Political party strength in West Virginia

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] 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[edit]

Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral
votes

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Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House
1863  | Arthur I. Boreman (R)[a] | Jacob Edgar Boyers (R) | Aquilla B. Caldwell (R) | Samuel Crane (R) | Campbell Tarr (R) | 20UU  | 52UU  | Peter G. Van Winkle (UU)[4] | Waitman T. Willey (UU) | 3UU
1864  | Lincoln/
Johnson (NU) Y
1865  | Granville D. Hall (R) | Ephraim B. Hall (R) | Joseph Marcellus
McWhorter (R) | Waitman T. Willey (R) | 2UU, 1R
1866  | Edwin Maxwell (R) | 19R, 1D  | 48R, 8D
1867  | John Witcher (R) | Thayer Melvin (R) | Jacob H. Brister (R) | 19R, 43D  | 41R, 15D  | Peter G. Van Winkle (R) | 3R
1868  | 20R, 2D  | 42R, 14D  | Grant/
Colfax (R) Y
1869  | Daniel D. T. Farnsworth (R)[b] | James Pipes (R) | Aquilla B. Caldwell (R)[c] | Thomas Boggess (R) | James A. Macauley (R) | 18R, 4D  | 32R, 24D  | Arthur I. Boreman (R) | 3R
1870  | William E. Stevenson (R) | 13LR, 5D, 4R  | 33R, 23D
1871  | John J. Jacob (D) | John M. Phelps (R) | Joseph Sprigg (D) | Edward A. Bennett (D) | John S. Burdett (D) | 12D, 10R  | 40D, 16R  | Henry G. Davis (D) | 2D, 1R
1872  | 18D, 4R  | 39D, 16R, 1?  | Grant/
Wilson (R) Y
1873  | John J. Jacob (I) | Charles Hedrick (D) | Henry M. Mathews (D) | 21D, 3R  | 43D, 19R, 3?  | 2D, 1R
1874
1875  | 19D, 4R, 1I  | 49D, 12R, 4I  | Allen T. Caperton (D) | 3D
1876  | Sobieski Brady (D) | Samuel Price (D) | Tilden/
Hendricks (D) N
1877  | Henry M. Mathews (D) | Sobieski Brady (D) | Robert White (D) | Joseph S. Miller (D) | Thomas J. West (D) | 19D, 5R  | 46D, 19R  | Frank Hereford (D) | 3D
1878
1879  | 21D, 2R, 1GB  | 40D, 17GB, 8R  | 3D
1880  | Hancock/
English (D) N
1881  | Jacob B. Jackson (D) | Randolph Stalnaker (D) | Cornelius Clarkson
Watts (D) | Thomas O'Brien (D) | 20D, 3R, 1GB  | 46D, 17R, 2GB  | Johnson N. Camden (D) | 3D
1882
1883  | 17D, 8R, 1GB  | 38D, 27R  | John E. Kenna (D) | 3D, 1R
1884  | Cleveland/
Hendricks (D) Y
1885  | Emanuel Willis Wilson (D)[d] | Henry S. Walker (D) | Alfred Caldwell (D) | Patrick Fee Duffy (D) | William T. Thompson (D) | 15D, 11R  | 37D, 28R  | 3D, 1R
1886
1887  | 14D, 12R  | 36D, 29R  | Charles James Faulkner (D) | 3D, 1R
1888  | Cleveland/
Thurman (D) N
1889  | 12D, 13R, 1UL[e] | 34D, 31R  | 2D, 2R
1890  | Aretas B. Fleming (D) | William A. Ohley (D)[f]
1891  | 16D, 10R  | 44D, 21R  | 4D
1892  | Cleveland/
Stevenson (D) Y
1893  | William A. MacCorkle (D) | William E. Chilton (D) | Thomas S. Riley (D) | Isaac V. Johnson (D) | John M. Rowan (D) | 21D, 5R  | 41D, 30R  | Johnson N. Camden (D) | 4D
1894
1895  | 14R, 12D  | 49R, 22D  | Stephen B. Elkins (R) | 4R
1896  | McKinley/
Hobart (R) Y
1897  | George W. Atkinson (R) | William M. O. Dawson (R) | Edgar P. Rucker (R) | Latelle M. LaFollette Sr. (R) | M. A. Kendall (R) | 20R, 5D, 1Pop  | 40R, 31D  | 3R, 1D
1898
1899  | 17R, 9D  | 37D, 33R, 1?  | Nathan B. Scott (R) | 4R
Year | Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | Electoral
votes
Executive offices | State Legislature | U.S. Congress

