List of Governors of West Virginia

Governors of West Virginia

Are you looking for the Governors of West Virginia? Here is the list of all the Governors of West Virginia from beginning to present with their tenure and respective political party name.

West Virginia Governors List

Here is a list of governors of the US state of Governors of West Virginia by Party Name and Tenure Periods.

Sr. No. Governor Name
Term Start Term End Party
1 Arthur I. Boreman 20 June 1863 26 February 1869 Republican
2 Daniel D. T. Farnsworth 26 February 1869 4 March 1869 Republican
3 William E. Stevenson 4 March 1869 4 March 1871 Republican
4 John J. Jacob 4 March 1871 4 March 1877 Democratic Independent
5 Henry M. Mathews 4 March 1877 4 March 1881 Democratic
6 Jacob B. Jackson 4 March 1881 4 March 1885 Democratic
7 Emanuel Willis Wilson 4 March 1885 6 February 1890 Democratic
8 Aretas B. Fleming 6 February 1890 4 March 1893 Democratic
9 William A. MacCorkle 4 March 1893 4 March 1897 Democratic
10 George W. Atkinson 4 March 1897 4 March 1901 Republican
11 Albert B. White 4 March 1901 4 March 1905 Republican
12 William M. O. Dawson 4 March 1905 4 March 1909 Republican
13 William E. Glasscock 4 March 1909 14 March 1913 Republican
14 Henry D. Hatfield 14 March 1913 5 March 1917 Republican
15 John J. Cornwell 5 March 1917 4 March 1921 Democratic
16 Ephraim F. Morgan 4 March 1921 4 March 1925 Republican
17 Howard M. Gore 4 March 1925 4 March 1929 Republican
18 William G. Conley 4 March 1929 4 March 1933 Republican
19 Herman G. Kump 4 March 1933 18 January 1937 Democratic
20 Homer A. Holt 18 January 1937 13 January 1941 Democratic
21 Matthew M. Neely 13 January 1941 15 January 1945 Democratic
22 Clarence W. Meadows 15 January 1945 17 January 1949 Democratic
23 Okey L. Patteson 17 January 1949 19 January 1953 Democratic
24 William C. Marland 19 January 1953 14 January 1957 Democratic
25 Cecil H. Underwood 14 January 1957 16 January 1961 Republican
26 William Wallace Barron 16 January 1961 18 January 1965 Democratic
27 Hulett C. Smith 18 January 1965 13 January 1969 Democratic
28 Arch A. Moore, Jr. 13 January 1969 17 January 1977 Republican
29 Jay Rockefeller 17 January 1977 14 January 1985 Democratic
30 Arch A. Moore, Jr. 14 January 1985 16 January 1989 Republican
31 Gaston Caperton 16 January 1989 13 January 1997 Democratic
32 Cecil H. Underwood 13 January 1997 15 January 2001 Republican
33 Bob Wise 15 January 2001 17 January 2005 Democratic
34 Joe Manchin 17 January 2005 15 November 2010 Democratic
35 Earl Ray Tomblin 15 November 2010 16 January 2017 Democratic
35 Jim Justice 16 January 2017 Incumbent Democratic

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