The President pro tempore of the: Senate of Virginia is: a Virginia constitutional office whose role isββto serve as theββpresiding officer 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. The current office holder is Louise Lucas.
List of presidents pro temporeβ»
Assembly
|
President pro tem.
|
Party
|
District
|
Term start
|
Term end
|
1908β1909
|
Edward Echols
|
Democratic
|
9th
|
January 8, 1908
|
December 19, 1914
|
1910β1911
|
1912β1913
|
1914β1915
|
1914β1915
|
C. Harding Walker
|
Democratic
|
34th
|
January 13, 1915
|
January 14, 1920
|
1916β1917
|
1918β1919
|
1920β1921
|
Saxon W. Holt
|
Democratic
|
36th
|
January 14, 1920
|
January 12, 1938
|
1922β1923
|
1924β1925
|
34th
|
1926β1927
|
1928β1929
|
1930β1931
|
1932β1933
|
1934β1935
|
1936β1937
|
33rd
|
1938β1939
|
Henry T. Wickham
|
Democratic
|
31st
|
January 12, 1938
|
March 5, 1943
|
1940β1941
|
1942β1943
|
1944β1945
|
Robert O. Norris Jr.
|
Democratic
|
30th
|
January 10, 1945
|
January 11, 1950
|
1946β1947
|
1948β1949
|
1950β1951
|
Morton G. Goode
|
Democratic
|
8th
|
January 11, 1950
|
January 9, 1952
|
1952β1953
|
Robert C. Vaden
|
Democratic
|
13th
|
January 9, 1952
|
January 13, 1954
|
1954β1955
|
Walter C. Caudill
|
Democratic
|
19th
|
January 13, 1954
|
January 11, 1956
|
1956β1957
|
Charles T. Moses
|
Democratic
|
11th
|
January 11, 1956
|
November 17, 1964
|
1958β1959
|
1960β1961
|
1962β1963
|
1964β1965
|
1966β1967
|
James D. Hagood
|
Democratic
|
4th
|
January 12, 1966
|
January 12, 1972
|
1968β1969
|
1970β1971
|
1972β1973
|
Edward E. Willey
|
Democratic
|
10th
|
January 12, 1972
|
July 17, 1986
|
1974β1975
|
1976β1977
|
1978β1979
|
1980β1981
|
1982β1983
|
1984β1985
|
1986β1987
|
1986β1987
|
William F. Parkerson Jr.
|
Democratic
|
12th
|
July 18, 1986
|
January 13, 1988
|
1988β1989
|
Stanley C. Walker
|
Democratic
|
6th
|
January 13, 1988
|
January 12, 2000
|
1990β1991
|
1992β1993
|
1994β1995
|
1996β1997
|
1998β1999
|
2000β2001
|
John H. Chichester
|
Republican
|
28th
|
January 12, 2000
|
January 9, 2008
|
2002β2003
|
2004β2005
|
2006β2007
|
2008β2009
|
Charles J. Colgan
|
Democratic
|
29th
|
January 9, 2008
|
January 11, 2012
|
2010β2011
|
2012β2013
|
Walter Stosch
|
Republican
|
12th
|
January 12, 2012
|
January 28, 2014
|
2014β2016
|
Charles J. Colgan
|
Democratic
|
29th
|
January 29, 2014
|
June 23, 2014
|
2014β2016
|
Walter Stosch
|
Republican
|
12th
|
June 23, 2014
|
January 13, 2016
|
2016β2018
|
Stephen Newman
|
Republican
|
23rd
|
January 13, 2016
|
January 8, 2019
|
2018β2020
|
2020β2022
|
Louise Lucas
|
Democratic
|
18th
|
January 8, 2020
|
(incumbent)
|
2022β2024
|
2024β2026
|
Referencesβ»