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Political party strength in Virginia

{{Short description|Politics in the US state of Virginia}}

{{More citations needed|date=September 2020}}

The following table indicates party affiliation in the Commonwealth of Virginia for the individual offices of:

It also indicates the historical composition of the collective:

1776–1851

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!rowspan=2 class=unsortable|Year!! colspan=2 |Executive offices!!colspan=2|General Assembly!!colspan=3|United States Congress!!rowspan=2 class=unsortable|Electoral votes

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!class=unsortable|Governor

!class=unsortable|Attorney General

!class=unsortable|State Senate

!class=unsortable|State House

!class=unsortable|U.S. Senator (Class I)

!class=unsortable|U.S. Senator (Class II)

!class=unsortable|U.S. House

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!1776

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|Patrick Henry (NP)

|rowspan=14 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|Edmund Randolph (NP)

| rowspan=74 |{{Data missing|?|date=July 2021}}

| rowspan=23 |{{Data missing|?|date=July 2021}}

|colspan=4 rowspan=17|began in 1789

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!1777

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!1778

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!rowspan=2|1779

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|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|Thomas Jefferson (NP)

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!1780

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!rowspan=4|1781

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|{{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|William Fleming (NP){{efn|name='councilacting'|Member of the Council of State acting as governor.}}

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|{{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|Thomas Nelson Jr. (NP)

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|{{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|David Jameson (NP){{efn|name='councilacting'}}

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!1782

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|Benjamin Harrison V (NP)

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!1783

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!1784

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!1785

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|Patrick Henry (NP)

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!1786

|rowspan=14 {{Party shading/Federalist}}|James Innes (F)

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!1787

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|Edmund Randolph (NP)

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!1788

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!1789

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|Beverley Randolph (NP)

|{{Party shading/Anti-Administration}}|William Grayson (AA){{efn|name=died|Died in office.}}

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}}|Richard Henry Lee (AA)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}}|7AA, 3PA

|rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Independent}}|George Washington (I) {{Aye}}

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!1790

|{{Party shading/Pro-Administration}}|John Walker (PA)

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!1791

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}}|James Monroe (AA)

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}}|8AA, 2PA

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!rowspan=2|1792

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Federalist}}|Henry Lee III (F)

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|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}}|John Taylor of Caroline (AA)

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!1793

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}}|15AA, 4PA

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!rowspan=2|1794

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Federalist}}|F majority

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|vacant

|vacant

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!rowspan=2|1795

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Robert Brooke (DR)

| {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}}|Stevens Thomson Mason (AA)

|{{Party shading/Anti-Administration}}|Henry Tazewell (AA)

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|17DR, 2F

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| rowspan=11 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |Stevens Thomson Mason (DR)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |Henry Tazewell (DR)

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!1796

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |Thomas Jefferson (DR) {{Nay}}

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!1797

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Federalist}}|James Wood (F)

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Robert Brooke (DR)

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|15DR, 4F

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!1798

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!rowspan=3|1799

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|{{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|Hardin Burnley (NP)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|DR majority

|rowspan=2|vacant

|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|13DR, 6F

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|{{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|John Pendleton Jr. (NP)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|14DR, 5F

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!1800

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|James Monroe (DR)

|rowspan=27 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Philip N. Nicholas (DR)

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Wilson Cary Nicholas (DR)

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Thomas Jefferson (DR) {{Aye}}

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!1801

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|18DR, 1F

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!1802

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!rowspan=2|1803

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|John Page (DR)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|18DR, 4F

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| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |John Taylor of Caroline (DR)

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!rowspan=2|1804

|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Abraham B. Venable (DR)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|19DR, 3F

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Thomas Jefferson/
George Clinton (DR) {{Aye}}

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| rowspan=3 |{{Data missing|?|date=July 2021}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|William Branch Giles (DR)

|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Andrew Moore (DR)

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!1805

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |Andrew Moore (DR)

| rowspan=15 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |William Branch Giles (DR)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|21DR, 1F

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!1806

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|William H. Cabell (DR)

