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Earl Ray Tomblin (born March 15, 1952) is an American politician who served as the 35th governor of West Virginia from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the West Virginia Senate from 1980 to 2011 and as president of the West Virginia Senate from 1995 to 2011.
Jan 9, 2017 · Earl Ray Tomblin wields the gavel as president of the West Virginia Senate, a post he held longer than any other Senate president in the state’s history. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin made time to maintain a vegetable garden in the back yard of the Governor’s Mansion in Charleston.
Earl Ray Tomblin, who was born March 15, 1952, in Logan County, was one of West Virginia’s longest-serving legislators when he became the state’s 35th governor. He was elected as a Democrat from Logan County to the House of Delegates in 1974, when he was only 22 years old and still a senior at West Virginia University.
Oct 4, 2011 · Earl Ray Tomblin (b. March 15, 1952 in Logan County, West Virginia) was the 35th governor of West Virginia. A Democrat, he first assumed the office of acting governor by virtue of his role as President of the West Virginia State Senate in January 2010, and was elected on October 4, 2011 to serve the remainder of former governor Joe Manchin 's ...
Jan 9, 2017 · When Governor-elect Jim Justice takes office Jan. 16, Tomblin will be saying goodbye to a political career that has spanned 42 years. “It’s going to be strange not being in office,” Tomblin said from the confines of a leather-backed chair at a conference table in his office at the State Capitol.
Dec 29, 2016 · Earl Ray Tomblin remains West Virginia's longest-serving Senate President and is our 35th governor. Formerly, he was a self-employed businessman and school teacher, then first...
After being elected in 1995 as President of the Senate, Tomblin held the position for 17 years, which makes him the longest serving Senate President in West Virginia history. Contrary to popular belief, however, Earl Ray is not the first person from Logan County to become Governor of West Virginia.
