List of members of the US House of Representatives from West Virginia
This list shows all politicians who since 1863 for West Virginia to the United States House of Representatives have listened. After the secession from Virginia during the Civil War , the state was initially represented by three MPs in Washington . This number increased over the years; In 1913 West Virginia had six members in the House of Commons for the first time. Now, after several recalculations as a result of the census, there are again three MPs. Since 1863 West Virginia is consistently for the congressional elections in electoral districts divided. Only the sixth mandate was awarded from 1913 to 1917 in a state-wide election (“at large”).
1st seat (since 1861)
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Jacob Beeson Blair | December 7, 1863 - March 3, 1865 | unionist |
Chester Dorman Hubbard | March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1869 | republican |
Isaac Harding Duval | March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1871 | republican |
John James Davis | March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1875 | democrat |
Benjamin Wilson | March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1883 | democrat |
Nathan Goff | March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1889 | republican |
John Overton Pendleton | March 4, 1889 - February 26, 1890 | democrat |
George Wesley Atkinson | February 26, 1890 - March 3, 1891 | republican |
John Overton Pendleton | March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895 | democrat |
Blackburn Barrett Dovener | March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1907 | republican |
William Pallister Hubbard | March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1911 | republican |
John William Davis | March 4, 1911 - August 29, 1913 | democrat |
Matthew Mansfield Neely | October 14, 1913 - March 3, 1921 | democrat |
Benjamin Louis Rosenbloom | March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1925 | republican |
Carl G. Bachmann | March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1933 | republican |
Robert Lincoln Ramsay | March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1939 | democrat |
Andrew Charles Schiffler | January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1941 | republican |
Robert Lincoln Ramsay | January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1943 | democrat |
Andrew Charles Schiffler | January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1945 | republican |
Matthew Mansfield Neely | January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1947 | democrat |
Francis Johnson Love | January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1949 | republican |
Robert Lincoln Ramsay | January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1953 | democrat |
Robert Homer Mollohan | Jan. 3, 1953 - January 3, 1957 | democrat |
Arch Alfred Moore | Jan. 3, 1957 - January 3, 1969 | republican |
Robert Homer Mollohan | Jan. 3, 1969 - January 3, 1983 | democrat |
Alan Bowlby Mollohan | January 3, 1983 - January 3, 2011 | democrat |
David Bennett McKinley | January 3, 2011 - | republican |
2nd seat (since 1863)
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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William Gay Brown Sr. | December 7, 1863 - March 3, 1865 | unionist |
George Robert Latham | March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1867 | unionist |
Bethuel Middleton Kitchen | December 7, 1867 - March 3, 1869 | republican |
James Clark McGrew | March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1873 | republican |
John Marshall Hagans | March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 | republican |
Charles James Faulkner | March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877 | democrat |
Benjamin Franklin Martin | March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881 | democrat |
John Blair Hoge | March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883 | democrat |
William Lyne Wilson | March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1895 | democrat |
Alston Gordon Dayton | March 4, 1895 - March 16, 1905 | republican |
Thomas Beall Davis | March 16, 1905 - March 3, 1907 | democrat |
George Cookman Sturgiss | March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1911 | republican |
William Gay Brown Jr. | March 4, 1911 - March 9, 1916 | democrat |
George Meade Bowers | May 9, 1916 - March 3, 1923 | republican |
Robert E. Lee Allen | March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1925 | democrat |
Frank Llewellyn Bowman | March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1933 | republican |
Jennings Randolph | March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1947 | democrat |
Melvin Claude Snyder | January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1949 | republican |
Harley Orrin Staggers | January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1981 | democrat |
Cleveland Keith Benedict | Jan. 3, 1981 - January 3, 1983 | republican |
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. | January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1993 | democrat |
Robert Ellsworth Wise | January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2001 | democrat |
Shelley Moore Capito | January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2015 | republican |
Alex X. Mooney | January 3, 2015 - | republican |
3rd seat (since 1863)
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley | December 7, 1863 - March 3, 1867 | unionist |
Daniel Haymond Polsley | March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1869 | republican |
John Seashoal Witcher | March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1871 | republican |
Frank Hereford | March 4, 1871 - January 31, 1877 | democrat |
John Edward Kenna | March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883 | democrat |
Charles Philip Snyder | May 15, 1883 - March 3, 1889 | democrat |
John Duffy Alderson | March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1895 | democrat |
