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States: Vermont (VT) - Virginia (VA) - Washington (WA) - West Virginia (WV) - Wisconsin (WI)Wyoming (WY)

Party abbreviations: Dem = Democratic Party (liberal, center-left, former D-R, est.1829); Rep = Republican Party (conservative, center-right, est.1854); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: A-D = Anti-Democratic Party; AMP = Anti-Masonic Party (opposed Free Masonry, 1827-1836); Con = Conservative Party (in VA 1870-1883); DPP = Debt-Paying Party (favored raising taxes to repay Virginia state debt, affiliated with Dem, 1878-1882); D-R = Democratic-Republican Party (pro-states rights, anti-federalist, 1791-1829, renamed Dem); Fed = Federalist Party (conservative, federalist, 1792-1824); N-R = National Republican Party (anti-Jacksonian, 1826-1834); Pop = People's (Populist) Party (agrarian, populist, left-wing, merger of Farmers' Alliance and Greenback Party, 1892-1909, merged into Dem); Prog = Progressive Party (progressive/socialist, 1924-1955); Rdj = Readjuster Party (biracial, populist, opposed raising taxes to repay Virginia state debt, Feb 1879-1887, merged into Rep); Whg = Whig Party (economic nationalist, protectionist, anti-Jacksonian, 1833-1860)


Vermont
 
[Vermont
                                  mythic flag 1777-1791 (possible
                                  reconstruction) Vermont did not adopt
                                  a flag until 1804) (U.S.)]
1777 - 1791  Mythical Vermont Flag
(Vermont did not adopt a flag until 1804)
[Flag of
                                  Vermont 1804-1837 (U.S.)]
1 May 1804 - 20 Oct 1837
 
[Flag
                                  of Vermont-8 pt, 1837-1923 (U.S.)]
20 Oct 1837 - 1 Jun 1923
 
[Flag
                                  of Vermont-5 pt Variant, 1837-1923
                                  (U.S.)]
20 Oct 1837 - 1 Jun 1923 (Variant)
[Flag of
                                  State of Vermont (U.S.)]
Adopted 1 Jun 1923

Map of Vermont
Hear State Song
"These Green Mountains"
Adopted 5 May 2000
Former State Song
"Hail! Vermont"
(13 May 1938 - 5 May 2000)
State Constitution
(9 Jul 1793)
-------------------------------
Former Constitutions

(8 Jul 1777,  4 Jul 1786)
 Capital: Montpelier¹
(Rutland and Windsor
1791-1805; Bennington, Windsor, and Manchester 1777-1791)
Motto: Vermont, Freedom
and Unity
Nickname: Green Mountain
State
Population: 643,077 (2020)
Vermont State Government
1777-1791

Chronology

26 Jul 1764                Part of New York; often called "the New
                             Hampshire grants."
17 Jan 1777                State of New Connecticut, independence from
                             New York declared by what was commonly called
                             the "New Hampshire Grants"
(not recognized).
 4 Jun 1777                State of Vermont (from 8 Jul 1777, Commonwealth
                             of Vermont also in use).

 4 Mar 1791                Incorporation into United States as the
                             State of Vermont (after Massachusetts [1781],
                             New Hampshire [1782], and New York [1790]
                             relinquish their claims to Vermont).
 

Mayors of
Burlington

 
 
 
 
 

President of the General Convention of Delegates
24 Jul 1776 -  8 Jul 1777  Joseph Bowker                      (b. 1725 - d. 1784)
                             (nominally to 12 Mar 1778)
President of the Council of Safety

