United States congressional delegations from West Virginia

These are tables of congressional delegations from West Virginia to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

West Virginia's congressional districts since 2013[1]

From June 1861 to June 1863, during the Civil War and before West Virginia statehood, the United States recognized the Restored Government of Virginia sitting in Wheeling as the "legitimate," pro-Union government of Virginia. Also called the Reorganized Government of Virginia, it controlled a contiguous area roughly the same as present-day West Virginia, along with parts of Northern Virginia and Tidewater. The rest of Virginia was under Confederate military control, with a state government in Richmond, and did not send representatives to Congress. The legislature in Wheeling chose two U.S. Senators for Virginia, John S. Carlile and Waitman T. Willey, who were seated by the Senate.[2] Three U.S. Representatives elected in western districts of Virginia also went to Congress in 1861: Jacob B. Blair, William G. Brown, and Kellian V. Whaley.[3][4] In 1861, as one of its first acts, the Restored Government began the process of creating the new state of West Virginia, which was achieved in 1863. The Restored Government of Virginia then moved to Alexandria.

U.S. House of Representatives

Current members

List of current members of the delegation, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the Cook Partisan Voting Index. The delegation has 3 members, all Republicans.

District CPVI Representative
(Residence)
Party Incumbent time in office District map
1st R+19
David McKinley
(Wheeling)
Republican Since January 3, 2011
2nd R+17
Alex Mooney
(Charles Town)
Republican Since January 3, 2015
3rd R+23
Carol Miller
(Huntington)
Republican Since January 3, 2019

Delegation timeline (1863 – present)

Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district
38th
(1863–1865)
Jacob B. Blair
(Unconditional U)
William G. Brown Sr.
(Unconditional U)
Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley
(Unconditional U)
39th
(1865–1867)
Chester D. Hubbard (R) George Robert Latham
(Unconditional U)
40th
(1867–1869)
Bethuel M. Kitchen (R) Daniel Haymond Polsley (R)
41st
(1869–1871)
Isaac H. Duval (R) James C. McGrew (R) John S. Witcher (R)
42nd
(1871–1873)
John James Davis (D) Frank Hereford (D)
43rd
(1873–1875)
J. Marshall Hagans (R)
44th
(1875–1877)
Benjamin Wilson (D) Charles J. Faulkner Sr. (D)
45th
(1877–1879)
Benjamin Franklin Martin (D) John E. Kenna (D)
46th
(1879–1881)
47th
(1881–1883)
John B. Hoge (D)
48th
(1883–1885)
Nathan Goff (R) William Lyne Wilson (D) Charles P. Snyder (D) Eustace Gibson (D)
49th
(1885–1887)
50th
(1887–1889)
Charles E. Hogg (D)
51st
(1889–1891)
John O. Pendleton (D) John D. Alderson (D) James M. Jackson (D)
George W. Atkinson (R) Charles Brooks Smith (R)
52nd
(1891–1893)
John O. Pendleton (D) James Capehart (D)
53rd
(1893–1895)
54th
(1895–1897)
Blackburn B. Dovener (R) Alston G. Dayton (R) James Hall Huling (R) Warren Miller (R)
55th
(1897–1899)
Charles P. Dorr (R)
56th
(1899–1901)
David Emmons Johnston (D) Romeo H. Freer (R)
57th
(1901–1903)
Joseph H. Gaines (R) James A. Hughes (R)
58th
(1903–1905)
Harry C. Woodyard (R) James A. Hughes (R)
59th
(1905–1907)
Thomas B. Davis (D)
60th
(1907–1909)
William P. Hubbard (R) George Cookman Sturgiss (R)
61st
(1909–1911)
62nd
(1911–1913)
John W. Davis (D) William Gay Brown Jr. (D) Adam Brown Littlepage (D) John M. Hamilton (D)
63rd
(1913–1915)
Samuel B. Avis (R) Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. (R) Howard Sutherland (R)
(At-large)
Matthew M. Neely (D)
64th
(1915–1917)
Adam Brown Littlepage (D) Edward Cooper (R)
George M. Bowers (R) Harry C. Woodyard (R)
65th
(1917–1919)
Stuart F. Reed (R) Adam B. Littlepage (D)
66th
(1919–1921)
Wells Goodykoontz (R) Leonard S. Echols (R)
67th
(1921–1923)
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom (R)
68th
(1923–1925)
Robert E. Lee Allen (D) George William Johnson (D) Thomas Jefferson Lilly (D) J. Alfred Taylor (D)
69th
(1925–1927)
Carl G. Bachmann (R) Frank L. Bowman (R) John M. Wolverton (R) Harry C. Woodyard (R) James F. Strother (R)
70th
(1927–1929)
William S. O'Brien (D) James A. Hughes (R) Edward T. England (R)
71st
(1929–1931)
John M. Wolverton (R) Hugh Ike Shott (R) Joe L. Smith (D)
Robert Lynn Hogg (R)
72nd
(1931–1933)
Lynn Hornor (D)
73rd
(1933–1935)
Robert L. Ramsay (D) Jennings Randolph (D) George William Johnson (D) John Kee (D)
Andrew Edmiston Jr. (D)
74th
(1935–1937)
75th
(1937–1939)
76th
(1939–1941)
A. C. Schiffler (R)
77th
(1941–1943)
Robert L. Ramsay (D)
78th
(1943–1945)
A. C. Schiffler (R) Edward G. Rohrbough (R) Hubert S. Ellis (R)
79th
(1945–1947)
Matthew M. Neely (D) Cleveland M. Bailey (D) E. H. Hedrick (D)
80th
(1947–1949)
Francis J. Love (R) Melvin C. Snyder (R) Edward G. Rohrbough (R)
81st
(1949–1951)
Robert L. Ramsay (D) Harley O. Staggers (D) Cleveland M. Bailey (D) Maurice G. Burnside (D)
82nd
(1951–1953)
Elizabeth Kee (D)
83rd
(1953–1955)
Robert H. Mollohan (D) Will E. Neal (R) Robert Byrd (D)
84th
(1955–1957)
Maurice G. Burnside (D)
85th
(1957–1959)
Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) Will E. Neal (R)
86th
(1959–1961)
Ken Hechler (D) John M. Slack Jr. (D)
87th
(1961–1963)
88th
(1963–1965)
John M. Slack Jr. (D)
89th
(1965–1967)
James Kee (D)
90th
(1967–1969)
91st
(1969–1971)
Robert H. Mollohan (D)
92nd
(1971–1973)
93rd
(1973–1975)
94th
(1975–1977)
95th
(1977–1979)
Nick Rahall (D)
96th
(1979–1981)
John G. Hutchinson (D)
97th
(1981–1983)
Cleve Benedict (R) Mick Staton (R)
98th
(1983–1985)
Alan B. Mollohan (D) Harley O. Staggers Jr. (D) Robert E. Wise Jr. (D)
99th
(1985–1987)
100th
(1987–1989)
101st
(1989–1991)
102nd
(1991–1993)
103rd
(1993–1995)
Robert E. Wise Jr. (D) Nick Rahall (D)
104th
(1995–1997)
105th
(1997–1999)
106th
(1999–2001)
107th
(2001–2003)
Shelley Moore Capito (R)
108th
(2003–2005)
109th
(2005–2007)
110th
(2007–2009)
111th
(2009–2011)
112th
(2011–2013)
David McKinley (R)
113th
(2013–2015)
114th
(2015–2017)
Alex Mooney (R) Evan Jenkins (R)
115th
(2017–2019)
116th
(2019–2021)
Carol Miller (R)
117th
(2021–2023)
Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district

