The following tables indicate the historic party affiliation of elected officials in the U.S. State

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

, including: Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Auditor, State Treasurer, and State Agriculture Commissioner. The tables also indicate the historical party composition in the State Senate

West Virginia Senate

The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.There are 17 senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms....

, State House of Delegates

West Virginia House of Delegates

The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates.-Historical:-Current:-District organization:...

, State delegation to the U.S. Senate, and the State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives For years in which a presidential election was held, the tables indicate which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are labeled as follows: (D) and (R), Unconditional Unionist (UU), and .

19th century

Year	|Executive offices	|State Legislature West Virginia Legislature The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the Legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from West Virginia These are tables of congressional delegations from West Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:- House of Representatives :-Restored Government of Virginia:...	|Electoral College voted United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Governor	Secretary of State	Attorney General	Auditor	Treasurer	State Senate West Virginia Senate The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.There are 17 senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms....	State House West Virginia House of Delegates The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates.-Historical:-Current:-District organization:...	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. House
1863	Arthur I. Boreman Arthur I. Boreman Arthur Inghram Boreman was the first Governor of the U.S. state of West Virginia and a United States Senator.-Biography:...  (R)	Jacob Edgar Boyers (R)	Aquilla B. Caldwell Aquilla B. Caldwell Aquilla B. Caldwell was West Virginia's First & Fifth Attorney General between 1863 - 1864 and 1869 - 1870....  (R)	Samuel Crane Samuel Crane Samuel Crane was a businessman and political figure in Canada West.-Biography:Samuel Crane was born in Massachusetts in 1794 and had settled in Lower Canada by 1820. He became a partner in a forwarding business at Lachine, west of Montreal. The firm owned a share in the Ontario, an American...  (R)	Campbell Tarr (R)			Peter G. Van Winkle Peter G. Van Winkle Peter Godwin Van Winkle was a United States Senator from West Virginia.Born in New York City, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Parkersburg, Virginia in 1835... (UU)	Waitman T. Willey Waitman T. Willey Waitman Thomas Willey was an American lawyer and politician from Morgantown, West Virginia. He represented both the states of Virginia and West Virginia in the United States Senate and was one of West Virginia's first two Senators.Willey was born in 1811, in a log cabin near the present day... (UU)	3 UU
1864											Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and... /Johnson Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States . As Vice-President of the United States in 1865, he succeeded Abraham Lincoln following the latter's assassination. Johnson then presided over the initial and contentious Reconstruction era of the United States following the American...  (R)
1865		Granville D. Hall (R)	Ephraim B. Hall Ephraim B. Hall Ephraim Benoni Hall was the second West Virginia Attorney General.Hall was born on August 25, 1822 in Middletown in what is now Marion County...  (R)	Joseph M. McWhorter Joseph Marcellus McWhorter Joseph Marcellus McWhorter was a West Virginia lawyer, politician, educator, and judge....  (R)					Waitman T. Willey Waitman T. Willey Waitman Thomas Willey was an American lawyer and politician from Morgantown, West Virginia. He represented both the states of Virginia and West Virginia in the United States Senate and was one of West Virginia's first two Senators.Willey was born in 1811, in a log cabin near the present day...  (R)	2 UU 1 R
1866			Edwin Maxwell (R)
1867		John Witcher John Witcher John Seashoal Witcher was a nineteenth century politician and clerk from Virginia and West Virginia and was lieutenant colonel of the 3rd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry in the Civil War.-Biography:...  (R)	Thayer Melvin (R)		Jacob H. Brister (R)					3 R
1868											Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America... /Colfax Schuyler Colfax Schuyler Colfax, Jr. was a United States Representative from Indiana , Speaker of the House of Representatives , and the 17th Vice President of the United States . To date, he is one of only two Americans to have served as both House speaker and vice president.President Ulysses S...  (R)
