Warren McGraw
| Warren McGraw | |
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| Judge of 27th Circuit Court of West Virginia | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2009 |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia | |
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In office January 1, 1999 – December 31, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | John F. McCuskey |
| Succeeded by | Brent Benjamin |
| President of the West Virginia Senate | |
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In office January 14, 1981 – January 16, 1985 |
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| Preceded by | William T. Brotherton Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Dan R. Tonkovich |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 10, 1939 Wyoming County, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Peggy Shufflebarger |
| Alma mater |
Morris Harvey College Wake Forest University School of Law |
Warren Randolph McGraw (born May 10, 1939) is a lawyer, politician, and judge in West Virginia and brother of former West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw.
Warren McGraw was born in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, on May 10, 1939. After graduating from the Wyoming County public school system, McGraw attended Morris Harvey College (now the University of Charleston) where he earned his Artium Baccalaureus in 1960. McGraw then attended West Virginia University Graduate School and later Wake Forest University law school where he earned his Juris Doctor in 1963. In 1961, McGraw married Peggy Shufflebarger. They have 3 children, Warren Randolph McGraw II, Judge Helen Suzanne McGraw of the Raleigh County Family Court, and Rebecca McGraw, M.D. The McGraws also have six grandchildren, Conor Dimlich, Alayna Dimlich, Kindra McGraw, Warren Randolph McGraw III, Makenzie Thaxton, and Maverick Thaxton.
McGraw began his political career in 1968 when he was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates, serving there until 1970. He was then elected to the West Virginia Senate in 1972, serving three consecutive terms. During his third term, McGraw was the Elected 44th Senate President. In 1984, he decided to run for Governor and in the Democratic primary challenged then-Speaker of the House Clyde M. See, State Attorney General Chauncey Browning, and State Highway Commissioner Dusty Rhodes. McGraw edged out Browning for second place but lost the primary to See.
After his service in the West Virginia Legislature, McGraw returned to Wyoming County where he was elected to the Board of Education in 1986 and later as Prosecuting Attorney in 1996. In 1998 McGraw successfully campaigned for an unexpired six-year term in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. Although he was elected for a term ending in the year 2004, he filed as a candidate in the year 2000 for the term ending in 2012. Charleston lawyer George Carenbauer, a former state Democratic chairman, challenged the filing in the state Supreme Court, and in a 4-1 decision, the Court held that McGraw was ineligible to run for a 12-year term in the year 2000 when he was already a member of the Court until the year 2004, and referred to his action as "audacious conduct." Carenbauer v. Hechler, 542 S.E.2d 405 (W.Va. 2000). http://www.courtswv.gov/supreme-court/docs/Spring2000/27458.htm Under the Court's rotation scheme, he served as the Chief Justice during the 2001 term.
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