Below is a list of United States senators from West Virginia. The state's U.S. senators belong to classes 1 and 2. West Virginia is currently represented in the Senate by Republicans Shelley Moore Capito (serving since 2015), and Jim Justice (serving since 2025).
Robert Byrd was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1959 until his death in 2010. He is also the longest serving Senator in United States history.
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jun 19, 1863 âÂÂ<br/>Aug 4, 1863 | West Virginia did not elect its first Senators until Aug 4, 1863. | rowspan=4 | 1 | rowspan=2 | rowspan=2 | 1 | West Virginia did not elect its first Senators until Aug 4, 1863. | nowrap | Jun 19, 1863 âÂÂ<br/>Aug 4, 1863 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 1 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Peter G. Van Winkle | rowspan=2 | Union | rowspan=3 nowrap | Aug 4, 1863 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1869 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1863.Retired. | Elected in 1863. | nowrap | Aug 4, 1863 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1865 | | Union | rowspan=4 align=right | <br/>Waitman T. Willey ! rowspan=4 | 1
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1865.Retired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1865 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1871 | rowspan=3 | Republican
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Arthur I. Boreman | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1869 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1875 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1868 or 1869.Retired. | rowspan=3 | 2 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=7 | 3 | rowspan=7 | Elected in 1871. | rowspan=10 nowrap | Mar 4, 1871 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1883 | rowspan=10 | Democratic | rowspan=10 align=right | <br/>Henry G. Davis ! rowspan=10 | 2
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|- style="height:2em" ! 3 | align=left | <br/>Allen T. Caperton | | Democratic | nowrap | Mar 4, 1875 âÂÂ<br/>Jul 26, 1876 | Elected in 1875.Died. | rowspan=7 | 3 | rowspan=5
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jul 26, 1876 âÂÂ<br/>Aug 26, 1876 |
|- style="height:2em" ! 4 | align=left | <br/>Samuel Price | | Democratic | nowrap | Aug 26, 1876 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 26, 1877 | Appointed to continue Caperton's term.Lost election to finish Caperton's term.
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jan 26, 1877 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 31, 1877 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 5 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Frank Hereford | rowspan=3 | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 31, 1877 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1881 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1877 to finish Caperton's term.
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 4 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1877.Retired.
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 6 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Johnson N. Camden | rowspan=3 | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1881 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1887 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1880 or 1881. | rowspan=3 | 4 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 5 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1883. | rowspan=5 | Mar 4, 1883 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 11, 1893 | rowspan=5 | Democratic | rowspan=5 align=right | <br/>John E. Kenna ! rowspan=5 | 3
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 | 7 | rowspan=8 align=left | <br/>Charles J. Faulkner | rowspan=8 | Democratic | rowspan=8 | Mar 4, 1887 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1899 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1887. | rowspan=5 | 5 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=5 | 6 | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1889.Died.
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|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Jan 11, 1893 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 25, 1893 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1893 to finish Kenna's term. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Jan 25, 1893 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1895 | rowspan=2 | Democratic | rowspan=2 align=right | <br/>Johnson N. Camden ! rowspan=2 | 4
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1893.Retired. | rowspan=3 | 6 | |- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 7 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1895. | rowspan=8 nowrap | Mar 4, 1895 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 4, 1911 | rowspan=8 | Republican | rowspan=8 align=right | <br/>Stephen B. Elkins ! rowspan=8 | 5
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 8 | rowspan=9 align=left | <br/>Nathan B. Scott | rowspan=9 | Republican | rowspan=9 | Mar 4, 1899 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1911 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1899. | rowspan=3 | 7 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 8 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1901.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1905.Lost renomination. | rowspan=6 | 8 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=6 | 9 | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1907.Died.
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|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Jan 4, 1911 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 9, 1911 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue his father's term.Lost election to finish his father's term. | nowrap | Jan 9, 1911 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 31, 1911 | | Republican | align=right | <br/>Davis Elkins ! 6
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1911 to finish Stephen Elkins' term.Lost re-election. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Feb 1, 1911 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1913 | rowspan=2 | Democratic | rowspan=2 align=right | <br/>Clarence W. Watson ! rowspan=2 | 7
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 9 | rowspan=4 align=left | <br/>William E. Chilton | rowspan=4 | Democratic | rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 4, 1911 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1917 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1911.Lost re-election. | rowspan=4 | 9 |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | rowspan=4 | 10 | | nowrap | Mar 4, 1913 âÂÂ<br/>Apr 1, 1913 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1913 but took office late.Retired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Apr 1, 1913 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1919 | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | <br/>Nathan Goff Jr. ! rowspan=3 | 8
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 10 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Howard Sutherland | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1917 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1923 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1916.Lost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 10 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 11 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1918.Retired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1919 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1925 | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | <br/>Davis Elkins ! rowspan=3 | 9
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 11 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Matthew M. Neely | rowspan=3 | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1923 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1929 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1922.Lost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 11 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 12 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1924.Retired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1925 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1931 | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | <br/>Guy D. Goff ! rowspan=3 | 10
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 12 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Henry D. Hatfield | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1929 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1935 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1928.Lost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 12 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=4 | 13 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1930. | rowspan=7 | Mar 4, 1931 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 12, 1941 | rowspan=7 | Democratic | rowspan=7 align=right | <br/>Matthew M. Neely ! rowspan=7 | 11
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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jan 3, 1935 âÂÂ<br/>Jun 21, 1935 | Senator-elect was not yet qualified to serve. | rowspan=4 | 13 | rowspan=2
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 13 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Rush Holt Sr. | rowspan=3 | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jun 21, 1935 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1941 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1934.Could not take seat until 2 days after reaching age 30 on Jun 19, 1935.Lost renomination.