1869	Daniel D. T. Farnsworth Daniel D. T. Farnsworth Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth was an American politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia, who served in the West Virginia Senate and briefly as the second Governor of West Virginia.-Biography:...  (R) William E. Stevenson William E. Stevenson William Erskine Stevenson was an American cabinet-maker, farmer, and Republican politician from Parkersburg, West Virginia. He was the third Governor of West Virginia from 1869 until 1871....  (R)	James M. Pipes (R)	Aquilla B. Caldwell (R)	Thomas Boggess (R)	James A. Macauley (R)			Arthur I. Boreman Arthur I. Boreman Arthur Inghram Boreman was the first Governor of the U.S. state of West Virginia and a United States Senator.-Biography:...  (R)		3 R
1870
1871	John J. Jacob John J. Jacob John Jeremiah Jacob was a Democratic politician from Green Spring , West Virginia. Jacob served two terms as the fourth Governor of the US state of West Virginia...  (D)	John M. Phelps John M. Phelps John M. Phelps was the Republican President of the West Virginia Senate from Mason County and served from 1863 to 1864.-Political and military service:...  (R)	Joseph Spriggs (D)	Edward A. Bennett Edward A. Bennett Edward A. Bennett, Jr. was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.-Biography:...  (D)	John S. Burdett (D)				Henry G. Davis Henry G. Davis Henry Gassaway Davis was a self-made millionaire and U.S. Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. His brother was U.S...  (D)	2 D 1 R
1872											Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America... /Wilson Henry Wilson Henry Wilson was the 18th Vice President of the United States and a Senator from Massachusetts...  (R)
1873		Charles Hedrick (D)	Henry Mason Mathews (D)							2 D 1 R
1874
1875								Allen T. Caperton Allen T. Caperton Allen Taylor Caperton was an American politician who was a United States Senator serving as a Democrat, as well as previous positions.-Early life:...  (D)		3 D
1876					Sobieski Brady (D)			Samuel Price Samuel Price Samuel Price was a United States Senator from West Virginia. Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, he moved with his parents to Preston County in 1815. He received a preparatory training, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1832, commencing the practice of his profession in Nicholas and...  (D)			Tilden Samuel J. Tilden Samuel Jones Tilden was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency in the disputed election of 1876, one of the most controversial American elections of the 19th century. He was the 25th Governor of New York... /Hendricks (D)
1877	Henry M. Mathews Henry M. Mathews Henry Mason Mathews was the fifth Governor of West Virginia from 1877 to 1881. Matthews was a Democrat from Greenbrier County.-Earlier life:...  (D)	Sobieski Brady (D)	Robert White Robert White (politician) Robert White was the Democratic Attorney General of West Virginia from 1877-1881.White was born February 7, 1833, in Romney, Virginia to John B. White and Frances A. Streit. He attended common schools in Virginia, worked six years in his father's county clerk's office, and studied law at...  (D)	Joseph S. Miller (D)	Thomas J. West (D)			Frank Hereford Frank Hereford Frank Hereford was a United States Representative and Senator from West Virginia. Born near Warrenton, Virginia, he completed preparatory studies and graduated from McKendree University in 1845. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and practiced...  (D)		3 D
1878
1879										3 D
1880											Hancock/English William Hayden English William Hayden English was an American politician from Indiana.William English was most famous for his role in the passage of the infamous, pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1858...  (D)
1881	Jacob B. Jackson Jacob B. Jackson Jacob Beeson Jackson was the sixth Governor of West Virginia from 1881 to 1885. In 1855, he married Maria Willard....  (D)	Randolph Stalnaker (D)	Cornelius C. Watts (D)		Thomas O'Brien Thomas O'Brien Thomas O’Brien, Tom O’Brien, or Tommy O'Brien may refer to:*Thomas D. O'Brien, co-founder of William Mitchell College of Law*Thomas J. O'Brien , Illinois politician...  (D)			Johnson N. Camden Johnson N. Camden Johnson Newlon Camden was a United States Senator from West Virginia. Born in Collins Settlement, Virginia , he attended school in Sutton. He was appointed as a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1846 until 1848, when he resigned...  (D)		3 D
1882
1883									John E. Kenna John E. Kenna John Edward Kenna was an American politician who was a Senator from West Virginia from 1883 until his death....  (D)	3 D 1 R
