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)

George W. Atkinson was the 10th Governor of West Virginia, serving from 1897 to 1901.
George W. Atkinson was the 10th Governor of West Virginia from 1897 to 1901.

final_sentence: George W. Atkinson was the 10th Governor of West Virginia, serving from 1897 to 1901.
final_sentence: George W. Atkinson was the 10th Governor of West Virginia from 1897 to 1901.