List of West Virginia Senate districts explained
The U.S. state of West Virginia currently has seventeen state senate districts, each represented by two members of the West Virginia Senate.
Current districts and senators
Each district sends two senators to Charleston. Black lines on the map indicate state and district boundaries, and gray lines indicate county boundaries.
Historical and present district boundaries
Below is a table of West Virginia's state senate district boundary maps, presented chronologically. All redistricting events that took place in West Virginia in 1863 and between 1901 and the current boundaries as of August 2024 are shown.
- District 1
- District 2
- District 3
- District 4
- District 5
- District 6
- District 7
- District 8
- District 9
- District 10
- District 11
- District 12
(from 1872)
- District 13
(from 1891)
- District 14
(from 1901)
- District 15
(from 1901)
- District 16
(from 1937)
- District 17
(from 1964)
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| Year adopted | Statewide map | Notes | Ref |
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| 1861 | | District boundaries as they were defined during the first West Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1861. Districts 10 and 11 were planned in the case of other counties joining the state. Only Frederick County in District 11 did not end up joining the state. | [3] |
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| 1872 | | District boundaries as they were defined during the second West Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1872. District 12 was added. | [4] |
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| 1891 | | District 13 was added. When Mingo County split off from Logan County in 1895, it remained in District 7. | [5] [6] |
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| 1901 | | District boundaries as defined by House bill No. 235. Districts 14 and 15 were added. | [7] |
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| 1937 | | A new District 16 and 2 seats are added in the eastern panhandle of the state. | [8] |
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| 1951 | | | |
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| 1964 | | A new District 17 and 2 seats are added within District 8 in Kanawha County. District boundaries otherwise remain unchanged. | [9] |
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| 1982 | | Individual counties are split between multiple districts for the first time. | [10] |
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| 1992 | | | |
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| 2001 | | | |
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| 2011 | | District 8 and 17 are separated. | [11] |
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| 2021 | | Current boundaries as of May 2024. | [12] | |
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See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Members of the Senate . WV Legislature . 9 May 2024.
- Web site: 2021 . 2020 REDISTRICTING . wvlegislature.gov.
- Book: Harris . John T. . West Virginia LEGISLATIVE HAND BOOK and MANUAL AND Official Register 1916 . 20 April 1916 . West Virginia Legislature . Charleston, WV . 291 . 1st . 9 May 2024.
- Book: Harris . John T. . West Virginia LEGISLATIVE HAND BOOK and MANUAL AND Official Register 1916 . 20 April 1916 . West Virginia Legislature . Charleston, WV . 323 . 1st . 9 May 2024.
- Book: Donnally . Moses W. . ACTS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF WEST VIRGINIA AT ITS TWENTIETH REGULAR SESSION. . 1891 . WV Legislature . Charleston, WV . 205 . 28 August 2024.
- Book: Donnally . Moses W. . ACTS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF WEST VIRGINIA AT ITS TWENTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION. . 1895 . WV Legislature . Charleston, WV . 213 . 28 August 2024.
- Book: Donnally . Moses W. . ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF WEST VIRGINIA AT ITS TWENTY-FIFTH REGULAR SESSION . 1905 . West Virginia Legislature . Charleston, WV . 59 . 28 August 2024.
- Book: Lively . Charles . WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK 1936 . 21 December 1938 . West Virginia Legislature . Charleston, WV . 171 . 22nd . 9 May 2024.
- Book: Myers . J. Howard. WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK 1965 . 15 December 1965 . West Virginia Legislature . Charleston, WV . 228 . 48th . 9 May 2024.
- Book: Willis . Todd C. . WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK 1983 . 1 December 1983 . West Virginia Legislature . Charleston, WV . 296 . 67th . 9 May 2024.
- Book: Barnes . Clark S. . WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK 2015–2016 . West Virginia Legislature . Charleston, WV . 340 . 93rd . 9 May 2024.
- Web site: SENATE MAP FINAL . WV SOS . 9 May 2024.
