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History of the borders of Alabama
{{Short description|None}}
{{History of Virginia}}
The ] is the ]'s ] and ] of the state's ]. The first Constitution of 1776 created the office of governor, to be elected annually by the Virginia State Legislature. The governor could serve up to three years at a time, and once out of office, could not serve again for four years.<ref name="1776 Const">1776 Const.</ref> The 1830 constitution changed the thrice-renewable one-year term length to a non-renewable three-year term, and set the start date at the first day in January following an election.<ref>1830 Const. Art IV section 1.</ref> This constitution also prevented governors from succeeding themselves, a prohibition that exists to the present day.<ref>VA Const. Art V sec 1</ref> The 1851 Constitution increased terms to four years<ref>1851 Const. art V section 1.</ref> and made the office elected by the people, rather than the legislature.<ref>1851 Const. Art V section 2.</ref> The commencement of the Governor's term was moved to the first day in February by the 1902 Constitution,<ref>1902 Const. Art V section 69.</ref> and then to the Saturday after the second Wednesday in January by the 1971 and current Constitution.<ref>VA Const. art V section 1.</ref>


==content==
If the office of governor is vacant due to disqualification, death, or resignation, the ] becomes governor.<ref>VA Const. Art V section 16.</ref> The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1851.<ref>1851 Const. art V section 8.</ref> Prior to that a Council of State existed; it chose from among its members a president who would be "lieutenant-governor" and would act as governor when there was a vacancy in that office.<ref name="1776 Const"/><ref>1830 Const. art IV section 5.</ref>
] was organized from the eastern half of ] on March 3, 1817.<ref>{{usstat|3|371}}</ref>{{sfn|Van Zandt|1976|pp=108-109}} The act defined its borders as:
<blockquote>...beginning at the point where the line of the thirty-first degree of north latitude intersects the Perdido river, thence east to the western boundary line of the state of Georgia, thence along said line to the southern boundary line to the state of Tennessee, thence west along said boundary line to the Tennessee river, thence up the same to the mouth of Bear creek, thence by a direct line to the north-west corner of Washington county, thence due south to the Gulf of Mexico, thence eastwardly, including all the islands within six leagues of the shore, to the Perdido river, and thence up the same to the beginning...</blockquote>


The border between Georgia and Spanish Florida along the ] was surveyed in 1799 by ], and this line was inherited by Alabama Territory.
Officially, there have been 74 governors of Virginia; the acting governors are not counted.


The western boundary of Georgia was defined in 1802 as:
== President of the Committee for Public Safety ==
<blockquote>... a line beginning on the western bank of the Chatahouchie River where the same crosses the boundary line between the United States and Spain; running thence up the said River Chatahouchie, and along the western bank thereof to the great bend thereof, next above the place where a certain creek
'''Parties:'''
or river, called "Uchee" (being the first considerable stream on the western side, above the Cussetas and Coweta towns), empties into the Chatahouchie River; thence in a direct line to Nickajack, on Tennessee River; thence crossing the said last-mentioned river, and thence running up the said Tennessee River and along the western bank thereof to the southern boundary line of the State of Tennessee.</blockquote>
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The location of Nickajack was surveyed in 1818, with the report being filed on July 13,<ref>https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc775?canvas=0&x=400&y=400&w=1164</ref> and it being approved on December 18, though it is an open question whether that law was sufficient.<ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/40577307?searchText=georgia+tennessee+line&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dgeorgia%2Btennessee%2Bline%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A192d121bc98e4e65840ae02d9d42c549&seq=10 page 278</ref>. While the southern boundary of Tennessee was intended to be the ], the line was incorrectly surveyed south by a mile, so the described border never reaches the Tennessee River. The great bend of the Chattahoochee was surveyed as being located at Miller's Bend (now ]) and the line from Nickajack to Miller's Bend was surveyed in 1826, but Alabama didn't accept this survey until January 24, 1840.{{sfn|Van Zandt|1976|p=103}}
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Picture !! President !! Took office !! Left office !! Party
|-
| 1
|]
|]
|August 16, 1775
|July 5, 1776
|''None''
|-
|}


