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The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1851 and first filled in 1852.
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Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
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Under the 1776 constitution, governors were ineligible to serve longer than three years successively.
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Jefferson refused re-election and left office at the end of his term. As the legislature had not yet elected a successor
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Nelson resigned due to ill health.
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Randolph resigned to serve in the Virginia House of Delegates and promote the United States Constitution there.
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Brooke resigned, having been elected Attorney General of Virginia.
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Many sources say that Hardin Burnley acted as governor, either from February 7, 1799, or December 7, serving until he re
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Tyler resigned, having been confirmed to the United States District Court for the District of Virginia.
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Monroe resigned, having been appointed United States Secretary of State.
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Tyler resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.
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Giles is labeled a Democrat by Dubin and Sobel, and a Democratic-Republican by Glashan and Kallenbach.
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Under the 1830 constitution, governors were ineligible to serve again until three years after their term.
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Tazewell resigned over disagreements with the General Assembly.
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Robertson is labeled a State's Rights Democrat by Kallenbach, a Democrat by Glashan, and a Whig by Sobel.
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Campbell is labeled a Whig by Glashan and Kallenbach, and a Democrat by Dubin and Sobel.
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Gilmer resigned, having been elected to the United States House of Representatives for a term beginning March 4, 1841; h
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After Gilmer's resignation, Patton acted as governor until the election, but the General Assembly failed to elect a succ
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Sobel
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McDowell is labeled a Whig by Sobel and Dubin, and a Democrat by Kallenbach and Glashan.
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Under the 1851 constitution, governors were ineligible to succeed themselves.
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Virginia proclaimed its secession from the Union on April 17, 1861. In response, delegates from the northwestern countie
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President Andrew Johnson issued an executive order on May 9, 1865, proclaiming that the state government run by Letcher
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The Reconstruction Acts placed Virginia under full military control, and General John Schofield appointed Wells provisio
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Wells was ordered to resign by General Edward Canby, who appointed Walker (who had already won election) in his place.
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Under the 1864 constitution, governors were ineligible to succeed themselves.
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Walker ran in 1869 as a "Conservative Republican" to differentiate from his opponent who was running as a Radical Republ
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Represented the Conservative Party
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Under the 1870 constitution, governors were ineligible to succeed themselves.
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Represented the Republican Party
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The constitutional start date of the gubernatorial term was January 1, with no requirement for an oath; Cameron was not
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Under the 1902 constitution, governors were ineligible to succeed themselves.
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The constitutional start date of the gubernatorial term was February 1, with no requirement for an oath; Stuart was not
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Under the 1971 constitution, governors are ineligible to succeed themselves.
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Represented the Democratic Party
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Youngkin's term will expire on January 17, 2026; he is term-limited.
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Spanberger's term will begin January 17, 2026, and expire in 2030.
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1776 Const.
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1830 Const. Art IV section 1.
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VA Const. Art V sec 1
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1851 Const. art V section 1.
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1851 Const. Art V section 2.
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1902 Const. Art V section 69.
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VA Const. art V section 1.
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VA Const. Art V section 16.
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1851 Const. art V section 8.
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1830 Const. art IV section 5.
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"Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Virginia; June 26, 1788"
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/ratva.asp -
"Secession Ordinances of 13 Confederate States"
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3953 -
An Act to admit the Commonwealth of Virginia as a member of the Confederate States of America Archived August 20, 2016,
http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/19conf/19conf.html#p104 -
16 Stat. 62
https://legislink.org/us/stat-16-62 -
"Patrick Henry"
https://www.nga.org/governor/patrick-henry/ -
edu.lva.virginia.gov
https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/oc/stc/entries/fifth-virginia-revolutionary-convention-elected-patrick-henry-governor-june-29-1776 -
"1776 Va. Const"
https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/the-constitution-of-virginia-1776/ -
Glashan 1979, p. 322.
