Journals

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.

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Years	Term	Electoral history
1	75px Peter G. Van Winkle	Republican	August 4, 1863 – March 4, 1869	1	Elected in 1863
2	75px Arthur I. Boreman	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1875	2	Elected in 1869 Retired
3	75px Allen T. Caperton	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – July 26, 1876	3	Elected in 1874 Died
Vacant			July 26, 1876 – August 26, 1876
4	75px Samuel Price	Democratic	August 26, 1876 – January 26, 1877		Appointed to continue Caperton's term Lost special election to finish Caperton's term
5	75px Frank Hereford	Democratic	January 31, 1877 – March 4, 1881		Elected to finish Caperton's term
6	Johnson N. Camden	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1887	4	Elected in 1880
7	75px Charles J. Faulkner	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1899	5	Elected in 1886
				6	Re-elected in 1892 Retired
8	75px Nathan B. Scott	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1911	7	Elected in 1898
				8	Re-elected in 1904 Lost renomination
9	75px William E. Chilton	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1917	9	Elected in 1910 Lost re-election in 1916
10	75px Howard Sutherland	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1923	10	Elected in 1916 Lost re-election in 1922
11	75px Matthew M. Neely	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1929	11	Elected in 1922 Lost re-election in 1928
12	75px Henry D. Hatfield	Republican	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935	12	Elected in 1928 Lost re-election in 1934
13	75px Rush D. Holt, Sr.	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941	13	Elected in 1934 Could not take seat until reaching age 30 on June, 19, 1935 Lost renomination in 1940
14	75px Harley M. Kilgore	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – February 28, 1956	14	Elected in 1940
				15	Re-elected in 1946
				16	Re-elected in 1952 Died
Vacant			February 28, 1956 – March 13, 1956
15	75px William R. Laird, III	Democratic	March 13, 1956 – November 6, 1956		Appointed to continue Kilgore's term Retired when successor elected
16	75px W. Chapman Revercomb	Republican	November 7, 1956 – January 3, 1959		Elected to finish Kilgore's term Lost re-election in 1958
17	75px 75px Robert Byrd 75px	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – June 28, 2010	17	Elected in 1958
				18	Re-elected in 1964
				19	Re-elected in 1970
				20	Re-elected in 1976
				21	Re-elected in 1982
				22	Re-elected in 1988
				23	Re-elected in 1994
				24	Re-elected in 2000
				25	Re-elected in 2006 Died
Vacant			June 28, 2010 – July 16, 2010
18	75px Carte Goodwin	Democratic	July 16, 2010 – November 15, 2010		Appointed to continue Byrd's term Retired when successor elected
19	75px Joe Manchin	Democratic	November 15, 2010 – Present		Elected to finish Byrd's term
				26	Re-elected in 2012

Class 2

#	Senator	Party	Years	Term	Electoral history
1	75px Waitman T. Willey	Unionist	August 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	1	Elected in 1863
		Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	2	Re-elected in 1865
2	75px Henry G. Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1883	3	Elected in 1871 or 1872
				4	Re-elected in 1877 Retired
3	75px John E. Kenna	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – January 11, 1893	5	Elected in 1882 or 1883
				6	Re-elected in 1888/9 Died
Vacant			January 11, 1893 – March 4, 1893
4	Johnson N. Camden	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895		Elected to finish Kenna's term
5	75px Stephen B. Elkins	Republican	March 4, 1895 – January 4, 1911	7	Elected in 1894 or 1895
				8	Re-elected in 1900
				9	Re-elected in 1906 Died
Vacant			January 4, 1911 – January 9, 1911
6	75px Davis Elkins	Republican	January 9, 1911 – January 31, 1911		Appointed to continue his father's term Successor elected
7	75px Clarence W. Watson	Democratic	February 1, 1911 – March 4, 1913		Elected to finish Stephen Elkins's term Lost Election to full term
Vacant			March 4, 1913 – April 1, 1913	8
8	75px Nathan Goff	Republican	April 1, 1913 – March 4, 1919		Chose to take office late Retired
9	75px Davis Elkins	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1925	9	Elected in 1918 Retired
10	75px Guy D. Goff	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1931	10	Elected in 1924 Retired
11	75px Matthew M. Neely	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 12, 1941	11	Elected in 1930
				12	Re-elected in 1936 Resigned
12	75px Joseph Rosier	Democratic	January 13, 1941 – November 17, 1942		Appointed to continue Neely's term Lost special election to finish Neely's term
13	75px Hugh I. Shott	Republican	November 18, 1942 – January 3, 1943		Elected to finish Neely's term Retired
14	75px W. Chapman Revercomb	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	13	Elected in 1942 Lost re-election
15	75px Matthew M. Neely	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 8, 1958	14	Elected in 1948
				15	Re-elected in 1954 Died
Vacant			January 8, 1958 – January 25, 1958
16	75px John D. Hoblitzell, Jr.	Republican	January 25, 1958 – November 4, 1958		Appointed to continue Neely's term Lost special election to finish Neely's term
17	75px Jennings Randolph	Democratic	November 5, 1958 – January 3, 1985		Elected to finish Neely's term
				16	Elected to full term in 1960
				17	Re-elected in 1966
				18	Re-elected in 1972
				19	Re-elected in 1978 Retired
Vacant			January 3, 1985 – January 15, 1985	20
18	75px Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	January 15, 1985 – January 3, 2015		Elected in 1984, but delayed term to finish term as Governor of West Virginia
				21	Re-elected in 1990
				22	Re-elected in 1996
				23	Re-elected in 2002
				24	Re-elected in 2008 Retired
19	75px Shelley M. Capito	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	25	Elected in 2014

Living former U.S. Senators from West Virginia

As of April 2015, there are two former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of West Virginia who are currently living at this time, 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