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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.
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | Supreme Court of Appeals | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3R | Peter G. Van Winkle (UU)[4] | Waitman T. Willey (UU) | 3UU | |
| 1864 | Lincoln/ Johnson (NU)  | |||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||
| 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 | 2R, 1D | Henry G. Davis (D) | 2D, 1R | ||
| 1872 | 18D, 4R | 39D, 16R, 1? | Grant/ Wilson (R) | |||||||||
| 1873 | John J. Jacob (I) | Charles Hedrick (D) | Henry M. Mathews (D) | 21D, 3R | 43D, 19R, 3? | 4D | 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)  | |||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 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 | 3D, 1R | 3R, 1D | |||
| 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 1899 | 17R, 9D | 37D, 33R, 1? | Nathan B. Scott (R) | 4R | ||||||||
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | Supreme Court of Appeals | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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? | 3D, 1R | Nathan B. Scott (R) | Stephen B. Elkins (R) | 4R | McKinley/ Roosevelt (R) |
| 1901 | Albert B. White (R) | Romeo H. Freer (R) | Arnold C. Scherr (R) | Peter Silman (R) | 18R, 8D | 45R, 26D | 3R, 1D | 4R | ||||
| 1902 | ||||||||||||
| 1903 | 24R, 6D | 57R, 29D | 4R, 1D | 4R | ||||||||
| 1904 | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||||
| 1905 | William M. O. Dawson (R) | Charles Wesley Swisher (R) | Clark W. May (R) | Newton Ogden (R) | 25R, 5D | 61R, 25D | 5R | 3R, 1D | ||||
| 1906 | ||||||||||||
| 1907 | 60R, 25D, 1Proh | 5R | ||||||||||
| 1908 | William G. Conley (R) | Taft/ Sherman (R) | ||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 1921 | Ephraim F. Morgan (R) | John C. Bond (R) | 26R, 4D | 73R, 21D | 6R | |||||||
| 1922 | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | 19R, 11D | 65D, 29R | 4R, 1D | Matthew M. Neely (D) | 4D, 2R | |||||||
| 1924 | Coolidge/ Dawes (R) | |||||||||||
| 1925 | Howard Mason Gore (R) | George W. Sharp (R) | Howard B. Lee (R) | 16R, 14D | 55R, 39D | 5R | Guy D. Goff (R) | 6R | ||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | Sam T. Mallison | 21R, 9D | 60R, 33D, 1SqDl | 5R, 1D | ||||||||
| 1928 | Hoover/ Curtis (R) | |||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 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 | 4R, 1D | 6D | |||
| 1934 | ||||||||||||
| 1935 | 82D, 12R | Rush Holt Sr. (D) | 6D | |||||||||
| 1936 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) | |||||||||||
| 1937 | Homer A. Holt (D) | Clarence W. Meadows (D) | 72D, 22R | 3D, 2R | 6D | |||||||
| 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 1939 | 27D, 5R | 70D, 24R | 5D, 1R | |||||||||
| 1940 | Roosevelt/ Wallace (D) | |||||||||||
| 1941 | Matthew M. Neely (D) | 26D, 6R | 74D, 20R | 5D | 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) | |||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||
| 1949 | Okey Patteson (D) | William C. Marland (D) | 78D, 16R | Matthew M. Neely (D) | 6D | |||||||
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | Supreme Court of Appeals | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 5D | Harley M. Kilgore (D) | Matthew M. Neely (D) | 6D | Truman/ Barkley (D) |
| 1951 | 67D, 27R | ||||||||||||
| 1952 | Chauncey Browning Sr. (D) | Stevenson/ Sparkman (D) | |||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 4D, 1R | |||||||||||||
| 1959 | 23D, 9R | 85D, 15R | 5D | Robert Byrd (D) | Jennings Randolph (D) | ||||||||
| 1960 | Litz McGuire (R) | Kennedy/ Johnson (D) | |||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 4D, 1R | |||||||||||||
| 1972 | Hike Heiskell (R)[f] | John M. Gates (R) | Nixon/ Agnew (R) | ||||||||||
| 3R, 2D | |||||||||||||
| 1973 | 24D, 10R | 57D, 43R | 4D, 1R | 4D | |||||||||
| 1974 | |||||||||||||
| 1975 | James R. McCartney (R) | Ronald G. Pearson (R) | 26D, 8R | 87D, 13R | |||||||||
| 3D, 2R | |||||||||||||
| 1976 | Carter/ Mondale (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1977 | Jay Rockefeller (D) | A. James Manchin (D) | Glen Gainer Jr. (D) | Larrie Bailey (D) | 28D, 6R | 91D, 9R | 5D | ||||||
| 1978 | |||||||||||||
| 1979 | 26D, 8R | 74D, 26R | |||||||||||
| 1980 | Carter/ Mondale (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1981 | 27D, 7R | 78D, 22R | 2R, 2D | ||||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||||||
| 1983 | 31D, 3R | 87D, 13R | 4D | ||||||||||
| 1984 | Reagan/ Bush (R) | ||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | Cecil H. Underwood (R) | John Perdue (D) | 25D, 9R | 74D, 26R | |||||||||
| 1998 | 4D, 1R | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | 29D, 5R | 75D, 25R | 5D | ||||||||||
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | Supreme Court of Appeals | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4D, 1R | Robert Byrd (D) | Jay Rockefeller (D) | 3D | Bush/ Cheney (R) |
| 2001 | Bob Wise (D) | Joe Manchin (D) | 28D, 6R | 5D | 2D, 1R | ||||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | 24D, 10R | 68D, 32R | |||||||||||
| 2004 | Bush/ Cheney (R) | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Joe Manchin (D) | Betty Ireland (R) | 21D, 13R | 4D, 1R | |||||||||
| 2006 | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | 23D, 11R | 72D, 28R | |||||||||||
| 2008 | McCain/ Palin (R) | ||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | Patrick Morrisey (R) | Walt Helmick (D) | 25D, 9R | 54D, 46R | 3D, 2R | ||||||||
| 2014 | 24D, 10R | 53D, 47R | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 18R, 16D | 64R, 36D | Shelley Moore Capito (R) | 3R | |||||||||
| 2016 | Lisa Hopkins (D) | Trump/ Pence (R) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | Jim Justice (D) | Mac Warner (R) | JB McCuskey (R) | Kent Leonhardt (R) | 22R, 12D | 64R, 36D[j] | |||||||
| Jim Justice (R)[k] | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | |||||||||||||
| 4R, 1D | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | 20R, 14D | 57R, 43D | 3R, 2D | ||||||||||
| 2020 | Trump/ Pence (R) | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Riley Moore (R) | 23R, 11D | 76R, 24D | ||||||||||
| 77R, 23D | |||||||||||||
| 78R, 22D | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | 31R, 3D[j] | 89R, 11D[j] | 2R | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Trump/ Vance (R) | ||||||||||||
| Joe Manchin (I)[l] | |||||||||||||
| 2025 | Patrick Morrisey (R) | Kris Warner (R) | JB McCuskey (R) | Mark Hunt (R) | Larry Pack (R) | 32R, 2D | 91R, 9D | 4R, 1D | Jim Justice (R) | ||||
- Resigned to run for the United States Senate, winning election.
- 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]
- Governor Justice announced on August 3, 2017, that he was switching his party registration from Democratic to Republican.[6]
- Senator Manchin announced on May 31, 2024, that he was switching his party registration from Democratic to independent.[7]
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