The President pro tempore of the Senate of Virginia is a Virginia constitutional office whose role is to serve as the leader of the Senate of Virginia in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor. The office is established in Article IV, Section 7 of the Constitution of Virginia.[1] The current office holder is Walter Stosch.
List of presidents pro tempore
General Assembly |
President pro tempore |
Party |
District |
Term start |
Term end |
1908-1909
1910-1911
1912-1913
1914-1915 |
Edward Echols |
Democratic |
9th |
January 8, 1908 |
December 19, 1914 |
1914-1915
1916-1917
1918-1919 |
C. Harding Walker |
Democratic |
34th |
January 13, 1915 |
January 14, 1920 |
1920-1921
1922-1923
1924-1925
1926-1927
1928-1929
1930-1931
1932-1933
1934-1935
1936-1937 |
Saxon W. Holt |
Democratic |
|
January 14, 1920 |
January 12, 1938 |
1938-1939
1940-1941
1942-1943 |
Henry T. Wickham |
Democratic |
|
January 12, 1938 |
March 5, 1943 |
1944-1945
1946-1947
1948-1949 |
Robert O. Norris, Jr. |
Democratic |
|
January 10, 1945 |
January 11, 1950 |
1950-1951 |
Morton G. Goode |
Democratic |
|
January 11, 1950 |
January 9, 1952 |
1952-1953 |
Robert C. Vaden |
Democratic |
|
January 9, 1952 |
January 13, 1954 |
1954-1955 |
Walter C. Caudill |
Democratic |
|
January 13, 1954 |
January 11, 1956 |
1956-1957
1958-1959
1960-1961
1962-1963
1964-1965 |
Charles T. Moses |
Democratic |
|
January 11, 1956 |
November 17, 1964 |
1966-1967
1968-1969
1970-1971 |
James D. Hagood |
Democratic |
|
January 12, 1966 |
January 12, 1972 |
1972-1973
1974-1975
1976-1977
1978-1979
1980-1981
1982-1983
1984-1985
1986-1987 |
Edward E. Willey, Sr. |
Democratic |
|
January 12, 1972 |
July 17, 1986 |
1986-1987 |
William F. Parkerson, Jr. |
Democratic |
12th |
July 18, 1986 |
January 13, 1988 |
1988-1989
1990-1991
1992-1993
1994-1995
1996-1997
1998-1999 |
Stanley C. Walker |
Democratic |
6th |
January 13, 1988 |
January 12, 2000 |
2000-2001
2002-2003
2004-2005
2006-2007 |
John H. Chichester |
Republican |
28th |
January 12, 2000 |
January 9, 2008 |
2008-2009
2010-2011 |
Charles J. Colgan |
Democratic |
29th |
January 9, 2008 |
January 11, 2012 |
2012-2013 |
Walter A. Stosch |
Republican |
12th |
January 12, 2012 |
January 28, 2014 |
2014 (part) |
Charles J. Colgan |
Democratic |
29th |
January 29, 2014 |
June 23, 2014 |
2014-2016 |
Walter A. Stosch |
Republican |
12th |
June 23, 2014 |
January 13, 2016 |
2016-2018 |
Steve Newman |
Republican |
23rd |
January 13, 2016 |
Incumbent |
References
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