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Governor of West Virginia
Seal of the governor
Incumbent
Jim Justice
since January 16, 2017
Style
Status
ResidenceWest Virginia Governor's Mansion
Term lengthFour years, renewable once consecutively
Inaugural holderArthur I. Boreman
FormationJune 20, 1863
Salary$150,000 (2013)

The governor of West Virginia is the head of government of West Virginia and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the West Virginia Legislature, to convene the legislature at any time, and, except when prosecution has been carried out by the House of Delegates, to grant pardons and reprieves.

Since West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, during the American Civil War, 34 men have served as governor. Two, Arch A. Moore Jr. (West Virginia's 28th and 30th governors) and Cecil H. Underwood (West Virginia's 25th and 32nd governors), served two nonconsecutive terms in office. The longest-serving governor was Moore, who served for three terms over twelve years. The state's first governor after admission into the Union, Arthur I. Boreman, served the most consecutive terms, resigning a week before the end of his third term. Before the state's admission, Francis H. Pierpont, the, "Father of West Virginia," was elected governor during the Wheeling Convention of 1861. Daniel D.T. Farnsworth was senate president at the time; he filled the last seven days of Boreman's term and remains the shortest-serving governor. Underwood has the unusual distinction of being both the youngest person to be elected as governor (age 34 upon his first term in 1957) and the oldest to both be elected and serve (age 74 upon his second term in 1997; age 78 at the end of his second term in 2001).

The current governor is Republican Jim Justice, who assumed office on January 16, 2017. West Virginia's 36th governor, Justice was elected as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party on August 4 of that year.

To serve as governor, a person must be at least 30 years old, and must have been a citizen of West Virginia for at least five years at the time of inauguration. Under the current Constitution of West Virginia, ratified in 1872, the governor serves a four-year term commencing on the third Wednesday in January, following an election. The original constitution of 1863 only called for a two-year term. He may be reelected any number of times, but not more than twice in a row. Any partial term served counts toward the limit of two consecutive terms.

The constitution makes no mention of a lieutenant governor; if the governorship becomes vacant, the senate president acts as governor. If more than one year remains in the governor's term at the time of vacancy, a new election is held; otherwise, the senate president acts as governor for the remainder of the term. A bill passed in 2000 grants the senate president the honorary title of lieutenant governor, but this title is rarely used in practice and the terms of the senate president do not correspond with governorships. The same bill states that the line of succession after the senate president will be the speaker of the House of Delegates, followed by the state attorney general, the state auditor and former governors, in inverse order of term, that are in residence in the state at the time of the vacancy.

Qualifications

Anyone who seeks to be elected Governor of West Virginia must meet the following qualifications:

  • Be a citizen of the United States
  • Be a resident of West Virginia for at least five years preceding the election
  • Be a duly qualified elector of West Virginia
  • Be at least 30 years old

Governors

Governors of the State of West Virginia
No. Governor Term in office Party Election
1   Arthur I. Boreman
(1823–1896)
 June 20, 1863
–
February 26, 1869
(resigned) 		Republican 1863
1864
1866
2 Daniel D. T. Farnsworth
(1819–1892)
 February 26, 1869
–
March 4, 1869
(successor took office) 		Republican President of
the Senate
acting
3 William E. Stevenson
(1820–1883)
 March 4, 1869
–
March 4, 1871
(lost election) 		Republican 1868
4 John J. Jacob
(1829–1893)
 March 4, 1871
–
March 4, 1877
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1870
Independent 1872
5 Henry M. Mathews
(1834–1884)
 March 4, 1877
–
March 4, 1881
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1876
6 Jacob B. Jackson
(1829–1893)
 March 4, 1881
–
March 4, 1885
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1880
7 Emanuel Willis Wilson
(1844–1905)
 March 4, 1885
–
February 6, 1890
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1884
8 Aretas B. Fleming
(1839–1923)
 February 6, 1890
–
March 4, 1893
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1888
9 William A. MacCorkle
(1857–1930)
 March 4, 1893
–
March 4, 1897
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1892
10 George W. Atkinson
(1845–1925)
 March 4, 1897
–
March 4, 1901
(term-limited) 		Republican 1896
11 Albert B. White
(1856–1941)
 March 4, 1901
–
March 4, 1905
(term-limited) 		Republican 1900
12 William M. O. Dawson
(1853–1916)
 March 4, 1905
–
March 4, 1909
(term-limited) 		Republican 1904
13 William E. Glasscock
(1862–1925)
 March 4, 1909
–
March 14, 1913
(term-limited) 		Republican 1908
14 Henry D. Hatfield
(1875–1962)
 March 14, 1913
–
March 5, 1917
(term-limited) 		Republican 1912
15 John J. Cornwell
(1867–1953)
 March 5, 1917
–
March 4, 1921
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1916
16 Ephraim F. Morgan
(1869–1950)
 March 4, 1921
–
March 4, 1925
(term-limited) 		Republican 1920
17 Howard Mason Gore
(1877–1947)
 March 4, 1925
–
March 4, 1929
(term-limited) 		Republican 1924
18 William G. Conley
(1866–1940)
 March 4, 1929
–
March 4, 1933
(term-limited) 		Republican 1928
19 Herman G. Kump
(1877–1962)
 March 4, 1933
–
January 18, 1937
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1932
20 Homer A. Holt
(1898–1975)
 January 18, 1937
–
January 13, 1941
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1936
21 Matthew M. Neely
(1874–1958)
 January 13, 1941
–
January 15, 1945
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1940
22 Clarence W. Meadows
(1904–1961)
 January 15, 1945
–
January 17, 1949
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1944
23 Okey Patteson
(1898–1989)
 January 17, 1949
–
January 19, 1953
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1948
24 William C. Marland
(1918–1965)
 January 19, 1953
–
January 14, 1957
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1952
25 Cecil H. Underwood
(1922–2008)
 January 14, 1957
–
January 16, 1961
(term-limited) 		Republican 1956
26 Wally Barron
(1911–2002)
 January 16, 1961
–
January 18, 1965
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1960
27 Hulett C. Smith
(1918–2012)
 January 18, 1965
–
January 13, 1969
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1964
28 Arch A. Moore Jr.
(1923–2015)
 January 13, 1969
–
January 17, 1977
(term-limited) 		Republican 1968
1972
29 Jay Rockefeller
(b. 1937)
 January 17, 1977
–
January 14, 1985
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1976
1980
30 Arch A. Moore Jr.
(1923–2015)
 January 14, 1985
–
January 16, 1989
(lost election) 		Republican 1984
31 Gaston Caperton
(b. 1940)
 January 16, 1989
–
January 13, 1997
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1988
1992
32   Cecil H. Underwood
(1922–2008)
 January 13, 1997
–
January 15, 2001
(lost election) 		Republican 1996
33 Bob Wise
(b. 1948)
 January 15, 2001
–
January 17, 2005
(did not run) 		Democratic 2000
34 Joe Manchin
(b. 1947)
 January 17, 2005
–
November 15, 2010
(resigned) 		Democratic 2004
2008
35 Earl Ray Tomblin
(b. 1952)
 November 15, 2010
–
January 16, 2017
(term-limited) 		Democratic President of
the Senate
acting
2011
(special)
2012
36 Jim Justice
(b. 1951)
 January 16, 2017
–
Incumbent 		Democratic 2016
Republican
2020