11 Jul 1777 - 12 Mar 1778  Thomas Chittenden                  (b. 1730 - d. 1797)  Non-party
Governors
13 Mar 1778 -  9 Oct 1789  Thomas Chittenden (1st time)       (s.a.)               Non-party
10 Oct 1789 - 13 Oct 1789  Joseph Marsh (acting)              (b. 1726 - d. 1811)  Non-party
13 Oct 1789 - 14 Oct 1790  Moses Robinson                     (b. 1741 - d. 1813)  
Non-party
15 Oct 1790 - 20 Oct 1790  Peter Olcott (acting)              (b. 1733 - d. 1808)  Non-party
20 Oct 1790 - 25 Aug 1797  Thomas Chittenden (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Non-party
25 Aug 1797 - 16 Oct 1797  Paul Brigham (acting)              (b. 1746 - d. 1824)  D-R
16 Oct 1797 -  9 Oct 1807  Isaac Tichenor (1st time)          (b. 1754 - d. 1838)  Fed
 9 Oct 1807 - 14 Oct 1808  Israel Smith                       (b. 1759 - d. 1810)  D-R
14 Oct 1808 - 14 Oct 1809  Isaac Tichenor (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Fed
14 Oct 1809 - 23 Oct 1813  Jonas Galusha (1st time)           (b. 1753 - d. 1834)  D-R
23 Oct 1813 - 14 Oct 1815  Martin Chittenden                  (b. 1763 - d. 1840)  Fed
14 Oct 1815 - 23 Oct 1820  Jonas Galusha (2nd time)           (s.a.)               D-R
23 Oct 1820 - 10 Oct 1823  Richard Skinner                    (b. 1778 - d. 1833)  D-R
10 Oct 1823 - 13 Oct 1826  Cornelius P. Van Ness              (b. 1782 - d. 1852)  D-R
13 Oct 1826 - 10 Oct 1828  Ezra Butler                        (b. 1763 - d. 1838)  N-R
10 Oct 1828 - 18 Oct 1831  Samuel C. Crafts                   (b. 1768 - d. 1853)  N-R
18 Oct 1831 -  2 Nov 1835  William A. Palmer                  (b. 1781 - d. 1860)  AMP
 2 Nov 1835 - 15 Oct 1841  Silas H. Jennison                  (b. 1791 - d. 1849)  Whg
15 Oct 1841 - 13 Oct 1843  Charles Paine                      (b. 1799 - d. 1853)  Whg
13 Oct 1843 - 11 Oct 1844  John Mattocks                      (b. 1777 - d. 1847)  Whg
11 Oct 1844 -  9 Oct 1846  William Slade                      (b. 1786 - d. 1859)  Whg
 9 Oct 1846 -  1 Oct 1848  Horace Eaton                       (b. 1804 - d. 1855)  Whg
 1 Oct 1848 - 11 Oct 1850  Carlos Coolidge                    (b. 1792 - d. 1866)  Whg
11 Oct 1850 -  1 Oct 1852  Charles K. Williams                (b. 1782 - d. 1853)  Whg
 1 Oct 1852 -  1 Oct 1853  Erastus Fairbanks (1st time)       (b. 1792 - d. 1864)  Whg
 1 Oct 1853 - 13 Oct 1854  John S. Robinson                   (b. 1804 - d. 1860)  Dem
13 Oct 1854 - 10 Oct 1856  Stephen Royce                      (b. 1787 - d. 1868) Whg;1855 Rep
10 Oct 1856 - 10 Oct 1858  Ryland Fletcher                    (b. 1799 - d. 1885)  Rep
10 Oct 1858 - 12 Oct 1860  Hiland Hall                        (b. 1795 - d. 1885)  Rep
12 Oct 1860 - 11 Oct 1861  Erastus Fairbanks (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Rep
11 Oct 1861 -  9 Oct 1863  Frederick Holbrook                 (b. 1813 - d. 1909)  Rep
 9 Oct 1863 - 13 Oct 1865  John Gregory Smith                 (b. 1818 - d. 1891)  Rep
13 Oct 1865 - 13 Oct 1867  Paul Dillingham                    (b. 1799 - d. 1891)  Rep
13 Oct 1867 - 15 Oct 1869  John B. Page                       (b. 1826 - d. 1885)  Rep
15 Oct 1869 -  7 Feb 1870  Peter T. Washburn                  (b. 1814 - d. 1870)  Rep
 7 Feb 1870 -  6 Oct 1870  George W. Hendee (acting)          (b. 1832 - d. 1906)  Rep
 6 Oct 1870 -  3 Oct 1872  John W. Stewart                    (b. 1825 - d. 1915)  Rep
 3 Oct 1872 -  8 Oct 1874  Julius Converse                    (b. 1798 - d. 1885)  Rep
 8 Oct 1874 -  5 Oct 1876  Asahel Peck                        (b. 1803 - d. 1879)  Rep
 5 Oct 1876 -  3 Oct 1878  Horace Fairbanks                   (b. 1820 - d. 1888)  Rep
 3 Oct 1878 -  7 Oct 1880  Redfield Proctor                   (b. 1831 - d. 1908)  Rep
 7 Oct 1880 -  5 Oct 1882  Roswell Farnham                    (b. 1827 - d. 1903)  Rep
 5 Oct 1882 -  2 Oct 1884  John L. Barstow                    (b. 1832 - d. 1913)  Rep
 2 Oct 1884 -  7 Oct 1886  Samuel E. Pingree                  (b. 1832 - d. 1922)  Rep
 7 Oct 1886 -  4 Oct 1888  Ebenezer J. Ormsbee                (b. 1834 - d. 1924)  Rep
 4 Oct 1888 -  2 Oct 1890  William P. Dillingham              (b. 1843 - d. 1923)  Rep
 2 Oct 1890 -  6 Oct 1892  Carroll S. Page                    (b. 1843 - d. 1925)  Rep
 6 Oct 1892 -  4 Oct 1894  Levi K. Fuller                     (b. 1841 - d. 1896)  Rep
 4 Oct 1894 -  8 Oct 1896  Urban A. Woodbury                  (b. 1838 - d. 1915)  Rep
 8 Oct 1896 -  6 Oct 1898  Josiah Grout                       (b. 1841 - d. 1925)  Rep
 6 Oct 1898 -  4 Oct 1900  Edward C. Smith                    (b. 1854 - d. 1923)  Rep
 4 Oct 1900 -  3 Oct 1902  William W. Stickney                (b. 1853 - d. 1932)  Rep
 3 Oct 1902 -  6 Oct 1904  John G. McCullough                 (b. 1835 - d. 1915)  Rep
 6 Oct 1904 -  4 Oct 1906  Charles J. Bell                    (b. 1845 - d. 1909)  Rep
 4 Oct 1906 -  8 Oct 1908  Fletcher D. Proctor                (b. 1860 - d. 1911)  Rep
 8 Oct 1908 -  5 Oct 1910  George H. Prouty                   (b. 1862 - d. 1918)  Rep
 5 Oct 1910 -  3 Oct 1912  John A. Mead                       (b. 1841 - d. 1920)  Rep
 3 Oct 1912 -  7 Jan 1915  Allen M. Fletcher                  (b. 1853 - d. 1922)  Rep
 7 Jan 1915 -  4 Jan 1917  Charles W. Gates                   (b. 1856 - d. 1927)  Rep
 4 Jan 1917 -  9 Jan 1919  Horace F. Graham                   (b. 1862 - d. 1941)  Rep
 9 Jan 1919 -  6 Jan 1921  Percival W. Clement                (b. 1846 - d. 1927)  Rep
 6 Jan 1921 -  4 Jan 1923  James Hartness                     (b. 1861 - d. 1934)  Rep
 4 Jan 1923 -  8 Jan 1925  Redfield Proctor                   (b. 1879 - d. 1957)  Rep
 8 Jan 1925 -  6 Jan 1927  Franklin S. Billings               (b. 1862 - d. 1935)  Rep
 6 Jan 1927 -  8 Jan 1931  John E. Weeks                      (b. 1853 - d. 1949)  Rep
 8 Jan 1931 - 10 Jan 1935  Stanley C. Wilson                  (b. 1879 - d. 1967)  Rep
10 Jan 1935 -  7 Jan 1937  Charles M. Smith                   (b. 1868 - d. 1937)  Rep
 7 Jan 1937 -  9 Jan 1941  George D. Aiken                    (b. 1892 - d. 1984)  Rep
 9 Jan 1941 -  4 Jan 1945  William H. Wills                   (b. 1882 - d. 1946)  Rep
 4 Jan 1945 -  9 Jan 1947  Mortimer R. Proctor                (b. 1889 - d. 1968)  Rep
 9 Jan 1947 - 16 Jan 1950  Ernest W. Gibson                   (b. 1901 - d. 1969)  Rep
16 Jan 1950 -  4 Jan 1951  Harold J. Arthur                   (b. 1904 - d. 1971)  Rep
 4 Jan 1951 -  6 Jan 1955  Lee E. Emerson                     (b. 1898 - d. 1976)  Rep
 6 Jan 1955 -  8 Jan 1959  Joseph B. Johnson                  (b. 1893 - d. 1986)  Rep
 8 Jan 1959 -  5 Jan 1961  Robert T. Stafford                 (b. 1913 - d. 2006)  Rep
 5 Jan 1961 - 10 Jan 1963  Frank Ray Keyser, Jr.              (b. 1927 - d. 2015)  Rep
10 Jan 1963 -  9 Jan 1969  Philip H. Hoff                     (b. 1924 - d. 2018)  Dem
 9 Jan 1969 -  4 Jan 1973  Deane C. Davis                     (b. 1900 - d. 1990)  Rep
 4 Jan 1973 -  6 Jan 1977  Thomas P. Salmon                   (b. 1932)            Dem
 6 Jan 1977 - 10 Jan 1985  Richard A. Snelling (1st time)     (b. 1927 - d. 1991)  Rep
10 Jan 1985 - 10 Jan 1991  Madeleine May Kunin (f)            (b. 1933)            Dem
10 Jan 1991 - 14 Aug 1991  Richard A. Snelling (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Rep
14 Aug 1991 -  8 Jan 2003  Howard Dean                        (b. 1948)            Dem
 8 Jan 2003 -  6 Jan 2011  Jim Douglas                        (b. 1951)            Rep
 6 Jan 2011 -  5 Jan 2017  Peter Shumlin                      (b. 1956)            Dem
 5 Jan 2017 -              Phillip "Phil" Scott               (b. 1958)            Rep

 ¹the Vermont legislature held sessions in several cities, moving each session until Montpelier was made the permanent seat of the legislature in Nov 1805, effective in 1808. Sessions were held: 1778 Windsor, 1778 Bennington, 1778 Windsor, 1779 Bennington, 1779 Windsor, 1779 Manchester, 1780 Westminster, 1780 Bennington, 1781 Windsor, 1781 Windsor, 1781 Bennington, 1781 Charlestown (now N.H.), 1782 Bennington, 1782 Windsor, 1782 Manchester, 1783 Windsor, 1783 Westminster, 1784 Bennington, 1784 Rutland, 1785 Norwich, 1785 Windsor, 1786 Rutland, 1787 Bennington, 1787 Newbury, 1788 Manchester, 1789 Westminster, 1790 Castleton, 1791 Bennington, 1791 Windsor, 1792 Rutland, 1793 Windsor, 1794 Rutland, 1795 Windsor, 1796 Rutland, 1797 Rutland, 1797 Windsor, 1798 Vergennes, 1799 Windsor, 1800 Middlebury, 1801 Newbury, 1802 Burlington, 1803 Westminster, 1804 Windsor, 1804 Rutland, 1805 Danville, 1806 Middlebury, 1807 Woodstock, and from 1808 in Montpelier.