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!1807

| rowspan=12 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|DR majority

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|20DR, 2F

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!1808

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |James Madison/
George Clinton (DR) {{Aye}}

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!1809

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|John Tyler Sr. (DR)

|rowspan=11 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Richard Brent (DR)

|rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|16DR, 6F

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!1810

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!rowspan=5|1811

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|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|George William Smith (DR){{efn|name='councilacting'}}

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|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|James Monroe (DR)

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|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|George William Smith (DR){{efn|Member of the Council of State acting as governor; was later elected in his own right.}}{{efn|name=died}}

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Peyton Randolph (DR){{efn|name='councilacting'}}

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!rowspan=2|1812

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |James Madison/
Elbridge Gerry (DR) {{Aye}}

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|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|James Barbour (DR)

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!1813

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|17DR, 6F

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!1814

| rowspan=3 |{{Data missing|?|date=July 2021}}

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!1815

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Wilson Cary Nicholas (DR)

| rowspan=12 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |James Barbour (DR)

|vacant

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|19DR, 4F

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!1816

|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Armistead Thomson Mason (DR)

|rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|James Monroe/
Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) {{Aye}}

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!1817

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|James Patton Preston (DR)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|DR majority

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|John Wayles Eppes (DR)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|20DR, 3F

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!1818

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!1819

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!rowspan=2|1820

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. (DR)

|rowspan=18 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|John Robertson (DR)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|James Pleasants (DR)

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|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|21DR, 2F

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!1821

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!1822

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!1823

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|James Pleasants (DR)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |John Taylor of Caroline (DR){{efn|name=died}}

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|21DR, 1F

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!rowspan=2|1824

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Jacksonian}}|J majority

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|William H. Crawford/
John C. Calhoun (DR) {{Nay}}

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|vacant

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!rowspan=2|1825

| {{Party shading/Jacksonian}} |James Barbour (J)

|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|Littleton Waller Tazewell (DR)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Jacksonian}} |15J, 7NR

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|vacant

|rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Jacksonian}}|Littleton Waller Tazewell (J)

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!1826

|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|John Tyler (DR){{efn|name=res-senate|Resigned to take an elected seat in the U.S. Senate.}}

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}}|John Randolph of Roanoke (J)

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!1827

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Branch Giles (D){{efn|name='councilacting'}}

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Jacksonian}} |John Tyler (J)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Jacksonian}}|16J, 6NR

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!1828

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Andrew Jackson/
John C. Calhoun (D) {{Aye}}

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!1829

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!1830

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|John Floyd (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Jacksonian}}|17J, 5NR

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!1831

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|32NP

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|134NP

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!rowspan=2|1832

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Jacksonian}}|18J, 4NR

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Andrew Jackson/
Martin Van Buren (D) {{Aye}}

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|vacant

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!1833

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/National Republican}}|John Tyler (NR)

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}}|William Cabell Rives (J)

| {{Party shading/Jacksonian}} |14J, 7NR

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!1834

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Littleton Waller Tazewell (D)

|rowspan=22 {{Party shading/Whig}}|Sidney S. Baxter (W)

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/National Republican}}|Benjamin W. Leigh (NR)

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}}|16J, 8NR

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!1835

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20D, 12W

| {{Party shading/Whig}}|73W, 61D{{Efn|Re-elected a Democratic speaker.}}

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Jacksonian}}|17J, 4NR

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!rowspan=2|1836

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whig}}|Wyndham Robertson (W){{efn|name='councilacting'}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|18D, 14W

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|74D, 60W

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Jacksonian}}|William Cabell Rives (J)

|rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Martin Van Buren/
Richard Mentor Johnson (D) {{Aye}}

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|vacant

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!rowspan=3|1837

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|David Campbell (D)

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|21D, 11W

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|77D, 55W, 2?

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}}|Richard E. Parker (J)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|15D, 6W

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|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Cabell Rives (D)

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Richard E. Parker (D)

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|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William H. Roane (D)

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!1838

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20D, 12W

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|85D, 47W, 2?

