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Williamsburg Mayors
Note: Records are incomplete for gaps in the 1700s and 1800s. Two ending dates are in doubt.
- George P. Coleman, 1929 to 1934
- Channing M. Hall, 1934 to 1947
- Vincent D. McManus, 1947 to 1948
- Dr. Henry M. Stryker, 1948 to 1968
- Vincent D. McManus, 1968 to 1970
- Vernon M. Geddy, Jr., 1970 to 1984
- Robert Walker, 1984 to 1988
- John Hodges, 1988 to 1992
- Trist B. McConnell 1992 to 1996
- Gilbert Granger, 1996 to 1998
- Jeanne Zeidler, 1998 to 2010
- Clyde Haulman, 2010 to 2016
- Paul Freiling, 2016 to 2020
- Doug Pons, 2020 to Present
- Robert Saunders, 1868
- Robert F. Cole, 1868
- John D. Mumford, 1869
- William A. Durfey, 1870 to 1879?
- John A. Henley, 1879 to 1896
- John L. Mercer, 1896 to 1904
- E. W. Warburton, 1904 to 1916
- Dr. John M. Henderson, 1916 to 1928
- John Garland Pollard, 1928 to 1929
- William Holt, 1776 to 1777
- William Holt, 1782 to 1783
- John Bracken, 1796 to 1797
- John Bracken, 1800 to 1801
- John Henderson, 1801 to 1802
- Richard Greenhow, 1805 to 1806
- Robert Carr, 1817 to 1818
- W. W. Webb, 1829
- Thomas Coleman, 1830
- William M. Moody, 1830
- Henley Taylor, 1835
- John J. Maupin, 1850
- Robert Saunders, 1859
- R. M. Garrett, 1859 to 1863
- Lemuel Bowden, 1862 to 1863
- W. R. C. Douglas, 1863 to 1864?
- John H. Barlow, 1864 to 1867
- John Holloway, 1712 to 1723
- Abraham Nicholas, 1735 to 1736
- Edward Barradall, 1736 to 1737
- John Harmer, 1737 to 1738
- Robert Davidson, 1738 to 1739
- John Harmer, 1745 to 1746
- Dr. George Gilmer, 1746 to 1747
- Dr. John Amson, 1750 to 1751
- John Blair, Jr., 1751 to 1752
- John Holt, 1752 to 1753
- John Randolph, 1755 to 1756
- John Prentis, 1759 to 1760
- Thomas Everard, 1766 to 1767
- Dr. James Cocke, 1767 to 1768
- George Wythe, 1768 to 1769
- John Blair, Jr., 1769 to 1770
- John Randolph, 1770 to 1771
- Thomas Everard, 1771 to 1772
- Dr. James Cocke, 1772 to 1773
- John Blair, Jr., 1773 to 1774
- John Dixon, 1774 to 1775
- Dr. William Pasteur, 1775 to 1776
Governors Under the Commonwealth of Virginia
- Chosen by the State Legislature, 1776 to 1852
- Elected by Popular Vote, 1852 to Current
- Patrick Henry, 1776 to 1779
- Thomas Jefferson, 1779 to 1781
- William Fleming, Member of the Council of State Acting as Governor, June 4 to 12, 1781
- Thomas Nelson, Jr., June to November 1781
- David Jameson, Member of the Council of State Acting as Governor, November 22 to 30, 1781
- Benjamin Harrison, 1781 to 1784
- Patrick Henry, 1784 to 1786
- Edmund Randolph, 1786 to 1788
- Beverley Randolph, 1788 to 1791
- Henry Lee, 1791 to 1794
- Robert Brooke, 1794 to 1796
- James Wood, 1796 to 1799
- Hardin Burnley, Member of the Council of State Acting as Governor, December 7 to 11, 1799
- John Pendleton, Member of the Council of State Acting as Governor, December 11 to 19, 1799
- James Monroe, 1799 to 1802
- John Page, 1802 to 1805
- William H. Cabell, 1805 to 1808
- John Tyler, Sr., 1808 to 1811