The southern boundary of Tennessee was inherited from North Carolina, and was defined in the 1776 North Carolina constitution as the ]. However, this was not surveyed until the early 19th century. In October 1807, this line was surveyed from a point near ], just east of the ], eastward to the old Cherokee line, about 30 miles. In 1817, the line was extended west to the Tennessee River, and between 1822 and 1839 the line was run east to Georgia.{{sfn|Van Zandt|1976|p=109}}
==List of governors (1776–1852)==
{{For|the period before independence|List of colonial governors of Virginia}}


==foo==
Virginia was one of the original ] and was admitted as a state on June 25, 1788.<ref>{{cite web
* {{cite book |author=Van Zandt, Franklin K. |year=1976 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_skxAAAAAIAAJ |title=Boundaries of the United States and the Several States: With Miscellaneous Geographic Information Concerning Areas, Altitudes, and Geographic Centers |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=] |oclc=69426475}}
|url=http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/ratva.asp
|title=Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Virginia; June 26, 1788
|publisher=The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
|access-date=October 31, 2015
|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822161000/http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/ratva.asp
|archive-date=August 22, 2015
}}</ref> Before it declared its independence, Virginia was a ] of the ]. It seceded from the ] on April 17, 1861,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3953 |title=Secession Ordinances of 13 Confederate States |publisher=] |access-date=May 24, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905091739/http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3953 |archive-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref> and was admitted to the ] on May 7, 1861.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820151934/http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/19conf/19conf.html |date=August 20, 2016 }}, accessed July 8, 2015</ref> Following the end of the ], Virginia during ] constituted the ], which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections. Virginia was readmitted to the Union on January 26, 1870.<ref>{{usstat|16|62}}</ref>


== notes ==
The federal government recognized the ], based in ], as the legitimate government in Virginia on June 25, 1861. It elected its own slate of governors, and after ] was split from Virginia on June 20, 1863, the restored government relocated to ].


