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West Virginia's 1st congressional district

61 members have held this seat since Dec 7, 1863. Now: Carol D. Miller R.

Holders
61
30 R · 29 D · 1 UU · 1 ID
Longest tenure
10 years
Alan B. Mollohan
Current
3.8 years
Carol D. Miller, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/wv-1Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Jacob Beeson Blair · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · Unconditional UnionistChester Dorman Hubbard · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · Unconditional Unionist → RepublicanIsaac Harding Duval · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJohn James Davis · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratJohn James Davis · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · Ind. DemocratBenjamin Wilson · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Wilson · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Wilson · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Wilson · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratNathan Goff · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Goff · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Goff · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Wesley Atkinson · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Overton Pendleton · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohn Overton Pendleton · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratBlackburn Barrett Dovener · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanBlackburn Barrett Dovener · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanBlackburn Barrett Dovener · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanBlackburn Barrett Dovener · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanBlackburn Barrett Dovener · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanBlackburn Barrett Dovener · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pallister Hubbard · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pallister Hubbard · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJohn William Davis · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJohn William Davis · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratMatthew Mansfield Neely · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratMatthew Mansfield Neely · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratMatthew Mansfield Neely · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Louis Rosenbloom · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Louis Rosenbloom · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanCarl George Bachmann · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanCarl George Bachmann · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanCarl George Bachmann · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanCarl George Bachmann · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Lincoln Ramsay · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratRobert Lincoln Ramsay · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratAndrew Charles Schiffler · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanFrancis Johnson Love · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Homer Mollohan · 1953-01-03 – 1957-01-04 · DemocratArch Alfred Moore Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanArch Alfred Moore Jr. · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanArch Alfred Moore Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Homer Mollohan · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratRobert Homer Mollohan · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratRobert Homer Mollohan · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratAlan B. Mollohan · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratAlan B. Mollohan · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratAlan B. Mollohan · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratAlan B. Mollohan · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratAlan B. Mollohan · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratDavid B. McKinley · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanDavid B. McKinley · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Overton Pendleton · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratMatthew Mansfield Neely · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Charles Schiffler · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanMatthew Mansfield Neely · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratRobert Lincoln Ramsay · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratArch Alfred Moore Jr. · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Homer Mollohan · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratAlan B. Mollohan · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratCarol D. Miller · 2023-01-03 – present · Republican
Carol D. Miller R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
David B. McKinley R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
David B. McKinley R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Alan B. Mollohan D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Alan B. Mollohan D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Alan B. Mollohan D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Alan B. Mollohan D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Alan B. Mollohan D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Alan B. Mollohan D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Robert Homer Mollohan D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Robert Homer Mollohan D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Robert Homer Mollohan D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Robert Homer Mollohan D
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Robert Homer Mollohan D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1957 · 4 years
Robert Lincoln Ramsay D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
Francis Johnson Love R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
Matthew Mansfield Neely D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Andrew Charles Schiffler R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Robert Lincoln Ramsay D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Andrew Charles Schiffler R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
Robert Lincoln Ramsay D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Carl George Bachmann R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Carl George Bachmann R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Carl George Bachmann R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Carl George Bachmann R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Benjamin Louis Rosenbloom R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Benjamin Louis Rosenbloom R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Matthew Mansfield Neely D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Matthew Mansfield Neely D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Matthew Mansfield Neely D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
John William Davis D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Matthew Mansfield Neely D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John William Davis D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Pallister Hubbard R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Pallister Hubbard R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Blackburn Barrett Dovener R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Blackburn Barrett Dovener R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Blackburn Barrett Dovener R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Blackburn Barrett Dovener R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Blackburn Barrett Dovener R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Blackburn Barrett Dovener R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Overton Pendleton D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Overton Pendleton D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
George Wesley Atkinson R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Overton Pendleton D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Nathan Goff R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Nathan Goff R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Nathan Goff R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Benjamin Wilson D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Benjamin Wilson D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Benjamin Wilson D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Benjamin Wilson D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
John James Davis ID
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John James Davis D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Isaac Harding Duval R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Chester Dorman Hubbard UU→R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Jacob Beeson Blair UU
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.