In this post we will looking at West Virginia and its territories, Its past and present governors and current House of representative’s members.
INTRODUCTION.
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,793,716 residents. The capital and largest city is Charleston. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the war. It was the only state to form by separating from a Confederate state, the second to separate from a state after Maine separated from Massachusetts, and one of two states (along with Nevada) admitted to the Union during the Civil War. Some of its residents held slaves, but most were yeoman farmers, and the delegates provided for the gradual abolition of slavery in the new state constitution. The state legislature abolished slavery in the state, and at the same time ratified the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery nationally on February 3, 1865. West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle extends adjacent to Pennsylvania and Ohio to form a tristate area, with Wheeling and Weirton just across the border from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Huntington in the southwest is close to Ohio and Kentucky, while Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry in the Eastern Panhandle region are considered part of the Washington metropolitan area, between Maryland and Virginia. West Virginia is often included in several U.S. geographical regions, including the Mid-Atlantic, the Upland South, and the Southeastern United States. It is the only state entirely within the area served by the Appalachian Regional Commission; the area is commonly defined as “Appalachia”. The state is noted for its mountains and rolling hills, its historically significant coal mining and logging industries, and its political and labor history. It is also known for a wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities, including skiing, whitewater rafting, fishing, hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, rock climbing, and hunting. From the Great Depression to the 1990s, the state voted heavily for the Democratic Party due to its tradition of union-based politics. Since then, the state has become heavily Republican, and is considered a “deep red” state at the federal level. Other nominated names for the state included Vandalia, Kanawha, Appalachia, and Western Virginia. The capital was originally Wheeling, before switching to Charleston, moving back to Wheeling, and finally back to Charleston. The first governor was Arthur Boreman.
WEST VIRGINIA TERRITORIES.
West Virginia covers an area of 24,229.76 square miles (62,754.8 km2), with 24,077.73 square miles (62,361.0 km2) of land and 152.03 square miles (393.8 km2) of water, making it the 41st-largest state in the United States. West Virginia borders Pennsylvania and Maryland in the northeast, Virginia in the southeast, Ohio in the northwest, and Kentucky in the southwest. Its longest border is with Virginia at 381 miles (613 km), followed by Ohio at 243 miles (391 km), Maryland at 174 miles (280 km), Pennsylvania at 118 miles (190 km), and Kentucky at 79 miles (127 km). West Virginia is located entirely within the Appalachian Region, and the state is almost entirely mountainous, giving the reason for the nickname The Mountain State and the motto Montani Semper Liberi (“Mountaineers are always free”). The elevations and ruggedness drop near large rivers like the Ohio River or Shenandoah River. About 75% of the state is within the Cumberland Plateau and Allegheny Plateau regions. Though the relief is not high, the plateau region is extremely rugged in most areas. The average elevation of West Virginia is approximately 1,500 feet (460 m) above sea level, which is the highest of any U.S. state east of the Mississippi River. On the eastern state line with Virginia, high peaks in the Monongahela National Forest region give rise to an island of colder climate and ecosystems similar to those of northern New England and eastern Canada. The highest point in the state is atop Spruce Knob, at 4,863 feet (1,482 m) and is covered in a boreal forest of dense spruce trees at altitudes above 4,000 feet (1,200 m). Spruce Knob lies within the Monongahela National Forest and is a part of the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area. A total of six wilderness areas can also be found within the forest. Outside the forest to the south, the New River Gorge is a canyon 1,000 feet (300 m) deep, carved by the New River. The National Park Service manages a portion of the gorge and river that has been designated as the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
LIST OF GOVERNORS OF WEST VIRGINIA.