Virginia
 

[flag of
                              Commonwealth of Virginia, 1861-1931
                              (U.S.)]
30 Apr 1861 - 1931
[Flag of
                                  Commonwealth of Virginia (U.S.)]
Adopted 1931
Map of Virginia
State Song
"Our Great Virginia"
and Popular State Song
"Sweet Virginia Breeze"

Adopted 26 Mar 2015

Former State Song
"Carry Me Back to
Old
Virginia"
(22 Feb 1940 - 20 Mar 1997)
State Constitution
(1 Jul 1971)
 Capital: Richmond
(Lynchburg 6-10 Apr 1865;
Williamsburg 1699-1780;
Jamestown 1607-1699)
Motto: Sic semper tyrannis
(Thus always to tyrants)
Nicknames: The Old Dominion,
Mother of Presidents,
Mother of States
Population: 8,631,393 (2020)
Mayors of Norfolk
Chronology

10 Sep 1570 - Feb 1571     Spanish Jesuits, led by Juan Baptista de Segura
                             (b. 1529 - d. 1571), attempt a
mission at
                             Kiskiack (Ajacán)(modern Jamestown) in the
                             Bahia de Santa Maria (Chesapeake Bay), it is
                             eventually destroyed by the local Indians.
10 Apr 1606                First Charter of Virginia.
26 Apr 1607                English expedition of the London Company branch
                             of the proprietary Virginia Company headed by
                             Capt. Christopher Newport (b. 1561 - d. 1617)
                             arrives at Cape Henry aboard the ships Susan
                             Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery
14 May 1607                Jamestown settlement established.
14 May 1607                English colony of Virginia; under the London

                             Company rule (to 24 May 1624).
23 May 1609                Second Charter of Virginia.
12 Mar 1611                Third Charter of Virginia.
18 Nov 1618                Great Charter (by the Virginia Company).
24 Jul 1621                Ordinance for Virginia (Constitution for the
                             Council and Assembly for Virginia).
24 May 1624                Crown colony (Virginia Colony).

Sep 1649 - 12 Mar 1652     Loyal to Royalist forces of King Charles II
                             during the English Civil War.
1706                       Colony and Dominion of Virginia
 5 Jul 1776                Commonwealth of Virginia

25 Jun 1788                State of the U.S.
21-23 Aug 1831             Nate Turner's rebellion.
23 May 1861                Referendum confirms Secession Ordinance of 

                             17 May 1861 and accession decision of
                             7 May 1861 by Confederate States of America.
20 Jun 1863                Separation of West Virginia.
26 Jan 1870                Re-admitted to United States.

 Mayors of
Richmond
Shenandoah
National Park Map
George
Washington
Memorial Parkway
Map
 Arlington
National Cemetery
 

Dates: Note dates listed below are Old Style until Aug 1705. The U.K. officially adopted the New Style (Gregorian) Calendar on 2 Sep 1752 which was followed by 14 Sep 1752.

Presidents of the Council
14 May 1607 - 10 Sep 1607  Edward Maria Wingfield             (b. 1550 - d. 1631)
10 Sep 1607 - 22 Jul 1608  John Ratcliffe                     (b. 1549 - d. 1609)
22 Jul 1608 - 10 Sep 1608  Matthew Scrivener                  (b. 1580 - d. 1609)
10 Sep 1608 -  5 Oct 1609  John Smith                         (b. 1580 - d. 1631)
 5 Oct 1609 - 23 May 1610  George Percy                       (b. 1586 - d. 1632)
Governors of Virginia
23 May 1610 - 10 Jun 1610  Sir Thomas Gates (1st time)        (b. c.1565 - d. 1621)
                             (acting) 

10 Jun 1610 -  7 Jun 1618  Thomas West, Baron de la Warr      (b. 1577 - d. 1618)
28 Mar 1611 - 19 May 1611  George Percy                       (s.a.)
                             (acting for de la Warr)
19 May 1611 - Aug 1611     Thomas Dale (1st time)             (b. c.1565 - d. 1629)
                             (acting for de la Warr)
Aug 1611 - Mar 1612        Sir Thomas Gates (2nd time)        (s.a.)
                             (acting for de la Warr)
Mar 1612 - Apr 1616        Thomas Dale (2nd time)             (s.a.)
                             (acting for de la Warr)
Apr 1616 -  9 Apr 1617     George Yeardley (1st time)         (b. 1587? - d. 1627)
                             (acting for de la Warr)
 9 Apr 1617 -  9 Apr 1619  Samuel Argall (Argoll)             (b. 1572 - d. 1626)
                             (acting [for Baron de la Warr to 7 Jun 1618])
 9 Apr 1619 - 19 Apr 1619  Nathaniel Powell (acting)          (b. c.1587 - d. 1622)
19 Apr 1619 - 18 Nov 1621  Sir George Yeardley (2nd time)     (s.a.)
18 Nov 1621 - 24 May 1626  Sir Francis Wyatt                  (b. 1588 - d. 1644)
Jun 1626 - 14 Nov 1627     Sir George Yeardley (3rd time)     (s.a.)
                             (acting to 19 Apr 1626)
14 Nov 1627 -  5 Mar 1628  Francis West                       (b. 1586 - d. 1634)
 5 Mar 1628 - Mar 1630     John Pott (Potts)                  (d. 1642?)
Mar 1630 -  7 May 1635     Sir John Harvey (1st time)         (b. c.1581 - d. 1646) 
                             (acting)
 7 May 1635 - 18 Jan 1637  John West                          (b. 1590 - d. 1659)
18 Jan 1637 - Nov 1639     Sir John Harvey (2nd time)         (s.a.)
Nov 1639 - Feb 1642        Sir Francis Wyatt (2nd time)       (s.a.)
Feb 1642 - 12 Mar 1652     Sir William Berkeley (1st time)    (b. 1605 - d. 1677)
Jun 1644 -  7 Jun 1645     Richard Kemp (acting for Berkeley) (b. 1600 - d. 1649)
30 Apr 1652 -  2 Mar 1655  Richard Bennett                    (b. 1609 - d. 1675)
13 Mar 1655 - Dec 1656     Edward Digges                      (b. 1620 - d. 1675)
Dec 1656 - Jan 1660        Samuel Mathews                     (b. 1600 - d. 1660)
Jan 1660 - 13 Mar 1660     Vacant
13 Mar 1660 - 27 Apr 1677  Sir William Berkeley (2nd time)    (s.a.)
30 Apr 1661 - Nov 1662     Francis Moryson                    (b. 1628? - d. c.1681)
                             (acting for Berkeley)
30 Jul 1676 - 26 Oct 1676  Nathaniel Bacon, Jr. (in rebellion)(b. 1647 - d. 1676)
27 Apr 1677 -  9 Jul 1677  Herbert Jeffreys                   (b. 1625 - d. 1678)

                             (acting)
Lieutenants and Governors General of Virginia
 
9 Jul 1677 - 28 Sep 1683  Thomas Culpeper, Baron Culpeper    (b. 1635 - d. 1689)
                             of Thoresway
                            (declared to have forfeited office 16 Aug 1683)

28 Sep 1683 - 21 Feb 1684  Vacant
21 Feb 1684 - 20 Sep 1692  Francis Howard, Baron Howard of    (b. 1643 - d. 1694)

                             Effingham 
20 Sep 1692 -  9 Dec 1698  Sir Edmund Andros                  (b. 1637 - d. 1714)
9 Dec 1698-15/26 Aug 1705  Francis Nicholson                  (b. 1655 - d. 1728)
26 Aug 1705 -  3 Sep 1706  Edward Nott                        (b. 1657 - d. 1706)
President of the Council of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia
 7 Sep 1706 -  4 Jul 1710  Edmund Jennings                    (b. 1659 - d. 1727)

Lieutenant-Governors and Commanders-in-Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia

 4 Jul 1710 -  8 Oct 1722  Alexander Spotswood                (b. 1676 - d. 1740)

 4 Jul 1710 -  9 Feb 1737  George Hamilton Douglas, Earl of   (b. 1666 - d. 1737)
                             Orkney (never came to Virginia)
 8 Oct 1722 -  2 Aug 1726  Hugh Drysdale                      (b. 1672? - d. 1726)

President and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia
12 Aug 1726 - 22 Sep 1727  Robert Carter                      (b. 1663 - d. 1732)

Lieutenant-Governors and Commanders-in-Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia
22 Sep 1727 -  2 Dec 1751  William Gooch                      (b. 1681 - d. 1751)

15 Nov 1737 - 22 Dec 1754  William Anne Keppel, Earl of       (b. 1702 - d. 1754)
                             Albemarle (never came to Virginia)
 2 Dec 1751 -  5 Jun 1758  Robert Dinwiddie                   (b. 1673 - d. 1770)
11 Oct 1756 - 29 Sep 1759  John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun     (b. 1705 - d. 1782)
                             (never came to Virginia)
 5 Jun 1758 -  3 Mar 1768  Francis Fauquier                   (b. 1703 - d. 1768)
 4 Mar 1760 - 12 Aug 1768  Sir Jeffery Amherst                (b. 1717 - d. 1797)
                             (never came to Virginia)
President of the Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia
 4 Mar 1768 - 26 Oct 1768  John Blair (2nd time)              (b. 1687 - d. 1771)

