| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson | Jun 1, 1779 Jun 3, 1781 |
No Party Affiliation |
| William Fleming | Jun 3, 1781 Jun 12, 1781 |
No Party Affiliation |
| Thomas Nelson, Jr. | Jun 12, 1781 Nov 22, 1781 |
No Party Affiliation |
| David Jameson | Nov 22, 1781 Dec 1, 1781 |
No Party Affiliation |
| Benjamin Harrison V | Dec 1, 1781 Dec 1, 1784 |
No Party Affiliation |
| Patrick Henry | Dec 1, 1784 Dec 1, 1786 |
No Party Affiliation |
| Edmund Randolph | Dec 1, 1786 Dec 1, 1788 |
No Party Affiliation |
| Beverley Randolph | Dec 1, 1788 Dec 1, 1791 |
No Party Affiliation |
| Henry Lee III | Dec 1, 1791 Dec 1, 1794 |
Federalist |
| Robert Brooke | Dec 1, 1794 Dec 1, 1796 |
Democratic-Republican |
| James Wood | Dec 1, 1796 Dec 1, 1799 |
Democratic-Republican |
| John Page | Dec 1, 1802 Dec 7, 1805? |
Democratic-Republican |
| John Tyler, Sr. | Dec 1, 1808 Jan 15, 1811 |
Democratic-Republican |
| James Monroe | Jan 19, 1811 April 3, 1811 |
Democratic-Republican |
| George William Smith | April 3, 1811 Dec 26, 1811 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Peyton Randolph | Dec 27, 1811 Jan 3, 1812 |
Democratic-Republican |
| James Barbour | Jan 3, 1812 Dec 1, 1814 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Wilson Cary Nicholas | Dec 1, 1814 Dec 1, 1816 |
Democratic-Republican |
| James Patton Preston | Dec 1, 1816 Dec 1, 1819 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. | Dec 1, 1819 Dec 1, 1822 |
Democratic-Republican |
| James Pleasants | Dec 1, 1822 Dec 10, 1825 |
Democratic-Republican |
| John Tyler | Dec 10, 1825 March 4, 1827 |
Democratic-Republican |
| William Branch Giles | March 4, 1827 March 4, 1830 |
Democratic |
| John Floyd | March 4, 1830 March 31, 1834 |
Democratic |
| Littleton Waller Tazewell | March 31, 1834 April 30, 1836 |
Whig |
| Wyndham Robertson | April 30, 1836 March 31, 1837 |
Whig |
| David Campbell | March 31, 1837 March 31, 1840 |
Democratic |
| Thomas Walker Gilmer | March 31, 1840 March 20, 1841 |
Whig |
| John Rutherford | March 31, 1841 March 31, 1842 |
Whig |
| John Munford Gregory | March 31, 1842 Jan 1, 1843 |
Whig |
| James McDowell | Jan 1, 1843 Jan 1, 1846 |
Democratic |
| John B. Floyd | Jan 1, 1849 Jan 16, 1852 |
Democratic |
| Joseph Johnson | Jan 16, 1852 Jan 1, 1856 |
Democratic |
| Henry A. Wise | Jan 1, 1856 Jan 1, 1860 |
Democratic |
| John Letcher | Jan 1, 1860 Jan 1, 1864 |
Democratic |
| William Smith | Jan 1, 1864 May 9, 1865 |
Democratic |
| Francis Harrison Pierpont | May 9, 1865 April 4, 1868 |
Republican |
| Henry H. Wells | April 4, 1868 Sep 21, 1869 |
Republican |
| Gilbert Carlton Walker | Sep 21, 1869 Jan 1, 1874 |
Republican |
| James L. Kemper | Jan 1, 1874 Jan 1, 1878 |
Democratic |
| Frederick W. M. Holliday | Jan 1, 1878 Jan 1, 1882 |
Democratic |
| William E. Cameron | Jan 1, 1882 Jan 1, 1886 |
Re-adjuster |
| Fitzhugh Lee | Jan 1, 1886 Jan 1, 1890 |
Democratic |
| Philip W. McKinney | Jan 1, 1890 Jan 1, 1894 |
Democratic |
| Charles Triplett O'Ferrall | Jan 1, 1894 Jan 1, 1898 |
Democratic |
| James Hoge Tyler | Jan 1, 1898 Jan 1, 1902 |
Democratic |
| Andrew Jackson Montague | Jan 1, 1902 Feb 1, 1906 |
Democratic |
| Claude A. Swanson | Feb 1, 1906 Feb 10, 1910 |
Democratic |
| William Hodges Mann | Feb 10, 1910 Feb 1, 1914 |
Democratic |
| Henry Carter Stuart | Feb 1, 1914 Feb 1, 1918 |
Democratic |
| Westmoreland Davis | Feb 1, 1918 Feb 1, 1922 |
Democratic |
| Elbert Lee Trinkle | Feb 1, 1922 Feb 1, 1926 |
Democratic |
| Harry F. Byrd | Feb 1, 1926 Jan 15, 1930 |
Democratic |
| John Garland Pollard | Jan 15, 1930 Jan 17, 1934 |
Democratic |
| George C. Peery | Jan 17, 1934 Jan 15, 1938 |
Democratic |
| James H. Price | Jan 15, 1938 Jan 21, 1942 |
Democratic |
| Colgate Darden | Jan 21, 1942 Jan 16, 1946 |
Democratic |
| William M. Tuck | Jan 16, 1946 Jan 18, 1950 |
Democratic |
| John S. Battle | Jan 18, 1950 Jan 20, 1954 |
Democratic |
| Thomas Bahnson Stanley | Jan 20, 1954 Jan 11, 1958 |
Democratic |
| James Lindsay Almond, Jr. | Jan 11, 1958 Jan 13, 1962 |
Democratic |
| Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. | Jan 13, 1962 Jan 15, 1966 |
Democratic |
| Hardin Burnley | Dec 7, 1799? Dec 11, 1799? |
No Party Affiliation |
| John Pendleton | Dec 11, 1799? Dec 19, 1799? |
No Party Affiliation |
| William H. Cabell | Dec 7, 1805? Dec 1, 1808 |
Democratic-Republican |
| James Monro | Dec 1, 1799? Dec 1, 1802 |
Democratic-Republican |
| John M. Patton | March 20, 1841 -March 31, 1841 | Whig |
| A. Linwood Holton, Jr. | Jan 17, 1970 Jan 12, 1974 |
Republican |
| Mills E. Godwin, Jr. | Jan 12, 1974 Jan 14, 1978 |
Republican |
| John N. Dalton | Jan 14, 1978 Jan 16, 1982 |
Republican |
| Chuck Robb | Jan 16, 1982 Jan 18, 1986 |
Democratic |
| Gerald L. Baliles | Jan 18, 1986 Jan 14, 1990 |
Democratic |
| Douglas Wilder | Jan 14, 1990 Jan 15, 1994 |
Democratic |
| George Allen | Jan 15, 1994 Jan 17, 1998 |
Republican |
| Jim Gilmore | Jan 17, 1998 Jan 12, 2002 |
Republican |
| Mark Warner | Jan 12, 2002 Jan 14, 2006 |
Democratic |
| Tim Kaine | Jan 14, 2006 Jan 16, 2010 |
Democratic |
| Bob McDonnell | Jan 16, 2010 Incumbent |
Republican |
