. Dem.
1860	John Letcher John Letcher John Letcher was an American lawyer, journalist, and politician. He served as a Representative in the United States Congress, was the 34th Governor of Virginia during the American Civil War, and later served in the Virginia General Assembly...  (D)	Robert Latane Montague Robert Latane Montague Robert Latané Montague was a prominent Virginia politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....  (D)								John Bell John Bell (Tennessee politician) John Bell was a U.S. politician, attorney, and plantation owner. A wealthy slaveholder from Tennessee, Bell served in the United States Congress in both the House of Representatives and Senate. He began his career as a Democrat, he eventually fell out with Andrew Jackson and became a Whig...  and Edward Everett Edward Everett Edward Everett was an American politician and educator from Massachusetts. Everett, a Whig, served as U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senator, the 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State...  (CU)
1861		Robert Latane Montague (D)	Daniel Polsley Daniel Polsley Daniel Haymond Polsley was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, judge and editor from Virginia and West Virginia....  (R)						4U
							Waitman T. Willey Waitman T. Willey Waitman Thomas Willey was an American lawyer and politician from Morgantown, West Virginia. He represented both the states of Virginia and West Virginia in the United States Senate and was one of West Virginia's first two Senators.Willey was born in 1811, in a log cabin near the present day...  (U)	John S. Carlile John S. Carlile John Snyder Carlile was an American merchant, lawyer, and politician, including a United States Senator. A strong supporter of the Union cause during the American Civil War, he represented the loyalist faction of Virginia, which was eventually separated into two distinct states over his...  (U)
1862									5U
1863			Leopold Copeland Parker Cowper Leopold Copeland Parker Cowper Leopold Copeland Parker Cowper served as lieutenant governor of the Restored government of Virginia from November 1863 until June 1865 and then as lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia from June 1865 until September 1869.-Early life:Cowper was born in Isle of Wight County, Virginia....				Lemuel J. Bowden Lemuel J. Bowden Lemuel Jackson Bowden was an American lawyer and politician from Williamsburg, Virginia.Bowden served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1862 to 1863 and represented Virginia in the United States Senate in 1863 as a member of the Unionist Party.Bowden died of smallpox while in office at...  (U)		vacant during Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
1864	William Smith (D)	Samuel Price Samuel Price Samuel Price was a United States Senator from West Virginia. Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, he moved with his parents to Preston County in 1815. He received a preparatory training, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1832, commencing the practice of his profession in Nicholas and...					vacant			no Electors counted
1865		Leopold Copeland Parker Cowper		Thomas Russell Bowden Thomas Russell Bowden Thomas Russell Bowden served as Attorney General of the Restored government of Virginia from 1863 to 1865 and of Virginia from 1865 to 1869....  (R)			vacant during Reconstruction
	Francis Harrison Pierpont (R)
1866
1867
1868
	Henry H. Wells Henry H. Wells Henry Horatio Wells , was a Union Army general in the American Civil War and a carpetbagger who served as the appointed provisional Governor of Virginia from 1868 to 1869 during Reconstruction. He was defeated for election in 1869.-Early life:Henry Wells was born in Rochester, New York and grew up...  (R)
1869		John F. Lewis John F. Lewis John Francis Lewis was an American plantation owner and politician from Rockingham County, Virginia. He served two terms as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and represented Virginia as a Republican in the United States Senate during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War.John F...  (R)					vacant during Reconstruction		5Cons., 3R
	Gilbert Carlton Walker Gilbert Carlton Walker Gilbert Carlton Walker was a United States political figure. He served as the 36th Governor of Virginia, first as a Republican provisional governor between 1869 and 1870, and again as a Democratic elected governor from 1870 to 1874.Walker was born in South Gibson, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania....  (R)			Charles Whittlesey
1870		John Lawrence Marye, Jr. John Lawrence Marye, Jr. John Lawrence Marye Jr. , was a Conservative Party politician who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1870 until 1874.Marye, from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, held office from January 1, 1870 until January 1, 1874....  (D)		James Craig Taylor			John F. Lewis (R)	John W. Johnston John W. Johnston John Warfield Johnston was an American lawyer and politician from Abingdon, Virginia. He served in the Virginia State Senate, and represented Virginia in the United States Senate when the state was readmitted after the American Civil War...  (D)
1871									4D, 3R, 1Cons.
