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 Steve Newman.

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

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