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| S.no. | Governor | Term start | Term end | Party | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur I. Boreman | 20 June 1863 | 26 February 1869 | Republican | Waynesburg, Pennsylvania |
| 2 | Daniel D. T. Farnsworth | 26 February 1869 | 4 March 1869 | Republican | Staten Island, New York |
| 3 | William E. Stevenson | 4 March 1869 | 4 March 1871 | Republican | Warren, Pennsylvania |
| 4 | John J. Jacob | 4 March 1871 | 4 March 1877 | Democratic Independent | Green Spring, West Virginia |
| 5 | Henry M. Mathews | 4 March 1877 | 4 March 1881 | Democratic | Greenbrier County, West Virginia |
| 6 | Jacob B. Jackson | 4 March 1881 | 4 March 1885 | Democratic | Parkersburg, West Virginia |
| 7 | Emanuel Willis Wilson | 4 March 1885 | 6 February 1890 | Democratic | Harpers Ferry, West Virginia |
| 8 | Aretas B. Fleming | 6 February 1890 | 4 March 1893 | Democratic | Fairmont, West Virginia |
| 9 | William A. MacCorkle | 4 March 1893 | 4 March 1897 | Democratic | Lexington, Virginia |
| 10 | George W. Atkinson | 4 March 1897 | 4 March 1901 | Republican | Charleston, West Virginia |
| 11 | Albert B. White | 4 March 1901 | 4 March 1905 | Republican | Cleveland, Ohio |
| 12 | William M. O. Dawson | 4 March 1905 | 4 March 1909 | Republican | Bloomington, Maryland |
| 13 | William E. Glasscock | 4 March 1909 | 14 March 1913 | Republican | Monongalia County, West Virginia |
| 14 | Henry D. Hatfield | 14 March 1913 | 5 March 1917 | Republican | Mingo County, West Virginia |
| 15 | John J. Cornwell | 5 March 1917 | 4 March 1921 | Democratic | Pennsboro, West Virginia |
| 16 | Ephraim F. Morgan | 4 March 1921 | 4 March 1925 | Republican | Marion County, West Virginia |
| 17 | Howard M. Gore | 4 March 1925 | 4 March 1929 | Republican | Harrison County, West Virginia, U.S. |
| 18 | William G. Conley | 4 March 1929 | 4 March 1933 | Republican | Kingwood, West Virginia |
| 19 | Herman G. Kump | 4 March 1933 | 18 January 1937 | Democratic | Capon Springs, West Virginia |
| 20 | Homer A. Holt | 18 January 1937 | 13 January 1941 | Democratic | Lewisburg, West Virginia |
| 21 | Matthew M. Neely | 13 January 1941 | 15 January 1945 | Democratic | Grove, West Virginia |
| 22 | Clarence W. Meadows | 15 January 1945 | 17 January 1949 | Democratic | Beckley, West Virginia |
| 23 | Okey L. Patteson | 17 January 1949 | 19 January 1953 | Democratic | Dingess, West Virginia |
| 24 | William C. Marland | 19 January 1953 | 14 January 1957 | Democratic | Johnston City, Illinois |
| 25 | Cecil H. Underwood | 14 January 1957 | 16 January 1961 | Republican | Josephs Mills, West Virginia |
| 26 | William Wallace Barron | 16 January 1961 | 18 January 1965 | Democratic | Elkins, West Virginia |
| 27 | Hulett C. Smith | 18 January 1965 | 13 January 1969 | Democratic | Beckley, West Virginia, U.S. |
| 28 | Arch A. Moore, Jr. | 13 January 1969 | 17 January 1977 | Republican | Moundsville, West Virginia, U.S. |
| 29 | Jay Rockefeller | 17 January 1977 | 14 January 1985 | Democratic | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 30 | Arch A. Moore, Jr. | 14 January 1985 | 16 January 1989 | Republican | Moundsville, West Virginia, U.S. |
| 31 | Gaston Caperton | 16 January 1989 | 13 January 1997 | Democratic | Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
| 32 | Cecil H. Underwood | 13 January 1997 | 15 January 2001 | Republican | Josephs Mills, West Virginia |
| 33 | Bob Wise | 15 January 2001 | 17 January 2005 | Democratic | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| 34 | Joe Manchin | 17 January 2005 | 15 November 2010 | Democratic | Farmington, West Virginia, United States |
| 35 | Earl Ray Tomblin | 15 November 2010 | 16 January 2017 | Democratic | Logan County, West Virginia, U.S. |
| 35 | Jim Justice | 16 January 2017 | Incumbent | Democratic | Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
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