James Hall Huling | March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1897 | republican |
Charles Phillips Dorr | March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1899 | republican |
David Emmons Johnston | March 16, 1899 - March 3, 1901 | democrat |
Joseph Holt Gaines | March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1911 | republican |
Adam Brown Littlepage | March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1913 | democrat |
Samuel Brashear Avis | March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915 | republican |
Adam Brown Littlepage | March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1917 | democrat |
Stuart Felix Reed | March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1925 | republican |
John Marshall Wolverton | March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1927 | republican |
William Smith O'Brien | March 4, 1927 - March 3, 1929 | democrat |
John Marshall Wolverton | March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1931 | republican |
Lynn Sedwick Hornor | March 4, 1931 - September 23, 1933 | democrat |
Andrew Edmiston | November 28, 1933 - January 3, 1943 | democrat |
Edward Gay Rohrbough | January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1945 | republican |
Cleveland Monroe Bailey | January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1947 | democrat |
Edward Gay Rohrbough | January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1949 | republican |
Cleveland Monroe Bailey | January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1963 | democrat |
John Mark Slack | January 3, 1963 - March 17, 1980 | democrat |
John Guiher Hutchinson | June 30, 1980 - January 3, 1981 | democrat |
David Michael Staton | Jan. 3, 1981 - January 3, 1983 | republican |
Robert Ellsworth Wise | January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1993 | democrat |
Nick Joe Rahall | January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2015 | democrat |
Evan Hollin Jenkins | January 3, 2015 - January 3, 2019 | republican |
Carol Devine Miller | January 3, 2019 - | republican |
4th seat (1883–1993)
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Eustace Gibson | March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1887 | democrat |
Charles Edgar Hogg | March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889 | democrat |
James Monroe Jackson | March 4, 1889 - February 3, 1890 | democrat |
Charles Brooks Smith | February 3, 1890 - March 3, 1891 | republican |
James Capehart | March 3, 1891 - March 3, 1895 | democrat |
Warren Miller | March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1899 | republican |
Romeo Hoyt Freer | March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1901 | republican |
James Anthony Hughes | March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1903 | republican |
Harry Chapman Woodyard | March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1911 | republican |
John M. Hamilton | March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1913 | democrat |
Hunter Holmes Moss | March 4, 1913 - July 15, 1916 | republican |
Harry Chapman Woodyard | November 7, 1916 - March 3, 1923 | republican |
George William Johnson | March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1925 | democrat |
Harry Chapman Woodyard | March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1927 | republican |
James Anthony Hughes | March 4, 1927 - March 2, 1930 | republican |
Robert Lynn Hogg | November 4, 1930 - March 3, 1933 | republican |
George William Johnson | March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1943 | democrat |
Hubert Summers Ellis | January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1949 | republican |
Maurice Gwinn Burnside | January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1953 | democrat |
William Elmer Neal | Jan. 3, 1953 - January 3, 1955 | republican |
Maurice Gwinn Burnside | Jan. 3, 1955 - January 3, 1957 | democrat |
William Elmer Neal | Jan. 3, 1957 - January 3, 1959 | republican |
Kenneth William Hechler | Jan. 3, 1959 - January 3, 1977 | democrat |
Nick Joe Rahall | January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1993 | democrat |
5th seat (1903–1973)
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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James Anthony Hughes | March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1915 | republican |
Edward Cooper | March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1919 | republican |
Wells Goodykoontz | March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1923 | republican |
Thomas Jefferson Lilly | March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1925 | democrat |
James French Strother | March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1929 | republican |
Hugh Ike Shott | March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1933 | republican |
John Kee | March 4, 1933 - May 8, 1951 | democrat |
Maude Elizabeth Kee | July 17, 1951 - January 3, 1965 | democrat |
James Kee | January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1973 | democrat |
6th seat (1913–1963)
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Howard Sutherland | March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1917 | republican |
Adam Brown Littlepage | March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1919 | democrat |
Leonard Sidney Echols | March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1923 | republican |
James Alfred Taylor | March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1927 | democrat |
Edward Theodore England | March 4, 1927 - March 3, 1929 | republican |
Joseph Luther Smith | March 4, 1929 - January 3, 1945 | democrat |
Erland Harold Hedrick | January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1953 | democrat |
Robert Carlyle Byrd | Jan. 3, 1953 - January 3, 1959 | democrat |
John Mark Slack | Jan. 3, 1959 - January 3, 1963 | democrat |
See also
Web links
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