## 1900–1949[edit]

Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral
votes

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Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House
1900  | George W. Atkinson (R) | William M. O. Dawson (R) | Edgar P. Rucker (R) | Latelle M. LaFollette Sr. (R) | M. A. Kendall (R) | 17R, 9D  | 37D, 33R, 1?  | Nathan B. Scott (R) | Stephen B. Elkins (R) | 4R  | McKinley/
Roosevelt (R) Y
1901  | Albert B. White (R) | Romeo H. Freer (R) | Arnold C. Scherr (R) | Peter Silman (R) | 18R, 8D  | 45R, 26D  | 4R
1902
1903  | 24R, 6D  | 57R, 29D  | 4R
1904  | Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R) Y
1905  | William M. O. Dawson (R) | Charles Wesley Swisher (R) | Clark W. May (R) | Newton Ogden (R) | 25R, 5D  | 61R, 25D  | 3R, 1D
1906
1907  | 60R, 25D, 1Proh  | 5R
1908  | William G. Conley (R) | Taft/
Sherman (R) Y
1909  | William E. Glasscock (R) | Stuart F. Reed (R) | John S. Darst (R) | E. Leslie Long (R) | 24R, 6D  | 60R, 26D  | 5R
1910
1911  | 15R, 15D[g] | 63D, 23R  | William E. Chilton (D) | Davis Elkins (R) | 4D, 1R
Clarence W. Watson (D)
1912  | Wilson/
Marshall (D) Y
1913  | Henry D. Hatfield (R) | Armistead Abraham Lilly (R) | 53R, 33D  | Nathan Goff Jr. (R) | 4R, 2D
1914
1915  | 21R, 9D  | 56R, 27D, 3Fus  | 4D, 2R
1916  | Hughes/
Fairbanks (R) N
1917  | John J. Cornwell (D) | Houston G. Young (R) | Edward T. England (R) | W. S. Johnson (R) | 20R, 10D  | 52D, 42R  | Howard Sutherland (R) | 5R, 1D
1918
1919  | 23R, 7D  | 70R, 24D  | Davis Elkins (R) | 5R, 1D
1920  | Harding/
Coolidge (R) Y
1921  | Ephraim F. Morgan (R) | John C. Bond (R) | 26R, 4D  | 73R, 21D  | 6R
1922
1923  | 19R, 11D  | 65D, 29R  | Matthew M. Neely (D) | 4D, 2R
1924  | Coolidge/
Dawes (R) Y
1925  | Howard Mason Gore (R) | George W. Sharp (R) | Howard B. Lee (R) | 16R, 14D  | 55R, 39D  | Guy D. Goff (R) | 6R
1926
1927  | Sam T. Mallison  | 21R, 9D  | 60R, 33D, 1SqDl | 5R, 1D
1928  | Hoover/
Curtis (R) Y
1929  | William G. Conley (R) | Edgar C. Lawson (R) | 24R, 6D  | 63R, 31D  | Henry D. Hatfield (R) | 5R, 1D
1930
1931  | 17R, 13D  | 68D, 26R  | Matthew M. Neely (D) | 4R, 2D
1932  | Roosevelt/
Garner (D) Y
1933  | Herman G. Kump (D) | William Smith O'Brien (D) | Homer A. Holt (D) | Edgar B. Simms (D) | Richard E. Talbott (D) | 24D, 6R  | 79D, 15R  | 6D
1934
1935  | 82D, 12R  | Rush Holt Sr. (D) | 6D
1936  | Roosevelt/
Garner (D) Y
1937  | Homer A. Holt (D) | Clarence W. Meadows (D) | 72D, 22R  | 6D
1938
1939  | 27D, 5R  | 70D, 24R  | 5D, 1R
1940  | Roosevelt/
Wallace (D) Y
1941  | Matthew M. Neely (D) | 26D, 6R  | 74D, 20R  | Harley M. Kilgore (D) | Joseph Rosier (D) | 6D
1942  | William S. Wysong (D) | Hugh Ike Shott (R)
1943  | James Kay Thomas (D)[f] | 21D, 11R  | 50D, 44R  | Chapman Revercomb (R) | 4D, 2R
1944  | Roosevelt/
Truman (D) Y
1945  | Clarence W. Meadows (D) | Ira J. Partlow (D) | 65D, 29R  | 5D, 1R
1946
1947  | 20D, 12R  | 56D, 38R  | 4R, 2D
1948  | Daniel Pitt O'Brien (D)[f] | Truman/
Barkley (D) Y
1949  | Okey Patteson (D) | William C. Marland (D) | 78D, 16R  | Matthew M. Neely (D) | 6D
Year | Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | Electoral
votes
Executive offices | State Legislature | U.S. Congress

