Political party strength in Virginia

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

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It also indicates the historical composition of the collective:

1776–1851

YearExecutive offices General Assembly United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Attorney General State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. House
1776 Patrick Henry (NP) Edmund Randolph (NP)[ ? ][ ? ]began in 1789
1777
1778
1779
Thomas Jefferson (NP)
1780
1781
William Fleming (NP) [a]
Thomas Nelson Jr. (NP)
David Jameson (NP) [a]
1782 Benjamin Harrison V (NP)
1783
1784
1785 Patrick Henry (NP)
1786 James Innes (F)
1787 Edmund Randolph (NP)
1788
1789 Beverley Randolph (NP) William Grayson (AA) [b] Richard Henry Lee (AA)7AA, 3PA George Washington (I)Green check.svg
1790 John Walker (PA)
1791 James Monroe (AA)8AA, 2PA
1792 Henry Lee III (F)
John Taylor of Caroline (AA)
179315AA, 4PA
1794F majority
vacantvacant
1795 Robert Brooke (DR) Stevens Thomson Mason (AA) Henry Tazewell (AA)17DR, 2F
Stevens Thomson Mason (DR) Henry Tazewell (DR)
1796 Thomas Jefferson (DR)Red x.svg
1797 James Wood (F) Robert Brooke (DR)15DR, 4F
1798
1799
Hardin Burnley (NP)DR majorityvacant13DR, 6F
John Pendleton Jr. (NP)14DR, 5F
1800 James Monroe (DR) Philip N. Nicholas (DR) Wilson Cary Nicholas (DR) Thomas Jefferson (DR)Green check.svg
180118DR, 1F
1802
1803 John Page (DR)18DR, 4F
John Taylor of Caroline (DR)
1804 Abraham B. Venable (DR)19DR, 3F Thomas Jefferson/
George Clinton (DR)Green check.svg
[ ? ] William Branch Giles (DR) Andrew Moore (DR)
1805 Andrew Moore (DR) William Branch Giles (DR)21DR, 1F
1806 William H. Cabell (DR)
1807DR majority20DR, 2F
1808 James Madison/
George Clinton (DR)Green check.svg
1809 John Tyler Sr. (DR) Richard Brent (DR)16DR, 6F
1810
1811
George William Smith (DR) [a]
James Monroe (DR)
George William Smith (DR) [c] [b]
Peyton Randolph (DR) [a]
1812 James Madison/
Elbridge Gerry (DR)Green check.svg
James Barbour (DR)
181317DR, 6F
1814[ ? ]
1815 Wilson Cary Nicholas (DR) James Barbour (DR)vacant19DR, 4F
1816 Armistead Thomson Mason (DR) James Monroe/
Daniel D. Tompkins (DR)Green check.svg
1817 James Patton Preston (DR)DR majority John Wayles Eppes (DR)20DR, 3F
1818
1819
1820 Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. (DR) John Robertson (DR) James Pleasants (DR)
21DR, 2F
1821
1822
1823 James Pleasants (DR) John Taylor of Caroline (DR) [b] 21DR, 1F
1824J majority William H. Crawford/
John C. Calhoun (DR)Red x.svg
vacant
1825 James Barbour (J) Littleton Waller Tazewell (DR)15J, 7NR
vacant Littleton Waller Tazewell (J)
1826 John Tyler (DR) [d] John Randolph of Roanoke (J)
1827 William Branch Giles (D) [a] John Tyler (J)16J, 6NR
1828 Andrew Jackson/
John C. Calhoun (D)Green check.svg
1829
1830 John Floyd (D)17J, 5NR
183132NP134NP
183218J, 4NR Andrew Jackson/
Martin Van Buren (D)Green check.svg
vacant
1833 John Tyler (NR) William Cabell Rives (J)14J, 7NR
1834 Littleton Waller Tazewell (D) Sidney S. Baxter (W) Benjamin W. Leigh (NR)16J, 8NR
183520D, 12W73W, 61D [e] 17J, 4NR
1836 Wyndham Robertson (W) [a] 18D, 14W74D, 60W William Cabell Rives (J) Martin Van Buren/
Richard Mentor Johnson (D)Green check.svg
vacant
1837 David Campbell (D)21D, 11W77D, 55W, 2? Richard E. Parker (J)15D, 6W
William Cabell Rives (D) Richard E. Parker (D)
William H. Roane (D)
183820D, 12W85D, 47W, 2?
183919D, 10W, 3Con72W, 51D, 11Convacant12D, 7W, 2Con
1840 Thomas Walker Gilmer (W)17D, 12W, 3Con68W, 56D, 10Con11D, 8W, 2Con Martin Van Buren/
Richard Mentor Johnson (D)Red x.svg
1841 John M. Patton (W) [a] 17D, 15W71W, 63D William Cabell Rives (W) William S. Archer (W)11W, 10D
John Rutherfoord (D) [a]
1842 John Munford Gregory (W) [a] 17W, 15D68W, 66D
1843 James McDowell (D)20D, 12W82D, 52W12D, 3W
184475D, 59W11D, 4W James K. Polk/
George M. Dallas (D)Green check.svg
184521D, 11W73W, 61Dvacant13D, 2W
1846 William Smith (D)79D, 55W Isaac S. Pennybacker (D) [b]
184720D, 12W72D, 60W, 2? James M. Mason (D) Robert M. T. Hunter (D)9D, 6W
184821D, 11W71D, 63W Lewis Cass/
William O. Butler (D)Red x.svg
1849 John B. Floyd (D)D majority75D, 60W14D, 1W
185021D, 11W80D, 55W13D, 2W
185176D, 59W
Year Governor Attorney General State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. House Electoral votes
Executive offices General Assembly United States Congress

