Capitol Building Commission Members
Capitol Building Commission with Governor Conley (fourth from right) and architect Cass Gilbert (sixth from right) - January 1932
Original commissioners (1921-1925)
› Governor Ephraim F. Morgan
› Cohen C. Arnold (President of the Senate 1921-1923) from Buckhannon Edwin M.
› Keatley (Speaker of the House of Delegates 1921-1922) from Charleston
› William McKell from Glen Jean
› Herbert Fitzpatrick from Huntington
› Fred M. Staunton from Charleston
› N. Price Whitaker from Wheeling
› Houston G. Young (Secretary of State 1921-1925) from Charleston
(McKell resigned in 1922 and was replaced by HarTy P. Camden & Parkersburg; Whitaker died in 1922 and was replaced by Virgil L. Highland from Clarksburg; Highland resigned in 1923 and was replaced by George A. Laughlin from Wheeling; Young resigned position of secretary to the commission in 1923 and Bonner Hill of Charleston was appointed)
Commission under the Gore administration (1925-1929)
Governor Howard M. Gore Retained:
› Arnold
› Camden
› Fitzpatrick
› Staunton
› Keatley
› Laughlin
(Camden died in 1925 and was replaced by former governor Wiliam A. MacCorkle from Charleston; Staunton died in 1926 and was replaced by Mrs. J. T. (Daisy M.) Peadro from Parkersburg)
Commission under the Conley administration (1929-1932)
Governor William G. Conley Retained:
› Arnold
› Peadro
› MacCorkle
› Keatley
› Fitzpatrick
› Laughlin
Added:
› M. Z. White (President of the Senate 1925-1933) from Williamson
› J. William Cummins (Speaker of the House of Delegates 1929-1932) from Wheeling Boyd Jarrell from Huntington
› C. W. Dillon from Fayetteville
(MacCorkle died in 1930 and was replaced by Charles K. Payne from Charleston)
