United States congressional delegations from West Virginia

West Virginia's congressional districts since 2013^[1]

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

The current dean of the West Virginia delegation is Senator Shelley Moore Capito, having served in the Senate since 2015 and in Congress since 2001.

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
1st	R+22	David McKinley (Wheeling)	Republican	Since January 3, 2011
2nd	R+20	Alex Mooney (Charles Town)	Republican	Since January 3, 2015
3rd	R+27	Carol Miller (Huntington)	Republican	Since January 3, 2019

Delegation timeline (1863 – present)[]

Congress	District
Congress	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	At-large
38th (1863–1865)	Jacob B. Blair (UU)	William G. Brown Sr. (UU)	Kellian Whaley (UU)
39th (1865–1867)	Chester D. Hubbard (R)	George R. Latham (UU)	Kellian Whaley (UU)
40th (1867–1869)	Chester D. Hubbard (R)	Bethuel Kitchen (R)	Daniel Polsley (R)
41st (1869–1871)	Isaac H. Duval (R)	James McGrew (R)	John Witcher (R)
42nd (1871–1873)	John James Davis (D)	James McGrew (R)	Frank Hereford (D)
43rd (1873–1875)	John James Davis (D)	John Hagans (R)
44th (1875–1877)	Benjamin Wilson (D)	Charles J. Faulkner (D)
45th (1877–1879)		Benjamin F. Martin (D)	John E. Kenna (D)
46th (1879–1881)		Benjamin F. Martin (D)
47th (1881–1883)		John B. Hoge (D)
48th (1883–1885)	Nathan Goff Jr. (R)	William Lyne Wilson (D)	Charles P. Snyder (D)	Eustace Gibson (D)
49th (1885–1887)				Eustace Gibson (D)
50th (1887–1889)				Charles E. Hogg (D)
51st (1889–1891)	John O. Pendleton (D)		John D. Alderson (D)	James M. Jackson (D)
51st (1889–1891)	George W. Atkinson (R)			Charles Brooks Smith (R)
52nd (1891–1893)	John O. Pendleton (D)			James Capehart (D)
53rd (1893–1895)	John O. Pendleton (D)			James Capehart (D)
54th (1895–1897)	Blackburn B. Dovener (R)	Alston G. Dayton (R)	James Hall Juling (R)	Warren Miller (R)
55th (1897–1899)			Charles Dorr (R)	Warren Miller (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)
59th (1905–1907)		Thomas Beall Davis (D)
60th (1907–1909)	William Pallister Hubbard (R)	George Cookman Sturgiss (R)
61st (1909–1911)	William Pallister Hubbard (R)	George Cookman Sturgiss (R)
62nd (1911–1913)	John W. Davis (D)	William Gay Brown Jr. (D)	Adam Brown Littlepage (D)	John M. Hamilton (D)
63rd (1913–1915)	John W. Davis (D)		Samuel B. Avis (R)	Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. (R)		Howard Sutherland (R)
63rd (1913–1915)	Matthew M. Neely (D)		Samuel B. Avis (R)
64th (1915–1917)			Adam Brown Littlepage (D)		Edward Cooper (R)
		George Meade Bowers (R)		Harry C. Woodyard (R)
						6th district
65th (1917–1919)			Stuart F. Reed (R)			Adam Brown Littlepage (D)
66th (1919–1921)					Wells Goodykoontz (R)	Leonard S. Echols (R)
67th (1921–1923)	Benjamin L. Rosenbloom (R)				Wells Goodykoontz (R)	Leonard S. Echols (R)
68th (1923–1925)	Benjamin L. Rosenbloom (R)	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 Llewellyn Bowman (R)	John M. Wolverton (R)	Harry C. Woodyard (R)	James F. Strother (R)	J. Alfred Taylor (D)
70th (1927–1929)			William Smith O'Brien (D)	James A. Hughes (R)	James F. Strother (R)	Edward T. England (R)
71st (1929–1931)			John M. Wolverton (R)	James A. Hughes (R)	Hugh Ike Shott (R)	Joe L. Smith (D)
71st (1929–1931)			John M. Wolverton (R)	Robert Lynn Hogg (R)
72nd (1931–1933)			Lynn Hornor (D)	Robert Lynn Hogg (R)
73rd (1933–1935)	Robert L. Ramsay (D)	Jennings Randolph (D)	Lynn Hornor (D)	George William Johnson (D)	John Kee (D)
73rd (1933–1935)			Andrew Edminston 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 Orrin Staggers (D)	Cleveland M. Bailey (D)	Maurice G. Burnside (D)
82nd (1951–1953)
82nd (1951–1953)					Elizabeth Kee (D)
83rd (1953–1955)	Bob Mollohan (D)			Will E. Neal (R)		Robert Byrd (D)
84th (1955–1957)	Bob Mollohan (D)			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)						John M. Slack Jr. (D)
88th (1963–1965)			John M. Slack Jr. (D)
89th (1965–1967)					James Kee (D)
90th (1967–1969)
91st (1969–1971)	Bob Mollohan (D)
92nd (1971–1973)
93rd (1973–1975)
94th (1975–1977)
95th (1977–1979)				Nick Rahall (D)
96th (1979–1981)
96th (1979–1981)			John G. Hutchinson (D)
97th (1981–1983)		Cleve Benedict (R)	Mick Staton (R)
98th (1983–1985)	Alan Mollohan (D)	Harley O. Staggers Jr. (D)	Bob Wise (D)
99th (1985–1987)
100th (1987–1989)
101st (1989–1991)
102nd (1991–1993)
103rd (1993–1995)		Bob Wise (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)			Evan Jenkins (R)
116th (2019–2021)			Carol Miller (R)
117th (2021–2023)			Carol Miller (R)
Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district	5th district	6th district

United States Senate[]

Current delegation

Senator Joe Manchin
(D)

Senator Shelley Moore Capito
(R)

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

Key[]

Democratic (D)
Republican (R)
Unconditional Unionist (UU)

References[]

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

[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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