1819-03-02: Enabling Act for admission defined boundaries as above; sec 3 provided:
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
if the south line encroaches on Wayne, Green, or Jackson Counties in Mississippi, the line will be changed to a point 10 miles east of the mouth of the Pascagoula
|+ Governors of the Commonwealth of Virginia
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!scope="col" colspan="3"|Governor
!scope="col"|Term in office
!scope="col"|Party
!scope="col"|Election
!scope="col" colspan="2"|]{{efn|Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="row"|1
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Henry, Patrick"|]
|rowspan="19" style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="3"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1736–1799)}}<br><ref name="nga-henry">{{cite web | title=Patrick Henry | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/patrick-henry/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|July 6, 1776}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fifth Virginia Revolutionary Convention Elected Patrick Henry Governor, June 29, 1776 |url=https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/oc/stc/entries/fifth-virginia-revolutionary-convention-elected-patrick-henry-governor-june-29-1776 |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=edu.lva.virginia.gov}}</ref><br />–<br />June 1, 1779<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|rowspan="3"|None
|]
|colspan="2" rowspan="100" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Office did not exist''
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="row"|2
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Jefferson, Thomas"|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1743–1826)}}<br><ref name="nga-jefferson">{{cite web | title=Thomas Jefferson | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-jefferson/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|June 1, 1779}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thomas Jefferson's Election to Governor; an excerpt from the Journal of the House of Delegates (June 1, 1779) |url=https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/thomas-jeffersons-election-to-governor-an-excerpt-from-the-journal-of-the-house-of-delegates-june-1-1779/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Encyclopedia Virginia |language=en-US}}</ref><br />–<br />June 4, 1781<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|rowspan="2"|None
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|3
|data-sort-value="Fleming, William"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1727–1795)}}<ref name="nga-fleming">{{cite web | title=William Fleming | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-fleming/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|June 4, 1781}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jack Jouett's Ride (1781) |url=https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/jack-jouetts-ride-1781/ |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=Encyclopedia Virginia |language=en-US}}</ref><br />–<br />June 12, 1781<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|None
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Senior member of<br />]<br />acting}}{{efn|Jefferson refused re-election and left office at the end of his term. As the legislature had not yet elected a successor, due in part to chaos stemming from the ], Fleming acted as governor until the next election.<ref name="nga-fleming" /><ref name="kallenbach">Kallenbach pp. 613&ndash;616</ref><ref name="monticello">{{Cite web |title=Governor of Virginia |url=https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/governor-virginia/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Monticello |language=en}}</ref>}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|4
|data-sort-value="Nelson, Thomas"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1738–1789)}}<br><ref name="nga-nelson">{{cite web | title=Thomas Nelson | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-nelson/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|June 12, 1781}}<ref name="monticello" /><br />–<br />November 22, 1781<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Nelson resigned due to ill health.<ref name="kallenbach" />}}
|None
|]<br>{{small|(special)}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|–
|data-sort-value="Jameson, David"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1723–1793)}}<br><ref name="nga-jameson">{{cite web | title=David Jameson | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/david-jameson/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|November 22, 1781}}<ref name="hornbook">{{Cite web |last=History |first=The Hornbook of Virginia |title=Governors of Virginia |url=https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/governors-of-virginia/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Encyclopedia Virginia |language=en-US}}</ref><br />–<br />December 1, 1781<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|None
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Senior member of<br />]<br />acting}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="row"|5
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Harrison, Benjamin"|]
|rowspan="3"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1726–1791)}}<br><ref name="nga-harrison">{{cite web | title=Benjamin Harrison | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/benjamin-harrison/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|December 1, 1781}}<ref name="hornbook" /><br />–<br />November 30, 1784<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|rowspan="3"|None
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="row"|6
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Henry, Patrick"|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1736–1799)}}<br><ref name="nga-henry" />
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|November 30, 1784}}<ref name="register">{{Cite book |last=Virginia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S6E0AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA8-PA9 | pages=viii&ndash;ix |title=A Register of the General Assembly of Virginia 1776-1918 and of the Constitutional Conventions |date=1918 |language=en}}</ref><br />–<br />November 30, 1786<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|rowspan="2"|None
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="row"|7
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Randolph, Edmund"|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1753–1813)}}<br><ref name="nga-randolph">{{cite web | title=Edmund Randolph | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/edmund-randolph/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|November 30, 1786}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1786-12-04 |title=Randolph to take office November 30 |pages=4 |work=Hartford Courant |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-randolph-to-take-office/128426263/ |access-date=2023-07-18}}</ref><br />–<br />November 12, 1788<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Randolph resigned to serve in the ] and promote the ] there.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1788-12-08 |title=Randolph resigned |pages=3 |work=Hartford Courant |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-randolph-resigned/128426697/ |access-date=2023-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Edmund Randolph |url=https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/edmund-randolph/ |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=George Washington's Mount Vernon |language=en}}</ref><ref name="register" />}}
|rowspan="2"|None
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="4" scope="row"|8
|rowspan="4" data-sort-value="Randolph, Beverley"|]
|rowspan="4"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1754–1797)}}<br><ref name="sobel-randolph">Sobel p. 1623</ref><ref name="nga-randolph">{{cite web | title=Beverley Randolph | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/beverley-randolph/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="4"|{{dts|November 12, 1788}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />December 1, 1791<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|rowspan="4"|None
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Senior member of<br />]<br />acting}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="row"|9
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Lee, Henry"|]
|rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Federalist}};"|
|rowspan="3"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1756–1818)}}<br><ref name="sobel-lee">Sobel pp. 1623&ndash;1624</ref><ref name="nga-lee">{{cite web | title=Henry Lee | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-lee/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|December 1, 1791}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />December 1, 1794<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|rowspan="3"|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="row"|10
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Brooke, Robert"|]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican}};"|
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|d.|died in}} 1800)}}<br><ref name="sobel-brooke">Sobel pp. 1624&ndash;1625</ref><ref name="nga-brooke">{{cite web | title=Robert Brooke | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-brooke/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 1, 1794}}<ref name="registry" /><br />–<br />November 30, 1796<br>{{small|(resgined)}}{{efn|Brooke resigned, having been elected ].<ref name="registry" />}}
