List of West Virginia Secretaries of State

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Below is a list of West Virginia's Secretaries of State since 1863:

Name	Party	Term	Residence
Jacob Edgar Boyers	Republican	1863–1865	Tyler Co.
Granville D. Hall	Republican	1865–1867	Ohio Co.
John S. Witcher	Republican	1867–1869	Cabell Co.
James M. Pipes	Republican	1869–1871	Marshall Co.
John M. Phelps	Republican	1871–1873	Mason Co.
Charles Hedrick	Democratic	1873–1877	Kanawha Co.
Sobieski Brady	Democratic	1877–1881	Ohio Co.
Randolph Stalnaker	Democratic	1881–1885	Greenbrier Co.
Henry S. Walker	Democratic	1885–1890	Kanawha Co.
William A. Ohley*	Democratic	1890–1893	Marion Co.
William E. Chilton	Democratic	1893–1897	Kanawha Co.
William M.O. Dawson	Republican	1897–1905	Raleigh Co.
Charles Wesley Swisher	Republican	1905–1909	Marion Co.
Stuart F. Reed	Republican	1909–1917	Harrison Co.
Houston G. Young	Republican	1917–1925	Harrison Co.
George W. Sharp	Republican	1925–1933	Pocahontas Co.
William S. O'Brien	Democratic	1933–1948	Upshur Co.
D. Pitt O'Brien*	Democratic	1948–1957	Upshur Co.
Helen F. Holt	Republican	1957–1958	Lewis Co.
Joe F. Burdett*	Democratic	1958–1965	Mason Co.
Robert D. Bailey	Democratic	1965–1969	Wyoming Co.
John D. Rockefeller, IV	Democratic	1969–1972	Kanawha Co.
Edgar F. Heiskell, III*	Republican	1972–1975	Barbour Co.
James R. McCartney	Republican	1975–1977	Monongalia Co.
A. James Manchin	Democratic	1977–1985	Marion Co.
Ken Hechler	Democratic	1985–2001	Grant Co.
Joe Manchin III	Democratic	2001–2005	Marion Co.
Betty Ireland	Republican	2005–present	Kanawha Co.

*elected to fill unexpired term