1872										Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...  and Henry Wilson Henry Wilson Henry Wilson was the 18th Vice President of the United States and a Senator from Massachusetts...  (R)
1873									5D, 4R
1874	James L. Kemper James L. Kemper James Lawson Kemper was a lawyer, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the 37th Governor of Virginia...  (D)	Robert E. Withers Robert E. Withers Robert Enoch Withers was an American physician, military officer, newspaperman, politician and diplomat. He represented Virginia in the United States Senate and served as U.S. Consul in Hong Kong.-Biography:...  (D)		Raleigh T. Daniel					5R, 4D
1875		Henry Wirtz Thomas Henry Wirtz Thomas Henry Wirtz Thomas , a Republican politician, served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1875 to 1878.Thomas, from Fairfax County, Virginia,served in office from March 1, 1875, until January 1, 1878....  (D)					Robert E. Withers (D)		8D, 1R
1876										Samuel J. Tilden Samuel J. Tilden Samuel Jones Tilden was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency in the disputed election of 1876, one of the most controversial American elections of the 19th century. He was the 25th Governor of New York...  and Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Indiana, the 16th Governor of Indiana , and the 21st Vice President of the United States...  (D)
1877
1878	Frederick W. M. Holliday Frederick W. M. Holliday Frederick William Mackey Holliday was a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War and the 38th Governor of Virginia from 1878 to 1882....  (D)	James A. Walker James A. Walker James Alexander Walker was a Virginia lawyer, politician, and Confederate general during the American Civil War, later serving as a United States Congressman for two terms...  (D)		James G. Field James G. Field James Gaven Field was an Attorney General of Virginia and the People's Party candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1892.-Biography:...
1879
1880										Winfield Scott Hancock Winfield Scott Hancock Winfield Scott Hancock was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican-American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War...  and William Hayden English William Hayden English William Hayden English was an American politician from Indiana.William English was most famous for his role in the passage of the infamous, pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1858...  (D)
1881							William Mahone William Mahone William Mahone was a civil engineer, teacher, soldier, railroad executive, and a member of the Virginia General Assembly and U.S. Congress. Small of stature, he was nicknamed "Little Billy"....  (RA)		7D, 2R
1882	William E. Cameron (RA)	John F. Lewis (D)		Frank S. Blair Frank S. Blair Frank S. Blair was a Virginia lawyer who served as Attorney General of Virginia.The son of Tennessee congressman John Blair, Frank Blair was an officer in the Confederate Army, then practiced law in Wythe County, Virginia....  (RA)
1883								Harrison H. Riddleberger Harrison H. Riddleberger Harrison Holt Riddleberger was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician from Woodstock, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate, and was U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1883 to 1889....  (RA)	5D, 5RA
1884									6D, 4RA	Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...  and Thomas A. Hendricks (D)
1885									8D, 2R
1886	Fitzhugh Lee Fitzhugh Lee Fitzhugh Lee , nephew of Robert E. Lee, was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, the 40th Governor of Virginia, diplomat, and United States Army general in the Spanish-American War.-Early life:...  (D)	John Edward Massey (D)		Rufus A. Ayers Rufus A. Ayers Rufus A. Ayers was a Virginia lawyer, businessman, and politician, who served as Attorney General of Virginia.Ayers was born in Bedford County, Virginia. His family set out for Texas, but passed through Goodson en route, and decided to stay there. Ayers attended Goodson Academy until it was...  (D)
1887							John W. Daniel John W. Daniel John Warwick Daniel was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and represented Virginia in both the U.S. House and then five terms in the Senate...  (D)		6R, 3D, 1Labor
1888										Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman Allen G. Thurman Allen Granberry Thurman was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Ohio, as well as the nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States in 1888.-Biography:...  (D)
1889								John S. Barbour, Jr. John S. Barbour, Jr. John Strode Barbour, Jr. was a Representative and a Senator from Virginia. He is best remembered for taking power in Virginia from the short-lived Readjuster Party in the late 1880s, forming the first political machine of "Conservative Democrats", whose power was to last 80 years until the demise...  (D)	8D, 2R
