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	Dates in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Dates 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	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	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. Unknown if retired or lost re-election.		38th	1	Elected in 1863.	August 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Unconditional Unionist	Waitman T. Willey	1
		Unconditional Unionist				39th	2	Re-elected in 1865. Unknown if retired or lost re-election.	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	Republican
		Republican				40th
2	Arthur I. Boreman	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	Election year unknown. Retired.	2	41st
						42nd	3	Elected in 1871.	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1883	Democratic	Henry G. Davis	2
						43rd
3	Allen T. Caperton	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – July 26, 1876	Election year unknown. Died.	3	44th
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.
Vacant			January 26, 1877 – January 31, 1877	Successor elected January 26, 1877 to finish Caperton's term, but seat remained vacant until successor qualified.
5	Frank Hereford	Democratic	January 31, 1877 – March 3, 1881	Elected January 26, 1877 to finish Caperton's term. Unknown if retired or lost re-election.
						45th	4	Re-elected in 1877. Retired.
						46th
6	Johnson N. Camden	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887	Election year unknown. Unknown if retired or lost re-election.	4	47th
						48th	5	Election year unknown.	March 4, 1883 – January 11, 1893	Democratic	John E. Kenna	3
						49th
7	Charles J. Faulkner	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1899	Elected in 1886.	5	50th
						51st	6	Re-election year unknown. Died.
						52nd		Re-election year unknown. Died.
						52nd			January 11, 1893 – March 3, 1893	Vacant
				Re-elected in 1892. Retired.	6	53rd		Elected to finish Kenna's term. Unknown if retired or lost re-election.	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Democratic	Johnson N. Camden	4
						54th	7	Election year unknown.	March 4, 1895 – January 4, 1911	Republican	Stephen B. Elkins	5
						55th
8	Nathan B. Scott	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911	Elected in 1898.	7	56th
						57th	8	Re-elected in 1900.
						58th
				Re-elected in 1904. Lost renomination.	8	59th
						60th	9	Re-elected in 1906. Died.
						61st		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	File:William Edwin Chilton.jpg William E. Chilton	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	Elected in 1910. Lost re-election.	9	62nd		Elected to finish Stephen Elkins's term. Lost re-election.	February 1, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Democratic	Clarence W. Watson	7
						63rd	10		March 4, 1913 – April 1, 1913	Vacant
						63rd		Chose to take office late. Retired.	April 1, 1913 – March 3, 1919	Republican	Nathan Goff	8
						64th
10	Howard Sutherland	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923	Elected in 1916. Lost re-election.	10	65th
						66th	11	Elected in 1918. Retired.	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925	Republican	Davis Elkins	9
						67th
11	Matthew M. Neely	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	Elected in 1922. Lost re-election.	11	68th
						69th	12	Elected in 1924. Retired.	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	Republican	Guy D. Goff	10
						70th
12	Henry D. Hatfield	Republican	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935	Elected in 1928. Lost re-election.	12	71st
						72nd	13	Elected in 1930.	March 4, 1931 – January 12, 1941	Democratic	Matthew M. Neely	11
						73rd
Vacant			January 3, 1935 – June, 19, 1935	Senator-elect was not yet qualified to serve.	13	74th
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
						75th	14	Re-elected in 1936. Resigned.
						76th
14	Harley M. Kilgore	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – February 28, 1956	Elected in 1940.	14	77th
								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	15	Elected in 1942. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	Republican	W. Chapman Revercomb	14
						79th
				Re-elected in 1946.	15	80th
						81st	16	Elected in 1948.	January 3, 1949 – January 8, 1958	Democratic	Matthew M. Neely	15
						82nd
				Re-elected in 1952. Died.	16	83rd
				Re-elected in 1952. Died.		84th	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.
						85th
									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.	17	86th		Elected to finish Neely's term
						87th	18	Elected to full term in 1960.
						88th
				Re-elected in 1964.	18	89th
						90th	19	Re-elected in 1966.
						91st
				Re-elected in 1970.	19	92nd
						93rd	20	Re-elected in 1972.
						94th
				Re-elected in 1976.	20	95th
						96th	21	Re-elected in 1978. Retired.
						97th
				Re-elected in 1982.	21	98th
						99th	22		January 3, 1985 – January 15, 1985	Vacant
						99th	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
				Re-elected in 1988.	22	101st
						102nd	23	Re-elected in 1990.
						103rd
				Re-elected in 1994.	23	104th
						105th	24	Re-elected in 1996.
						106th
				Re-elected in 2000.	24	107th
						108th	25	Re-elected in 2002.
						109th
				Re-elected in 2006. Died.	25	110th
				Re-elected in 2006. Died.		111th	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.
				Elected to finish Byrd's term.		112th
				Re-elected in 2012.	26	113th
						114th	27	Elected in 2014.	January 3, 2015 – Present	Republican	Shelley M. Capito	19
						115th
To be determined in the 2018 election.					27	116th
To be determined in the 2018 election.					27	117th	28	To be determined in the 2020 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1						C	Class 2

Living former U.S. Senators from West Virginia

As of April 2015^[update], there are two liviing former Senators, one from Class 1 and one from Class 2. The most recent senator to die was Robert Byrd of Class 1 (1959-2010), who died in office on June 28, 2010. The most recent Class 2 senator to die was Jennings Randolph (1958-1985) on May 8, 1998.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Jay Rockefeller	1985–2015	2	(1937-06-18) June 18, 1937 (age 86)
Carte Goodwin	2010	1	(1974-02-27) February 27, 1974 (age 50)

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