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List of United States senators from West Virginia

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Below is a list of United States senators from West Virginia. The state's U.S. senators belong to classes 1 and 2. West Virginia is currently represented in the Senate by Republicans Shelley Moore Capito (serving since 2015), and Jim Justice (serving since 2025).

Robert Byrd was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1959 until his death in 2010. He is also the longest serving Senator in United States history.

List of senators

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jun 19, 1863 – Aug 4, 1863 | West Virginia did not elect its first Senators until Aug 4, 1863. | West Virginia did not elect its first Senators until Aug 4, 1863. | nowrap | Jun 19, 1863 – Aug 4, 1863

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 1 Peter G. Van Winkle Mar 3, 1869 | Elected in 1863. | nowrap | Aug 4, 1863 – Mar 3, 1865 | | Union Waitman T. Willey ! rowspan=4 | 1

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1871

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 2 Arthur I. Boreman Mar 3, 1875 |

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1883 Henry G. Davis ! rowspan=10 | 2

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|- style="height:2em" ! 3 Allen T. Caperton | | Democratic | nowrap | Mar 4, 1875 – Jul 26, 1876 | Elected in 1875.Died.

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jul 26, 1876 – Aug 26, 1876 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 4 Samuel Price | | Democratic | nowrap | Aug 26, 1876 – Jan 26, 1877 | Appointed to continue Caperton's term.Lost election to finish Caperton's term.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 5 Frank Hereford Mar 3, 1881

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 6 Johnson N. Camden Mar 3, 1887 |

|- style="height:2em" | Jan 11, 1893 John E. Kenna ! rowspan=5 | 3

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 | 7 Charles J. Faulkner Mar 3, 1899 |

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|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1895 Johnson N. Camden ! rowspan=2 | 4

|- style="height:2em" | |- style="height:2em" | Jan 4, 1911 Stephen B. Elkins ! rowspan=8 | 5

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 8 Nathan B. Scott Mar 3, 1911 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue his father's term.Lost election to finish his father's term. | nowrap | Jan 9, 1911 – Jan 31, 1911 | | Republican Davis Elkins ! 6

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1913 Clarence W. Watson ! rowspan=2 | 7

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 9 William E. Chilton Mar 3, 1917 |

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|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1919 Nathan Goff Jr. ! rowspan=3 | 8

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 10 Howard Sutherland Mar 3, 1923 |

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1925 Davis Elkins ! rowspan=3 | 9

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 11 Matthew M. Neely Mar 3, 1929 |

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1931 Guy D. Goff ! rowspan=3 | 10

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 12 Henry D. Hatfield Jan 3, 1935 |

|- style="height:2em" | Jan 12, 1941 Matthew M. Neely ! rowspan=7 | 11

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jan 3, 1935 – Jun 21, 1935 | Senator-elect was not yet qualified to serve.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 13 Rush Holt Sr. Jan 3, 1941

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 | 14 Harley M. Kilgore Feb 28, 1956

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Neely's term.Lost election to finish Neely's term. | nowrap | Jan 13, 1941 – Nov 17, 1942 | | Democratic Joseph Rosier ! 12

|- style="height:2em" | Elected in 1942 to finish Neely's term.Retired. | nowrap | Nov 18, 1942 – Jan 3, 1943 | | Republican Hugh I. Shott ! 13

|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 1949 Chapman Revercomb ! rowspan=3 | 14

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 18, 1958 Matthew M. Neely ! rowspan=8 | 15

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Feb 28, 1956 – Mar 13, 1956 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 15 William Laird III | | Democratic | nowrap | Mar 13, 1956 – Nov 6, 1956 | Appointed to continue Kilgore's term.Retired when his successor was elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 16 Chapman Revercomb Jan 3, 1959

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Neely's term.Lost election to finish Neely's term. | nowrap | Jan 25, 1958 – Nov 4, 1958 | | Republican John Hoblitzell ! 16

|- style="height:2em" Jan 3, 1985 Jennings Randolph ! rowspan=14 | 17

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=27 | 17 Robert Byrd Jun 28, 2010 |

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|- style="height:2em" Jan 3, 2015 Jay Rockefeller ! rowspan=18 | 18

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|- style="height:2em" ! 18 Carte Goodwin | | Democratic | nowrap | Jul 16, 2010 – Nov 15, 2010 | Appointed to continue Byrd's term.Retired when his successor was elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 19 Joe Manchin Jan 3, 2025

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|- style="height:2em" | present Shelley Moore Capito ! rowspan=8 | 19

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jan 3, 2025 – Jan 14, 2025 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 20 **Jim Justice ** present

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|- style="height:2em" | 29 | 122nd

References

References

  1. "U.S. Senate: Longest-Serving Senators".
  2. (Jan 24, 1895). "Elkins Elected in West Virginia". [[The New York Times]].
  3. (Jan 26, 1899). "WEST VIRGINIA'S NEW SENATOR.". [[The New York Times]].
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