Since West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, during the American Civil War, 34 men have served as governor. Two, Arch A. Moore Jr. (West Virginia’s 28th and 30th governors) and Cecil H. Underwood (West Virginia’s 25th and 32nd governors), served two nonconsecutive terms in office. The longest-serving governor was Moore, who served for three terms over twelve years. The state’s first governor after admission into the Union, Arthur I. Boreman, served the most consecutive terms, resigning a week before the end of his third term. Before the state’s admission, Francis H. Pierpont, the, “Father of West Virginia,” was elected governor during the Wheeling Convention of 1861. Daniel D.T. Farnsworth was senate president at the time; he filled the last seven days of Boreman’s term and remains the shortest-serving governor. Underwood has the unusual distinction of being both the youngest person to be elected as governor (age 34 upon his first term in 1957) and the oldest to both be elected and serve (age 74 upon his second term in 1997; age 78 at the end of his second term in 2001). The current governor is Republican Jim Justice, who assumed office on January 16, 2017. West Virginia’s 36th governor, Justice was elected as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party on August 4 of that year.
List of governors
| # | Governor | Term start | Term end | Party | Terms [note 1] |
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| 1 | Arthur I. Boreman July 24, 1823 – April 19, 1896 (aged 72) |
June 20, 1863 | February 26, 1869 | Republican | 2+1⁄2 [note 2] |
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| 2 | Daniel D. T. Farnsworth December 23, 1819 – December 5, 1892 (aged 72) |
February 26, 1869 | March 4, 1869 | Republican | 1⁄2 [note 3] |
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| 3 | William E. Stevenson March 18, 1820 – November 29, 1883 (aged 63) |
March 4, 1869 | March 4, 1871 | Republican | 2 | ||
| 4 | John J. Jacob December 9, 1829 – November 24, 1893 (aged 63) |
March 4, 1871 | March 4, 1877 | Democratic | 2 [note 4] [note 5] |
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| 5 | Henry M. Mathews March 29, 1834 – April 28, 1884 (aged 50) |
March 4, 1877 | March 4, 1881 | Democratic | 1 | ||
| 6 | Jacob B. Jackson April 6, 1829 – December 11, 1893 (aged 64) |
March 4, 1881 | March 4, 1885 | Democratic | 1 | ||
| 7 | Emanuel Willis Wilson August 11, 1844 – May 28, 1905 (aged 60) |
March 4, 1885 | February 6, 1890 | Democratic | 1 [note 6] |
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| 8 | Aretas B. Fleming October 15, 1839 – October 13, 1923 (aged 83)[19] |
February 6, 1890 | March 4, 1893 | Democratic | 1 | ||
| 9 | William A. MacCorkle May 7, 1857 – September 24, 1930 (aged 73) |
March 4, 1893 | March 4, 1897 | Democratic | 1 | ||
| 10 | George W. Atkinson June 29, 1845 – April 4, 1925 (aged 79) |
March 4, 1897 | March 4, 1901 | Republican | 1 | ||
| 11 | Albert B. White September 22, 1856 – July 3, 1941 (aged 85) |
March 4, 1901 | March 4, 1905 | Republican | 1 | ||
| 12 | William M. O. Dawson May 21, 1853 – March 12, 1916 (aged 62) |
March 4, 1905 | March 4, 1909 | Republican | 1 | ||
| 13 | William E. Glasscock December 13, 1862 – April 12, 1925 (aged 62) |
March 4, 1909 | March 14, 1913 | Republican | 1 | ||
