JUDICIAL · WV · 1980-1985
Richard Neely
Supreme Court Chief Justice · Democrat · West Virginia
Background
West Virginia's Supreme Court Chief Justice 1980–1985: Richard Neely — 5-year tenure. Took office after Fred H. Caplan; succeeded by Thomas E. McHugh. Same-year political environment (1980): Governor Jay Rockefeller.
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Others who held this office in West Virginia
- Margaret L. Workman (1993-1995)
- Thomas E. McHugh (1989-1990)
- Fred H. Caplan (1973-1976)
- Frank C. Haymond (1965-1971)
- H. C. Riley (1953-1955)
- Lacy Lockhart (1949-1951)
- Haymond Maxwell (1947-1949)