List of United States Senators from West Virginia

This is a list of United States Senators from West Virginia. Its senators belong to Classes 1 and 2. West Virginia is currently represented in the U.S. Senate by Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Shelley Moore Capito.

List of Senators

#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m	C o n g r e s s	T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.						C o n g r e s s	Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.
Vacant			June 19, 1863 – August 4, 1863	West Virginia was admitted June 19, 1863 and elected its first senators August 4, 1863.	1	38th Congress	1	West Virginia was admitted June 19, 1863 and elected its first senators August 4, 1863.	June 19, 1863 – August 4, 1863	Vacant
1	Peter G. Van Winkle	Unconditional Unionist	August 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	Elected in 1863. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		38th Congress	1	Elected in 1863.	August 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Unconditional Unionist	Waitman T. Willey	1
		39th Congress				2	Re-elected in 1865. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	Republican
		Republican							40th Congress
2	Arthur I. Boreman	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	Elected in 1868 or 1869. Retired.	2				41st Congress
		42nd Congress				3	Elected in 1870 or 1871	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1883	Democratic	Henry G. Davis	2
		43rd Congress
3	Allen T. Caperton	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – July 26, 1876	Elected in 1874. Died.	3				44th Congress
Vacant			July 26, 1876 – August 26, 1876
4	Samuel Price	Democratic	August 26, 1876 – January 26, 1877	Appointed to continue Caperton's term. Lost election to finish Caperton's term.
5	Frank Hereford	Democratic	January 31, 1877 – March 3, 1881	Elected to finish Caperton's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		45th Congress				4	Re-elected in 1877. Retired.
		46th Congress
6	Johnson N. Camden	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887	Elected in 1880.	4				47th Congress
		48th Congress				5	Elected in 1882 or 1883.	March 4, 1883 – January 11, 1893	Democratic	John E. Kenna	3
		49th Congress
7	Charles J. Faulkner	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1899	Elected in 1886.	5				50th Congress
		51st Congress				6	Re-elected in 1888 or 1889. Died.
		52nd Congress					Re-elected in 1888 or 1889. Died.
		52nd Congress						January 11, 1893 – March 3, 1893	Vacant
		Re-elected in 1892. Retired.		6	53rd Congress		Elected to finish Kenna's term	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Democratic	Johnson N. Camden	4
					54th Congress	7	Elected in 1894 or 1895	March 4, 1895 – January 4, 1911	Republican	Stephen B. Elkins	5
					55th Congress
8	Nathan B. Scott	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911	Elected in 1898.	7				56th Congress
		57th Congress				8	Re-elected in 1900.
		58th Congress
		Re-elected in 1904. Lost renomination.		8	59th Congress
					60th Congress	9	Re-elected in 1906. Died.
					61st Congress		Re-elected in 1906. Died.
								January 4, 1911 – January 9, 1911	Vacant
							Appointed to continue his father's term. Successor elected.	January 9, 1911 – January 31, 1911	Republican	Davis Elkins	6
							Elected to finish Stephen Elkins's term. Lost re-election.	February 1, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Democratic	Clarence W. Watson	7
9	William E. Chilton	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	Elected in 1910. Lost re-election in 1916.	9		Elected to finish Stephen Elkins's term. Lost re-election.	February 1, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd Congress	Clarence W. Watson	7
		63rd Congress				10		March 4, 1913 – April 1, 1913	Vacant
		63rd Congress					Chose to take office late. Retired.	April 1, 1913 – March 3, 1919	Republican	Nathan Goff	8
		64th Congress
10	Howard Sutherland	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923	Elected in 1916. Lost re-election in 1922.	10				65th Congress
		66th Congress				11	Elected in 1918. Retired.	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925	Republican	Davis Elkins	9
		67th Congress
11	Matthew M. Neely	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	Elected in 1922. Lost re-election in 1928.	11				68th Congress
		69th Congress				12	Elected in 1924. Retired.	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	Republican	Guy D. Goff	10
		70th Congress
