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List of governors of West Virginia

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Governor of West Virginia
Seal of the governor
Incumbent
Patrick Morrisey
since January 13, 2025
Style
Status
ResidenceWest Virginia Governor's Mansion
Term lengthFour years, renewable once consecutively
Inaugural holderArthur I. Boreman
FormationJune 20, 1863
Salary$150,000 (2022)[1]
Websitegovernor.wv.gov

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]

The current governor is Republican Patrick Morrisey since 2025.

List of Governors

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Parties

  Democratic (19)   People's Independent (1)   Republican (16)

Governors of the State of West Virginia
No. Governor Term in office Party Election
1   Arthur I. Boreman
(1823–1896)
[4][5] 		June 20, 1863[6]
–
February 26, 1869
(resigned)[a] 		Republican[7] 1863
1864
1866
2 Daniel D. T. Farnsworth
(1819–1892)
[8][9] 		February 26, 1869[10]
–
March 4, 1869
(successor took office) 		Republican[7] President of
the Senate
acting
3 William E. Stevenson
(1820–1883)
[11][12] 		March 4, 1869[13]
–
March 4, 1871
(lost election) 		Republican[7] 1868
4 John J. Jacob
(1829–1893)
[14][15] 		March 4, 1871[16]
–
March 4, 1877
(term-limited)[b] 		Democratic[18] 1870
People's
Independent[18] 		1872
5 Henry M. Mathews
(1834–1884)
[19][20] 		March 4, 1877[c]
–
March 4, 1881
(term-limited)[b] 		Democratic[7] 1876
6 Jacob B. Jackson
(1829–1893)
[22][23] 		March 4, 1881[24]
–
March 4, 1885
(term-limited)[b] 		Democratic[7] 1880
7 Emanuel Willis Wilson
(1844–1905)
[25][26] 		March 4, 1885[27]
–
February 6, 1890
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic[7] 1884
8 Aretas B. Fleming
(1839–1923)
[28][29] 		February 6, 1890[30]
–
March 4, 1893
(term-limited)[b] 		Democratic[7] 1888
9 William A. MacCorkle
(1857–1930)
[31][32] 		March 4, 1893[33]
–
March 4, 1897
(term-limited)[b] 		Democratic[7] 1892
10 George W. Atkinson
(1845–1925)
[34][35] 		March 4, 1897[36]
–
March 4, 1901
(term-limited)[b] 		Republican[7] 1896
11 Albert B. White
(1856–1941)
[37][38] 		March 4, 1901[39]
–
March 4, 1905
(term-limited)[b] 		Republican[7] 1900
12 William M. O. Dawson
(1853–1916)
[40][41] 		March 4, 1905[42]
–
March 4, 1909
(term-limited)[b] 		Republican[7] 1904
13 William E. Glasscock
(1862–1925)
[43][44] 		March 4, 1909[45]
–
March 4, 1913
(term-limited)[b] 		Republican[7] 1908
14 Henry D. Hatfield
(1875–1962)
[46][47] 		March 4, 1913[48]
–
March 4, 1917
(term-limited)[b] 		Republican[7] 1912
15 John J. Cornwell
(1867–1953)
[49][50] 		March 4, 1917[51]
–
March 4, 1921
(term-limited)[b] 		Democratic[7] 1916
