The Political Graveyard: West Virginia: Supreme Court of Appeals

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West Virginia: Supreme Court of Appeals

Judges of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 1863-2007 (May be incomplete!)
Ralph L. Berkshire 1863-66 James H. Brown 1863-70 William A. Harrison 1863-68 Edwin Maxwell 1867-72 Ralph L. Berkshire 1868-72 Charles P. T. Moore 1871-81 Alpheus F. Haymond 1873-82 John S. Hoffman 1873-75 James Paull 1873-75 Matthew Edmiston 1875-76 Thomas C. Green 1876-89 Okey Johnson 1877-88 James French Patton 1881-82 Adam C. Snyder 1882-90 Samuel Woods 1883-88 Henry Brannon 1889-1912 John W. English 1889-1900 Daniel B. Lucas 1889-92 Homer A. Holt 1890-96 Marmaduke H. Dent 1893-1904 Henry C. McWhorter 1897-1908 George Poffenbarger 1901-22 Warren Miller 1903-04 Frank Cox 1905-07 Joseph M. Sanders 1905-07 William N. Miller 1907-28 Ira E. Robinson 1907-15 L. Judson Williams 1909-20 Charles W. Lynch 1913-21 John W. Mason 1915-16 Harold A. Ritz 1917-22 Frank Lively 1921-32 James A. Meredith 1922-24 M. O. Litz 1923-36 William H. McGinnis 1923-24 John H. Hatcher 1924-40 Homer B. Woods 1925-36 Haymond Maxwell 1928-40 Jo N. Kenna 1933-50 Fred L. Fox 1937-52 James B. Riley 1937-58 William T. Lovins 1941-57 Herschel H. Rose 1941-45 Frank C. Haymond 1945-72 Leslie E. Given 1950-62 Chauncey Browning 1952-71 Henry L. Ducker 1957-58 Robert T. Donley 1958 Thornton G. Berry, Jr. 1959-76 Harlan M. Calhoun 1959-72 Fred H. Caplan 1962-80 John E. Carrigan 1971-72 Charles H. Haden II 1972-75 Oliver D. Kessel 1972 Richard Neely 1973- James M. Sprouse 1973-75 Edwin F. Flowers 1975-76 Donald R. Wilson 1976 Sam R. Harshbarger 1977-84 Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. 1977- Thomas B. Miller 1977- Thomas E. McHugh 1981- W. T. Brotherton, Jr. 1985- Joseph P. Albright 1995-96 Robin Jean Davis 1997- Elliott E. Maynard 1997- Larry V. Starcher 1997- Joseph P. Albright 2001- Brent D. Benjamin 2005-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1863: Ralph L. Berkshire (Rep), elected; William A. Harrison (Rep), elected; James H. Brown (Rep), elected.

1866: Edwin Maxwell (Rep), elected.

1870: Charles P. T. Moore (Dem), elected.

1872: John S. Hoffman (Dem), elected; James Paull (Dem), elected; Alpheus F. Haymond (Dem), elected; Charles P. T. Moore (Dem), elected.

1875 May 11: James Paull, died in office.

1876: Okey Johnson (Dem), elected; Thomas C. Green (Dem), elected; Alpheus F. Haymond (Dem), elected.

1880: Thomas C. Green (Dem), elected.

1882: Adam C. Snyder (Dem), elected.

1882 Mar 30: James French Patton, died in office.

1884: Adam C. Snyder (Dem), elected; Samuel Woods (Dem), elected.

1888: Henry Brannon (Dem), elected; John W. English (Dem), elected.

1889 Dec 4: Thomas C. Green, died in office.

1890: Daniel B. Lucas (Dem), elected.

1892: Homer A. Holt (Dem), elected; Marmaduke H. Dent (Dem), elected.

1896: Henry C. McWhorter (Rep), elected.

1900: George Poffenbarger (Rep), elected; Henry Brannon (Rep), elected.

1904: Frank Cox (Rep), elected; Joseph M. Sanders (Rep), elected.

1907 Jan 28: Frank Cox, resigned.

1907 Jan 29: William N. Miller, appointed.

1908: L. Judson Williams (Rep), elected; William N. Miller (Rep), elected; Ira E. Robinson (Rep), elected.

