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Senate President |
Term start |
Term end |
Party |
Governor |
1 |
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John Phelps
1821 – August 26, 1884
(aged 63) |
June 20, 1863 |
January 19, 1864 |
Republican |
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Arthur Boreman |
2 |
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William Stevenson
March 18, 1820 – November 29, 1883
(aged 63) |
January 19, 1864 |
January 19, 1869 |
Republican |
3 |
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Daniel Farnsworth
December 23, 1819 – December 5, 1892
(aged 72) |
January 19, 1869 |
January 17, 1871 |
Republican |
A. |
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Joseph T. Hoke
February 6, 1835 – July 27, 1910
(aged 75) |
February 26, 1869 |
March 4, 1869 |
Republican |
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Daniel Farnsworth |
3 |
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Daniel Farnsworth
December 23, 1819 – December 5, 1892
(aged 72) |
January 19, 1869 |
January 17, 1871 |
Republican |
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William Stevenson |
4 |
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Lewis Baker
November 11, 1832 – April 30, 1899
(aged 66) |
January 17, 1871 |
January 16, 1872 |
Democratic |
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John Jacob |
5 |
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Carlos Sperry
July 28, 1832 – May 9, 1905
(aged 72) |
January 16, 1872 |
August 22, 1872 |
Democratic |
6 |
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Daniel Johnson
April 28, 1836 – December 18, 1893
(aged 57) |
November 19, 1872 |
January 10, 1877 |
Democratic |
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7 |
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Ulysses Arnett
November 7, 1820 – December 1, 1880
(aged 60) |
January 10, 1877 |
January 8, 1879 |
Democratic |
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Henry Mathews |
8 |
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Daniel Johnson
April 28, 1836 – December 18, 1893
(aged 57) |
January 8, 1879 |
January 12, 1881 |
Democratic |
9 |
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Albert Summers
January 1, 1824 – April 1, 1901
(aged 77) |
January 12, 1881 |
January 10, 1883 |
Democratic |
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Jacob Jackson |
10 |
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Thomas Farnsworth
May 17, 1829 – October 12, 1916
(aged 87) |
January 10, 1883 |
January 14, 1885 |
Democratic |
11 |
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George Price
November 9, 1848 – February 6, 1938
(aged 89) |
January 14, 1885 |
January 9, 1889 |
Democratic |
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Emmanuel Watson |
12 |
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Robert Carr
November 17, 1845 – May 6, 1925
(aged 79) |
January 22, 1889 |
January 14, 1891 |
Democratic |
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Aretas Fleming |
13 |
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John McCreery
July 31, 1845 – May 22, 1917
(aged 71) |
January 14, 1891 |
January 11, 1893 |
Democratic |
14 |
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Rankin Wiley
April 6, 1853 – February 21, 1929
(aged 75) |
January 11, 1893 |
January 9, 1895 |
Democratic |
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William MacCorkle |
15 |
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William Worley
August 1, 1846 – October 7, 1928
(aged 82) |
January 9, 1895 |
January 13, 1897 |
Republican |
16 |
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Nelson Whitaker
November 9, 1839 – December 28, 1909
(aged 70) |
January 13, 1897 |
January 11, 1899 |
Republican |
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George Atkinson |
17 |
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Oliver Marshall
September 24, 1850 – May 19, 1934
(aged 83) |
January 11, 1899 |
January 9, 1901 |
Republican |
18 |
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Anthony Smith
January 9, 1844 – July 10, 1927
(aged 83) |
January 9, 1901 |
January 14, 1903 |
Republican |
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Albert White |
19 |
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Clark May
July 14, 1869 – April 25, 1908
(aged 38) |
January 14, 1903 |
January 11, 1905 |
Republican |
20 |
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Gustavus Northcott
April 4, 1861 – December 8, 1938
(aged 77) |
January 11, 1905 |
January 9, 1907 |
Republican |
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William Dawson |
21 |
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Joseph McDermott
July 28, 1871 – December 12, 1930
(aged 59) |
January 9, 1907 |
January 13, 1909 |
Republican |
22 |
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Lewis Forman
January 7, 1855 – January 3, 1933
(aged 77) |
January 13, 1909 |
January 11, 1911 |
Republican |
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William Glasscock |
23 |
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Robert F. Kidd
February 11, 1853 – June 8, 1930
(aged 77) |
January 17, 1911 |
January 30, 1911 |
Democratic |
24 |
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Henry Hatfield
September 15, 1875 – October 13, 1962
(aged 87) |
January 30, 1911 |
January 24, 1913 |
Republican |
25 |
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Samuel Woods
August 31, 1856 – June 1, 1937
(aged 80) |
January 24, 1913 |
January 13, 1915 |
Democratic |
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Henry Hatfield |
26 |
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Edward England
September 29, 1869 – September 9, 1934
(aged 64) |
January 13, 1915 |
January 10, 1917 |
Republican |
27 |
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Wells Goodykoontz
June 3, 1872 – March 2, 1944
(aged 71) |
