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Below is a complete list of justices who have served on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia since 1863.
# | Name | Party | Tenure | Residence county | Elected | Predecessor | Successor | Composition | |
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1 | Ralph Lazier Berkshire | Republican | Jun. 20, 1863 – Dec. 31, 1866 | Monongalia | 1863 | seat created | Maxwell | ||
Sept. 10, 1868* – Dec. 31, 1872 | 1868^ | Harrison | seat abolished[1] | ||||||
2 | William A. Harrison | Republican | Jun. 20, 1863 – Sept. 1, 1868° | Harrison | 1863 | seat created | Berkshire | ||
3 | James H. Brown | Republican | Jun. 20, 1863 – Dec. 31, 1870 | Kanawha | 1863 | seat created | Moore | 3 | 0 |
4 | Edwin Maxwell | Republican | Jan. 1, 1867 – Dec. 31, 1872 | Harrison | 1866 | Berkshire | seat abolished[1] | ||
5 | Charles P.T. Moore | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1871 – Dec. 31, 1872 | Mason | 1870 | Brown | seat abolished[1] | 2 | 1 |
# | Name | Party | Tenure | Residence county | Elected | Predecessor | Successor | Composition | ||
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5 | Charles P.T. Moore | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1873 – Jun. 1, 1881° | Mason | 1872 | seat created[1] | Patton | |||
6 | John S. Hoffman | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1873 – Jun. 1, 1876° | Harrison | 1872 | seat created[1] | Edmiston | |||
7 | James Paull | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1873 – May 11, 1875† | Ohio | 1872 | seat created[1] | Green | |||
8 | Alpheus F. Haymond | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1873 – Dec. 31, 1882° | Marion | 1872 1876 | seat created[1] | S. Woods | 4 | 0 | |
9 | Thomas C. Green | Democratic | Dec. 24, 1875* – Dec. 4, 1889† | Jefferson | 1876^ 1880 | Paull | Lucas | |||
10 | Matthew Edmiston | Democratic | Jun. 13, 1876* – Dec. 31, 1876 | Lewis | ----- | Hoffmann | Johnson | |||
11 | Okey Johnson | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1877 – Dec. 31, 1888 | Wood | 1876 | Edmiston | Brannon | |||
12 | James French Patton | Democratic | Jun. 1, 1881* – Mar. 30, 1882† | Monroe | ----- | Moore | Snyder | |||
13 | Adam C. Snyder | Democratic | Jun. 1, 1882* – Nov. 8, 1890° | Greenbrier | 1882^ 1884 | Patton | Holt | |||
14 | Samuel Woods | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1883* – Dec. 31, 1888 | Barbour | 1882^ | A. Haymond | English | |||
15 | Henry Brannon | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1889 – Dec. 31, 1900 | Lewis | 1888 | Johnson | ||||
Republican | Jan. 1, 1901 – Dec. 31, 1912 | 1900 | Lynch | |||||||
16 | John W. English | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1889 – Dec. 31, 1900 | Mason | 1888 | S. Woods | Poffenbarger | 4 | 0 | |
17 | Daniel B. Lucas | Democratic | Dec. 11, 1889* – Dec. 31, 1892 | Jefferson | 1890^ | Green | Dent | |||
