1776, |
June |
29 |
—Patrick Henry. |
1779, |
June |
1 |
—Thomas Jefferson. |
1781, |
June |
12 |
—Thomas Nelson, Jr.; resigned. |
1781, |
Nov. |
20 |
—Benjamin Harrison. |
1784, |
Nov. |
29 |
—Patrick Henry. |
1786, |
Dec. |
1 |
—Edmund Randolph. |
1788, |
Dec. |
1 |
—Beverley Randolph. |
1791, |
Dec. |
1 |
—Henry Lee. |
1794, |
Dec. |
1 |
—Robert Brooke. |
1796, |
Dec. |
1 |
—James Wood. |
1799, |
Dec. |
1 |
—James Monroe. |
1802, |
Dec. |
1 |
—John Page. |
1805, |
Dec. |
1 |
—William H. Cabell. |
1808, |
Dec. |
1 |
—John Tyler. |
1811, |
Jan. |
11 |
—James Monroe; appointed Secretary of State of the
United States, Nov. 25, 1811. |
1811, |
Nov. |
25 |
—George William Smith, Lieutenant-Governor, and
Acting Governor; died Dec. 26, 1811. |
1811, |
Dec. |
26 |
—Peyton Randolph, Senior Member of Council of State. |
1812, |
Jan. |
3 |
—James Barbour, Governor. |
1814, |
Dec. |
1 |
—Wilson Cary Nicholas. |
1816, |
Dec. |
1 |
—James P. Preston. |
1819, |
Dec. |
1 |
—Thomas Mann Randolph. |
1822, |
Dec. |
1 |
—James Pleasants, Jr. |
1825, |
Dec. |
1 |
—John Tyler. |
1827, |
March |
|
—William B. Giles. |
1830, |
March |
|
—John Floyd. |
1834, |
March |
|
—Littleton Waller Tazewell; resigned April 30, 1836. |
1836, |
April |
30 |
—Wyndham Robertson, Lieutenant-Governor. |
1837, |
March |
|
—David Campbell. |
1840, |
March |
|
—Thomas Walker Gilmer; resigned to take his seat as a
Member of Congress. |
1841, |
March |
|
—John Rutherfoord, Lieutenant-Governor. |
1842, |
March |
|
—John M. Gregory, Lieutenant-Governor. |
1843, |
January |
|
—James McDowell, Governor. |
1846, |
January |
|
—William Smith. |
1849, |
January |
|
—John B. Floyd. |
1851, |
Jan. |
1 |
—Joseph Johnson. |
1856, |
January |
|
—Henry Alexander Wise. |
1860, |
January |
|
—John Letcher. |
1864, |
January |
|
—William Smith. |
1865, |
May |
9 |
—Francis H. Pierpoint. |
1868, |
April |
16 |
—Henry H. Wells. |
1870, |
Jan. |
1 |
—Gilbert C. Walker. |
1874, |
Jan. |
1 |
—James L. Kemper. |
1878, |
Jan. |
1 |
—Frederick W. M. Holliday. |
1882, |
Jan. |
1 |
—William E. Cameron. |
1886, |
Jan. |
1 |
—Fitzhugh Lee. |