| Succession | Governor | Party | In Office | |
|---|
| 81 | Tim Kaine | Democratic | 1/14/2006 - Present | |
| 80 | Mark Warner | Democratic | 1/12/2002 - 1/14/2006 | |
| 79 | Jim Gilmore | Republican | 1/17/1998 - 1/12/2002 | |
| 78 | George Allen | Republican | 1/15/1994 - 1/17/1998 | |
| 77 | Douglas Wilder | Democratic | 1/14/1990 - 1/15/1994 | |
| 76 | Gerald L. Baliles | Democratic | 1/18/1986 - 1/14/1990 | |
| 75 | Chuck Robb | Democratic | 1/16/1982 - 1/18/1986 | |
| 74 | John N. Dalton | Republican | 1/14/1978 - 1/16/1982 | |
| 73 | Mills E. Godwin, Jr. | Republican | 1/12/1974 - 1/14/1978 | |
| 72 | A. Linwood Holton, Jr. | Republican | 1/17/1970 - 1/12/1974 | |
| 71 | Mills E. Godwin, Jr. | Democratic | 1/15/1966 - 1/17/1970 | |
| 70 | Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. | Democratic | 1/13/1962 - 1/15/1966 | |
| 69 | James Lindsay Almond, Jr. | Democratic | 1/11/1958 - 1/13/1962 | |
| 68 | Thomas Bahnson Stanley | Democratic | 1/20/1954 - 1/11/1958 | |
| 67 | John S. Battle | Democratic | 1/18/1950 - 1/20/1954 | |
| 66 | William M. Tuck | Democratic | 1/16/1946 - 1/18/1950 | |
| 65 | Colgate Darden | Democratic | 1/21/1942 - 1/16/1946 | |
| 64 | James H. Price | Democratic | 1/15/1938 - 1/21/1942 | |
| 63 | George C. Peery | Democratic | 1/17/1934 - 1/15/1938 | |
| 62 | John Garland Pollard | Democratic | 1/15/1930 - 1/17/1934 | |
| 61 | Harry F. Byrd | Democratic | 2/1/1926 - 1/15/1930 | |
| 60 | Elbert Lee Trinkle | Democratic | 2/1/1922 - 2/1/1926 | |
| 59 | Westmoreland Davis | Democratic | 2/1/1918 - 2/1/1922 | |
| 58 | Henry Carter Stuart | Democratic | 2/1/1914 - 2/1/1918 | |
| 57 | William Hodges Mann | Democratic | 2/10/1910 - 2/1/1914 | |
| 56 | Claude A. Swanson | Democratic | 2/1/1906 - 2/10/1910 | |
| 55 | Andrew Jackson Montague | Democratic | 1/1/1902 - 2/1/1906 | |
| 54 | James Hoge Tyler | Democratic | 1/1/1898 - 1/1/1902 | |
| 53 | Charles Triplett O'Ferrall | Democratic | 1/1/1894 - 1/1/1898 | |
| 52 | Philip W. McKinney | Democratic | 1/1/1890 - 1/1/1894 | |
| 51 | Fitzhugh Lee | Democratic | 1/1/1886 - 1/1/1890 | |
| 50 | William E. Cameron | Re-adjuster | 1/1/1882 - 1/1/1886 | |
| 49 | Frederick W. M. Holliday | Democratic | 1/1/1878 - 1/1/1882 | |
| 48 | James L. Kemper | Democratic | 1/1/1874 - 1/1/1878 | |
| 47 | Gilbert Carlton Walker | Republican | 9/21/1869 - 1/1/1874 | |
| 46 | Henry H. Wells | Republican | 4/4/1868 - 9/21/1869 | |
| 45 | Francis Harrison Pierpont | Republican | 5/9/1865 - 4/4/1868 | |
| 44 | William Smith | Democratic | 1/1/1864 - 5/9/1865 | |
| 43 | John Letcher | Democratic | 1/1/1860 - 1/1/1864 | |
| 42 | Henry A. Wise | Democratic | 1/1/1856 - 1/1/1860 | |
| 41 | Joseph Johnson | Democratic | 1/16/1852 - 1/1/1856 | |