1884											Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents... /Hendricks Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Indiana, the 16th Governor of Indiana , and the 21st Vice President of the United States...  (D)
1885	Emanuel Willis Wilson Emanuel Willis Wilson Emanuel Willis Wilson was the seventh Governor of West Virginia in 1884. He was married to Henrietta Cotton.When the Legislature disputed the Election of 1888, both Governor Wilson and State Senate President Robert S. Carr claimed the right to sit as Governor until the dispute was resolved...  (D)	Henry S. Walker (D)	Alfred Caldwell Alfred Caldwell Alfred Caldwell was an American architect best known for his landscape architecture in and around Chicago, Illinois.- Career :* Attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, left before completing a degree....  (D)	Patrick Fee Duffy (D)	William T. Thompson (D)					3 D 1 R
1886
1887								Charles James Faulkner Charles James Faulkner Charles James Faulkner was a United States Senator from West Virginia and the son of Charles James Faulkner, a U.S. Representative from Virginia and West Virginia. Born on the family estate, "Boydville," near Martinsburg, Virginia , he accompanied his father, who was U.S...  (D)		3 D 1 R
1888											Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents... /Thurman Allen G. Thurman Allen Granberry Thurman was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Ohio, as well as the nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States in 1888.-Biography:...  (D)
1889										2 D 2 R
1890	Aretas B. Fleming Aretas B. Fleming Aretas Brooks Fleming was the 8th Governor of West Virginia. In 1865, he married Carrie Watson. When he ran as the Democratic nominee in 1888, the election was disputed by the Legislature. In 1890, the Legislature agreed that Fleming had defeated Nathan Goff, Jr...  (D)	William A. Ohley (D)
1891										4 D
1892											Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents... /Stevenson (D)
1893	William A. MacCorkle William A. MacCorkle William Alexander MacCorkle , was a United States teacher, lawyer, prosecutor, the ninth Governor of West Virginia and state legislator of West Virginia, and financier.-Biography:...  (D)	William E. Chilton William E. Chilton William Edwin Chilton was a United States Senator from West Virginia. Born in Colesmouth, Virginia , he attended public and private schools and graduated from Shelton College in St. Albans. He taught school, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1880, commencing practice in Charleston, West...  (D)	Thomas S. Riley (D)	Isaac V. Johnson (D)	John M. Rowan John M. Rowan John M. Rowan was born May 17, 1829 in Craig County, Virginia. When he was about sixteen years old he came to Gap Mills, West Virginia to work as a clerk for Andrew Summers. He worked there for several years until the California Gold Rush in 1849. After receiving word about this new opportunity he...  (D)				Johnson N. Camden Johnson N. Camden Johnson Newlon Camden was a United States Senator from West Virginia. Born in Collins Settlement, Virginia , he attended school in Sutton. He was appointed as a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1846 until 1848, when he resigned...  (D)	4 D
1894
1895									Stephen Benton Elkins (R)	4 R
1896											McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s... /Hobart (R)
1897	George W. Atkinson George W. Atkinson George Wesley Atkinson of Ohio County was the tenth Governor of West Virginia. He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives and was a judge on the Court of Claims.-Biography:...  (R)	William M. O. Dawson William M. O. Dawson William Mercer Owens Dawson was the 12th Governor of West Virginia.-External links:* *...  (R)	Edgar P. Rucker (R)	L. M. LaFollette (R)	M. A. Kendall (R)					3 R 1 D
1898
1899								Nathan Bay Scott (R)		4 R
Year	Governor	Secretary of State	Attorney General	Auditor	Treasurer	State Senate West Virginia Senate The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.There are 17 senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms....	State House West Virginia House of Delegates The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates.-Historical:-Current:-District organization:...	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. House	|Electoral College voted United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Executive offices					|State Legislature West Virginia Legislature The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the Legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's...	|U.S. Congress United States Congressional Delegations from West Virginia These are tables of congressional delegations from West Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:- House of Representatives :-Restored Government of Virginia:...