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!1839

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|19D, 10W, 3Con

| {{Party shading/Whig}}|72W, 51D, 11Con

|rowspan=2|vacant

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|12D, 7W, 2Con

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!1840

|{{Party shading/Whig}}|Thomas Walker Gilmer (W)

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|17D, 12W, 3Con

| {{Party shading/Whig}}|68W, 56D, 10Con

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|11D, 8W, 2Con

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Martin Van Buren/
Richard Mentor Johnson (D) {{Nay}}

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!rowspan=2|1841

|{{Party shading/Whig}}|John M. Patton (W){{efn|name='councilacting'}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|17D, 15W

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whig}}|71W, 63D

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Whig}}|William Cabell Rives (W)

|rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Whig}}|William S. Archer (W)

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Whig}}|11W, 10D

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|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|John Rutherfoord (D){{efn|name='councilacting'}}

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!1842

|{{Party shading/Whig}}|John Munford Gregory (W){{efn|name='councilacting'}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}}|17W, 15D

| {{Party shading/Whig}}|68W, 66D

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!1843

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|James McDowell (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20D, 12W

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|82D, 52W

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|12D, 3W

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!1844

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|75D, 59W

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|11D, 4W

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|James K. Polk/
George M. Dallas (D) {{Aye}}

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!1845

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|21D, 11W

| {{Party shading/Whig}}|73W, 61D

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|13D, 2W

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!1846

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Smith (D)

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|79D, 55W

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Isaac S. Pennybacker (D){{efn|name=died}}

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!1847

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20D, 12W

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|72D, 60W, 2?

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |James M. Mason (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Robert M. T. Hunter (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|9D, 6W

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!1848

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|21D, 11W

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|71D, 63W

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Lewis Cass/
William O. Butler (D) {{Nay}}

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!1849

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|John B. Floyd (D)

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|D majority

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|75D, 60W

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|14D, 1W

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!1850

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|21D, 11W

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|80D, 55W

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |13D, 2W

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!1851

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|76D, 59W

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!rowspan=2 class=unsortable|Year!!colspan=4|Executive offices!!colspan=2|General Assembly!!colspan=3|United States Congress!!rowspan=2 class=unsortable|Electoral votes

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!class=unsortable|Governor

! colspan=2 class=unsortable|Lieutenant Governor

!class=unsortable|Attorney General

!class=unsortable|State Senate

!class=unsortable|State House

!class=unsortable|U.S. Senator (Class I)

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!1852

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Joseph Johnson (D){{efn|First popularly-elected governor.}}

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Shelton Leake (D)

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Willis Perry Bocock (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34D, 16W

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|89D, 61W, 2?

| rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|James M. Mason (D)

| rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Robert M. T. Hunter (D)

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|13D, 2W

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Franklin Pierce/
William R. King (D) {{Aye}}

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!1853

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|12D, 1W

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!1854

|rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|D majority

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|D majority

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!1855

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|12D, 1U

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!1856

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Henry A. Wise (D)

|colspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Elisha W. McComas (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|96D, 56W

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|James Buchanan/
John C. Breckinridge (D) {{Aye}}

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!1857

|colspan=2 rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Lowther Jackson (D)

|rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|J. Randolph Tucker (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|13D

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!1858

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|D majority

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!1859

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|8D, 5ID

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!1860

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|John Letcher (D)

|colspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Robert Latane Montague (D)

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Constitutional Union}}|John Bell/
Edward Everett (CU) {{Nay}}

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!rowspan=2|1861

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Robert Latane
Montague (D)

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Daniel
Polsley (R){{efn|name=restored|Held office in the Restored Government of Virginia.}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Unionist}}|4U, 9 vac.

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Unionist}}|Waitman T. Willey (U)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Unionist}}|John S. Carlile (U)

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!1862

|rowspan=5 colspan=2|American Civil War

|{{Party shading/Unionist}}|5U, 8 vac.