January 10, 1917 |
January 8, 1919 |
Republican |
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John Cornwell |
28 |
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Charles Sinsel
June 5, 1864 – December 8, 1923
(aged 59) |
January 8, 1919 |
January 12, 1921 |
Republican |
29 |
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Gohen Arnold
January 5, 1885 – June 9, 1939
(aged 54) |
January 12, 1921 |
January 10, 1923 |
Republican |
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Ephraim Morgan |
30 |
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Harry Schaffer
January 22, 1885 – July 3, 1971
(aged 86) |
January 10, 1923 |
January 14, 1925 |
Republican |
31 |
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Charles Coffman
August 30, 1875 – August 15, 1929
(aged 53) |
January 14, 1925 |
April 15, 1925 |
Republican |
32 |
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Montezuma White
September 6, 1872 – May 10, 1945
(aged 72) |
April 15, 1925 |
January 11, 1933 |
Republican |
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Howard Gore |
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William Conley |
33 |
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Albert Mathews
July 31, 1872 – December 5, 1958
(aged 86) |
January 11, 1933 |
January 9, 1935 |
Democratic |
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Herman Kump |
34 |
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Charles Hodges
September 27, 1892 – May 1, 1968
(aged 75) |
January 9, 1935 |
January 11, 1939 |
Democratic |
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Homer Holt |
35 |
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William LaFon
March 8, 1888 – February 4, 1941
(aged 52) |
January 11, 1939 |
January 8, 1941 |
Democratic |
36 |
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Byron Randolph
June 12, 1906 – November 7, 1979
(aged 73) |
January 8, 1941 |
January 13, 1943 |
Democratic |
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Matthew Neely |
37 |
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James Paull
May 3, 1901 – March 8, 1983
(aged 81) |
January 13, 1943 |
January 10, 1945 |
Democratic |
38 |
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Arnold Vickers
August 8, 1908 – December 25, 1967
(aged 59) |
January 10, 1945 |
January 12, 1949 |
Democratic |
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Clarence Meadows |
39 |
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W. Broughton Johnston
May 21, 1905 – August 24, 1978
(aged 73) |
January 12, 1949 |
January 14, 1953 |
Democratic |
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Okey Patteson |
40 |
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Ralph Bean
December 15, 1912 – June 7, 1978
(aged 65) |
January 14, 1953 |
January 11, 1961 |
Democratic |
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William Marland |
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Cecil Underwood |
41 |
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Howard Carson
April 30, 1910 – August 9, 1994
(aged 84) |
January 11, 1961 |
January 8, 1969 |
Democratic |
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Wally Barron |
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Hulett Smith |
42 |
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Lloyd Jackson
May 30, 1918 – October 29, 2011
(aged 93) |
January 8, 1969 |
January 13, 1971 |
Democratic |
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Arch Moore |
43 |
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E. Hansford McCourt
April 21, 1909 – August 3, 1992
(aged 83) |
January 13, 1971 |
January 10, 1973 |
Democratic |
44 |
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William Brotherton
April 17, 1926 – April 6, 1997
(aged 70) |
January 10, 1973 |
January 14, 1981 |
Democratic |
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Jay Rockefeller |
45 |
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Warren McGraw
May 10, 1939 – June 14, 2023
(aged 84) |
January 14, 1981 |
January 9, 1985 |
Democratic |
46 |
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Dan Tonkovich
April 17, 1946 – February 10, 2002
(aged 55) |
January 9, 1985 |
January 11, 1989 |
Democratic |
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Arch Moore |
47 |
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Larry Tucker
April 11, 1935 – November 16, 2016
(aged 81) |
January 11, 1989 |
September 7, 1989 |
Democratic |
48 |
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Keith Burdette (1955-04-27) April 27, 1955 (age 68) |
September 12, 1989 |
January 3, 1995 |
Democratic |
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Gaston Caperton |
49 |
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Earl Ray Tomblin (1952-03-15) March 15, 1952 (age 72) |
January 3, 1995 |
November 13, 2011 |
Democratic |
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Cecil Underwood |
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Bob Wise |
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Joe Manchin |
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50 |
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Jeff Kessler (1955-11-16) November 16, 1955 (age 68) |
November 15, 2010 |
November 14, 2011 |
Democratic |
Earl Ray Tomblin |
November 14, 2011 |
January 14, 2015 |
51 |
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Bill Cole (1956-05-16) May 16, 1956 (age 67) |
January 14, 2015 |
January 11, 2017 |
Republican |
52 |
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Mitch Carmichael (1960-04-15) April 15, 1960 (age 64) |
January 11, 2017 |
January 13, 2021 |
Republican |
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Jim Justice |
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53 |
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Craig Blair (1959-10-17) October 17, 1959 (age 64) |
January 13, 2021 |
Incumbent |
Republican |