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"Thomas Jefferson"
https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-jefferson/ -
Encyclopedia Virginia
https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/thomas-jeffersons-election-to-governor-an-excerpt-from-the-journal-of-the-house-of-delegates-june-1-1779/ -
"William Fleming"
https://www.nga.org/governor/william-fleming/ -
Encyclopedia Virginia
https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/jack-jouetts-ride-1781/ -
Kallenbach 1977, pp. 613–616.
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Monticello
https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/governor-virginia/ -
"Thomas Nelson"
https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-nelson/ -
"David Jameson"
https://www.nga.org/governor/david-jameson/ -
Encyclopedia Virginia
https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/governors-of-virginia/ -
"Benjamin Harrison"
https://www.nga.org/governor/benjamin-harrison/ -
A Register of the General Assembly of Virginia 1776-1918 and of the Constitutional Conventions
https://books.google.com/books?id=S6E0AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA8-PA9 -
"Edmund Randolph"
https://www.nga.org/governor/edmund-randolph/ -
Hartford Courant
https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-randolph-to-take-office/128426263/ -
Hartford Courant
https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-randolph-resigned/128426697/ -
George Washington's Mount Vernon
https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/edmund-randolph/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1623.
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"Beverley Randolph"
https://www.nga.org/governor/beverley-randolph/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1623–1624.
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"Henry Lee"
https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-lee/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1624–1625.
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"Robert Brooke"
https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-brooke/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1625–1626.
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"James Wood"
https://www.nga.org/governor/james-wood/ -
Our Burnley ancestors and allied families / compiled by Emma Dicken
http://archive.org/details/ourburnleyancest00dick -
“From James Madison to James Monroe, 21 March 1785,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/d
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-0137 -
"Hardin Burnley"
https://www.nga.org/governor/hardin-burnley/ -
"John Pendleton"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-pendleton/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1626–1627.
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"James Monroe"
https://www.nga.org/governor/james-monroe/ -
Weekly Raleigh Register
https://www.newspapers.com/article/weekly-raleigh-register-monroe-inaugurat/128427191/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1627–1628.
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"John Page"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-page-2/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1628.
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"William Henry Cabell"
https://www.nga.org/governor/william-henry-cabell/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1628–1629.
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"John Tyler Sr"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-tyler-sr/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1629–1630.
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"George William Smith"
https://www.nga.org/governor/george-william-smith/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1630.
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"Peyton Randolph"
https://www.nga.org/governor/peyton-randolph/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1630–1631.
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"James Barbour"
https://www.nga.org/governor/james-barbour/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1631–1632.
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"Wilson Cary Nicholas"
https://www.nga.org/governor/wilson-cary-nicholas/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1632.
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"James Patton Preston"
https://www.nga.org/governor/james-patton-preston/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1632–1633.
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"Thomas Mann Randolph"
https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-mann-randolph/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1633–1634.
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"James Pleasants"
https://www.nga.org/governor/james-pleasants/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1634–1635.
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"John Tyler Jr"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-tyler-jr/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1635–1636.
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"William Branch Giles"
https://www.nga.org/governor/william-branch-giles/ -
Dubin 2003, p. 283.
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Sobel 1978, p. 1636.
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"John Floyd Sr"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-floyd-sr/ -
"1830 Va. Const. art. IV, § 1"
https://vagovernmentmatters.org/primary-sources/518.html -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1636–1637.
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"Littleton Waller Tazewell"
https://www.nga.org/governor/littleton-waller-tazewell/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1637–1638.
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"Wyndham Robertson"
https://www.nga.org/governor/wyndham-robertson/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1638.
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"David Campbell"
https://www.nga.org/governor/david-campbell/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1638–1639.
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"Thomas Walker Gilmer"
https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-walker-gilmer/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1639.
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"John Mercer Patton"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-mercer-patton/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1640.
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"John Rutherfoord"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-rutherfoord/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1640–1641.
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"John Munford Gregory"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-munford-gregory/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1641.