|rowspan="2"|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="4" scope="row"|11
|rowspan="4" data-sort-value="Wood, James"|]
|rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Federalist}};"|
|rowspan="4"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1741–1813)}}<br><ref name="sobel-wood">Sobel pp. 1625&ndash;1626</ref><ref name="nga-wood">{{cite web | title=James Wood | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-wood/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="4"|{{dts|November 30, 1796}}<ref name="registry" /><br />–<br />December 19, 1799<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Many sources say that ] acted as governor, either from February 7, 1799,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dicken |first=Emma |url=http://archive.org/details/ourburnleyancest00dick |title=Our Burnley ancestors and allied families / compiled by Emma Dicken. |date=1946 |publisher=New York : Hobson Book Press, 1946.}}</ref> or December 7,<ref>“From James Madison to James Monroe, 21 March 1785,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-0137. Accessed July 17, 2023</ref> serving until he resigned due to poor health on December 11,<ref name="nga-burnley">{{cite web | title=Hardin Burnley | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/hardin-burnley/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref> at which time ] took over as acting governor<ref name="nga-pendleton">{{cite web | title=John Pendleton | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-pendleton/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref> until Monroe became governor on December 19. However, details of their terms are sparse and it's unknown how official their capacity was, and Sobel's entry on Wood mentions no acting governors and says that he left office on December 19.<ref name="sobel-wood" />}}
|rowspan="4"|]
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Senior member of<br />]<br />acting}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="row"|12
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Monroe, James"|]
|rowspan="35" style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican}};"|
|rowspan="3"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1758–1831)}}<br><ref name="sobel-monroe">Sobel pp. 1626&ndash;1627</ref><ref name="nga-monroe">{{cite web | title=James Monroe | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-monroe/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|December 19, 1799}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1799-12-31 |title=Monroe inaugurated December 19 |pages=3 |work=Weekly Raleigh Register |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/weekly-raleigh-register-monroe-inaugurat/128427191/ |access-date=2023-07-18}}</ref><br />–<br />December 29, 1802<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|rowspan="3"|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="row"|13
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Page, John"|]
|rowspan="3"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1743–1808)}}<br><ref name="sobel-page">Sobel pp. 1627&ndash;1628</ref><ref name="nga-page">{{cite web | title=John Page | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-page-2/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|December 29, 1802}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />December 11, 1805<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|rowspan="3"|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="row"|14
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Cabell, William"|]
|rowspan="3"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1772–1853)}}<br><ref name="sobel-cabell">Sobel p. 1628</ref><ref name="nga-cabell">{{cite web | title=William Henry Cabell | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-henry-cabell/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|December 11, 1805}}<ref name="registry" /><br />–<br />December 12, 1808<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|rowspan="3"|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="row"|15
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Tyler, John"|]
|rowspan="3"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1747–1813)}}<br><ref name="sobel-tyler">Sobel pp. 1628&ndash;1629</ref><ref name="nga-tyler">{{cite web | title=John Tyler Sr. | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-tyler-sr/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|December 12, 1808}}<ref name="registry" /><br />–<br />January 15, 1811<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Tyler resigned, having been appointed the ].<ref name="sobel-tyler" />}}
|rowspan="3"|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Smith, George"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1762–1811)}}<br><ref name="sobel-smith">Sobel pp. 1629&ndash;1630</ref><ref name="nga-smith">{{cite web | title=George William Smith | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/george-william-smith/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 15, 1811}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />January 19, 1811<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|]
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Senior member of<br />]<br />acting}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|16
|data-sort-value="Monroe, James"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1758–1831)}}<br><ref name="sobel-monroe" /><ref name="nga-monroe" />
|{{dts|January 19, 1811}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />April 3, 1811<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Monroe resigned, having been appointed ].<ref name="nga-monroe" />}}
|]
|]<br>{{small|(special)}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="row"|17
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Smith, George"|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1762–1811)}}<br><ref name="sobel-smith" /><ref name="nga-smith" />
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|April 3, 1811}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />December 26, 1811<br>{{small|(died in office)}}
|rowspan="2"|]
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Senior member of<br />]<br />acting}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Randolph, Peyton"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1779–1828)}}<br><ref name="sobel-randolph">Sobel p. 1630</ref><ref name="nga-randolph">{{cite web | title=Peyton Randolph | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/peyton-randolph/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|December 26, 1811}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />January 4, 1812<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|]
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Senior member of<br />]<br />acting}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="row"|18
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Barbour, James"|]
|rowspan="3"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1775–1842)}}<br><ref name="sobel-barbour">Sobel pp. 1630&ndash;1631</ref><ref name="nga-barbour">{{cite web | title=James Barbour | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-barbour/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 4, 1812}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />December 11, 1814<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|rowspan="3"|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="row"|19
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Nicholas, Wilson"|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1761–1820)}}<br><ref name="sobel-nicholas">Sobel pp. 1631&ndash;1632</ref><ref name="nga-nicholas">{{cite web | title=Wilson Cary Nicholas | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/wilson-cary-nicholas/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 11, 1814}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />December 11, 1816<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|rowspan="2"|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="row"|20
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Preston, James"|]
|rowspan="3"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1774–1843)}}<br><ref name="sobel-preston">Sobel p. 1632</ref><ref name="nga-preston">{{cite web | title=James Patton Preston | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-patton-preston/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|December 11, 1816}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />December 11, 1819<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|rowspan="3"|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="row"|21
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Randolph, Thomas"|]
|rowspan="3"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1768–1828)}}<br><ref name="sobel-randolph">Sobel pp. 1632&ndash;1633</ref><ref name="nga-randolph">{{cite web | title=Thomas Mann Randolph | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-mann-randolph/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|December 11, 1819}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />December 11, 1822<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|rowspan="3"|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="row"|22
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Pleasants, James"|]
