Rulers: United States
States V-W
Party abbreviations: A-D=Anti-Democratic, AMP=Anti-Masonic Party, Con=Conservative, Dem=Democratic, D-R=Democratic-Republican, DPP=Debt-Paying Party, Fed=Federalist, Pro=Progressive, N-R=National Republican, Rdj=Readjuster, Rep=Republican, Whg=Whig
Vermont
1764 part of New York
15 Jan 1777 State of New Connecticut
8 Jul 1777 State of Vermont
4 Mar 1791 incorporation into United States
Chairman of the General Convention of Delegates
15 Jan 1777 - 8 Jul 1777 Joseph Bowker
President of the Council of Safety
8 Jul 1777 - 13 Mar 1778 Thomas Chittenden (b. 1730 - d. 1797)
Governors
13 Mar 1778 - 13 Oct 1789 Thomas Chittenden (1st time) (s.a.)
13 Oct 1789 - 20 Oct 1790 Moses Robinson (b. 1741 - d. 1813)
20 Oct 1790 - 25 Aug 1797 Thomas Chittenden (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 Aug 1797 - 16 Oct 1797 Paul Brigham (acting) (b. 1746 - d. 1824)
16 Oct 1797 - 9 Oct 1807 Isaac Tichenor (1st time) Fed (b. 1754 - d. 1838)
9 Oct 1807 - 14 Oct 1808 Israel Smith D-R (b. 1759 - d. 1810)
14 Oct 1808 - 14 Oct 1809 Isaac Tichenor (2nd time) Fed (s.a.)
14 Oct 1809 - 23 Oct 1813 Jonas Galusha (1st time) D-R (b. 1753 - d. 1834)
23 Oct 1813 - 14 Oct 1815 Martin Chittenden Fed (b. 1769 - d. 1840)
14 Oct 1815 - 23 Oct 1820 Jonas Galusha (2nd time) D-R (s.a.)
23 Oct 1820 - 10 Oct 1823 Richard Skinner D-R (b. 1778 - d. 1833)
10 Oct 1823 - 13 Oct 1826 Cornelius P. Van Ness D-R (b. 1782 - d. 1852)
13 Oct 1826 - 10 Oct 1828 Ezra Butler N-R (b. 1763 - d. 1838)
10 Oct 1828 - 18 Oct 1831 Samuel C. Crafts N-R (b. 1768 - d. 1853)
18 Oct 1831 - 2 Nov 1835 William A. Palmer AMP (b. 1781 - d. 1860)
2 Nov 1835 - 15 Oct 1841 Silas H. Jennison Whg (b. 1791 - d. 1849)
15 Oct 1841 - 13 Oct 1843 Charles Paine Whg (b. 1799 - d. 1853)
13 Oct 1843 - 11 Oct 1844 John Mattocks Whg (b. 1777 - d. 1847)
11 Oct 1844 - 9 Oct 1846 William Slade Whg (b. 1786 - d. 1859)
9 Oct 1846 - Oct 1848 Horace Eaton Whg (b. 1804 - d. 1855)
Oct 1848 - 11 Oct 1850 Carlos Coolidge Whg (b. 1792 - d. 1866)
11 Oct 1850 - Oct 1852 Charles K. Williams Whg (b. 1782 - d. 1853)
Oct 1852 - Oct 1853 Erastus Fairbanks (1st time) Whg (b. 1792 - d. 1864)
Oct 1853 - 13 Oct 1854 John S. Robinson Dem (b. 1804 - d. 1860)
13 Oct 1854 - 10 Oct 1856 Stephen Royce Rep (b. 1787 - d. 1868)
10 Oct 1856 - 10 Oct 1858 Ryland Fletcher Rep (b. 1799 - d. 1885)
10 Oct 1858 - 12 Oct 1860 Hiland Hall Rep (b. 1795 - d. 1885)
12 Oct 1860 - 11 Oct 1861 Erastus Fairbanks (2nd time) Rep (s.a.)
11 Oct 1861 - 9 Oct 1863 Frederick Holbrook Rep (b. 1813 - d. 1909)
9 Oct 1863 - 13 Oct 1865 John Gregory Smith Rep (b. 1818 - d. 1891)
13 Oct 1865 - 13 Oct 1867 Paul Dillingham Rep (b. 1799 - d. 1891)
13 Oct 1867 - 15 Oct 1869 John B. Page Rep (b. 1826 - d. 1885)
15 Oct 1869 - 7 Feb 1870 Peter T. Washburn Rep (b. 1814 - d. 1870)
7 Feb 1870 - 6 Oct 1870 George W. Hendee (acting) Rep (b. 1832 - d. 1906)
6 Oct 1870 - 3 Oct 1872 John W. Stewart Rep (b. 1825 - d. 1915)
3 Oct 1872 - 8 Oct 1874 Julius Converse Rep (b. 1798 - d. 1885)
8 Oct 1874 - 5 Oct 1876 Asahel Peck Rep (b. 1803 - d. 1879)
5 Oct 1876 - 3 Oct 1878 Horace Fairbanks Rep (b. 1820 - d. 1888)
3 Oct 1878 - 7 Oct 1880 Redfield Proctor Rep (b. 1831 - d. 1908)
7 Oct 1880 - 5 Oct 1882 Roswell Farnham Rep (b. 1827 - d. 1903)
5 Oct 1882 - 2 Oct 1884 John L. Barstow Rep (b. 1832 - d. 1913)
