That experience is the parent of wisdom, is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as well as the simplest of mankind.
Our Governor today is a very powerful executive. But it hasnât always been that way. The first Governor under the constitution was the great patriot, Patrick Henry. The Virginia Convention elected him Governor on June 29, 1776, the same day it proclaimed the new constitution. He had virtually no power, nor did Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, and the other early governors.
Ralph S. Northam (b. September 13, 1959, in Nassawaddox, Virginia) is the 40th and current Virginia lieutenant governor. He took office on January 11, 2014. Northam won the November 5, 2013, election for the position of lieutenant governor. He defeated Aneesh Chopra in the Democratic primary election on June 11, 2013, and faced Republican nominee E.W. Jackson in the general election.