Darrell McGraw

Darrell McGraw
33rd Attorney General of West Virginia
In office
January 18, 1993 – January 14, 2013
GovernorGaston Caperton
Cecil H. Underwood
Bob Wise
Joe Manchin
Earl Ray Tomblin
Preceded byMario Palumbo
Succeeded byPatrick Morrisey
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
In office
1984–1988
Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
In office
January 1, 1976 – December 31, 1988
Preceded byDonald R. Wilson
Succeeded byMargaret Workman
Personal details
Born (1936-11-08) November 8, 1936 (age 87)
McGraws-Tipple, West Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJorea Marple
Children4
ResidenceCharleston, West Virginia
Alma materWest Virginia University (BA, JD)
ProfessionLawyer

Darrell Vivian McGraw Jr. (born November 8, 1936) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He is the brother of former West Virginia State Supreme Court Justice and state Senate President Warren McGraw.

He was elected the state supreme court for a single 12-year term in 1976. He was elected state attorney general in 1992 and re-elected in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008.[1] He is the only person to have held both offices. He lost his re-election bid for a sixth term in 2012. He received 49% of the vote to Patrick Morrisey's 51%. He filed on January 30, 2016, as a candidate seeking election to the West Virginia state supreme court in 2016, but was defeated.[2]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 9, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "WV SOS – Elections – Candidate – Online Data Services". Apps.sos.wv.gov. Retrieved February 1, 2016.