List of United States Senators from West Virginia

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The List of United States Senators from West Virginia lists all the people who ever for this state of the United States Senate have listened to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections for the class 1 senators took place in 2018; the class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014.

class 1

Joe Manchin
Shelley Moore Capito

West Virginia has been a US state since June 19, 1863 and has had 18 class 1 senators in Congress to date .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Peter Godwin Van Winkle 1863-1869 republican September 7, 1808-15. April 1872
Arthur Ingram Boreman 1869-1875 republican July 24, 1823-19. April 1896
Allen Taylor Caperton 1875-1876 democrat November 21, 1810-26. July 1876
Samuel Price 1876-1877 democrat July 28, 1805-25. February 1884
Frank Hereford 1877-1881 democrat July 4, 1825-21. December 1891
Johnson Newlon Camden 1881-1887 democrat March 6, 1828-25. April 1908
Charles James Faulkner 1887-1899 democrat September 21, 1847-13. January 1929
Nathan Bay Scott 1899-1911 republican December 18, 1842–2. January 1924
William Edwin Chilton 1911-1917 democrat March 17, 1858–7. November 1939
Howard Sutherland 1917-1923 republican September 8, 1865-12. March 1950
Matthew Mansfield Neely 1923-1929 democrat November 9, 1874-18. January 1958
Henry Drury Hatfield 1929-1935 republican September 15, 1875-23. October 1962
Rush Dew Holt Sr. 1935-1941 democrat June 9, 1905-8. February 1955
Harley Martin Kilgore 1941-1956 democrat January 11, 1893-28. February 1956
William Ramsey Laird III 1956 democrat June 2, 1916-7. January 1974
William Chapman Revercomb 1956-1959 republican July 20, 1895–6. October 1979
Robert Carlyle Byrd 1959-2010 democrat November 20, 1917-28. June 2010
Carte Patrick Goodwin 2010 democrat * February 27, 1974
Joseph Anthony Manchin since 2010 democrat * August 24, 1947

2nd grade

West Virginia had 18 class 2 senators to date ; two of them, Davis Elkins and Matthew Neely, served two terms that were not consecutive.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Waitman Thomas Willey 1863-1871 republican October 18, 1811–2. May 1900
Henry Gassaway Davis 1871-1883 democrat November 16, 1823-11. March 1916
John Edward Kenna 1883-1893 democrat April 10, 1848-11. January 1893
Johnson Newlon Camden 1893-1895 democrat March 6, 1828-25. April 1908
Stephen Benton Elkins 1895-1911 republican September 26, 1841–4. January 1911
Davis Elkins 1911 republican January 24, 1876–5. January 1959
Clarence Wayland Watson 1911-1913 democrat May 8, 1864-24. May 1940
Nathan Goff 1913-1919 republican February 9, 1843-24. April 1920
Davis Elkins 1919-1925 republican January 24, 1876–5. January 1959
Guy Despard Goff 1925-1931 republican September 13, 1866-7. January 1933
Matthew Mansfield Neely 1931-1941 democrat November 9, 1874-18. January 1958
Joseph Rosier 1941-1942 democrat January 24, 1870–7. October 1951
Hugh Ike Shott 1942-1943 republican September 3, 1866-12. October 1953
William Chapman Revercomb 1943-1949 republican July 20, 1895–6. October 1979
Matthew Mansfield Neely 1949-1958 democrat November 9, 1874-18. January 1958
John Dempsey Hoblitzell 1958 republican December 30, 1912-6. January 1962
Jennings Randolph 1958-1985 democrat March 8, 1902-8. May 1998
John Davison Rockefeller IV 1985-2015 democrat * June 18, 1937
Shelley Moore Capito since 2015 republican * November 26, 1953

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