List of Attorneys General of West Virginia
List of Attorneys General
Parties Democratic (21) Republican (13)

List of Attorneys General of West Virginia

Section Title: List of Attorneys General
Table Section Text: Parties Democratic (21) Republican (13)

#	Attorney General	Term start	Term end	Party	County of residence

1	Aquilla B. Caldwell	June 20, 1863	December 31, 1864	Republican	Ohio

2	Ephraim B. Hall	January 1, 1865	December 31, 1865	Republican	Marion

3	Edwin Maxwell	January 1, 1866	December 31, 1866	Republican	Harrison

4	Thayer Melvin	January 1, 1867	July 1, 1869	Republican	Ohio

5	Aquilla B. Caldwell	July 2, 1869	December 31, 1870	Republican	Ohio

6	Joseph Sprigg	January 1, 1871	December 31, 1872	Democratic	Hampshire

7	Henry M. Mathews	January 1, 1873	March 3, 1877	Democratic	Greenbrier

8	Robert White	March 4, 1877	March 3, 1881	Democratic	Hampshire

9	Cornelius Clarkson Watts	March 4, 1881	March 3, 1885	Democratic	Kanawha

10	Alfred Caldwell Jr.	March 4, 1885	March 3, 1893	Democratic	Ohio

11	Thomas S. Riley	March 4, 1893	March 3, 1897	Democratic	Ohio

12	Edgar P. Rucker	March 4, 1897	March 3, 1901	Republican	McDowell

13	Romeo H. Freer	March 4, 1901	March 3, 1905	Republican	Ritchie

14	Clark W. May	March 4, 1905	April 25, 1908	Republican	Lincoln

15	William G. Conley	May 9, 1908	March 3, 1913	Republican	Preston

16	Armistead Abraham Lilly	March 4, 1913	March 3, 1917	Republican	Raleigh

17	Edward T. England	March 4, 1917	March 3, 1925	Republican	Logan

18	Howard B. Lee	March 4, 1925	March 3, 1933	Republican	Mercer

19	Homer A. Holt	March 4, 1933	January 18, 1937	Democratic	Fayette

20	Clarence W. Meadows	January 18, 1937	May 16, 1942	Democratic	Raleigh

21	William S. Wysong	May 25, 1942	January 13, 1943	Democratic	Webster

22	James Kay Thomas	January 13, 1943	January 15, 1945	Democratic	Kanawha

23	Ira J. Partlow	January 15, 1945	November 7, 1949	Democratic	McDowell

24	William C. Marland	December 1, 1949	February 1, 1952	Democratic	Wyoming

25	Chauncey H. Browning, Sr.	February 1, 1952	August 16, 1952	Democratic	Logan

26	John G. Fox	August 16, 1952	January 14, 1957	Democratic	Fayette

27	W. W. Barron	January 14, 1957	January 16, 1961	Democratic	Randolph

28	C. Donald Robertson	January 16, 1961	January 13, 1969	Democratic	Harrison

29	Chauncey H. Browning, Jr.	January 13, 1969	January 14, 1985	Democratic	Logan

30	Charlie Brown	January 14, 1985	August 21, 1989	Democratic	Kanawha

31	Roger W. Tompkins	September 5, 1989	January 14, 1991	Democratic	Kanawha

32	Mario Palumbo	January 14, 1991	January 18, 1993	Democratic	Kanawha

33	Darrell McGraw	January 18, 1993	January 14, 2013	Democratic	Wyoming

34	Patrick Morrisey	January 14, 2013	Incumbent	Republican	Jefferson

Sentence(s)

Morrisey was the Attorney General of West Virginia.

final_sentence: Morrisey was the Attorney General of West Virginia.