List of United States Senators from West Virginia
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
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 |
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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 |
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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 |