|rowspan="3"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1769–1836)}}<br><ref name="sobel-pleasants">Sobel pp. 1633&ndash;1634</ref><ref name="nga-pleasants">{{cite web | title=James Pleasants | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-pleasants/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|December 11, 1822}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />December 11, 1825<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|rowspan="3"|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|23
|data-sort-value="Tyler, John"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1790–1862)}}<br><ref name="sobel-tyler">Sobel pp. 1634&ndash;1635</ref><ref name="nga-tyler">{{cite web | title=John Tyler Jr. | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-tyler-jr/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|December 11, 1825}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />March 4, 1827<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Tyler resigned, having been ] to the ].<ref name="sobel-tyler" />}}
|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="row"|24
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Giles, William"|]
|rowspan="3"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1762–1830)}}<br><ref name="sobel-giles">Sobel pp. 1635&ndash;1636</ref><ref name="nga-giles">{{cite web | title=William Branch Giles | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-branch-giles/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|March 4, 1827}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />March 4, 1830<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|rowspan="3"|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="row"|25
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Floyd, John"|]
|rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1783–1837)}}<br><ref name="sobel-floyd">Sobel p. 1636</ref><ref name="nga-floyd">{{cite web | title=John Floyd Sr. | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-floyd-sr/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|March 4, 1830}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />March 31, 1834<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|rowspan="2"|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|26
|data-sort-value="Tazewell, Littleton"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1774–1860)}}<br><ref name="sobel-tazewell">Sobel pp. 1636&ndash;1637</ref><ref name="nga-tazewell">{{cite web | title=Littleton Waller Tazewell | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/littleton-waller-tazewell/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|March 31, 1834}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />March 30, 1836<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Tazewell resigned over disagreements with the General Assembly.<ref name="sobel-tazewell" />}}
|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Robertson, Wyndham"|]
|style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (US)}};"|
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1803–1888)}}<br><ref name="sobel-robertson">Sobel pp. 1637&ndash;1638</ref><ref name="nga-robertson">{{cite web | title=Wyndham Robertson | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/wyndham-robertson/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|March 30, 1836}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />March 31, 1837<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|]
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Senior member of<br />]<br />acting}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|27
|data-sort-value="Campbell, David"|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1779–1859)}}<br><ref name="sobel-campbell">Sobel p. 1638</ref><ref name="nga-campbell">{{cite web | title=David Campbell | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/david-campbell/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|March 31, 1837}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />March 31, 1840<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|28
|data-sort-value="Gilmer, Thomas"|]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (US)}};"|
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1802–1844)}}<br><ref name="sobel-gilmer">Sobel pp. 1638&ndash;1639</ref><ref name="nga-gilmer">{{cite web | title=Thomas Walker Gilmer | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-walker-gilmer/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|March 31, 1840}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />March 20, 1841<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Gilmer had been elected to the ], but delayed his resignation, finally resigning due to a disagreement with the General Assembly on extradition.<ref name="sobel-gilmer" />}}
|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Patton, John"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1797–1858)}}<br><ref name="sobel-patton">Sobel p. 1639</ref><ref name="nga-patton">{{cite web | title=John Mercer Patton | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-mercer-patton/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|March 20, 1841}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />March 31, 1841<br>{{small|(successor took office)}}
|]
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Senior member of<br />]<br />acting}}{{efn|After Gilmer's resignation, Patton acted as governor until the election, but the General Assembly failed to elect a successor, so the senior members of the ] each acted as governor for a year.<ref name="kallenbach" />|name=gilmer}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Rutherfoord, John"|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1792–1866)}}<br><ref name="sobel-rutherfoord">Sobel p. 1640</ref><ref name="nga-rutherfoord">{{cite web | title=John Rutherfoord | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-rutherfoord/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|March 31, 1841}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />March 31, 1842<br>{{small|(successor took office)}}
|]
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Senior member of<br />]<br />acting}}{{efn|name=gilmer}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Gregory, John"|]
|style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (US)}};"|
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1804–1884)}}<br><ref name="sobel-gregory">Sobel pp. 1640&ndash;1641</ref><ref name="nga-gregory">{{cite web | title=John Munford Gregory | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-munford-gregory/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|March 31, 1842}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />January 5, 1843<br>{{small|(successor took office)}}
|]
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Senior member of<br />]<br />acting}}{{efn|name=gilmer}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|29
|data-sort-value="McDowell, James"|]
|rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1775–1851)}}<br><ref name="sobel-mcdowell">Sobel p. 1641</ref><ref name="nga-mcdowell">{{cite web | title=James McDowell | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-mcdowell/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 5, 1843}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />January 1, 1846<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|30
|data-sort-value="Smith, William"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1797–1887)}}<br><ref name="sobel-smith">Sobel pp. 1641&ndash;1642</ref><ref name="nga-smith">{{cite web | title=William Smith | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-smith-was-born-in-marengo-in-king-george-county-virginia-he-attended-an-old-field-school-near-home-studied-privately-in-fredericksburg-virginia-attended-the-plainfield-academy-in-plainfie/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 1, 1846}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />January 1, 1849<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|31
|data-sort-value="Floyd, John"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1806–1863)}}<br><ref name="sobel-floyd">Sobel p. 1643</ref><ref name="nga-floyd">{{cite web | title=John Buchanan Floyd Jr. | url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-buchanan-floyd-jr/ | publisher=] | access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 1, 1849}}<ref name="register" /><br />–<br />January 1, 1852<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}
|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
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||]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 1, 1852}}<br/>–<br/>January 1, 1856<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|First popularly elected
|- style="height:2em;"
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|rowspan="2" |]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" |]
|rowspan="2" |]
|rowspan="2" |{{dts|January 1, 1856}}<br/>–<br/>January 1, 1860<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|rowspan="2" |4 years
|rowspan="2" |]
|bgcolor="#F2E0CE" |
|]
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|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|34
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|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 1, 1860}}<br/>–<br/>January 1, 1864<br>
<small>(Overthrown)</small>{{efn|The United States government no longer recognized Letcher as Virginia's governor. Instead, President ] appointed Francis Harrison Pierpont as governor.}}
|1 year, 5 months undisputed;
4 years total
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|Disputed with Francis Harrison Pierpont from May 15, 1861 onward.
|- style="height:2em;"
| -
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|January 1, 1864
–