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!1863

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Leland C. P.
Cowper (R){{efn|name=restored}}

|{{Party shading/Unionist}}|Lemuel J. Bowden (U){{efn|name=died}}

|rowspan=2|vacant during
Civil War

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!1864

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Smith (D)

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Samuel Price (D)

|vacant

|rowspan=11 |no Electors counted

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!rowspan=2|1865

|colspan=2 rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Leopold C. P. Cowper (R)

|rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Thomas Russell Bowden (R)

|colspan=3 rowspan=6|vacant during Reconstruction

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|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Francis Harrison Pierpont (R){{efn|name=military|Unelected military governor.}}

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!1866

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|50NP

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|152NP{{efn|Elected John Brown Baldwin, a Conservative, as Speaker.}}

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!1867

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!rowspan=2|1868

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Henry H. Wells (R){{efn|name=military}}

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!rowspan=2|1869

|colspan=2 rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|John F. Lewis (R)

|colspan=2 rowspan=2|vacant during Reconstruction

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|5Con, 3R

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|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Gilbert C. Walker (R){{efn|Unelected military governor, then elected in his own right.}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Charles Whittlesey (R)

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!1870

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|John Lawrence Marye Jr. (Con)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|James Craig Taylor (Con)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|30D, 13R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|97D, 41R

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}}|John F. Lewis (R)

|rowspan=13 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|John W. Johnston (D)

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!1871

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|4D, 3R, 1Con

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!1872

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|33D, 10R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|99D, 33R

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Ulysses S. Grant/
Henry Wilson (R) {{Aye}}

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!1873

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|5D, 4R

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!1874

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|James L. Kemper (D)

|colspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Robert E. Withers (D)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|Raleigh T. Daniel (Con)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|34D, 9R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|99D, 32R, 1I

|{{Party shading/Republican}}|5R, 4D

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!1875

|colspan=2 rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Henry Wirtz Thomas (D)

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Robert E. Withers (D)

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|8D, 1R

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!1876

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|37D, 6R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|101D, 25R, 1I, 5?

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Samuel J. Tilden/
Thomas A. Hendricks (D) {{Nay}}

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!1877

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!1878

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|Frederick W. M. Holliday (Con)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|James A. Walker (D)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Conservative}}|James G. Field (Con)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38D, 4R, 1I

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|102D, 21I, 9R

style="height:2em"

!1879

style="height:2em"

!1880

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Readjuster}}|{{white|31D, 9R}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Readjuster}}|{{white|83D, 17R}}

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Winfield Scott Hancock/
William Hayden English (D) {{Nay}}

style="height:2em"

!1881

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Readjuster}}|{{colored link|white|William Mahone}} {{white|(RA)}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|7D, 2R

style="height:2em"

!1882

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Readjuster}}|{{colored link|white|William E. Cameron}} {{white|(RA)}}

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Readjuster}}|{{colored link|white|John F. Lewis}} {{white|(RA)}}

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Readjuster}}|{{colored link|white|Frank S. Blair}} {{white|(RA)}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Readjuster}}|{{white|23RA, 17D}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Readjuster}}|{{white|58RA, 42D}}

style="height:2em"

!1883

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Readjuster}}|{{colored link|white|Harrison H. Riddleberger|Harrison H.
Riddleberger}} {{white|(RA)}}

|{{Party shading/Tie}}|5D, 5RA

style="height:2em"

!1884

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25D, 12RA

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|63D, 37RA

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|6D, 4RA

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Grover Cleveland/
Thomas A. Hendricks (D) {{Aye}}

style="height:2em"

!1885

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|8D, 2R

style="height:2em"

!1886

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Fitzhugh Lee (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Readjuster}}|{{colored link|white|John E. Massey}} {{white|(RA)}}

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Rufus A. Ayers (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30D, 10R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|70D, 30R

style="height:2em"

!1887

|rowspan=25 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|John W. Daniel (D){{efn|name=died}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|6R, 3D, 1Lab

style="height:2em"

!1888

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26D, 14R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|61D, 38R, 1I

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Grover Cleveland/
Allen G. Thurman (D) {{Nay}}

style="height:2em"

!1889

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|John S. Barbour Jr. (D){{efn|name=died}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|8D, 2R

style="height:2em"

!1890

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Philip W. McKinney (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|James Hoge Tyler (D)

|rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|R. Taylor Scott (D){{efn|name=died}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30D, 10R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|86D, 14R