20th century through 1949

Year	|Executive offices	|State Legislature West Virginia Legislature The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the Legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from West Virginia These are tables of congressional delegations from West Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:- House of Representatives :-Restored Government of Virginia:...	|Electoral College voted United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Governor	Secretary of State	Attorney General	Auditor	Treasurer	State Senate West Virginia Senate The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.There are 17 senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms....	State House West Virginia House of Delegates The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates.-Historical:-Current:-District organization:...	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. House
1900	George W. Atkinson George W. Atkinson George Wesley Atkinson of Ohio County was the tenth Governor of West Virginia. He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives and was a judge on the Court of Claims.-Biography:...  (R)	William M. O. Dawson William M. O. Dawson William Mercer Owens Dawson was the 12th Governor of West Virginia.-External links:* *...  (R)	Edgar P. Rucker (R)	L. M. LaFollette (R)	M. A. Kendall (R)			Nathan Bay Scott (R)	Stephen Benton Elkins (R)	4 R	McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s... /Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...  (R)
1901	Albert B. White Albert B. White Albert Blakeslee White was the 11th Governor of West Virginia from 1901 to 1905.White was educated in the public schools of Columbus, Ohio. In 1878, he graduated from Marietta College. In 1879, he married Agnes Ward...  (R)		Romeo H. Freer Romeo H. Freer Romeo Hoyt Freer was the Republican Attorney General of West Virginia from 1901 to 1905.Born in Bazette , Ohio on November 9, 1846, he was the son of Josiah D. Freer and Caroline P. Brown. The family soon relocated to Ashtabula County, Ohio and Freer attended common schools...  (R)	Arnold C. Scherr (R)	Peter Silman (R)	18 R 8 D	50 R 21 D			4 R
1902
1903						25 R 5 D	57 R 29 D			4 R
1904											Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity... /Fairbanks Charles W. Fairbanks Charles Warren Fairbanks was a Senator from Indiana and the 26th Vice President of the United States ....  (R)
1905	William M. O. Dawson (R)	Charles Wesley Swisher (R)	Clark W. May Clark W. May Clark W. May was the Republican President of the West Virginia Senate from Lincoln County and served from 1903 to 1905....  (R)		Newton Ogden (R)	25 R 5 D	61 R 25 D			3 R 1 D
1906
1907						25 R 5 D	60 R 26 D			5 R
1908			William G. Conley William G. Conley William Gustavus Conley was an American politician who served as the 18th Governor of West Virginia as a Republican from 1929 to 1933.-Biography:...  (R)								Taft William Howard Taft William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States... /Sherman James S. Sherman James Schoolcraft Sherman was a United States Representative from New York and the 27th Vice President of the United States . He was a member of the Baldwin, Hoar, and Sherman families.-Early life:...  (R)
1909	William E. Glasscock William E. Glasscock William Ellsworth Glasscock was an American politician who served as the 13th Governor of West Virginia as a Republican from 1909 to 1913....  (R)	Stuart F. Reed Stuart F. Reed Stuart Felix Reed was an American politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1917 to 1925....  (R)		John S. Darst (R)	E. Leslie Long (R)	23 R 7 D	61 R 25 D			5 R
1910
1911						15 R 15 D	63 R 23 D	William Edwin Chilton (D)	Davis Elkins Davis Elkins Davis Elkins was a United States Senator from West Virginia. Born in Washington, D.C., he attended the Lawrenceville School, Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and Harvard University...  (R) Jan 1911 and Clarence W. Watson (D) Feb 1911 – Mar 1913	4 D 1 R
1912											Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913... /Marshall Thomas R. Marshall Thomas Riley Marshall was an American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States under Woodrow Wilson...  (D)
1913	Henry D. Hatfield Henry D. Hatfield Henry Drury Hatfield was a Republican politician from Logan County, West Virginia. He served a term as the 14th Governor of the state, in addition to one term in the United States Senate...  (R)		A. A. Lilly (R)			15 R 15 D	53 R 33 D		Nathan Goff, Jr. Nathan Goff, Jr. Nathan Goff, Jr. was a member of the United States Congress from West Virginia, who also served briefly as United States Secretary of the Navy during the Rutherford B. Hayes administration, and as a United States federal judge.-Biography:Goff was born at The Waldomore in Clarksburg, Harrison...  (R)	4 R 2 D
1914
1915						21 R 9 D	56 R 27 D			4 D 2 R
1916											Hughes Charles Evans Hughes Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican politician from New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States , United States Secretary of State , a judge on the Court of International Justice , and... /Fairbanks Charles W. Fairbanks Charles Warren Fairbanks was a Senator from Indiana and the 26th Vice President of the United States ....  (R)
1917	John J. Cornwell John J. Cornwell John Jacob Cornwell was a Democratic politician from Romney in Hampshire County, West Virginia. Cornwell served as the 15th Governor of the US state of West Virginia...  (D)	Houston G. Young (R)	Edward T. England Edward T. England Edward T. England was born in Gay, Jackson County, West Virginia and became a Republican politician from the U.S. state of West Virginia....  (R)		W. S. Johnson (R)	20 R 10 D	52 R 42 D	Howard Sutherland Howard Sutherland Howard Sutherland was an American politician. He was a Republican who represented West Virginia in both houses of the United States Congress....  (R)		5 R 1 D
1918
1919						23 R 7 D	70 R 24 D		Davis Elkins Davis Elkins Davis Elkins was a United States Senator from West Virginia. Born in Washington, D.C., he attended the Lawrenceville School, Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and Harvard University...  (R)	5 R 1 D
1920											Harding Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator... /Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...  (R)
1921	Ephraim F. Morgan Ephraim F. Morgan Ephraim Franklin Morgan was born on a farm near Forksburg, Marion County, West Virginia, a descendent of the first white settler of western Virginia, Morgan Morgan, and his son David Morgan. He studied at Fairmont State Normal School and graduated from the West Virginia University law school in 1897...  (R)			John C. Bond (R)		26 R 4 D	73 R 21 D			6 R
