list of West Virginia Governors

• Arthur I. Boreman Republican 1863-1869
• Daniel D. T. Farnsworth Republican 1869-1869
• William E. Stevenson Republican 1869-1871
• John J. Jacob Democratic 1871-1877
• Henry M. Mathews Democratic 1877-1881
• Jacob B. Jackson Democratic 1881-1885
• Emanuel W. Wilson Democratic 1885-1890
• Aretas B. Fleming Democratic 1890-1893
• William A. MacCorkle Democratic 1893-1897
• George W. Atkinson Republican 1897-1901
• Albert B. White Republican 1901-1905
• William M. O. Dawson Republican 1905-1909
• William E. Glasscock Republican 1909-1913
• Henry D. Hatfield Republican 1913-1917
• John J. Cornwell Democratic 1917-1921
• Ephraim F. Morgan Republican 1921-1925
• Howard M. Gore Republican 1925-1929
• William G. Conley Republican 1929-1933
• Herman G. Kump Democratic 1933-1937
• Homer A. Holt Democratic 1937-1941
• Matthew M. Neely Democratic 1941-1945
• Clarence W. Meadows Democratic 1945-1949
• Okey L. Patteson Democratic 1949-1953
• William C. Marland Democratic 1953-1957
• Cecil H. Underwood Republican 1957-1961
• William Wallace Barron Democratic 1961-1965
• Hulett C. Smith Democratic 1965-1969
• Arch A. Moore, Jr. Republican 1969-1977
• John D. Rockefeller, IV Democratic 1977-1985
• Arch A. Moore, Jr. Republican 1985-1989
• Gaston Caperton Democratic 1989-1997
• Cecil H. Underwood Republican 1997-2001
• Bob Wise Democratic 2001-2005
• Joe Manchin Democratic (2005-present)