List of members of the US House of Representatives from West Virginia

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David McKinley, current representative of West Virginia's First Congressional District
Alex Mooney, current representative of West Virginia’s Second Congressional Constituency

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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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