2 Oct 1884 - 7 Oct 1886 Samuel E. Pingree Rep (b. 1832 - d. 1922)
7 Oct 1886 - 4 Oct 1888 Ebenezer J. Ormsbee Rep (b. 1834 - d. 1924)
4 Oct 1888 - 2 Oct 1890 William P. Dillingham Rep (b. 1843 - d. 1923)
2 Oct 1890 - 6 Oct 1892 Carroll S. Page Rep (b. 1843 - d. 1925)
6 Oct 1892 - 4 Oct 1894 Levi K. Fuller Rep (b. 1841 - d. 1896)
4 Oct 1894 - 8 Oct 1896 Urban A. Woodbury Rep (b. 1838 - d. 1915)
8 Oct 1896 - 6 Oct 1898 Josiah Grout Rep (b. 1841 - d. 1925)
6 Oct 1898 - 4 Oct 1900 Edward C. Smith Rep (b. 1854 - d. 1935)
4 Oct 1900 - 3 Oct 1902 William W. Stickney Rep (b. 1853 - d. 1932)
3 Oct 1902 - 6 Oct 1904 John G. McCullough Rep (b. 1835 - d. 1915)
6 Oct 1904 - 4 Oct 1906 Charles J. Bell Rep (b. 1845 - d. 1909)
4 Oct 1906 - 8 Oct 1908 Fletcher D. Proctor Rep (b. 1860 - d. 1911)
8 Oct 1908 - 5 Oct 1910 George H. Prouty Rep (b. 1862 - d. 1918)
5 Oct 1910 - 3 Oct 1912 John A. Mead Rep (b. 1841 - d. 1920)
3 Oct 1912 - 7 Jan 1915 Allen M. Fletcher Rep (b. 1853 - d. 1922)
7 Jan 1915 - 4 Jan 1917 Charles W. Gates Rep (b. 1856 - d. 1927)
4 Jan 1917 - 9 Jan 1919 Horace F. Graham Rep (b. 1862 - d. 1941)
9 Jan 1919 - 6 Jan 1921 Percival W. Clement Rep (b. 1846 - d. 1927)
6 Jan 1921 - 4 Jan 1923 James Hartness Rep (b. 1861 - d. 1934)
4 Jan 1923 - 8 Jan 1925 Redfield Proctor Rep (b. 1879 - d. 1957)
8 Jan 1925 - 6 Jan 1927 Franklin S. Billings Rep (b. 1862 - d. 1935)
6 Jan 1927 - 8 Jan 1931 John E. Weeks Rep (b. 1853 - d. 1949)
8 Jan 1931 - 10 Jan 1935 Stanley C. Wilson Rep (b. 1879 - d. 1967)
10 Jan 1935 - 7 Jan 1937 Charles M. Smith Rep (b. 1868 - d. 1937)
7 Jan 1937 - 9 Jan 1941 George D. Aiken Rep (b. 1892 - d. 1984)
9 Jan 1941 - 4 Jan 1945 William H. Wills Rep (b. 1882 - d. 1946)
4 Jan 1945 - 9 Jan 1947 Mortimer R. Proctor Rep (b. 1889 - d. 1968)
9 Jan 1947 - 16 Jan 1950 Ernest W. Gibson Rep (b. 1901 - d. 1969)
16 Jan 1950 - 4 Jan 1951 Harold J. Arthur Rep (b. 1904 - d. 1971)
4 Jan 1951 - 6 Jan 1955 Lee E. Emerson Rep (b. 1898 - d. 1976)
6 Jan 1955 - 8 Jan 1959 Joseph B. Johnson Rep (b. 1893 - d. 1986)
8 Jan 1959 - 5 Jan 1961 Robert T. Stafford Rep (b. 1913 - d. 2006)
5 Jan 1961 - 10 Jan 1963 F. Ray Keyser, Jr. Rep (b. 1927 - d. 2015)
10 Jan 1963 - 9 Jan 1969 Philip H. Hoff Dem (b. 1924 - d. 2018)
9 Jan 1969 - 4 Jan 1973 Deane C. Davis Rep (b. 1900 - d. 1990)
4 Jan 1973 - 6 Jan 1977 Thomas Salmon Dem (b. 1932)
6 Jan 1977 - 10 Jan 1985 Richard A. Snelling
(1st time) Rep (b. 1927 - d. 1991)
10 Jan 1985 - 10 Jan 1991 Madeleine Kunin (f) Dem (b. 1933)
10 Jan 1991 - 14 Aug 1991 Richard A. Snelling
(2nd time) Rep (s.a.)
14 Aug 1991 - 8 Jan 2003 Howard Dean Dem (b. 1948)
8 Jan 2003 - 6 Jan 2011 Jim Douglas Rep (b. 1951)
6 Jan 2011 - 5 Jan 2017 Peter Shumlin Dem (b. 1956)
5 Jan 2017 - Phil Scott Rep (b. 1958)
Virginia
1607 British colony
5 Jul 1776 Commonwealth of Virginia
23 May 1861 referendum confirms Secession Ordinance of 17 May 1861 and
accession decision of 7 May 1861 by Confederate States of
America
26 Jan 1870 readmitted to United States
Presidents of the Council
Apr 1607 - 10 Sep 1607 Edward Maria Wingfield (b. 15... - d. af.1613)
10 Sep 1607 - 7 Sep 1608 John Ratcliffe (b. 15... - d. 1610?)
7 Sep 1608 - 1609 John Smith (b. 1579 - d. 1631)
1609 - 1610 George Percy (b. 1586 - d. 1632)
Governors
1610 Sir Thomas Gates (1st time) (b. 1560? - d. 1621)
(acting)
