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West Virginia: Senate Presidents

Presidents of the West Virginia State Senate, 1863-1989 (May be incomplete!)
John M. Phelps 1863 William E. Stevenson 1865-68 Daniel D. T. Farnsworth 1869-70 Lewis Baker 1872 Carlos A. Sperry 1872 Daniel D. Johnson 1873-79 U. N. Arnett 1877 Albert E. Summers 1881 Thomas J. Farnsworth 1883 George E. Price 1885-87 Robert S. Carr 1889 John W. McCreery 1891 Rankin Wiley, Jr. 1893 William G. Worley 1895 Nelson E. Whitaker 1897 Oliver S. Marshall 1899 Anthony Smith 1901 Clark W. May 1903 G. A. Northcott 1905 Joseph H. McDermott 1907 L. J. Forman 1909 Henry D. Hatfield 1911 Samuel V. Woods 1913 Edward T. England 1915 Wells Goodykoontz 1917 Charles A. Sinsel 1919 Gohen C. Arnold 1921 Harry G. Shaffer 1923 Charles G. Coffman 1925 Mont Z. White 1925-32 Albert G. Mathews 1935 Charles E. Hodges 1935-38 William M. LaFon 1939 Arnold M. Vickers 1945 Howard W. Carson 1961-63 Larry A. Tucker 1989 Keith Burdette 1989

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