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The Governor of West Virginia is the head of the executive branch of West Virginia's state government[2] and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.[3]
Governor of West Virginia | |
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![]() Seal of the Governor | |
Style |
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Status | |
Residence | West Virginia Governor's Mansion |
Term length | Four years, renewable once consecutively |
Inaugural holder | Arthur I. Boreman |
Formation | June 20, 1863 |
Salary | $150,000 (2013)[1] |
Website | Official website ![]() |
The current governor is Republican Jim Justice, who assumed office on January 16, 2017. West Virginia's 36th governor, Justice was elected as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party on August 4 of that year.[4]
Democratic (19) People's Independent (1) Republican (16)
# | Governor | Term start | Term end | Party | Terms [note 1] | ||
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1 | ![]() |
Arthur I. Boreman | June 20, 1863 | February 26, 1869 | Republican | 2 1⁄2 [note 2] | |
2 | ![]() |
Daniel D. T. Farnsworth | February 26, 1869 | March 4, 1869 | Republican | 1⁄2 [note 3] | |
3 | ![]() |
William E. Stevenson | March 4, 1869 | March 4, 1871 | Republican | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
John J. Jacob | March 4, 1871 | March 4, 1877 | Democratic | 2 [note 4] [note 5] | |
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 [note 6] | |
8 | ![]() |
Aretas B. Fleming[10] | 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 | 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 [note 7] | |
35 | ![]() |
Earl Ray Tomblin | November 15, 2010 | November 13, 2011[11] | Democratic | 1 1⁄2 [note 8] | |
November 13, 2011 | January 16, 2017 | ||||||
36 | ![]() |
Jim Justice | January 16, 2017 | Incumbent | Democratic | 1 [note 9] | |
Republican[note 10] |
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