18 | Homer A. Holt | Democratic | Nov. 8, 1890* – Dec. 31, 1896 | Greenbrier | 1890^ | Snyder | McWhorter | |||
19 | Marmaduke H. Dent | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1893 – Dec. 31, 1904 | Taylor | 1892 | Lucas | Cox | |||
20 | Henry C. McWhorter | Republican | Jan. 1, 1897 – Dec. 31, 1908 | Kanawha | 1896 | Holt | Williams | 3 | 1 | |
21 | George Poffenbarger | Republican | Jan. 1, 1901 – Dec. 31, 1922° | Mason | 1900 1912 | English | Litz | 3 | 1 | |
22 | Warren Miller | Republican | Jan. 17, 1903* – Dec. 31, 1904 | Jackson | ----- | seat created[2] | Sanders | 4 | 1 | |
23 | Frank Cox | Republican | Jan. 1, 1905 – Jan. 28, 1907° | Monongalia | 1904 | Dent | Wm. Miller | 5 | 0 | |
24 | Joseph M. Sanders | Republican | Jan. 1, 1905 – Oct. 1, 1907° | Mercer | 1904 | W. Miller | Robinson | |||
25 | William N. Miller | Republican | Jan. 28, 1907* – Aug. 7, 1928† | Wood | 1908^ 1916 | Cox | Maxwell | |||
26 | Ira E. Robinson | Republican | Oct. 15, 1907* – Oct. 26, 1915° | Taylor | 1908^ | Sanders | Mason | |||
27 | L. Judson Williams | Republican | Jan. 1, 1909 – Dec. 31, 1920 | Greenbrier | 1908 | McWhorter | Lively | |||
28 | Charles W. Lynch | Republican | Jan. 1, 1913 – Dec. 31, 1921° | Harrison | 1912 | Brannon | Meredith | |||
29 | John W. Mason | Republican | Nov. 1, 1915* – Dec. 31, 1916 | Marion | ----- | Robinson | Ritz | |||
30 | Harold A. Ritz | Republican | Jan. 1, 1917 – Nov. 30, 1922° | Mercer | 1916 | Mason | Meredith | |||
31 | Frank Lively | Republican | Jan. 1, 1921 – Dec. 31, 1932 | Kanawha | 1920 | Williams | Kenna | |||
32 | James A. Meredith | Republican | Jan. 2, 1922* – Dec. 31, 1923 | Marion | ----- | Lynch | McGinnis | |||
Jan. 1, 1923* – Nov. 4, 1924 | Ritz | Hatcher | 4 | 1 | ||||||
33 | William H. McGinnis | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1923 – Dec. 31, 1924 | Raleigh | 1922^ | Meredith | H. Woods | |||
34 | M.O. Litz | Republican | Jan. 1, 1923* – Dec. 31, 1936 | McDowell | 1924 | Poffenbarger | Fox | |||
35 | John H. Hatcher | Republican | Nov. 4, 1924 – Dec. 31, 1940 | Raleigh | 1924^ 1928 | Meredith | Rose | 5 | 0 | |
36 | Homer B. Woods | Republican | Jan. 1, 1925 – Dec. 31, 1936 | Ritchie | 1924 | McGinnis | Riley | |||
37 | Haymond Maxwell | Republican | Aug. 21, 1928* – Dec. 31, 1940 | Harrison | 1928 | Wm. Miller | Lovins | |||
38 | J. N. Kenna | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1933 – Jan. 20, 1950† | Kanawha | 1932 1944 | Lively | Given | 4 | 1 | |
39 | Fred L. Fox | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1937 – Aug. 8, 1952† | Braxton | 1936 1948 | Litz | Browning | 3 | 2 | |
40 | James B. Riley | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1937 – Jun. 29, 1958† | Ohio | 1936 1948 | H. Woods | Donley | |||
41 | Herschel H. Rose | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1941 – Jun. 17, 1945† | Marion | 1940 | Hatcher | F. Haymond | 5 | 0 | |
42 | William T. Lovins | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1941 – Jan. 11, 1957° | Cabell | 1940 1952 | Maxwell | Ducker | |||