1922
1923						19 R 11 D	65 R 29 D	Matthew Mansfield Neely (D)		4 D 2 R
1924											Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state... /Dawes Charles G. Dawes Charles Gates Dawes was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States . For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served in the First World War, was U.S...  (R)
1925	Howard M. Gore (R)	George W. Sharp (R)	Howard B. Lee Howard B. Lee Howard Burton Lee , of Mercer County, served as the Republican Attorney General of West Virginia from 1925 to 1933. His efforts to eliminate government corruption during that time helped to end the West Virginia Mine Wars. Lee was born in Wirt County, West Virginia and graduated from Marshall...  (R)			16 R 14 D	54 R 40 D		Guy Despard Goff (R)	6 R
1926
1927				Sam T. Mallison		21 R 9 D	60 R 33 D			5 R 1 D
1928											Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business... /Curtis Charles Curtis Charles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States...  (R)
1929	William G. Conley William G. Conley William Gustavus Conley was an American politician who served as the 18th Governor of West Virginia as a Republican from 1929 to 1933.-Biography:...  (R)			Edgar C. Lawson (R)		24 R 6 D	63 R 31 D	Henry Drury Hatfield (R)		5 R 1 D
1930
1931						17 R 13 D	68 D 26 R		Matthew M. Neely Matthew M. Neely Matthew Mansfield Neely was a Democratic politician from West Virginia. He is the only West Virginian to serve in both houses of the United States Congress and as the Governor of West Virginia...  (D)	4 R 2 D
1932											Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war... /Garner John Nance Garner John Nance Garner, IV , was the 32nd Vice President of the United States and the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .- Early life and family :...  (D)
1933	Herman G. Kump Herman G. Kump Herman Guy Kump was the Democratic Governor of West Virginia from 1933 to 1937. In 1907, he married Edna Hall Scott. He served as the 19th Governor of West Virginia during the Great Depression.-Early years:...  (D)	William Smith O'Brien William Smith O'Brien (Congressman) William Smith O'Brien was a lawyer and Democratic politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative .-Biography:...  (D)	Homer A. Holt Homer A. Holt Homer Adams Holt was a West Virginia lawyer and politician who served as that state's 20th governor from 1937 to 1941. Born in Lewisburg, West Virginia, he attended the Greenbrier Military School there and then went on to graduate from Washington and Lee University in 1918, where he was a member...  (D)	Edgar B. Simms (D)	Richard E. Talbott (D)	24 D 6 R	79 D 15 R			6 D
1934
1935						24 D 6 R	72 D 22 R	Rush Dew Holt (D)		6 D
1936											Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war... /Garner John Nance Garner John Nance Garner, IV , was the 32nd Vice President of the United States and the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .- Early life and family :...  (D)
1937	Homer A. Holt (D)		Clarence W. Meadows Clarence W. Meadows Clarence W. Meadows was the 22nd Governor of West Virginia from 1945 to 1949.-External links:*...  (D)			24 D 6 R	65 D 29 R			6 D
1938
1939						27 D 5 R	70 D 24 D			5 D 1 R
1940											Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war... /Wallace Henry A. Wallace Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd Vice President of the United States , the Secretary of Agriculture , and the Secretary of Commerce . In the 1948 presidential election, Wallace was the nominee of the Progressive Party.-Early life:Henry A...  (D)
1941	Matthew M. Neely Matthew M. Neely Matthew Mansfield Neely was a Democratic politician from West Virginia. He is the only West Virginian to serve in both houses of the United States Congress and as the Governor of West Virginia...  (D)					26 D 6 R	74 D 20 R	Harley Marin Kilgore (D)	Joseph Rosier Joseph Rosier Joseph Rosier was a United States Senator from West Virginia. Born in Wilsonburg, West Virginia, he attended the public schools and graduated from Salem College in 1895...  (D) Jan 1941 – Nov 1942 and Hugh I. Shott (R) Nov 1942 – Jan 1943	6 D
1942			William S. Wysong (D)
1943			James Kay Thomas (D)			22 D 10 R	50 D 44 R		William Chapman Revercomb (R)	4 D 2 R
1944											Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war... /Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...  (D)
1945	Clarence W. Meadows (D)		Ira J. Partlow (D)			21 D 11 R	65 D 29 R			5 D 1 R
1946
1947						20 D 12 R	56 D 38 R			4 R 2 D
1948		D. Pitt O'Brien (D)									Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his... /Barkley Alben W. Barkley Alben William Barkley was an American politician in the Democratic Party who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States , under President Harry S. Truman....  (D)
1949	Okey L. Patteson Okey L. Patteson Okey Leonidas Patteson was born in Mingo County, West Virginia. He was the 23rd Governor of West Virginia for the term following the 1948 election...  (D)		William C. Marland William C. Marland William Casey Marland , a Democrat, was the 24th Governor of West Virginia from 1953 to 1957. He is best known for his early attempts to tax companies that depleted the state's natural resources, especially coal, as well as overseeing the generally non-violent implementation of school...  (D)			20 D 12 R	78 D 16 R		Matthew M. Neely Matthew M. Neely Matthew Mansfield Neely was a Democratic politician from West Virginia. He is the only West Virginian to serve in both houses of the United States Congress and as the Governor of West Virginia...  (D)	6 D
Year	Governor	Secretary of State	Attorney General	Auditor	Treasurer	State Senate West Virginia Senate The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.There are 17 senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms....	State House West Virginia House of Delegates The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates.-Historical:-Current:-District organization:...	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. House	|Electoral College voted United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Executive offices					|State Legislature West Virginia Legislature The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the Legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's...	|U.S. Congress United States Congressional Delegations from West Virginia These are tables of congressional delegations from West Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:- House of Representatives :-Restored Government of Virginia:...

