Historic Politicians from Ohio County, West Virginia
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Below is a list of historic and otherwise prominent politicians from Ohio County, West Virginia:
- Aquilla B. Caldwell (R) - WV Attorney General (1863-1865, 1869-1871)
- Granville D. Hall (R) - WV Secretary of State (1865-1867)
- Chester D. Hubbard (R) - U.S. House of Representatives (1865-1869)
- Thayer Melvin (R) - WV Attorney General (1867-1869)
- Lewis Baker (D) - President of the WV Senate (1871-1872)
- Elbridge G. Cracraft (D) - Speaker of the WV House of Delegates (1871-1872)
- William M. Miller (D) - Speaker of the WV House of Delegates (1872-1875)
- James Paull (D) - Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1873-1875)
- Sobieski Brady (D) - WV Secretary of State (1877-1881)
- Joseph J. Woods (D) - Speaker of the WV House of Delegates (1883-1885, 1889-1891)
- Alfred Caldwell (D) - WV Attorney General (1885-1893)
- John O. Pendleton (D) - U.S. House of Representatives (1889-1895)
- Thomas S. Riley (D) - WV Attorney General (1893-1897)
- Blackburn B. Dovener (R) - U.S. House of Representatives (1895-1907)
- George W. Atkinson (R) - U.S. House of Representatives (1889-1891); Governor of West Virginia (1897-1901);
- Nelson E. Whitaker (R) - President of the WV Senate (1897-1899)
- Nathan B. Scott (R) - U.S. Senator (1899-1911)
- William P. Hubbard (R) - U.S. House of Representatives (1907-1911)
- Walter L. Fisher (R) - United States Secretary of the Interior (1911-1913)
- Benjamin L. Rosenbloom (R) - U.S. House of Representatives (1921-1925)
- Carl G. Bachmann (R) - U.S. House of Representatives (1925-1933)
- John William Cummins (R) - Speaker of the WV House of Delegates (1929-1931)
- James B. Riley (D) - Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1937-1958)
- A.C. Schiffler (R) - U.S. House of Representatives (1939-1941, 1943-1945)
- Francis J. Love (R) - U.S. House of Representatives (1947-1949)
- Thomas B. Miller (D) - Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1977-1994)
- Arthur M. Recht (D) - Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1994-1996)
