Governors of West Virginia

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GOVERNORS OF WEST VIRGINIA

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Since achieving statehood on 20 Jun 1863, West Virginia has had 36 governors. Two men have served two nonconsecutive terms in office, Arch A. Moore Jr. (28th & 30th) and Cecil H. Underwood (25th & 32nd).

In the below list, columns can be sorted by clicking on the arrow button in any category heading box. A "C" in the final column denotes a Notable who has been successfully connected to the Big Tree. "N/C" stands for Not Connected.

GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

#	Governor	Born	Died	Term	Photo	C
1	Arthur I Boreman	1823	1896	1863-1869		C
2	Daniel D.T. Farnsworth	1819	1892	1866-1869		C
3	William E. Stevenson	1820	1883	1869-1871		C
4	John J. Jacobs	1829	1893	1871-1877		C
5	Henry M. Mathews	1834	1884	1877-1881		C
6	Jacob B. Jackson	1829	1893	1881-1885		C
7	Emanuel Willis Wilson	1844	1905	1885-1890		C
8	Aretas B. Fleming	1839	1923	1890-1893		C
9	William A. MacCorkle	1857	1930	1893-1897		C
10	George W. Atkinson	1845	1925	1897-1901		C
11	Albert B. White	1856	1941	1901-1905		C
12	William M.O. Dawson	1853	1916	1905-1909		C
13	William E. Glasscock	1862	1925	1909-1913		C
14	Henry D. Hatfield	1875	1962	1913-1917		C
15	John J. Cornwell	1867	1953	1917-1921		C
16	Ephraim F. Morgan	1869	1950	1921-1925		C
17	Howard Mason Gore	1877	1947	1925-1929		C
18	William G. Conley	1866	1940	1929-1933		C
19	Herman G. Kump	1877	1962	1933-1937		C
20	Homer A. Holt	1898	1975	1937-1941		C
21	Matthew M. Neely	1874	1958	1941-1945		C
22	Clarence W. Meadows	1904	1961	1945-1949		C
23	Okey L. Patteson	1898	1989	1949-1953		C
24	William C. Marland	1918	1965	1953-1957		C
25	Cecil H. Underwood	1922	2008	1957-1961		C
26	William Wallace Barron	1911	2002	1961-1965		C
27	Hulett C. Smith	1918	2012	1965-1969		C
28	Arch A. Moore Jr.	1923	2015	1969-1977		C
29	Jay Rockefeller	1937	LIVING	1977-1985		C
30	Arch A. Moore Jr.	1923	2015	1985-1989		C
31	Gaston Caperton	1940	LIVING	1989-1997		N/C
25	Cecil H. Underwood	1922	2008	1997-20011		C
33	Bob Wise	1948	LIVING	2001-2005		N/C
34	Joe Manchin	1974	LIVING	2005-2010		C
35	Earl Ray Tomblin	1952	LIVING	2010-2017		N/C
36	Jim Justice II	1951	LIVING	2017-		N/C