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West Virginia's 2nd congressional district

55 members have held this seat since Dec 4, 1865. Now: Riley M. Moore R.

Holders
55
28 D · 26 R · 1 UU
Longest tenure
10 years
Harley Orrin Staggers
Current
21 months
Riley M. Moore, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/wv-2Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020George Robert Latham · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · Unconditional UnionistBethuel Middleton Kitchen · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJames Clark McGrew · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Marshall Hagans · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Martin · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Franklin Martin · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratJohn Blair Hoge · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lyne Wilson · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lyne Wilson · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lyne Wilson · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lyne Wilson · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lyne Wilson · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lyne Wilson · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratAlston Gordon Dayton · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanAlston Gordon Dayton · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanAlston Gordon Dayton · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanAlston Gordon Dayton · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanAlston Gordon Dayton · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Beall Davis · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Cookman Sturgiss · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Cookman Sturgiss · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Gay Brown Jr. · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Gay Brown Jr. · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Gay Brown Jr. · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Meade Bowers · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Meade Bowers · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Meade Bowers · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Edward Lee Allen · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratFrank Llewellyn Bowman · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanFrank Llewellyn Bowman · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Llewellyn Bowman · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Llewellyn Bowman · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanJennings Randolph · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJennings Randolph · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratHarley Orrin Staggers · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratHarley Orrin Staggers · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratHarley Orrin Staggers · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratHarley Orrin Staggers · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratHarley Orrin Staggers · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratHarley Orrin Staggers · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratHarley Orrin Staggers · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratCleveland Keith Benedict · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanHarley Orrin Staggers Jr. · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratRobert E. Wise Jr. · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratRobert E. Wise Jr. · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratRobert E. Wise Jr. · 1999-01-06 – 2001-01-04 · DemocratShelley Moore Capito · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanShelley Moore Capito · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanAlexander X. Mooney · 2015-01-06 – 2025-01-04 · RepublicanAlston Gordon Dayton · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Meade Bowers · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanMelvin Claude Snyder · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanHarley Orrin Staggers Jr. · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratShelley Moore Capito · 2001-01-03 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanRiley M. Moore · 2025-01-03 – present · Republican
Riley M. Moore R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Alexander X. Mooney R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2025 · 10 years
Shelley Moore Capito R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Shelley Moore Capito R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Shelley Moore Capito R
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 2 years
Robert E. Wise Jr. D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2001 · 2 years
Robert E. Wise Jr. D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Robert E. Wise Jr. D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Cleveland Keith Benedict R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
Harley Orrin Staggers D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Harley Orrin Staggers D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Harley Orrin Staggers D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Harley Orrin Staggers D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Harley Orrin Staggers D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Harley Orrin Staggers D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Harley Orrin Staggers D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
Melvin Claude Snyder R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
Jennings Randolph D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
Jennings Randolph D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Frank Llewellyn Bowman R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Frank Llewellyn Bowman R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Frank Llewellyn Bowman R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Frank Llewellyn Bowman R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Robert Edward Lee Allen D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
George Meade Bowers R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
George Meade Bowers R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
George Meade Bowers R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Gay Brown Jr. D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
George Meade Bowers R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Gay Brown Jr. D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Gay Brown Jr. D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
George Cookman Sturgiss R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
George Cookman Sturgiss R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Thomas Beall Davis D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Alston Gordon Dayton R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Alston Gordon Dayton R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Alston Gordon Dayton R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Alston Gordon Dayton R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Alston Gordon Dayton R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Alston Gordon Dayton R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
William Lyne Wilson D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
William Lyne Wilson D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
William Lyne Wilson D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William Lyne Wilson D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Lyne Wilson D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William Lyne Wilson D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John Blair Hoge D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Benjamin Franklin Martin D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Benjamin Franklin Martin D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John Marshall Hagans R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
James Clark McGrew R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
George Robert Latham UU
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months

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