- George W. Smith, Member of the Council of State Acting as Governor, January 15 to 19, 1811
- James Monroe, January 19 to April 3, 1811
- George W. Smith, Member of the Council of State Acting as Governor, April 3 to December 6, 1811
- George W. Smith, December 6 to 26, 1811
- Peyton Randolph, Member of the Council of State Acting as Governor, December 27, 1811 to January 4, 1812
- James Barbour, 1812 to 1814
- Wilson Cary Nicholas, 1814 to 1816
- James P. Preston, 1816 to 1819
- Thomas Mann Randolph, 1819 to 1822
- James Pleasants, 1822 to 1825
- John Tyler, Jr., 1825 to 1827
- William B. Giles, 1827 to 1830
- John Floyd, 1830 to 1834
- Littleton Waller Tazewell, 1834 to 1836
- Wyndham Robertson, Member of the Council of State Acting as Governor, March 1836 to March 1837
- David Campbell, 1837 to 1840
- Thomas Walker Gilmer, 1840 to 1841
- John Mercer Patton, Member of the Council of State Acting as Governor, March 20 to 31, 1841
- John Rutherford, Member of the Council of State Acting as Governor, March 1841 to March 1842
- John M. Gregory, Member of the Council of State Acting as Governor, March 1842 to January 1843
- James McDowell, 1843 to 1846
- William Smith, 1846 to 1849
- John Buchanan Floyd, 1849 to 1852
- Joseph Johnson, 1852 to 1856
- Henry Alexander Wise, 1856 to 1860
- John Letcher, 1860 to 1864
- William Smith, 1864 to 1865
- Francis Harrison Pierpont, Provisional Governor, May 1865 to April 1868
- Henry H. Wells, Provisional Governor, April 1868 to September 1869
- Gilbert C. Walker, Provisional Governor, September 1869 to December 1869
- Gilbert C. Walker, 1870 to 1874
- James Lawson Kemper, 1874 to 1878
- Frederick W. M. Holliday, 1878 to 1882
- William E Cameron, 1882 to 1886
- Fitzhugh Lee, 1886 to 1890
- Philip W McKinney, 1890 to 1894
- Charles T. O'Ferrall, 1894 to 1898
- James Hoge Tyler, 1898 to 1902
- Andrew Jackson Montague, 1902 to 1906
- Claude A. Swanson, 1906 to 1910
- William Hodges Mann, 1910 to 1914
- Henry Carter Stuart, 1914 to 1918
- Westmoreland Davis, 1918 to 1922
- E. Lee Trinkle, 1922 to 1926
- Harry F. Byrd, 1926 to 1930
- John Garland Pollard, 1930 to 1934
- George C. Peery, 1934 to 1938
- James H. Price, 1938 to 1942
- Colgate W. Darden, Jr., 1942 to 1946
- William M. Tuck, 1946 to 1950
- John Stewart Battle, 1950 to 1954
- Thomas B. Stanley, 1954 to 1958
- J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., 1958 to 1962
- Albertis S. Harrison, Jr., 1962 to 1966
- Mills E. Godwin, Jr., 1966 to 1970
- A. Linwood Holton, 1970 to 1974
- Mills E. Godwin, Jr., 1974 to 1978
- John N. Dalton, 1978 to 1982
- Charles S. Robb, 1982 to 1986
- Gerald L. Baliles, 1986 to 1990
- Lawrence Douglas Wilder, 1990 to 1994
- George Allen, 1994 to 1998
- James S. Gilmore, III, 1998 to 2002
- Mark. R. Warner, 2002 to 2006
- Timothy S. Kaine, 2006 to 2010
- Robert F. McDonnell, 2010 to 2014
- Terence R. "Terry" McAuliffe, 2014 to 2018
- Ralph S. Northam, 2018 to 2022
- Glenn Youngkin, 2022 to present