16 Ephraim F. Morgan
(1869–1950)
[52][53] 		March 4, 1921[54]
–
March 4, 1925
(term-limited)[b] 		Republican[7] 1920
17 Howard Mason Gore
(1877–1947)
[55][56] 		March 4, 1925[57]
–
March 4, 1929
(term-limited)[b] 		Republican[7] 1924
18 William G. Conley
(1866–1940)
[58][59] 		March 4, 1929[60]
–
March 4, 1933
(term-limited)[b] 		Republican[7] 1928
19 Herman G. Kump
(1877–1962)
[61][62] 		March 4, 1933[63]
–
January 18, 1937
(term-limited)[b] 		Democratic[7] 1932
20 Homer A. Holt
(1898–1975)
[64][65] 		January 18, 1937[66]
–
January 13, 1941
(term-limited)[b] 		Democratic[7] 1936
21 Matthew M. Neely
(1874–1958)
[67][68] 		January 13, 1941[69]
–
January 15, 1945
(term-limited)[b] 		Democratic[7] 1940
22 Clarence W. Meadows
(1904–1961)
[70][71] 		January 15, 1945[72]
–
January 17, 1949
(term-limited)[b] 		Democratic[7] 1944
23 Okey Patteson
(1898–1989)
[73][74] 		January 17, 1949[75]
–
January 19, 1953
(term-limited)[b] 		Democratic[7] 1948
24 William C. Marland
(1918–1965)
[76][77] 		January 19, 1953[78]
–
January 14, 1957
(term-limited)[b] 		Democratic[7] 1952
25 Cecil H. Underwood
(1922–2008)
[79][80] 		January 14, 1957[81]
–
January 16, 1961
(term-limited)[b] 		Republican[7] 1956
26 Wally Barron
(1911–2002)
[82][83] 		January 16, 1961[84]
–
January 18, 1965
(term-limited)[b] 		Democratic[7] 1960
27 Hulett C. Smith
(1918–2012)
[85][86] 		January 18, 1965[87]
–
January 13, 1969
(term-limited)[b] 		Democratic[7] 1964
28 Arch A. Moore Jr.
(1923–2015)
[88][89] 		January 13, 1969[90]
–
January 17, 1977
(term-limited)[e] 		Republican[7] 1968
1972
29 Jay Rockefeller
(b. 1937)
[92][93] 		January 17, 1977[94]
–
January 14, 1985
(term-limited)[e] 		Democratic[93] 1976
1980
30 Arch A. Moore Jr.
(1923–2015)
[88][89] 		January 14, 1985[95]
–
January 16, 1989
(lost election) 		Republican[89] 1984
31 Gaston Caperton
(b. 1940)
[96] 		January 16, 1989[97]
–
January 13, 1997
(term-limited)[e] 		Democratic[96] 1988
1992
32   Cecil H. Underwood
(1922–2008)
[79][80] 		January 13, 1997[98]
–
January 15, 2001
(lost election) 		Republican[80] 1996
33 Bob Wise
(b. 1948)
[99] 		January 15, 2001[100]
–
January 17, 2005
(did not run) 		Democratic[99] 2000
34 Joe Manchin
(b. 1947)
[101] 		January 17, 2005[102]
–
November 15, 2010
(resigned)[f] 		Democratic[101] 2004
2008
35 Earl Ray Tomblin
(b. 1952)
[103] 		November 15, 2010[104]
–
January 16, 2017
(term-limited)[e] 		Democratic[103] President of
the Senate
acting
2011
(special)
2012
36 Jim Justice
(b. 1951)
[105] 		January 16, 2017[106]
–
January 13, 2025
(term-limited)[e] 		Democratic[g] 2016
Republican[105] 2020
37 Patrick Morrisey
(b. 1967) 		January 13, 2025
–
Incumbent[h] 		Republican[108] 2024