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"James McDowell"
https://www.nga.org/governor/james-mcdowell/ -
Glashan 1979, p. 324.
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Sobel 1978, pp. 1641–1642.
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"William Smith"
https://www.nga.org/governor/william-smith-was-born-in-marengo-in-king-george-county-virginia-he-attended-an-old-field-school-near-home-studied-privately-in-fredericksburg-virginia-attended-the-plainfield-academy-in-plainfie/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1643.
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"John Buchanan Floyd Jr"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-buchanan-floyd-jr/ -
Alexandria Gazette
https://www.newspapers.com/article/alexandria-gazette-floyd-takes-office-ja/128481548/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1643–1644.
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"Joseph Johnson"
https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-johnson/ -
Richmond Enquirer
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-enquirer-johnson-inaugurated-ja/128484510/ -
"1851 Va. Const. art. V, § 1"
https://vagovernmentmatters.org/primary-sources/519.html -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1644–1645.
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"Henry Alexander Wise"
https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-alexander-wise/ -
Lynchburg Daily Virginian
https://www.newspapers.com/article/lynchburg-daily-virginian-wise-inaugurat/128484541/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1645–1646.
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"John Letcher"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-letcher/ -
Andrew Johnson, Executive Order—To Reestablish the Authority of the United States and Execute the Laws Within the Geogra
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202017 -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1646–1647.
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Portland Press Herald
https://www.newspapers.com/article/portland-press-herald-pierpont-inaugurat/128485054/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1647.
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"Henry Horatio Wells"
https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-horatio-wells/ -
Evening Star
https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star-wells-appointed-april-4/128485112/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1647–1648.
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"Gilbert Carlton Walker"
https://www.nga.org/governor/gilbert-carlton-walker/ -
Richmond Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-dispatch-walker-inaugurated-sep/128485256/ -
"1864 Va. Const. art. V, § 1"
https://vagovernmentmatters.org/primary-sources/520.html -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1648–1649.
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"James Lawson Kemper"
https://www.nga.org/governor/james-lawson-kemper/ -
Alexandria Gazette
https://www.newspapers.com/article/alexandria-gazette-kemper-inaugurated-ja/128485324/ -
"1870 Va. Const. art. IV, § 1"
https://vagovernmentmatters.org/primary-sources/516.html -
Sobel 1978, p. 1649.
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"Frederick William Mackey Holliday"
https://www.nga.org/governor/frederick-william-mackey-holliday/ -
Alexandria Gazette
https://www.newspapers.com/article/alexandria-gazette-holliday-inaugurated/128485365/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1650–1651.
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"William E. Cameron"
https://www.nga.org/governor/william-e-cameron/ -
Staunton Spectator
https://www.newspapers.com/article/staunton-spectator-cameron-sworn-in-janu/128497367/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1651.
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"Fitzhugh Lee"
https://www.nga.org/governor/fitzhugh-lee/ -
Richmond Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-dispatch-lee-inaugurated-januar/128497485/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1652.
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"Philip Watkins McKinney"
https://www.nga.org/governor/philip-watkins-mckinney/ -
Richmond Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-dispatch-mckinney-inaugurated-j/128497732/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1652–1653.
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"Charles Triplett O'Ferrall"
https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-triplett-oferrall/ -
The Norfolk Virginian
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-norfolk-virginian-oferrall-inaugura/128497801/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1653–1654.
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"James Hoge Tyler"
https://www.nga.org/governor/james-hoge-tyler/ -
The Portsmouth Star
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-portsmouth-star-tyler-inaugurated-ja/128501768/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1654–1655.
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"Andrew Jackson Montague"
https://www.nga.org/governor/andrew-jackson-montague/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-montague-inaugur/128501857/ -
"1902 Va. Const. art. V, § 69"
https://vagovernmentmatters.org/primary-sources/517.html -
Sobel 1978, p. 1655.
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"Claude Augustus Swanson"
https://www.nga.org/governor/claude-augustus-swanson/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-swanson-inaugura/128501968/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1656.
