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U.S. Senate seat, West Virginia (class 2)

29 members have held this seat since Dec 7, 1863. Now: Shelley Moore Capito R.

Holders
29
16 D · 12 R · 1 UU
Longest tenure
12 years
John D. Rockefeller, IV
Current
12 years
Shelley Moore Capito, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/wv-sen-2Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Waitman Thomas Willey · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · Unconditional UnionistWaitman Thomas Willey · 1865-12-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Gassaway Davis · 1871-03-04 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratHenry Gassaway Davis · 1877-10-15 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Kenna · 1883-12-03 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Kenna · 1889-12-02 – 1894-01-01 · DemocratStephen Benton Elkins · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanStephen Benton Elkins · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanStephen Benton Elkins · 1907-12-02 – 1911-01-05 · RepublicanDavis Elkins · 1911-01-09 – 1911-02-01 · RepublicanClarence Wayland Watson · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratNathan Goff · 1913-04-07 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanDavis Elkins · 1919-05-19 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanGuy Despard Goff · 1925-12-07 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanMatthew Mansfield Neely · 1931-12-07 – 1941-01-13 · DemocratJoseph Rosier · 1941-01-13 – 1942-11-18 · DemocratHugh Ike Shott · 1942-11-18 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Chapman Revercomb · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. · 1958-01-25 – 1958-11-05 · RepublicanJennings Randolph · 1958-11-05 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJennings Randolph · 1967-01-10 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratJennings Randolph · 1979-01-15 – 1985-01-04 · DemocratJohn D. Rockefeller, IV · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratJohn D. Rockefeller, IV · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratJohn D. Rockefeller, IV · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratShelley Moore Capito · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanJohnson Newlon Camden · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratMatthew Mansfield Neely · 1949-01-03 – 1958-01-19 · DemocratJohn D. Rockefeller, IV · 1985-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · Democrat
Shelley Moore Capito R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
John D. Rockefeller, IV D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
John D. Rockefeller, IV D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
John D. Rockefeller, IV D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
John D. Rockefeller, IV D
Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 4, 1997 · 12 years
Jennings Randolph D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1985 · 6 years
Jennings Randolph D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1979 · 12 years
Jennings Randolph D
Nov 5, 1958 – Jan 4, 1967 · 8.2 years
John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R
Jan 25, 1958 – Nov 5, 1958 · 9 months
Matthew Mansfield Neely D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 19, 1958 · 9 years
William Chapman Revercomb R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Hugh Ike Shott R
Nov 18, 1942 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 months
Joseph Rosier D
Jan 13, 1941 – Nov 18, 1942 · 22 months
Matthew Mansfield Neely D
Dec 7, 1931 – Jan 13, 1941 · 9.1 years
Guy Despard Goff R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 4, 1931 · 5.2 years
Davis Elkins R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1925 · 5.8 years
Nathan Goff R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1919 · 5.9 years
Clarence Wayland Watson D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Davis Elkins R
Jan 9, 1911 – Feb 1, 1911 · 23 days
Stephen Benton Elkins R
Dec 2, 1907 – Jan 5, 1911 · 3.1 years
Stephen Benton Elkins R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
Stephen Benton Elkins R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
Johnson Newlon Camden D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Edward Kenna D
Dec 2, 1889 – Jan 1, 1894 · 4.1 years
John Edward Kenna D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1889 · 5.3 years
Henry Gassaway Davis D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1883 · 5.4 years
Henry Gassaway Davis D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1877 · 6 years
Waitman Thomas Willey R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
Waitman Thomas Willey UU
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months

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