* Patrick Henry the 1st and 6th Governor of Virginia. * Thomas Jefferson the 2nd Governor of Virginia. * Timothy Kaine the current and 70th Governor of Virginia.
There was alot of governors there been in Virginia and they settled.
Like most State governors the term for a Virginia Governor is 4 years.
There have been 70 Governors of Virginia including Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson.
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They were both Governors of Virginia.
Both colonies had governors and elected assemblies.
Virginia, in a way. Jefferson, Monroe and Tyler were governors of Virginia and Virginia-born Woodrow Wilson was governor of New Jersey. Ohio might also make this claim, but it is more of a stretch. Hayes and McKinley were governors of Ohio. Ohio-born William Henry Harrison was governor of Indiana Territory and Ohio-born Taft was governor of the Philippines.
The answer depends on when. All the way to the Revolutionary War the King or Queen of England had absolute control over Virginia so basically they were the ones who were the leaders. However, although under control of the King/Queen of England, some governors who governed Virginia for the King/Queen would bend the rules a bit. John Smith, the first governer of Virginia, led Virginia to a good start for a colony. After the Revolutionary War, there continued to be governors in Virginia and all the states ever since.
The governor heads the executive branch of state government. The governor of Virginia is Bob McDonnell. He was elected in 2010 and will serve one term until January 2014. Virginia governors may not hold consecutive terms.
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It was Pontius Pilate.
State Governors salary vary from state to state. As of the end of 2007, the salary ranges for a State Governor, were $70,000 for the Governor of Maine, and $206,500 was the highest, paid to the Governor of California. In 2007, the average salary for a State Governor was $124,400, and the highest paid Governors were from the States of California, at $206,500, NY at $179,000, Michigan at $177,000, and NJ and Virginia both at $175,000. Most states have placed freezes on the salaries of Governors, over the past 2-3 years or many state Governors have refused to accept increases in their salaries, over the past 2-3 years. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, has never accepted his salary, since he was elected in 2003.