Governors of West Virginia, 1863-2019(May beincomplete!) ArthurI. Boreman 1863-69DanielD. T. Farnsworth 1869WilliamE. Stevenson 1869-71JohnJ. Jacob 1871-77HenryMason Mathews 1877-81JacobB. Jackson 1881-85E.Willis Wilson 1885-90AretasBrooks Fleming 1890-93WilliamA. MacCorkle 1893-97GeorgeW. Atkinson 1897-1901AlbertB. White 1901-05WilliamM. O. Dawson 1905-09WilliamE. Glasscock 1909-13HenryD. Hatfield 1913-17JohnJ. Cornwell 1917-21EphraimF. Morgan 1921-25HowardM. Gore 1925-29WilliamG. Conley 1929-33HermanGuy Kump 1933-37HomerA. Holt 1937-41MatthewM. Neely 1941-45ClarenceW. Meadows 1945-49OkeyL. Patteson 1949-53WilliamC. Marland 1953-57CecilH. Underwood 1957-61W.Wallace Barron 1961-65HulettC. Smith 1965-69ArchA. Moore, Jr. 1969-77JayRockefeller 1977-85ArchA. Moore, Jr. 1985-89GastonCaperton 1989-97CecilH. Underwood 1997-2001BobWise 2001-05JoeManchin 2005-10EarlRay Tomblin 2010-17JimJustice 2017- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1863 May 28:ArthurI. Boreman (Rep), elected unopposed. 1866:BenjaminH. Smith, defeated. 1868:JohnsonN. Camden, defeated. 1870:WilliamE. Stevenson, defeated. 1872:JohnsonN. Camden, defeated. 1876:NathanGoff, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 1880:GeorgeC. Sturgiss, defeated. 1884:ThomasR. Carskadon (Prohibition), defeated;EdwinMaxwell, defeated. 1888:NathanGoff, Jr. (Rep), defeated;ThomasR. Carskadon (Prohibition), defeated. 1892:ThomasE. Davis (Rep), defeated. 1896:CorneliusC. Watts, defeated. 1900:JohnH. Holt (Dem), defeated. 1904:JohnJ. Cornwell (Dem), defeated. 1908:Bennett(Dem), defeated. 1912:W.R. Thompson, defeated. 1916:Robinson,defeated. 1920 Nov 2:SamuelB. Montgomery, defeated;ArthurB. Koontz (Dem), defeated. 1924:EdwardT. England (Rep), defeated in primary. 1924 Nov 4:HowardM. Gore (Rep), elected;JakeFisher (Dem), defeated;A.S. Bosworth (Socialist), defeated. 1928:J.Alfred Taylor (Dem), defeated. 1928 May 29:WilliamG. Conley (Rep), nominated. 1928 Nov 6:WilliamG. Conley (Rep), elected. 1932:T.C. Townsend (Rep), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:HomerA. Holt (Dem), elected;SummersH. Sharp (Rep), defeated. 1940 May 14:MatthewM. Neely (Dem), nominated;R.Carl Andrews (Dem), defeated in primary;R.Hugh Jarvis (Dem), defeated in primary;ElmerA. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary. 1940 May 14:D.Boone Dawson (Rep), nominated;LewisH. Miller (Rep), defeated in primary;DavidB. Ealy (Rep), defeated in primary. 1940 Nov 5:MatthewM. Neely (Dem), elected;D.Boone Dawson (Rep), defeated. 1944:RushD. Holt, defeated for nomination. 1944:R.D. Bailey (Dem), defeated in primary. 1944 Nov 7:ClarenceW. Meadows (Dem), elected;D.Boone Dawson (Rep), defeated. 1948 Nov 2:OkeyL. Patteson (Dem), elected;HerbertS. Boreman (Rep), defeated. 1952:E.H. Hedrick (Dem), defeated in primary;R.D. Bailey (Dem), defeated in primary;CyrusS. Kump (Dem), defeated in primary. 1952:RushD. Holt, defeated. 1956 Nov 6:CecilH. Underwood (Rep), elected;BobMollohan (Dem), defeated. 1960:ChapmanRevercomb, defeated for nomination. 1960 Nov 8:W.Wallace Barron (Dem), elected;HaroldE. Neely (Rep), defeated. 1964:CecilH. Underwood, defeated. 1968 Nov 5:ArchA. Moore, Jr. (Rep), elected;JamesM. Sprouse (Dem), defeated. 1972 Nov 7:ArchA. Moore, Jr. (Rep), elected;JayRockefeller (Dem), defeated. 1976 Nov 2:JayRockefeller (Dem), elected;CecilH. Underwood (Rep), defeated. 1980 Nov 4:JayRockefeller (Dem), elected;ArchA. Moore, Jr. (Rep), defeated;JackK. Kelley (Libertarian), defeated. 1984 Nov 6:ArchA. Moore, Jr. (Rep), elected;ClydeM. See, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 1988:ArchA. Moore, Jr. (Rep), defeated;GusR. Douglass, defeated. 1992:ClevelandK. Benedict (Rep), defeated. 1996:JoeManchin (Dem), defeated in primary. 1996:DavidB. McKinley (Rep), defeated in primary. 1996:CecilH. Underwood (Rep), elected. 2000:BobWise (Dem), elected;CecilH. Underwood (Rep), defeated. 2004 May 11:RichardA. Robb (Rep), defeated in primary. 2004 Nov 2:JoeManchin (Dem), elected;MontyWarner (Rep), defeated;JesseJohnson (Mountain), defeated;SimonMcClure, defeated. 2011 Oct 4:EarlRay Tomblin (Dem), elected;BillMaloney (Rep), defeated;BobHenry Baber (Mountain), defeated;MarlaDee Ingels (Ind), defeated;HarryV. Bertram (American Third Position), defeated;PhilHudok, defeated;DonaldLee Underwood, defeated;JohnR. Bartlett, defeated. 2012 Nov 6:EarlRay Tomblin (Dem), elected;BillMaloney (Rep), defeated;JesseJohnson (Mountain), defeated;DavidMoran (Libertarian), defeated. | |