West Virginia's 24th Attorney General
Attorney General: 1949 - 1952
Appointed December 1, 1949, Elected 1950
Born: March 26, 1918     Died: November 26, 1965

William Casey Marland was born in Johnson City, Illinois, and moved with his parents to Glen Rogers, Wyoming County, at age seven. After working in the coal mines, he attended the University of Alabama and received his law degree from West Virginia University. During World War II, Marland saw combat duty as a Navy gunnery officer in the South Pacific and attained the rank of lieutenant. He served briefly as a law clerk for the United States District Court for Southern West Virginia before being named the state Assistant Attorney General in 1948. On December 1, 1949 Marland was appointed Attorney General following the resignation of Ira Partlow. He was elected Attorney General in 1950. He was elected Governor in 1952.

After an unsuccessful bid for the United States Senate in 1956, Marland established a law practice in Charleston. In 1958, he again was defeated for the Democratic Senate nomination and moved to Chicago to work for a coal company. Several years later, he was discovered driving a taxi cab following a battle with alcoholism. Soon thereafter, he was stricken with cancer. Marland died in Barrington, Illinois in November of 1965.