20th century 1950-1999

Year	|Executive offices	|State Legislature West Virginia Legislature The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the Legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from West Virginia These are tables of congressional delegations from West Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:- House of Representatives :-Restored Government of Virginia:...	|Electoral College voted United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Governor	Secretary of State	Attorney General	Auditor	Treasurer	Agriculture Commissioner	State Senate West Virginia Senate The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.There are 17 senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms....	State House West Virginia House of Delegates The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates.-Historical:-Current:-District organization:...	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. House
1950	Okey L. Patteson Okey L. Patteson Okey Leonidas Patteson was born in Mingo County, West Virginia. He was the 23rd Governor of West Virginia for the term following the 1948 election...  (D)	D. Pitt O'Brien (D)	William C. Marland William C. Marland William Casey Marland , a Democrat, was the 24th Governor of West Virginia from 1953 to 1957. He is best known for his early attempts to tax companies that depleted the state's natural resources, especially coal, as well as overseeing the generally non-violent implementation of school...  (D)	Edgar B. Simms (D)	William H. Ansel, Jr. (D)		20 D 12 R	78 D 16 R	Harley Marin Kilgore (D)	Matthew M. Neely Matthew M. Neely Matthew Mansfield Neely was a Democratic politician from West Virginia. He is the only West Virginian to serve in both houses of the United States Congress and as the Governor of West Virginia...  (D)	6 D
1951							23 D 9 R	67 D 27 R			6 D
1952			Chauncey H. Browning, Sr. (D)									Stevenson/Sparkman John Sparkman John Jackson Sparkman was an American politician from the state of Alabama. A conservative Southern Democrat, Sparkman served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate from 1937 until 1979. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President as Adlai Stevenson's running mate in...  (D)
1953	William C. Marland (D)		John G. Fox (D)				22 D 10 R	67 D 33 R			5 D 1 R
1954
1955							23 D 9 R	76 D 24 R			5 D 1 R
1956									William Ramsey Laird III (D)			Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army... /Nixon (R)
1957	Cecil H. Underwood Cecil H. Underwood Cecil Harland Underwood was an American Republican Party politician from West Virginia, known for the length of his career. He was the 25th and 32nd Governor of West Virginia from 1957 until 1961 and from 1997 until 2001. He ran for reelection in 2000 but was defeated by Bob Wise...  (R)	Helen F. Holt (R)	William Wallace Barron William Wallace Barron William Wallace "Wally" Barron was a Democratic machine politician in West Virginia. He was the state's 26th Governor from 1961 to 1965. He later served a prison term due to his corrupt actions....  (D)		Orel J. Skeen (D)		21 D 11 R	91 D 9 R	William Chapman Revercomb (R)		5 D 1 R
1958		Joe F. Burdett (D)								John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. John Dempsey Hoblitzell, Jr. was an American politician from West Virginia. He was a member of the Republican Party....  (R)
1959							23 D 9 R	85 D 15 R	Robert Byrd Robert Byrd Robert Carlyle Byrd was a United States Senator from West Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd served as a U.S. Representative from 1953 until 1959 and as a U.S. Senator from 1959 to 2010...  (D)	Jennings Randolph Jennings Randolph Jennings Randolph was an American politician from West Virginia. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was the last surviving member of the United States Congress to have served during the first 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.-Early life and career:Randolph was born in...  (D)	5 D 1 R
1960				Litz McGuire (R)								Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.... /Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...  (D)
1961	William Wallace Barron (D)		C. Donald Robertson (D)	Denzil L. Gainer (D)	John H. Kelly John H. Kelly John Herbert Kelly was a career United States Army officer. During the American Civil War, he was the youngest brigadier general in the Confederate States Army at the time of his promotion and one of the youngest generals to die during the war at the age of 24...  (D)		25 D 7 R	82 D 18 R			5 D 1 R
1962
1963							23 D 9 R	76 D 24 R			4 D 1 R
1964						Gus Douglass Gus Douglass Gus R. Douglass is an American politician who currently serves as Agriculture Commissioner of West Virginia, having first been elected to that post in 1964. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and the longest-serving Agriculture Commissioner in the history of the United States.-Early...  (D)						Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States... /Humphrey Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. , served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and...  (D)
1965	Hulett C. Smith Hulett C. Smith Hulett Carlson Smith served as the 27th Governor of West Virginia from 1965 to 1969.The son of West Virginia Congressman Joe L. Smith, Hulett C. Smith was born in Beckley, West Virginia. He served in the Navy during World War II. Active in community service and civic affairs, he served as...  (D)	Robert D. Bailey, Jr. (D)					27 D 7 R	91 D 9 R			4 D 1 R
1966
1967							25 D 9 R	65 D 35 R			4 D 1 R
1968												Humphrey Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. , served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and... /Muskie Edmund Muskie Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie was an American politician from Rumford, Maine. He served as Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, as a member of the United States Senate from 1959 to 1980, and as Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981...  (D)
