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This is a list of Governors of West Virginia

List of Governors

# Name Party Took office Left office Notes
1 Arthur I. Boreman Republican June 20 1863 February 26 1869
2 Daniel D. T. Farnsworth Republican February 26 1869 March 4 1869
3 William E. Stevenson Republican March 4 1869 March 4 1871
4 John J. Jacob Democratic March 4 1871 March 4 1877
5 Henry M. Mathews Democratic March 4 1877 March 4 1881
6 Jacob B. Jackson Democratic March 4 1881 March 4 1885
7 Emanuel Willis Wilson Democratic March 4 1885 February 6 1890
8 Aretas B. Fleming Democratic February 6 1890 March 4 1893
9 William A. MacCorkle Democratic March 4 1893 March 4 1897
10 George W. Atkinson Republican March 41897 March 4 1901
11 Albert B. White Republican March 4 1901 March 4 1905
12 William M. O. Dawson Republican March 4 1905 March 4 1909
13 William E. Glasscock Republican March 4 1909 March 14 1913
14 Henry D. Hatfield Republican March 141913 March 5 1917
15 John J. Cornwell Democratic March 5 1917 March 4 1921
16 Ephraim F. Morgan Republican March 4 1921 March 4 1925
17 Howard M. Gore Republican March 4 1925 March 4 1929
18 William G. Conley Republican March 4 1929 March 4 1933
19 Herman G. Kump Democratic March 4 1933 January 18 1937
20 Homer A. Holt Democratic January 18 1937 January 13 1941
21 Matthew M. Neely Democratic January 13 1941 January 15 1945
22 Clarence W. Meadows Democratic January 15 1945 January 17 1949
23 Okey L. Patteson Democratic January 17 1949 January 19 1953
24 William C. Marland Democratic January 19 1953 January 14 1957
25 Cecil H. Underwood Republican January 14 1957 January 16 1961
26 William Wallace Barron Democratic January 16 1961 January 18 1965
27 Hulett C. Smith Democratic January 18 1965 January 13 1969
28 Arch A. Moore, Jr. Republican January 13 1969 January 17 1977
29 John D. Rockefeller, IV Democratic January 17 1977 January 14 1985
30 Arch A. Moore, Jr. Republican January 14 1985 January 16 1989
31 Gaston Caperton Democratic January 16 1989 January 13 1997
32 Cecil H. Underwood Republican January 13 1997 January 15 2001
33 Bob Wise Democratic January 15 2001 January 17 2005
34 Joe Manchin III Democratic January 17 2005 Incumbent

Notes

  1. Resigned to run for the United States Senate, winning election.
  2. As president of the state senate, filled unexpired term.
  3. Did not run for re-election in 1888, but due to the election being disputed, remained in office until the investigation was completed.
  4. Manchin's term expires in 2009; he is not yet term limited.

Living former governors

As of July 2008, six former governors were alive, the oldest being Hulett C. Smith (1965–1969, born 1918). The most recent governor to die was William Wallace Barron (1961-1965), on November 12 2002.

Name Gubernatorial term Date of birth
Cecil H. Underwood 1957–1961, 1997–2001 November 5 1922
Hulett C. Smith 1965–1969 October 21 1918
Arch A. Moore, Jr. 1969–1977, 1985–1989 April 16 1923
John D. Rockefeller, IV 1977–1985 June 18 1937
Gaston Caperton 1989–1997 February 21 1940
Bob Wise 2001–2005 January 6 1948

See also


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