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|6D, 4R

style="height:2em"

!1891

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|10D

style="height:2em"

!1892

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39D, 1R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|97D, 3R

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Eppa Hunton (D)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Grover Cleveland/
Adlai Stevenson I (D) {{Aye}}

style="height:2em"

!1893

style="height:2em"

!1894

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Charles T. O'Ferrall (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Robert Craig Kent (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38D, 2R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|90D, 10R

style="height:2em"

!1895

|rowspan=27 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Thomas S. Martin (D){{efn|name=died}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|9D, 1R

style="height:2em"

!1896

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34D, 3R, 1Cit, 1Fus, 1O

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|68D, 17R, 12P, 3I

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|8D, 2R

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Jennings Bryan/
Arthur Sewall (D) {{Nay}}

style="height:1.25em"

!rowspan=2|1897

style="height:2em"

|vacant

style="height:2em"

!1898

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|James Hoge Tyler (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Edward Echols (D)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Andrew Jackson Montague (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35D, 4R, 1P

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|95D, 4R, 1I

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|6D, 4R

style="height:2em"

!1899

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|10D

style="height:2em"

!1900

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38D, 2R

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|93D, 7R

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|9D, 1R

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Jennings Bryan/
Adlai Stevenson I (D) {{Nay}}

style="height:2em"

!1901

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|10D

style="height:2em"

!1902

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Andrew Jackson Montague (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Joseph Edward Willard (D)

|rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Alexander Anderson (D)

style="height:2em"

!1903

|rowspan=20 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|9D, 1R

style="height:2em"

!1904

|rowspan=13 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35D, 5R

|rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|86D, 14R

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Alton B. Parker/
Henry G. Davis (D) {{Nay}}

style="height:2em"

!1905

style="height:2em"

!1906

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Claude A. Swanson (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=13 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|James Taylor Ellyson (D)

style="height:2em"

!1907

style="height:2em"

!1908

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Jennings Bryan/
John W. Kern (D) {{Nay}}

style="height:2em"

!1909

style="height:1.25em"

!rowspan=2|1910

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Hodges Mann (D)

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Samuel Walker Williams (D)

style="height:1.25em"

|rowspan=23 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Claude A. Swanson (D)

style="height:2em"

!1911

style="height:2em"

!1912

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|90D, 10R

|rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Woodrow Wilson/
Thomas R. Marshall (D) {{Aye}}

style="height:2em"

!1913

style="height:2em"

!1914

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Henry Carter Stuart (D)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|John Garland Pollard (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|92D, 8R

style="height:2em"

!1915

style="height:2em"

!1916

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36D, 4R

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|88D, 12R

style="height:2em"

!1917

style="height:2em"

!1918

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Westmoreland Davis (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Benjamin Franklin Buchanan (D)

|rowspan=17 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|John R. Saunders (D){{efn|name=died}}

style="height:2em"

!1919

style="height:2em"

!1920

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34D, 6R

|rowspan=28 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Carter Glass (D)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|James M. Cox/
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) {{Nay}}

style="height:2em"

!1921

style="height:2em"

!1922

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|E. Lee Trinkle (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Junius Edgar West (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|95D, 5R

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|8D, 2R

style="height:2em"

!1923

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|10D

style="height:2em"

!1924

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39D, 1R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|97D, 3R

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|John W. Davis/
Charles W. Bryan (D) {{Nay}}

style="height:2em"

!1925

style="height:2em"

!1926

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Harry F. Byrd (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|95D, 5R

style="height:2em"

!1927

style="height:2em"

!1928

|rowspan=17 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38D, 2R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|93D, 7R

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Herbert Hoover/
Charles Curtis (R) {{Aye}}

style="height:2em"

!1929

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|7D, 3R

style="height:2em"

!1930

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|John Garland Pollard (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|James Hubert Price (D)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|95D, 5R

style="height:2em"

!1931

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|9D, 1R

style="height:2em"

!1932

|rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Franklin D. Roosevelt/
John Nance Garner (D) {{Aye}}

style="height:2em"

!1933

|rowspan=35 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Harry F. Byrd (D)

|rowspan=18 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|9D

style="height:1.25em"