Lieutenant and Governor General of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia
26 Oct 1768 - 15 Oct 1770  Norborne Berkeley, Baron de        (b. 1717? - d. 1770)

                             Botetourt 
President of the Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia
15 Oct 1770 - 25 Sep 1771  William Nelson                     (b. 1711 - d. 1772)

Lieutenant and Governor General of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia
25 Sep 1771 -  7 Aug 1776  John Murray, Earl of Dunmore       (b. 1730 - d. 1809)

                            (abandons the seat of government 8 Jun 1775, takes
                            refuge on U.K. ship which leaves 7 Aug 1776;
                            [nominally to 3 Sep 1783])

Presidents of the (Provincial) Convention

 1 Aug 1774 -  6 Aug 1774  Peyton Randolph (1st time)         (b. 1721 - d. 1775)
 6 Aug 1774 - 20 Mar 1775 
dissolution period
20 Mar 1775 - 27 Mar 1775  Peyton Randolph (2nd time)         (s.a.)
27 Mar 1775 - 17 Jul 1775 
dissolution period
17 Jul 1775 - 16 Aug 1775  Peyton Randolph (3rd time)         (s.a.)
17 Aug 1775 - 26 Aug 1775  Robert Carter Nicholas             (b. 1728 - d. 1780)
                             (pro tempore)

26 Aug 1775 -  1 Dec 1775  dissolution period
 1 Dec 1775 - 20 Jan 1776  Edmund Pendleton                   (b. 1721 - d. 1803)
President of the Committee of Safety

26? Aug 1775 - 5 Jul 1776  Edmund Pendleton                   (s.a.)
Governors
 5 Jul 1776 -  1 Jun 1779  Patrick Henry (1st time)           (b. 1736 - d. 1799)
 1 Jun 1779 -  3 Jun 1781  Thomas Jefferson                   (b. 1743 - d. 1826)
 3 Jun 1781 - 12 Jun 1781  William Fleming (acting)           (b. 1729 - d. 1795)
12 Jun 1781 - 22 Nov 1781  Thomas Nelson                      (b. 1738 - d. 1789)
22 Nov 1781 - 30 Nov 1781  David Jameson (acting)             (b. 1723 - d. 1793)
 1 Dec 1781 - 29 Nov 1784  Benjamin Harrison                  (b. 1726 - d. 1791)  Fed
30 Nov 1784 - 30 Nov 1786  Patrick Henry (2nd time)           (s.a.)               anti-Fed
 1 Dec 1786 - 30 Nov 1788  Edmund J. Randolph                 (b. 1753 - d. 1813)  Fed
 1 Dec 1788 -  1 Dec 1791  Beverley Randolph                  (b. 1754 - d. 1797)  anti-Fed
 1 Dec 1791 -  1 Dec 1794  Henry Lee                          (b. 1756 - d. 1818)  Fed
 1 Dec 1794 -  1 Dec 1796  Robert Brooke                      (b. 1751 - d. 1799)  D-R
 1 Dec 1796 -  1 Dec 1799  James Wood                         (b. 1747 - d. 1813)  Fed
 7 Dec 1799 - 11 Dec 1799  Hardin Burnley (acting)            (b. 1761 - d. 1809)  Fed
11 Dec 1799 - 19 Dec 1799  John Pendleton, Jr. (acting)       (b. 1749 - d. 1806)
19 Dec 1799 -  1 Dec 1802  James Monroe (1st time)            (b. 1758 - d. 1831)  D-R
 1 Dec 1802 -  1 Dec 1805  John Page                          (b. 1744 - d. 1808)  D-R
 7 Dec 1805 -  1 Dec 1808  William H. Cabell                  (b. 1772 - d. 1853)  D-R
 1 Dec 1808 - 15 Jan 1811  John Tyler                         (b. 1747 - d. 1813)  D-R
15 Jan 1811 - 19 Jan 1811  George W. Smith (1st time)(acting) (b. 1762 - d. 1811)  D-R
19 Jan 1811 -  3 Apr 1811  James Monroe (2nd time)            (s.a.)               D-R
 3 Apr 1811 - 26 Dec 1811  George W. Smith (2nd time)         (s.a.)               D-R
                             (acting to 5 Dec 1811)
26 Dec 1811 -  3 Jan 1812  Peyton Randolph (acting)           (b. 1779 - d. 1828)  D-R

