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

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.
#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
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. [data missing]				Elected in 1863.	August 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Unconditional Unionist	Waitman T. Willey	1
						39th	2	Re-elected in 1865. [data missing]	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	Republican
		Republican				40th
2	Arthur I. Boreman	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	Elected in 1868 or 1869. Retired.	2	41st
						42nd	3	Elected in 1870 or 1871	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1883	Democratic	Henry G. Davis	2
						43rd
3	Allen T. Caperton	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – July 26, 1876	Elected in 1874. 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.
5	Frank Hereford	Democratic	January 31, 1877 – March 3, 1881	Elected to finish Caperton's term. [data missing]
						45th	4	Re-elected in 1877. Retired.
						46th
6	Johnson N. Camden	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887	Elected in 1880.	4	47th
						48th	5	Elected in 1882 or 1883.	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-elected in 1888 or 1889. Died.
						52nd
									January 11, 1893 – March 3, 1893	Vacant
				Re-elected in 1892. Retired.	6	53rd		Elected to finish Kenna's term	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Democratic	Johnson N. Camden	4
						54th	7	Elected in 1894 or 1895	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
									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 in 1916.	9	62nd
						63rd	10		March 4, 1913 – April 1, 1913	Vacant
								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 in 1922.	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 in 1928.	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 in 1934.	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.
						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
						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 in 1958.
						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
						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
								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
						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.
						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
						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							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

See also

• List of United States Representatives from West Virginia
• United States congressional delegations from West Virginia