List of Governors of West Virginia
List of Governors
Parties Democratic (19) People's Independent (1) Republican (16)

List of Governors of West Virginia

Section Title: List of Governors
Table Section Text: Parties Democratic (19) People's Independent (1) Republican (16)

#	Governor	Term start	Term end	Party	Terms

1	-	Arthur I. Boreman	June 20, 1863	February 26, 1869	Republican	​2 1⁄2

2	-	Daniel D. T. Farnsworth	February 26, 1869	March 4, 1869	Republican	​1⁄2

3	-	William E. Stevenson	March 4, 1869	March 4, 1871	Republican	2

4	-	John J. Jacob	March 4, 1871	March 4, 1877	Democratic	2

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

8	-	Aretas B. Fleming	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 giving a speech aboard the USS Stump, July 2, 1984.JPEG	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 1⁄2

35	-	Earl Ray Tomblin	November 15, 2010	November 13, 2011	Democratic	​1 1⁄2

November 13, 2011	January 16, 2017

36	-	Jim Justice	January 16, 2017	Incumbent	Democratic	1

Republican

Sentence(s)

Arthur Inghram Boreman served as the first Governor of West Virginia.

final_sentence: Arthur Inghram Boreman served as the first Governor of West Virginia.