United States Senate

Current delegation
Senator Joe Manchin
(D)
Class 1 Senators Congress Class 2 Senators
Peter G. Van Winkle
(Unconditional U)
38th Congress
(1863–1865)
Waitman T. Willey (R)
39th Congress
(1865–1867)
40th Congress
(1867–1869)
Arthur I. Boreman (R) 41st Congress
(1869–1871)
42nd Congress
(1871–1873)
Henry Gassaway Davis (D)
43rd Congress
(1873–1875)
Allen T. Caperton (D) 44th Congress
(1875–1877)
Samuel Price (D)
Frank Hereford (D)
45th Congress
(1877–1879)
46th Congress
(1879–1881)
Johnson N. Camden (D) 47th Congress
(1881–1883)
48th Congress
(1883–1885)
John E. Kenna (D)
49th Congress
(1885–1887)
Charles James Faulkner (D) 50th Congress
(1887–1889)
51st Congress
(1889–1891)
52nd Congress
(1891–1893)
Johnson N. Camden (D)
53rd Congress
(1893–1895)
54th Congress
(1895–1897)
Stephen B. Elkins (R)
55th Congress
(1897–1899)
Nathan B. Scott (R) 56th Congress
(1899–1901)
57th Congress
(1901–1903)
58th Congress
(1903–1905)
59th Congress
(1905–1907)
60th Congress
(1907–1909)
61st Congress
(1909–1911)
Davis Elkins (R)
Clarence W. Watson (D)
William E. Chilton (D) 62nd Congress
(1911–1913)
63rd Congress
(1913–1915)
Nathan Goff (R)
64th Congress
(1915–1917)
Howard Sutherland (R) 65th Congress
(1917–1919)
66th Congress
(1919–1921)
Davis Elkins (R)
67th Congress
(1921–1923)
Matthew M. Neely (D) 68th Congress
(1923–1925)
69th Congress
(1925–1927)
Guy D. Goff (R)
70th Congress
(1927–1929)
Henry D. Hatfield (R) 71st Congress
(1929–1931)
72nd Congress
(1931–1933)
Matthew M. Neely (D)
73rd Congress
(1933–1935)
Rush D. Holt, Sr. (D) 74th Congress
(1935–1937)
75th Congress
(1937–1939)
76th Congress
(1939–1941)
Harley M. Kilgore (D) 77th Congress
(1941–1943)
Joseph Rosier (D)
Hugh Ike Shott (R)
78th Congress
(1943–1945)
W. Chapman Revercomb (R)
79th Congress
(1945–1947)
80th Congress
(1947–1949)
81st Congress
(1949–1951)
Matthew M. Neely (D)
82nd Congress
(1951–1953)
83rd Congress
(1953–1955)
84th Congress
(1955–1957)
William R. Laird III (D)
W. Chapman Revercomb (R)
85th Congress
(1957–1959)
John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (R)
Jennings Randolph (D)
Robert Byrd (D) 86th Congress
(1959–1961)
87th Congress
(1961–1963)
88th Congress
(1963–1965)
89th Congress
(1965–1967)
90th Congress
(1967–1969)
91st Congress
(1969–1971)
92nd Congress
(1971–1973)
93rd Congress
(1973–1975)
94th Congress
(1975–1977)
95th Congress
(1977–1979)
96th Congress
(1979–1981)
97th Congress
(1981–1983)
98th Congress
(1983–1985)
99th Congress
(1985–1987)
John D. Rockefeller IV (D)
100th Congress
(1987–1989)
101st Congress
(1989–1991)
102nd Congress
(1991–1993)
103rd Congress
(1993–1995)
104th Congress
(1995–1997)
105th Congress
(1997–1999)
106th Congress
(1999–2001)
107th Congress
(2001–2003)
108th Congress
(2003–2005)
109th Congress
(2005–2007)
110th Congress
(2007–2009)
111th Congress
(2009-2011)
Carte Goodwin (D)
Joe Manchin (D)
112th Congress
(2011–2013)
113th Congress
(2013–2015)
114th Congress
(2015–2017)
Shelly Moore Capito (R)
115th Congress
(2017–2019)
116th Congress
(2019-2021)
117th Congress
(2021-2023)
Class 1 Senators Congress Class 2 Senators

Key

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
American (Know Nothing) (K-N)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J),
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Fusion (FU)
Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Libertarian (L)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
Whig (W)
Independent,
None,
or Unaffiliated

See also

References

  1. "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  2. wvculture.org - Restored Government
  3. wvculture.org - Statehood Archived 2007-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Virgil Anson Lewis (1892). Southern Historical Magazine: Devoted to History, Genealogy, Biography, Archæology and Kindred Subjects. V.A. Lewis. p. 14.
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