Political party strength in West Virginia explained

The following tables indicate the historic party affiliation of elected officials in the U.S. state of West Virginia, including: Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Auditor,[1] State Treasurer,[2] and State Agriculture Commissioner. The tables also indicate the historical party composition in the State Senate, State House of Delegates,[3] Supreme Court of Appeals, 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.

1863–1899

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureSupreme
Court of
Appeals		class=unsortable colspan=3United States Congress!class=unsortable rowspan=2Electoral
votes
class=unsortableGovernor!class=unsortableSecretary of State!class=unsortableAttorney General!class=unsortableAuditor!class=unsortableTreasurer!class=unsortableState Senate!class=unsortableState House!class=unsortableU.S. Senator (Class I)!class=unsortableU.S. Senator (Class II)!class=unsortableU.S. House
1863Arthur I. Boreman (R)Jacob Edgar Boyers (R)Aquilla B. Caldwell (R)Samuel Crane (R)Campbell Tarr (R)20UU52UU3RPeter G. Van Winkle (UU)[4] Waitman T. Willey (UU)3UU
1864Lincoln/
Johnson (NU)
1865Granville D. Hall (R)Ephraim B. Hall (R)Joseph Marcellus
McWhorter (R)		Waitman T. Willey (R)2UU, 1R
1866Edwin Maxwell (R)19R, 1D48R, 8D
1867John Witcher (R)Thayer Melvin (R)Jacob H. Brister (R)19R, 43D41R, 15DPeter G. Van Winkle (R)3R
186820R, 2D42R, 14DGrant/
Colfax (R)
1869Daniel D. T. Farnsworth (R)James Pipes (R)Aquilla B. Caldwell (R)Thomas Boggess (R)James A. Macauley (R)18R, 4D32R, 24DArthur I. Boreman (R)3R
1870William E. Stevenson (R)13LR, 5D, 4R33R, 23D
1871John J. Jacob (D)John M. Phelps (R)Joseph Sprigg (D)Edward A. Bennett (D)John S. Burdett (D)12D, 10R40D, 16R2R, 1DHenry G. Davis (D)2D, 1R
187218D, 4R39D, 16R, 1?Grant/
Wilson (R)
1873John J. Jacob (I)Charles Hedrick (D)Henry M. Mathews (D)21D, 3R43D, 19R, 3?4D2D, 1R
1874
187519D, 4R, 1I49D, 12R, 4IAllen T. Caperton (D)3D
1876Sobieski Brady (D)Samuel Price (D)Tilden/
Hendricks (D)
1877Henry M. Mathews (D)Sobieski Brady (D)Robert White (D)Joseph S. Miller (D)Thomas J. West (D)19D, 5R46D, 19RFrank Hereford (D)3D
1878
187921D, 2R, 1GB40D, 17GB, 8R3D
1880Hancock/
English (D)
1881Jacob B. Jackson (D)Randolph Stalnaker (D)Cornelius Clarkson
Watts (D)		Thomas O'Brien (D)20D, 3R, 1GB46D, 17R, 2GBJohnson N. Camden (D)3D
1882
188317D, 8R, 1GB38D, 27RJohn E. Kenna (D)3D, 1R
1884Cleveland/
Hendricks (D)
1885Emanuel Willis Wilson (D)Henry S. Walker (D)Alfred Caldwell (D)Patrick Fee Duffy (D)William T. Thompson (D)15D, 11R37D, 28R3D, 1R
1886
188714D, 12R36D, 29RCharles James Faulkner (D)3D, 1R
1888Cleveland/
Thurman (D)
188912D, 13R, 134D, 31R2D, 2R
1890Aretas B. Fleming (D)William A. Ohley (D)
189116D, 10R44D, 21R4D
1892Cleveland/
Stevenson (D)
1893William A. MacCorkle (D)William E. Chilton (D)Thomas S. Riley (D)Isaac V. Johnson (D)John M. Rowan (D)21D, 5R41D, 30RJohnson N. Camden (D)4D
1894
189514R, 12D49R, 22DStephen B. Elkins (R)4R
1896McKinley/
Hobart (R)
1897George W. Atkinson (R)William M. O. Dawson (R)Edgar P. Rucker (R)Latelle M. LaFollette Sr. (R)M. A. Kendall (R)20R, 5D, 1Pop40R, 31D3D, 1R3R, 1D
1898
189917R, 9D37D, 33R, 1?Nathan B. Scott (R)4R

