West Virginia's congressional delegations
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These are tables of congressional delegations from West Virginia to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
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From June 1861 to June 1863, during the Civil War and before West Virginia statehood, the United States recognized the Restored (or Reorganized) Government of Virginia sitting in Wheeling as the "legitimate", pro-Union government of Virginia. It controlled a contiguous area roughly the same as present-day West Virginia, along with portions of Northern Virginia and the Tidewater Region. The rest of Virginia was under Confederate military control, with a state government in Richmond and did not send representatives to Congress. The legislature in Wheeling chose two U.S. Senators for Virginia, John S. Carlile and Waitman T. Willey, who were seated by the Senate.[2] Three U.S. Representatives elected in western districts of Virginia also went to Congress in 1861: Jacob B. Blair, William G. Brown, and Kellian V. Whaley.[3][4] In 1861, as one of its first acts, the Restored Government began the process of creating the new state of West Virginia, which was achieved in 1863. The Restored Government of Virginia then moved to Alexandria.
Current delegation
West Virginia's current congressional delegation to the 119th Congress consists of two senators and two representatives, all of whom are Republicans.[5][6] The state of West Virginia was reduced to two congressional seats beginning in 2023, following the 2020 redistricting cycle. The current dean of the West Virginia delegation is Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who has served in the Senate since 2015, and previously served in the House of Representatives from 2001 to 2015.
The Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) is a measure of how strongly partisan a state is.[7] It measures the party leaning (Democratic or Republican) and the number of percentage points more partisan than the national average. For instance, R+4 would mean the state voted four percentage points more Republican than the national average.[8] As of 2025, the CPVI ranked both of West Virginia's districts as solidly Republican.[9] As a state, West Virginia is ranked as solidly Republican, with a score of R+21.[10]
| Current U.S. senators from West Virginia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
West Virginia
|
Class I senator | Class II senator | ||
 Jim Justice (Junior senator) (Lewisburg) |
.jpg) Shelley Moore Capito (Senior senator) (Charleston) | |||
| Party | Republican | Republican | ||
| Incumbent since | January 14, 2025 | January 3, 2015 | ||
| District | CPVI | Representative (Residence) |
Party | Incumbent time in office | District map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | R+22 |  Carol Miller (Huntington) |
Republican | Since January 3, 2019 | .png) |
| 2nd | R+20 | .jpg) Riley Moore (Harpers Ferry) |
Republican | Since January 3, 2025 | .png) |
U.S. House of Representatives
Democratic (D) Republican (R) Union (U)
United States Senate
Democratic (D) Republican (R) Union (U) Independent (I)
| Class I senator | Congress | Class II senator | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter G. Van Winkle (U) | 38th (1863–1865) | Waitman T. Willey (U) | ||
| 39th (1865–1867) | Waitman T. Willey (R) | |||
| Peter G. Van Winkle (R) | 40th (1867–1869) | |||
| Arthur I. Boreman (R) | 41st (1869–1871) | |||
| 42nd (1871–1873) | Henry G. Davis (D) | |||
| 43rd (1873–1875) | ||||
| Allen T. Caperton (D) | 44th (1875–1877) | |||
| Samuel Price (D) | ||||
| Frank Hereford (D) | ||||
| 45th (1877–1879) | ||||
| 46th (1879–1881) | ||||
| Johnson N. Camden (D) | 47th (1881–1883) | |||
| 48th (1883–1885) | John E. Kenna (D) | |||
| 49th (1885–1887) | ||||
| Charles James Faulkner (D) | 50th (1887–1889) | |||
| 51st (1889–1891) | ||||
| 52nd (1891–1893) | ||||
| Johnson N. Camden (D) | ||||
| 53rd (1893–1895) | ||||
| 54th (1895–1897) | Stephen B. Elkins (R) | |||
| 55th (1897–1899) | ||||
| Nathan B. Scott (R) | 56th (1899–1901) | |||
| 57th (1901–1903) | ||||
| 58th (1903–1905) | ||||
| 59th (1905–1907) | ||||
| 60th (1907–1909) | ||||
| 61st (1909–1911) | ||||
| Davis Elkins (R) | ||||
| Clarence W. Watson (D) | ||||
| William E. Chilton (D) | 62nd (1911–1913) | |||
| 63rd (1913–1915) | Nathan Goff Jr. (R) | |||
| 64th (1915–1917) | ||||
| Howard Sutherland (R) | 65th (1917–1919) | |||
| 66th (1919–1921) | Davis Elkins (R) | |||
| 67th (1921–1923) | ||||
| Matthew M. Neely (D) | 68th (1923–1925) | |||
| 69th (1925–1927) | Guy D. Goff (R) | |||
| 70th (1927–1929) | ||||
| Henry D. Hatfield (R) | 71st (1929–1931) | |||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | Matthew M. Neely (D) | |||
| 73rd (1933–1935) | ||||
| Rush Holt Sr. (D) | 74th (1935–1937) | |||
| 75th (1937–1939) | ||||
| 76th (1939–1941) | ||||
| Harley M. Kilgore (D) | 77th (1941–1943) | |||
| Joseph Rosier (D) | ||||
| Hugh Ike Shott (R) | ||||
| 78th (1943–1945) | Chapman Revercomb (R) | |||
| 79th (1945–1947) | ||||
| 80th (1947–1949) | ||||
| 81st (1949–1951) | Matthew M. Neely (D) | |||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
| 83rd (1953–1955) | ||||
| 84th (1955–1957) | ||||
| William Laird III (D) | ||||
| Chapman Revercomb (R) | ||||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||||
| John D. Hoblitzell Jr. (R) | ||||
| Jennings Randolph (D) | ||||
| Robert Byrd (D) | 86th (1959–1961) | |||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||||
| 88th (1963–1965) | ||||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||||
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||||
| 95th (1977–1979) | ||||
| 96th (1979–1981) | ||||
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||||
| 99th (1985–1987) | Jay Rockefeller (D) | |||
| 100th (1987–1989) | ||||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||||
| 105th (1997–1999) | ||||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||||
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||||
| 111th (2009-2011) | ||||
| Carte Goodwin (D) | ||||
| Joe Manchin (D) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | ||||
| 113th (2013–2015) | ||||
| 114th (2015–2017) | Shelley Moore Capito (R) | |||
| 115th (2017–2019) | ||||
| 116th (2019–2021) | ||||
| 117th (2021–2023) | ||||
| 118th (2023–2025) | ||||
| Joe Manchin (I) | ||||
| Jim Justice (R) | 119th (2025–2027) | |||
| Class I senator | Congress | Class II senator | ||