43 | Frank Cruise Haymond | Democratic | Jul. 1, 1945* – Jun. 10, 1972† | Marion | 1946^ 1952 1964 | Rose | Haden | |||
44 | Leslie E. Given | Democratic | Jan. 27, 1950* – May 11, 1962† | Kanawha | 1950^ 1956 | Kenna | Caplan | |||
45 | Chauncey Browning Sr. | Democratic | Aug. 18, 1952* – Jun. 24, 1971† | Logan | 1952^ 1960 | Fox | Carrigan | |||
46 | Henry L. Ducker | Democratic | Jan. 11, 1957* – Nov. 4, 1958 | Cabell | ----- | Lovins | Berry | |||
47 | Robert T. Donley | Republican | Jul. 3, 1958* – Nov. 4, 1958 | Monongalia | ----- | Riley | Calhoun | 4 | 1 | |
48 | Thornton G. Berry Jr. | Democratic | Nov. 4, 1958 – Dec. 31, 1976 | McDowell | 1958^ 1964 | Ducker | Thom. Miller | 5 | 0 | |
49 | Harlan M. Calhoun | Democratic | Nov. 4, 1958 – May 15, 1972° | Hardy | 1958^ 1960 | Donley | Kessel | |||
50 | Fred H. Caplan | Democratic | May 28, 1962* – Dec. 31, 1980 | Harrison | 1964^ 1968 | Given | McHugh | |||
51 | John E. Carrigan | Republican | Jul. 13, 1971* – Dec. 31, 1972 | Marshall | ----- | Browning | Sprouse | 4 | 1 | |
52 | Charles H. Haden II | Republican | Jun. 21, 1972* – Dec. 19, 1975° | Monongalia | 1972^ | F. Haymond | Wilson | 3 | 2 | |
53 | Oliver D. Kessel | Republican | Jun. 23, 1972* – Dec. 31, 1972 | Jackson | ----- | Calhoun | Neely | 3 | 2 | |
54 | James Marshall Sprouse | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1973 – Jun. 27, 1975° | Monroe | 1972 | Carrigan | Flowers | 4 | 1 | |
55 | Richard Forlani Neely | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1973 – Apr. 15, 1995° | Marion | 1972 1984 | Kessel | Recht | |||
56 | Edwin F. Flowers | Republican | Sept. 8, 1975* – Dec. 31, 1976 | Hancock | ----- | Sprouse | Harshbarger | 3 | 2 | |
57 | Donald R. Wilson | Republican | Jan. 26, 1976* – Dec. 31, 1976 | Jackson | ----- | Haden | D. McGraw | |||
58 | Sam R. Harshbarger | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1977 – Dec. 31, 1984 | Cabell | 1976^ | Flowers | Brotherton | 5 | 0 | |
59 | Thomas B. Miller | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1977 – Aug. 30, 1994° | Ohio | 1976 1988 | Berry | Cleckley | |||
60 | Darrell McGraw | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1977 – Dec. 31, 1988 | Wyoming | 1976 | Wilson | Workman | |||
61 | Thomas E. McHugh | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1981 – Dec. 31, 1997° | Kanawha | 1980 1992 | Caplan | McCuskey | |||
Apr. 8, 2009* – Dec. 31, 2012[3] | 2010^ | Albright | Loughry | |||||||
62 | W.T. Brotherton Jr. | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1985 – Aug. 31, 1995° | Kanawha | 1984 | Harshbarger | Albright | 5 | 0 | |
63 | Margaret Workman | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1989 – Aug. 31, 1999° | Kanawha | 1988 | D. McGraw | Scott | |||
Jan. 1, 2009 – Dec. 31, 2020 | 2008 | Starcher | Wooton | |||||||
64 | Franklin Cleckley | Democratic | Sept. 6, 1994* – Nov. 5, 1996 | Monongalia | ----- | Thom. Miller | Davis | 5 | 0 | |
