List of United States Representatives from West Virginia
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West Virginia was admitted as the 35th state to the United States of America on June 20, 1863. As of 2011, a total of 100 individuals have represented West Virginia in the U.S. House.
The current members of the U.S. House from West Virginia are:
Historical representatives
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. House from West Virginia.
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Representatives to the U.S. House in West Virginia in the 1800s
Representatives to the U.S. House in West Virginia in the 1900s
| Historical Representation to the US House by Party in the 1800s from West Virginia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 16 | |||
| Republican | 15 | |||
| Unconditional Unionist | 4 | |||
| Total Representatives | 35 | |||
| Representative | Years Served | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob B. Blair | 1863-1865 | Unconditional Unionist |
| William Gay Brown, Sr. | 1863-1865 | Unconditional Unionist |
| Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley | 1863-1867 | Unconditional Unionist |
| George Robert Latham | 1865-1867 | Unconditional Unionist |
| Chester D. Hubbard | 1865-1869 | Republican |
| Bethuel M. Kitchen | 1867-1869 | Republican |
| Daniel Haymond Polsley | 1867-1869 | Republican |
| Isaac H. Duval | 1869-1871 | Republican |
| John S. Witcher | 1869-1871 | Republican |
| James C. McGrew | 1869-1873 | Republican |
| John James Davis | 1871-1875 | Democratic |
| Charles J. Faulkner, Sr. | 1875-1877 | Democratic |
| Benjamin Wilson | 1875-1883 | Democratic |
| Frank Hereford | 1877-1881 | Democratic |
| Benjamin Franklin Martin | 1877-1881 | Democratic |
| John E. Kenna | 1877-1883 | Democratic |
| John B. Hoge | 1881-1883 | Democratic |
| Eustace Gibson | 1883-1887 | Democratic |
| Charles P. Snyder | 1883-1889 | Democratic |
| Nathan Goff | 1883-1889 | Republican |
| William Lyne Wilson | 1883-1895 | Democratic |
| Charles E. Hogg | 1887-1889 | Democratic |
| James M. Jackson | 1889-1890 | Democratic |
| John O. Pendleton | 1889-1895 | Democratic |
| John D. Alderson | 1889-1895 | Democratic |
| George W. Atkinson | 1890-1891 | Republican |
| Charles Brooks Smith | 1890-1891 | Republican |
| James Capehart | 1891-1895 | Democratic |
| James Hall Huling | 1895-1897 | Republican |
| Warren Miller | 1895-1899 | Republican |
| Alston G. Dayton | 1895-1905 | Republican |
| Blackburn B. Dovener | 1895-1907 | Republican |
| Charles P. Dorr | 1897-1899 | Republican |
| David Emmons Johnston | 1899-1901 | Democratic |
| Romeo H. Freer | 1899-1901 | Republican |
| Historical Representation to the US House by Party in the 1900s from West Virginia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 30 | |||
| Republican | 30 | |||
| None | 1 | |||
| Total Representatives | 61 | |||
| Representative | Years Served | Party |
|---|---|---|
| J. A. Hughes | 1901-1903, 1903-1915, 1927-1930 | Republican |
| Joseph H. Gaines | 1901-1911 | Republican |
| Harry C. Woodyard | 1903-1911 | Republican |
| Thomas B. Davis | 1905-1907 | Democratic |
| George Cookman Sturgiss | 1907-1911 | Republican |
| William P. Hubbard | 1907-1911 | |
| John W. Davis | 1911-1913 | Democratic |
| John M. Hamilton | 1911-1913 | Democratic |
| Adam B. Littlepage | 1911-1917 | Democratic |
| William Gay Brown, Jr. | 1911-1916 | Democratic |
| Samuel B. Avis | 1913-1915 | Republican |
| Hunter H. Moss, Jr. | 1913-1916 | Republican |
| Howard Sutherland | 1913-1917 | Republican |
| Matthew M. Neely | 1913-1921, 1945-1947 | Democratic |
| Edward Cooper | 1915-1919 | Republican |
| George M. Bowers | 1916-1923 | Republican |
| Stuart F. Reed | 1917-1925 | Republican |
| Wells Goodykoontz | 1919-1923 | Republican |
| Benjamin L. Rosenbloom | 1921-1925 | Republican |
| Robert E. Lee Allen | 1923-1925 | Democratic |
| Thomas Jefferson Lilly | 1923-1925 | Democratic |
| George William Johnson | 1923-1925, 1933-1943 | Democratic |
| J. Alfred Taylor | 1923-1927 | Democratic |
| Leonard S. Echols | 1923-1927 | Republican |
| John M. Wolverton | 1925-1927, 1929-1931 | Republican |
| James F. Strother | 1925-1929 | Republican |
| Frank L. Bowman | 1925-1933 | Republican |
| Carl G. Bachmann | 1925-1933 | Republican |
| Edward T. England | 1927-1929 | Republican |
| William S. O'Brien | 1927-1929 | Democratic |
| Hugh Ike Shott | 1929-1933 | Republican |
| Joe L. Smith | 1929-1945 | Democratic |
| Robert Lynn Hogg | 1930-1933 | Republican |
| Lynn Hornor | 1931-1933 | Democratic |
| Robert L. Ramsay | 1933-1939, 1941-1943, 1949-1953 | Democratic |
| Andrew Edmiston, Jr. | 1933-1943 | Democratic |
| Jennings Randolph | 1933-1947 | Democratic |
| John Kee | 1933-1951 | Democratic |
| A. C. Schiffler | 1939-1941, 1943-1945 | Republican |
| Edward G. Rohrbough | 1943-1945, 1947-1949 | Republican |
| Hubert S. Ellis | 1943-1949 | Republican |
| Cleveland M. Bailey | 1945-1947, 1949-1963 | Democratic |
| E. H. Hedrick | 1945-1953 | Democratic |
| Francis J. Love | 1947-1949 | Republican |
| Melvin C. Snyder | 1947-1949 | Republican |
| M. G. Burnside | 1949-1953, 1955-1957 | Democratic |
| Harley O. Staggers | 1949-1981 | Democratic |
| Elizabeth Kee | 1951-1965 | Democratic |
| Will E. Neal | 1953-1955, 1957-1959 | Republican |
| Robert H. Mollohan | 1953-1957, 1969-1983 | Democratic |
| Robert Byrd | 1953-1959 | Democratic |
| Arch A. Moore, Jr. | 1957-1969 | Republican |
| Ken Hechler | 1959-1977 | Democratic |
| John M. Slack, Jr. | 1959-1980 | Democratic |
| James Kee | 1965-1973 | Democratic |
| J. Marshall Hagans | 1973-1975 | Republican |
| Nick Rahall | 1977-present | Democratic |
| John G. Hutchinson | 1980-1981 | Democratic |
| Cleve Benedict | 1981-1983 | Republican |
| Mick Staton | 1981-1983 | Republican |
| Harley O. Staggers, Jr. | 1983-1993 | Democratic |
| Historical Representation to the US House by Party in the 2000s from West Virginia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 2 | |||
| Republican | 2 | |||
| Total Representatives | 4 | |||
