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, state treasurer, and state agriculture commissioner. The tables also indicate the historical party composition in the state Senate, state House of Delegates,Educational Publications Manual, State of West Virginia Legislature Supreme Court of Appeals, delegation to the U.S. Senate, and the 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 LegislatureSupremeCourt ofAppealsUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralAuditorTreasurerState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. House1863Arthur I. Boreman Jacob Edgar Boyers Aquilla B. Caldwell Samuel Crane Campbell Tarr 20UU52UU3RPeter G. Van Winkle Waitman T. Willey 3UU1864Lincoln/Johnson 1865Granville D. Hall Ephraim B. Hall Joseph MarcellusMcWhorter Waitman T. Willey 2UU, 1R1866Edwin Maxwell 19R, 1D48R, 8D1867John Witcher Thayer Melvin Jacob H. Brister 19R, 3D41R, 15DPeter G. Van Winkle 3R186820R, 2D42R, 14DGrant/Colfax 1869Daniel D. T. Farnsworth James Pipes Aquilla B. Caldwell Thomas Boggess James A. Macauley 18R, 4D32R, 24DArthur I. Boreman 3R1870William E. Stevenson 13LR, 5D, 4R33R, 23D1871John J. Jacob John M. Phelps Joseph Sprigg Edward A. Bennett John S. Burdett 12D, 10R40D, 16R2R, 1DHenry G. Davis 2D, 1R187218D, 4R39D, 16R, 1?Grant/Wilson 1873John J. Jacob Charles Hedrick Henry M. Mathews 21D, 3R43D, 19R, 3?4D2D, 1R1874187519D, 4R, 1I49D, 12R, 4IAllen T. Caperton 3D1876Sobieski Brady Samuel Price Tilden/Hendricks 1877Henry M. Mathews Sobieski Brady Robert White Joseph S. Miller Thomas J. West 19D, 5R46D, 19RFrank Hereford 3D1878187921D, 2R, 1GB40D, 17GB, 8R3D1880Hancock/English 1881Jacob B. Jackson Randolph Stalnaker Cornelius ClarksonWatts Thomas O'Brien 20D, 3R, 1GB46D, 17R, 2GBJohnson N. Camden 3D1882188317D, 8R, 1GB38D, 27RJohn E. Kenna 3D, 1R1884Cleveland/Hendricks 1885Emanuel Willis Wilson Henry S. Walker Alfred Caldwell Patrick Fee Duffy William T. Thompson 15D, 11R37D, 28R3D, 1R1886188714D, 12R36D, 29RCharles James Faulkner 3D, 1R1888Cleveland/Thurman 188912D, 13R, 134D, 31R2D, 2R1890Aretas B. Fleming William A. Ohley 189116D, 10R44D, 21R4D1892Cleveland/Stevenson 1893William A. MacCorkle William E. Chilton Thomas S. Riley Isaac V. Johnson John M. Rowan 21D, 5R41D, 30RJohnson N. Camden 4D1894189514R, 12D49R, 22DStephen B. Elkins 4R1896McKinley/Hobart 1897George W. Atkinson William M. O. Dawson Edgar P. Rucker Latelle M. LaFollette Sr. M. A. Kendall 20R, 5D, 1Pop40R, 31D3D, 1R3R, 1D1898189917R, 9D37D, 33R, 1?Nathan B. Scott 4R
1900–1949
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureSupremeCourt ofAppealsUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralAuditorTreasurerState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. House1900George W. Atkinson William M. O. Dawson Edgar P. Rucker Latelle M. LaFollette Sr. M. A. Kendall 17R, 9D37D, 33R, 1?3D, 1RNathan B. Scott Stephen B. Elkins 4RMcKinley/Roosevelt 1901Albert B. White Romeo H. Freer Arnold C. Scherr Peter Silman 18R, 8D45R, 26D3R, 1D4R1902190324R, 6D57R, 29D4R, 1D4R1904Roosevelt/Fairbanks 1905William M. O. Dawson Charles Wesley Swisher Clark W. May Newton Ogden 25R, 5D61R, 25D5R3R, 1D1906190760R, 25D, 1Proh5R1908William G. Conley Taft/Sherman 1909William E. Glasscock Stuart F. Reed John S. Darst E. Leslie Long 24R, 6D60R, 26D5R1910 191115R, 15D63D, 23RWilliam E. Chilton Davis Elkins 4D, 1RClarence W. Watson 1912Wilson/Marshall 1913Henry D. Hatfield Armistead Abraham Lilly 53R, 33DNathan Goff Jr. 4R, 2D1914191521R, 9D56R, 27D, 3Fus4D, 2R1916Hughes/Fairbanks 1917John J. Cornwell Houston G. Young Edward T. England W. S. Johnson 20R, 10D52D, 42RHoward Sutherland 5R, 1D1918191923R, 7D70R, 24DDavis Elkins 5R, 1D1920Harding/Coolidge 1921Ephraim F. Morgan John C. Bond 26R, 4D73R, 21D6R1922192319R, 11D65D, 29R4R, 1DMatthew M. Neely 4D, 2R1924Coolidge/Dawes 1925Howard Mason Gore George W. Sharp Howard B. Lee 16R, 14D55R, 39D5RGuy D. Goff 6R19261927Sam T. Mallison21R, 9D60R, 33D, 15R, 1D1928Hoover/Curtis 1929William G. Conley Edgar C. Lawson 24R, 6D63R, 31DHenry D. Hatfield 5R, 1D1930193117R, 