1852–present

YearExecutive offices General Assembly United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. House
1852 Joseph Johnson (D) [f] Shelton Leake (D) Willis Perry Bocock (D)34D, 16W89D, 61W, 2? James M. Mason (D) Robert M. T. Hunter (D)13D, 2W Franklin Pierce/
William R. King (D)Green check.svg
185312D, 1W
1854D majorityD majority
185512D, 1U
1856 Henry A. Wise (D) Elisha W. McComas (D)96D, 56W James Buchanan/
John C. Breckinridge (D)Green check.svg
1857 William Lowther Jackson (D) J. Randolph Tucker (D)13D
1858D majority
18598D, 5ID
1860 John Letcher (D) Robert Latane Montague (D) John Bell/
Edward Everett (CU)Red x.svg
1861 Robert Latane
Montague
(D)
Daniel
Polsley
(R) [g]
4U, 9 vac.
Waitman T. Willey (U) John S. Carlile (U)
1862 American Civil War 5U, 8 vac.
1863 Leland C. P.
Cowper
(R) [g]
Lemuel J. Bowden (U) [b] vacant during
Civil War
1864 William Smith (D) Samuel Price (D)vacantno Electors counted
1865 Leopold C. P. Cowper (R) Thomas Russell Bowden (R)vacant during Reconstruction
Francis Harrison Pierpont (R) [h]
186650NP152NP [i]
1867
1868
Henry H. Wells (R) [h]
1869 John F. Lewis (R)vacant during Reconstruction5Con, 3R
Gilbert C. Walker (R) [j] Charles Whittlesey (R)
1870 John Lawrence Marye Jr. (Con) James Craig Taylor (Con)30D, 13R97D, 41R John F. Lewis (R) John W. Johnston (D)
18714D, 3R, 1Con
187233D, 10R99D, 33R Ulysses S. Grant/
Henry Wilson (R)Green check.svg
18735D, 4R
1874 James L. Kemper (D) Robert E. Withers (D) Raleigh T. Daniel (Con)34D, 9R99D, 32R, 1I5R, 4D
1875 Henry Wirtz Thomas (D) Robert E. Withers (D)8D, 1R
187637D, 6R101D, 25R, 1I, 5? Samuel J. Tilden/
Thomas A. Hendricks (D)Red x.svg
1877
1878 Frederick W. M. Holliday (Con) James A. Walker (D) James G. Field (Con)38D, 4R, 1I102D, 21I, 9R
1879
188031D, 9R83D, 17R Winfield Scott Hancock/
William Hayden English (D)Red x.svg
1881 William Mahone (RA)7D, 2R
1882 William E. Cameron (RA) John F. Lewis (RA) Frank S. Blair (RA)23RA, 17D58RA, 42D
1883 Harrison H.
Riddleberger
(RA)
5D, 5RA
188425D, 12RA63D, 37RA6D, 4RA Grover Cleveland/
Thomas A. Hendricks (D)Green check.svg
18858D, 2R
1886 Fitzhugh Lee (D) John E. Massey (RA) Rufus A. Ayers (D)30D, 10R70D, 30R
1887 John W. Daniel (D) [b] 6R, 3D, 1Lab
188826D, 14R61D, 38R, 1I Grover Cleveland/
Allen G. Thurman (D)Red x.svg
1889 John S. Barbour Jr. (D) [b] 8D, 2R
1890 Philip W. McKinney (D) James Hoge Tyler (D) R. Taylor Scott (D) [b] 30D, 10R86D, 14R6D, 4R
189110D
189239D, 1R97D, 3R Eppa Hunton (D) Grover Cleveland/
Adlai Stevenson I (D)Green check.svg
1893
1894 Charles T. O'Ferrall (D) Robert Craig Kent (D)38D, 2R90D, 10R
1895 Thomas S. Martin (D) [b] 9D, 1R
189634D, 3R, 1Cit, 1Fus, 1O68D, 17R, 12P, 3I8D, 2R William Jennings Bryan/
Arthur Sewall (D)Red x.svg
1897
vacant
1898 James Hoge Tyler (D) Edward Echols (D) Andrew Jackson Montague (D)35D, 4R, 1P95D, 4R, 1I6D, 4R
189910D
190038D, 2R93D, 7R9D, 1R William Jennings Bryan/
Adlai Stevenson I (D)Red x.svg
190110D
1902 Andrew Jackson Montague (D) Joseph Edward Willard (D) William Alexander Anderson (D)
19039D, 1R
190435D, 5R86D, 14R Alton B. Parker/
Henry G. Davis (D)Red x.svg
1905
1906 Claude A. Swanson (D) James Taylor Ellyson (D)
1907
1908 William Jennings Bryan/
John W. Kern (D)Red x.svg
