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West Virginia: Commissioners of Agriculture


West Virginia Commissioners of Agriculture, 1912-2004 (May be incomplete!)
Howard E. Williams 1913-17 James H. Stewart 1917-25 John W. Smith 1925-31 Howard M. Gore 1931-33 J. B. McLaughlin 1933-37 Cleveland K. Benedict 1989-92

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1912 Nov 5: Howard E. Williams (Rep), elected; W. D. Zinn (Dem), defeated.
  • 1916 Nov 7: James H. Stewart (Rep), elected; John B. Finley (Dem), defeated.
  • 1920 Nov 2: James H. Stewart (Rep), elected; Sampson N. Miller (Dem), defeated.
  • 1924 Nov 4: John W. Smith (Rep), elected; Perry G. Alfred (Dem), defeated.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Willie Fought (Dem), defeated; John W. Smith (Rep), elected.
  • 1931 Jan 30: John W. Smith, died in office.
  • 1931 Feb 4: Howard M. Gore, appointed.
  • 1932 Nov 8: J. B. McLaughlin (Dem), elected; Howard M. Gore (Rep), defeated.
  • 1936 Nov 3: J. B. McLaughlin (Dem), elected; Harvey A. Hall (Rep), defeated.
  • 1940 Nov 5: J. B. McLaughlin (Dem), elected; Howard M. Gore (Rep), defeated.
  • 1944 Nov 7: J. B. McLaughlin (Dem), elected; E. Bartow Jones (Rep), defeated.
  • 1948 Nov 2: J. B. McLaughlin (Dem), elected; William B. Rhodes (Rep), defeated.
  • 1956 Nov 6: John T. Johnson (Dem), elected; Nicholas M. Homes (Rep), defeated.
  • 1960 Nov 8: John T. Johnson (Dem), elected; Howard Perine (Rep), defeated.
  • 1964 Nov 3: Gus R. Douglass (Dem), elected.
  • 1968 Nov 5: Gus R. Douglass (Dem), elected; Edward T. White (Rep), defeated.
  • 1972 Nov 7: Gus R. Douglass (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1976 Nov 2: Gus R. Douglass (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1980 Nov 4: Gus R. Douglass (Dem), elected; Lionel L. Smith (Rep), defeated.
  • 1984 Nov 6: Gus R. Douglass (Dem), elected; Glenn M. Smith, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
  • 1988: Cleveland K. Benedict (Rep), elected.
  • 1992: Gus R. Douglass (Dem), elected.
  • 1996: Gus R. Douglass (Dem), elected.
  • 2000: Gus R. Douglass (Dem), elected.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Gus R. Douglass (Dem), elected; Andrew Yost (Rep), defeated.

     

     


    		 
       
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