The Political Graveyard: West Virginia Politicians Who Died in Office

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West Virginia Politicians Who Died While Still Holding Office

U.S. Senators from West Virginia
U.S. Representatives from West Virginia
West Virginia Secretaries of State
West Virginia State Attorneys General
West Virginia Commissioners of Agriculture
Members of the West Virginia State Senate
Speakers of the West Virginia State House of Delegates
Members of the West Virginia State House of Delegates
Judges of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Circuit Judges in West Virginia
District Judges in West Virginia

U.S. Senators from West Virginia Who Died In Office:
- Allen T. Caperton, July 26, 1876
- John E. Kenna, January 11, 1893
- Stephen B. Elkins, January 4, 1911
- Harley M. Kilgore, February 28, 1956
- Matthew M. Neely, January 18, 1958
U.S. Representatives from West Virginia Who Died In Office:
- Hunter H. Moss, Jr., 1916
- William G. Brown, Jr., March 9, 1916
- J. A. Hughes, March 2, 1930
- Lynn S. Hornor, September 23, 1933
- John Kee, May 8, 1951
- John M. Slack, Jr., March 17, 1980
West Virginia Secretaries of State Who Died In Office:
- William S. O'Brien, August 10, 1948
West Virginia State Attorneys General Who Died In Office:
- Clark W. May, April 25, 1908
West Virginia Commissioners of Agriculture Who Died In Office:
- John W. Smith, January 30, 1931
Members of the West Virginia State Senate Who Died In Office:
- Andrew J. Pannell, 1875
- Mahlon S. Kirtley, August 18, 1880
- D. M. Hostutler, 1884
- Buckner J. Smith, 1890
- Samuel George, 1902
- Joseph A. Browning, 1905
- W. D. Talbott, 1907
- J. D. Porter, 1907
- Robert L. Gregory, 1917
- Roy E. Parrish, July 22, 1918
- Adolph E. Scherr, 1920
- J. N. Shackleford, 1921
- R. P. Shinn, 1923
- Ben H. Hiner, 1932
- Glen Snodgrass, September 16, 1932
- Kenna K. Hyre, March 7, 1934
- John C. Myers, September 4, 1934
- Milton O. Rouss, January 7, 1937
- William N. Jasper, April 26, 1939
- William M. LaFon, February 4, 1941
- Earl H. Smith, May 28, 1941
- A. M. Martin, September 22, 1941
- T. E. Bibb, January 26, 1942
- Don K. Marchand, May 31, 1958
- George C. Porter, 1967
- William J. Oates, Jr., September 23, 1980
- Judith A. Herndon, November 19, 1980
- George W. Dober, May 12, 1981
- Larry Wiedebusch, October 25, 1997
Speakers of the West Virginia State House of Delegates Who Died In Office:
- W. E. 'Bill' Flannery, March 7, 1958
- Ivor F. Boiarsky, March 12, 1971
Members of the West Virginia State House of Delegates Who Died In Office:
- George Ferrell, 1881
- Edwin Maxwell, February 5, 1903
- John W. Cosner, 1919
- Leroy Shaw, 1919
- William T. Otto, April 6, 1922
- Edmund Sehon, February 6, 1925
- Septimius Hall, February 27, 1926
- Millard F. Leonard, April 5, 1929
- Robert F. Kidd, June 8, 1930
- Milton B. West, September 24, 1930
- J. C. Scott, 1931
- Charles Nelson Proctor, 1936
- Ben H. Butcher, February 12, 1937
- John L. Wever, February 14, 1937
- Kenneth S. Kurtz, July 10, 1939
- W. F. Alexander, 1941
- Homer B. Woods, March 4, 1941
- H. L. Potts, 1943
- Edward J. Kells, 1943
- Oral C. Hathaway, 1945
- Harry L. Van Sickler, February 17, 1945
- John W. Johnson, February 26, 1945
- Rush D. Holt, February 8, 1955
- Clay D. Hammond, May 28, 1956
- Paul J. Carr, Sr., March 24, 1957
- W. E. 'Bill' Flannery, March 7, 1958
- Nell W. Walker, March 5, 1962
- Tom T. Baker, 1963
- Herbert Schupbach, 1965
- Boyd Mathis, 1965
- Paul H. Kidd, October 22, 1965
- C. P. 'Cam' Marstiller, 1968
- Irma M. Maple, 1969
- Corbett Church, 1969
- Sam C. Savilla, 1970
- Ivor F. Boiarsky, March 12, 1971
- Thomas C. Edgar, 1972
- Robert L. Ward, December 19, 1979
- Kenneth Adkins, January 10, 1992
- Walter Rollins, February 9, 1992
- Odell H. Huffman, October 2, 1994
- Robert W. Burk, Jr., November 20, 1994
- Joseph Harvey Farris, August 10, 1997
- Robert C. Beach, 1998
- Richard Hugh Everson, September 1, 1999
Judges of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Who Died In Office:
- James Paull, May 11, 1875
- James French Patton, March 30, 1882
- Thomas C. Green, December 4, 1889
- William N. Miller, August 7, 1928
- Herschel H. Rose, June 17, 1945
- Jo N. Kenna, January 20, 1950
- Fred L. Fox, August 8, 1952
- James B. Riley, June 29, 1958
- Leslie E. Given, May 11, 1962
- Chauncey Browning, June 24, 1971
- Frank C. Haymond, June 10, 1972
Circuit Judges in West Virginia Who Died In Office:
- Arthur I. Boreman, April 19, 1896
- Walter R. Haggerty, May 10, 1939
- C. M. Ward, May 20, 1939
District Judges in West Virginia Who Died In Office:
- J. Marshall Hagans, June 17, 1900

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