1909
1910 William Hodges Mann (D) Samuel Walker Williams (D)
Claude A. Swanson (D)
1911
191290D, 10R Woodrow Wilson/
Thomas R. Marshall (D)Green check.svg
1913
1914 Henry Carter Stuart (D) John Garland Pollard (D)92D, 8R
1915
191636D, 4R88D, 12R
1917
1918 Westmoreland Davis (D) Benjamin Franklin Buchanan (D) John R. Saunders (D) [b]
1919
192034D, 6R Carter Glass (D) James M. Cox/
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)Red x.svg
1921
1922 Elbert Lee Trinkle (D) Junius Edgar West (D)95D, 5R8D, 2R
192310D
192439D, 1R97D, 3R John W. Davis/
Charles W. Bryan (D)Red x.svg
1925
1926 Harry F. Byrd (D)95D, 5R
1927
192838D, 2R93D, 7R Herbert Hoover/
Charles Curtis (R)Green check.svg
19297D, 3R
1930 John Garland Pollard (D) James Hubert Price (D)95D, 5R
19319D, 1R
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt/
John Nance Garner (D)Green check.svg
1933 Harry F. Byrd (D)9D
1934 George C. Peery (D)93D, 7R
Abram Penn Staples (D) [k]
1935
1936
1937
1938 James Hubert Price (D) Saxon W. Holt (D) [b]
1939
194097D, 3R Franklin D. Roosevelt/
Henry A. Wallace (D)Green check.svg
1941vacant
1942 Colgate Darden (D) William M. Tuck (D)
1943
194437D, 3R94D, 6R Franklin D. Roosevelt/
Harry S. Truman (D)Green check.svg
1945
1946 William M. Tuck (D) Lewis Preston Collins II (D) [b] 93D, 7R
Thomas G. Burch (D)
1947 Harvey B. Apperson (D) [l] [b] A. Willis Robertson (D)
1948 J. Lindsay Almond (D) [m] 38D, 2R Harry S. Truman/
Alben W. Barkley (D)Green check.svg
19498D
1950 John S. Battle (D)94D, 6R9D
1951
1952 Allie Edward Stakes
Stephens
(D) [n]
37D, 3R Dwight D. Eisenhower/
Richard Nixon (R)Green check.svg
19537D, 3R
1954 Thomas B. Stanley (D)
19558D, 2R
1956
1957 Kenneth Cartwright Patty (D) [l]
1958 J. Lindsay Almond (D) Albertis Harrison (D) [m]
1959
196038D, 2R96D, 4R Richard Nixon/
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)Red x.svg
1961 Frederick Thomas Gray (D) [l]
1962 Albertis Harrison (D) Mills Godwin (D) Robert Young Button (D)94D, 5R, 1I
1963
196437D, 3R89D, 11R Lyndon B. Johnson/
Hubert Humphrey (D)Green check.svg
1965
1966 Mills Godwin (D) Fred G. Pollard (D)87D, 12R, 1I Harry F. Byrd Jr. (D)
1967 William Spong Jr. (D)6D, 4R
196834D, 6R86D, 14R Richard Nixon/
Spiro Agnew (R)Green check.svg
19695D, 5R
1970 Linwood Holton (R) J. Sargeant Reynolds (D) [b] Andrew P. Miller (D)33D, 7R75D, 24R, 1I Harry F. Byrd Jr. (I)
19716R, 4D
Henry Howell (ID) [o]
197273D, 24R, 3I
1973 William L. Scott (R)7R, 3D
1974 Mills Godwin (R) John N. Dalton (R)34D, 6R65D, 20R, 15I
19755R, 5D
197635D, 5R78D, 17R, 5I Gerald Ford/
Bob Dole (R)Red x.svg
1977 Anthony Francis Troy (D)6R, 4D
1978 John N. Dalton (R) Chuck Robb (D) Marshall Coleman (R)34D, 6R76D, 21R, 3I
1979 John Warner (R)
198031D, 9R74D, 25R, 1I Ronald Reagan/
George H. W. Bush (R)Green check.svg
19819R, 1D
1982 Chuck Robb (D) Dick Davis (D) Gerald Baliles (D) [m] 66D, 32R, 2I
198365D, 34R, 1I Paul Trible (R)6R, 4D
198432D, 8R
1985 William Broaddus (D) [l]
1986 Gerald Baliles (D) Douglas Wilder (D) Mary Sue Terry (D) [m] 65D, 33R, 2I
19875R, 5D
198830D, 10R64D, 35R, 1I George H. W. Bush/
Dan Quayle (R)Green check.svg
1989 Chuck Robb (D)
1990 Douglas Wilder (D) Don Beyer (D)59D, 40R, 1I
19916D, 4R
