| NO. | NAME | BORN | DIED | BIRTHPLACE | PARTY | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur Ingram Boreman | July 24, 1823 | Apr. 19, 1896 | Waynesburg, Pa. | Rep. | 1863-69 |
| 2 | Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth | Dec. 23, 1819 | Dec. 5, 1892 | Staten Island, N. Y. | Rep. | 1869 (3) |
| 3 | William Erskine Stevenson | Mar. 18, 1820 | Nov. 29, 1883 | Warren, Pa. | Rep. | 1869-71 |
| 4 | John Jeremiah Jacob | Dec. 9, 1829 | Nov. 24, 1893 | near Romney | Dem. | 1871-77 |
| 5 | Henry Mason Mathews | Mar. 29, 1834 | Apr. 28, 1884 | Frankford | Dem. | 1877-81 |
| 6 | Jacob Beeson Jackson | Apr. 6, 1829 | Dec. 11, 1893 | Parkersburg | Dem. | 1881-85 |
| 7 | Emanuel Willis Wilson | Aug. 11, 1844 | May 28, 1905 | Harpers Ferry | Dem. | 1885-90 (2) |
| 8 | Aretas Brooks Fleming | Oct. 15, 1839 | Oct. 13, 1923 | Fairmont | Dem. | 1890-93 (2) |
| 9 | William Alexander MacCorkle | May 7, 1857 | Sept. 24, 1930 | near Lexington, Va. | Dem. | 1893-97 |
| 10 | George Wesley Atkinson | June 29, 1845 | Apr. 4, 1925 | Charleston | Rep. | 1897-01 |
| 11 | Albert Blakeslee White | Sept. 22, 1856 | July 3, 1941 | Cleveland, Ohio | Rep. | 1901-05 |
| 12 | William Mercer Owens Dawson | May 21, 1853 | Mar. 12, 1916 | Bloomington, Md. | Rep. | 1905-09 |
| 13 | William Ellsworth Glasscock | Dec. 13, 1862 | Apr. 12, 1925 | Monongalia County | Rep. | 1909-13 |
| 14 | Henry Drury Hatfield | Sept. 15, 1875 | Oct. 23, 1962 | on Mate Creek, Logan County (1) | Rep. | 1913-17 |
| 15 | John Jacob Cornwell | July 11, 1867 | Sept. 8, 1954 | near Pennsboro | Dem. | 1917-21 |
| 16 | Ephraim Franklin Morgan | Jan. 16, 1869 | Jan. 15, 1949 | near Forksburg | Rep. | 1921-25 |
| 17 | Howard Mason Gore | Oct. 12, 1877 | June 20, 1947 | near Clarskburg | Rep. | 1925-29 |
| 18 | William Gustavus Conley | Jan. 8, 1866 | Oct. 21, 1940 | near Kingwood | Rep. | 1929-33 |
| 19 | Herman Guy Kump | Oct. 31, 1877 | Feb. 14, 1962 | Capon Springs | Dem. | 1933-1937 |
| 20 | Homer Adams Holt | Mar. 1, 1898 | Jan. 16, 1975 | Lewisburg | Dem. | 1937-1941 |
| 21 | Matthew Mansfield Neely | Nov. 9, 1874 | Jan. 18, 1958 | near Grove | Dem. | 1941-45 |
| 22 | Clarence Watson Meadows | Feb. 11, 1904 | Sept. 12, 1961 | Beckley | Dem. | 1945-49 |
| 23 | Okey Leonidas Patteson | Sept. 14, 1898 | July 3, 1989 | Dingess | Dem. | 1949-53 |
| 24 | William Casey Marland | Mar. 26, 1918 | Nov. 26, 1965 | Johnson City, Ill. | Dem. | 1953-57 |
| 25 | Cecil Harland Underwood | Nov. 5, 1922 | ... | Joseph's Mills | Rep. | 1957-61 |
| 26 | William Wallace Barron | Dec. 8, 1911 | Nov. 12, 2002 | Elkins | Dem. | 1961-65 |
| 27 | Hulett Carlson Smith | Oct. 21, 1918 | ... | Beckley | Dem. | 1965-69 |
| 28 | Arch Alfred Moore, Jr. | Apr. 16, 1923 | ... | Moundsville | Rep. | 1969-77 |
| 29 | John David Rockefeller, IV | June 18, 1937 | ... | New York, N. Y. | Dem. | 1977-85 |
| 308 | Arch Alfred Moore, Jr. | Apr. 16, 1923 | ... | Moundsville | Rep. | 1985-89 |
| 31 | William Gaston Caperton III | Feb. 21, 1940 | ... | Charleston | Dem. | 1989-97 |
| 32 | Cecil Harland Underwood | Nov. 5, 1922 | ... | Joseph's Mills | Rep. | 1997-01 |
| 33 | Robert E. Wise, Jr. | Jan. 6, 1948 | ... | Washington, D. C. | Dem. | 2001-05 |
| 34 | Joseph Manchin | Aug. 24, 1947 | ... | Farmington | Dem. | 2005- |
Notes:
(1) This location is in present Mingo County.
(2) Because the election of 1888 was contested, Governor Willis remained in office until 1890, when the Legislature declared Aretas Fleming had defeated Nathan Goff Jr. in the 1888 election.
(3) Farnsworth served as Governor only for the last five days of the term of Governor Boreman, who resigned to enter the U. S. Senate.