1820-10-12: field notes filed for survey from bear creek to washington county
May 9, 1865
|1 year, 4 months
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|Disputed with Francis Harrison Pierpont throughout
|- style="height:2em;"
|colspan="11" | ''State government dissolved''
|- style="height:2em;"
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|rowspan="2" |]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
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|rowspan="2" |]
|rowspan="2" |{{dts|May 15, 1861}}<br/>–<br/>April 4, 1868<br>
|rowspan="2" |7 years
|rowspan="2" |Elected by ]
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" |]
|- style="height:2em;"
|—
||]
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|April 4, 1868}}<br/>–<br/>September 21, 1869<br>
<small>(Acting)</small>
|1.5 years
|Appointed by<br>
]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="3" | 36
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|September 21, 1869}}<br/>–<br/>January 1, 1870<br>
|1 year, 3 months
| Appointed by<br>
]
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|colspan="10" | ''State government reestablished with popular elections''
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 1, 1870}}<br/>–<br/>January 1, 1874<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|bgcolor="#F2E0CE" |
|]
|Switched from Republican to Democratic Party
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2" | 37
|rowspan="2" | ]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" | ]
|rowspan="2" | ]
|rowspan="2" | {{dts|January 1, 1874}}<br/>–<br/>January 1, 1878<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|rowspan="2" | 4 years
|rowspan="2" | ]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|38
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 1, 1878}}<br/>–<br/>January 1, 1882<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|39
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Readjuster Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 1, 1882}}<br/>–<br/>January 1, 1886<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|40
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 1, 1886}}<br/>–<br/>January 1, 1890<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|41
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 1, 1890}}<br/>–<br/>January 1, 1894<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|42
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 1, 1894}}<br/>–<br/>January 1, 1898<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|43
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 1, 1898}}<br/>–<br/>January 1, 1902<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|44
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 1, 1902}}<br/>–<br/>February 1, 1906<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years, 1 month{{efn|Inauguration day moved one month later}}
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|45
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|February 1, 1906}}<br/>–<br/>February 1, 1910<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="3" | ]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|46
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|February 1, 1910}}<br/>–<br/>February 1, 1914<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|47
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|February 1, 1914}}<br/>–<br/>February 1, 1918<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|48
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|February 1, 1918}}<br/>–<br/>February 1, 1922<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|- style="height:2em;"|- style="height:2em;"
|49
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|February 1, 1922}}<br/>–<br/>February 1, 1926<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" |]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|50
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|February 1, 1926}}<br/>–<br/>January 15, 1930<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|51
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 15, 1930}}<br/>–<br/>January 16, 1934<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" | ]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|52
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 17, 1934}}<br/>–<br/>January 18, 1938<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2" |53
|rowspan="2" |]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" |]
|rowspan="2" |]
|rowspan="2" |{{dts|January 19, 1938}}<br/>–<br/>January 20, 1942<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|rowspan="2" |4 years
|rowspan="2" |]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]<br>
<small>(Died)</small>
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|bgcolor="#DCDCDC"|
|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"|- style="height:2em;"
|54
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 21, 1942}}<br/>–<br/>January 15, 1946<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|55
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 16, 1946}}<br/>–<br/>January 17, 1950 <br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|4 years
|]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" | ]<br>
<small>(Died)</small>
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="3"| 56
|rowspan="3" | ]
|rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="3"| ]
|rowspan="3"| ]
|rowspan="3"| {{dts|January 18, 1950}}<br/>–<br/>January 19, 1954<br>
<small>(term limited)</small>
|rowspan="3"| 4 years
|rowspan="3"| ]
|rowspan="3" |
|- style="height:2em;"
|bgcolor="#DCDCDC"|
|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
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1820-07-19: demarcation of new line from washington county to gulf
==See also==
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1822-1839: 1817-? border run east as far as georgia
==Notes==
{{notelist}}