1890	Philip W. McKinney Philip W. McKinney Philip Watkins McKinney was an American politician who served as the 41st Governor of Virginia from 1890 to 1894. Born in New Store, in Buckingham County, he attended Hampden-Sydney College, graduating in the class of 1851. McKinney served as a Confederate officer in the American Civil War in...  (D)	James Hoge Tyler James Hoge Tyler James Hogue Tyler was a United States political figure. He was Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1890 to 1894, and the 43rd Governor of Virginia from 1898 to 1902. He compiled The Family of Hoge, published in 1927...  (D)		R. Taylor Scott R. Taylor Scott Robert Taylor Scott was a Virginia lawyer who was three times elected to serve as Attorney General of Virginia.From Fauquier County, Virginia, Scott graduated from the University of Virginia in 1856, and studied law under his father. He served as an officer in the Confederate Army during the Civil...  (D)					6D, 4R
1891									10D
1892								Eppa Hunton Eppa Hunton Eppa Hunton II was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Early years:...  (D)		Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D)
1893
1894	Charles Triplett O'Ferrall (D)	Robert Craig Kent Robert Craig Kent Robert Craig Kent was an attorney and political figure from the Commonwealth of Virginia. A graduate of Princeton University, Kent was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1853 and commenced the practice of law in Wytheville...  (D)
1895								Thomas S. Martin Thomas S. Martin Thomas Staples Martin was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Charlottesville, Virginia. He represented Virginia in the United States Senate for nearly twenty-five years....  (D)	9D, 1R
1896									8D, 2R	William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan was an American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States...  and Arthur Sewall Arthur Sewall Arthur Sewall was a U.S. Democratic politician from Maine most notable as William Jennings Bryan's first running mate in 1896. As the Populist Party nominee, Bryan had another running mate as well, Thomas E. Watson...  (D)
1897
				vacant
1898	James Hoge Tyler James Hoge Tyler James Hogue Tyler was a United States political figure. He was Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1890 to 1894, and the 43rd Governor of Virginia from 1898 to 1902. He compiled The Family of Hoge, published in 1927...  (D)	Edward Echols Edward Echols Edward Echols was a U.S. political figure from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Echols held office as the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1898 to 1902....  (D)		Andrew Jackson Montague Andrew Jackson Montague Andrew Jackson Montague was a U.S. politician from Virginia. He served as the 44th Governor of Virginia, from 1902 to 1906, and a Congressman from 1912 until his death in 1937...  (D)					6D, 4R
1899									10D
1900									9D, 1R	William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D)
1901									10D
1902	Andrew Jackson Montague (D)	Joseph Edward Willard Joseph Edward Willard Joseph Edward Willard was a U.S. political figure from the Commonwealth of Virginia.-Biography:He served for eight years in the Virginia House of Delegates, prior to his election as the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He held that office from 1902 through 1906, leaving after an unsuccessful run...  (D)		William Alexander Anderson William Alexander Anderson William Alexander Anderson was a Virginia lawyer and politician, who served in the Virginia General Assembly and was elected twice as Attorney General of Virginia.-Student and soldier:...  (D)
1903									9D, 1R
1904										Alton B. Parker Alton B. Parker Alton Brooks Parker was an American lawyer, judge and the Democratic nominee for U.S. president in the 1904 elections.-Life:...  and Henry G. Davis Henry G. Davis Henry Gassaway Davis was a self-made millionaire and U.S. Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. His brother was U.S...  (D)
1905
1906	Claude A. Swanson Claude A. Swanson Claude Augustus Swanson was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Virginia.He served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1893 until 1906, was the 45th Governor of Virginia from 1906 until 1910, and represented Virginia as a United States Senator from 1910 until...  (D)	James Taylor Ellyson James Taylor Ellyson James Taylor Ellyson was a U.S. political figure from the Commonwealth of Virginia who served in a number of state political positions. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Ellyson began his political career as a member of the Richmond City Council...  (D)
1907
1908										William Jennings Bryan and John Worth Kern (D)
1909
1910	William Hodges Mann William Hodges Mann William Hodges Mann was an American Democratic politician. Mann was the 46th Governor of Virginia from 1910 to 1914. He attended Brownsburg Academy.-Political career:Brown became Deputy Clerk of Nottoway County, Virginia...  (D)			Samuel W. Williams (D)
