Judges of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals,
1863-2012 (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-
Spike
Maynard 1997-2008
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;
Charles
P. T. Moore (Dem), elected;
Alpheus
F. Haymond (Dem), elected.
1875 May 11:
James
Paull, died in office.
1876:
Okey
Johnson (Dem), elected;
Thomas
C. Green (Dem), elected;
William
H. H. Flick, defeated;
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:
John
W. English (Dem), elected;
Henry
Brannon (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:
William
N. Miller (Rep), elected;
L.
Judson Williams (Rep), elected;
Ira
E. Robinson (Rep), elected.
1912:
Charles
W. Lynch (Rep), elected;
George
Poffenbarger (Rep), elected.
1915 Oct 26:
Ira
E. Robinson, resigned.
1915 Nov 1:
John
W. Mason, appointed.
1916:
William
N. Miller (Rep), elected;
Harold
A. Ritz (Rep), elected.
1920 Nov 2:
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;
Leonidas
H. Kelly (Dem), defeated;
John
H. Hatcher (Rep), elected;
M.
O. Litz (Rep), elected.
1928 Aug 7:
William
N. Miller, died in office.
1928 Aug 21:
Haymond
Maxwell, appointed.
1928 Nov 6:
Haymond
Maxwell (Rep), elected;
John
H. Hatcher (Rep), elected.
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 Aug 6:
Frank
C. Haymond (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1946 Aug 6:
Lewis
H. Miller (Rep), nominated;
W.
Elliott Nefflen (Rep), defeated in primary.
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.
1960 Nov 8:
Chauncey
Browning (Dem), elected;
Harlan
M. Calhoun (Dem), elected;
E.
Franklin Pauley (Rep), defeated;
Dayton
R. Stemple (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 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.
1972 Nov 7:
Charles
H. Haden II (Rep), elected;
Russell
C. Dunbar (Dem), defeated.
1972 Nov 7:
James
M. Sprouse (Dem), elected;
Richard
Neely (Dem), elected;
John
E. Carrigan (Rep), defeated;
Robert
C. Conaty (Rep), defeated.
1975 Aug 27:
James
M. Sprouse, resigned.
1975 Dec 19:
Charles
H. Haden II, resigned.
1976 Jan 26:
Donald
R. Wilson, appointed.
1976 Nov 2:
Thomas
B. Miller (Dem), elected;
Darrell
V. McGraw, Jr. (Dem), elected;
Donald
R. Wilson (Rep), defeated.
1976 Nov 2:
Sam
R. Harshbarger (Dem), elected;
Edwin
F. Flowers (Rep), defeated.
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;
Spike
Maynard (Dem), elected.
1996 Nov 5:
Richard
A. Robb (Rep), defeated.
2000:
Robin
Jean Davis, elected.
2004 Nov 2:
Brent
D. Benjamin (Rep), elected;
Warren
R. McGraw (Dem), defeated.
2010 Nov 2:
Thomas
E. McHugh (Dem), elected;
John
C. Yoder (Rep), defeated.
2012 Nov 6:
Robin
Jean Davis (Dem), elected;
Allen
Loughry (Rep), elected;
John
C. Yoder (Rep), defeated;
Letitia
Chafin (Dem), defeated.
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