 3 Jan 1812 -  1 Dec 1814  James Barbour                      (b. 1775 - d. 1842)  A-D
 1 Dec 1814 -  1 Dec 1816  Wilson C. Nicholas                 (b. 1761 - d. 1820)  D-R
 1 Dec 1816 -  1 Dec 1819  James P. Preston                   (b. 1774 - d. 1843)  D-R
 1 Dec 1819 -  1 Dec 1822  Thomas M. Randolph                 (b. 1768 - d. 1828)  D-R
 1 Dec 1822 - 11 Dec 1825  James Pleasants, Jr.               (b. 1769 - d. 1836)  D-R
11 Dec 1825 -  4 Mar 1827  John Tyler                         (b. 1790 - d. 1862)  Dem
 4 Mar 1827 -  4 Mar 1830  William B. Giles                   (b. 1762 - d. 1830)  Dem
 4 Mar 1830 - 31 Mar 1834  John Floyd                         (b. 1783 - d. 1837)  Dem
31 Mar 1834 - 30 Apr 1836  Littleton W. Tazewell              (b. 1774 - d. 1860)  Dem
30 Apr 1836 - 31 Mar 1837  Wyndham Robertson                  (b. 1803 - d. 1888)  Whg
31 Mar 1837 - 31 Mar 1840  David Campbell                     (b. 1779 - d. 1859)  Whg
31 Mar 1840 - 20 Mar 1841  Thomas W. Gilmer                   (b. 1802 - d. 1844)  Whg
20 Mar 1841 - 31 Mar 1841  John M. Patton (acting)            (b. 1797 - d. 1858)  Whg
31 Mar 1841 - 31 Mar 1842  John Rutherford (acting)           (b. 1792 - d. 1866)  Whg
31 Mar 1842 -  1 Jan 1843  John M. Gregory (acting)           (b. 1804 - d. 1884)  Whg
 1 Jan 1843 -  1 Jan 1846  James McDowell                     (b. 1796 - d. 1851)  Whg
 1 Jan 1846 -  1 Jan 1849  William Smith (1st time)           (b. 1797 - d. 1887)  Dem
 1 Jan 1849 - 16 Jan 1852  John B. Floyd                      (b. 1806 - d. 1863)  Dem
16 Jan 1852 - 31 Dec 1855  Joseph Johnson                     (b. 1785 - d. 1877)  Dem
 1 Jan 1856 - 31 Dec 1859  Henry A. Wise                      (b. 1806 - d. 1876)  Dem
 1 Jan 1860 - 31 Dec 1863  John Letcher                       (b. 1813 - d. 1884)  Dem
 1 Jan 1864 - 13 Jun 1865  William Smith (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Dem
19 Jun 1861 -  4 Apr 1868  Francis Harrison Pierpont          (b. 1814 - d. 1899)  Rep
                            (of pro-Union Restored Government of Virginia to 9 May 1865;
                             in Wheeling to 28 Aug 1863, then Alexandria to 26 May 1865)
 4 Apr 1868 - 21 Sep 1869  Henry H. Wells                     (b. 1823 - d. 1890)  Rep
21 Sep 1869 -  1 Jan 1874  Gilbert C. Walker                  (b. 1833 - d. 1885)  Rep
 1 Jan 1874 -  1 Jan 1878  James L. Kemper                    (b. 1823 - d. 1895)  Con
 1 Jan 1878 -  1 Jan 1882  Frederick W.M. Holliday            (b. 1828 - d. 1899)  DPP
 1 Jan 1882 -  1 Jan 1886  William E. Cameron                 (b. 1842 - d. 1927)  Rdj
 1 Jan 1886 -  1 Jan 1890  Fitzhugh Lee                       (b. 1835 - d. 1905)  Dem
 1 Jan 1890 -  1 Jan 1894  Philip W. McKinney                 (b. 1832 - d. 1899)  Dem
 1 Jan 1894 -  1 Jan 1898  Charles T. O'Ferrall               (b. 1840 - d. 1905)  Dem
 1 Jan 1898 -  1 Jan 1902  J. Hoge Tyler                      (b. 1846 - d. 1925)  Dem
 1 Jan 1902 -  1 Feb 1906  Andrew J. Montague                 (b. 1862 - d. 1937)  Dem
 1 Feb 1906 - 10 Feb 1910  Claude A. Swanson                  (b. 1862 - d. 1939)  Dem
10 Feb 1910 -  1 Feb 1914  William H. Mann                    (b. 1843 - d. 1927)  Dem
 1 Feb 1914 -  1 Feb 1918  Henry C. Stuart                    (b. 1855 - d. 1933)  Dem
 1 Feb 1918 -  1 Feb 1922  Westmoreland Davis                 (b. 1859 - d. 1942)  Dem
 1 Feb 1922 -  1 Feb 1926  E. Lee Trinkle                     (b. 1876 - d. 1939)  Dem
 1 Feb 1926 - 15 Jan 1930  Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.              (b. 1887 - d. 1966)  Dem
15 Jan 1930 - 17 Jan 1934  John Garland Pollard               (b. 1871 - d. 1937)  Dem
17 Jan 1934 - 15 Jan 1938  George C. Peery                    (b. 1873 - d. 1952)  Dem
15 Jan 1938 - 21 Jan 1942  James H. Price                     (b. 1878 - d. 1943)  Dem
21 Jan 1942 - 16 Jan 1946  Colgate W. Darden, Jr.             (b. 1897 - d. 1981)  Dem
16 Jan 1946 - 18 Jan 1950  William M. Tuck                    (b. 1896 - d. 1983)  Dem
18 Jan 1950 - 20 Jan 1954  John S. Battle                     (b. 1890 - d. 1972)  Dem
20 Jan 1954 - 11 Jan 1958  Thomas B. Stanley                  (b. 1890 - d. 1970)  Dem
11 Jan 1958 - 13 Jan 1962  J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.             (b. 1898 - d. 1986)  Dem
13 Jan 1962 - 15 Jan 1966  Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.          (b. 1907 - d. 1995)  Dem
15 Jan 1966 - 17 Jan 1970  Mills E. Godwin, Jr.               (b. 1914 - d. 1999)  Dem
                             (1st time) 
17 Jan 1970 - 12 Jan 1974  A. Linwood Holton, Jr.             (b. 1923 - d. 2021)  Rep
12 Jan 1974 - 14 Jan 1978  Mills E. Godwin, Jr.               (s.a.)               Rep
                             (2nd time)
14 Jan 1978 - 16 Jan 1982  John Dalton                        (b. 1931 - d. 1986)  Rep
16 Jan 1982 - 18 Jan 1986  Charles "Chuck" S. Robb            (b. 1939)            Dem
18 Jan 1986 - 14 Jan 1990  Gerald L. Baliles                  (b. 1940 - d. 2019)  Dem
14 Jan 1990 - 15 Jan 1994  L. Douglas Wilder                  (b. 1931)            Dem
15 Jan 1994 - 17 Jan 1998  George F. Allen                    (b. 1952)            Rep
17 Jan 1998 - 12 Jan 2002  James "Jim" Gilmore III            (b. 1949)            Rep
12 Jan 2002 - 14 Jan 2006  Mark Warner                        (b. 1954)            Dem
14 Jan 2006 - 16 Jan 2010  Timothy "Tim" M. Kaine             (b. 1958)            Dem
16 Jan 2010 - 11 Jan 2014  Robert "Bob" McDonnell             (b. 1954)            Rep
11 Jan 2014 - 13 Jan 2018  Terence "Terry" McAuliffe          (b. 1957)            Dem
13 Jan 2018 - 15 Jan 2022  Ralph Shearer Northam              (b. 1959)            Dem
15 Jan 2022 -              Glenn Allen Youngkin               (b. 1966)            Rep


Military governors during Reconstruction

14 Jun 1865 - 17 Aug 1865  Alfred Howe Terry                  (b. 1827 - d. 1890)  Mil
17 Aug 1865 -  3 Jun 1868
  John McAllister Schofield          (b. 1831 - d. 1906)  Mil
 3 Jun 1868 - 21 Apr 1869  George Stoneman                    (b. 1822 - d. 1894)  Mil
21 Apr 1869 - 26 Jan 1870  Edward Richard Sprigg Canby        (b. 1817 - d. 1873)  Mil  



Washington
 

[Flag of State
                                of Washington (U.S.)]
(Unofficial 1915 - 1923)
Adopted 7 Jun 1923

Map of Washington
Hear State Song
"Washington, My Home"
Adopted 19 Mar 1959
State Folk Song
"Roll On, Columbia, Roll On"
Adopted 19 May 1987
State Constitution
(11 Nov 1889)
 Capital: Olympia
MottoAl-Ki (Indian word
meaning “by and by”)
Nickname: Evergreen State
Population: 7,705,281 (2020)
Mayors of Seattle
Chronology

27 Aug 1775                Claimed for Spain by Bruno de Heceta and 
                             Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Cuadra.
15 Feb 1812                Oregon claimed by U.S.
12 Dec 1813                District of Colombia claimed by U.K.
20 Oct 1818                Joint U.S.-British administration
                             (see British Columbia).
22 Feb 1819                Spanish claim renounced.
15 Jun 1846                Oregon country south of 40 degrees latitude
                             ceded to U.S., north of it ceded to U.K
                            
(ratified 18 Jun 1846).
14 Aug 1848                Part of Territory of Oregon.
 2 Mar 1853                Territory of Washington.
11 Nov 1889                State

 
 
 
 
 
 

Governors
17 Mar 1853 - 11 Aug 1857  Isaac Ingalls Stevens              (b. 1818 - d. 1862)  Dem
26 Mar 1854 -  1 Dec 1854  Charles H. Mason                   (b. 1830 - d. 1859)  Dem
                             (acting for Stevens)
12 May 1855 - 19 Jan 1856  Charles H. Mason                   (s.a.)               Dem
                             (acting for Stevens)
11 Aug 1857 - 10 Sep 1857  Charles H. Mason (1st time)(acting)(s.a.)               Dem

10 Sep 1857 - 25 Jul 1858  LaFayette "Fayette" McMullen       (b. 1805 - d. 1880)  Dem
25 Jul 1858 - 14 Jul 1859  Charles H. Mason (2nd time)(acting)(s.a.)               Dem
14 Jul 1859 - 15 Feb 1861  Richard Dickerson Gholson          (b. 1802 - d. 1861)  Dem
                             (left state 23 May 1860, resigned 15 Feb 1861)
23 May 1860 - 19 Aug 1861  Henry M. McGill                    (b. 1831 - d. 1915)  Dem

                             (acting [for Gholson to 15 Feb 1861])
 9 Apr 1861 -  8 Jul 1861  William Henson Wallace             (b. 1811 - d. 1879)  Rep

                             (did not take office)
19 Aug 1861 - 12 Jun 1862  Leander Jay Sharpe Turney (acting) (b. 1819 - d. 1881)  Rep