!rowspan=2|1934

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|George C. Peery (D)

|rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|93D, 7R

style="height:1.25em"

|rowspan=14 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Abram Penn Staples (D){{efn|Initially appointed to fill a vacancy, later elected in his own right. Resigned to become judge on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.}}

style="height:2em"

!1935

style="height:2em"

!1936

style="height:2em"

!1937

style="height:2em"

!1938

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|James Hubert Price (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Saxon W. Holt (D){{efn|name=died}}

style="height:2em"

!1939

style="height:2em"

!1940

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|97D, 3R

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Franklin D. Roosevelt/
Henry A. Wallace (D) {{Aye}}

style="height:2em"

!1941

|colspan=2|vacant

style="height:2em"

!1942

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Colgate Darden (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William M. Tuck (D)

style="height:2em"

!1943

style="height:2em"

!1944

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37D, 3R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|94D, 6R

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Franklin D. Roosevelt/
Harry S. Truman (D) {{Aye}}

style="height:2em"

!1945

style="height:1.25em"

!rowspan=2|1946

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William M. Tuck (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Lewis Preston Collins II (D){{efn|name=died}}

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|93D, 7R

style="height:2em"

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Thomas G. Burch (D)

style="height:2em"

!1947

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Harvey B. Apperson (D){{efn|name=app|Appointed by governor to fill vacancy.}}{{efn|name=died}}

|rowspan=20 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|A. Willis Robertson (D)

style="height:2em"

!1948

|rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|J. Lindsay Almond (D){{efn|name=res-gov|Resigned to run for governor.}}

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38D, 2R

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Harry S. Truman/
Alben W. Barkley (D) {{Aye}}

style="height:2em"

!1949

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|8D

style="height:2em"

!1950

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|John S. Battle (D)

|rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|94D, 6R

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|9D

style="height:2em"

!1951

style="height:2em"

!1952

|colspan=2 rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Allie Edward Stakes
Stephens (D){{efn|Initially elected in a special election to complete Collins's term.}}

|rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37D, 3R

|rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Dwight D. Eisenhower/
Richard Nixon (R) {{Aye}}

style="height:2em"

!1953

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|7D, 3R

style="height:2em"

!1954

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Thomas B. Stanley (D)

style="height:2em"

!1955

|rowspan=12 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|8D, 2R

style="height:2em"

!1956

style="height:2em"

!1957

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Kenneth Cartwright Patty (D){{efn|name=app}}

style="height:2em"

!1958

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|J. Lindsay Almond (D)

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Albertis Harrison (D){{efn|name=res-gov}}

style="height:2em"

!1959

style="height:2em"

!1960

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38D, 2R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|96D, 4R

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Richard Nixon/
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) {{Nay}}

style="height:2em"

!1961

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Frederick Thomas Gray (D){{efn|name=app}}

style="height:2em"

!1962

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Albertis Harrison (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Mills Godwin (D)

|rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Robert Young Button (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|94D, 5R, 1I

style="height:2em"

!1963

style="height:2em"

!1964

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37D, 3R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|89D, 11R

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Lyndon B. Johnson/
Hubert Humphrey (D) {{Aye}}

style="height:2em"

!1965

style="height:2em"

!1966

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Mills Godwin (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Fred G. Pollard (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|87D, 12R, 1I

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Harry F. Byrd Jr. (D)

style="height:2em"

!1967

|rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Spong Jr. (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|6D, 4R

style="height:2em"

!1968

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34D, 6R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|86D, 14R

|rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Richard Nixon/
Spiro Agnew (R) {{Aye}}

style="height:2em"

!1969

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tie}}|5D, 5R

style="height:2em"

!1970

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Linwood Holton (R)

|colspan=2 rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|J. Sargeant Reynolds (D){{efn|name=died}}

|rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Andrew P. Miller (D)

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33D, 7R

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|75D, 24R, 1I

|rowspan=14 {{Party shading/Independent}}|Harry F. Byrd Jr. (I)

style="height:1.25em"

