List of West Virginia Attorneys General

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

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

*elected to fill unexpired term