1912: Charles W. Lynch (Rep), elected; George Poffenbarger (Rep), elected.

1915 Nov 1: John W. Mason, appointed.

1916: Harold A. Ritz (Rep), elected; William N. Miller (Rep), elected.

1920: Frank Lively (Rep), elected.

1921 Dec 31: Charles W. Lynch, resigned.

1922: William H. McGinnis (Dem), elected.

1922 Jan 2: James A. Meredith, appointed.

1922 Nov 30: Harold A. Ritz, resigned.

1922 Dec 31: George Poffenbarger, resigned.

1923 Jan 1: M. O. Litz, appointed.

1924: Homer B. Woods (Rep), elected; M. O. Litz (Rep), elected; Leonidas H. Kelly (Dem), defeated; John H. Hatcher (Rep), elected.

1928: Haymond Maxwell (Rep), elected.

1928 Aug 7: William N. Miller, died in office.

1928 Aug 21: Haymond Maxwell, appointed.

1932: Jo N. Kenna, elected.

1936 Nov 3: Fred L. Fox (Dem), elected; James B. Riley (Dem), elected; Homer B. Woods (Rep), defeated; M. O. Litz (Rep), defeated.

1940 Nov 5: Herschel H. Rose (Dem), elected; William T. Lovins (Dem), elected; Haymond Maxwell (Rep), defeated; John H. Hatcher (Rep), defeated.

1944 Nov 7: Jo N. Kenna (Dem), elected; Haymond Maxwell (Rep), defeated.

1945 Jun 17: Herschel H. Rose, died in office.

1945 Jul 1: Frank C. Haymond, appointed.

1946 Nov 5: Frank C. Haymond (Dem), elected; Lewis H. Miller (Rep), defeated.

1948 Nov 2: Fred L. Fox (Dem), elected; James B. Riley (Dem), elected; J. W. Maxwell (Rep), defeated; Lewis H. Miller (Rep), defeated.

1950 Jan 20: Jo N. Kenna, died in office.

1950 Jan 27: Leslie E. Given, appointed.

1952: Frank C. Haymond (Dem), elected; Chauncey Browning (Dem), elected.

1952 Aug 8: Fred L. Fox, died in office.

1952 Aug 18: Chauncey Browning, appointed.

1956 Nov 6: Leslie E. Given (Dem), elected; Dayton R. Stemple (Rep), defeated.

1957 Jan 11: William T. Lovins, resigned; Henry L. Ducker, appointed.

1958 Jun 29: James B. Riley, died in office.

1958 Jul 3: Robert T. Donley, appointed.

1958 Nov 4: Thornton G. Berry, Jr. (Dem), elected; Max DeBerry (Rep), defeated.

1958 Nov 4: Harlan M. Calhoun (Dem), elected; Robert T. Donley (Rep), defeated.

1962 May 11: Leslie E. Given, died in office.

1962 May 18: Fred H. Caplan, appointed.

1968 Nov 5: Fred H. Caplan (Dem), elected; Dennis R. Knapp (Rep), defeated.

1971 Jun 24: Chauncey Browning, died in office.

1971 Jul 13: John E. Carrigan, appointed.

1972: Richard Neely (Dem), elected.

1972 May 15: Harlan M. Calhoun, resigned.

1972 Jun 10: Frank C. Haymond, died in office.

1972 Jun 21: Charles H. Haden II, appointed.

1972 Jun 23: Oliver D. Kessel, appointed.

1975 Aug 27: James M. Sprouse, resigned.

1975 Dec 19: Charles H. Haden II, resigned.

1976: Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. (Dem), elected.

1976 Jan 26: Donald R. Wilson, appointed.

1980 Nov 4: Thomas E. McHugh (Dem), elected unopposed.

1984 Nov 6: W. T. Brotherton, Jr. (Dem), elected unopposed; Richard Neely (Dem), elected unopposed.

1995: Joseph P. Albright, appointed.

1996: Robin Jean Davis, elected; Elliott E. Maynard, elected.

2000: Robin Jean Davis, elected.

2004 Nov 2: Brent D. Benjamin (Rep), elected; Warren R. McGraw (Dem), defeated.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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