10 Jun 1610 - 1611 Thomas West, Baron de la Warr (b. 1577 - d. 1618)
28 Mar 1611 - 19 May 1611 George Percy (acting) (s.a.)
19 May 1611 - Aug 1611 Thomas Dale (1st time) (acting) (b. 15... - d. 1629)
Aug 1611 - Mar 1612 Sir Thomas Gates (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
Mar 1612 - Apr 1616 Thomas Dale (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
Apr 1616 - 9 Apr 1617 George Yeardley (1st time) (b. 1588? - d. 1627)
9 Apr 1617 - 9 Apr 1619 Samuel Argall (acting) (b. 1572 - d. 1639)
9 Apr 1619 - 19 Apr 1619 Nathaniel Powell (acting) (b. 15... - d. 1622)
19 Apr 1619 - 18 Nov 1621 Sir George Yeardley (2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Nov 1621 - 1626 Sir Francis Wyatt (b. 1588 - d. 1644)
1626 - 10 Nov 1627 Sir George Yeardley (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting to 19 Apr 1626)
14 Nov 1627 - 5 Mar 1628 Francis West (b. 1586 - d. 1634)
5 Mar 1628 - Mar 1630 John Pott (b. ... - d. 1642?)
Mar 1630 - 1635 Sir John Harvey (1st time) (b. 15... - d. 1646)
28 Apr?1635 - 2 Apr 1636 John West (b. 1590 - d. 1659)
2 Apr 1636 - Nov 1639 Sir John Harvey (2nd time) (s.a.)
Nov 1639 - Feb 1642 Sir Francis Wyatt (2nd time) (s.a.)
Feb 1642 - 30 Apr 1652 Sir William Berkeley (1st time) (b. 1608 - d. 1677)
30 Apr 1652 - 1655 Richard Bennett (b. ... - d. 1675)
1655 - 13 Mar 1658 Edward Digges (b. 1620 - d. 1675)
13 Mar 1658 - Jan 1660 Samuel Mathews (b. 1600 - d. 1660)
23 Mar 1660 - 27 Apr 1677 Sir William Berkeley (2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Apr 1677 - 30 Dec 1678 Herbert Jeffreys (b. ... - d. 1678)
30 Dec 1678 - 10 May 1680 Henry Chicheley (acting) (b. 1615 - d. 1683)
10 May 1680 - Sep 1683 Thomas Culpeper, Baron Culpeper (b. 1635 - d. 1689)
Sep 1683 - 15 Apr 1684 Nicholas Spencer (acting) (b. ... - d. 1689)
15 Apr 1684 - Apr 1687 Francis Howard, Baron Howard of
Effingham (acting) (b. ... - d. 1694)
Apr 1687 - 16 Oct 1690 Nathaniel Bacon (acting) (b. 1619 - d. 1692)
16 Oct 1690 - 15 Oct 1692 Francis Nicholson (1st time) (b. 1660 - d. 1728)
(acting)
15 Oct 1692 - 9 Dec 1698 Sir Edmund Andros (b. 1637 - d. 1714)
9 Dec 1698 - 1704 Francis Nicholson (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
1704 - 29 Jul 1737 George Hamilton Douglas, Earl
of Orkney (never came to Virginia) (b. 16... - d. 1737)
Acting for Orkney:
15 Aug 1705 - 23 Aug 1706 Edward Nott (b. 1634 - d. 1706)
Aug 1706 - 23 Jun 1710 Edmund Jennings (b. 1659 - d. 1727)
23 Jun 1710 - 8 Sep 1722 Alexander Spotswood (b. 1676 - d. 1740)
8 Sep 1722 - 11 Jul 1726 Hugh Drysdale (b. ... - d. 1726)
11 Jul 1726 - 8 Sep 1727 Robert Carter (b. 1663 - d. 1732)
8 Sep 1727 - 20 Jun 1749 (Sir) William Gooch (b. 1681 - d. 1751)
6 Sep 1737 - 22 Dec 1754 William Anne Keppel, Earl of
Albemarle (never came to Virginia) (b. 1702 - d. 1754)
Acting for Albemarle:
20 Jun 1749 - 5 Sep 1749 John Robinson (b. 1683 - d. 1749)
5 Sep 1749 - 14 Nov 1750 Thomas Lee (b. 1690 - d. 1750)
14 Nov 1750 - 20 Nov 1751 Lewis Burwell (b. 1710 - d. 1752)
20 Nov 1751 - Jan 1758 Robert Dinwiddie (b. 1673 - d. 1770)
Jul 1756 - 1763 John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun (b. 1705 - d. 1782)
(never came to Virginia)
Acting for Loudoun:
Jan 1758 - 7 Jun 1758 John Blair (1st time) (b. 1687 - d. 1771)
7 Jun 1758 - 7 Mar 1768 Francis Fauquier (b. 1704? - d. 1768)
1763 - 28 Oct 1768 Jeffrey Amherst (b. 1717 - d. 1797)
(never came to Virginia)
7 Mar 1768 - 28 Oct 1768 John Blair (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Amherst)
28 Oct 1768 - 15 Oct 1770 Norborne Berkeley, Baron de
Botetourt (b. 1718 - d. 1770)
15 Oct 1770 - Aug 1771 William Nelson (acting) (b. 1711 - d. 1772)
Aug 1771 - Jun 1775 John Murray, Earl of Dunmore (b. 1732 - d. 1809)
President of the Committee of Safety
16 Aug 1775 - 5 Jul 1776 Edmund Pendleton (b. 1721 - d. 1803)
Governors
5 Jul 1776 - 1 Jun 1779 Patrick Henry (1st time) (b. 1736 - d. 1799)
1 Jun 1779 - 3 Jun 1781 Thomas Jefferson (b. 1743 - d. 1826)
3 Jun 1781 - 12 Jun 1781 William Fleming (acting) (b. 1736 - d. 1824)
12 Jun 1781 - 22 Nov 1781 Thomas Nelson (b. 1738 - d. 1789)
22 Nov 1781 - 30 Nov 1781 David Jameson (acting)
1 Dec 1781 - 29 Nov 1784 Benjamin Harrison (b. 1726 - d. 1791)
30 Nov 1784 - 30 Nov 1786 Patrick Henry (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Dec 1786 - 30 Nov 1788 Edmund Randolph (b. 1753 - d. 1813)
1 Dec 1788 - 1 Dec 1791 Beverley Randolph (b. 1754 - d. 1797)
1 Dec 1791 - 1 Dec 1794 Henry Lee (b. 1756 - d. 1818)
1 Dec 1794 - 1 Dec 1796 Robert Brooke (b. 1751 - d. 1799)
1 Dec 1796 - 1 Dec 1799 James Wood D-R (b. 1747 - d. 1813)
7 Dec 1799 - 11 Dec 1799 Hardin Burnley (acting)
11 Dec 1799 - 19 Dec 1799 John Pendleton (acting)
Dec 1799 - 1 Dec 1802 James Monroe (1st time) D-R (b. 1758 - d. 1831)