## 1950–1999[edit]

Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral
votes

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Governor | Secretary
of State | Attorney
General | Auditor | Treasurer | Agriculture
Commissioner | State
Senate | State
House | U.S. Senator
(Class I) | U.S. Senator
(Class II) | U.S.
House
1950  | Okey Patteson (D) | Daniel Pitt O'Brien (D)[f] | William C. Marland (D) | Edgar B. Simms (D) | William H. Ansel Jr. (D) | J. B. McLaughlin (D)[h][i] | 20D, 12R  | 78D, 16R  | Harley M. Kilgore (D) | Matthew M. Neely (D) | 6D  | Truman/
Barkley (D) Y
1951  | 67D, 27R
1952  | Chauncey Browning Sr. (D) | Stevenson/
Sparkman (D) N
1953  | William C. Marland (D) | John G. Fox (D) | 22D, 10R  | 67D, 33R  | 5D, 1R
1954
1955  | 23D, 9R  | 76D, 24R
1956  | John T. Johnson (R)[i] | William Laird III (D) | Eisenhower/
Nixon (R) Y
1957  | Cecil H. Underwood (R) | Helen F. Holt (R) | Wally Barron (D) | Orel J. Skeen (D) | 21D, 11R  | 58D, 42R  | Chapman Revercomb (R)
1958  | Joe F. Burdett (D)[f] | John D. Hoblitzell Jr. (R)
1959  | 23D, 9R  | 85D, 15R  | Robert Byrd (D) | Jennings Randolph (D)
1960  | Litz McGuire (R) | Kennedy/
Johnson (D) Y
1961  | Wally Barron (D) | C. Donald Robertson (D) | Denzil L. Gainer (D) | John H. Kelly (D) | 25D, 7R  | 82D, 18R
1962
1963  | 23D, 9R  | 76D, 24R  | 4D, 1R
1964  | Johnson/
Humphrey (D) Y
1965  | Hulett C. Smith (D) | Robert D. Bailey Jr. (D) | Gus Douglass (D) | 27D, 7R  | 91D, 9R
1966
1967  | 25D, 9R  | 65D, 35R
1968  | Humphrey/
Muskie (D) N
1969  | Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) | Jay Rockefeller (D) | Chauncey H. Browning Jr. (D) | 22D, 12R  | 63D, 37R
1970
1971  | 23D, 11R  | 68D, 32R  | 5D
1972  | Hike Heiskell (R)[f] | John M. Gates (R) | Nixon/
Agnew (R) Y
1973  | 24D, 10R  | 57D, 43R  | 4D
1974
1975  | James R. McCartney (R) | Ronald G. Pearson (R) | 26D, 8R  | 87D, 13R
1976  | Carter/
Mondale (D) Y
1977  | Jay Rockefeller (D) | A. James Manchin (D) | Glen Gainer Jr. (D) | Larrie Bailey (D) | 28D, 6R  | 91D, 9R
1978
1979  | 26D, 8R  | 74D, 26R
1980  | Carter/
Mondale (D) N
1981  | 27D, 7R  | 78D, 22R  | 2R, 2D
1982
1983  | 31D, 3R  | 87D, 13R  | 4D
1984  | Reagan/
Bush (R) Y
1985  | Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) | Ken Hechler (D) | Charlie Brown (D) | A. James Manchin (D) | 30D, 4R  | 73D, 27R  | Jay Rockefeller (D)
1986
1987  | 28D, 6R  | 78D, 22R
1988  | Dukakis/
Bentsen (D) N
1989  | Gaston Caperton (D) | Roger W. Tompkins (D) | Thomas E. Loehr (D) | Cleve Benedict (R) | 29D, 5R  | 79D, 21R
1990  | Mario Palumbo (D)[f]
1991  | Larrie Bailey (D) | 33D, 1R  | 74D, 26R
1992  | Clinton/
Gore (D) Y
1993  | Darrell McGraw (D) | Glen Gainer III (D) | Gus Douglass (D) | 32D, 2R  | 79D, 21R  | 3D
1994
1995  | 26D, 8R  | 69D, 31R
1996  | Clinton/
Gore (D) Y
1997  | Cecil H. Underwood (R) | John Perdue (D) | 25D, 9R  | 74D, 26R
1998
1999  | 29D, 5R  | 75D, 25R
Year | Governor | Secretary
of State | Attorney
General | Auditor | Treasurer | Agriculture
Commissioner | State
Senate | State
House | U.S. Senator
(Class I) | U.S. Senator
(Class II) | U.S.
House | Electoral
votes
Executive offices | State Legislature | U.S. Congress