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=5 | 14 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1936.Resigned.
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 | 14 | rowspan=10 align=left | <br/>Harley M. Kilgore | rowspan=10 | Democratic | rowspan=10 nowrap | Jan 3, 1941 âÂÂ<br/>Feb 28, 1956 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1940. | rowspan=5 | 14 | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Neely's term.Lost election to finish Neely's term. | nowrap | Jan 13, 1941 âÂÂ<br/>Nov 17, 1942 | | Democratic | align=right | <br/>Joseph Rosier ! 12
|- style="height:2em" | Elected in 1942 to finish Neely's term.Retired. | nowrap | Nov 18, 1942 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1943 | | Republican | align=right | <br/>Hugh I. Shott ! 13
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 15 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1942.Lost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1943 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1949 | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | <br/>Chapman Revercomb ! rowspan=3 | 14
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1946. | rowspan=3 | 15 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 16 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1948. | rowspan=8 | Jan 3, 1949 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 18, 1958 | rowspan=8 | Democratic | rowspan=8 align=right | <br/>Matthew M. Neely ! rowspan=8 | 15
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1952.Died. | rowspan=9 | 16 |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | rowspan=9 | 17 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1954.Died.
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Feb 28, 1956 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 13, 1956 |
|- style="height:2em" ! 15 | align=left | <br/>William Laird III | | Democratic | nowrap | Mar 13, 1956 âÂÂ<br/>Nov 6, 1956 | Appointed to continue Kilgore's term.Retired when his successor was elected.
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 16 | rowspan=5 align=left | <br/>Chapman Revercomb | rowspan=5 | Republican | rowspan=5 nowrap | Nov 7, 1956 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1959 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1956 to finish Kilgore's term.Lost re-election.
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|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Jan 18, 1958 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 25, 1958 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Neely's term.Lost election to finish Neely's term. | nowrap | Jan 25, 1958 âÂÂ<br/>Nov 4, 1958 | | Republican | align=right | <br/>John Hoblitzell ! 16
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1958 to finish Neely's term. | rowspan=14 nowrap | Nov 5, 1958 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1985 | rowspan=14 | Democratic | rowspan=14 align=right | <br/>Jennings Randolph ! rowspan=14 | 17
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=27 | 17 | rowspan=27 align=left | <br/>Robert Byrd | rowspan=27 | Democratic | rowspan=27 nowrap | Jan 3, 1959 âÂÂ<br/>Jun 28, 2010 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1958. | rowspan=3 | 17 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 18 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1960.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1964. | rowspan=3 | 18 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 19 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1966.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1970. | rowspan=3 | 19 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 20 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1972.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1976. | rowspan=3 | 20 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 21 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1978.Retired.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1982. | rowspan=4 | 21 |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | rowspan=4 | 22 | | nowrap | Jan 3, 1985 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 15, 1985 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1984.Seated late to complete his term as Governor of West Virginia. | rowspan=18 nowrap | Jan 15, 1985 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 2015 | rowspan=18 | Democratic | rowspan=18 align=right | <br/>Jay Rockefeller ! rowspan=18 | 18
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1988. | rowspan=3 | 22 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 23 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1990.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1994. | rowspan=3 | 23 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 24 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1996.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2000. | rowspan=3 | 24 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 25 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2002.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 2006.Died. | rowspan=6 | 25 |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | rowspan=6 | 26 | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 2008.Retired.
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jun 28, 2010 âÂÂ<br/>Jul 16, 2010 |
|- style="height:2em" ! 18 | align=left | <br/>Carte Goodwin | | Democratic | nowrap | Jul 16, 2010 âÂÂ<br/>Nov 15, 2010 | Appointed to continue Byrd's term.Retired when his successor was elected.
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 19 | rowspan=9 align=left | <br/>Joe Manchin | rowspan=8 | Democratic | rowspan=9 nowrap | Nov 15, 2010 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 2025 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 2010 to finish Byrd's term.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2012. | rowspan=3 | 26 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 27 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2014. | rowspan=8 nowrap | Jan 3, 2015 âÂÂ<br/>present | rowspan=8 | Republican | rowspan=8 align=right | <br/>Shelley Moore Capito ! rowspan=8 | 19
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 2018.Left the Democratic Party on May 31, 2024.Retired. | rowspan=4 | 27 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=5 | 28 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 2020.
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|- style="height:2em" | | Independent
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jan 3, 2025 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 14, 2025 | | rowspan=4 | 28 | rowspan=2
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 20 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/> Jim Justice | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 14, 2025 âÂÂ<br/>present | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2024.Seated late to complete his term as Governor of West Virginia.
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 29 | rowspan=3 colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2026 election.
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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2030 election. | 29 | 122nd