President of the West Virginia Senate

The President of the West Virginia Senate is a member of the West Virginia Senate who has been elected to be its president by the other senators. The current Senate President is Craig Blair, who has been in office since January 2021. Earl Ray Tomblin was the first Senate president and to have the title Lieutenant Governor of West Virginia.

List

Name	Party	Term
John M. Phelps	Republican	1863–1864
William E. Stevenson	Republican	1864–1869
Daniel Farnsworth	Republican	1869–1871
Lewis Baker	Democratic	1871–1872
Carlos A. Sperry	Democratic	1872–1872
Daniel D. Johnson	Democratic	1872–1877
Ulysses N. Arnett	Democratic	1877–1879
Daniel D. Johnson	Democratic	1879–1881
Albert E. Summers	Democratic	1881–1883
Thomas J. Farnsworth	Democratic	1883–1885
George E. Price	Democratic	1885–1889
Robert S. Carr	Democratic	1889–1891
John W. McCreery	Democratic	1891–1893
Rankin Wiley, Jr.	Democratic	1893–1895
William G. Worley	Republican	1895–1897
Nelson E. Whitaker	Republican	1897–1899
Oliver S. Marshall	Republican	1899–1901
Anthony Smith	Republican	1901–1903
Clarke W. May	Republican	1903–1905
Gustavus A. Northcott	Republican	1905–1907
Joseph H. McDermott	Republican	1907–1909
Lewis Forman	Republican	1909–1911
Henry D. Hatfield	Republican	1911–1913
Samuel V. Woods	Democratic	1913–1915
Edward T. England	Republican	1915–1917
Wells Goodykoontz	Republican	1917–1919
Charles A. Sinsel	Republican	1919–1921
Gohen C. Arnold	Republican	1921–1922
Harry Shaffer	Republican	1923–1925
Charles G. Coffman	Republican	1925–1925
Montezuma White	Republican	1925–1933
Albert Mathews	Democratic	1933–1935
Charles E. Hodges	Democratic	1935–1939
William M. LaFon	Democratic	1939–1941
Byron B. Randolph	Democratic	1941–1943
James Paull	Democratic	1943–1945
Arnold M. Vickers	Democratic	1945–1949
W. Broughton Johnston	Democratic	1949–1953
Ralph J. Bean	Democratic	1953–1961
Howard W. Carson	Democratic	1961–1969
Lloyd G. Jackson	Democratic	1969–1971
E. Hansford McCourt	Democratic	1971–1973
William Brotherton	Democratic	1973–1981
Warren McGraw	Democratic	1981–1985
Dan R. Tonkovich	Democratic	1985–1989
Larry A. Tucker	Democratic	1989–1989
Keith Burdette	Democratic	1989–1995
Earl Ray Tomblin#	Democratic	1995–2011
Jeffrey V. Kessler	Democratic	2011–2015
Bill Cole	Republican	2015–2017
Mitch Carmichael	Republican	2017–2021
Craig Blair	Republican	2021–present