To insure a seamless transfer of authority, Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin was quietly and privately sworn-in as West Virginia’s Acting Governor by Kanawha Circuit Judge Todd Kaufman, immediately following Governor Manchin’s resignation on Monday.  A public investiture ceremony for Senator Tomblin’s succession as the 2nd Acting Governor in the State’s history was held in front of the Senate chambers in the State Capitol on Tuesday.  The brief 42 minute ceremony included Governor Tomblin’s 10 minute acceptance speech that accentuated the objective of his administration to “Putting West Virginia First”.