Historical Record
Previous Governors of West Virginia
Governors who previously held office in West Virginia, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesPatrick MorriseyRepublican2025–2029
Jim JusticeDemocrat2017–2025
Earl Ray TomblinDemocrat2010–2017
Joe ManchinDemocrat2005–2010
Bob WiseDemocrat2001–2005
Cecil H. UnderwoodRepublican1997–2001
Gaston CapertonDemocrat1989–1997
Arch A. Moore Jr.Republican1985–1989
Jay RockefellerDemocrat1977–1985
Arch A. Moore Jr.Republican1969–1977
Hulett C. SmithDemocrat1965–1969
Wally BarronDemocrat1961–1965
Cecil H. UnderwoodRepublican1957–1961
William C. MarlandDemocrat1953–1957
Okey PattesonDemocrat1949–1953
Clarence W. MeadowsDemocrat1945–1949
Matthew M. NeelyDemocrat1941–1945
Homer A. HoltDemocrat1937–1941
Herman G. KumpDemocrat1933–1937
William G. ConleyRepublican1929–1933
Howard Mason GoreRepublican1925–1929
Ephraim F. MorganRepublican1921–1925
John J. CornwellDemocrat1917–1921
Henry D. HatfieldRepublican1913–1917
William E. GlasscockRepublican1909–1913
William M. O. DawsonRepublican1905–1909
Albert B. WhiteRepublican1901–1905
George W. AtkinsonRepublican1897–1901
William A. MacCorkleDemocrat1893–1897
Aretas B. FlemingDemocrat1890–1893
Emanuel Willis WilsonDemocrat1885–1890
Jacob B. JacksonDemocrat1881–1885
Henry M. MathewsDemocrat1877–1881
John J. JacobDemocrat1871–1877
William E. StevensonRepublican1869–1871
Daniel D. T. FarnsworthRepublican1869–1869
Arthur I. BoremanRepublican1863–1869