Glenn Youngkin is a homegrown Virginian who grew up in Richmond and Virginia Beach. As his father changed jobs, Governor Youngkin learned that moving around didn’t equal moving up –…

Before he was inaugurated as the 73rd Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Ralph Northam served as an Army doctor, pediatric neurologist, business owner, state Senator and Lieutenant Governor. A…

The son of a Virginia planter in Hanover County and speaker of the immortal words "Give me liberty, or give me death!" PATRICK HENRY served as the first governor of…

Drafter of the Declaration of Independence, THOMAS JEFFERSON is a revered founding father of the United States but is less well known for having served as the second governor of…

WILLIAM FLEMING was born in Jedburgh, Scotland. He attended private school in Dumfries and studied surgery at the University of Edinburgh.  While with the British Navy as a surgeon’s mate,…

Born in York, Virginia, THOMAS NELSON JR. was educated in England, attending Cambridge University. After returning to America, he was elected to the House of Burgesses in 1761 and then…

DAVID JAMESON was born in St. Anne’s Parish (Essex County), Virginia. He was a prominent merchant in Yorktown and an inventor. He became a member of Patrick Henry’s privy council…

BENJAMIN HARRISON was born in at Berkeley Plantation in Charles County City, Virginia. He attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, but did not earn a degree. Harrison…

Born in Williamsburg, Virginia, EDMUND RANDOLPH attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. When the revolution began, he broke with his father, who was a Loyalist. He served…

BEVERLEY RANDOLPH was born in Chatsworth, Virginia and graduated from the College of William and Mary in Willamsburg in 1771. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates…