Listă a guvernatorilor statului Virginia, SUA
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Această pagină este o listă a guvernatorilor statului Virginia, SUA, cuprinzând toţi guverantorii statului Virginia, începând cu anul 1607 şi terminând cu 1776, perioadă în care Virginia a fost colonie britanică, continuând cu perioada când Virginia a fost stat independent (1776 - 1788), dar parte a uniunii libere a celor 13 foste colonii britanice din America de Nord şi încheind cu perioada dintre 1788 până în 2006, când Virginia a fost şi este stat component al Statelor Unite ale Americii sub denumirea de The Commonwealth of Virginia (statul asociat Virginia).
Guvernatorului statului Virginia îi este interzisă, prin Constituţia Commonwealth-ului, servirea de termene consecutive. Astfel, Virginia este singurul stat al Statelor Unite în care guvernator în exerciţiu nu poate candida la alegerile următoare. Acest fapt nu a împiedicat mai mulţi guvernatori să servească termene multiple. O altă caracteristică deosebită a statului Virginia este alegerea guvernatorilor şi a locţiitorilor acestora (în engleză, lieutenant governors) pe liste separate, astfel încât cei doi pot fi din partide politice diferite şi chiar rivali. Fiecare termen guvernatorial, care ţine patru ani, începe în sâmbăta de după cea de-a doua miercure din ianuarie.
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[modifică] Guvernatorii coloniali (1607 - 1775)
Perioada cuprinsă între 1607 şi 1775 este perioada când Virginia a fost subiect al Angliei. Această perioadă, la rândul său, cuprinde patru subperioade, conform autorităţii care avea dreptul de a desemna guvernatori. Astfel între:
- 1607 şi 1624, guvernatorii coloniali ai Virginiei (deşi Virginia era subiect al coroanei engleze) au fost numiţi de o companiei privată, "Virginia Company of London", fiind numiţi Virginia Company of London Governors;
- 1624 şi 1652, guvernatorii coloniali ai Virginiei au fost desemnaţi direct de către monarhul britanic, fiind numiţi Crown Governors.
- 1652 şi 1660, guvernatorii coloniali ai Virginiei au fost numiţi de Republica engleză (în engleză, Commonwealth of England), fiind numiţi Commonwealth of England Governors.
- 1660 şi 1775, urmând Restauraţiei Stuart, de revenire a Angliei la monarhie, guvernatorii coloniali ai Virginiei au fost numiţi din nou direct de către monarhul britanic, fiind numiţi din nou Crown Governors.
[modifică] Virginia Company of London Governors (1607 - 1624)
- Edward Maria Wingfield (1607);
- John Ratcliffe (1608);
- Matthew Scrivener (1608);
- John Smith (1608 - 1609);
- George Percy (1609 - 1610);
- Thomas Gates (guvernator) (1610);
- Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1610 - 1611);
- George Percy (1611);
- Sir Thomas Dale (1611);
- Thomas Gates (guvernator) (1611 - 1614);
- Sir Thomas Dale (1614 - 1616)
- George Yeardley (1616 - 1617);
- Samuel Argall (1617 - 1619);
- George Yeardley (1619 - 1621);
- Francis Wyatt (1621 - 1624).
[modifică] Crown Governors (1624 - 1652)
- Francis Wyatt (1624 - 1626);
- George Yeardley (1626 - 1627);
- Francis West (1627 - 1629);
- John Pott (1629 - 1630);
- John Harvey (1630 - 1635);
- John West (1635 - 1637);
- John Harvey (1637 - 1639);
- Francis Wyatt (1639 - 1642);
- William Berkeley (1642 - 1652);
- Richard Kemp (1644 - 1645).
[modifică] Commonwealth of England Governors (1652 - 1660)
- Richard Bennett (1652 - 1655);
- Edward Digges (1655 - 1656);
- Samuel Mathews (1656 - 1660);
- William Berkeley (1660).
