Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-12

.sEsas.Hss'$ GOVERNORS.
Eiclimond Wing
Virginia WAS settled as q COLONY of Eng
land in 1907, and during that car the Grst
president Of The colony was Edward Maria
! Nhgiieid, aud his successors are as follows:
1907, John kalc'iile, president; 1905, Cap
! tain John Smith, presidents; 1909, George
Percy, president; 1909, Thomas West Lord
DeI"warcl, governor: 1911, Thomas Dale,
high marshal; 1916, George Ieardley.
lieutenant governor; 1917, Samuel Argale,
lieutenant, governor; 1919, George Yeard.
ley, governor: 1921, Francis Wyate, gov
| elroI: l"@G. George leardley, governor;
io-', fiancS West, governor: lG2S, John
Potts, governor: 1920, John Harvey, GOV
| rrnor; 1850 juiln West, governor; 1850.
john liaIIvy, gnvciuo'; 1859: Francis
| Nyate, governor: 1911, Sir William Berke.
| ley, governor; 1913, Richard Kemp lieut.
enant governor; 1913 .Sir William Berk eley,
governor: lG32, kiChaId Bennett, governor;
1906, Edward nigges, governor: 165S. sam
u"I Matthews, governor; l0G0, Sir Wiliam
Berkeley, governor: 1917. Herbert Jefires,
| lcIlcn"u governor; 1917, Herbert Jetlres,
governor: los, Henry Chicheley, governor;
i""', Thomas tl.oid) Culpeper, governor:
1850, HenIy ChIchcicy, lieutenant governor:
io>!, LORD howard, OF Eilingham, governor:
| 1859, Nathaniel Bacon, lieutenant. governor;
| 1880, trarci5 Nicholson, lieutenant govern.
or: i"92, Edmund Andres, governor; 1G9S.
francs Nicholson, governor; l701, Earl of
| Orkney, @uEc!mUI: LOO, Edward Noli.
lieutenant governor: i1O6, Edmund Jen.
nIngs lieutenant governor; lIlO Robert Hun
ter, lieutenant governor; l1lO, Alexander
| Spots"oId, lieutenant governor: 1922 Hugh
| Dry5I"i", ient- nAnt governor l12G kubt
! Carter lieutenant governor l721. William
| Gooch, lieutenant governor !; lrI9 John
Robinson, Sr., lieutenant. governor l749,
| Lord Aibs!earie. governor; 100 Lo;.s Bur-
well, ti"utenant governor: l752, Robert Dim
widii", !ieut>nari. governor l15S. John
| Biair. Lieutenant. governor l151S. Francis
tnugti,rr governor l1GS, John Blair, lien.
tenant governor l1Go, Nolhoine Berkeley
tGc 3ojrtuuft), governor ; l110, William
Nelson. l1utcn.;tlt-gov:rnor l772, john
! lLOrdl DuMsi.torc. governor.
nuIl"g the Revolution thc first State Gov
crnor WAS 1916, Patrick Horny, governor;
! ln?, Thomas Jefferson. governor 1881.
Thomas Nelson, governor 1881, Benjamin
Harrison, governor; l1Sl, Patrick Henry,
governor: l76G. Edmund Randolph, COVER.
nor; l'HS, Bevelly Randolph, governor
l'2l. Henry Lee. governor 1874, Robert
! Brooke, governor 1895, James Wood, gov
ernor l"E', james Monroe, governor lS02,
John Page, governor lG0l. William II. Gu
bell, governor: 1905, John Tyler, governor;
1911, James Momoc, governor 1911, Geo.
W. smith, governor 1872, ,IaIues Barbour,
governor; 1871. Wilson G. Nicholas, uoy-
ernor; lSlG James T. Preston, governor;
1919, Thomas Nj. Randolph, governor 1922,
James fi"asants. governor 1925, John ".
Ter, governor lS21. William 3. Giles, GOV.
ernor; 1880 John Floyd, governor 1881
H. W. IaZeW.ll, governor; 1896, WSndham
Robertson, governor 1871. David Camp
| bell, governor l6lh, Thomas w. Gi,mer,
governor; ISL, John NJ. Patton, governor ::
ISL. john !,uthe!fnrd governor 1912 John
| NJ. Gregory, governor. The hist three and
| Wyniham Robertson being councillors of
state, and - snch lieutenant governors acted
a. governors Tor :; short time during vacan-
cies III the oGicc Of governor. 1913, James
Mcdowell, governor; 1916 William Smith,
governor; 1919, John i. Floyd, governor;
lSo2, Joseph Johnson, governor 1856, Hen.
~ A. Wise, governor 1860, John Lecher,
! governor; 1861. William Smith, governor.
Governors since the late war-lSGl, Fran
cis II. liclpon;: lS6S. Henry Fl. Wells; 1869,
Gilbert {. Walker: lS74, James l.. Kemper:
1873, +. ". NJ Holiday; 1SS2, Wm. L. Cam
eron; 1856, Fitzhugh Lee
Just after the war Virginia was styled
! Military District No. ; and was under the
government Of M+j General Godfrey Welt.
zel frcm April ). 1860, to april Il, 1850;
Maj. General +. Q. {. ORD from April Il to
June II, 1860 Maj General II. W. HalIeck
from April - TO June -, 1860; Mai. General
Alfred H. Terry, from June IT, 1863, to Au.
gust III, 1866; Maj. General John M. Scho-
| field, from August lG, 1866, to June >, 1865;
| Mal .-Generai George Stonemar, from June
>, 1865, tc Apri; :, 1860; Mai General Alox-
andeI :. Webb, from April > 1869, to April
20, 1869: Maj General Edward T. s. Cnuby,
! frcm Apti' -, 1869, 10 January IS, 1870.
Governors Plerpont and Wells were sab
/ iect 10 tho orders of these military com.
mnuher4 during their official connection
with The government i:om 1861 10 1868 An
Inspection oi 'hesc namcs will show that
lNcnty-eishi counties in tho old State have
been named after them. Three OF them and
Tie son of another have been Presidents OF
the lnited States. Seven have been mem
hers of Presidents cabinets. Seven mem
hers OF the L. s Senate, one Attorney. Cen
cral Of the tniied States, eleven in the
House oi Representatives, and four OF them
foreign ministers, and Indeed many of them
have l!tled all the ctllccs within the range of
the goVernment, and discharged the duties
of them equally we'll from the lowest to The
hi"t est.
John lyle; stenpel ont of the White
House ;rio the Office Of Oversaer of Roads
in Charles City County and made the peo
Pile work them we'll. James Monroe into a
Justice If the Peace for Londonn County.
aud WAS y good one Patrick Henry did
p.lhaGs more than any other man in sepa.
T. Il t..i Il nj ins Irn,