Notes

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References

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  1. ↑ "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries". The Council of State Governments. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ WV Constitution article VII, § 5.
  3. ↑ WV Constitution article VII, § 12.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sobel 1978, pp. 1691–1692.
  5. ↑ "Arthur Ingraham Boreman". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  6. ↑ "none". Alexandria Gazette. 1863-06-22. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-21. Hon. A. J. Boreman was on Saturday inaugurated as the first Governor of West Virginia.
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 Kallenbach 1977, pp. 629–630.
  8. ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 1692.
  9. ↑ "Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Sworn In". The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer. 1869-02-27. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  11. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1692–1693.
  12. ↑ "William Erskine Stevenson". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Inauguration of State Officers". The Wheeling Daily Register. 1869-03-05. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  14. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1693–1694.
  15. ↑ "John Jeremiah Jacob". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Inauguration of Governor Jacob". The Wheeling Daily Register. 1871-03-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  17. ↑ "1872 W.Va. Const. art. VII, § 4". www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Glashan 1979, p. 334.
  19. ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 1694.
  20. ↑ "Henry Mason Mathews". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Gubernatorial". The Wheeling Daily Register. 1877-03-06. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  22. ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 1695.
  23. ↑ "Jacob Beeson Jackson". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  24. ↑ "The New Regime". The Daily Register. 1881-03-05. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Sobel 1978, pp. 1695–1696.
  26. ↑ "Emanuel Willis Wilson". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  27. ↑ "The New Governor". The Daily Register. 1885-03-05. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  28. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1696–1697.
  29. ↑ "Aretas Brooks Fleming". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  30. ↑ "Inaugurated". The Daily Register. 1890-02-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  31. ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 1697.
  32. ↑ "William Alexander MacCorkle". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  33. ↑ "Governor M'Corkle". Wheeling Sunday Register. 1893-03-05. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  34. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1697–1698.
  35. ↑ "George Wesley Atkinson". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  36. ↑ "There Are Others". The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer. 1897-03-05. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  37. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1698–1699.
  38. ↑ "Albert Blakeslee White". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  39. ↑ "Inauguration of Gov. A. B. White". Martinsburg Herald. 1901-03-09. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  40. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1699–1700.
  41. ↑ "William M.O. Dawson". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  42. ↑ "Governor Dawson". The Fairmont West Virginian. 1905-03-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
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  44. ↑ "William E. Glasscock". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  45. ↑ "State's New Governor". The Daily Telegram. 1909-03-04. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  46. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1701–1702.
  47. ↑ "Henry Drury Hatfield". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  48. ↑ "Hon. Henry D. Hatfield Is Inaugurated Governor". The Fairmont West Virginian. Associated Press. 1913-03-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  49. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1702–1703.
  50. ↑ "John Jacob Cornwell". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  51. ↑ "Cornwell Takes Oath on Sunday". The Birmingham News. Associated Press. 1917-03-05. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  52. ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 1703.
  53. ↑ "Ephraim Franklin Morgan". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  54. ↑ "Judge Morgan Inaugurated". Greenbrier Independent. 1921-03-11. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  55. ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 1704.
  56. ↑ "Howard M. Gore". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  57. ↑ "Gore Inaugurated as Governor of West Va". The Plain Speaker. United Press. 1925-03-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  58. ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 1705.
  59. ↑ "William Gustavus Conley". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  60. ↑ "New Governor Seeks Co-operation; Favors Lessening Tax Burdens". Hinton Daily News. Associated Press. 1929-03-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  61. ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 1706.
  62. ↑ "Herman Guy Kump". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  63. ↑ "Relief Plan Outlines As Kump Takes Office". The Charleston Daily Mail. 1933-03-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  64. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1706–1707.
  65. ↑ "Homer Adams Holt". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  66. ↑ "Crowds Jam the Capitol". The Charleston Daily Mail. 1937-01-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  67. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1707–1708.
  68. ↑ "Matthew Mansfield Neely". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  69. ↑ "Thousands Witness Inauguration Celebration". The Independent-Herald. 1941-01-15. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  70. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1708–1709.
  71. ↑ "Clarence W. Meadows". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  72. ↑ "New Governor Inaugurated at Ceremony". Hinton Daily News. United Press. 1945-01-15. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  73. ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 1709.
  74. ↑ "Okey Leonidas Patteson". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  75. ↑ "Patteson Is Installed As New Governor". Hinton Daily News. United Press. 1949-01-17. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
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  77. ↑ "William Casey Marland". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
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  80. ↑ 80.0 80.1 80.2 "Cecil H. Underwood". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  81. ↑ "Inauguration Held Outdoors Despite Weather". The Weirton Daily Times. United Press. 1957-01-14. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
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  83. ↑ "William W. Barron". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  84. ↑ "Barron Becomes Governor, Signs BIll Increasing Tax". Hinton Daily News. United Press International. 1961-01-16. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  85. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1712–1713.
  86. ↑ "Hulett Carlson Smith". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  87. ↑ McKinney, John (1965-01-19). "Smith Promises 'High Standard'". Beckley Post-Herald. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  88. ↑ 88.0 88.1 Sobel 1978, p. 1713.
  89. ↑ 89.0 89.1 89.2 "Arch A. Moore". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  90. ↑ Mellace, Bob (1969-01-13). "Good, Able State Rule Moore's Inaugural Aim". The Charleston Daily Mail. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  91. ↑ "W.Va. Const. art. VII, § 4". www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  92. ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 1714.
  93. ↑ 93.0 93.1 "John Davison Rockefeller". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  94. ↑ "Rockefeller Sworn In As 29th W. VA. Governor". The Raleigh Register. United Press International. 1977-01-17. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  95. ↑ LeVine, Steve (1985-01-14). "Moore Vows Strong W. Virginia Economy". The Indianapolis News. Associated Press. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  96. ↑ 96.0 96.1 "Gaston Caperton". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  97. ↑ "West Virginia Governor Sworn In". Tulsa World. Associated Press. 1989-01-17. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  98. ↑ "Once Youngest Governor, He's Now Oldest". Tulsa World. Associated Press. 1997-01-14. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  99. ↑ 99.0 99.1 "Bob Wise". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  100. ↑ Yost, Pete (2001-01-27). "Democrat Blasts Clinton Over Pardon". The Buffalo News. Associated Press. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  101. ↑ 101.0 101.1 101.2 "Joe Manchin III". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  102. ↑ "none". Portland Press Herald. Associated Press. 2005-01-19. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-07-22. Chief Justice Joseph Albright, left, swears in West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin on Monday in Charleston.
  103. ↑ 103.0 103.1 "Earl Ray Tomblin". National Governors Association. November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  104. ↑ "Tomblin Takes Oath as W. Va. Governor". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 2010-11-16. p. A7. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  105. ↑ 105.0 105.1 "Jim Justice". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  106. ↑ "Jim Justice sworn into office as WV's governor". WTAP. Associated Press. 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
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