| 14 | Henry D. Hatfield September 15, 1875 – October 23, 1962 (aged 87) |
March 14, 1913 | March 5, 1917 | Republican | 1 | ||
| 15 | John J. Cornwell July 11, 1867 – September 8, 1953 (aged 86) |
March 5, 1917 | March 4, 1921 | Democratic | 1 | ||
| 16 | Ephraim F. Morgan January 16, 1869 – January 15, 1950 (aged 80) |
March 4, 1921 | March 4, 1925 | Republican | 1 | ||
| 17 | Howard Mason Gore October 12, 1877 – June 20, 1947 (aged 69) |
March 4, 1925 | March 4, 1929 | Republican | 1 | ||
| 18 | William G. Conley January 8, 1866 – October 21, 1940 (aged 74) |
March 4, 1929 | March 4, 1933 | Republican | 1 | ||
| 19 | Herman G. Kump October 31, 1877 – February 14, 1962 (aged 84) |
March 4, 1933 | January 18, 1937 | Democratic | 1 | ||
| 20 | Homer A. Holt March 1, 1898 – January 16, 1975 (aged 76) |
January 18, 1937 | January 13, 1941 | Democratic | 1 | ||
| 21 | Matthew M. Neely November 9, 1874 – January 18, 1958 (aged 83) |
January 13, 1941 | January 15, 1945 | Democratic | 1 | ||
| 22 | Clarence W. Meadows February 11, 1904 – September 12, 1961 (aged 57) |
January 15, 1945 | January 17, 1949 | Democratic | 1 | ||
| 23 | Okey Patteson September 14, 1898 – July 3, 1989 (aged 90) |
January 17, 1949 | January 19, 1953 | Democratic | 1 | ||
| 24 | William C. Marland March 26, 1918 – November 26, 1965 (aged 47) |
January 19, 1953 | January 14, 1957 | Democratic | 1 | ||
| 25 | Cecil H. Underwood November 5, 1922 – November 24, 2008 (aged 86) |
January 14, 1957 | January 16, 1961 | Republican | 1 | ||
| 26 | William Wallace Barron December 8, 1911 – November 12, 2002 (aged 90) |
January 16, 1961 | January 18, 1965 | Democratic | 1 | ||
| 27 | Hulett C. Smith October 21, 1918 – January 15, 2012 (aged 93) |
January 18, 1965 | January 13, 1969 | Democratic | 1 | ||
| 28 | Arch A. Moore Jr. April 16, 1923 – January 7, 2015 (aged 91) |
January 13, 1969 | January 17, 1977 | Republican | 2 | ||
| 29 | Jay Rockefeller June 18, 1937 (age 85) |
January 17, 1977 | January 14, 1985 | Democratic | 2 | ||
| 30 | Arch A. Moore Jr. April 16, 1923 – January 7, 2015 (aged 91) |
January 14, 1985 | January 16, 1989 | Republican | 1 | ||
| 31 | Gaston Caperton February 21, 1940 (age 82) |
January 16, 1989 | January 13, 1997 | Democratic | 2 | ||
| 32 | Cecil H. Underwood November 5, 1922 – November 24, 2008 (aged 86) |
January 13, 1997 | January 15, 2001 | Republican | 1 | ||
| 33 | Bob Wise January 6, 1948 (age 74) |
January 15, 2001 | January 17, 2005 | Democratic | 1 | ||
| 34 | Joe Manchin August 24, 1947 (age 74) |
January 17, 2005 | November 15, 2010 | Democratic | 1+1⁄2 [note 7] |
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| 35 | Earl Ray Tomblin March 15, 1952 (age 70) |
November 15, 2010 | November 13, 2011[20] | Democratic | 1+1⁄2 [note 8] |
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| November 13, 2011 | January 16, 2017 | ||||||
| 36 | Jim Justice April 27, 1951 (age 71) |
January 16, 2017 | Incumbent | Democratic | 2 [note 9] |
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| Republican[note 10] |
MEMBERS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE U.S. HOUSE FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of West Virginia. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from West Virginia.
