Who was the Governor of Virginia in 1861?

Answer 1

James Monroe (born April 28, 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia; died July 4, 1831 in New York, New York) succeeded James Wood as the twelfth Governor of Virginia, serving between December 19, 1799 and December 1, 1802, including the whole of 1800.

Answer 2

William Cabell (born December 16, 1772 in Cumberland County, Virginia; died Janaury 12, 1853 in Richmond, Virginia) succeeded John Page as the fourteenth Governor of Virginia, serving between December 7, 1805 and December 1, 1808, including the whole of 1806.

Answer 3

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. Following the end of Wise's term as Governor, John Letcher (born March 29, 1813 in Lexington, Virginia; died Janaury 26, 1884 in Virginia) became the thirty-fourth Governor of Virginia, serving between January 1, 1860 and January 1, 1864.

Answer 4

John Letcher (born March 29, 1813 in Lexington, Virginia; died Janaury 26, 1884 in Virginia) succeeded Henry A. Wise as the thirty-fourth Governor of Virginia, serving between January 1, 1860 and January 1, 1864, including the whole of 1861.

Answer 5

John Letcher (born March 29, 1813 in Lexington, Virginia; died Janaury 26, 1884 in Virginia) succeeded Henry A. Wise as the thirty-fourth Governor of Virginia, serving between January 1, 1860 and January 1, 1864, including the whole of 1862.

Answer 6

Francis Harrison Pierpont (born January 25, 1814 in Morgantown, Virginia; died March 24, 1899 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) succeeded William Smith as the Caretaker Governor of Virginia, serving between May 9, 1865 and April 4, 1868, including the whole of 1866.

Answer 7

Gilbert Carlton Walker (born August 1, 1833 in South Gibson, Pennsylvania; died May 11, 1885 in New York, New York) succeeded Henry H. Wells as the thirty-sixth Governor of Virginia, serving between September 21, 1869 and January 1, 1874, including the whole of 1870.