1900–1949

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureSupreme
Court of
Appeals		United States CongressElectoral
votes
class=unsortableGovernorclass=unsortableSecretary of Stateclass=unsortableAttorney Generalclass=unsortableAuditorclass=unsortableTreasurerclass=unsortableState Senateclass=unsortableState Houseclass=unsortableU.S. Senator (Class I)class=unsortableU.S. Senator (Class II)class=unsortableU.S. House
1900George W. Atkinson (R)William M. O. Dawson (R)Edgar P. Rucker (R)Latelle M. LaFollette Sr. (R)M. A. Kendall (R)17R, 9D37D, 33R, 1?3D, 1RNathan B. Scott (R)Stephen B. Elkins (R)4RMcKinley/
Roosevelt (R)
1901Albert B. White (R)Romeo H. Freer (R)Arnold C. Scherr (R)Peter Silman (R)18R, 8D45R, 26D3R, 1D4R
1902
190324R, 6D57R, 29D4R, 1D4R
1904Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R)
1905William M. O. Dawson (R)Charles Wesley Swisher (R)Clark W. May (R)Newton Ogden (R)25R, 5D61R, 25D5R3R, 1D
1906
190760R, 25D, 1Proh5R
1908William G. Conley (R)Taft/
Sherman (R)
1909William E. Glasscock (R)Stuart F. Reed (R)John S. Darst (R)E. Leslie Long (R)24R, 6D60R, 26D5R
1910
191115R, 15D63D, 23RWilliam E. Chilton (D)Davis Elkins (R)4D, 1R
Clarence W. Watson (D)
1912Wilson/
Marshall (D)
1913Henry D. Hatfield (R)Armistead Abraham Lilly (R)53R, 33DNathan Goff Jr. (R)4R, 2D
1914
191521R, 9D56R, 27D, 3Fus4D, 2R
1916Hughes/
Fairbanks (R)
1917John J. Cornwell (D)Houston G. Young (R)Edward T. England (R)W. S. Johnson (R)20R, 10D52D, 42RHoward Sutherland (R)5R, 1D
1918
191923R, 7D70R, 24DDavis Elkins (R)5R, 1D
1920Harding/
Coolidge (R)
1921Ephraim F. Morgan (R)John C. Bond (R)26R, 4D73R, 21D6R
1922
192319R, 11D65D, 29R4R, 1DMatthew M. Neely (D)4D, 2R
1924Coolidge/
Dawes (R)
1925Howard Mason Gore (R)George W. Sharp (R)Howard B. Lee (R)16R, 14D55R, 39D5RGuy D. Goff (R)6R
1926
1927Sam T. Mallison21R, 9D60R, 33D, 15R, 1D
1928Hoover/
Curtis (R)
1929William G. Conley (R)Edgar C. Lawson (R)24R, 6D63R, 31DHenry D. Hatfield (R)5R, 1D
1930
193117R, 13D68D, 26RMatthew M. Neely (D)4R, 2D
1932Roosevelt/
Garner (D)
1933Herman G. Kump (D)William Smith O'Brien (D)Homer A. Holt (D)Edgar B. Simms (D)Richard E. Talbott (D)24D, 6R79D, 15R4R, 1D6D
1934
193582D, 12RRush Holt Sr. (D)6D
1936Roosevelt/
Garner (D)
1937Homer A. Holt (D)Clarence W. Meadows (D)72D, 22R3D, 2R6D
1938
193927D, 5R70D, 24R5D, 1R
1940Roosevelt/
Wallace (D)
1941Matthew M. Neely (D)26D, 6R74D, 20R5DHarley M. Kilgore (D)Joseph Rosier (D)6D
1942William S. Wysong (D)Hugh Ike Shott (R)
1943James Kay Thomas (D)21D, 11R50D, 44RChapman Revercomb (R)4D, 2R
1944Roosevelt/
Truman (D)
1945Clarence W. Meadows (D)Ira J. Partlow (D)65D, 29R5D, 1R
1946
194720D, 12R56D, 38R4R, 2D
1948Daniel Pitt O'Brien (D)Truman/
Barkley (D)
1949Okey Patteson (D)William C. Marland (D)78D, 16RMatthew M. Neely (D)6D