| 40 | John B. Floyd | Democratic | 1/1/1849 - 1/16/1852 | |
| 39 | William Smith | Democratic | 1/1/1846 - 1/1/1849 | |
| 38 | James McDowell | Democratic | 1/1/1843 - 1/1/1846 | |
| 37 | John Munford Gregory | Whig | 3/31/1842 - 1/1/1843 | |
| 36 | John Rutherford | Whig | 3/31/1841 - 3/31/1842 | |
| 35 | John M. Patton | Whig | 3/20/1841 - 3/31/1841 | |
| 34 | Thomas Walker Gilmer | Whig | 3/31/1840 - 3/20/1841 | |
| 33 | Wyndham Robertson | Whig | 4/30/1836 - 3/31/1837 | |
| 32 | David Campbell | Democratic | 3/31/1837 - 3/31/1840 | |
| 31 | Littleton Waller Tazewell | Whig | 3/31/1834 - 4/30/1836 | |
| 30 | John Floyd | Democratic | 3/4/1830 - 3/31/1834 | |
| 29 | William Branch Giles | Democratic | 3/4/1827 - 3/4/1830 | |
| 28 | John Tyler | Democratic-Republican | 12/10/1825 - 3/4/1827 | |
| 27 | James Pleasants | Democratic-Republican | 12/1/1822 - 12/10/1825 | |
| 26 | Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 12/1/1819 - 12/1/1822 | |
| 25 | James Patton Preston | Democratic-Republican | 12/1/1816 - 12/1/1819 | |
| 24 | Wilson Cary Nicholas | Democratic-Republican | 12/1/1814 - 12/1/1816 | |
| 23 | Peyton Randolph | Democratic-Republican | 12/27/1811 - 1/3/1812 | |
| 22 | James Barbour | Democratic-Republican | 1/3/1812 - 12/1/1814 | |
| 21 | George William Smith | Democratic-Republican | 4/3/1811 - 12/26/1811 | |
| 20 | George William Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1/15/1811 - 1/19/1811 | |
| 19 | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | 1/19/1811 - 4/3/1811 | |
| 18 | John Tyler, Sr. | Democratic-Republican | 12/1/1808 - 1/15/1811 | |
| 17 | William H. Cabell | Democratic-Republican | 12/7/1805 - 12/1/1808 | |
| 16 | John Page | Democratic-Republican | 12/1/1802 - 12/7/1805 | |
| 15 | John Pendleton | No Party | 12/11/1799 - 12/19/1799 | |
| 14 | Hardin Burnley | No Party | 12/7/1799 - 12/11/1799 | |
| 13 | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | 12/1/1799 - 12/1/1802 | |
| 12 | James Wood | Democratic-Republican | 12/1/1796 - 12/1/1799 | |
| 11 | Robert Brooke | Democratic-Republican | 12/1/1794 - 12/1/1796 | |
| 10 | Henry Lee III | Federalist | 12/1/1791 - 12/1/1794 | |
| 9 | Beverley Randolph | No Party | 12/1/1788 - 12/1/1791 | |
| 8 | Edmund Randolph | No Party | 12/1/1786 - 12/1/1788 | |
| 7 | Patrick Henry | No Party | 12/1/1784 - 12/1/1786 | |
| 6 | David Jameson | No Party | 11/22/1781 - 12/1/1781 | |
| 5 | Benjamin Harrison V | No Party | 12/1/1781 - 12/1/1784 | |
| 4 | William Fleming | No Party | 6/3/1781 - 6/12/1781 | |
| 3 | Thomas Nelson, Jr. | No Party | 6/12/1781 - 11/22/1781 | |
| 2 | Thomas Jefferson | No Party | 6/1/1779 - 6/3/1781 | |
| 1 | Patrick Henry | No Party | 7/5/1776 - 6/1/1779 | |