12 Jun 1862 -  8 Jan 1867  William Pickering                  (b. 1798 - d. 1873)  Rep
 8 Jan 1867 - 26 Aug 1867  George Edward Cole                 (b. 1826 - d. 1906)  Dem
26 Aug 1867 -  5 Apr 1869  Marshall F. Moore                  (b. 1829 - d. 1870)  Rep
 5 Apr 1869 -  3 Mar 1870  Alvan Flanders                     (b. 1825 - d. 1884)  Rep
 3 Mar 1870 - 26 Apr 1872  Edward Selig Salomon               (b. 1836 - d. 1913)  Rep
26 Apr 1872 -  1 Nov 1880  Elisha Peyre Ferry (1st time)      (b. 1825 - d. 1895)  Rep
 1 Nov 1880 - 22 Jul 1884  William Augustus Newell            (b. 1817 - d. 1901)  Rep
22 Jul 1884 -  9 Apr 1887  Watson Carvosso Squire             (b. 1838 - d. 1926)  Rep
 9 Apr 1887 -  9 Apr 1889  Eugene Semple                      (b. 1840 - d. 1908)  Dem
 9 Apr 1889 - 11 Nov 1889  Miles Conway Moore                 (b. 1845 - d. 1920)  Rep
11 Nov 1889 -  9 Jan 1893  Elisha Peyre Ferry (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Rep
 9 Jan 1893 - 11 Jan 1897  John Harte McGraw                  (b. 1850 - d. 1910)  Rep
11 Jan 1897 - 26 Dec 1901  John Rankin Rogers                 (b. 1838 - d. 1901)  Pop;1900 Dem
26 Dec 1901 -  9 Jan 1905  Henry McBride (acting)             (b. 1856 - d. 1937)  Rep
 9 Jan 1905 - 27 Jan 1909  Albert Edward Mead                 (b. 1861 - d. 1913)  Rep
27 Jan 1909 - 28 Mar 1909  Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove           (b. 1847 - d. 1909)  Rep
28 Mar 1909 - 11 Jan 1913  Marion E. Hay (acting)             (b. 1865 - d. 1933)  Rep
11 Jan 1913 - 14 Jun 1919  Ernest Lister                      (b. 1870 - d. 1919)  Dem
14 Jun 1919 - 12 Jan 1925  Louis Folwell Hart                 (b. 1862 - d. 1929)  Rep
12 Jan 1925 -  9 Jan 1933  Roland Hill Hartley                (b. 1864 - d. 1952)  Rep 
 9 Jan 1933 - 13 Jan 1941  Clarence Daniel Martin             (b. 1887 - d. 1955)  Dem
13 Jan 1941 -  8 Jan 1945  Arthur Bernard Langlie (1st time)  (b. 1900 - d. 1966)  Rep
 8 Jan 1945 - 12 Jan 1949  Monrad Charles Wallgren            (b. 1891 - d. 1961)  Dem
12 Jan 1949 - 14 Jan 1957  Arthur Bernard Langlie (2nd time)  (s.a.)               Rep
14 Jan 1957 - 11 Jan 1965  Albert Dean Rosellini              (b. 1910 - d. 2011)  Dem
11 Jan 1965 - 12 Jan 1977  Daniel Jackson Evans               (b. 1925)            Rep
12 Jan 1977 - 14 Jan 1981  Dixy Lee Ray (f)                   (b. 1914 - d. 1994)  Dem
14 Jan 1981 - 16 Jan 1985  John Dennis Spellman               (b. 1926 - d. 2018)  Rep
16 Jan 1985 - 13 Jan 1993  Booth Gardner                      (b. 1936 - d. 2013)  Dem
13 Jan 1993 - 15 Jan 1997  Michael Edward Lowry               (b. 1939 - d. 2017)  Dem
15 Jan 1997 - 12 Jan 2005  Gary Locke                         (b. 1950)            Dem
12 Jan 2005 - 16 Jan 2013  Christine Gregoire (f)             (b. 1947)            Dem
16 Jan 2013 -              Jay Robert Inslee                  (b. 1951)            Dem



West Virginia
 
[Flag of
                                  West Virginia 1904 -1907 (obverse
                                  1907-1929) (U.S.)]
24 Feb 1904 - 25 Feb 1907
(Obverse 25 Feb 1907-7 Mar 1929)
[Flag of
                                  West Virginia 1907-1929 (obverse
                                  1904-1907)(U.S.)]
25 Feb 1907 - 7 Mar 1929
 (Obverse 24 Feb 1904-25 Feb 1907)
[Flag of
                                  State of West Virginia (U.S.)]
Adopted 7 Mar 1929
Map of West Virginia Hear State Song
"The West Virginia Hills"
Text of State Song
Adopted 3 Feb 1961
State Constitution
(22 Aug 1872)
State Song
"The West Virginia Hills"
Adopted 28 Feb 1963
State Song
"This is My West Virginia"
Adopted 28 Feb 1963
State Song
"West Virginia, My
Home Sweet Home"
Adopted 3 Mar 1947/
28 Feb 1963
State Song
"Take Me Home,
Country Roads"
Adopted 7 Mar 2014
 Capital: Charleston
(Wheeling 19 Jun 1863-1870
and 1875-1 May 1885;
Charleston 1870-1875)
Motto: Montani semper liberi
(Mountaineers are always free)
Nickname: Mountain State Population: 1,793,716 (2020)
Mayors of
Charleston
Chronology

1726                       Permanent settlement begins.
1754                       First county (Hampshire) formed by Virginia.
23 Dec 1762                First towns incorporated.
16-18 Oct 1859             John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.
17 Apr 1861                Virginia state convention in Richmond declares
                             secession. Nearly all delegates from counties
                             west of the Allegheny Mountains vote against
                             secession.
15 May 1861                Delegates from the Trans-Allegheny district in
                             Western Virginia
meet at Wheeling and, on 20
                             Jun 1861, repudiate secession.
 
20 Jun 1861 - 20 Jun 1863  Administered by pro-Union "Restored Government

                             of Virginia" (see under Virginia).
20 Aug 1861                Requests admission as the State of Kanawha.
 
3 Dec 1861                Name West Virginia chosen.
13 Sep 1862 - 30 Oct 1862  Confederate forces occupy Charleston.
20 Jun 1863                State of
West Virginia
10 Mar 1866                Berkeley and Jefferson counties transferred
                             from Virginia to West Virginia.


 
 
 
 

Governors
20 Jun 1863 - 26 Feb 1869  Arthur I. Boreman                  (b. 1823 - d. 1896)  Rep
26 Feb 1869 -  4 Mar 1869  Daniel D.T. Farnsworth             (b. 1819 - d. 1892)  Rep
 4 Mar 1869 -  4 Mar 1871  William E. Stevenson               (b. 1820 - d. 1883)  Rep
 4 Mar 1871 -  4 Mar 1877  John J. Jacob                      (b. 1829 - d. 1893)  Dem
 4 Mar 1877 -  4 Mar 1881  Henry M. Mathews                   (b. 1834 - d. 1884)  Dem
 4 Mar 1881 -  4 Mar 1885  Jacob B. Jackson                   (b. 1829 - d. 1893)  Dem
 4 Mar 1885 -  6 Feb 1890  E. Willis Wilson                   (b. 1844 - d. 1909)  Dem
 6 Feb 1890 -  4 Mar 1893  A. Brooks Fleming                  (b. 1839 - d. 1923)  Dem
 4 Mar 1893 -  4 Mar 1897  William A. MacCorkle               (b. 1857 - d. 1930)  Dem
 4 Mar 1897 -  4 Mar 1901  George W. Atkinson                 (b. 1845 - d. 1925)  Rep
 4 Mar 1901 -  4 Mar 1905  Albert B. White                    (b. 1856 - d. 1941)  Rep
 4 Mar 1905 -  4 Mar 1909  William M.O. Dawson                (b. 1853 - d. 1916)  Rep
 4 Mar 1909 - 14 Mar 1913  William E. Glasscock               (b. 1862 - d. 1925)  Rep
14 Mar 1913 -  5 Mar 1917  Henry D. Hatfield                  (b. 1875 - d. 1962)  Rep
 5 Mar 1917 -  4 Mar 1921  John J. Cornwell                   (b. 1867 - d. 1953)  Dem
 4 Mar 1921 -  4 Mar 1925  Ephraim F. Morgan                  (b. 1869 - d. 1950)  Rep
 4 Mar 1925 -  4 Mar 1929  Howard M. Gore                     (b. 1887 - d. 1947)  Rep
 4 Mar 1929 -  4 Mar 1933  William G. Conley                  (b. 1866 - d. 1940)  Rep
 4 Mar 1933 - 18 Jan 1937  H. Guy Kump                        (b. 1877 - d. 1962)  Dem
18 Jan 1937 - 13 Jan 1941  Homer A. Holt                      (b. 1898 - d. 1975)  Dem
13 Jan 1941 - 15 Jan 1945  M. Mansfield Neely                 (b. 1874 - d. 1958)  Dem
15 Jan 1945 - 17 Jan 1949  Clarence W. Meadows                (b. 1904 - d. 1961)  Dem 
17 Jan 1949 - 19 Jan 1953  Okey L. Patteson                   (b. 1898 - d. 1989)  Dem
19 Jan 1953 - 14 Jan 1957  William C. Marland                 (b. 1918 - d. 1965)  Dem
14 Jan 1957 - 16 Jan 1961  Cecil H. Underwood (1st time)      (b. 1922 - d. 2008)  Rep
16 Jan 1961 - 18 Jan 1965  William W. Barron                  (b. 1911 - d. 2002)  Dem 
18 Jan 1965 - 13 Jan 1969  Hulett C. Smith                    (b. 1918 - d. 2012)  Dem
13 Jan 1969 - 17 Jan 1977  Arch A. Moore (1st time)           (b. 1923 - d. 2015)  Rep
17 Jan 1977 - 14 Jan 1985  John D. Rockefeller IV             (b. 1937)            Dem
14 Jan 1985 - 16 Jan 1989  Arch A. Moore (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Rep
16 Jan 1989 - 13 Jan 1997  W. Gaston Caperton                 (b. 1940)            Dem
13 Jan 1997 - 15 Jan 2001  Cecil H. Underwood (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Rep
15 Jan 2001 - 17 Jan 2005  Robert "Bob" Wise                  (b. 1948)            Dem
17 Jan 2005 - 15 Nov 2010  Joe Manchin III                    (b. 1947)            Dem
15 Nov 2010 -
16 Jan 2017  Earl Ray Tomblin                   (b. 1952)            Dem
                             (acting to 13 Nov 2011)     
16 Jan 2017 -              James "Jim" Conley Justice         (b. 1951)          Dem;8-4-17 Rep



