Judges of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals,1863-2012(May be incomplete!) RalphL. Berkshire 1863-66JamesH. Brown 1863-70WilliamA. Harrison 1863-68EdwinMaxwell 1867-72RalphL. Berkshire 1868-72CharlesP. T. Moore 1871-81AlpheusF. Haymond 1873-82JohnS. Hoffman 1873-75JamesPaull 1873-75MatthewEdmiston 1875-76ThomasC. Green 1876-89OkeyJohnson 1877-88JamesFrench Patton 1881-82AdamC. Snyder 1882-90SamuelWoods 1883-88HenryBrannon 1889-1912JohnW. English 1889-1900DanielB. Lucas 1889-92HomerA. Holt 1890-96MarmadukeH. Dent 1893-1904HenryC. McWhorter 1897-1908GeorgePoffenbarger 1901-22WarrenMiller 1903-04FrankCox 1905-07JosephM. Sanders 1905-07WilliamN. Miller 1907-28IraE. Robinson 1907-15L.Judson Williams 1909-20CharlesW. Lynch 1913-21JohnW. Mason 1915-16HaroldA. Ritz 1917-22FrankLively 1921-32JamesA. Meredith 1922-24M.O. Litz 1923-36WilliamH. McGinnis 1923-24JohnH. Hatcher 1924-40HomerB. Woods 1925-36HaymondMaxwell 1928-40JoN. Kenna 1933-50FredL. Fox 1937-52JamesB. Riley 1937-58WilliamT. Lovins 1941-57HerschelH. Rose 1941-45FrankC. Haymond 1945-72LeslieE. Given 1950-62ChaunceyBrowning 1952-71HenryL. Ducker 1957-58RobertT. Donley 1958ThorntonG. Berry, Jr. 1959-76HarlanM. Calhoun 1959-72FredH. Caplan 1962-80JohnE. Carrigan 1971-72CharlesH. Haden II 1972-75OliverD. Kessel 1972RichardNeely 1973-JamesM. Sprouse 1973-75EdwinF. Flowers 1975-76DonaldR. Wilson 1976SamR. Harshbarger 1977-84DarrellV. McGraw, Jr. 1977-ThomasB. Miller 1977-ThomasE. McHugh 1981-W.T. Brotherton, Jr. 1985-JosephP. Albright 1995-96RobinJean Davis 1997-SpikeMaynard 1997-2008LarryV. Starcher 1997-JosephP. Albright 2001-BrentD. Benjamin 2005- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1863:RalphL. Berkshire (Rep), elected;WilliamA. Harrison (Rep), elected;JamesH. Brown (Rep), elected. 1866:EdwinMaxwell (Rep), elected. 1870:CharlesP. T. Moore (Dem), elected. 1872:JohnS. Hoffman (Dem), elected;JamesPaull (Dem), elected;CharlesP. T. Moore (Dem), elected;AlpheusF. Haymond (Dem), elected. 1875 May 11:JamesPaull, died in office. 1876:OkeyJohnson (Dem), elected;ThomasC. Green (Dem), elected;WilliamH. H. Flick, defeated;AlpheusF. Haymond (Dem), elected. 1880:ThomasC. Green (Dem), elected. 1882:AdamC. Snyder (Dem), elected. 1882 Mar 30:JamesFrench Patton, died in office. 1884:AdamC. Snyder (Dem), elected;SamuelWoods (Dem), elected. 1888:JohnW. English (Dem), elected;HenryBrannon (Dem), elected. 1889 Dec 4:ThomasC. Green, died in office. 1890:DanielB. Lucas (Dem), elected. 1892:HomerA. Holt (Dem), elected;MarmadukeH. Dent (Dem), elected. 1896:HenryC. McWhorter (Rep), elected. 1900:GeorgePoffenbarger (Rep), elected;HenryBrannon (Rep), elected. 1904:FrankCox (Rep), elected;JosephM. Sanders (Rep), elected. 1907 Jan 28:FrankCox, resigned. 1907 Jan 29:WilliamN. Miller, appointed. 1908:WilliamN. Miller (Rep), elected;L.Judson Williams (Rep), elected;IraE. Robinson (Rep), elected. 1912:CharlesW. Lynch (Rep), elected;GeorgePoffenbarger (Rep), elected. 1915 Oct 26:IraE. Robinson, resigned. 1915 Nov 1:JohnW. Mason, appointed. 1916:WilliamN. Miller (Rep), elected;HaroldA. Ritz (Rep), elected. 1920 Nov 2:FrankLively (Rep), elected. 1921 Dec 31:CharlesW. Lynch, resigned. 1922:WilliamH. McGinnis (Dem), elected. 1922 Jan 2:JamesA. Meredith, appointed. 1922 Nov 30:HaroldA. Ritz, resigned. 1922 Dec 31:GeorgePoffenbarger, resigned. 1923 Jan 1:M.O. Litz, appointed. 