U.S. Senators from West Virginia, 1863-2018 (May be
incomplete!)
Peter
G. Van Winkle 1863-69
Waitman
T. Willey 1863-71
Arthur
I. Boreman 1869-75
Henry
G. Davis 1871-83
Allen
T. Caperton 1875-76
Samuel
Price 1876-77
Frank
Hereford 1877-81
Johnson
N. Camden 1881-87
John
E. Kenna 1883-93
Charles
J. Faulkner 1887-99
Johnson
N. Camden 1893-95
Stephen
B. Elkins 1895-1911
Nathan
B. Scott 1899-1911
Davis
Elkins 1911
Clarence
W. Watson 1911-13
William
E. Chilton 1911-17
Nathan
Goff, Jr. 1913-19
Howard
Sutherland 1917-23
Davis
Elkins 1919-25
Matthew
M. Neely 1923-29
Guy
D. Goff 1925-31
Henry
D. Hatfield 1929-35
Matthew
M. Neely 1931-41
Rush
D. Holt 1935-41
Harley
M. Kilgore 1941-56
Joseph
Rosier 1941-42
Hugh
Ike Shott 1942-43
Chapman
Revercomb 1943-49
Matthew
M. Neely 1949-58
William
R. Laird III 1956
Chapman
Revercomb 1956-59
John
D. Hoblitzell, Jr. 1958
Jennings
Randolph 1958-85
Robert
C. Byrd 1959-
Jay
Rockefeller 1985-
Carte
Goodwin 2010
Joe
Manchin 2010-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1876 Jul 26:
Allen
T. Caperton, died in office.
1893 Jan 11:
John
E. Kenna, died in office.
1911 Jan 4:
Stephen
B. Elkins, died in office.
1916 Nov 7:
Howard
Sutherland (Rep), elected;
William
E. Chilton (Dem), defeated;
G.
A. Gneiser (Socialist), defeated.
1918 Nov 5:
Davis
Elkins (Rep), elected;
Clarence
W. Watson (Dem), defeated;
M.
S. Holt (Socialist), defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
Matthew
M. Neely (Dem), elected;
Howard
Sutherland (Rep), defeated;
M.
S. Holt (Socialist), defeated.
1924:
Benjamin
L. Rosenbloom (Rep), defeated in primary.
1924 Nov 4:
Guy
D. Goff (Rep), elected;
William
E. Chilton (Dem), defeated;
M.
S. Holt (Socialist), defeated.
1928:
Howard
M. Gore (Rep), defeated for nomination.
1928 Nov 6:
Henry
D. Hatfield (Rep), elected;
Matthew
M. Neely (Dem), defeated;
M.
S. Holt (Socialist), defeated.
1930 Nov 4:
Matthew
M. Neely (Dem), elected;
James
E. Jones (Rep), defeated;
John
MacDonald (Prohibition), defeated.
1934 Aug 7:
Rush
D. Holt (Dem), nominated;
Clem
L. Shaver (Dem), defeated in primary;
William
E. Chilton (Dem), defeated in primary;
J.
Alfred Taylor (Dem), defeated in primary;
Arthur
B. Koontz (Dem), defeated in primary;
Graham
Sale (Dem), defeated in primary;
Edmund
M. Conaway (Dem), defeated in primary;
John
W. Caldwell (Dem), defeated in primary;
Elbert
E. Caldwell (Dem), defeated in primary.
1934 Aug 7:
Henry
D. Hatfield (Rep), nominated;
Benjamin
L. Rosenbloom (Rep), defeated in primary;
George
M. Fisher (Rep), defeated in primary;
Hattie
Stein (Rep), defeated in primary;
Washington
I. Kilpatrick (Rep), defeated in primary.
1934 Nov 6:
Rush
D. Holt (Dem), elected;
Henry
D. Hatfield (Rep), defeated;
John
Wesley McDonald (Prohibition), defeated.
1936 Nov 3:
Matthew
M. Neely (Dem), elected;
Hugh
Ike Shott (Rep), defeated.
1940 May 14:
Harley
M. Kilgore (Dem), nominated;
Herman
Guy Kump (Dem), defeated in primary;
Rush
D. Holt (Dem), defeated in primary;
J.
Buhl Shahan (Dem), defeated in primary.
1940 May 14:
Thomas
Sweeney (Rep), nominated;
Carl
G. Bachmann (Rep), defeated in primary;
Ephraim
F. Morgan (Rep), defeated in primary;
Decatur
H. Rodgers (Rep), defeated in primary.
1940 Nov 5:
Harley
M. Kilgore (Dem), elected;
Thomas
Sweeney (Rep), defeated.
