West Virginia wasn't a state at the time, so it did not have a governor.
Patrick Henry was the first Governor of the US State called Virginia.
Virginia
No. Virginia is a State. We have a Governor. Cities have Mayors.
Like most State governors the term for a Virginia Governor is 4 years.
When Virginia's passed an ordinance of secession on April 17, 1861, John Letcher was the state's governor.
The head of the local government of the State of Virginia is the Governor. Governor is Terry MacAulffe. The state of Virginia also has elected officials for the city and county locales.
Patrick Henry.
Thomas Jefferson was the Governor of Virginia.
As West Virginia is a state and not a city, West Virginia does not have a mayor. However, there is a governor and West Virginia's governor is Earl Ray Tomblin, as of 2013.
Not exactly - he was governor of Virginia for two years, 1779-1781, during the Revolutionary War but before the United States was created, so you could not call him a state governor. Moreover, the governor in his day did not have all of the powers of the current governor of Virginia.
As of 2013, the governor of West Virginia is Earl Ray Tomblin.