1950–1999

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureSupreme
Court of
Appeals		United States CongressElectoral
votes
class=unsortableGovernorclass=unsortableSecretary
of State		class=unsortableAttorney
General		class=unsortableAuditorclass=unsortableTreasurerclass=unsortableAgriculture
Commissioner		class=unsortableState
Senate		class=unsortableState
House		class=unsortableU.S. Senator
(Class I)		class=unsortableU.S. Senator
(Class II)		class=unsortableU.S.
House
1950Okey Patteson (D)Daniel Pitt O'Brien (D)William C. Marland (D)Edgar B. Simms (D)William H. Ansel Jr. (D)J. B. McLaughlin (D)20D, 12R78D, 16R5DHarley M. Kilgore (D)Matthew M. Neely (D)6DTruman/
Barkley (D)
195167D, 27R
1952Chauncey Browning Sr. (D)Stevenson/
Sparkman (D)
1953William C. Marland (D)John G. Fox (D)22D, 10R67D, 33R5D, 1R
1954
195523D, 9R76D, 24R
1956John T. Johnson (R)William Laird III (D)Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)
1957Cecil H. Underwood (R)Helen F. Holt (R)Wally Barron (D)Orel J. Skeen (D)21D, 11R58D, 42RChapman Revercomb (R)
1958Joe F. Burdett (D)John D. Hoblitzell Jr. (R)
4D, 1R
195923D, 9R85D, 15R5DRobert Byrd (D)Jennings Randolph (D)
1960Litz McGuire (R)Kennedy/
Johnson (D)
1961Wally Barron (D)C. Donald Robertson (D)Denzil L. Gainer (D)John H. Kelly (D)25D, 7R82D, 18R
1962
196323D, 9R76D, 24R4D, 1R
1964Johnson/
Humphrey (D)
1965Hulett C. Smith (D)Robert D. Bailey Jr. (D)Gus Douglass (D)27D, 7R91D, 9R
1966
196725D, 9R65D, 35R
1968Humphrey/
Muskie (D)
1969Arch A. Moore Jr. (R)Jay Rockefeller (D)Chauncey H. Browning Jr. (D)22D, 12R63D, 37R
1970
197123D, 11R68D, 32R5D
4D, 1R
1972Hike Heiskell (R)John M. Gates (R)Nixon/
Agnew (R)
3R, 2D
197324D, 10R57D, 43R4D, 1R4D
1974
1975James R. McCartney (R)Ronald G. Pearson (R)26D, 8R87D, 13R
3D, 2R
1976Carter/
Mondale (D)
1977Jay Rockefeller (D)A. James Manchin (D)Glen Gainer Jr. (D)Larrie Bailey (D)28D, 6R91D, 9R5D
1978
197926D, 8R74D, 26R
1980Carter/
Mondale (D)
198127D, 7R78D, 22R2R, 2D
1982
198331D, 3R87D, 13R4D
1984Reagan/
Bush (R)
1985Arch A. Moore Jr. (R)Ken Hechler (D)Charlie Brown (D)A. James Manchin (D)30D, 4R73D, 27RJay Rockefeller (D)
1986
198728D, 6R78D, 22R
1988Dukakis/
Bentsen (D)
1989Gaston Caperton (D)Roger W. Tompkins (D)Thomas E. Loehr (D)Cleve Benedict (R)29D, 5R79D, 21R
1990Mario Palumbo (D)
1991Larrie Bailey (D)33D, 1R74D, 26R
1992Clinton/
Gore (D)
1993Darrell McGraw (D)Glen Gainer III (D)Gus Douglass (D)32D, 2R79D, 21R3D
1994
199526D, 8R69D, 31R
1996Clinton/
Gore (D)
1997Cecil H. Underwood (R)John Perdue (D)25D, 9R74D, 26R
19984D, 1R
199929D, 5R75D, 25R5D

2000–present

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureSupreme
Court of
Appeals		United States CongressElectoral
votes
class=unsortableGovernorclass=unsortableSecretary of Stateclass=unsortableAttorney Generalclass=unsortableAuditorclass=unsortableTreasurerclass=unsortableAg. Commissionerclass=unsortableState Senateclass=unsortableState Houseclass=unsortableU.S. Senator (Class I)class=unsortableU.S. Senator (Class II)class=unsortableU.S. House
2000Cecil H. Underwood (R)Ken Hechler (D)Darrell McGraw (D)Glen Gainer III (D)John Perdue (D)Gus Douglass (D)29D, 5R75D, 25R4D, 1RRobert Byrd (D)Jay Rockefeller (D)3DBush/
Cheney (R)
2001Bob Wise (D)Joe Manchin (D)28D, 6R5D2D, 1R
2002
200324D, 10R68D, 32R
2004Bush/
Cheney (R)
2005Joe Manchin (D)Betty Ireland (R)21D, 13R4D, 1R
2006
200723D, 11R72D, 28R
2008McCain/
Palin (R)
2009Natalie Tennant (D)26D, 8R71D, 29R
2010Carte Goodwin (D)
2011Earl Ray Tomblin (D)28D, 6R65D, 35RJoe Manchin (D)2R, 1D
2012Romney/
Ryan (R)
2013Patrick Morrisey (R)Walt Helmick (D)25D, 9R54D, 46R3D, 2R
201424D, 10R53D, 47R
201518R, 16D64R, 36DShelley Moore Capito (R)3R
2016Lisa Hopkins (D) Trump/
Pence (R)
2017Jim Justice (D)Mac Warner (R)JB McCuskey (R)Kent Leonhardt (R)22R, 12D64R, 36D
Jim Justice (R)
2018
4R, 1D
201920R, 14D57R, 43D3R, 2D
2020Trump/
Pence (R)
2021Riley Moore (R)23R, 11D76R, 24D
77R, 23D
78R, 22D
2022
202331R, 3D89R, 11D2R
2024Trump/
Vance (R)
Joe Manchin (I)
2025 Patrick Morrisey (R) Kris Warner (R) JB McCuskey (R)Mark Hunt (R) Larry Pack (R) 32R, 2D91R, 9D4R, 1DJim Justice (R)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: West Virginia State Auditors . WVCulture.org . 2011-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120929081530/http://www.wvculture.org/history/stateauditor.html . 2012-09-29 . dead .
  2. Web site: West Virginia State Treasurers . WVCulture.org . 2011-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111116220909/http://www.wvculture.org/history/statetreasurer.html . 2011-11-16 . dead .
  3. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Educational/Publications/Manual_PDF/24-Political_Composition.pdf Educational Publications Manual
  4. Web site: Van Winkle - Biographical Information . Bioguide.Congress.gov . 2011-01-03.

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