Governor of Virginia
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The governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The governor is head of the executive branch of the government of Virginia and is the commander-
Abigail Spanberger at JLDC Groundbreaking Event
The Governor's Mansion in Virginia, 1905
The reconstructed colonial Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia
Executive Mansion of Virginia (Governor's Mansion) in Richmond, (adjacent to the Virginia State Capitol, also the second capitol of the southern Confederacy), at the end of the American Civil War, 1865
Patrick Henry
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Patrick Henry was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention: "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth pos
Governor of Virginia
…both major parties when the former Democrat was elected in 1973 as a Republican. The only other governors to serve non-consecutive terms in office are Patrick Henry and James Monroe, with George William Smith serving twice as acting governor before becoming official governor. To get on the ballot for governor of…
Portrait by George Bagby Matthews after Thomas Sully, c. 1891
View of Rural Plains near Totopotomoy Creek in Virginia. Henry was reportedly married to Sarah Shelton in the parlor.
Patrick Henry Arguing the Parson's Cause (George Cooke, c. 1834)
Patrick Henry Before the Virginia House of Burgesses (Peter F. Rothermel, 1851)