1 Dec 1802 - 1 Dec 1805 John Page D-R (b. 1744 - d. 1808)
7 Dec 1805 - 1 Dec 1808 William H. Cabell D-R (b. 1772 - d. 1853)
1 Dec 1808 - Jan 1811 John Tyler D-R (b. 1747 - d. 1813)
15 Jan 1811 - 19 Jan 1811 George W. Smith (1st time) D-R (b. 1762 - d. 1811)
19 Jan 1811 - 5 Apr 1811 James Monroe (2nd time) D-R (s.a.)
6 Apr 1811 - 26 Dec 1811 George W. Smith (2nd time) D-R (s.a.)
(acting)
27 Dec 1811 - 3 Jan 1812 Peyton Randolph (acting) D-R (b. 1779 - d. 1828)
3 Jan 1812 - 1 Dec 1814 James Barbour A-D (b. 1775 - d. 1842)
1 Dec 1814 - 1 Dec 1816 Wilson C. Nicholas Rep (b. 1761 - d. 1820)
1 Dec 1816 - 1 Dec 1819 James P. Preston Rep (b. 1774 - d. 1853)
1 Dec 1819 - 1 Dec 1822 Thomas Mann Randolph Rep (b. 1768 - d. 1828)
1 Dec 1822 - Dec 1825 James Pleasants, Jr. Rep (b. 1769 - d. 1836)
10 Dec 1825 - 4 Mar 1827 John Tyler Dem (b. 1790 - d. 1862)
4 Mar 1827 - 4 Mar 1830 William B. Giles Dem (b. 1762 - d. 1830)
4 Mar 1830 - 31 Mar 1834 John Floyd Dem (b. 1783 - d. 1837)
31 Mar 1834 - 30 Apr 1836 Littleton W. Tazewell Dem (b. 1774 - d. 1860)
30 Apr 1836 - 31 Mar 1837 Wyndham Robertson Whg (b. 1803 - d. 1888)
31 Mar 1837 - 31 Mar 1840 David Campbell Whg (b. 1779 - d. 1859)
31 Mar 1840 - 20 Mar 1841 Thomas W. Gilmer Whg (b. 1802 - d. 1844)
20 Mar 1841 - 31 Mar 1841 John M. Patton (acting) Whg (b. 1797 - d. 1858)
31 Mar 1841 - 31 Mar 1842 John Rutherfoord (acting) Whg (b. 1792 - d. 1866)
31 Mar 1842 - 1 Jan 1843 John M. Gregory (acting) Whg (b. 1804 - d. 1884)
1 Jan 1843 - 1 Jan 1846 James McDowell Whg (b. 1795 - d. 1851)
1 Jan 1846 - 1 Jan 1849 William Smith (1st time) Dem (b. 1797 - d. 1887)
1 Jan 1849 - 16 Jan 1852 John B. Floyd Dem (b. 1806 - d. 1863)
16 Jan 1852 - 31 Dec 1855 Joseph Johnson Dem (b. 1785 - d. 1877)
1 Jan 1856 - 31 Dec 1859 Henry A. Wise Dem (b. 1806 - d. 1876)
1 Jan 1860 - 31 Dec 1863 John Letcher Dem (b. 1813 - d. 1884)
1 Jan 1864 - Apr 1865 William Smith (2nd time) Dem (s.a.)
Apr 1865 - 4 Apr 1868 Francis H. Pierpont Rep (b. 1814 - d. 1899)
4 Apr 1868 - 21 Sep 1869 Henry H. Wells Rep (b. 1823 - d. 1890)
21 Sep 1869 - 1 Jan 1874 Gilbert C. Walker Rep (b. 1833 - d. 1885)
1 Jan 1874 - 1 Jan 1878 James L. Kemper Con (b. 1823 - d. 1895)
1 Jan 1878 - 1 Jan 1882 Frederick W.M. Holliday DPP (b. 1828 - d. 1899)
1 Jan 1882 - 1 Jan 1886 William E. Cameron Rdj (b. 1842 - d. 1927)
1 Jan 1886 - 1 Jan 1890 Fitzhugh Lee Dem (b. 1835 - d. 1905)
1 Jan 1890 - 1 Jan 1894 Philip W. McKinney Dem (b. 1832 - d. 1899)
1 Jan 1894 - 1 Jan 1898 Charles T. O'Ferrall Dem (b. 1840 - d. 1905)
1 Jan 1898 - 1 Jan 1902 J. Hoge Tyler Dem (b. 1846 - d. 1925)
1 Jan 1902 - 1 Feb 1906 Andrew J. Montague Dem (b. 1862 - d. 1937)
1 Feb 1906 - 10 Feb 1910 Claude A. Swanson Dem (b. 1862 - d. 1939)
10 Feb 1910 - 1 Feb 1914 William H. Mann Dem (b. 1843 - d. 1927)
1 Feb 1914 - 1 Feb 1918 Henry C. Stuart Dem (b. 1855 - d. 1933)