12	Henry D. Hatfield	Republican	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935	Elected in 1928. Lost re-election in 1934.	12				71st Congress
		72nd Congress				13	Elected in 1930.	March 4, 1931 – January 12, 1941	Democratic	Matthew M. Neely	11
		73rd Congress
Vacant			January 3, 1935 – June, 19, 1935	Senator-elect was not yet qualified to serve.	13				74th Congress
13	Rush D. Holt, Sr.	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941	Elected in 1934. Could not take seat until reaching age 30 on June, 19, 1935 Lost renomination in 1940.					74th Congress
		75th Congress				14	Re-elected in 1936. Resigned.
		76th Congress
14	Harley M. Kilgore	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – February 28, 1956	Elected in 1940.	14				77th Congress
		Appointed to continue Neely's term. Lost election to finish Neely's term.					January 13, 1941 – November 17, 1942	Democratic		Joseph Rosier	12
		Elected to finish Neely's term. Retired.					November 18, 1942 – January 3, 1943	Republican		Hugh I. Shott	13
		78th Congress				15	Elected in 1942. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	Republican	W. Chapman Revercomb	14
		79th Congress
		Re-elected in 1946.		15	80th Congress
					81st Congress	16	Elected in 1948.	January 3, 1949 – January 8, 1958	Democratic	Matthew M. Neely	15
					82nd Congress
		Re-elected in 1952. Died.		16	83rd Congress
		Re-elected in 1952. Died.			84th Congress	17	Re-elected in 1954. Died.
Vacant			February 28, 1956 – March 13, 1956
15	William R. Laird, III	Democratic	March 13, 1956 – November 6, 1956						Appointed to continue Kilgore's term. Retired when successor elected.
16	W. Chapman Revercomb	Republican	November 7, 1956 – January 3, 1959						Elected to finish Kilgore's term. Lost re-election in 1958.
		85th Congress
							January 8, 1958 – January 25, 1958	Vacant
					Appointed to continue Neely's term. Lost election to finish Neely's term.		January 25, 1958 – November 4, 1958	Republican		John D. Hoblitzell, Jr.	16
					Elected to finish Neely's term		November 5, 1958 – January 3, 1985	Democratic		Jennings Randolph	17
17	Robert Byrd	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – June 28, 2010	Elected in 1958.	Elected to finish Neely's term			17				86th Congress
		87th Congress			18	Elected to full term in 1960.
		88th Congress
		Re-elected in 1964.		18				89th Congress
					90th Congress	19		Re-elected in 1966.
					91st Congress
		Re-elected in 1970.		19	92nd Congress
					93rd Congress	20		Re-elected in 1972.
					94th Congress
		Re-elected in 1976.		20	95th Congress
					96th Congress	21		Re-elected in 1978. Retired.
					97th Congress
		Re-elected in 1982.		21	98th Congress
					99th Congress	22		January 3, 1985 – January 15, 1985	Vacant
					99th Congress	22	Elected in 1984, but delayed term to finish term as Governor of West Virginia	January 15, 1985 – January 3, 2015	Democratic	Jay Rockefeller	18
					100th Congress
		Re-elected in 1988.		22	101st Congress
					102nd Congress	23	Re-elected in 1990.
					103rd Congress
		Re-elected in 1994.		23	104th Congress
					105th Congress	24	Re-elected in 1996.
					106th Congress
		Re-elected in 2000.		24	107th Congress
					108th Congress	25	Re-elected in 2002.
					109th Congress
		Re-elected in 2006. Died.		25	110th Congress
		Re-elected in 2006. Died.			111th Congress	26	Re-elected in 2008. Retired.
Vacant			June 28, 2010 – July 16, 2010
18	Carte Goodwin	Democratic	July 16, 2010 – November 15, 2010						Appointed to continue Byrd's term. Retired when successor elected.
19	Joe Manchin	Democratic	November 15, 2010 – Present						Elected to finish Byrd's term.
		112th Congress							Elected to finish Byrd's term.
		Re-elected in 2012.		26	113th Congress
					114th Congress	27	Elected in 2014.	January 3, 2015 – Present	Republican	Shelley M. Capito	19
					115th Congress
To be determined in the 2018 election.					27				116th Congress
To be determined in the 2018 election.					27	117th Congress	28	To be determined in the 2020 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 2

Living former U.S. Senators from West Virginia

As of April 2015, there are two liviing former Senators, one from Class 1 and one from Class 2.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Jay Rockefeller	1985–2015	2	(1937-06-18) June 18, 1937
Carte Goodwin	2010	1	(1974-02-27) February 27, 1974

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List of United States Senators from West Virginia

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