1969	Arch A. Moore, Jr. Arch A. Moore, Jr. Arch Alfred Moore, Jr. was the 28th and 30th Governor of West Virginia from 1969 until 1977 and from 1985 until 1989. He was a Congressman from 1957 until entering the governor's office. He is a member of the United States Republican Party. He ran for reelection in 1988, but was defeated by...  (R)	Jay Rockefeller Jay Rockefeller John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia. He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as Governor of West Virginia, a position he held from 1977 to 1985...  (D)	Chauncey H. Browning, Jr. Chauncey H. Browning, Jr. Chauncey H. Browning Jr. was an American attorney and politician. A Democrat from West Virginia, he was elected four times as West Virginia Attorney General, serving from 1969 to 1985....  (D)				22 D 12 R	63 D 37 R			4 D 1 R
1970
1971							23 D 11 R	68 D 32 R			5 D
1972		Edgar F. Heiskell, III (R)		John M. Gates (D)								Nixon/Agnew Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland...  (R)
1973							24 D 10 R	57 D 43 R			5 D
1974
1975		James R McCartney (R)			Ronald G. Pearson (R)		26 D 8 R	86 D 14 R			5 D
1976												Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office... /Mondale Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States , under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator for Minnesota...  (D)
1977	Jay Rockefeller (D)	A. James Manchin A. James Manchin Antonio James Manchin I — known as A. James Manchin — was a West Virginia Democratic politician who served as a member of the House of Delegates , as Secretary of State , and as State Treasurer . A colorful and controversial figure, he was the uncle of former West Virginia Governor and current U.S...  (D)		Glen B. Gainer, Jr.	Larrie Bailey (D)		28 D 6 R	91 D 9 R			5 D
1978
1979							26 D 8 R	74 D 26 R			5 D
1980												Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office... /Mondale Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States , under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator for Minnesota...  (D)
1981							27 D 7 R	78 D 22 R			2 R 2 D
1982
1983							31 D 3 R	87 D 13 R			4 D
1984												Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor.... /Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...  (R)
1985	Arch A. Moore, Jr. (R)	Ken Hechler Ken Hechler Kenneth William Hechler is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1977 and was West Virginia Secretary of State from 1985 to 2001....  (D)	Charlie Brown (D)		A. James Manchin (D)		30 D 4 R	73 D 27 R		Jay Rockefeller (D)
1986
1987							27 D 7 R	78 D 22 R
1988												Dukakis Michael Dukakis Michael Stanley Dukakis served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and from 1983–1991, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek immigrants in Brookline, Massachusetts, also the birthplace of John F. Kennedy, and was the longest serving... /Bensen Lloyd Bentsen Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. was a four-term United States senator from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1955. In his later political life, he was Chairman of the Senate...  (D)
1989	Gaston Caperton Gaston Caperton William Gaston Caperton III was the 31st Governor of the U.S. state of West Virginia from 1989 until 1997. He is currently the president of the College Board, which administers the nationally recognized SAT and AP tests. Caperton announced his intention to step down as president of the College...  (D)		Roger W. Tompkins (D)		Thomas E. Loehr (D)	Cleve Benedict Cleve Benedict Cleveland Keith Benedict , better known as Cleve Benedict, is a retired Republican politician from West Virginia.Benedict was born in 1935 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was educated in public and private schools and then graduated from Princeton University in 1957...  (R)	30 D 4 R	80 D 20 R
1990			Mario Palumbo Mario Palumbo Mario J. Palumbo was a Democratic politician from Kanawha County, West Virginia. He was the son of the late Jack and Nancy Palumbo....  (D)
1991					Larrie Bailey (D)		33 D 1 R	74 D 26 R
1992												Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... /Gore Al Gore Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....  (D)
1993			Darrell McGraw Darrell McGraw Darrell Vivian McGraw, Jr. is an American Democratic politician. He is the brother of former West Virginia State Supreme Court Justice and state Senate President Warren McGraw....  (D)	Glen B. Gainer, III (D)		Gus Douglass (D)	32 D 2 R	79 D 21 R			3 D
1994
1995							26 D 8 R	69 D 31 R
1996												Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... /Gore Al Gore Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....  (D)
1997	Cecil H. Underwood (R)				John Perdue John Perdue John Perdue has been the 24th State Treasurer of West Virginia, United States since his election in 1996. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2011. Perdue is a member of the Democratic Party.... (D)		25 D 9 R	74 D 26 R
1998
1999							29 D 5 R	75 D 25 R
Year	Governor	Secretary of State	Attorney General	Auditor	Treasurer	Agriculture Commissioner	State Senate West Virginia Senate The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.There are 17 senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms....	State House West Virginia House of Delegates The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates.-Historical:-Current:-District organization:...	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. House	|Electoral College voted United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Executive offices						|State Legislature West Virginia Legislature The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the Legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's...	|U.S. Congress United States Congressional Delegations from West Virginia These are tables of congressional delegations from West Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:- House of Representatives :-Restored Government of Virginia:...