							Claude A. Swanson (D)
1911
1912										Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...  and Thomas R. Marshall Thomas R. Marshall Thomas Riley Marshall was an American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States under Woodrow Wilson...  (D)
1913
1914	Henry Carter Stuart (D)			John Garland Pollard John Garland Pollard John Garland Pollard was an American politician who served as the 51st Governor of Virginia from 1930 to 1934.-Early life:...  (D)
1915
1916
1917
1918	Westmoreland Davis Westmoreland Davis Westmoreland "Morley" Davis a lawyer, farmer, and the 48th Governor of Virginia from February 1, 1918 to February 1, 1922....  (D)	Benjamin Franklin Buchanan Benjamin Franklin Buchanan Benjamin Franklin Buchanan was an American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1918 to 1922....  (D)		John R. Saunders (D)
1919
1920								Carter Glass Carter Glass Carter Glass was a newspaper publisher and politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He served many years in Congress as a member of the Democratic Party. As House co-sponsor, he played a central role in the development of the 1913 Glass-Owen Act that created the Federal Reserve System. Glass...  (D)		James M. Cox James M. Cox James Middleton Cox was the 46th and 48th Governor of Ohio, U.S. Representative from Ohio and Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1920....  and Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...  (D)
1921
1922	Elbert Lee Trinkle Elbert Lee Trinkle Elbert Lee Trinkle or E. Lee Trinkle an American politician who served as the 49th Governor of Virginia from 1922 to 1926....  (D)	Junius Edgar West Junius Edgar West Junius Edgar West was a Virginia politician and businessman who was born in Sussex County, Virginia, on July 12, 1866, and whose long and distinguished career culminated in two terms as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia....  (D)							8D, 2R
1923									10D
1924										John W. Davis John W. Davis John William Davis was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served as a United States Representative from West Virginia , then as Solicitor General of the United States and US Ambassador to the UK under President Woodrow Wilson...  and Charles W. Bryan Charles W. Bryan Charles Wayland Bryan was the younger brother of perennial U.S. Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, with whom he shares the distinction of being the only set of brothers to be nominated for national office by a major party.-Biography:Born in 1867 in Salem, Illinois, Bryan...  (D)
1925
1926	Harry F. Byrd Harry F. Byrd Harry Flood Byrd, Sr. of Berryville in Clarke County, Virginia, was an American newspaper publisher, farmer and politician. He was a descendant of one of the First Families of Virginia...  (D)
1927
1928										Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...  and Charles Curtis Charles Curtis Charles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States...  (R)
1929									7D, 3R
1930	John Garland Pollard (D)	James H. Price James H. Price James Hubert Price was an American politician. Price was a Richmond, Virginia attorney and businessman. In the 1937 general election, he defeated Republican candidate John Powell Royall, a former State Senator...  (D)
1931									9D, 1R
1932										Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner John Nance Garner John Nance Garner, IV , was the 32nd Vice President of the United States and the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .- Early life and family :...  (D)
1933							Harry F. Byrd (D)		9D
1934	George C. Peery George C. Peery George Campbell Peery was an American Democratic politician, and was the 52nd Governor of Virginia from 1934-1938....  (D)
				Abram Penn Staples Abram Penn Staples Abram Penn Staples was born at Martinsville, Virginia. During his childhood, his family moved to Roanoke, where he attended Roanoke High School. He then entered Washington and Lee University, where he received a Bachelor of Law degree in 1908. Entering into practice at Roanoke in 1908, he soon...  (D)
1935
1936
1937
1938	James H. Price (D)	Saxon Winston Holt Saxon Winston Holt Saxon Winston Holt , a Democrat, served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1938 until 1940.Holt, from Newport News, Virginia, held office from January 19, 1938, until his death on March 31, 1940. His unexpired term went unfilled....  (D)
1939
1940										Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace Henry A. Wallace Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd Vice President of the United States , the Secretary of Agriculture , and the Secretary of Commerce . In the 1948 presidential election, Wallace was the nominee of the Progressive Party.-Early life:Henry A...  (D)
1941		vacant