Wisconsin
 
[Flag of
                                  State of Wisconsin, 1867-1887,
                                  1913-1980 (U.S.)]
25 Mar 1863 - 1887,
29 Apr 1913 - 1 Jun 1980
[Flag of
                                  State of Wisconsin (U.S.)]
Adopted 1 Jun 1980
 
Map of Wisconsin
Hear State Song
"On, Wisconsin!"
Text of State Song
Adopted 11 Jul 1959
State Constitution
(29 May 1848)
 Capital: Madison
(Belmont 4 Jul 1836 - 1837;
Burlington 1837 - 1838)
Motto: Forward
Nickname: Badger State
Population: 5,893,718 (2020)
Mayors of
Milwaukee
Chronology

22 Jun 1774                Part of Quebec.
 3 Sep 1783                Ceded to the United States by the U.K.
13 Jul 1787                Part of Northwest Territory (see Ohio).

 4 Jul 1800                Part of Indiana Territory.
 2 Feb 1809                Part of Illinois Territory.
 3 Dec 1818                Part of Michigan Territory.
 4 Jul 1836                Territory
29 May 1848                State¹

 
 
 
 
 
 

Governors
 4 Jul 1836 - 13 Sep 1841  Henry Dodge (1st time)             (b. 1782 - d. 1867)  Dem
30 Sep 1841 - 21 Jun 1844  James Duane Doty                   (b. 1799 - d. 1865)  Dem
21 Jun 1844 -  8 Apr 1845  Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge        (b. 1795 - d. 1864)  Dem
 8 Apr 1845 -  7 Jun 1848  Henry Dodge (2nd time)             (s.a.)               Dem
 7 Jun 1848 -  5 Jan 1852  Nelson Dewey                       (b. 1813 - d. 1889)  Dem

 5 Jan 1852 -  2 Jan 1854  Leonard James Farwell              (b. 1819 - d. 1889)  Whg

 2 Jan 1854 - 21 Mar 1856  William Augustus Barstow           (b. 1813 - d. 1865)  Dem
21 Mar 1856 - 25 Mar 1856  Arthur MacArthur (acting)          (b. 1815 - d. 1896)  Dem
25 Mar 1856 -  4 Jan 1858  Coles Bashford                     (b. 1816 - d. 1878)  Rep
 4 Jan 1858 -  6 Jan 1862  Alexander Williams Randall         (b. 1819 - d. 1872)  Rep
 6 Jan 1862 - 19 Apr 1862  Louis Powell Harvey                (b. 1820 - d. 1862)  Rep
19 Apr 1862 -  4 Jan 1864  Edward P. Salomon (acting)         (b. 1828 - d. 1909)  Rep
 4 Jan 1864 -  1 Jan 1866  James Taylor Lewis                 (b. 1819 - d. 1904)  Rep
 1 Jan 1866 -  1 Jan 1872  Lucius Fairchild                   (b. 1831 - d. 1896)  Rep
 1 Jan 1872 -  5 Jan 1874  Cadwallader Colden Washburn        (b. 1818 - d. 1882)  Rep
 5 Jan 1874 -  3 Jan 1876  William Robert Taylor              (b. 1820 - d. 1909)  Dem
 3 Jan 1876 -  7 Jan 1878  Harrison Ludington                 (b. 1812 - d. 1891)  Rep
 7 Jan 1878 -  2 Jan 1882  William E. Smith                   (b. 1824 - d. 1883)  Rep
 2 Jan 1882 -  7 Jan 1889  Jeremiah McLain Rusk               (b. 1830 - d. 1893)  Rep
 7 Jan 1889 -  5 Jan 1891  William Dempster Hoard             (b. 1836 - d. 1918)  Rep
 5 Jan 1891 -  7 Jan 1895  George Wilbur Peck                 (b. 1840 - d. 1916)  Dem
 7 Jan 1895 -  4 Jan 1897  William Henry Upham                (b. 1841 - d. 1924)  Rep
 4 Jan 1897 -  7 Jan 1901  Edward Scofield                    (b. 1842 - d. 1925)  Rep
 7 Jan 1901 -  1 Jan 1906  Robert Marion La Follette, Sr.     (b. 1855 - d. 1925)  Rep
 1 Jan 1906 -  2 Jan 1911  James Ole Davidson                 (b. 1854 - d. 1922)  Rep
 2 Jan 1911 -  4 Jan 1915  Francis Edward McGovern            (b. 1866 - d. 1946)  Rep
 4 Jan 1915 -  3 Jan 1921  Emanuel Lorenz Philipp             (b. 1861 - d. 1925)  Rep
 3 Jan 1921 -  3 Jan 1927  John James Blaine                  (b. 1875 - d. 1934)  Rep
 3 Jan 1927 -  7 Jan 1929  Fred R. Zimmerman                  (b. 1880 - d. 1954)  Rep
 7 Jan 1929 -  5 Jan 1931  Walter Jodok Kohler, Sr.           (b. 1875 - d. 1940)  Rep
 5 Jan 1931 -  2 Jan 1933  Philip Fox La Follette             (b. 1897 - d. 1965)  Rep
                             (1st time) 
 2 Jan 1933 -  7 Jan 1935  Albert George Schmedeman           (b. 1864 - d. 1946)  Dem
 7 Jan 1935 -  2 Jan 1939  Philip Fox La Follette             (s.a.)               Prog
                             (2nd time) 
 2 Jan 1939 -  4 Jan 1943  Julius Peter Heil                  (b. 1876 - d. 1949)  Rep
 4 Jan 1943 - 12 Mar 1947  Walter Samuel Goodland             (b. 1862 - d. 1947)  Rep
12 Mar 1947 -  1 Jan 1951  Oscar Rennebohm                    (b. 1889 - d. 1968)  Rep
 1 Jan 1951 -  7 Jan 1957  Walter Jodok Kohler, Jr.           (b. 1904 - d. 1976)  Rep
 7 Jan 1957 -  5 Jan 1959  Vernon Wallace Thomson             (b. 1905 - d. 1988)  Rep
 5 Jan 1959 -  7 Jan 1963  Gaylord Anton Nelson               (b. 1916 - d. 2005)  Dem
 7 Jan 1963 -  4 Jan 1965  John Whitcome Reynolds             (b. 1921 - d. 2002)  Dem
 4 Jan 1965 -  4 Jan 1971  Warren Perley Knowles              (b. 1908 - d. 1993)  Rep
 4 Jan 1971 -  6 Jul 1977  Patrick Joseph Lucey               (b. 1918 - d. 2014)  Dem
 6 Jul 1977 -  1 Jan 1979  Martin James Schreiber             (b. 1939)            Dem
 1 Jan 1979 -  3 Jan 1983  Lee Sherman Dreyfus                (b. 1926 - d. 2008)  Rep
 3 Jan 1983 -  5 Jan 1987  Anthony Scully Earl                (b. 1936 - d. 2023)  Dem
 5 Jan 1987 -  1 Feb 2001  Tommy George Thompson              (b. 1941)            Rep
 1 Feb 2001 -  6 Jan 2003  James Scott McCallum               (b. 1950)            Rep
 6 Jan 2003 -  3 Jan 2011  James "Jim" Edward Doyle           (b. 1945)            Dem
 3 Jan 2011 - 
7 Jan 2019  Scott K. Walker                    (b. 1967)            Rep
 7 Jan 2019 -              Anthony "Tony" S. Evers            (b. 1951)            Dem