1831: 4 Stat L. 479 defined AL-FL border was 31 N
==References==
;General
{{refbegin}}
*{{Cite web|title=Former Virginia Governors|url=https://www.nga.org/former-governors/virginia/|access-date=July 16, 2023|publisher=National Governors Association}}
*{{Cite book|last=Sobel|first=Robert|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0004unse/|title=Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. IV|publisher=Meckler Books|year=1978|isbn=9780930466008|access-date=June 13, 2023}}
*{{Cite book|last=Kallenbach|first=Joseph Ernest|url=http://archive.org/details/americanstategov0000kall|title=American State Governors, 1776-1976|date=1977|publisher=Oceana Publications|isbn=978-0-379-00665-0|access-date=June 15, 2023}}
{{refend}}


1847: AL-FL line described as Ellicott's Line:
;Specific
beginning on the Chattahoochee near "Irwin's Mills"
{{reflist}}
West to the Perdido


1853: Ellicott's Line resurveyed
{{Virginia}}
{{Lists of US Governors}}


1906: AL-MS boundary described as:
{{DEFAULTSORT:Virginia, List Of Governors Of}}
West bank of tennessee, six four-pole chains south of and above the mouth of yellow creek
]
Up that to the mouth of Bear Creek
]
Line to what was formerly the NW corner of Washington County
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Line to a point 10 miles east of the mouth of the Pascagoula
]

