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Capitol Building Commission Members

Original commissioners (1921-1925)

  • Governor Ephraim F. Morgan
  • Gohen C. Arnold (President of the Senate 1921-1923) from Buckhannon
  • Edwin M. Keatley (Speaker of the House of Delegates 1921-1922) from Charleston
  • William McKell from Glen Jean*
  • Herbert Fitzpatrick from Huntington
  • Fred M. Staunton from Charleston
  • N. Price Whitaker from Wheeling**
  • Houston G. Young (Secretary of State 1921-1925) from Charleston***

*McKell resigned in 1922 and was replaced by Harry P. Camden from Parkersburg.

** Whitaker died in 1922 and was replaced by Virgil L. Highland from Clarksburg. Highland resigned in 1923 and was replaced by George A. Laughlin from Wheeling.

***Young resigned position of secretary to the commission in 1923 and Bonner Hill of Charleston was appointed.

Commission under the Gore administration (1925-1929)

  • Governor Howard M. Gore
  • Gohen C. Arnold from Buckhannon
  • Harry P. Camden from Parkersburg*
  • Herbert Fitzpatrick from Huntington
  • Fred M. Staunton from Charleston**
  • Edwin M. Keatley from Charleston
  • George A. Laughlin from Wheeling

*Camden died in 1925 and was replaced by former governor Wiliam A. MacCorkle from Charleston.

**Staunton died in 1926 and was replaced by Mrs. J. T. (Daisy M.) Peadro from Parkersburg)


Commission under the Conley administration (1929-1932)

  • Governor William G. Conley
  • Gohen C. Arnold from Buckhannon
  • Daisy M. Peadro from Parkersburg
  • Wiliam A. MacCorkle from Charleston*
  • Edwin M. Keatley from Charleston
  • Herbert Fitzpatrick from Huntington
  • George A. Laughlin from Wheeling
  • M. Z. White (President of the Senate 1925-1933) from Williamson
  • J. William Cummins (Speaker of the House of Delegates 1929-1932) from Wheeling Boyd Jarrell from Huntington
  • C. W. Dillon from Fayetteville

*MacCorkle died in 1930 and was replaced by Charles K. Payne from Charleston)