 ¹The state is smaller than the former territory and the leftover area continued to be called the Territory of Wisconsin 7 Jun 1848 - 3 Mar 1849 when it was incorporated into Minnesota,
the governors of reduced Territory of Wisconsin were:

 7 Jun 1848 - 23 Jun 1848  Henry Dodge                        (s.a.)               Dem
23 Jun 1848 -  3 Mar 1849  John Catlin (acting)               (b. 1803 - d. 1874)  Dem



Wyoming
 

[Flag of State of
                              Wyoming (U.S.)]
Adopted 31 Jan 1917
 
Map of Wyoming
Hear State Song
"Wyoming"
Adopted 15 Feb 1955
State Song
"Wyoming, Where I Belong!"
Adopted 1 Jul 2018
State Constitution
(10 Jul 1890)
 Capital: Cheyenne
Motto: Equal rights
Nickname: The Equality State
Population: 576,851 (2020)
Mayors of
Cheyenne
Chronology

26 Mar 1804                Part of Louisiana Territory.
 7 Dec 1812                Part of Missouri Territory.
10 Aug 1821                Unorganized territory.
30 May 1854                Part of Nebraska Territory.
 2 Mar 1861                Part of Dakota Territory (see
                             under South Dakota).
 3 Mar 1863                Part of Idaho Territory.
26 May 1864                Part of Montana Territory.
25 Jul 1868                Territory (effective 15 Apr 1869).
10 Jul 1890                State

Map of
Yellowstone
National Park

 
 
 
 

Governors
15 Apr 1869 -  1 Mar 1875  John Allen Campbell                (b. 1835 - d. 1880)  Rep
 1 Mar 1875 - 29 May 1878  John Mimton Thayer                 (b. 1820 - d. 1906)  Rep
29 May 1878 - 22 Aug 1882  John Wesley Hoyt                   (b. 1831 - d. 1912)  Rep
22 Aug 1882 - 13 Jan 1885  William Hale                       (b. 1837 - d. 1885)  Rep
13 Jan 1885 - 28 Feb 1885  Elliot Stetson Neal Morgan         (b. 1832 - d. 1894)  Rep
                             (1st time)(acting)
28 Feb 1885 - 11 Nov 1886  Francis Emroy Warren (1st time)    (b. 1844 - d. 1929)  Rep
11 Nov 1886 - 20 Dec 1886  George White Baxter                (b. 1855 - d. 1929)  Dem
20 Dec 1886 - 24 Jan 1887  Elliot Stetson Neal Morgan         (s.a.)               Rep 
                             (2nd time)(acting)
24 Jan 1887 -  9 Apr 1889  Thomas Moonlight                   (b. 1833 - d. 1899)  Dem
 9 Apr 1889 - 11 Oct 1890  Francis Emroy Warren (2nd time)    (s.a.)               Rep
24 Nov 1890 -  2 Jan 1893  Amos Walker Barber (acting)        (b. 1861 - d. 1915)  Rep
 2 Jan 1893 -  7 Jan 1895  John Eugene Osborne                (b. 1858 - d. 1943)  Dem
 7 Jan 1895 -  2 Jan 1899  William Alford Richards            (b. 1849 - d. 1912)  Rep
 2 Jan 1899 - 28 Apr 1903  DeForest Richards                  (b. 1846 - d. 1903)  Rep
28 Apr 1903 -  2 Jan 1905  Fenimore Chatterton (acting)       (b. 1861 - d. 1958)  Rep
 2 Jan 1905 -  2 Jan 1911  Bryant Butler Brooks               (b. 1861 - d. 1944)  Rep
 2 Jan 1911 -  4 Jan 1915  Joseph Maull Carey                 (b. 1845 - d. 1924)  Dem
 4 Jan 1915 - 26 Feb 1917  John Benjamin Kendrick             (b. 1857 - d. 1933)  Dem
26 Feb 1917 -  6 Jan 1919  Frank Lee Houx (acting)            (b. 1860 - d. 1941)  Dem
 6 Jan 1919 -  1 Jan 1923  Robert Davis Carey                 (b. 1878 - d. 1937)  Rep
 1 Jan 1923 -  2 Oct 1924  William Bradford Ross              (b. 1873 - d. 1924)  Dem
 2 Oct 1924 -  5 Jan 1925  Frank Earl Lucas (acting)          (b. 1876 - d. 1948)  Rep
 5 Jan 1925 -  3 Jan 1927  Nellie Tayloe Ross (f)             (b. 1876 - d. 1977)  Dem
 3 Jan 1927 - 18 Feb 1931  Frank Collins Emerson              (b. 1882 - d. 1931)  Rep
18 Feb 1931 -  2 Jan 1933  Alonzo Monroe Clark (acting)       (b. 1868 - d. 1952)  Rep
 2 Jan 1933 -  2 Jan 1939  Leslie Andrew Miller               (b. 1886 - d. 1970)  Dem
 2 Jan 1939 -  4 Jan 1943  Nels Hanson Smith                  (b. 1884 - d. 1976)  Rep
 4 Jan 1943 -  3 Jan 1949  Lester Callaway Hunt               (b. 1892 - d. 1954)  Dem
 3 Jan 1949 -  1 Jan 1951  Arthur Griswold Crane (acting)     (b. 1877 - d. 1955)  Rep
 1 Jan 1951 -  3 Jan 1953  Frank Aloysius Barrett             (b. 1892 - d. 1962)  Rep
 3 Jan 1953 -  3 Jan 1955  Clifford Joy Rogers (acting)       (b. 1897 - d. 1962)  Rep
 3 Jan 1955 -  5 Jan 1959  Milward Lee Simpson                (b. 1897 - d. 1993)  Rep
 5 Jan 1959 -  2 Jan 1961  Joseph J. Hickey                   (b. 1911 - d. 1970)  Dem
 2 Jan 1961 -  7 Jan 1963  Jack Robert Gage (acting)          (b. 1899 - d. 1970)  Dem
 7 Jan 1963 -  2 Jan 1967  Clifford Peter Hansen              (b. 1912 - d. 2009)  Rep
 2 Jan 1967 -  6 Jan 1975  Stanley Knapp Hathaway             (b. 1924 - d. 2005)  Rep
 6 Jan 1975 -  5 Jan 1987  Edgar "Ed" Jacob Herschler         (b. 1918 - d. 1990)  Dem
 5 Jan 1987 -  2 Jan 1995  Michael "Mike" John Sullivan       (b. 1939)            Dem
 2 Jan 1995 -  6 Jan 2003  James "Jim" Edward Geringer        (b. 1944)            Rep
 6 Jan 2003 -  3 Jan 2011  Dave Freudenthal                   (b. 1950)            Dem
 3 Jan 2011 - 
 7 Jan 2019  Matthew "Matt" Hansen Mead         (b. 1962)            Rep
 7 Jan 2019 -              Mark Gordon                        (b. 1957)            Rep






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