1911: Ellicott's Line resurveyed

1954-05-06: AL and FL defined boundary at mouth of perdido and extend it into the gulf

Check code of alabama "1876, p. 189" for GA border, see vz 104

Latest revision as of 19:34, 2 November 2024

History of the borders of Alabama

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Alabama Territory was organized from the eastern half of Mississippi Territory on March 3, 1817. The act defined its borders as:

...beginning at the point where the line of the thirty-first degree of north latitude intersects the Perdido river, thence east to the western boundary line of the state of Georgia, thence along said line to the southern boundary line to the state of Tennessee, thence west along said boundary line to the Tennessee river, thence up the same to the mouth of Bear creek, thence by a direct line to the north-west corner of Washington county, thence due south to the Gulf of Mexico, thence eastwardly, including all the islands within six leagues of the shore, to the Perdido river, and thence up the same to the beginning...

The border between Georgia and Spanish Florida along the 31st parallel north was surveyed in 1799 by Andrew Ellicott, and this line was inherited by Alabama Territory.

The western boundary of Georgia was defined in 1802 as:

... a line beginning on the western bank of the Chatahouchie River where the same crosses the boundary line between the United States and Spain; running thence up the said River Chatahouchie, and along the western bank thereof to the great bend thereof, next above the place where a certain creek or river, called "Uchee" (being the first considerable stream on the western side, above the Cussetas and Coweta towns), empties into the Chatahouchie River; thence in a direct line to Nickajack, on Tennessee River; thence crossing the said last-mentioned river, and thence running up the said Tennessee River and along the western bank thereof to the southern boundary line of the State of Tennessee.

The location of Nickajack was surveyed in 1818, with the report being filed on July 13, and it being approved on December 18, though it is an open question whether that law was sufficient.. While the southern boundary of Tennessee was intended to be the 35th parallel north, the line was incorrectly surveyed south by a mile, so the described border never reaches the Tennessee River. The great bend of the Chattahoochee was surveyed as being located at Miller's Bend (now West Point) and the line from Nickajack to Miller's Bend was surveyed in 1826, but Alabama didn't accept this survey until January 24, 1840.

The southern boundary of Tennessee was inherited from North Carolina, and was defined in the 1776 North Carolina constitution as the 35th parallel north. However, this was not surveyed until the early 19th century. In October 1807, this line was surveyed from a point near 87th meridian west, just east of the Elk River, eastward to the old Cherokee line, about 30 miles. In 1817, the line was extended west to the Tennessee River, and between 1822 and 1839 the line was run east to Georgia.

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1819-03-02: Enabling Act for admission defined boundaries as above; sec 3 provided: if the south line encroaches on Wayne, Green, or Jackson Counties in Mississippi, the line will be changed to a point 10 miles east of the mouth of the Pascagoula

1820-10-12: field notes filed for survey from bear creek to washington county

1820-07-19: demarcation of new line from washington county to gulf

1822-1839: 1817-? border run east as far as georgia

1831: 4 Stat L. 479 defined AL-FL border was 31 N

1847: AL-FL line described as Ellicott's Line: beginning on the Chattahoochee near "Irwin's Mills" West to the Perdido

1853: Ellicott's Line resurveyed

1906: AL-MS boundary described as: West bank of tennessee, six four-pole chains south of and above the mouth of yellow creek Up that to the mouth of Bear Creek Line to what was formerly the NW corner of Washington County Line to a point 10 miles east of the mouth of the Pascagoula

1911: Ellicott's Line resurveyed

1954-05-06: AL and FL defined boundary at mouth of perdido and extend it into the gulf

Check code of alabama "1876, p. 189" for GA border, see vz 104

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