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Wives of governors of the U.S. state of Virginia

First Lady of Virginia
Seal of the State of Virginia
Incumbent Suzanne Youngkin since January 15, 2022
Residence	Executive Mansion
Inaugural holder	Dorothea Dandridge Henry
Formation	July 5, 1776; 248 years ago (1776-07-05)
Website	Official website

The spouse of the Governor of Virginia is given an honorary position, styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the State of Virginia. To date there have been no female governors of the State of Virginia, and all first spouses have been first ladies.

The current first lady of Virginia is Suzanne Youngkin, the wife of incumbent Governor Glenn Youngkin, who assumed office in 2022.

Role

The position of the first lady is not an elected one, carries no official duties, and receives no salary. However, the first lady holds a highly visible position in state government. Since 1813, the role of the first lady includes serving as the host of the Executive Mansion. She organizes and attends official ceremonies and functions of state either along with, or in place of, the governor. It is common for the governor's spouse to select specific, non-political, causes to promote.

List

	Name	Took office	Left office	Spouse of	Notes
1	Dorothea Dandridge Henry	1777	1779	Patrick Henry	1st and 6th First Lady of Virginia
2	Martha Jefferson	1779	1781	Thomas Jefferson	Died at age 33, twenty years before husband's election as U.S. President
3	Anne Christian Fleming	1781	1781	William Fleming
4	Lucy Grymes Nelson	1781	1781	Thomas Nelson Jr.
5	Elizabeth Bassett Harrison	1781	1784	Benjamin Harrison V
6	Dorothea Dandridge Henry	1784	1786	Patrick Henry
7	Elizabeth Nichols Randolph	1786	1788	Edmund Randolph
8	Martha Cocke Randolph	1788	1791	Beverley Randolph
9	Anne Hill Carter Lee	1793	1794	Henry Lee III	Mother of general-in-chief of the Confederate States of America, Robert E. Lee
10	Mary Ritchie Hopper Brooke	1794	1796	Robert Brooke
11	Jean Moncure Wood	1796	1799	James Wood
12	Elizabeth Monroe	1799	1802	James Monroe	12th and 15th First Lady of Virginia, served as First Lady of the United States (1817–1825)
13	Margaret Lowther Page	1802	1805	John Page
14	Agnes Sarah Bell Cabell	1805	1808	William H. Cabell
	None	1808	1811	John Tyler Sr.	Tyler was a widower
15	Elizabeth Monroe	1811	1811	James Monroe
16	Jane Reade Smith	1811	1811	George William Smith
17	Lucy Johnson Barbour	1812	1814	James Barbour
18	Margaret Smith Nicholas	1814	1816	Wilson Cary Nicholas
19	Ann Barraud Taylor Preston	1816	1819	James Patton Preston
20	Martha Jefferson Randolph	1819	1822	Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.	Daughter of 3rd U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, served as Acting First Lady of the United States for father (1801–1809)
21	Susanna Lawson Pleasants	1822	1825	James Pleasants
22	Letitia Christian Tyler	1825	1827	John Tyler	Served as Second Lady (1841) and First Lady of the United States (1841–1842)
23	Frances Ann Gwynn Giles	1827	1830	William Branch Giles
24	Letitia Preston Floyd	1830	1834	John Floyd
25	Anne Stratton Tazewell	1834	1836	Littleton Waller Tazewell
26	Maria Hamilton Campbell	1837	1840	David Campbell
27	Anne Baker Gilmer	1840	1841	Thomas Walker Gilmer
28	Susanna Smith Preston McDowell	1843	1846	James McDowell
29	Elizabeth Bell Smith	1846	1849	William Smith
30	Sally Buchanan Preston Floyd	1849	1852	John B. Floyd
31	Sarah Johnson	1852	1855	Joseph Johnson
32	Mary Elizabeth Lyons Wise	1856	1860	Henry A. Wise
33	Susan Holt Letcher	1860	1861	John Letcher
