The official responsibilities of Virginia's Lieutenant Governor are set forth in Article V of the Constitution of Virginia. According to the Constitution of Virginia, the Lieutenant Governor's official duties are to serve as President of the Senate and preside over the Senate. The Lieutenant Governor is elected at the same time as the
Governor, but in Virginia, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected separately, i.e., they do not run as a ticket. Therefore, it is possible to have a Governor and Lieutenant Governor of different political parties. The Constitution of Virginia also provides that the Lieutenant Governor is first in the line of succession to Governor. Should the Governor be unable to serve due to death, disqualification or resignation, the Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor. In addition
to these Constitutional responsibilities, the Code of Virginia provides that the Lieutenant Governor shall serve as a member of several other state boards, commissions and councils, including the Board of Trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and the Center for Rural Virginia; the Board of Directors of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership and the Virginia Tourism Authority; the Virginia Military Advisory Council, the Commonwealth Preparedness Council and the Council on
Virginia's Future. While the Governor is limited by the Constitution of Virginia to serving only one four year term, there is no limit on the number of terms that can be served by the Lieutenant Governor. Virginia again a Royal Province, 1660-1776July-September 1687 February 1689-June 1690
| 1660-1661
| Sir William Berkeley, Governor
| | 1661-1662
| Francis Morrison (Moryson), Lieutenant Governor
| | 1662-1677
| Sir William Berkeley, Governor
| | 1677-1683
| Thomas Culpeper, Governor
| | 1677-1678
| Sir Herbert Jeffreys (Jeffries), Lieutenant Governor
| | 1678-1680
| Sir Henry Chicheley, Deputy Governor
| | May-August 1680
| Thomas Culpeper, Governor, resided in Virginia
Represented by duties during his absence for the following terms:
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| 1677-1678
| Sir Herbert Jeffreys (Jeffries), Lieutenant Governor
| | 1678-1680
| Sir Henry Chicheley, Deputy Governor
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| | August 1680-December 1682
| Sir Henry Chicheley, Deputy Governor
| | December 1682-May 1683
| Thomas Culpeper, Governor
| | 1683-1684
| Nicholas Spencer, President of the Council
| | 1684-1689
| Francis Howard, Baron of Effingham, Governor resided in Virginia
| | June-September 1684
| Nathaniel Bacon, President of the Council
| | June 1690-September 1692
| Colonel Francis Nicholson, Lieutenant Governor
Represented by the following individuals in his absence:
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June-September 1684
July-September 1687
February 1689-June 1690
| Nathaniel Bacon, President of the Council
| | June 1690-September 1692
| Colonel Francis Nicholson, Lieutenant Governor
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| | 1692-1698
| Sir Edmund Andros, Governor
| | 1698-1705
| Colonel Francis Nicholson, Governor
Represented by the following during brief absences:
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September-October 1700
April-June 1703
August-September 1704
| William Byrd, President of the Council
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| | September-October 1700
| William Byrd, President of the Council
| | 1705-1706
| Edward Knott, Governor
| | 1706-1708
| Edmund Jennings, President of the Council
| | 1707-1709
| Robert Hunter, Governor, captured by the French and never reached Virginia
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| 1708-1710
| Edmund Jennings, Lieutenant Governor and Deputy to Hunter
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| | 1710-1737
| George Hamilton, Earl of Orkney, Governor
Never went to Virginia and was represented by the following:
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| 1710-1722
| Alexander Spotswood, Lieutenant Governor
| | 1722-1726
| Hugh Drysdale, Lieutenant Governor
| | 1726-1727
| Robert Carter, President of the Council
| | 1727-1749
| Sir William Gooch, Lieutenant Governor
| | 1740-1741
| James Blair, President of the Council (acted during Gooches absence)
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| | 1737-1754
| William Anne Keppel, Governor
Never went to Virginia and was represented by the following deputies:
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| September 1749-November 1750
| Thomas Lee, President of the Council
| | November 1750-November 1751
| Lewis Burwell, President of the Council
| | 1751-1758
| Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant Governor
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| | 1756-1759
| John Cambel, Earl of Loudoun, Governor
Never went to Virginia and was represented by the following deputies:
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| January-June 1758
| John Blair, President of the Council
| | 1758-1768
| Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor
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| | 1759-1768
| Sir Jeffrey Amherst, Governor
| | March-October 1768
| John Blair, President of the Council
| | 1768-1770
| Norborne Berkeley, Governor
| | 1770-1771
| William Nelson, President of the Council
| | 1771-1775
| John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Governor
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Who was the first governor of Virginia colony?
–1622), was the governor of Jamestown, in the English colony of Virginia (now the Commonwealth of Virginia, part of the United States of America).
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Thomas Gates (governor). Who was the first governor of?
The first governor-general in India (of Bengal) was Warren Hastings, the first official governor-general of British India was Lord William Bentinck, and the first governor-general of the Dominion of India was Lord Mountbatten.
Who was the governor of Virginia in 1775?
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Who was the governor of Virginia before Thomas Jefferson?
Jefferson succeeded Patrick Henry, who had occupied the executive office for three terms. The Virginia Constitution of 1776 provided that the governor would be elected for a one-year period and could be consecutively reelected no more than twice.
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