Tim Armstead

Tim Armstead
Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Assumed office
January 1, 2024
Preceded byBeth Walker
In office
January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020
Preceded byBeth Walker
Succeeded byEvan Jenkins
Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Assumed office
September 25, 2018
Appointed byJim Justice
Preceded byMenis Ketchum
Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates
In office
January 14, 2015 – August 21, 2018
Preceded byTim Miley
Succeeded byRoger Hanshaw
Minority Leader of the West Virginia House of Delegates
In office
January 10, 2007 – January 7, 2015
Preceded byCharles S. Trump
Succeeded byTim Miley
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
from the 40th district
In office
September 1998 – August 21, 2018
Succeeded byDean Jeffries
Personal details
Born (1965-02-26) February 26, 1965 (age 59)
Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Charleston (BA)
West Virginia University (JD)

Timothy Paul Armstead (born February 26, 1965) is an American politician who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia since 2018. In 2024, he began his second term as the chief justice. He formerly represented 40th District (Kanawha County) in the West Virginia House of Delegates.[1] In 2015, Armstead became the first Republican Speaker of the House of Delegates in 84 years, serving in the position until 2018. Armstead is originally from Clendenin, West Virginia.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Tim Armstead (R - Kanawha)". West Virginia House of Delegates. Retrieved 3 May 2011.