List of West Virginia Attorneys General

Below is a list of West Virginia Attorneys General since 1863:

Name	Party	Term	County of Residence
Aquilla B. Caldwell	Republican	1863-1865	Ohio
Ephraim B. Hall	Republican	1865-1866	Marion
Edwin Maxwell	Republican	1866-1867	Harrison
Thayer Melvin	Republican	1867-1869	Ohio
Aquilla B. Caldwell	Republican	1869-1871	Ohio
Joseph Spriggs	Democratic	1871-1873	Hampshire
Henry Mason Mathews	Democratic	1873-1877	Greenbrier
Robert White	Democratic	1877-1881	Hampshire
Cornelius Clarkson Watts	Democratic	1881-1885	Kanawha
Alfred Caldwell	Democratic	1885-1893	Ohio
Thomas S. Riley	Democratic	1893-1897	Ohio
Edgar P. Rucker	Republican	1897-1901	McDowell
Romeo H. Freer	Republican	1901-1905	Ritchie
Clark W. May	Republican	1905-1908	Lincoln
William G. Conley	Republican	1908-1913	Preston
Armistead Abraham (A.A.) Lilly	Republican	1913-1917	Raleigh
Edward T. England	Republican	1917-1925	Logan
Howard B. Lee	Republican	1925-1933	Mercer
Homer A. Holt	Democratic	1933-1937	Fayette
Clarence W. Meadows	Democratic	1937-1942	Raleigh
William S. Wysong	Democratic	1942	Webster
James Kay Thomas*	Democratic	1942-1945	Kanawha
Ira J. Partlow	Democratic	1945-1949	McDowell
William C. Marland	Democratic	1949-1952	Wyoming
Chauncey H. Browning, Sr.	Democratic	1952-1953	Logan
John G. Fox	Democratic	1953-1957	Fayette
W.W. Barron	Democratic	1957-1961	Randolph
C. Donald Robertson	Democratic	1961-1969	Harrison
Chauncey H. Browning, Jr.	Democratic	1969-1985	Logan
Charlie Brown	Democratic	1985-1989	Kanawha
Roger W. Tompkins	Democratic	1989-1990	Kanawha
Mario Palumbo*	Democratic	1990-1993	Kanawha
Darrell V. McGraw, Jr.	Democratic	1993-2013	Wyoming
Patrick Morrisey	Republican	2013–present	Jefferson

*elected to fill unexpired term