21st century

Year	|Executive offices	|State Legislature West Virginia Legislature The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the Legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from West Virginia These are tables of congressional delegations from West Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:- House of Representatives :-Restored Government of Virginia:...	|Electoral College voted United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Governor	Secretary of State	Attorney General	Auditor	Treasurer	Agriculture Commissioner	State Senate West Virginia Senate The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.There are 17 senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms....	State House West Virginia House of Delegates The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates.-Historical:-Current:-District organization:...	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. House
2000	Cecil H. Underwood (R)	Ken Hechler Ken Hechler Kenneth William Hechler is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1977 and was West Virginia Secretary of State from 1985 to 2001....  (D)	Darrell McGraw Darrell McGraw Darrell Vivian McGraw, Jr. is an American Democratic politician. He is the brother of former West Virginia State Supreme Court Justice and state Senate President Warren McGraw....  (D)	Glen B. Gainer, III (D)	John Perdue John Perdue John Perdue has been the 24th State Treasurer of West Virginia, United States since his election in 1996. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2011. Perdue is a member of the Democratic Party....  (D)	Gus Douglass Gus Douglass Gus R. Douglass is an American politician who currently serves as Agriculture Commissioner of West Virginia, having first been elected to that post in 1964. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and the longest-serving Agriculture Commissioner in the history of the United States.-Early...  (D)	29 D 5 R	75 D 25 R	Robert Byrd Robert Byrd Robert Carlyle Byrd was a United States Senator from West Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd served as a U.S. Representative from 1953 until 1959 and as a U.S. Senator from 1959 to 2010...  (D)	Jay Rockefeller (D)	3 D	Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... /Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....  (R)
2001	Bob Wise Bob Wise Robert Ellsworth "Bob" Wise, Jr. is an American politician. A Democrat, Wise served as the 33rd Governor of West Virginia from January 2001 to January 2005.-Early life:...  (D)	Joe Manchin (D)					28 D 6 R	75 D 25 R			2 D, 1 R
2002
2003							24 D 10 R	69 D 31 R
2004												Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... /Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....  (R)
2005	Joe Manchin (D)	Betty Ireland Betty Ireland Betty Ireland was the 28th Secretary of State of West Virginia from 2005-2009, serving as the first woman elected to the executive branch of West Virginia state government. She was also the first Republican elected to that position since 1972. Ireland did not seek a second term in 2008 due to her...  (R)					21 D 13 R	68 D 32 R
2006
2007							23 D 11 R	72 D 28 R
2008												McCain John McCain John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election.... /Palin Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...  (R)
2009		Natalie Tennant Natalie Tennant Natalie E. Tennant is the Secretary of State of West Virginia. She was elected in 2008 and officially took office as the 29th Secretary of State on January 19, 2009...  (D)					26 D 8 R	71 D 29 R
2010									Carte Goodwin Carte Goodwin Carte Patrick Goodwin is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Goodwin was appointed by West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin on July 16, 2010, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Robert Byrd. ...  (D)
2011	Earl Ray Tomblin Earl Ray Tomblin Earl Ray Tomblin is an American politician who serves as the 35th and current Governor of West Virginia. Tomblin is a member of the Democratic Party. Tomblin has served as President of the West Virginia State Senate for over 16 years. He became Acting Governor in 2010 following Joe Manchin's... (D)						28 D 6 R	65 D 35 R	Joe Manchin Joe Manchin Joseph "Joe" Manchin III is the junior United States Senator representing West Virginia. Manchin, a Democrat, was Governor of West Virginia from 2005 to 2010... (D)		2 R 1 D
Year	Governor	Secretary of State	Attorney General	Auditor	Treasurer	Agriculture Commissioner	State Senate West Virginia Senate The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.There are 17 senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms....	State House West Virginia House of Delegates The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates.-Historical:-Current:-District organization:...	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. House	|Electoral College voted United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Executive offices						|State Legislature West Virginia Legislature The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the Legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's...	|U.S. Congress United States Congressional Delegations from West Virginia These are tables of congressional delegations from West Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:- House of Representatives :-Restored Government of Virginia:...

See also

• Politics in West Virginia
• Politics of West Virginia
  Politics of West Virginia
  From the time of the Great Depression through the 1990s, the politics of West Virginia were largely dominated by the Democratic party. In the 2000 presidential election, George W. Bush won a surprise victory over Al Gore, with 52% of the vote, and he won West Virginia again in 2004 with 56% of the...