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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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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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