1942	Colgate Darden Colgate Darden Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. was a Democratic Congressman from Virginia , the 54th Governor of Virginia , Chancellor of the College of William and Mary and the third President of the University of Virginia...  (D)	William M. Tuck William M. Tuck William Munford Tuck served as the 55th Governor of Virginia from 1946 to 1950 as a Democrat.He was the youngest son of Halifax County, Virginia tobacco warehouseman Robert James Tuck and Virginia Susan Fritts. Tuck graduated from the College of William and Mary, earning a teacher's certificate....  (D)
1943
1944										Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman (D)
1945
1946	William M. Tuck (D)	Lewis Preston Collins II Lewis Preston Collins II Lewis Preston "Pat" Collins served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1946 to 1952. He was usually known as L. Preston Collins or Pat Collins.-Early life:...  (D)
								Thomas G. Burch Thomas G. Burch Thomas Granville Burch was an American farmer, tobacco manufacturer, and politician from Martinsville, Virginia. He represented Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1931 until 1946. In 1946 he served as a U.S...  (D)
1947				Harvey Black Apperson (D)				A. Willis Robertson Absalom Willis Robertson Absalom Willis Robertson was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Lexington, Virginia. Also known as A. Willis Robertson, he represented Virginia in both the U.S...  (D)
1948				James Lindsay Almond, Jr. James Lindsay Almond, Jr. James Lindsay Almond, Jr. was a United States federal judge and politician. He served as the 58th Governor of Virginia from 1958 until 1962.-Early life:...  (D)						Harry S Truman and Alben W. Barkley Alben W. Barkley Alben William Barkley was an American politician in the Democratic Party who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States , under President Harry S. Truman....  (D)
1949									8D
1950	John S. Battle John S. Battle John Stewart Battle was an American politician and the 56th Governor of Virginia from 1950 to 1954.Battle was born in 1890 in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. He earned an associate's degree from Mars Hill College , in North Carolina...  (D)								9D
1951
1952		Allie Edward Stokes Stephens Allie Edward Stokes Stephens Allie Edward Stokes Stephens, usually known as A. E. S. Stephens , was a Democrat who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1952 to 1962....  (D)								Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...  and Richard M. Nixon (R)
1953									7D, 3R
1954	Thomas Bahnson Stanley Thomas Bahnson Stanley Thomas Bahnson Stanley was an American politician, manufacturer and Holstein cattle breeder.-Early life:...  (D)
1955									8D, 2R
1956
1957				Kenneth Cartwright Patty (D)
1958	James Lindsay Almond, Jr. James Lindsay Almond, Jr. James Lindsay Almond, Jr. was a United States federal judge and politician. He served as the 58th Governor of Virginia from 1958 until 1962.-Early life:...  (D)			Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. (D)
1959
1960										Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)
1961				Frederick Thomas Gray (D)
1962	Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. (D)	Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (D)		Robert Young Button (D)
1963
1964										Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...  and Hubert H. Humphrey (D)
1965
1966	Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (D)	Fred G. Pollard Fred G. Pollard Frederick Gresham Pollard of Richmond, Virginia was a lawyer and politician. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and was Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. - Early life :...  (D)					Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. is a retired American politician. He represented Virginia in the United States Senate from 1965 to 1983. He is most notable for leaving the Democratic Party in 1970 and becoming an Independent, although he continued to caucus with the Democrats. He is the son of Harry F....  (D)
1967								William B. Spong, Jr. William B. Spong, Jr. William Belser Spong, Jr. was a Democratic Party politician and a United States Senator who represented the state of Virginia from 1966 to 1973....  (D)	6D, 4R
1968										Richard M. Nixon and Spiro Agnew Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland...  (R)
1969									5D, 5R
1970	A. Linwood Holton, Jr. (R)	J. Sargeant Reynolds J. Sargeant Reynolds Julian Sargeant Reynolds of Richmond, Virginia was a teacher, businessman, and politician. He served in both the House and Senate of the Virginia General Assembly and served as Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the first Republican to serve in that position since Reconstruction...  (R)		Andrew Pickens Miller (D)			Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (I)
1971									6R, 4D
		Henry Howell Henry Howell Henry Evans Howell, Jr. , nicknamed "Howlin'" Henry Howell, was an American politician from the U.S. state of Virginia...  (I)