1941 Jan 12:
Matthew
M. Neely, resigned.
1942 Nov 3:
Hugh
Ike Shott (Rep), elected;
Joseph
Rosier (Dem), defeated.
1942 Nov 3:
Chapman
Revercomb (Rep), elected;
Matthew
M. Neely (Dem), defeated.
1946 Aug 6:
Harley
M. Kilgore (Dem), nominated;
J.
Buhl Shahan (Dem), defeated in primary.
1946 Aug 6:
Thomas
Sweeney (Rep), nominated;
Claude
R. Hill (Rep), defeated in primary.
1946 Nov 5:
Harley
M. Kilgore (Dem), elected;
Thomas
Sweeney (Rep), defeated.
1948 Nov 2:
Matthew
M. Neely (Dem), elected;
Chapman
Revercomb (Rep), defeated.
1952:
J.
Hornor Davis II (Dem), defeated in primary.
1954 Aug 3:
Matthew
M. Neely (Dem), nominated;
Sam
B. Chilton (Dem), defeated in primary;
Homer
H. May (Dem), defeated in primary;
Roy
A. Warden (Dem), defeated in primary.
1954 Aug 3:
Thomas
Sweeney (Rep), nominated;
Latelle
M. LaFollette, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
1954 Nov 2:
Matthew
M. Neely (Dem), elected;
Thomas
Sweeney (Rep), defeated.
1956 Feb 28:
Harley
M. Kilgore, died in office.
1956 Nov 6:
Chapman
Revercomb (Rep), elected;
William
C. Marland (Dem), defeated.
1958 Jan 18:
Matthew
M. Neely, died in office.
1958 Nov 4:
Robert
C. Byrd (Dem), elected;
Chapman
Revercomb (Rep), defeated.
1958 Nov 4:
Jennings
Randolph (Dem), elected;
John
D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
1960 Nov 8:
Jennings
Randolph (Dem), elected;
Cecil
H. Underwood (Rep), defeated.
1964 Nov 3:
Robert
C. Byrd (Dem), elected;
Cooper
P. Benedict (Rep), defeated.
1966 Nov 8:
Jennings
Randolph (Dem), elected;
Francis
J. Love (Rep), defeated.
1970 May 12:
Robert
C. Byrd (Dem), nominated;
John
J. McOwen (Dem), defeated in primary.
1970 Nov 3:
Robert
C. Byrd (Dem), elected;
Elmer
H. Dodson (Rep), defeated.
1972 Nov 7:
Jennings
Randolph (Dem), elected;
Louise
Leonard (Rep), defeated.
1976 Nov 2:
Robert
C. Byrd (Dem), elected unopposed.
1978 Nov 7:
Jennings
Randolph (Dem), elected;
Arch
A. Moore, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
1982 Nov 2:
Robert
C. Byrd (Dem), elected;
Cleveland
K. Benedict (Rep), defeated;
William
B. Hovland (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1984 Nov 6:
Jay
Rockefeller (Dem), elected;
John
R. Raese (Rep), defeated;
Mary
E. Radin (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1988 Nov 8:
Robert
C. Byrd (Dem), elected;
M.
Jay Wolfe (Rep), defeated.
1990 Nov 6:
Jay
Rockefeller (Dem), elected;
John
C. Yoder (Rep), defeated.
1994 Nov 8:
Robert
C. Byrd (Dem), elected;
Stan
Klos (Rep), defeated.
1996 Nov 5:
Jay
Rockefeller (Dem), elected;
Betty
A. Burks (Rep), defeated.
2000 Nov 7:
Robert
C. Byrd (Dem), elected;
David
T. Gallaher (Rep), defeated;
Joe
Whelan (Libertarian), defeated.
2002 Nov 5:
Jay
Rockefeller (Dem), elected;
M.
Jay Wolfe (Rep), defeated.
2010 Jul 16:
Carte
Goodwin, appointed.
2010 Nov 2:
Joe
Manchin (Dem), elected;
John
R. Raese (Rep), defeated;
Jesse
Clarence Johnson, Jr. (Mountain), defeated;
Jeffrey
Conrad Becker (Constitution), defeated.
2012 Nov 6:
Joe
Manchin (Dem), elected;
John
R. Raese (Rep), defeated;
Bob
Henry Baber (Mountain), defeated.
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