West Virginia Secretaries of State, 1863-2012 (May be
incomplete!)
Jacob
Edgar Boyers 1863-65
Granville
D. Hall 1865-67
John
S. Witcher 1867-69
James
M. Pipes 1869-71
John
M. Phelps 1871-73
Charles
Hedrick 1873-77
Sobieski
Brady 1877-81
Randolph
Stalnaker 1881-85
Henry
S. Walker 1885-90
William
A. Ohley 1890-93
William
E. Chilton 1893-97
William
M. O. Dawson 1897-1905
Charles
Wesley Swisher 1905-09
Stuart
F. Reed 1909-17
Houston
G. Young 1917-25
George
W. Sharp 1925-33
William
S. O'Brien 1933-48
Joe
F. Burdett 1959-63
Robert
D. Bailey 1965-67
Jay
Rockefeller 1969-72
Edgar
F. Heiskell III 1973-75
A.
James Manchin 1976-84
Ken
Hechler 1985-2000
Joe
Manchin 2001-05
Betty
S. Ireland 2005-09
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1863 May 28:
Jacob
Edgar Boyers (Rep), elected unopposed.
1936 Nov 3:
William
S. O'Brien (Dem), elected;
Phil
M. Conley (Rep), defeated.
1940 Nov 5:
William
S. O'Brien (Dem), elected;
Mrs.
Chauncey D. Hinerman (Rep), defeated.
1944 Nov 7:
William
S. O'Brien (Dem), elected;
Phil
M. Conley (Rep), defeated.
1948 Aug 10:
William
S. O'Brien, died in office.
1948 Nov 2:
D.
Pitt O'Brien (Dem), elected;
A.
Sweeney Fleming (Rep), defeated.
1956 Nov 6:
D.
Pitt O'Brien (Dem), elected;
Holt
Byrne (Rep), defeated.
1958 Nov 4:
Joe
F. Burdett (Dem), elected;
Helen
Holt (Rep), defeated.
1960 Nov 8:
Joe
F. Burdett (Dem), elected;
Carl
E. Weimer (Rep), defeated.
1965 May 17:
Robert
D. Bailey, appointed.
1966 Nov 8:
Robert
D. Bailey (Dem), elected;
John
S. Callebs (Rep), defeated.
1968 Nov 5:
Jay
Rockefeller (Dem), elected;
John
S. Callebs (Rep), defeated.
1972 Nov 7:
Edgar
F. Heiskell III (Rep), elected;
Thomas
A. Winner (Dem), defeated.
1975 Feb 27:
Edgar
F. Heiskell III, resigned.
1976:
Phyllis
E. Given (Dem), defeated.
1976 Nov 2:
A.
James Manchin (Dem), elected;
James
R. McCartney (Rep), defeated.
1980 Nov 4:
A.
James Manchin (Dem), elected;
Dee
Brown (Rep), defeated.
1984 Nov 6:
Ken
Hechler (Dem), elected;
Michele
Golden (Rep), defeated.
1988:
Ken
Hechler (Dem), elected.
1992:
Ken
Hechler (Dem), elected.
1996:
Ken
Hechler (Dem), elected.
2000:
Joe
Manchin (Dem), elected.
2004 Nov 2:
Betty
S. Ireland (Rep), elected;
Ken
Hechler (Dem), defeated.
2012 Nov 6:
Natalie
E. Tennant (Dem), elected;
Brian
Savilla (Rep), defeated.
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