1972
1973								William L. Scott William L. Scott William Lloyd Scott was a Republican politician from Virginia.Scott was born in Williamsburg, Virginia. He received a law degree from George Washington University, and was employed by the federal government 1934–1961, principally as trial attorney with Department of Justice...  (R)	7R, 3D
1974	Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (R)	John N. Dalton John N. Dalton John Nichols Dalton was the 63rd Governor of the U.S. state of Virginia from 1978 to 1982. Born in Emporia, Virginia, Dalton also served in both houses of the General Assembly and as Lieutenant Governor. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the...  (R)
1975									5R, 5D
1976										Gerald R. Ford and Robert J. Dole (R)
1977				Anthony Francis Troy (D)					6R, 4D
1978	John N. Dalton (R)	Chuck Robb Chuck Robb Charles Spittal "Chuck" Robb is an American politician. He served as the 64th Governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986, and as a United States senator from 1989 until 2001. In 2004, he chaired the Iraq Intelligence Commission.-Early life:...  (D)		Marshall Coleman Marshall Coleman J. Marshall Coleman is a Republican politician in Virginia who ran for several statewide offices between the late 1970s and early 1990s.-Life:...  (R)
1979								John Warner John Warner John William Warner, KBE is an American Republican politician who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term United States Senator from Virginia from January 2, 1979, to January 3, 2009...  (R)
1980										Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....  and George H.W. Bush (R)
1981									9R, 1D
1982	Chuck Robb (D)	Richard Joseph Davis Richard Joseph Davis Richard Joseph 'Dick' Davis Jr. was the Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1982-1986. He also ran for United States Senate in 1982, but lost to Republican candidate Paul S. Trible Jr....  (D)		Gerald L. Baliles (D)
1983							Paul S. Trible, Jr. Paul S. Trible, Jr. Paul Seward Trible, Jr. is a former Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Virginia and current president of Christopher Newport University. Trible graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1968 where he received his Bachelor of Arts in History...  (R)		6R, 4D
1984
1985				William Broaddus
1986	Gerald L. Baliles (D)	Douglas Wilder Douglas Wilder Lawrence Douglas "Doug" Wilder is an American politician, the first African American to be elected as governor of Virginia, and the second to serve as governor of a U.S. state. Wilder served as the 66th Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. When earlier elected as Lieutenant Governor, he was...  (D)		Mary Sue Terry Mary Sue Terry Mary Sue Terry is a Democratic politician from Virginia, born September 28, 1947, in Martinsville, Virginia.-Early life:Miss Terry was an active and enthusiastic Democrat as a girl.She was graduated from in Critz, Virginia in 1965...  (D)
1987									5R, 5D
1988										George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle Dan Quayle James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana....  (R)
1989							Chuck Robb (D)
1990	Douglas Wilder (D)	Don Beyer Don Beyer Donald Sternoff "Don" Beyer, Jr. is the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. In addition, he owns automobile dealerships in Virginia, and has a long record involved in community, political and philanthropic work....  (D)
1991									6D, 4R
1992					22D, 18R	59D, 40R, 1I				George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R)
1993				Stephen D. Rosenthal					7D, 4R
1994	George Allen George Allen (U.S. politician) George Felix Allen is a former United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the son of former NFL head coach George Allen. Allen served Virginia in the state legislature, as the 67th Governor, and in both bodies of the U.S. Congress, winning election to the Senate in 2000...  (R)			Jim Gilmore Jim Gilmore James Stuart "Jim" Gilmore III is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia, former 68th Governor of Virginia, and a member of the Republican Party. A native Virginian, Gilmore studied at the University of Virginia, and then served in the U.S. Army as a counterintelligence agent...  (R)		52D, 47R, 1I
1995									6D, 5R
1996					21R, 19D	50R, 49D, 1I				Robert J. Dole and Jack Kemp Jack Kemp Jack French Kemp was an American politician and a collegiate and professional football player. A Republican, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993, having previously served nine terms as a congressman for Western New York's 31st...  (R)
1997				Richard Cullen Richard Cullen Richard Cullen is a British animator and music video director.-Career:He trained as a theatre director at the Rose Bruford College in London, and later studied film theory at the University of Westminster....