!rowspan=2|1971

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}}|6R, 4D

style="height:1.25em"

|colspan=2 rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Independent Democratic}}|Henry Howell (ID){{efn|Won special election to complete Reynolds's term.}}

style="height:2em"

!1972

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|73D, 24R, 3I

style="height:2em"

!1973

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}}|William L. Scott (R)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|7R, 3D

style="height:2em"

!1974

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Mills Godwin (R)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|John N. Dalton (R)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34D, 6R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|65D, 20R, 15I

style="height:2em"

!1975

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tie}}|5R, 5D

style="height:2em"

!1976

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35D, 5R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|78D, 17R, 5I

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Gerald Ford/
Bob Dole (R) {{Nay}}

style="height:2em"

!1977

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Anthony Francis Troy (D)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|6R, 4D

style="height:2em"

!1978

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|John N. Dalton (R)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Chuck Robb (D)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Marshall Coleman (R)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34D, 6R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|76D, 21R, 3I

style="height:2em"

!1979

|rowspan=32 {{Party shading/Republican}}|John Warner (R)

style="height:2em"

!1980

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31D, 9R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|74D, 25R, 1I

|rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Ronald Reagan/
George H. W. Bush (R) {{Aye}}

style="height:2em"

!1981

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|9R, 1D

style="height:2em"

!1982

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Chuck Robb (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dick Davis (D)

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Gerald Baliles (D){{efn|name=res-gov}}

|rowspan=1 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|66D, 32R, 2I

style="height:2em"

!1983

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|65D, 34R, 1I

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Paul Trible (R)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|6R, 4D

style="height:2em"

!1984

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|32D, 8R

style="height:2em"

!1985

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Broaddus (D){{efn|name=app}}

style="height:2em"

!1986

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Gerald Baliles (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Douglas Wilder (D)

|rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Mary Sue Terry (D){{efn|name=res-gov}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|65D, 33R, 2I

style="height:2em"

!1987

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Tie}}|5R, 5D

style="height:2em"

!1988

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30D, 10R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|64D, 35R, 1I

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|George H. W. Bush/
Dan Quayle (R) {{Aye}}

style="height:2em"

!1989

|rowspan=12 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Chuck Robb (D)

style="height:2em"

!1990

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Douglas Wilder (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Don Beyer (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|59D, 40R, 1I

style="height:2em"

!1991

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|6D, 4R

style="height:2em"

!1992

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|22D, 18R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|58D, 41R, 1I

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|George H. W. Bush/
Dan Quayle (R) {{Nay}}

style="height:2em"

!1993

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Stephen D. Rosenthal (D){{efn|name=app}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|7D, 4R

style="height:2em"

!1994

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|George Allen (R)

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Jim Gilmore (R){{efn|name=res-gov}}

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|52D, 47R, 1I

style="height:2em"

!1995

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|6D, 5R

style="height:2em"

!1996

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition}}|20R, 20D{{efn|Republicans and Democrats negotiated a power-sharing agreement to split control of the chamber after the tie.}}

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Bob Dole/
Jack Kemp (R) {{Nay}}

style="height:2em"

!1997

|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Richard Cullen (R){{efn|name=app}}

style="height:2em"

!1998

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Jim Gilmore (R)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|John H. Hager (R)

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Mark Earley (R){{efn|name=res-gov}}

|rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}}|21R, 19D{{efn|Republicans won a special election to claim the majority in the chamber after Democrat Charles Waddell resigned his seat.{{Cite news|title=Virginia State Legislature|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/vastateleg/issues/elect1-21.htm|access-date=2021-06-29|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GNr40qOoXOoC&dq=virginia%2520house%2520of%2520delegates%2520elections%25201997&pg=PA139|title=Southern Politics in the 1990s|publisher=LSU Press|isbn=978-0-8071-4181-6|language=en}}}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition}}|50D, 49R, 1I{{efn|The 1997 general election yielded a 51-48-1 Democrat majority. David Brickley resigned his seat right afterward, however, and a special election for District 51 was called. His seat flipped to the Republicans, and with Independent Lacey Putney siding with the Republicans, the chamber was tied. Democrats retained the Speakership through a power-sharing agreement.{{Cite news|title=Virginia State Legislature|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/vastateleg/issues/party2.htm|access-date=2021-06-29|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GNr40qOoXOoC&dq=virginia%2520house%2520of%2520delegates%2520elections%25201997&pg=PA139|title=Southern Politics in the 1990s|publisher=LSU Press|isbn=978-0-8071-4181-6|language=en}}}}

style="height:2em"