13D68D, 26RMatthew M. Neely 4R, 2D1932Roosevelt/Garner 1933Herman G. Kump William Smith O'Brien Homer A. Holt Edgar B. Simms Richard E. Talbott 24D, 6R79D, 15R4R, 1D6D1934193582D, 12RRush Holt Sr. 6D1936Roosevelt/Garner 1937Homer A. Holt Clarence W. Meadows 72D, 22R3D, 2R6D1938193927D, 5R70D, 24R5D, 1R1940Roosevelt/Wallace 1941Matthew M. Neely 26D, 6R74D, 20R5DHarley M. Kilgore Joseph Rosier 6D1942William S. Wysong Hugh Ike Shott 1943James Kay Thomas 21D, 11R50D, 44RChapman Revercomb 4D, 2R1944Roosevelt/Truman 1945Clarence W. Meadows Ira J. Partlow 65D, 29R5D, 1R1946194720D, 12R56D, 38R4R, 2D1948Daniel Pitt O'Brien Truman/Barkley 1949Okey Patteson William C. Marland 78D, 16RMatthew M. Neely 6D
1950–1999
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureSupremeCourt ofAppealsUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorSecretaryof StateAttorneyGeneralAuditorTreasurerAgricultureCommissionerStateSenateStateHouseU.S. Senator(Class I)U.S. Senator(Class II)U.S.House1950Okey Patteson Daniel Pitt O'Brien William C. Marland Edgar B. Simms William H. Ansel Jr. J. B. McLaughlin 20D, 12R78D, 16R5DHarley M. Kilgore Matthew M. Neely 6DTruman/Barkley 195167D, 27R1952Chauncey Browning Sr. Stevenson/Sparkman 1953William C. Marland John G. Fox 22D, 10R67D, 33R5D, 1R1954195523D, 9R76D, 24R1956John T. Johnson William Laird III Eisenhower/Nixon 1957Cecil H. Underwood Helen F. Holt Wally Barron Orel J. Skeen 21D, 11R58D, 42RChapman Revercomb 1958Joe F. Burdett John D. Hoblitzell Jr. 4D, 1R195923D, 9R85D, 15R5DRobert Byrd Jennings Randolph 1960Litz McGuire Kennedy/Johnson 1961Wally Barron C. Donald Robertson Denzil L. Gainer John H. Kelly 25D, 7R82D, 18R1962196323D, 9R76D, 24R4D, 1R1964Johnson/Humphrey 1965Hulett C. Smith Robert D. Bailey Jr. Gus Douglass 27D, 7R91D, 9R1966196725D, 9R65D, 35R1968Humphrey/Muskie 1969Arch A. Moore Jr. Jay Rockefeller Chauncey H. Browning Jr. 22D, 12R63D, 37R1970197123D, 11R68D, 32R5D4D, 1R1972Hike Heiskell John M. Gates Nixon/Agnew 3R, 2D197324D, 10R57D, 43R4D, 1R4D19741975James R. McCartney Ronald G. Pearson 26D, 8R87D, 13R3D, 2R1976Carter/Mondale 1977Jay Rockefeller A. James Manchin Glen Gainer Jr. Larrie Bailey 28D, 6R91D, 9R5D1978197926D, 8R74D, 26R1980Carter/Mondale 198127D, 7R78D, 22R2R, 2D1982198331D, 3R87D, 13R4D1984Reagan/Bush 1985Arch A. Moore Jr. Ken Hechler Charlie Brown A. James Manchin 30D, 4R73D, 27RJay Rockefeller 1986198728D, 6R78D, 22R1988Dukakis/Bentsen 1989Gaston Caperton Roger W. Tompkins II Thomas E. Loehr Cleve Benedict 29D, 5R79D, 21R1990Mario Palumbo 1991Larrie Bailey 33D, 1R74D, 26R1992Clinton/Gore 1993Darrell McGraw Glen Gainer III Gus Douglass 32D, 2R79D, 21R3D1994199526D, 8R69D, 31R1996Clinton/Gore 1997Cecil H. Underwood John Perdue 25D, 9R74D, 26R19984D, 1R199929D, 5R75D, 25R5D
2000–present
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureSupremeCourt ofAppealsUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralAuditorTreasurerAg. CommissionerState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. House2000Cecil H. Underwood Ken Hechler Darrell McGraw Glen Gainer III John Perdue Gus Douglass 29D, 5R75D, 25R4D, 1RRobert Byrd Jay Rockefeller 3DBush/Cheney 2001Bob Wise Joe Manchin 28D, 6R5D2D, 1R2002200324D, 10R68D, 32R2004Bush/Cheney 2005Joe Manchin Betty Ireland 21D, 13R4D, 1R2006200723D, 11R72D, 28R2008McCain/Palin 2009Natalie Tennant 26D, 8R71D, 29R2010Carte Goodwin 2011Earl Ray Tomblin 28D, 6R65D, 35RJoe Manchin 2R, 1D2012Romney/Ryan 2013Patrick Morrisey Walt Helmick 25D, 9R54D, 46R3D, 2R201424D, 10R53D, 47R201518R, 16D64R, 36DShelley Moore Capito 3R2016Lisa Hopkins Trump/Pence 2017Jim Justice Mac Warner JB McCuskey Kent Leonhardt 22R, 12D64R, 36DJim Justice 20184R, 1D201920R, 14D57R, 43D3R, 2D2020Trump/Pence 2021Riley Moore 23R, 11D76R, 24D77R, 23D78R, 22D2022202331R, 3D89R, 11D2R2024Trump/Vance Joe Manchin 2025 Patrick Morrisey Kris Warner JB McCuskey Mark Hunt Larry Pack 32R, 2D91R, 9D4R, 1DJim Justice 2026
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See also Politics in West Virginia Politics of West Virginia