1924:HomerB. Woods (Rep), elected;LeonidasH. Kelly (Dem), defeated;JohnH. Hatcher (Rep), elected;M.O. Litz (Rep), elected. 1928 Aug 7:WilliamN. Miller, died in office. 1928 Aug 21:HaymondMaxwell, appointed. 1928 Nov 6:HaymondMaxwell (Rep), elected;JohnH. Hatcher (Rep), elected. 1932:JoN. Kenna, elected. 1936 Nov 3:FredL. Fox (Dem), elected;JamesB. Riley (Dem), elected;HomerB. Woods (Rep), defeated;M.O. Litz (Rep), defeated. 1940 Nov 5:HerschelH. Rose (Dem), elected;WilliamT. Lovins (Dem), elected;HaymondMaxwell (Rep), defeated;JohnH. Hatcher (Rep), defeated. 1944 Nov 7:JoN. Kenna (Dem), elected;HaymondMaxwell (Rep), defeated. 1945 Jun 17:HerschelH. Rose, died in office. 1945 Jul 1:FrankC. Haymond, appointed. 1946 Aug 6:FrankC. Haymond (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1946 Aug 6:LewisH. Miller (Rep), nominated;W.Elliott Nefflen (Rep), defeated in primary. 1946 Nov 5:FrankC. Haymond (Dem), elected;LewisH. Miller (Rep), defeated. 1948 Nov 2:FredL. Fox (Dem), elected;JamesB. Riley (Dem), elected;J.W. Maxwell (Rep), defeated;LewisH. Miller (Rep), defeated. 1950 Jan 20:JoN. Kenna, died in office. 1950 Jan 27:LeslieE. Given, appointed. 1952:FrankC. Haymond (Dem), elected;ChaunceyBrowning (Dem), elected. 1952 Aug 8:FredL. Fox, died in office. 1952 Aug 18:ChaunceyBrowning, appointed. 1956 Nov 6:LeslieE. Given (Dem), elected;DaytonR. Stemple (Rep), defeated. 1957 Jan 11:WilliamT. Lovins, resigned;HenryL. Ducker, appointed. 1958 Jun 29:JamesB. Riley, died in office. 1958 Jul 3:RobertT. Donley, appointed. 1958 Nov 4:ThorntonG. Berry, Jr. (Dem), elected;MaxDeBerry (Rep), defeated. 1958 Nov 4:HarlanM. Calhoun (Dem), elected;RobertT. Donley (Rep), defeated. 1960 Nov 8:ChaunceyBrowning (Dem), elected;HarlanM. Calhoun (Dem), elected;E.Franklin Pauley (Rep), defeated;DaytonR. Stemple (Rep), defeated. 1962 May 11:LeslieE. Given, died in office. 1962 May 18:FredH. Caplan, appointed. 1968 Nov 5:FredH. Caplan (Dem), elected;DennisR. Knapp (Rep), defeated. 1971 Jun 24:ChaunceyBrowning, died in office. 1971 Jul 13:JohnE. Carrigan, appointed. 1972 May 15:HarlanM. Calhoun, resigned. 1972 Jun 10:FrankC. Haymond, died in office. 1972 Jun 21:CharlesH. Haden II, appointed. 1972 Jun 23:OliverD. Kessel, appointed. 1972 Nov 7:CharlesH. Haden II (Rep), elected;RussellC. Dunbar (Dem), defeated. 1972 Nov 7:JamesM. Sprouse (Dem), elected;RichardNeely (Dem), elected;JohnE. Carrigan (Rep), defeated;RobertC. Conaty (Rep), defeated. 1975 Aug 27:JamesM. Sprouse, resigned. 1975 Dec 19:CharlesH. Haden II, resigned. 1976 Jan 26:DonaldR. Wilson, appointed. 1976 Nov 2:ThomasB. Miller (Dem), elected;DarrellV. McGraw, Jr. (Dem), elected;DonaldR. Wilson (Rep), defeated. 1976 Nov 2:SamR. Harshbarger (Dem), elected;EdwinF. Flowers (Rep), defeated. 1980 Nov 4:ThomasE. McHugh (Dem), elected unopposed. 1984 Nov 6:W.T. Brotherton, Jr. (Dem), elected unopposed;RichardNeely (Dem), elected unopposed. 1995:JosephP. Albright, appointed. 1996:RobinJean Davis, elected;SpikeMaynard (Dem), elected. 1996 Nov 5:RichardA. Robb (Rep), defeated. 2000:RobinJean Davis, elected. 2004 Nov 2:BrentD. Benjamin (Rep), elected;WarrenR. McGraw (Dem), defeated. 2010 Nov 2:ThomasE. McHugh (Dem), elected;JohnC. Yoder (Rep), defeated. 2012 Nov 6:RobinJean Davis (Dem), elected;AllenLoughry (Rep), elected;JohnC. Yoder (Rep), defeated;LetitiaChafin (Dem), defeated. | |