65 | Arthur M. Recht | Democratic | May 26, 1995* – Oct. 15, 1996°[4] | Ohio | ----- | Neely | Maynard | |||
66 | Joseph P. Albright | Democratic | Sept. 26, 1995* – Dec. 31, 1996 | Wood | ----- | Brotherton | Starcher | |||
Jan. 1, 2001 – March 20, 2009† | 2000 | Scott | McHugh | |||||||
67 | Robin Davis | Democratic | Dec. 16, 1996 – Aug. 13, 2018° | Kanawha | 1996^ 2000 2012 | Cleckley | Armstead | |||
68 | Larry Starcher | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1997 – Dec. 31, 2008 | Monongalia | 1996 | Albright | Ketchum | |||
69 | Spike Maynard | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1997 – Dec. 31, 2008 | Mingo | 1996 | Recht | Workman | |||
70 | John F. McCuskey | Republican | Jan. 12, 1998* – Dec. 31, 1998 | Kanawha | ----- | McHugh | W. McGraw | 4 | 1 | |
71 | Warren R. McGraw | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1999 – Dec. 31, 2004 | Wyoming | 1998^ | McCuskey | Benjamin | 5 | 0 | |
72 | George M. Scott | Republican | Nov. 4, 1999* – Dec. 31, 2000 | Roane | ----- | Workman | Albright | 4 | 1 | |
73 | Brent D. Benjamin | Republican | Jan. 1, 2005 – Dec. 31, 2016 | Kanawha | 2004 | W. McGraw | Walker | 4 | 1 | |
74 | Menis Ketchum | Democratic | Jan. 1, 2009 – July 27, 2018° | Wayne | 2008 | Maynard | Jenkins | |||
75 | Allen Loughry | Republican | Jan. 1, 2013 – Nov. 12, 2018 ° | Kanawha | 2012 | McHugh | Hutchison | 3 | 2 | |
76 | Beth Walker | Republican | Jan. 1, 2017 – present | Monongalia | 2016 | Benjamin | Incumbent | |||
77 | Tim Armstead | Republican | Sept. 25, 2018* – present | Kanawha | 2018 | Ketchum | Incumbent | 1 | 3 | |
78 | Evan Jenkins | Republican | Oct. 1, 2018* – Feb. 4, 2022 | Cabell | 2018 | Davis | Bunn | 1 | 4 | |
79 | John Hutchison | Democratic | Dec. 12, 2018* – present | Raleigh | 2020 | Loughry | Incumbent | 2 | 3 | |
80 | William Wooton | Democratic | Jan. 1, 2021 – present | Raleigh | 2020 | Workman | Incumbent | 2 | 3 | |
81 | C. Haley Bunn | Republican | Apr. 27, 2022* – present | Wyoming | ----- | Jenkins | Incumbent | 2 | 3 |
* appointed ----- † died in office ----- ° resigned/retired ----- ^ elected to an unexpired term
Year | Seat 1 | Seat 2 | Seat 3 | |
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1863 | ||||
Jun. 20 | Berkshire | Harrison | Brown | |
1864 | ||||
1865 | ||||
1866 | ||||
1867 | Maxwell | |||
1868 | ||||
Sept. 10 | Berkshire | |||
1869 | ||||
1870 | ||||
1871 | Moore | |||
1872 |
Year | Seat 1 | Seat 2 | Seat 3 | Seat 4 | Seat 5 | |
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1873 | Moore | Paull | Hoffmann | A.F. Haymond | ||
1874 | ||||||
1875 | ||||||
Dec. 24 | Green | |||||
1876 | ||||||
Jun. 13 | Edmiston | |||||
1877 | Johnson | |||||
1878 | ||||||
1879 | ||||||
1880 | ||||||
1881 | ||||||
Jun. 1 | Patton | |||||
1882 | ||||||
Jun. 1 | Snyder | |||||
1883 | S. Woods | |||||
1884 | ||||||
1885 | ||||||
1886 | ||||||
1887 | ||||||
1888 | ||||||
1889 | Brannon | English | ||||
Dec. 11 | Lucas | |||||
