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Since West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863, it has had 34 attorneys general, of whom 33 men have held the office (the inaugural attorney general, Aquilla B. Caldwell of Ohio County, served two nonconsecutive terms). [8] [9] Caldwell was the first Republican to hold the office, and Joseph Sprigg of Hampshire County was the first ...
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Patrick James Morrisey (born December 21, 1967) is an American politician and attorney who is serving as the 37th governor of West Virginia, since 2025.He has previously served as the 34th attorney general of West Virginia from 2013 to 2025.
Jun. 16—West Virginia's Attorney General said Wednesday that he has led a coalition of 24 states in filing formal comments regarding a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission initiative that ...
As Attorney General for the State of West Virginia, he was involved in many high-profile national cases, including the 1998 multibillion-dollar State Tobacco Settlement, which secured billions of dollars for the state of West Virginia. As a result of the settlement money, West Virginia saved $2.5 billion due to a bond sale that resulted from ...
John "JB" McCuskey [1] (born 1981 in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American lawyer and politician who is currently serving as the 35th attorney general of West Virginia since 2025. As a Republican, he has previously served as the West Virginia State Auditor from 2017 to 2025.
He was elected as West Virginia’s top prosecutor back in 2012. The attorney general’s run for the governor’s mansion will leave the top legal office in the Mountain State up for grabs ...
In West Virginia, the county is the unit of government, although an unsuccessful attempt to introduce the township system was made in West Virginia's first constitution. Each of the state's 55 counties has a county commission , consisting of three commissioners elected for six years but with terms so arranged that one is up for reelection every ...