List of governors of West Virginia
The Governor of West Virginia is the head of the executive branch of West Virginia's state government[2] and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.[3]
Governor of West Virginia | |
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Residence | West Virginia Governor's Mansion |
Term length | Four years, renewable once consecutively |
Inaugural holder | Arthur I. Boreman |
Formation | June 20, 1863 |
Salary | $150,000 (2013)[1] |
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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.[4]
List of Governors
- Parties
Democratic (19) People's Independent (1) Republican (16)
# | Governor | Term start | Term end | Party | Terms [note 1] | ||
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1 | Arthur I. Boreman | June 20, 1863 | February 26, 1869 | Republican | 2 [note 2] | 1⁄2||
2 | Daniel D. T. Farnsworth | February 26, 1869 | March 4, 1869 | Republican | 1⁄2 [note 3] | ||
3 | William E. Stevenson | March 4, 1869 | March 4, 1871 | Republican | 2 | ||
4 | John J. Jacob | March 4, 1871 | March 4, 1877 | Democratic | 2 [note 4] [note 5] | ||
bgcolor=Template:People's Independent Party/meta/color | | Independent | ||||||
5 | Henry M. Mathews | March 4, 1877 | March 4, 1881 | Democratic | 1 | ||
6 | Jacob B. Jackson | March 4, 1881 | March 4, 1885 | Democratic | 1 | ||
7 | Emanuel Willis Wilson | March 4, 1885 | February 6, 1890 | Democratic | 1 [note 6] | ||
8 | Aretas B. Fleming[10] | February 6, 1890 | March 4, 1893 | Democratic | 1 | ||
9 | William A. MacCorkle | March 4, 1893 | March 4, 1897 | Democratic | 1 | ||
10 | George W. Atkinson | March 4, 1897 | March 4, 1901 | Republican | 1 | ||
11 | Albert B. White | March 4, 1901 | March 4, 1905 | Republican | 1 | ||
12 | William M. O. Dawson | March 4, 1905 | March 4, 1909 | Republican | 1 | ||
13 | William E. Glasscock | March 4, 1909 | March 14, 1913 | Republican | 1 | ||
14 | Henry D. Hatfield | March 14, 1913 | March 5, 1917 | Republican | 1 | ||
15 | John J. Cornwell | March 5, 1917 | March 4, 1921 | Democratic | 1 | ||
16 | Ephraim F. Morgan | March 4, 1921 | March 4, 1925 | Republican | 1 | ||
17 | Howard M. Gore | March 4, 1925 | March 4, 1929 | Republican | 1 | ||
18 | William G. Conley | March 4, 1929 | March 4, 1933 | Republican | 1 | ||
19 | H. Guy Kump | March 4, 1933 | January 18, 1937 | Democratic | 1 | ||
20 | Homer A. Holt | January 18, 1937 | January 13, 1941 | Democratic | 1 | ||
21 | Matthew M. Neely | January 13, 1941 | January 15, 1945 | Democratic | 1 | ||
22 | Clarence W. Meadows | January 15, 1945 | January 17, 1949 | Democratic | 1 | ||
23 | Okey L. Patteson | January 17, 1949 | January 19, 1953 | Democratic | 1 | ||
24 | William C. Marland | January 19, 1953 | January 14, 1957 | Democratic | 1 | ||
25 | Cecil H. Underwood | January 14, 1957 | January 16, 1961 | Republican | 1 | ||
26 | William Wallace Barron | January 16, 1961 | January 18, 1965 | Democratic | 1 | ||
27 | Hulett C. Smith | January 18, 1965 | January 13, 1969 | Democratic | 1 | ||
28 | Arch A. Moore Jr. | January 13, 1969 | January 17, 1977 | Republican | 2 | ||
29 | Jay Rockefeller | January 17, 1977 | January 14, 1985 | Democratic | 2 | ||
30 | Arch A. Moore Jr. | January 14, 1985 | January 16, 1989 | Republican | 1 | ||
31 | Gaston Caperton | January 16, 1989 | January 13, 1997 | Democratic | 2 | ||
32 | Cecil H. Underwood | January 13, 1997 | January 15, 2001 | Republican | 1 | ||
33 | Bob Wise | January 15, 2001 | January 17, 2005 | Democratic | 1 | ||
34 | Joe Manchin | January 17, 2005 | November 15, 2010 | Democratic | 1 [note 7] | 1⁄2||
35 | Earl Ray Tomblin | November 15, 2010 | November 13, 2011[11] | Democratic | 1 [note 8] | 1⁄2||
November 13, 2011 | January 16, 2017 | ||||||
36 | Jim Justice | January 16, 2017 | Incumbent | Democratic | 1 [note 9] | ||
bgcolor=Template:United States political party color | | Republican[note 10] |
Notes
- ↑ The fractional terms of some governors are not to be understood literally; rather, they are meant to show single terms during which multiple governors served, due to resignations, deaths and the like.
- ↑ Resigned to run for the United States Senate, winning election.[5][6]
- ↑ As president of the state senate, filled unexpired term.[7]
- ↑ Jacob's second term was under the 1872 constitution, which increased term lengths from two to four years.
- ↑ Jacob was elected as a Democrat for his first term, and as an independent for his second.
- ↑ Did not run for re-election in 1888, but due to the election being disputed, remained in office until the investigation was completed.[8][9]
- ↑ Resigned to take an elected seat in the U.S. Senate.
- ↑ As president of the state senate, acted as governor from November 15, 2010 until November 13, 2011 when he was inaugurated as governor after the special election held on October 4, 2011.[12][13] Tomblin was term limited.
- ↑ Justice's first term expires on January 18, 2021.
- ↑ Justice was elected as a member of the West Virginia Democratic Party in the West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2016. He switched to the Republican Party six months into his term, on August 4, 2017.[4]
References
- ↑ "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ↑ WV Constitution article VII, § 5.
- ↑ WV Constitution article VII, § 12.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican. August 3, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/us/politics/west-virginia-governor-to-switch-from-democrat-to-republican-trump.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ↑ "Boreman, Arthur Ingram". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and Historian of the United States Senate. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
- ↑ "Arthur Ingram Boreman". Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
- ↑ "West Virginia Governor Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on 2011-01-09. Retrieved August 18, 2009.
- ↑ "West Virginia Governor Emanuel Willis Wilson". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved August 18, 2009.
- ↑ "Emanuel Willis Wilson". Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Aretas Brooks Fleming". Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
- ↑ Acting from November 15, 2010 to November 13, 2011
- ↑ WV Constitution article VII, § 16.
- ↑ Tomblin succeeds Manchin as West Virginia governor. November 15, 2010. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/15/AR2010111506129.html. Retrieved November 17, 2010.[dead link]