Robert Brooke (c. 1751 – February 27, 1800) was a Virginia planter, soldier, lawyer, and politician who served as the tenth Governor of Virginia as well...
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(1744–1811), British Governor of St. Helena Robert Brooke (Virginia governor) (c. 1751–1800), Governor of Virginia, 1794–1796 Bob Brooke (born 1960), American...
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from part of Ohio County and named in honor of Robert Brooke, Governor of Virginia from 1794 to 1796. Brooke County is part of the Weirton-Steubenville,...
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Constitution there. Brooke resigned, having been elected Attorney General of Virginia. Many sources say that Hardin Burnley acted as governor, either from February...
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Attorney General Brooke may refer to: Edward Brooke (1919–2015), Attorney General of Massachusetts Robert Brooke (Virginia governor) (1760–1800), Attorney...
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Virginia. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor of Virginia Robert Brooke won re-election in the Virginia General Assembly as he ran unopposed. On election...
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Republican in West Virginia history Jim Justice, incumbent governor Shelby Jean Fitzhugh, retiree Michael Folk, former state delegate Brooke Lunsford, insurance...
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This is a list of colonial governors of Virginia. Some of those who held the lead role as governor of Virginia never visited the New World and governed...
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Robert Brooke Sr. (1602–1655) was a Colonial Governor of Maryland for several months in 1652. He is also the grandfather of later colonial Governor of...
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Democratic-Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Spotsylvania County Robert Brooke defeated incumbent Federalist member of Virginia's Executive Council...
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Robert Dinwiddie (1692 – 27 July 1770) was a Scottish colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758. Since...
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Bob McDonnell (redirect from Governor Ultrasound)
administrator, and former military officer who served as the 71st governor of Virginia from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Republican Party. Born in...
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The 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the next governor of Virginia. The election was concurrent with other elections...
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Weirton (/ˈwɪərtən/ WEER-tən) is a city in Hancock and Brooke counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Located along the Ohio River in the state's Northern...
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Lee family (category Lee family of Virginia)
(1745–1819), Governor of Maryland and lastly, and most famous, General Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), commander of the Army of Northern Virginia of the Confederate...
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Jim Justice (redirect from Governor Justice)
States senator-elect from West Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, he has served as the 36th governor of West Virginia since 2017. Justice was once...
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Tim Kaine (redirect from Governor Kaine)
United States senator from Virginia since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 70th governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010, and as...
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of Virginia). They were the uncle and aunt of Major General Dabney Herndon Maury. His elder brother Robert Brooke would become governor of Virginia, and...
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Henry Lee III (category Governors of Virginia)
American Patriot and politician who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. Lee's service...
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John Seymour, Governor (1715–1720) Thomas Brooke, Jr., Governor (1720) William Joseph, Governor (1720–1727) Thomas Lawrence, Governor (1727–1731) Samuel...
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Ralph Northam (redirect from Governor Northam)
1959) is an American physician and politician who was the 73rd governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022. A pediatric neurologist by occupation, he was...
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served as Acting Governor of Virginia, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and President of the Virginia Governor's Council. An agent for the Northern...
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14, 1802, "Brooke Neal" was established by the Commonwealth of Virginia in Chapter 65 of the Acts of Assembly. It was named after John Brooke and his wife...
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John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (redirect from Governor Dunmore)
governor of Virginia from 1771 to 1775. Dunmore was named governor of New York in 1770. He succeeded to the same position in the colony of Virginia the...
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Anne Hill Carter Lee (category First ladies and gentlemen of Virginia)
great-granddaughter of Robert "King" Carter, the 25th Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1696 to 1697 and the Colonial Governor of Virginia from 1726...
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Douglas Wilder (category Democratic Party governors of Virginia)
politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction...
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from Yorktown, Virginia. In the interim between the royal governors Norborne Berkeley and Lord Dunmore, he served as the governor of Virginia from 1770 to...
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Mark Warner (redirect from Mark Robert Warner)
2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Warner served as the 69th governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. He is vice chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus...
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Terry McAuliffe (redirect from Governor McAuliffe)
Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Libertarian Robert Sarvis in the general election. Due to Virginia law barring governors from serving consecutive terms, he was...
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the American Revolution and the 11th Governor of Virginia. He was an abolitionist. Born in Winchester, Virginia, on January 28, 1741, Wood was the son...
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