[modifică] Crown Governors (1660 - 1775)
- William Berkeley (1669 - 1677)
- Thomas Culpeper, 2nd Baron Culpeper of Thoresway (1677 - 1683)
- Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham (1683 - 1692)
- Edmund Andros (1692 - 1698)
- Francis Nicholson (1698 - 1705)
- President of the Council Edward Nott (1705 - 1706)
- Edmund Jenings (1706-1708)
- Robert Hunter (1707 - 1709)
- George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (1710 - 1737, absentee)
- Lieutenant Governor: Alexander Spotswood (1710-1722)
- President of the Council: Robert "King" Carter (1726-Sept. 1727)[1]
- Lieutenant Governor: William Gooch (1727-1740)
- Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (1737-1754, absentee)
- Lieutenant Governor: William Gooch (1741-1749)
- Lieutenant Governor: Robert Dinwiddie (1751-January 1758)
- John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, (1756-1759)
- Lieutenant Governor: Robert Dinwiddie (1751 to January 1758)
- Lieutenant Governor: Francis Fauquier (1758-1768)
- Jeffery Amherst (1759-1768, absentee)
- President of the Council John Blair (1768)
- Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt (1768-1770)
- William Nelson (1770-1771)
- John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1771-June 1775)
[modifică] President of the Committee for Public safety (1775 - 1776)
[modifică] Guvernatori aleşi de către legislatura statului (1776 - 1852)
[modifică] Commonwealth of Virginia (1776 - 1788)
Ordine | Nume | Perioadă în oficiu | Partid politic |
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1. | Patrick Henry | 1776 - 1779 | Nici unul |
2. | Thomas Jefferson | 1779 - 1781 | Nici unul |
3. | William Fleming | 1781 - 1781 | Nici unul |
4. | Thomas Nelson, Jr. | 1781 - 1781 | Nici unul |
5. | Benjamin Harrison | 1781 - 1784 | Nici unul |
6. | Patrick Henry | 1784 - 1786 | Nici unul |
7. | Edmund Randolph | 1786 - 1788 | Nici unul |
8. | Beverley Randolph | 1788 - 1791 | Nici unul |
9. | Henry Lee | 1791 - 1794 | Federalist |
10. | Robert Brooke | 1794 - 1796 | Democratic-Republican |
11. | James Wood | 1796 - 1799 | Democratic-Republican |
[modifică] Statul component al Statelor Unite ale Americii, Commonwealth of Virginia (1799 - 1852)
# | Name | Party | Term | Previous Office |
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12 | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | 1799–1802 | |
13 | John Page | Democratic-Republican | 1802–1805 | |
14 | William H. Cabell | Democratic-Republican | 1805–1808 | |
15 | John Tyler, Sr. | Democratic-Republican | 1808–1811 | |
N/A | George William Smith | Democratic-Republican | Jan 1811–Jan 1811 | Member of the Council of State acting as Governor |
16 | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | Jan 1811–April 1811 | |
N/A | George William Smith | Democratic-Republican | April 1811–Dec 1811 | Member of the Council of State acting as Governor |
17 | George William Smith | Democratic-Republican | Dec 1811–Dec 1811 | |
N/A | Peyton Randolph | Democratic-Republican | Dec. 1811–Jan. 1812 | Member of the Council of State acting as Governor |
18 | James Barbour | Democratic-Republican | 1812–1814 | |
19 | Wilson Cary Nicholas | Democratic-Republican | 1814–1816 | |
20 | James Patton Preston | Democratic-Republican | 1816–1819 | |
21 | Thomas Mann Randolph | Democratic-Republican | 1819–1822 | |
22 | James Pleasants | Democratic-Republican | 1822–1825 | |
23 | John Tyler | Democratic-Republican | 1825–1827 | |
24 | William Branch Giles | Democrat | 1827–1830 | |
25 | John Floyd | Democrat | 1830–1834 | |
26 | Littleton Waller Tazewell | Whig | 1834–1836 | |
N/A | Wyndham Robertson | Whig | March 1836–March 1837 | Member of the Council of State acting as Governor |
27 | David Campbell | Democrat | 1837–1840 | |
28 | Thomas Walker Gilmer | Whig | 1840–1841 | |
N/A | John Mercer Patton | Whig | March 20, 1841–March 31, 1841 | Member of the Council of State acting as Governor |
N/A | John Rutherford | Whig | March 1841–March 1842 | Member of the Council of State acting as Governor |