1 Feb 1918 - 1 Feb 1922 Westmoreland Davis Dem (b. 1859 - d. 1942)
1 Feb 1922 - 1 Feb 1926 E. Lee Trinkle Dem (b. 1876 - d. 1939)
1 Feb 1926 - 15 Jan 1930 Harry Flood Byrd, Sr. Dem (b. 1887 - d. 1966)
15 Jan 1930 - 17 Jan 1934 John Garland Pollard Dem (b. 1871 - d. 1937)
17 Jan 1934 - Jan 1938 George C. Peery Dem (b. 1873 - d. 1952)
Jan 1938 - 21 Jan 1942 James H. Price Dem (b. 1878 - d. 1943)
21 Jan 1942 - 16 Jan 1946 Colgate W. Darden, Jr. Dem (b. 1897 - d. 1981)
16 Jan 1946 - 18 Jan 1950 William M. Tuck Dem (b. 1896 - d. 1983)
18 Jan 1950 - 20 Jan 1954 John S. Battle Dem (b. 1890 - d. 1972)
20 Jan 1954 - 11 Jan 1958 Thomas B. Stanley Dem (b. 1890 - d. 1970)
11 Jan 1958 - 13 Jan 1962 J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. Dem (b. 1898 - d. 1986)
13 Jan 1962 - 15 Jan 1966 Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. Dem (b. 1907 - d. 1995)
15 Jan 1966 - 17 Jan 1970 Mills E. Godwin, Jr.
(1st time) Dem (b. 1914 - d. 1999)
17 Jan 1970 - 12 Jan 1974 A. Linwood Holton, Jr. Rep (b. 1923 - d. 2021)
12 Jan 1974 - 14 Jan 1978 Mills E. Godwin, Jr.
(2nd time) Rep (s.a.)
14 Jan 1978 - 16 Jan 1982 John Dalton Rep (b. 1931 - d. 1986)
16 Jan 1982 - 18 Jan 1986 Charles S. Robb Dem (b. 1939)
18 Jan 1986 - 14 Jan 1990 Gerald L. Baliles Dem (b. 1940 - d. 2019)
14 Jan 1990 - 15 Jan 1994 L. Douglas Wilder Dem (b. 1931)
15 Jan 1994 - 17 Jan 1998 George F. Allen Rep (b. 1952)
17 Jan 1998 - 12 Jan 2002 Jim Gilmore Rep (b. 1949)
12 Jan 2002 - 14 Jan 2006 Mark Warner Dem (b. 1954)
14 Jan 2006 - 16 Jan 2010 Tim Kaine Dem (b. 1958)
16 Jan 2010 - 11 Jan 2014 Bob McDonnell Rep (b. 1954)
11 Jan 2014 - 13 Jan 2018 Terry McAuliffe Dem (b. 1957)
13 Jan 2018 - 15 Jan 2022 Ralph Northam Dem (b. 1959)
15 Jan 2022 - Glenn Youngkin Rep (b. 1966)
Washington
1853 territory (previously part of Oregon)
11 Nov 1889 state
Governors
17 Mar 1853 - Aug 1857 Isaac I. Stevens (b. 1818 - d. 1862)
Aug 1857 - Sep 1857 C.H. Mason (1st time) (acting) (b. 1830 - d. 1859)
Sep 1857 - Aug 1858 Fayette McMullen (b. 1805 - d. 1880)
Aug 1858 - 29 Jul 1859 C.H. Mason (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
Jul 1859 - May 1860 Richard D. Gholson (b. 1802 - d. 1861)
May 1860 - Aug 1861 Henry M. McGill (acting) (b. 1831 - d. 1915)
19 Aug 1861 - Jun 1862 L.J.S. Turney (acting) (b. 1819 - d. 1881)
Jun 1862 - Nov 1866 William Pickering (b. 1798 - d. 1873)
21 Nov 1866 - 4 Mar 1867 George E. Cole (b. 1826 - d. 1906)
4 Mar 1867 - 1869 Marshall F. Moore (b. 1829 - d. 1870)
5 Apr 1869 - Apr 1870 Alvan Flanders (b. 1825 - d. 1884)
Apr 1870 - Apr 1872 Edward S. Salomon (b. 1836 - d. 1913)
Apr 1872 - Apr 1880 Elisha P. Ferry (1st time) (b. 1825 - d. 1895)
Apr 1880 - Apr 1884 William A. Newell (b. 1817 - d. 1901)
Apr 1884 - Apr 1887 Watson C. Squire (b. 1838 - d. 1926)
Apr 1887 - Mar 1889 Eugene Semple (b. 1840 - d. 1908)
Mar 1889 - 11 Nov 1889 Miles C. Moore (b. 1845 - d. 1920)
