Who was the Governor of Virginia in 1855?

Answer 1

James Barbour (born June 10, 1775 in Barboursville, Virginia; died June 7, 1842 in Barboursville, Virginia) succeeded Peyton Randolph as the eighteenth Governor of Virginia, serving between January 3, 1812 and December 1, 1814, including the whole of 1813.

Answer 2

Littleton Waller Tazewell (born December 17, 1774 in Williamsburg, Virginia; died June 6, 1860 in Norfolk, Virginia) succeeded John Floyd as the twenty-sixth Governor of Virginia, serving between March 31, 1834 and April 30, 1836, including the whole of 1835.

Answer 3

Wyndham Robertson (born January 26, 1803 in Manchester, Chesterfield County, Virginia; died February 11, 1888 in Abingdon, Virginia) succeeded Littleton Waller Tazwell as the Caretaker Governor of Virginia, serving between April 30, 1836 and March 31, 1837. Following the end of Robertson's term as Caretaker Governor, David Campbell (born August 2, 1779 in Washington County, Virginia; died March 19, 1859 in Abingdon, Virginia) became the twenty-seventh Governor of Virginia, serving between March 31, 1837 and March 31, 1840.

Answer 4

Joseph Johnson (born December 19, 1785 in Orange County, New York; died February 17, 1877 in Bridgeport, West Virginia) succeeded John B. Floyd as the thirty-second Governor of Virginia, serving between January 16, 1852 and January 1, 1856, including the whole of 1855.

Answer 5

Henry A. Wise (born December 3, 1806 in Drummondtown, Virginia; died September 12, 1876 in Richmond, Virginia) succeeded Joseph Johnson as the thirty-third Governor of Virginia, serving between January 1, 1856 and January 1, 1860, including the whole of 1859.

Answer 6

William Smith (born September 6, 1797 in Marengo, Virginia; died May 18, 1887 in Richmond, Virginia) succeeded John Letcher as the thirty-fifth Governor of Virginia, serving between January 1, 1864 and May 9, 1865. Following the end of Smith's term as Governor, Francis Harrison Pierpont (born January 25, 1814 in Morgantown, Virginia; died March 24, 1899 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) became the Caretaker Governor of Virginia, serving between May 9, 1865 and April 4, 1868.