34	Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont	1861	1868	Francis Harrison Pierpont	Early founder and adopter of "Decoration Day" (now known as Memorial Day) in the United States
35	Olive E. Evans	1869	1874	Gilbert Carlton Walker
	None	1874	1878	James L. Kemper	Kemper was a widower
	None	1878	1882	Frederick Holliday	Holliday was a widower
36	Louisa Cameron	1882	1886	William E. Cameron
37	Ellen Bernard Fowle Lee	1886	1890	Fitzhugh Lee
38	Annie Clay McKinney	1890	1894	Philip W. McKinney
39	Jennie Wickliff Knight O'Ferrall	1894	1898	Charles Triplett O'Ferrall
40	Sue Hammet Tyler	1898	1902	James Hoge Tyler
41	Elizabeth Lyne Hoskins Montague	1902	1906	Andrew Jackson Montague
42	Elizabeth Deane Lyons Swanson	1906	1910	Claude A. Swanson	Official hostess of the Jamestown Exposition
43	Etta Edloe Donnan Mann	1910	1914	William Hodges Mann
44	Margaret Bruce Carter Stuart	1914	1918	Henry Carter Stuart
45	Marguerite Inman Davis	1918	1922	Westmoreland Davis	Served as a nurse during the 1918 influenza epidemic in Richmond, for which she was featured in The New York Times. President of the Women's Munition Reserve during World War I.
46	Helen Ball Sexton Trinkle	1922	1926	Elbert Lee Trinkle
47	Anne Douglas Beverley Byrd	1926	1930	Harry F. Byrd
48	Grace Phillips Pollard	1930	1932	John Garland Pollard	Died in 1932 during husband's term
49	Violet E. MacDougall	1933	1934	John Garland Pollard
50	Nancy Bane Gillespie Peery	1934	1938	George C. Peery
51	Lillian Martin Price	1938	1942	James Hubert Price
52	Constance Simons Du Pont Darden	1942	1946	Colgate Darden
53	Eva Ellis Lovelace Dillard Tuck	1946	1950	William M. Tuck
54	Janie Lipscombe Battle	1950	1954	John S. Battle
55	Anne Bassett Stanley	1954	1958	Thomas B. Stanley
56	Josephine Katherine Minter Almond	1958	1962	J. Lindsay Almond
57	Lacey Barkley Harrison	1962	1966	Albertis Harrison
58	Katherine Godwin	1966	1970	Mills Godwin	58th and 60th First Lady of Virginia
59	Jinks Holton	1970	1974	Linwood Holton	Mother of 67th First Lady of Virginia, Anne Holton
60	Katherine Godwin	1974	1978	Mills Godwin
61	Edwina P. Dalton	1978	1982	John N. Dalton	Served as a member of the Virginia Senate from the 12th district (1988–1992), Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1989
62	Lynda Bird Johnson Robb	1982	1986	Chuck Robb	Daughter of 36th U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, served as chairwoman of President's Advisory Committee for Women
63	Jeannie Baliles	1986	1990	Gerald Baliles	Founder of the Virginia Literacy Foundation
	None	1990	1994	Douglas Wilder	Wilder was divorced
64	Susan Brown Allen	1994	1998	George Allen
65	Roxane Gilmore	1998	2002	Jim Gilmore	Gilmore, a classics professor at Randolph-Macon College, was the first woman to actively maintain her own, independent job and career while serving as first lady.
66	Lisa Collis	2002	2006	Mark Warner	First woman to continue using her maiden name as First Lady
67	Anne Holton	2006	2010	Tim Kaine	Daughter of Governor Linwood Holton and First Lady Jinks Holton, served as 17th Virginia Secretary of Education and acting president of George Mason University
68	Maureen McDonnell	2010	2014	Bob McDonnell	Sentenced to 12 months in prison after a federal corruption trial. The conviction was overturned and charges dismissed after a Supreme Court decision.
69	Dorothy McAuliffe	2014	2018	Terry McAuliffe	Appointed as the U.S. State Department Special Representative for Global Partnerships by President Joe Biden
70	Pamela Northam	2018	2022	Ralph Northam
71	Suzanne Youngkin	2022	serving	Glenn Youngkin