President pro tempore of the Senate of Virginia

The President pro tempore of the Senate of Virginia is a Virginia constitutional office whose role is to serve as the presiding 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.^[1] The current office holder is Louise Lucas.

List of presidents pro tempore[]

Assembly	President pro tem.	Party	District	Term start	Term end
1908–1909	Edward Echols	Democratic	9th	January 8, 1908	December 19, 1914
1910–1911
1912–1913
1914–1915
1914–1915	C. Harding Walker	Democratic	34th	January 13, 1915	January 14, 1920
1916–1917
1918–1919
1920–1921	Saxon W. Holt	Democratic	36th	January 14, 1920	January 12, 1938
			36th
			34th





			33rd
	Henry T. Wickham	Democratic	31st	January 12, 1938	March 5, 1943


	Robert O. Norris Jr.	Democratic	30th	January 10, 1945	January 11, 1950


	Morton G. Goode	Democratic	8th	January 11, 1950	January 9, 1952
	Robert C. Vaden	Democratic	13th	January 9, 1952	January 13, 1954
	Walter C. Caudill	Democratic	19th	January 13, 1954	January 11, 1956
	Charles T. Moses	Democratic	11th	January 11, 1956	November 17, 1964




	James D. Hagood	Democratic	4th	January 12, 1966	January 12, 1972


	Edward E. Willey	Democratic	10th	January 12, 1972	July 17, 1986







	William F. Parkerson Jr.	Democratic	12th	July 18, 1986	January 13, 1988
	Stanley C. Walker	Democratic	6th	January 13, 1988	January 12, 2000





	John H. Chichester	Republican	28th	January 12, 2000	January 9, 2008



	Charles J. Colgan	Democratic	29th	January 9, 2008	January 11, 2012
	Charles J. Colgan	Democratic	29th	January 9, 2008	January 11, 2012
	Walter Stosch	Republican	12th	January 12, 2012	January 28, 2014
	Charles J. Colgan	Democratic	29th	January 29, 2014	June 23, 2014
	Walter Stosch	Republican	12th	June 23, 2014	January 13, 2016
	Stephen Newman	Republican	23rd	January 13, 2016	January 8, 2019
2020–2022	Louise Lucas	Democratic	18th	January 8, 2019	(incumbent)

References[]

^ "Constitution of Virginia". Division of Legislative Automated Systems. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

[1] "Constitution of Virginia". Division of Legislative Automated Systems. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

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