West Virginia’s attorneys general

Name County Political Party Elected or Appointed

Aquilla B. Caldwell Ohio Republican 1863

Ephraim B. Hall Marion Republican 1864

Edwin Maxwell Harrison Republican 1866

Thayer Melvin Ohio Republican 1866

Thayer Melvin Ohio Republican 1868

Aquilla B. Caldwell Ohio Republican 1869

Joseph Spriggs Hampshire Democrat 1870

Henry Mason Mathews Greenbrier Democrat 1872

Robert White Hampshire Democrat 1876

Cornelius C. Watts Kanawha Democrat 1880

Alfred Caldwell Ohio Democrat 1884

Alfred Caldwell Ohio Democrat 1888

Thomas S. Riley Ohio Democrat 1892

Edgar P. Rucker McDowell Republican 1896

Romeo H. Freer Ritchie Republican 1900

Clark W. May Lincoln Republican 1904

William G. Conley Preston Republican 1908

A. A. Lilly Raleigh Republican 1912

E. T. England Logan Republican 1916 E. T. England Logan Republican 1920

Howard B. Lee Mercer Republican 1924

Howard B. Lee Mercer Republican 1928

Homer A. Holt Fayette Democrat 1932

Clarence W. Meadows Raleigh Democrat 1936

Clarence W. Meadows Raleigh Democrat 1940

William S. Wysong Webster Democrat 1942

James Kay Thomas Kanawha Democrat 1942

Ira J. Partlow McDowell Democrat 1944

Ira J. Partlow McDowell Democrat 1948

William C. Marland Wyoming Democrat 1952

Chauncey H. Browning, Sr. Logan Democrat 1952

John G. Fox Fayette Democrat 1952

W. W. Barron Randolph Democrat 1956

C. Donald Robertson Harrison Democrat 1960

C. Donald Robertson Harrison Democrat 1964

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr. Logan Democrat 1968

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr. Logan Democrat 1972

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr. Logan Democrat 1976

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr. Logan Democrat 1980

Charlie Brown Kanawha Democrat 1984

Charlie Brown Kanawha Democrat 1988

Roger W. Tompkins Kanawha Democrat 1989

Mario Palumbo Kanawha Democrat 1990 Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. Wyoming Democrat 1992

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. Wyoming Democrat 1996

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. Wyoming Democrat 2000

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. Wyoming Democrat 2004

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. Wyoming Democrat 2008