List of representatives
| Member | Party | Years | District | Home town | Home county | Notes | Ref. |
| John D. Alderson | Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 | 3rd | Summersville | Nicholas | Elected in 1888. Lost re-election to Huling. |
[2][3] |
| Robert E. Lee Allen | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 9, 1925 | 2nd | Morgantown | Monongalia | Elected in 1922. Lost re-election to Bowman. |
[4][5] |
| George W. Atkinson | Republican | February 26, 1890 – March 3, 1891 | 1st | Wheeling | Ohio | Won contested election. Retired. |
[6][7] |
| Samuel B. Avis | Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | 3rd | Charleston | Kanawha | Elected in 1912. Lost re-election to Littlepage. |
[8][9] |
| Carl G. Bachmann | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 | 1st | Wheeling | Ohio | Elected in 1924. Lost re-election to Ramsay. |
[10][11] |
| Cleveland M. Bailey | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | 3rd | Clarksburg | Harrison | Elected in 1944. Lost re-election to Rohrbough. |
[12][13] |
| January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963 | Elected in 1948. Redistricted to the 1st district and lost re-election to Moore. |
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| Cleve Benedict | Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | 2nd | Lewisburg | Greenbrier | Elected in 1980. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
[14][15] |
| Jacob B. Blair | Unconditional Unionist | December 17, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | 1st | Parkersburg | Wood | Elected in 1863. Retired. |
[16][17] |
| George M. Bowers | Republican | May 9, 1916 – March 3, 1923 | 2nd | Gerrardstown | Berkeley | Elected to finish Brown’s term. Lost re-election to Allen. |
[18][19] |
| Frank L. Bowman | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 | 2nd | Morgantown | Monongalia | Elected in 1924. Lost re-election to Randolph. |
[20][21] |
| William Gay Brown, Sr. | Unconditional Unionist | December 7, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | 2nd | Kingwood | Preston | Elected in 1863. Retired. |
[22][23] |
| William Gay Brown, Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 9, 1916 | 2nd | Kingwood | Preston | Elected in 1910. Died. |
[24][25] |
| M. G. Burnside | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | 4th | Huntington | Cabell | Elected in 1948. Lost re-election to Neal. |
[26][27] |
| January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | Elected in 1954. Lost re-election to Neal. |
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| Robert Byrd | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 | 6th | Stotesbury | Raleigh | Elected in 1952. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
[28][29] |
| James Capehart | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | 4th | Point Pleasant | Wood | Elected in 1890. Retired. |
[30][31] |
| Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2015 | 2nd | Charleston | Kanawha | Elected in 2000. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
[32][33] |
| Edward Cooper | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 | 5th | Bramwell | Mercer | Elected in 1914. Lost renomination to Goodykoontz. |
[34][35] |
| John James Davis | Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 | 1st | Clarksburg | Harrison | Elected in 1870. Retired. |
[36][37] |
| John W. Davis | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – August 29, 1913 | 1st | Clarksburg | Harrison | Elected in 1910. Resigned to become U.S. Solicitor General |
[38][39] |
| Thomas B. Davis | Democratic | June 6, 1905 – March 3, 1907 | 2nd | Keyser | Mineral | Elected to finish Dayton’s term. Retired. |
[40][41] |
| Alston G. Dayton | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 16, 1905 | 2nd | Philippi | Barbour | Elected in 1894. Resigned after being appointed as a judge of US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. |
[42][43] |
| Charles P. Dorr | Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 | 3rd | Webster Springs | Webster | Elected in 1896. Retired. |
[44][45] |
| Blackburn B. Dovener | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1907 | 1st | Wheeling | Ohio | Elected in 1894. Lost renomination to W.P Hubbard. |
[46][47] |
| Isaac H. Duval | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | 1st | Wellsburg | Brooke | Elected in 1868. Retired. |
[48][49] |
| Leonard S. Echols | Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 | 6th | Charleston | Kanawha | Elected in 1918. Lost re-election to Taylor. |
[50][51] |
| Andrew Edmiston, Jr. | Democratic | November 28, 1933 – January 3, 1943 | 3rd | Weston | Lewis | Elected to finish Hornor’s term. Lost re-election to Rohrbough. |
[52][53] |
| Hubert S. Ellis | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 | 4th | Huntington | Cabell | Elected in 1942. Lost re-election to Burnside. |
[54][55] |
| Edward T. England | Republican | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929 | 6th | Logan | Logan | Elected in 1926. Lost re-election to J. Smith. |
[56][57] |
