William G. Conley (born January 8, 1866 in Kingwood, West
Virginia; died October 21, 1940 in Charleston, West Virginia)
succeeded Howard M. Gore as the eighteenth Governor of West
Virginia, serving between March 4, 1929 and March 4, 1933.
Following the end of Conley's term as Governor, Herman G. Kump
(born October 31, 1877 in Capon Springs, West Virginia; died
February 14, 1962 in Elkins, West Virginia) became the nineteenth
Governor of West Virginia, serving between March 4, 1933 and
January 18, 1937.