List of justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Below is a complete list of justices who have served on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia since 1863.
The Court created by the 1863 West Virginia State Constitution
| # | Name | Party | Tenure | Residence County | Elected | Predecessor | Successor | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
The Court created by the 1872 West Virginia State Constitution
| # | Name | Party | Tenure | Residence County | Elected | Predecessor | Successor | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Charles P.T. Moore | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1873 – Jun. 1, 1881° | Mason | 1872 | seat created[1] | Patton | ||
| 6 | John S. Hoffmann | 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 V. McGraw Jr. | 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 – present | 2008 | Starcher | incumbent | ||||||
| 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* – present | Cabell | 2018 | Davis | incumbent | 1 | 4 |
| 79 | John Hutchison | Democratic | Dec. 12, 2018* – present | Raleigh | ----- | Loughry | incumbent | 2 | 3 |
* appointed ----- † died in office ----- ° resigned/retired ----- ^ elected to an unexpired term
- In 1872, the new State Constitution expanded the Court to four seats requiring new elections for all seats. It also permitted former C.S.A. supporters to serve."Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2009-08-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Amendment 1 of the WV Constitution, adopted in 1904, expanded the Court to five seats effective in 1905 and, unlike in 1872, did not require new elections for all seats. For the interim, the amendment permitted the Governor to appoint the vacancy. Archived 2015-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Appointed by Governor Joe Manchin upon the death of Justice Joseph P. Albright; elected to the unexpired term on November 2, 2010, which ended on December 31, 2012.
- Though Justice Recht had resigned, the Court issued an Administrative Order on the same date temporarily appointing him until Dec. 18, 1996.
Succession by Seat
| Year | Seat 1 | Seat 2 | Seat 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
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| 1909 | Williams | |||||
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| 1913 | Lynch | |||||
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| Nov. 11 | Mason | |||||
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| 1917 | Ritz | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 1933 | Kenna | |||||
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| 1937 | Riley | Fox | ||||
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| 1941 | Lovins | Rose | ||||
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| Jul. 1 | F.C. Haymond | |||||
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| Jan. 27 | Given | |||||
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| Aug. 18 | Browning | |||||
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| Jan. 11 | Ducker | |||||
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| Jul. 3 | Donley | |||||
| Nov. 4 | Berry | Calhoun | ||||
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| May 28 | Caplan | |||||
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| Jul. 13 | Carrigan | |||||
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| Jun. 21 | Haden | |||||
| Jun. 23 | Kessel | |||||
| 1973 | Neely | Sprouse | ||||
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| Sept. 8 | Flowers | |||||
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| Jan. 26 | Wilson | |||||
| 1977 | T. Miller | Harshbarger | D. McGraw | |||
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| 1981 | McHugh | |||||
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| 1985 | Brotherton | |||||
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| 1989 | Workman | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 2001 | Albright | |||||
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| 2005 | Benjamin | |||||
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| 2009 | Ketchum | Workman | ||||
| Apr. 8 | McHugh | |||||
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| 2013 | Loughry | |||||
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| 2017 | Walker | |||||
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| Sept. 25 | Armstead | |||||
| Oct. 1 | Jenkins | |||||
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