See also

Notes

  1. Boreman resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  2. The 1888 election was disputed, and Wilson remained as governor until the investigation was complete.
  3. Manchin resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.
  4. Justice's second term will expire on January 13, 2025; he will be term-limited.
  5. Justice switched to the Republican Party in August 2017.

References

General
Specific
  1. "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  2. ^ WV Constitution article VII, § 5.
  3. WV Constitution article VII, § 12.
  4. WV Constitution article VII, § 14.
  5. WV Constitution article VI, § 18–19.
  6. WV Constitution article VII, § 11.
  7. "Francis Harrison Pierpont: 'Father of West Virginia' - News, Sports, Jobs - the Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register". Archived from the original on August 17, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  8. "West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican". New York Times. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  9. ^ WV Constitution article VII, § 1.
  10. WV 1863 Constitution article V, § 1.
  11. ^ WV Constitution, Article VII, section 4.
  12. WV Constitution article VII, § 16.
  13. ^ "H.B. 4781 (Enrolled March 11, 2009)". West Virginia Legislature, 2000 Sessions. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
  14. "Governor of West Virginia".
  15. ^ Sobel pp. 1691–1692
  16. "Arthur Ingraham Boreman". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  17. Sobel p. 1692
  18. "Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  19. Sobel pp. 1692–1693
  20. "William Erskine Stevenson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  21. Sobel pp. 1693–1694
  22. "John Jeremiah Jacob". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  23. Sobel p. 1694
  24. "Henry Mason Mathews". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  25. Sobel p. 1695
  26. "Jacob Beeson Jackson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  27. ^ Sobel pp. 1695–1696
  28. "Emanuel Willis Wilson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  29. Sobel pp. 1696–1697
  30. "Aretas Brooks Fleming". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  31. Sobel p. 1697
  32. "William Alexander MacCorkle". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  33. Sobel pp. 1697–1698
  34. "George Wesley Atkinson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  35. Sobel pp. 1698–1699
  36. "Albert Blakeslee White". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  37. Sobel pp. 1699–1700
  38. "William M.O. Dawson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  39. Sobel p. 1700
  40. "William E. Glasscock". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  41. Sobel pp. 1701–1702
  42. "Henry Drury Hatfield". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  43. Sobel pp. 1702–1703
  44. "John Jacob Cornwell". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  45. Sobel p. 1703
  46. "Ephraim Franklin Morgan". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  47. Sobel p. 1704
  48. "Howard M. Gore". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  49. Sobel p. 1705
  50. "William Gustavus Conley". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  51. Sobel p. 1706
  52. "Herman Guy Kump". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  53. Sobel pp. 1706–1707
  54. "Homer Adams Holt". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  55. Sobel pp. 1707–1708
  56. "Matthew Mansfield Neely". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  57. Sobel pp. 1708–1709
  58. "Clarence W. Meadows". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  59. Sobel p. 1709
  60. "Okey Leonidas Patteson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  61. Sobel p. 1710
  62. "William Casey Marland". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  63. ^ Sobel pp. 1710–1711
  64. ^ "Cecil H. Underwood". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  65. Sobel pp. 1711–1712
  66. "William W. Barron". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  67. Sobel pp. 1712–1713
  68. "Hulett Carlson Smith". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  69. ^ Sobel p. 1713
  70. ^ "Arch A. Moore". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  71. Sobel p. 1714
  72. "John Davison Rockefeller". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  73. "Gaston Caperton". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  74. "Bob Wise". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  75. ^ "Joe Manchin III". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  76. "Earl Ray Tomblin". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  77. "Jim Justice". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  78. Shear, Michael D.; Martin, Jonathan (August 3, 2017). "In West Virginia, Trump Hails Conservatism and a New G.O.P. Governor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 21, 2023.

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