11 Nov 1889 - 9 Jan 1893 Elisha P. Ferry (2nd time) Rep (s.a.)
9 Jan 1893 - 11 Jan 1897 John H. McGraw Rep (b. 1850 - d. 1910)
11 Jan 1897 - 26 Dec 1901 John R. Rogers Dem (b. 1838 - d. 1901)
26 Dec 1901 - 9 Jan 1905 Henry McBride (acting) Rep (b. 1856 - d. 1937)
9 Jan 1905 - 27 Jan 1909 Albert Edward Mead Rep (b. 1861 - d. 1913)
27 Jan 1909 - 28 Mar 1909 Samuel G. Cosgrove Rep (b. 1847 - d. 1909)
28 Mar 1909 - 11 Jan 1913 Marion E. Hay (acting) Rep (b. 1865 - d. 1933)
11 Jan 1913 - 14 Jun 1919 Ernest Lister Dem (b. 1870 - d. 1919)
14 Jun 1919 - 12 Jan 1925 Louis Folwell Hart Rep (b. 1862 - d. 1929)
12 Jan 1925 - 9 Jan 1933 Roland H. Hartley Rep (b. 1864 - d. 1952)
9 Jan 1933 - 13 Jan 1941 Clarence D. Martin Dem (b. 1887 - d. 1955)
13 Jan 1941 - 8 Jan 1945 Arthur B. Langlie (1st time) Rep (b. 1900 - d. 1966)
8 Jan 1945 - 10 Jan 1949 Monrad C. Wallgren Dem (b. 1891 - d. 1961)
10 Jan 1949 - 14 Jan 1957 Arthur B. Langlie (2nd time) Rep (s.a.)
14 Jan 1957 - 11 Jan 1965 Albert D. Rosellini Dem (b. 1910 - d. 2011)
11 Jan 1965 - 12 Jan 1977 Daniel J. Evans Rep (b. 1925)
12 Jan 1977 - 14 Jan 1981 Dixy Lee Ray (f) Dem (b. 1914 - d. 1994)
14 Jan 1981 - 16 Jan 1985 John Spellman Rep (b. 1926 - d. 2018)
16 Jan 1985 - 13 Jan 1993 Booth Gardner Dem (b. 1936 - d. 2013)
13 Jan 1993 - 15 Jan 1997 Mike Lowry Dem (b. 1939 - d. 2017)
15 Jan 1997 - 12 Jan 2005 Gary Locke Dem (b. 1950)
12 Jan 2005 - 16 Jan 2013 Christine Gregoire (f) Dem (b. 1947)
16 Jan 2013 - Jay Inslee Dem (b. 1951)
West Virginia
1763 part of Virginia
20 Jun 1863 state
Governors
20 Jun 1863 - 26 Feb 1869 Arthur I. Boreman Rep (b. 1823 - d. 1896)
26 Feb 1869 - 4 Mar 1869 Daniel D.T. Farnsworth Rep (b. 1819 - d. 1892)
4 Mar 1869 - 4 Mar 1871 William E. Stevenson Rep (b. 1820 - d. 1883)
4 Mar 1871 - 4 Mar 1877 John J. Jacob Dem (b. 1829 - d. 1893)
4 Mar 1877 - 4 Mar 1881 Henry M. Mathews Dem (b. 1834 - d. 1884)
4 Mar 1881 - 4 Mar 1885 Jacob B. Jackson Dem (b. 1829 - d. 1893)
4 Mar 1885 - 6 Feb 1890 E. Willis Wilson Dem (b. 1844 - d. 1909)
6 Feb 1890 - 4 Mar 1893 A. Brooks Fleming Dem (b. 1839 - d. 1923)
4 Mar 1893 - 4 Mar 1897 William A. MacCorkle Dem (b. 1857 - d. 1930)
4 Mar 1897 - 4 Mar 1901 George W. Atkinson Rep (b. 1845 - d. 1925)
4 Mar 1901 - 4 Mar 1905 Albert B. White Rep (b. 1856 - d. 1941)
4 Mar 1905 - 4 Mar 1909 William M.O. Dawson Rep (b. 1853 - d. 1916)
4 Mar 1909 - 14 Mar 1913 William E. Glasscock Rep (b. 1862 - d. 1925)
14 Mar 1913 - 5 Mar 1917 Henry D. Hatfield Rep (b. 1875 - d. 1962)
5 Mar 1917 - 4 Mar 1921 John J. Cornwell Dem (b. 1867 - d. 1953)
4 Mar 1921 - 4 Mar 1925 Ephraim F. Morgan Rep (b. 1869 - d. 1950)
4 Mar 1925 - 4 Mar 1929 Howard M. Gore Rep (b. 1887 - d. 1947)
4 Mar 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 William G. Conley Rep (b. 1866 - d. 1940)
4 Mar 1933 - 18 Jan 1937 H. Guy Kump Dem (b. 1877 - d. 1962)
18 Jan 1937 - 13 Jan 1941 Homer A. Holt Dem (b. 1898 - d. 1975)
13 Jan 1941 - 15 Jan 1945 M. Mansfield Neely Dem (b. 1874 - d. 1958)
15 Jan 1945 - 17 Jan 1949 Clarence W. Meadows Dem (b. 1904 - d. 1961)
17 Jan 1949 - 19 Jan 1953 Okey L. Patteson Dem (b. 1898 - d. 1989)
19 Jan 1953 - 14 Jan 1957 William C. Marland Dem (b. 1918 - d. 1965)
