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West Virginia: State Treasurers

West Virginia State Treasurers, 1863-2012 (May be incomplete!)
Campbell Tarr 1863-67 Jacob H. Brister 1867-69 James A. Macauley 1869-71 John S. Burdett 1871-76 Sobieski Brady 1876-77 Thomas J. West 1877-81 Thomas O'Brien 1881-85 William T. Thompson 1885-93 John M. Rowan 1893-97 M. A. Kendall 1897-1901 Peter Silman 1901-05 Newton Ogden 1905-09 E. Leslie Long 1909-17 W. S. Johnson 1917-33 Richard E. Talbott 1933- William H. Ansel, Jr. 1949-51 John H. Kelly 1961-69 A. James Manchin 1985-89 Thomas E. Loehr 1989

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1863 May 28: Campbell Tarr (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1916 Nov 7: W. S. Johnson (Rep), elected.
  • 1920: Anderson C. Herold (Dem), defeated.
  • 1920 Nov 2: W. S. Johnson (Rep), elected.
  • 1924 Nov 4: W. S. Johnson (Rep), elected.
  • 1928 Nov 6: W. S. Johnson (Rep), elected.
  • 1936 Nov 3: Richard E. Talbott (Dem), elected; Enoch P. Ellison (Rep), defeated.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Richard E. Talbott (Dem), elected; Hal F. Morris (Rep), defeated.
  • 1944 Nov 7: Richard E. Talbott (Dem), elected; Edgar C. Lawson (Rep), defeated.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Richard E. Talbott (Dem), elected; Hubert R. Lake (Rep), defeated.
  • 1949 Dec 19: William H. Ansel, Jr., appointed.
  • 1950 Nov 7: William H. Ansel, Jr. (Dem), elected.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Orel J. Skeen (Dem), elected; Theodore T. Dormon (Rep), defeated.
  • 1960 Nov 8: John H. Kelly (Dem), elected; Martin V. Chapman (Rep), defeated.
  • 1968 Nov 5: John H. Kelly (Dem), elected; J. Kenton Lambert (Rep), defeated.
  • 1972 Nov 7: John H. Kelly (Dem), elected; Latelle M. LaFollette III (Rep), defeated.
  • 1976 Nov 2: Larrie Bailey (Dem), elected; Ronald G. Pearson (Rep), defeated.
  • 1980 Nov 4: Larrie Bailey (Dem), elected; David Bailey (Rep), defeated.
  • 1984 Nov 6: A. James Manchin (Dem), elected; Manuel Hale (Rep), defeated.
  • 1989 Jul 9: A. James Manchin, resigned.
  • 1990: Dee Caperton, defeated.
  • 1990 Nov 6: Larrie Bailey (Dem), elected; Elvin F. Martin (Rep), defeated.
  • 1996: Stan Klos (Rep), defeated.
  • 2004 Nov 2: John D. Perdue (Dem), elected; Bob Adams (Rep), defeated.
  • 2012 Nov 6: John D. Perdue (Dem), elected; Mike Hall (Rep), defeated.
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