List of Lieutenant Governors of Virginia

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This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of Virginia since 1852 when the government of Virginia had several reforms, including the addition of a Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. From 1776-1851, there was a Council of State whose president would fill any vacancy left by the Governor of Virginia. During the colonial era in Virginia, the nominal Lieutenant Governor often served as the acting governor. See the list of colonial governors of Virginia for these lieutenant governors.

  1. Shelton Leake, Albemarle County, Virginia, 1852-1856
  2. Elisha W. McComas, Cabell County, West Virginia (then Virginia), 1856-1857
  3. William Lowther Jackson, Wood County, West Virginia (then Virginia), 1857-1860
  4. Robert Latane Montague, Middlesex County, Virginia, 1860-1864
  5. Samuel Price, Greenbrier County, West Virginia (then Virginia), 1864-1865
  6. Daniel Polsley, Mason County, West Virginia (then Virginia), Restored Government 1861-1863
  7. Leopold Copeland Parker Cowper, Norfolk County, Virginia, Restored Government 1863-1865
  8. Leopold Copeland Parker Cowper, Norfolk County, Virginia, 1865-1869
  9. John F. Lewis, Rockingham County, Virginia, 1869-1870
  10. John Lawrence Marye, Jr., Spotsylvania County, Virginia, 1870-1874
  11. Robert E. Withers, Campbell County, Virginia, 1874-1875
  12. Henry Wirtz Thomas, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1875-1878
  13. James A. Walker, Pulaski County, Virginia, 1878-1882
  14. John F. Lewis, Rockingham County, Virginia, 1882-1886
  15. John Edward "Parson" Massey, Albemarle County, Virginia, 1886-1890
  16. James Hoge Tyler, Pulaski County, Virginia, 1890-1894
  17. Robert Craig Kent, Wythe County, Virginia, 1894-1898
  18. Edward Echols, Staunton, Virginia, 1898-1902
  19. Joseph Edward Willard, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1902-1906
  20. James Taylor Ellyson, Richmond, Virginia, 1906-1918
  21. Benjamin Franklin Buchanan, Smyth County, Virginia, 1918-1922
  22. Junius Edgar West, Suffolk, Virginia, 1922-1930
  23. James H. Price, Richmond, 1930-1938
  24. Saxon Winston Holt, Newport News, Virginia, died in office then vacancy, 1938-1940
  25. William M. Tuck, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia, 1942-1946
  26. Lewis Preston Collins II, Smyth County, Virginia, died in office, 1946-1952
  27. Allie Edward Stokes Stephens, the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, filled Collins term, 1952-1962
  28. Mills E. Godwin, Jr., Nansemond County, Virginia, 1962-1966
  29. Fred G. Pollard, Richmond, 1966-1970
  30. J. Sargeant Reynolds, Richmond, died in office, 1970-1971
  31. Henry Howell, Norfolk, Virginia, filled Reynolds term, 1971-1974
  32. John N. Dalton, Radford, Virginia, 1974-1978
  33. Chuck Robb, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1978-1982
  34. Richard Joseph Davis, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1982-1986
  35. Douglas Wilder, Richmond, 1986-1990
  36. Don Beyer, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1990-1998
  37. John H. Hager, Richmond, 1998-2002
  38. Tim Kaine, Richmond, 2002-2006
  39. Bill Bolling, 2006-