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The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1851. [9] Prior to that a Council of State existed; it chose from among its members a president who would be "lieutenant-governor" and would act as governor when there was a vacancy in that office. [1] [10] The governor and the lieutenant governor are elected at the same time but not on the same ...
Lists of governors of Virginia are lists of governors of the American state of Virginia. They include colonial governors before the United States declared independence, and governors since that date. List of colonial governors of Virginia (1585–1775). List of governors of Virginia, covers post-colonial governors (1775–present).
Some of those who held the lead role as governor of Virginia never visited the New World and governed through deputies resident in the colony. Others, such as Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, held the lead role for many years but were in Virginia for only a short portion of that time and usually delegated responsibilities to others.
List of colonial governors of Virginia during British rule: Pages in category "Colonial governors of Virginia" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 ...
Painting of John Smith and colonists landing in Jamestown. On 4 May [O.S. 14 May] 1607, 105 to 108 English men and boys (surviving the voyage from England) established the Jamestown Settlement for the Virginia Company of London, on a slender peninsula on the bank of the James River.
Pages in category "Governors of Virginia" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Foxton Cottage c. 1734, Taylorstown historic district. Green Spring Plantation, James City County - home of governor Sir William Berkeley site of Bacon's Rebellion, ruins; Greenway Plantation c. 1776, Charles City County, birthplace U.S. President John Tyler. The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg - home of Virginia's colonial governors ...
The future governor had either six or seven siblings, including Rev. Thomas Smith (1799-1847), who was a minister at Smithfield, Virginia and later Parkersburg, West Virginia, and James Madison Smith (1808-1853). [2] Billie Smith attended private school in Virginia and Plainfield Academy in Connecticut, then returned to Virginia to read law.