14 Jan 1957 - 16 Jan 1961 Cecil H. Underwood (1st time) Rep (b. 1922 - d. 2008)
16 Jan 1961 - 18 Jan 1965 William W. Barron Dem (b. 1911 - d. 2002)
18 Jan 1965 - 13 Jan 1969 Hulett C. Smith Dem (b. 1918 - d. 2012)
13 Jan 1969 - 17 Jan 1977 Arch A. Moore, Jr. (1st time) Rep (b. 1923 - d. 2015)
17 Jan 1977 - 14 Jan 1985 John D. Rockefeller IV Dem (b. 1937)
14 Jan 1985 - 16 Jan 1989 Arch A. Moore, Jr. (2nd time) Rep (s.a.)
16 Jan 1989 - 13 Jan 1997 W. Gaston Caperton Dem (b. 1940)
13 Jan 1997 - 15 Jan 2001 Cecil H. Underwood (2nd time) Rep (s.a.)
15 Jan 2001 - 17 Jan 2005 Bob Wise Dem (b. 1948)
17 Jan 2005 - 15 Nov 2010 Joe Manchin Dem (b. 1947)
15 Nov 2010 - 16 Jan 2017 Earl Ray Tomblin Dem (b. 1952)
(acting to 13 Nov 2011)
16 Jan 2017 - Jim Justice Dem;
4 Aug 2017: Rep (b. 1951)
Wisconsin
1788 part of Northwest Territory (see Ohio)
1800 part of Indiana
1809 part of Illinois
1818 part of Michigan
4 Jul 1836 territory
29 May 1848 state
Governors
4 Jul 1836 - 1841 Henry Dodge (1st time) (b. 1782 - d. 1867)
1841 - 1844 James D. Doty (b. 1799 - d. 1865)
1844 - 1845 Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (b. 1795 - d. 1864)
1845 - 1848 Henry Dodge (2nd time) (s.a.)
7 Jun 1848 - 5 Jan 1852 Nelson Dewey Dem (b. 1813 - d. 1889)
5 Jan 1852 - 2 Jan 1854 Leonard J. Farwell Whg (b. 1819 - d. 1889)
2 Jan 1854 - 21 Mar 1856 William A. Barstow Dem (b. 1813 - d. 1865)
21 Mar 1856 - 25 Mar 1856 Arthur MacArthur Dem (b. 1815 - d. 1896)
25 Mar 1856 - 4 Jan 1858 Coles Bashford Rep (b. 1816 - d. 1878)
4 Jan 1858 - 6 Jan 1862 Alexander W. Randall Rep (b. 1819 - d. 1872)
6 Jan 1862 - 19 Apr 1862 Louis P. Harvey Rep (b. 1820 - d. 1862)
19 Apr 1862 - 4 Jan 1864 Edward P. Salomon Rep (b. 1828 - d. 1909)
4 Jan 1864 - 1 Jan 1866 James T. Lewis Rep (b. 1819 - d. 1904)
1 Jan 1866 - 1 Jan 1872 Lucius Fairchild Rep (b. 1831 - d. 1896)
1 Jan 1872 - 5 Jan 1874 Cadwallader C. Washburn Rep (b. 1818 - d. 1882)
5 Jan 1874 - 3 Jan 1876 William R. Taylor Dem (b. 1820 - d. 1909)
3 Jan 1876 - 7 Jan 1878 Harrison Ludington Rep (b. 1812 - d. 1891)
7 Jan 1878 - 2 Jan 1882 William E. Smith Rep (b. 1824 - d. 1883)
2 Jan 1882 - 7 Jan 1889 Jeremiah M. Rusk Rep (b. 1830 - d. 1893)
7 Jan 1889 - 5 Jan 1891 William D. Hoard Rep (b. 1836 - d. 1918)
5 Jan 1891 - 7 Jan 1895 George W. Peck Dem (b. 1840 - d. 1916)
7 Jan 1895 - 4 Jan 1897 William H. Upham Rep (b. 1841 - d. 1924)
4 Jan 1897 - 7 Jan 1901 Edward Scofield Rep (b. 1842 - d. 1925)
7 Jan 1901 - 1 Jan 1906 Robert M. La Follette Rep (b. 1855 - d. 1925)
1 Jan 1906 - 2 Jan 1911 James O. Davidson Rep (b. 1854 - d. 1922)
2 Jan 1911 - 4 Jan 1915 Francis E. McGovern Rep (b. 1866 - d. 1946)
4 Jan 1915 - 3 Jan 1921 Emanuel L. Philipp Rep (b. 1861 - d. 1925)
3 Jan 1921 - 3 Jan 1927 John J. Blaine Rep (b. 1875 - d. 1934)
3 Jan 1927 - 7 Jan 1929 Fred R. Zimmerman Rep (b. 1880 - d. 1954)
7 Jan 1929 - 5 Jan 1931 Walter J. Kohler Rep (b. 1875 - d. 1940)
5 Jan 1931 - 2 Jan 1933 Philip F. La Follette
(1st time) Rep (b. 1897 - d. 1965)
2 Jan 1933 - 7 Jan 1935 Albert G. Schmedeman Dem (b. 1864 - d. 1946)
7 Jan 1935 - 2 Jan 1939 Philip F. La Follette
(2nd time) Pro (s.a.)
