The Political Graveyard: West Virginia: Supreme Court of Appeals (original) (raw)

Judges of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 1863-2012 (May be incomplete!)
Ralph L. Berkshire 1863-66James H. Brown 1863-70William A. Harrison 1863-68Edwin Maxwell 1867-72Ralph L. Berkshire 1868-72Charles P. T. Moore 1871-81Alpheus F. Haymond 1873-82John S. Hoffman 1873-75James Paull 1873-75Matthew Edmiston 1875-76Thomas C. Green 1876-89Okey Johnson 1877-88James French Patton 1881-82Adam C. Snyder 1882-90Samuel Woods 1883-88Henry Brannon 1889-1912John W. English 1889-1900Daniel B. Lucas 1889-92Homer A. Holt 1890-96Marmaduke H. Dent 1893-1904Henry C. McWhorter 1897-1908George Poffenbarger 1901-22Warren Miller 1903-04Frank Cox 1905-07Joseph M. Sanders 1905-07William N. Miller 1907-28Ira E. Robinson 1907-15L. Judson Williams 1909-20Charles W. Lynch 1913-21John W. Mason 1915-16Harold A. Ritz 1917-22Frank Lively 1921-32James A. Meredith 1922-24M. O. Litz 1923-36William H. McGinnis 1923-24John H. Hatcher 1924-40Homer B. Woods 1925-36Haymond Maxwell 1928-40Jo N. Kenna 1933-50Fred L. Fox 1937-52James B. Riley 1937-58William T. Lovins 1941-57Herschel H. Rose 1941-45Frank C. Haymond 1945-72Leslie E. Given 1950-62Chauncey Browning 1952-71Henry L. Ducker 1957-58Robert T. Donley 1958Thornton G. Berry, Jr. 1959-76Harlan M. Calhoun 1959-72Fred H. Caplan 1962-80John E. Carrigan 1971-72Charles H. Haden II 1972-75Oliver D. Kessel 1972Richard Neely 1973-James M. Sprouse 1973-75Edwin F. Flowers 1975-76Donald R. Wilson 1976Sam R. Harshbarger 1977-84Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. 1977-Thomas B. Miller 1977-Thomas E. McHugh 1981-W. T. Brotherton, Jr. 1985-Joseph P. Albright 1995-96Robin Jean Davis 1997-Spike Maynard 1997-2008Larry 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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