| Charles J. Faulkner, Sr. | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | 2nd | Martinsburg | Berkeley | Elected in 1874. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
[58][59] |
| Romeo H. Freer | Republican | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 | 4th | Harrisville | Ritchie | Elected in 1898. Retired to run for Attorney General of West Virginia. |
[60][61] |
| Joseph H. Gaines | Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1911 | 3rd | Fayetteville | Fayette | Elected in 1900. Lost re-election to Littlepage. |
[62][63] |
| Eustace Gibson | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | 4th | Huntington | Cabell | Elected in 1882. Lost renomination to Hogg. |
[64][65] |
| Nathan Goff | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 | 1st | Clarksburg | Harrison | Elected in 1882. Retired. |
[66][67] |
| Wells Goodykoontz | Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 | 5th | Williamson | Mingo | Elected in 1918. Lost re-election to Lilly. |
[68][69] |
| John Hagans | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | 2nd | Morgantown | Monongalia | Elected in 1872. Lost re-election to Faulkner. |
[70][71] |
| John M. Hamilton | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 | 4th | Grantsville | Calhoun | Elected in 1910. Lost re-election to Moss. |
[72][73] |
| E. H. Hedrick | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 | 6th | Beckley | Raleigh | Elected in 1944. Retired to run for governor. |
[74][75] |
| Frank Hereford | Democratic | March 4, 1871 – January 31, 1877 | 3rd | Union | Monroe | Elected in 1870. Retired to run for U.S. Senator and resigned when elected. |
[76][77] |
| Ken Hechler | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977 | 4th | Huntington | Cabell | Elected in 1958. Retired to run for governor. |
[78][79] |
| John B. Hoge | Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | 2nd | Martinsburg | Berkeley | Elected in 1880. Retired. |
[80][81] |
| Charles E. Hogg | Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | 4th | Point Pleasant | Mason | Elected in 1886. Lost renomination to Jackson. |
[82][83] |
| Robert Lynn Hogg | Republican | November 4, 1930 – March 3, 1933 | 4th | Point Pleasant | Mason | Elected to finish Hughes’s term. Lost re-election to Johnson. |
[84][85] |
| Lynn Hornor | Democratic | March 4, 1931 – September 23, 1933 | 3rd | Clarksburg | Harrison | Elected in 1930. Died. |
[86][87] |
| Chester D. Hubbard | Unconditional Unionist | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | 1st | Wheeling | Ohio | Elected in 1864. Lost renomination to Duval. |
[88][89] |
| Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | ||||||
| William P. Hubbard | Republican | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911 | 1st | Wheeling | Ohio | Elected in 1906. Retired. |
[90][91] |
| J. A. Hughes | Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | 4th | Huntington | Cabell | Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 5th district. |
[92][93] |
| March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1915 | 5th | Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1902. Retired. |
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| March 4, 1927 – March 2, 1930 | 4th | Elected in 1926. Died. |
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| James Hall Huling | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | 3rd | Charleston | Kanawha | Elected in 1894. Retired. |
[94][95] |
| John G. Hutchinson | Democratic | June 30, 1980 – January 3, 1981 | 3rd | Charleston | Kanawha | Elected to finish Slack’s term. Lost re-election to Staton. |
[96][97] |
| James M. Jackson | Democratic | March 4, 1889 – February 3, 1890 | 4th | Parkersburg | Wood | Elected in 1888. Lost contested election. |
[98][99] |
| Evan Jenkins | Republican | January 3, 2015 – September 30, 2018 | 3rd | Charles Town | Jefferson | Elected in 2014. Resigned after being appointed justice of West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals |
[100][101] |
| George William Johnson | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | 4th | Charles Town | Jefferson | Elected in 1922. Lost re-election to Woodyard. |
[102][103] |
| March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943 | Elected in 1932. Lost re-election to Ellis. |
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| David Emmons Johnston | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 | 3rd | Princeton | Mercer | Elected in 1898. Lost re-election to Gaines. |
[104][105] |
| Elizabeth Kee | Democratic | July 17, 1951 – January 3, 1965 | 5th | Bluefield | Mercer | Elected to finish her husband’s term. Retired. |
[106][107] |
| James Kee | Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973 | 5th | Fayetteville | Fayette | Elected in 1964. Redistricted to the 4th district and lost renomination to Hechler. |
[108][109] |
| John Kee | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – May 8, 1951 | 5th | Bluefield | Mercer | Elected in 1932. Died. |
[110][111] |
| John E. Kenna | Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 | 3rd | Charleston | Kanawha | Elected in 1876. Re-elected but resigned when elected U.S. senator. |
[112][113] |
