Past Virginia Boys State Governors
| Year | Governor | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | James Payne II | Hampton |
| 2011 | Eugene Coleman III | Alexandria |
| 2010 | Devontae Green | Hampton |
| 2009 | John Asare | Richmond |
| 2008 | Clarence Bell | Pikesville, MD |
| 2007 | Eric Hunter | Montclair |
| 2006 | Samuel Bates | Richmond |
| 2005 | James Watson, Jr. | Suffolk |
| 2004 | Erik Carter | Heathsville |
| 2003 | Robert E. Cole | Hampton |
| 2002 | Justin Roberts | Virginia Beach |
| 2001 | Milton Miller | Norfolk |
| 2000 | Hunter Hanger | Chesterfield |
| 1999 | Matthew Wells | Mechanicsville |
| 1998 | Jeeho Park | Fairfax |
| 1997 | Josh Johnson | Bluefield |
| 1996 | Christopher Molino | Springfield |
| 1995 | Dan Grattan | Vienna |
| 1994 | Milton Welch | Newport News |
| 1993 | Christopher Yates | Falls Church |
| 1992 | Thomas Redd | Hampton |
| 1991 | Brian Baker | Burke |
| 1990 | Eddie Hatrick | Leesburg |
| 1989 | Rodney Pressley | Yorktown |
| 1988 | Joel Weiss | Lorton |
| 1987 | Jack Lake | Chesapeake |
| 1986 | Lee Barnes | Suffolk |
| 1985 | Russell Herakovich | Blacksburg |
| 1984 | Michael Crenshaw | South Hill |
| 1983 | Randall Reed | Hampton |
| 1982 | Neal Naff | Boones Mill |
| 1981 | Andrew Lewis | Leesburg |
| 1980 | Lester E. Dunman III | Pulaski |
| 1979 | Ronald Alder | Reston |
| 1978 | Gregory Brainerd | Virginia Beach |
| 1977 | Stephen Cooley | Fredericksburg |
| 1976 | Gary Malone | Richmond |
| 1975 | Patrick Warfle | Alexandria |
| 1974 | James C. Pittman | Richmond |
| 1973 | Grady Hedgespeth | Virginia Beach |
| 1972 | David Urban | Lynchburg |
| 1971 | Douglas Carlton | Alexandria |
| 1970 | Bert Tussing | Chesapeake |
| 1969 | Wyatt G. Andrews | Norfolk |
| 1968 | M. Anderson Bradshaw | Norge |
| 1967 | T. Mitchell Willey | Springfield |
| 1966 | Stuart Lindsay | Rixeyville |
| 1965 | Lester N. Ellis, Jr. | Annandale |
| 1964 | Donal Nelson | Fort Lee |
| 1963 | Harvey Bryant | Portsmouth |
| 1962 | Teddy' O'Toole | Baskerville |
| 1961 | Angus King | Alexandria |
| 1960 | James K. Walters | Alexandria |
| 1959 | David Vaughn | Oceana (Princess Ann County) |
| 1958 | Charles F. Porter | Portsmouth |
| 1957 | Reese Smith | Norfolk |
| 1956 | Earl C. Dudley | Vienna |
| 1955 | Robert Johnson | Richmond |
| 1954 | Michael Durfee | Arlington |
| 1953 | Ross Fletcher | Arlington |
| 1952 | Eugene Rawls | Bayside |
| 1951 | Rudolph Wood | Chase City |
| 1950 | Melvin L. Minnick, Jr. | Salem |
| 1949 | James Stokes | Kenbridge |
| 1948 | Alton Thomas | Charlottesville |
| 1947 | Arnold Stallman | Vienna |
| 1946 | J.B. Johnson | Osaka (Wise Co.) |
| 1942-1945 | Boys State not held | |
| 1941 | Lewis Tyree | Newport News |
| 1940 | Allen Webb | Portsmouth |
| 1939 | George Spencer | Narrows |
Boys State Objectives
Boys State is a non-partisan program which encompasses the following objectives:
- To develop civic leadership and pride in American Citizenship.
- To arouse a keen interest in the detailed study of our government.
- To develop in the citizens a determination to maintain our form of government, primarily by bringing them to the realization of how great it is to be an American.
- To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the Community, State and Nation.
