List of West Virginia Governors

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Jim Justice, current governor of West Virginia

This list includes all of the governors of the US state of West Virginia since the state was founded in 1863.

Surname Term of office Political party
Arthur Ingraham Boreman 1863-1869 Republican Party
Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth 1869-1869 Republican Party
William Erskine Stevenson 1869-1871 Republican Party
John Jeremiah Jacob 1871-1877 Democratic Party
Henry Mason Mathews 1877-1881 Democratic Party
Jacob Beeson Jackson 1881-1885 Democratic Party
Emanuel Willis Wilson 1885-1890 Democratic Party
Aretas Brooks Fleming 1890-1893 Democratic Party
William Alexander MacCorkle 1893-1897 Democratic Party
George Wesley Atkinson 1897-1901 Republican Party
Albert Blakeslee White 1901-1905 Republican Party
William Mercer Owens Dawson 1905-1909 Republican Party
William Ellsworth Glasscock 1909-1913 Republican Party
Henry Drury Hatfield 1913-1917 Republican Party
John Jacob Cornwell 1917-1921 Democratic Party
Ephraim Franklin Morgan 1921-1925 Republican Party
Howard Mason Gore 1925-1929 Republican Party
William Gustavus Conley 1929-1933 Republican Party
Herman Guy Kump 1933-1937 Democratic Party
Homer Adams Holt 1937-1941 Democratic Party
Matthew Mansfield Neely 1941-1945 Democratic Party
Clarence W. Meadows 1945-1949 Democratic Party
Okey Leonidas Patteson 1949-1953 Democratic Party
William Casey Marland 1953-1957 Democratic Party
Cecil Harland Underwood 1957-1961 Republican Party
William Wallace Barron 1961-1965 Democratic Party
Hulett Carlson Smith 1965-1969 Democratic Party
Arch Alfred Moore 1969-1977 Republican Party
John Davison Rockefeller 1977-1985 Democratic Party
Arch Alfred Moore 1985-1989 Republican Party
William Gaston Caperton 1989-1997 Democratic Party
Cecil Harland Underwood 1997-2001 Republican Party
Robert Ellsworth Wise 2001-2005 Democratic Party
Joseph Anthony Manchin 2005-2010 Democratic Party
Earl Ray Tomblin 2010-2017 Democratic Party
Jim Justice 2017– Republican Party
  1. ↑ Jim Justice was elected as a member of the Democratic Party, but joined the Republican Party on August 3, 2017.

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