History / Congress

West Virginia's 3rd congressional district

58 members have held this seat since Dec 7, 1863. Vacant or no longer exists.

Holders
58
35 D · 21 R · 2 UU
Longest tenure
10 years
Cleveland Monroe Bailey
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/wv-3Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · Unconditional UnionistKellian Van Rensalear Whaley · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · Unconditional UnionistDaniel Haymond Polsley · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Seashoal Witcher · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Hereford · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratFrank Hereford · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratFrank Hereford · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Kenna · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Kenna · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Kenna · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratCharles Philip Snyder · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratCharles Philip Snyder · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratCharles Philip Snyder · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Duffy Alderson · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJohn Duffy Alderson · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohn Duffy Alderson · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJames Hall Huling · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Phillips Dorr · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Emmons Johnston · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Holt Gaines · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Holt Gaines · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Holt Gaines · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Holt Gaines · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Holt Gaines · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanAdam Brown Littlepage · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Brashear Avis · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanAdam Brown Littlepage · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratStuart Felix Reed · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanStuart Felix Reed · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanStuart Felix Reed · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanStuart Felix Reed · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Marshall Wolverton · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanWilliam Smith O’Brien · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratJohn Marshall Wolverton · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanLynn Sedwick Hornor · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratLynn Sedwick Hornor · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratEdward Gay Rohrbough · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Gay Rohrbough · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanCleveland Monroe Bailey · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJohn Mark Slack Jr. · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJohn Mark Slack Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJohn Mark Slack Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratJohn Mark Slack Jr. · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratJohn Guiher Hutchinson · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratDavid Michael Staton · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanRobert E. Wise Jr. · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratNick J. Rahall II · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratNick J. Rahall II · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratNick J. Rahall II · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratNick J. Rahall II · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratNick J. Rahall II · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratEvan H. Jenkins · 2015-01-06 – 2018-10-01 · RepublicanCarol D. Miller · 2019-01-03 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanAndrew Edmiston · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratCleveland Monroe Bailey · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratCleveland Monroe Bailey · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJohn Mark Slack Jr. · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratRobert E. Wise Jr. · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · Democrat
Carol D. Miller R
Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 4, 2023 · 4 years
Evan H. Jenkins R
Jan 6, 2015 – Oct 1, 2018 · 3.7 years
Nick J. Rahall II D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Nick J. Rahall II D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Nick J. Rahall II D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Nick J. Rahall II D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Nick J. Rahall II D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Robert E. Wise Jr. D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Robert E. Wise Jr. D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
David Michael Staton R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
John Guiher Hutchinson D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
John Mark Slack Jr. D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
John Mark Slack Jr. D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John Mark Slack Jr. D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
John Mark Slack Jr. D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John Mark Slack Jr. D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
Edward Gay Rohrbough R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Edward Gay Rohrbough R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Lynn Sedwick Hornor D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Andrew Edmiston D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Lynn Sedwick Hornor D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
John Marshall Wolverton R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
William Smith O’Brien D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
John Marshall Wolverton R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Stuart Felix Reed R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Stuart Felix Reed R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Stuart Felix Reed R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Stuart Felix Reed R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Adam Brown Littlepage D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Samuel Brashear Avis R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Adam Brown Littlepage D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Joseph Holt Gaines R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Joseph Holt Gaines R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Joseph Holt Gaines R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Joseph Holt Gaines R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Joseph Holt Gaines R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
David Emmons Johnston D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Charles Phillips Dorr R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
James Hall Huling R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Duffy Alderson D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Duffy Alderson D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Duffy Alderson D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Charles Philip Snyder D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Charles Philip Snyder D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Charles Philip Snyder D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John Edward Kenna D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John Edward Kenna D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
John Edward Kenna D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Frank Hereford D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Frank Hereford D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Frank Hereford D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
John Seashoal Witcher R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Daniel Haymond Polsley R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley UU
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley UU
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months

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