| Bethuel M. Kitchen | Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | 2nd | Ganotown | Berkeley | Elected in 1866. Retired. |
[114][115] |
| George Robert Latham | Unconditional Unionist | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | 2nd | Buckhannon | Upshur | Elected in 1864. Retired. |
[116][117] |
| Thomas Jefferson Lilly | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | 5th | Hinton | Summers | Elected in 1922. Lost re-election to Strother. |
[118][119] |
| Adam B. Littlepage | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 | 3rd | Charleston | Kanawha | Elected in 1910. Lost re-election to Avis. |
[120][121] |
| March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 | Elected in 1914. Redistricted to the 6th district. |
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| March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 | 6th | Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election to Echols. |
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| Francis J. Love | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | 1st | Wheeling | Ohio | Elected in 1946. Lost re-election to Ramsay. |
[122][123] |
| Benjamin Franklin Martin | Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 | 2nd | Pruntytown | Taylor | Elected in 1876. Lost renomination to Hoge. |
[124][125] |
| James C. McGrew | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 | 2nd | Kingwood | Preston | Elected in 1868. Retired. |
[126][127] |
| David McKinley | Republican | January 3, 2011 – present | 1st | Wheeling | Ohio | Elected in 2010. Incumbent. |
[128][129] |
| Carol Miller | Republican | January 3, 2019 – present | 3rd | Huntington | Cabell/Wayne | Elected in 2018. Incumbent. |
[130][131] |
| Warren Miller | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 | 4th | Ripley | Jackson | Elected in 1894. Retired. |
[132][133] |
| Alan Mollohan | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2011 | 1st | Fairmont | Marion | Elected in 1982. Lost renomination to Mike Oliverio. |
[134][135] |
| Bob Mollohan | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957 | 1st | Parkersburg | Wood | Elected in 1952. Retired to run for governor. |
[136][137] |
| January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1983 | Elected in 1968. Retired. |
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| Alex Mooney | Republican | January 3, 2015 – present | 2nd | Charles Town | Jefferson | Elected in 2014. Incumbent. |
[138][139] |
| Arch A. Moore, Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1969 | 1st | Glen Dale | Marshall | Elected in 1956. Retired to run for governor. |
[140][141] |
| Hunter H. Moss, Jr. | Republican | March 4, 1913 – July 15, 1916 | 4th | Parkersburg | Wood | Elected in 1912. Died. |
[142][143] |
| Will E. Neal | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | 4th | Huntington | Cabell | Elected in 1952. Lost re-election to Burnside. |
[144][145] |
| January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | Elected in 1956. Lost re-election to Hechler. |
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| Matthew M. Neely | Democratic | October 14, 1913 – March 3, 1921 | 1st | Fairmont | Marion | Elected to finish Davis’s term. Lost re-election to Rosenbloom. |
[146][147] |
| January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | Elected in 1944. Lost re-election to Love. |
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| William S. O’Brien | Democratic | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929 | 3rd | Buckhannon | Upshur | Elected in 1926. Lost re-election to Wolverton. |
[148][149] |
| John O. Pendleton | Democratic | March 4, 1889 – February 26, 1890 | 1st | Wheeling | Ohio | Elected in 1888. Lost contested election to Atkinson. |
[150][151] |
| March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | Elected in 1890. Lost renomination. |
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| Daniel Haymond Polsley | Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | 3rd | Fairmont | Marion | Elected in 1866. Retired. |
[152][153] |
| Nick Rahall | Democratic | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993 | 4th | Beckley | Raleigh | Elected in 1976. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
[154][155] |
| January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2015 | 3rd | Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1992. Lost re-election to Jenkins. |
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| Robert L. Ramsay | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 | 1st | Follansbee | Brooke | Elected in 1932. Lost re-election to Schiffler. |
[156][157] |
| January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | Elected in 1940. Lost re-election to Schiffler. |
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| January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | Elected in 1948. Lost renomination to R. Mollohan. |
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| Jennings Randolph | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1947 | 2nd | Salem | Harrison | Elected in 1932. Lost re-election to M. Snyder. |
[158][159] |