## 2000–present[edit]

Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral
votes

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Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | Ag. Commissioner | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House
2000  | Cecil H. Underwood (R) | Ken Hechler (D) | Darrell McGraw (D) | Glen Gainer III (D) | John Perdue (D) | Gus Douglass (D) | 29D, 5R  | 75D, 25R  | Robert Byrd (D) | Jay Rockefeller (D) | 3D  | Bush/
Cheney (R) Y
2001  | Bob Wise (D) | Joe Manchin (D) | 28D, 6R  | 2D, 1R
2002
2003  | 24D, 10R  | 68D, 32R
2004  | Bush/
Cheney (R) Y
2005  | Joe Manchin (D) | Betty Ireland (R) | 21D, 13R
2006
2007  | 23D, 11R  | 72D, 28R
2008  | McCain/
Palin (R) N
2009  | Natalie Tennant (D) | 26D, 8R  | 71D, 29R
2010  | Carte Goodwin (D)
2011  | Earl Ray Tomblin (D) | 28D, 6R  | 65D, 35R  | Joe Manchin (D) | 2R, 1D
2012  | Romney/
Ryan (R) N
2013  | Patrick Morrisey (R) | Walt Helmick (D) | 25D, 9R  | 54D, 46R
2014  | 24D, 10R  | 53D, 47R
2015  | 18R, 16D  | 64R, 36D  | Shelley Moore Capito (R) | 3R
2016  | Lisa Hopkins (D) | Trump/
Pence (R) Y
2017  | Jim Justice (D) | Mac Warner (R) | JB McCuskey (R) | Kent Leonhardt (R) | 22R, 12D  | 64R, 36D[j]
Jim Justice (R)[k]
2018
2019  | 20R, 14D  | 57R, 43D
2020  | Trump/
Pence (R) N
2021  | Riley Moore (R) | 23R, 11D  | 76R, 24D
77R, 23D
78R, 22D
2022
2023  | 31R, 3D[j] | 89R, 11D[j] | 2R
2024  | [to be determined]
Year | Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | Ag. Commissioner | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | Electoral
votes
Executive offices | State Legislature | U.S. Congress
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials  | Alaskan Independence (AKIP)

American (Know Nothing) (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
| Democratic (D)

Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
| Free Soil (FS)

Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
| Libertarian (L)

National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
| Prohibition (Proh)

Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
| Vermont Progressive (VP)

Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)

1. ^ Resigned to run for the United States Senate, winning election.
2. ^ As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term for 7 days.
3. ^ Appointed.
4. ^ Did not run for re-election in 1888, but due to the election's being disputed, remained in office until the investigation was complete.
5. ^ The Union Labor candidate supported a Democratic Senate Presidency.
6. ^ a b c d e f g Elected to fill unexpired term.
7. ^ During the 1911-12 sessions, Republicans held the Senate Presidency under Henry D. Hatfield while each party controlled half the committees; During the 1913-14 sessions, Democrats held the Senate Presidency under Samuel V. Woods, while Republicans were able to select their choice of Sergeant-at-Arms and Clerk and control of all committees.[5]
8. ^ Appointed in 1932.
9. ^ a b Appointed by governor; not an elected position until 1964.
10. ^ a b c One of the members of the legislature was elected as a Democrat, but switched parties to Republican.
11. ^ Governor Justice announced on August 3, 2017, that he was switching his party registration from Democrat to Republican.[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "West Virginia State Auditors". WVCulture.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
2. ^ "West Virginia State Treasurers". WVCulture.org. Archived from the original on 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
3. ^ Educational Publications Manual, State of West Virginia Legislature
4. ^ "Van Winkle - Biographical Information". Bioguide.Congress.gov. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
5. ^ Kabler, Phil. "WV has a brief, colorful history of deadlocked Senates". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
6. ^ Kabler, Phil (August 3, 2017). "WV Gov. Justice switching political parties, returning to GOP". Charleston Gazette. Retrieved August 4, 2017.

## See also[edit]

* Politics in West Virginia
* Politics of West Virginia

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