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lxrd Howard, it»84.Nathaniel Bacon. 1087.Francis Nicholson. Ifi90.Sir Edmund Andross, 1692. (|lEdward Nott. 1705.Edward Jennings. 170C.Alexander Spottswood, 1710.Hugh Drysdale. 1722.Colonel Robert Carter. 1726.William Couch. 1727.Robert Dinwiddle, 1752.Francis Fanquler, 173S.John Blair, 1768. j hLord iBottetourt, 1769. 11:William Nelson. 1770. \tJohn Murray, the earl of Dunmore, ;j1772. 11The Earl of Dunmore continued gov-1 h ernor until 1775, when he fled. | vThe Interregnum. j vPresidents of conventions, who exe-1 v cuted the office of governor. j hPeyton Randolph, 1775. I nEdmund Pendleton, 1776. : tGovernors of Virginia nnder Republic. | a Patrick Henry, 1776.Thomas Jefferson. 1779.Thomas Nelson. 1781.Benjamin Harrison. 17S1.Patrick Henry, 1784. ! uEdmund Randolph, 1786.Beverly Randolph, 1788.Henry I-ee, 1791.Robert Brooke. 1794.James Wood, 1796.James Monroe. 1799.John Page, 1802.William H. Cabell, 1805.John Tyler, 1808.James Monroe, 1811.George W. Smith. 1811. ‘ ,James Barbour, 1812. t iiWilson C. Nicholas. 1814. ! gJames P. Preston. 1816. i rThomas M. Randolph. 1819. jtJanies Pleasants, 1822.John Tyler, 1825.William B. Giles. 1827. , nJohn Floyd, 1830. ; vLittleton W. Tazewell. 1834. fWyndham Robertson. 1836. rDavisson Campbell, 1837. j:Thomas W. Gilmer. 1840. iJohn Rutherford, 1841. 1John M. Gregory, 1842. IJames McDowell, 1843. .William Smith, 184G. ' iJohn B. Floyd, 1849. -Joseph Johnson, 1852. ItHenry A. Wise, 1856. nJohn Letcher. 1860. fGovernors under the Re-organizedGovernment. i rFrancis H. Plerpoint, 1861. nGovernors of West Virginia. r Arthur I. Borenian. June 20. 1863. • stDaniel T. Farnsworth, February 27, 1869.William E. Stevenson, March 4, 1869John J. Jacob. March 4. 1871.Henry M. Mathews, March 4.1877.Jacob B. Jackson. March 4. 1881.Emanuel W. Wilson, (March 4, 18S5.A. Brooks Fleming. February 6, 1890.William A. McCorklo, March 4. 1S93. j tGeorge W. Atkinson, March 4. 1897.1 vAlbert B. White, March 4, 1901. j cWilliam M. O. Dawson, March 4, 1905.William E. Glasscock. March 4.1909.Under the constitution of 1863 the | term of office of the governor was two a years. The constitution of 1872 In- j r creased the term to four years.The Hon. Daniel T. T. Farnsworth as president of the senate became governor upon the resignation of Governor Boreman, on February 27. 1869. who had been elected to the United States Senate, and served until March 4.Governor Wilson held the office j t nearly one year beyond his term ow- g Ing to a contested election between the Won. Nathan Goff aryl the Hon. A. Brooks Fleming.The constitution of 1776 provided that the governor's term of office should be limited to three years.The constitution of 1830 established I o
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