| Stuart F. Reed | Republican | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1925 | 3rd | Clarksburg | Harrison | Elected in 1916. Retired. |
[160][161] |
| Edward G. Rohrbough | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | 3rd | Buckhannon | Upshur | Elected in 1942. Lost re-election to Bailey. |
[162][163] |
| January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | Elected in 1946. Lost re-election to Bailey. |
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| Benjamin L. Rosenbloom | Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925 | 1st | Wheeling | Ohio | Elected in 1920. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
[164][165] |
| A. C. Schiffler | Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | 1st | Wheeling | Ohio | Elected in 1938. Lost re-election to Ramsay. |
[166][167] |
| January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | Elected in 1942. Lost re-election to Neely. |
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| Hugh Ike Shott | Republican | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 | 5th | Bluefield | Mercer | Elected in 1928. Lost re-election to J. Kee. |
[168][169] |
| John M. Slack, Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 | 6th | St. Albans | Kanawha | Elected in 1958. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
[170][171] |
| January 3, 1963 – March 17, 1980 | 3rd | Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1962. Died. |
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| Charles Brooks Smith | Republican | February 3, 1890 – March 3, 1891 | 4th | Parkersburg | Wood | Won contested election. Lost re-election to Capehart. |
[172][173] |
| Joe L. Smith | Democratic | March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1945 | 6th | Beckley | Raleigh | Elected in 1928. Retired. |
[174][175] |
| Charles P. Snyder | Democratic | May 15, 1883 – March 3, 1889 | 3rd | Charleston | Kanawha | Elected to finish Kenna’s term. Retired. |
[176][177] |
| Melvin C. Snyder | Republican | March 4, 1947 – March 3, 1949 | 2nd | Kingwood | Preston | Elected in 1946. Lost re-election to Staggers. |
[178][179] |
| Harley O. Staggers | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1981 | 2nd | Keyser | Mineral | Elected in 1948. Retired. |
[180][181] |
| Harley O. Staggers, Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | 2nd | Keyser | Mineral | Elected in 1982. Redistricted to the 1st district and lost renomination to A. Mollohan. |
[182][183] |
| Mick Staton | Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | 3rd | South Charleston | Kanawha | Elected in 1980. Lost re-election to Wise. |
[184][185] |
| James F. Strother | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929 | 5th | Welch | McDowell | Elected in 1924. Retired. |
[186][187] |
| George Cookman Sturgiss | Republican | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911 | 2nd | Morgantown | Monongalia | Elected in 1906. Lost re-election to Brown Jr. |
[188][189] |
| Howard Sutherland | Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917 | At-large | Elkins | Randolph | Elected in 1912. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
[190][191] |
| J. Alfred Taylor | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927 | 6th | Alderson | Greenbrier | Elected in 1922. Lost re-election to England. |
[192][193] |
| Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley | Unconditional Unionist | December 7, 1863 – March 3, 1867 | 3rd | Point Pleasant | Mason | Elected in 1863. Retired. |
[194][195] |
| Benjamin Wilson | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883 | 1st | Clarksburg | Harrison | Elected in 1874. Retired. |
[196][197] |
| William Lyne Wilson | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895 | 2nd | Charles Town | Jefferson | Elected in 1882. Retired. |
[198][199] |
| Bob Wise | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | 3rd | Charleston | Kanawha | Elected in 1982. Redistricted to the 2nd district. |
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| January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 | 2nd | Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1992. Retired to run for governor. |
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| John S. Witcher | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | 3rd | Huntington | Cabell | Elected in 1868. Lost re-election to Hereford. |
[202][203] |
| John M. Wolverton | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927 | 3rd | Richwood | Nicholas | Elected in 1924. Lost re-election to O’Brien. |
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| March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 | Elected in 1928. Lost re-election to Hornor. |
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| Harry C. Woodyard | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 | 4th | Spencer | Roane | Elected in 1902. Lost re-election to Hamilton. |
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| November 7, 1916 – March 3, 1923 | Elected to finish Moss’s term. Lost re-election to Johnson. |
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| March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927 | Elected in 1924. Retired. |