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"William Hodges Mann"
https://www.nga.org/governor/william-hodges-mann/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-mann-inaugurated/128502052/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1656–1657.
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"Henry Carter Stuart"
https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-carter-stuart/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-stuart-sworn-in/128502370/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1657–1658.
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"Westmoreland Davis"
https://www.nga.org/governor/westmoreland-davis/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-davis-inaugurate/128504810/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1658–1659.
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"Elbert Lee Trinkle"
https://www.nga.org/governor/elbert-lee-trinkle/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-trinkle-inaugura/128504885/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1659–1660.
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"Harry Flood Byrd"
https://www.nga.org/governor/harry-flood-byrd/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-byrd-inaugurated/128504923/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1660–1661.
-
"John Garland Pollard"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-garland-pollard/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-pllard-inaugurat/128504968/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1661–1662.
-
"George Campbell Peery"
https://www.nga.org/governor/george-campbell-peery/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-peery-inaugurate/128505973/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1662–1663.
-
"James Hubert Price"
https://www.nga.org/governor/james-hubert-price/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-price-inaugurate/128506007/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1663–1664.
-
"Colgate Whitehead Darden"
https://www.nga.org/governor/colgate-whitehead-darden/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-darden-inaugurat/128506040/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1664.
-
"William Munford Tuck"
https://www.nga.org/governor/william-munford-tuck/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-tuck-inaugurated/128506135/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1665.
-
"John Stewart Battle"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-stewart-battle/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-battle-inaugurat/128506258/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1665–1666.
-
"Thomas Bahnson Stanley"
https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-bahnson-stanley/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-stanley-inaugura/128506299/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1666–1667.
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"James Lindsay Almond"
https://www.nga.org/governor/james-lindsay-almond/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-almond-inaugurat/128506359/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1667–1668.
-
"Albertis S. Harrison"
https://www.nga.org/governor/albertis-s-harrison/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-harrison-inaugur/128506410/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1668–1669.
-
"Mills Edwin Godwin"
https://www.nga.org/governor/mills-edwin-godwin/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-godwin-inaugurat/128506438/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1669–1670.
-
"Linwood Holton"
https://www.nga.org/governor/linwood-holton/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-holton-inaugurat/128506492/ -
"Va. Const. art. V, § 1"
https://law.justia.com/constitution/virginia/constitution.html#5S1 -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-godwin-inaugurat/128506532/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1670–1671.
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"John Nichols Dalton"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-nichols-dalton/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-dalton-inaugurat/128506579/ -
"Charles Spittal Robb"
https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-spittal-robb/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-robb-inaugurated/128506601/ -
"Gerald L. Baliles"
https://www.nga.org/governor/gerald-l-baliles/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-baliles-inaugura/128506630/ -
"L. Douglas Wilder"
https://www.nga.org/governor/l-douglas-wilder/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-wilder-inaugurat/128506672/ -
"George Allen"
https://www.nga.org/governor/george-allen/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-allen-inaugurate/128506701/ -
"James S. Gilmore"
https://www.nga.org/governor/james-s-gilmore/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-gilmore-inaugura/128506747/ -
"Mark R. Warner"
https://www.nga.org/governor/mark-r-warner/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-warner-inaugurat/128506789/ -
"Tim Kaine"
https://www.nga.org/governor/tim-kaine/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-kaine-inaugurate/128506837/ -
"Robert McDonnell"
https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-mcdonnell/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-mcdonnell-inaugu/128506913/ -
"Terry McAuliffe"
https://www.nga.org/governor/terry-mcauliffe/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-mcauliffe-inaugu/128507872/ -
"Ralph Northam"
https://www.nga.org/governor/ralph-northam/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-northam-inaugura/128507902/ -
"Glenn Youngkin"
https://www.nga.org/governor/glenn-youngkin/ -
Richmond Times-Dispatch
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-youngkin-inaugur/128507950/