2 Jan 1939 - 4 Jan 1943 Julius P. Heil Rep (b. 1876 - d. 1949)
4 Jan 1943 - 12 Mar 1947 Walter S. Goodland Rep (b. 1862 - d. 1947)
12 Mar 1947 - 1 Jan 1951 Oscar Rennebohm Rep (b. 1889 - d. 1968)
1 Jan 1951 - 7 Jan 1957 Walter J. Kohler, Jr. Rep (b. 1904 - d. 1976)
7 Jan 1957 - 5 Jan 1959 Vernon Thomson Rep (b. 1905 - d. 1988)
5 Jan 1959 - 7 Jan 1963 Gaylord A. Nelson Dem (b. 1916 - d. 2005)
7 Jan 1963 - 4 Jan 1965 John W. Reynolds Dem (b. 1921 - d. 2002)
4 Jan 1965 - 4 Jan 1971 Warren P. Knowles Rep (b. 1908 - d. 1993)
4 Jan 1971 - 6 Jul 1977 Patrick J. Lucey Dem (b. 1918 - d. 2014)
6 Jul 1977 - 1 Jan 1979 Martin J. Schreiber Dem (b. 1939)
1 Jan 1979 - 3 Jan 1983 Lee Sherman Dreyfus Rep (b. 1926 - d. 2008)
3 Jan 1983 - 5 Jan 1987 Anthony S. Earl Dem (b. 1936 - d. 2023)
5 Jan 1987 - 1 Feb 2001 Tommy G. Thompson Rep (b. 1941)
1 Feb 2001 - 6 Jan 2003 Scott McCallum Rep (b. 1950)
6 Jan 2003 - 3 Jan 2011 Jim Doyle Dem (b. 1945)
3 Jan 2011 - 7 Jan 2019 Scott Walker Rep (b. 1967)
7 Jan 2019 - Tony Evers Dem (b. 1951)
Wyoming
1805 part of Louisiana Territory (which on 7 Dec 1812 becomes
Missouri Territory)
10 Aug 1821 unorganized territory
1854 part of Nebraska
1861 part of Dakota (see under South Dakota)
1864 part of Montana
25 Jul 1868 territory
10 Jul 1890 state
Governors
15 Apr 1869 - 1 Mar 1875 John A. Campbell Rep (b. 1835 - d. 1880)
1 Mar 1875 - 29 May 1878 John M. Thayer Rep (b. 1820 - d. 1906)
29 May 1878 - 22 Aug 1882 John W. Hoyt Rep (b. 1831 - d. 1912)
22 Aug 1882 - 13 Jan 1885 William Hale Rep (b. 1837 - d. 1885)
13 Jan 1885 - 28 Feb 1885 E.S.N. Morgan (1st time) Rep
(acting)
28 Feb 1885 - 11 Nov 1886 Francis E. Warren (1st time) Rep (b. 1844 - d. 1929)
11 Nov 1886 - 20 Dec 1886 George W. Baxter Dem (b. 1855 - d. 1929)
20 Dec 1886 - 24 Jan 1887 E.S.N. Morgan (2nd time) Rep
(acting)
24 Jan 1887 - 9 Apr 1889 Thomas Moonlight Dem (b. 1833 - d. 1899)
9 Apr 1889 - 11 Oct 1890 Francis E. Warren (2nd time) Rep (s.a.)
24 Nov 1890 - 2 Jan 1893 Amos W. Barber (acting) Rep (b. 1861 - d. 1915)
2 Jan 1893 - 7 Jan 1895 John E. Osborne Dem (b. 1858 - d. 1943)
7 Jan 1895 - 2 Jan 1899 William A. Richards Rep (b. 1849 - d. 1912)
2 Jan 1899 - 28 Apr 1903 DeForest Richards Rep (b. 1846 - d. 1903)
28 Apr 1903 - 2 Jan 1905 Fenimore Chatterton (acting) Rep (b. 1860 - d. 1958)
2 Jan 1905 - 2 Jan 1911 Bryant B. Brooks Rep (b. 1861 - d. 1944)
2 Jan 1911 - 4 Jan 1915 Joseph M. Carey Dem (b. 1845 - d. 1924)
4 Jan 1915 - 26 Feb 1917 John B. Kendrick Dem (b. 1857 - d. 1933)
26 Feb 1917 - 6 Jan 1919 Frank L. Houx (acting) Dem (b. 1860 - d. 1941)
6 Jan 1919 - 1 Jan 1923 Robert D. Carey Rep (b. 1878 - d. 1937)
1 Jan 1923 - 2 Oct 1924 William B. Ross Dem (b. 1873 - d. 1924)
2 Oct 1924 - 5 Jan 1925 Frank E. Lucas (acting) Rep (b. 1876 - d. 1948)
5 Jan 1925 - 3 Jan 1927 Nellie Tayloe Ross (f) Dem (b. 1876 - d. 1977)
3 Jan 1927 - 18 Feb 1931 Frank C. Emerson Rep (b. 1882 - d. 1931)
18 Feb 1931 - 2 Jan 1933 Alonzo M. Clark (acting) Rep (b. 1868 - d. 1952)
2 Jan 1933 - 2 Jan 1939 Leslie A. Miller Dem (b. 1886 - d. 1970)
2 Jan 1939 - 4 Jan 1943 Nels H. Smith Rep (b. 1884 - d. 1976)
4 Jan 1943 - 3 Jan 1949 Lester C. Hunt Dem (b. 1892 - d. 1954)
3 Jan 1949 - 1 Jan 1951 Arthur Griswold Crane Rep (b. 1877 - d. 1955)
(acting)
1 Jan 1951 - 3 Jan 1953 Frank A. Barrett Rep (b. 1892 - d. 1962)
3 Jan 1953 - 3 Jan 1955 C.J. Rogers (acting) Rep (b. 1897 - d. 1962)
3 Jan 1955 - 5 Jan 1959 Milward L. Simpson Rep (b. 1897 - d. 1993)
5 Jan 1959 - 2 Jan 1961 J.J. Hickey Dem (b. 1911 - d. 1970)
2 Jan 1961 - 7 Jan 1963 Jack R. Gage (acting) Dem (b. 1899 - d. 1970)
7 Jan 1963 - 2 Jan 1967 Clifford P. Hansen Rep (b. 1912 - d. 2009)
2 Jan 1967 - 6 Jan 1975 Stanley K. Hathaway Rep (b. 1924 - d. 2005)
6 Jan 1975 - 5 Jan 1987 Ed Herschler Dem (b. 1918 - d. 1990)
5 Jan 1987 - 2 Jan 1995 Mike Sullivan Dem (b. 1939)
2 Jan 1995 - 6 Jan 2003 Jim Geringer Rep (b. 1944)
6 Jan 2003 - 3 Jan 2011 Dave Freudenthal Dem (b. 1950)
3 Jan 2011 - 7 Jan 2019 Matt Mead Rep (b. 1962)
7 Jan 2019 - Mark Gordon Rep (b. 1957)