1998	Jim Gilmore (R)	John H. Hager John H. Hager John Henry Hager is an American politician who served as the chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia from July 2007 until May 2008...  (R)		Mark Earley Mark Earley Mark Lawrence Earley is an American politician. As a member of the Republican Party, he was elected to the Virginia State Senate and then as Attorney General of Virginia from 1998 to 2001. In 2001, he resigned as Attorney General to focus his time on the 2001 campaign for Governor of Virginia...  (R)		50D, 49R, 1I
1999
2000						52R, 47D, 1I				George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....  and Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....  (R)
2001				Randolph A. Beales Randolph A. Beales Randolph A. Beales is a judge on the Virginia Court of Appeals. He previously served as Chief Deputy Attorney General and succeeded to the position of Attorney General of Virginia in 2001.-Early life and education:...			George Allen (R)		6R, 4D, 1I
2002	Mark Warner Mark Warner Mark Robert Warner is an American politician and businessman, currently serving in the United States Senate as the junior senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Warner was the 69th governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006 and is the honorary chairman of...  (D)	Tim Kaine Tim Kaine Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine is a Virginia politician. Kaine served as the 70th Governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010, and was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2009 to 2011...  (D)		Jerry Kilgore (R)		64R, 34D, 2I
									8R, 3D
2003
2004					24R, 16D	61R, 37D, 2I
2005
				Judith Jagdmann
2006	Tim Kaine (D)	Bill Bolling Bill Bolling William T. "Bill" Bolling is the current Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. Running as a Republican, he was elected twice to the position by defeating his Democratic opponent in both the 2005 and 2009 general elections. He is the first Lieutenant Governor in the Commonwealth of Virginia to serve two...  (R)		Bob McDonnell Bob McDonnell Robert Francis "Bob" McDonnell is an American politician who has been the 71st Governor of Virginia since January 2010. A former lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, McDonnell served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1993 to 2006 and served as Attorney General of Virginia from 2006...  (R)		57R, 40D, 3I
2007							Jim Webb Jim Webb James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. is the senior United States Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy. He is a member of the Democratic Party....  (D)
2008					21D, 19R	54R, 44D, 2I				Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...  and Joe Biden Joe Biden Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama...  (D)
2009				Bill Mims Bill Mims William Cleveland "Bill" Mims is a former Attorney General of Virginia and a Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. A Republican, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 1992–98 and the Senate of Virginia 1998–2006...  (R)		53R, 45D, 2I		Mark Warner (D)	6D, 5R
2010	Bob McDonnell (R)			Ken Cuccinelli Ken Cuccinelli Kenneth Thomas 'Ken' Cuccinelli II is a U.S. politician and the Attorney General of Virginia. From 2002 until January 16, 2010 he was a Republican member of the Senate of Virginia, representing the 37th district in Fairfax County...  (R)	22D, 18R	59R, 38D, 2I
2011									8R, 3D
Year	Governor	|Lieutenant Governor Lieutenant Governor of Virginia The Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Lieutenant Governor is elected every four years along with the Governor and Attorney General. The office is currently held by Republican William T. Bolling. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected...	Attorney General Attorney General of Virginia The Attorney General of Virginia is an executive office in the Government of Virginia. Attorneys General are elected for a four-year term in the year following a presidential election . There are no term limits restricting the number of terms someone can serve as Attorney General...	State Senate Senate of Virginia The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 Senators representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts. The Senate is presided over by the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia...	State House Virginia House of Delegates The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the...	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. House	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Executive offices				|General Assembly Virginia General Assembly The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the oldest legislative body in the Western Hemisphere, established on July 30, 1619. The General Assembly is a bicameral body consisting of a lower house, the Virginia House of Delegates, with 100 members,...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Virginia These are tables of congressional delegations from Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.Virginia has undergone so many demographic changes that in some cases, a district often is not a direct continuation of the same numbered district before reapportionment...

See also

• Politics in Virginia
• Politics of Virginia
  Politics of Virginia
  The politics of Virginia reflect a state that is beginning to experience a conflict between its increasingly liberal northern region and its traditionally conservative southern region...