199222D, 18R58D, 41R, 1I George H. W. Bush/
Dan Quayle (R)Red x.svg
1993 Stephen D. Rosenthal (D) [l] 7D, 4R
1994 George Allen (R) Jim Gilmore (R) [m] 52D, 47R, 1I
19956D, 5R
199620R, 20D [p] Bob Dole/
Jack Kemp (R)Red x.svg
1997 Richard Cullen (R) [l]
1998 Jim Gilmore (R) John H. Hager (R) Mark Earley (R) [m] 21R, 19D [q] 50D, 49R, 1I [r]
1999
200052R, 47D, 1I George W. Bush/
Dick Cheney (R)Green check.svg
2001 Randolph A. Beales (R) [l] George Allen (R)6R, 4D, 1I
2002 Mark Warner (D) Tim Kaine (D) Jerry Kilgore (R) [m] 64R, 34D, 2I
8R, 3D [s]
2003
200424R, 16D61R, 37D, 2I
2005
Judith Jagdmann (R) [t]
2006 Tim Kaine (D) Bill Bolling (R) Bob McDonnell (R) [m] 57R, 40D, 3I
2007 Jim Webb (D)
200821D, 19R54R, 44D, 2I Barack Obama/
Joe Biden (D)Green check.svg
2009 William C. Mims (R) [t] 53R, 45D, 2I [u] Mark Warner (D)6D, 5R
2010 Bob McDonnell (R) Ken Cuccinelli (R)22D, 18R [5] 59R, 39D, 2I
20118R, 3D
201220R, 20D [v] 67R, 32D, 1I
2013 Tim Kaine (D)
2014 Terry McAuliffe (D) Ralph Northam (D) Mark Herring (D)20D, 20R [v] 68R, 32D
21R, 19D [w]
201567R, 32D, 1I
201666R, 34D Hillary Clinton/
Tim Kaine (D)Red x.svg
20177R, 4D
2018 Ralph Northam (D) Justin Fairfax (D)51R, 49D
20197D, 4R
202021D, 19R55D, 45R Joe Biden/
Kamala Harris (D)Green check.svg
2021
2022 Glenn Youngkin (R) Winsome Sears (R) Jason Miyares (R)52R, 48D
202322D, 18R [x] 6D, 5R
202421D, 19R51D, 49R
Year Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. House Electoral votes
Executive offices General Assembly United States Congress
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Member of the Council of State acting as governor.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Died in office.
  3. Member of the Council of State acting as governor; was later elected in his own right.
  4. Resigned to take an elected seat in the U.S. Senate.
  5. Re-elected a Democratic speaker.
  6. First popularly-elected governor.
  7. 1 2 Held office in the Restored Government of Virginia.
  8. 1 2 Unelected military governor.
  9. Elected John Brown Baldwin, a Conservative, as Speaker.
  10. Unelected military governor, then elected in his own right.
  11. Initially appointed to fill a vacancy, later elected in his own right. Resigned to become judge on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appointed by governor to fill vacancy.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Resigned to run for governor.
  14. Initially elected in a special election to complete Collins's term.
  15. Won special election to complete Reynolds's term.
  16. Republicans and Democrats negotiated a power-sharing agreement to split control of the chamber after the tie.
  17. Republicans won a special election to claim the majority in the chamber after Democrat Charles Waddell resigned his seat. [1] [2]
  18. 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. [3] [4]
  19. In August 2002, Goode switched parties and became a Republican.
  20. 1 2 Chief deputy attorney general elected attorney general by the General Assembly.
  21. Independents caucused with Republicans.
  22. 1 2 Control of Senate decided by Lieutenant Governor.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.

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