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This is a list of Governors of West Virginia

List of Governors

#	Name	Party	Took office	Left office
1	Arthur I. Boreman	Republican	June 20 1863	February 26 1869
2	Daniel D. T. Farnsworth	Republican	February 26 1869	March 4 1869
3	William E. Stevenson	Republican	March 4 1869	March 4 1871
4	John J. Jacob	Democratic	March 4 1871	March 4 1877
5	Henry M. Mathews	Democratic	March 4 1877	March 4 1881
6	Jacob B. Jackson	Democratic	March 4 1881	March 4 1885
7	Emanuel Willis Wilson	Democratic	March 4 1885	February 6 1890
8	Aretas B. Fleming	Democratic	February 6 1890	March 4 1893
9	William A. MacCorkle	Democratic	March 4 1893	March 4 1897
10	George W. Atkinson	Republican	March 4 1897	March 4 1901
11	Albert B. White	Republican	March 4 1901	March 4 1905
12	William M. O. Dawson	Republican	March 4 1905	March 4 1909
13	William E. Glasscock	Republican	March 4 1909	March 14 1913
14	Henry D. Hatfield	Republican	March 14 1913	March 5 1917
15	John J. Cornwell	Democratic	March 5 1917	March 4 1921
16	Ephraim F. Morgan	Republican	March 4 1921	March 4 1925
17	Howard M. Gore	Republican	March 4 1925	March 4 1929
18	William G. Conley	Republican	March 4 1929	March 4 1933
19	Herman G. Kump	Democratic	March 4 1933	January 18 1937
20	Homer A. Holt	Democratic	January 18 1937	January 13 1941
21	Matthew M. Neely	Democratic	January 13 1941	January 15 1945
22	Clarence W. Meadows	Democratic	January 15 1945	January 17 1949
23	Okey L. Patteson	Democratic	January 17 1949	January 19 1953
24	William C. Marland	Democratic	January 19 1953	January 14 1957
25	Cecil H. Underwood	Republican	January 14 1957	January 16 1961
26	William Wallace Barron	Democratic	January 16 1961	January 18 1965
27	Hulett C. Smith	Democratic	January 18 1965	January 13 1969
28	Arch A. Moore, Jr.	Republican	January 13 1969	January 17 1977
29	John D. Rockefeller, IV	Democratic	January 17 1977	January 14 1985
30	Arch A. Moore, Jr.	Republican	January 14 1985	January 16 1989
31	Gaston Caperton	Democratic	January 16 1989	January 13 1997
32	Cecil H. Underwood	Republican	January 13 1997	January 15 2001
33	Bob Wise	Democratic	January 15 2001	January 17 2005
34	Joe Manchin III	Democratic	January 17 2005	Incumbent

Notes

Resigned to run for the United States Senate, winning election.
As president of the state senate, filled unexpired term.
Did not run for re-election in 1888, but due to the election being disputed, remained in office until the investigation was completed.
Manchin's term expires in 2009; he is not yet term limited.

Living former governors

As of July 2008, six former governors were alive, the oldest being Hulett C. Smith (1965–1969, born 1918). The most recent governor to die was William Wallace Barron (1961-1965), on November 12 2002.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Cecil H. Underwood	1957–1961, 1997–2001	November 5 1922
Hulett C. Smith	1965–1969	October 21 1918
Arch A. Moore, Jr.	1969–1977, 1985–1989	April 16 1923
John D. Rockefeller, IV	1977–1985	June 18 1937
Gaston Caperton	1989–1997	February 21 1940
Bob Wise	2001–2005	January 6 1948

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