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This is a list of Governors of West Virginia
[edit] List of Governors
# |
Name |
Party |
Took office |
Left office |
Notes |
1 |
Arthur I. Boreman |
Republican |
June 20, 1863 |
February 26, 1869 |
[1] |
2 |
Daniel D. T. Farnsworth |
Republican |
February 26, 1869 |
March 4, 1869 |
[2] |
3 |
William E. Stevenson |
Republican |
March 4, 1869 |
March 4, 1871 |
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4 |
John J. Jacob |
Democratic |
March 4, 1871 |
March 4, 1877 |
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5 |
Henry M. Mathews |
Democratic |
March 4, 1877 |
March 4, 1881 |
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6 |
Jacob B. Jackson |
Democratic |
March 4, 1881 |
March 4, 1885 |
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7 |
Emanuel Willis Wilson |
Democratic |
March 4, 1885 |
February 6, 1890 |
[3] |
8 |
Aretas B. Fleming |
Democratic |
February 6, 1890 |
March 4, 1893 |
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9 |
William A. MacCorkle |
Democratic |
March 4, 1893 |
March 4, 1897 |
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10 |
George W. Atkinson |
Republican |
March 4, 1897 |
March 4, 1901 |
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11 |
Albert B. White |
Republican |
March 4, 1901 |
March 4, 1905 |
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12 |
William M. O. Dawson |
Republican |
March 4, 1905 |
March 4, 1909 |
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13 |
William E. Glasscock |
Republican |
March 4, 1909 |
March 14, 1913 |
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14 |
Henry D. Hatfield |
Republican |
March 14, 1913 |
March 5, 1917 |
|
15 |
John J. Cornwell |
Democratic |
March 5, 1917 |
March 4, 1921 |
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16 |
Ephraim F. Morgan |
Republican |
March 4, 1921 |
March 4, 1925 |
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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 |
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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 |
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33 |
Bob Wise |
Democratic |
January 15, 2001 |
January 17, 2005 |
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34 |
Joe Manchin III |
Democratic |
January 17, 2005 |
Incumbent |
[4] |
- ^ Resigned to run for the United States Senate, winning election.
- ^ As president of the state senate, filled unexpired term.
- ^ Did not run for re-election in 1888, but due to the election being disputed, remained in office until the investigation was completed.
- ^ Manchin's term expires in 2009; he is not yet term limited.
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