Margaret Anne Staggers

Margaret Anne Staggers (January 12, 1945 – January 1, 2026) was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and served as an Assistant Majority Whip. Staggers was also an emergency physician.

Early life and education Staggers was born on January 12, 1945, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in St. Mary's County, Maryland, and was the eldest child and daughter of Harley Orrin Staggers, Sr. (August 3, 1907 – August 20, 1991) and his wife Mary Casey Staggers. In 1948, Staggers' father was elected to the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district, where he served until 1981. In addition to her emergency medicine practice, Staggers serves as the medical director of multiple emergency medical services and emergency operations centers in Fayette, Wyoming, Raleigh, and Boone counties in West Virginia.

She briefly considered retiring from emergency medicine at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following a July 7, 2011, incident in which an elderly female patient attacked Staggers as she attempted to provide aid to the woman.

Affiliations Staggers was a president of the West Virginia Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, chairman and member of the West Virginia Chapter of the American Heart Association, and a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians. She later married Robert Alexander Underwood. Her children were, Hawey Aldophus Wells III, Mary Casey Staggers Wells, Sherry Underwood Cain.

She died on January 1, 2026, at the age of 80.