1890 | ||||||
Nov. 8 | Holt | |||||
1891 | ||||||
1892 | ||||||
1893 | Dent | |||||
1894 | ||||||
1895 | ||||||
1896 | ||||||
1897 | McWhorter | |||||
1898 | ||||||
1899 | ||||||
1900 | ||||||
1901 | Brannon | Poffenbarger | ||||
1902 | ||||||
1903 | ||||||
Jan. 17 | W. Miller | |||||
1904 | ||||||
1905 | Cox | Sanders | ||||
1906 | ||||||
1907 | ||||||
Jan. 28 | Wm. Miller | |||||
Oct. 15 | Robinson | |||||
1908 | ||||||
1909 | Williams | |||||
1910 | ||||||
1911 | ||||||
1912 | ||||||
1913 | Lynch | |||||
1914 | ||||||
1915 | ||||||
Nov. 11 | Mason | |||||
1916 | ||||||
1917 | Ritz | |||||
1918 | ||||||
1919 | ||||||
1920 | ||||||
1921 | Lively | |||||
1922 | ||||||
Jan. 2 | Meredith | |||||
1923 | McGinnis | Litz | Meredith | |||
1924 | ||||||
Nov. 4 | Hatcher | |||||
1925 | H.B. Woods | |||||
1926 | ||||||
1927 | ||||||
1928 | ||||||
Jun. 21 | Maxwell | |||||
1929 | ||||||
1930 | ||||||
1931 | ||||||
1932 | ||||||
1933 | Kenna | |||||
1934 | ||||||
1935 | ||||||
1936 | ||||||
1937 | Riley | Fox | ||||
1938 | ||||||
1939 | ||||||
1940 | ||||||
1941 | Lovins | Rose | ||||
1942 | ||||||
1943 | ||||||
1944 | ||||||
1945 | ||||||
Jul. 1 | F.C. Haymond | |||||
1946 | ||||||
1947 | ||||||
1948 | ||||||
1949 | ||||||
1950 | ||||||
Jan. 27 | Given | |||||
1951 | ||||||
1952 | ||||||
Aug. 18 | Browning | |||||
1953 | ||||||
1954 | ||||||
1955 | ||||||
1956 | ||||||
1957 | ||||||
Jan. 11 | Ducker | |||||
1958 | ||||||
Jul. 3 | Donley | |||||
Nov. 4 | Berry | Calhoun | ||||
1959 | ||||||
1960 | ||||||
1961 | ||||||
1962 | ||||||
May 28 | Caplan | |||||
1963 | ||||||
1964 | ||||||
1965 | ||||||
1966 | ||||||
1967 | ||||||
1968 | ||||||
1969 | ||||||
1970 | ||||||
1971 | ||||||
Jul. 13 | Carrigan | |||||
1972 | ||||||
Jun. 21 | Haden | |||||
Jun. 23 | Kessel | |||||
1973 | Neely | Sprouse | ||||
1974 | ||||||
1975 | ||||||
Sept. 8 | Flowers | |||||
1976 | ||||||
Jan. 26 | Wilson | |||||
1977 | T. Miller | Harshbarger | D. McGraw | |||
1978 | ||||||
1979 | ||||||
1980 | ||||||
1981 | McHugh | |||||
1982 | ||||||
1983 | ||||||
1984 | ||||||
1985 | Brotherton | |||||
1986 | ||||||
1987 | ||||||
1988 | ||||||
1989 | Workman | |||||
1990 | ||||||
1991 | ||||||
1992 | ||||||
1993 | ||||||
1994 | ||||||
Sept. 6 | Cleckley | |||||
1995 | ||||||
May 26 | Recht | |||||
Sept. 26 | Albright | |||||
1996 | ||||||
Nov. 5 | Davis | |||||
1997 | Maynard | Starcher | ||||
1998 | ||||||
Jan. 12 | McCuskey | |||||
1999 | W. McGraw | |||||
Nov. 4 | Scott | |||||
2000 | ||||||
2001 | Albright | |||||
2002 | ||||||
2003 | ||||||
2004 | ||||||
2005 | Benjamin | |||||
2006 | ||||||
2007 | ||||||
2008 | ||||||
2009 | Ketchum | Workman | ||||
Apr. 8 | McHugh | |||||
2010 | ||||||
2011 | ||||||
2012 | ||||||
2013 | Loughry | |||||
2014 | ||||||
2015 | ||||||
2016 | ||||||
2017 | Walker | |||||
2018 | ||||||
Sept. 25 | Armstead | |||||
Oct. 1 | Jenkins | |||||
Dec. 12 | Hutchison | |||||
2019 | ||||||
2020 | ||||||
2021 | Wooton | |||||
2022 | ||||||
Apr. 27 | Bunn |