| Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. Jim Justice | West Virginia |
2021 - 2025 2017 - 2021 |
Republican |
| Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin | West Virginia |
2015 - 2017 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Joe Manchin III | West Virginia |
2005 - 2010 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Bob Wise | West Virginia |
2001 - 2005 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Cecil H. Underwood | West Virginia |
1997 - 2001 1957 - 1961 |
Republican |
| Gov. Gaston Caperton | West Virginia |
1989 - 1997 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Davison Rockefeller | West Virginia |
1977 - 1985 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Arch A. Moore | West Virginia |
1969 - 1977 |
Republican |
| Gov. Hulett Carlson Smith | West Virginia |
1965 - 1969 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William W. Barron | West Virginia |
1961 - 1965 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Casey Marland | West Virginia |
1953 - 1957 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Okey Leonidas Patteson | West Virginia |
1949 - 1953 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Clarence W. Meadows | West Virginia |
1945 - 1949 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Matthew Mansfield Neely | West Virginia |
1941 - 1945 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Homer Adams Holt | West Virginia |
1937 - 1941 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Herman Guy Kump | West Virginia |
1933 - 1937 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Gustavus Conley | West Virginia |
1929 - 1933 |
Republican |
| Gov. Howard M. Gore | West Virginia |
1925 - 1929 |
Republican |
| Gov. Ephraim Franklin Morgan | West Virginia |
1921 - 1925 |
Republican |
| Gov. John Jacob Cornwell | West Virginia |
1917 - 1921 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Henry Drury Hatfield | West Virginia |
1913 - 1917 |
Republican |
| Gov. William E. Glasscock | West Virginia |
1909 - 1913 |
Republican |
| Gov. William M.O. Dawson | West Virginia |
1905 - 1909 |
Republican |
| Gov. Albert Blakeslee White | West Virginia |
1901 - 1905 |
Republican |
| Gov. George Wesley Atkinson | West Virginia |
1897 - 1901 |
Republican |
| Gov. William Alexander MacCorkle | West Virginia |
1893 - 1897 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Aretas Brooks Fleming | West Virginia |
1890 - 1893 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Henry Mason Mathews | West Virginia |
1887 - 1881 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Emanuel Willis Wilson | West Virginia |
1885 - 1890 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Jacob Beeson Jackson | West Virginia |
1881 - 1885 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Jeremiah Jacob | West Virginia |
1871 - 1877 |
Democratic (1st); Independent (2nd) |
| Gov. William Erskine Stevenson | West Virginia |
1869 - 1871 |
Republican |
| Gov. Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth | West Virginia |
1869 - 1869 |
Republican |
| Gov. Arthur Ingraham Boreman | West Virginia |
1863 - 1869 |
Unionist (Republican) |