N/A | John Munford Gregory | Whig | March 1842–Jan. 1843 | Member of the Council of State acting as Governor |
29 | James McDowell | Democrat | 1843–1846 | |
30 | William Smith | Democrat | 1846–1849 | |
31 | John Buchanan Floyd | Democrat | 1849–1852 |
[modifică] Guvernatori aleşi prin vot universal (1852 - 2006)
# | Name | Party | Term | Previous Office |
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32 | Joseph Johnson | Democrat | 1852–1856 | US Congress |
33 | Henry A. Wise | Democrat | 1856–1860 | US Congress |
34 | John Letcher | Democrat | 1860–1864 | US Congress |
35 | William Smith | Democrat | 1864–1865 | US Congress |
N/A | Francis H. Pierpont | Republican | May 1865–April 1868 | Unelected Military Governor |
N/A | Henry H. Wells | Republican | April 1868–Sept. 1869 | Unelected Military Governor |
N/A | Gilbert C. Walker | Republican | Sept. 1869–Dec. 1869 | Unelected Military Governor |
36 | Gilbert C. Walker | Democrat | 1870–1874 | Provisional Governor |
37 | James L. Kemper | Democrat | 1874–1878 | Confederate General |
38 | Frederick W. M. Holliday | Democrat | 1878–1882 | Confederate Colonel |
39 | William E. Cameron | Re-adjuster | 1882–1886 | Mayor of Petersburg, VA |
40 | Fitzhugh Lee | Democrat | 1886–1890 | Confederate General |
41 | Philip W. McKinney | Democrat | 1890–1894 | |
42 | Charles T. O'Ferrall | Democrat | 1894–1898 | US Congress |
43 | James Hoge Tyler | Democrat | 1898–1902 | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia |
44 | Andrew Jackson Montague | Democrat | 1902–1906 | Attorney General of Virginia |
45 | Claude A. Swanson | Democrat | 1906–1910 | US Congress |
46 | William H. Mann | Democrat | 1910–1914 | |
47 | Henry Carter Stuart | Democrat | 1914–1918 | |
48 | Westmoreland Davis | Democrat | 1918–1922 | Farmer and Magazine Editor |
49 | Elbert Lee Trinkle | Democrat | 1922–1926 | Virginia State Senate |
50 | Harry F. Byrd Sr. | Democrat | 1926–1930 | President of The Valley Turnpike Company |
51 | John Garland Pollard | Democrat | 1930–1934 | Attorney General of Virginia |
52 | George C. Peery | Democrat | 1934–1938 | US Congress |
53 | James H. Price | Democrat | 1938–1942 | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia |
54 | Colgate W. Darden Jr. | Democrat | 1942–1946 | US Congress |
55 | William M. Tuck | Democrat | 1946–1950 | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia |
56 | John S. Battle | Democrat | 1950–1954 | Virginia State Senate |
57 | Thomas B. Stanley | Democrat | 1954–1958 | US Congress |
58 | James Lindsay Almond, Jr. | Democrat | 1958–1962 | Attorney General of Virginia |
59 | Albertis S. Harrison Jr. | Democrat | 1962–1966 | Attorney General of Virginia |
60 | Mills E. Godwin Jr. | Democrat | 1966–1970 | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia |
61 | A. Linwood Holton Jr. | Republican | 1970–1974 | US Senate Candidate |
62 | Mills E. Godwin Jr. | Republican | 1974–1978 | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia |
63 | John N. Dalton | Republican | 1978–1982 | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia |
64 | Charles S. Robb | Democrat | 1982–1986 | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia |
65 | Gerald L. Baliles | Democrat | 1986–1990 | Attorney General of Virginia |
66 | L. Douglas Wilder | Democrat | 1990-1994 | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia |
67 | George F. Allen | Republican | 1994–1998 | US Congress |
68 | James S. Gilmore III | Republican | 1998–2002 | Attorney General of Virginia |
69 | Mark R. Warner | Democrat | 2002–2006 | US Senate Candidate |
70 | Tim Kaine | Democrat | 2006–Present | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia |
[modifică] Surse
Pentru detalii suplimentare, vedeţi şi Website-ul guvernului statului Virginia.
- Congressional Quarterly
- Virginia governors. (2000). In Congressional Quarterly, American political leaders 1789 - 2000. Washington: CQ Press. - 10 ianuarie, 2006, CQ Electronic Library, CQ Voting and Elections Collection, . Document ID: amldrs-147-7136-390228. (Necesită subscriere)
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