!1999

style="height:2em"

!2000

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|52R, 47D, 1I

|rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Republican}}|George W. Bush/
Dick Cheney (R) {{Aye}}

style="height:2em"

!2001

|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Randolph A. Beales (R){{efn|name=app}}

|rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}}|George Allen (R)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|6R, 4D, 1I

style="height:1.25em"

!rowspan=2|2002

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Mark Warner (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Tim Kaine (D)

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Jerry Kilgore (R){{efn|name=res-gov}}

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}}|64R, 34D, 2I

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|rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}}|8R, 3D{{efn|In August 2002, Goode switched parties and became a Republican.}}

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!2003

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!2004

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}}|24R, 16D

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}}|61R, 37D, 2I

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!rowspan=2|2005

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|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Judith Jagdmann (R){{efn|name=dep|Chief deputy attorney general elected attorney general by the General Assembly.}}

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!2006

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Tim Kaine (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Bill Bolling (R)

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Bob McDonnell (R){{efn|name=res-gov}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|57R, 40D, 3I

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!2007

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Jim Webb (D)

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!2008

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|21D, 19R

|{{Party shading/Republican}}|54R, 44D, 2I

|rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Barack Obama/
Joe Biden (D) {{Aye}}

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!2009

|{{Party shading/Republican}}|William C. Mims (R){{efn|name=dep}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}}|53R, 45D, 2I{{efn|Independents caucused with Republicans.}}

|rowspan=18 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}}|Mark Warner (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|6D, 5R

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!2010

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Bob McDonnell (R)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Ken Cuccinelli (R)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|22D, 18R{{cite web |url=http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/state_regional/state_regional_govtpolitics/article/SENA13_20100112-222206/317137/ |title=Democrats pick up state Senate seat |last=Cain |first=Andrew |date=January 13, 2010 |work=timesdispatch.com |publisher=Richmond Times-Dispatch |access-date=January 16, 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|59R, 39D, 2I

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!2011

|rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}}|8R, 3D

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!2012

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|20R, 20D{{efn|name=LG|Control of Senate decided by Lieutenant Governor.}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|67R, 32D, 1I

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!2013

|rowspan=14 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}}|Tim Kaine (D)

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!rowspan=2|2014

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Terry McAuliffe (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=5 {{party shading/Democratic}}|Ralph Northam (D)

|rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Mark Herring (D)

| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20D, 20R{{efn|name=LG}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|68R, 32D

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|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}}|21R, 19D{{efn|On June 9, 2014, Democrat Phillip Puckett resigned from the Virginia State Senate. He was replaced by Republican Ben Chafin in an August 19 special election.}}

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!2015

|{{party shading/Republican}}|67R, 32D, 1I

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!2016

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|66R, 34D

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Hillary Clinton/
Tim Kaine (D) {{Nay}}

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!2017

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|7R, 4D

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!2018

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ralph Northam (D)

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Justin Fairfax (D)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|51R, 49D

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!2019

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|7D, 4R

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!2020

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |21D, 19R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |55D, 45R

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Joe Biden/
Kamala Harris (D) {{Aye}}

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!2021

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!2022

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican/current}} | Glenn Youngkin (R)

|rowspan=4 colspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican/current}} | Winsome Earle-Sears (R)

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican/current}} | Jason Miyares (R)

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |52R, 48D

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!2023

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |22D, 18R{{efn|Republican State Senator Jennifer Kiggans vacated her seat after she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrat Aaron Rouse won the special election to succeed her.}}

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}}|6D, 5R

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!2024

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}} | 21D, 19R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}} | 51D, 49R

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Kamala Harris/
Tim Walz (D) {{nay}}

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!2025

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