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15 Feb 2022

Suzanne Youngkin

Suzanne S. Youngkin is the First Lady of Virginia. She is married to Governor Glenn Youngkin, who took office on January 15, 2022. In 2021, Mrs. Youngkin joined her husband…

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15 Jan 2022

Glenn Youngkin

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 –…

Bradley Peck
27 Sep 2019

Pamela Northam

Pamela Northam became the first lady of Virginia when her husband, Governor Ralph Northam, was sworn in as governor on January 13, 2018. A former pediatric occupational therapist, science educator, environmentalist…

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27 Sep 2019

Ralph Northam

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…

Clay Carpenter
17 Nov 2018

Patrick Henry

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…

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17 Nov 2018

Thomas Jefferson

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…

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17 Nov 2018

William Fleming

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,…

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17 Nov 2018

Thomas Nelson

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…

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17 Nov 2018

David Jameson

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…

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17 Nov 2018

Benjamin Harrison

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…

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17 Nov 2018

Edmund Randolph

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…

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17 Nov 2018

Beverley Randolph

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…

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