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 | |||||||
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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? | 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 [lower-alpha 7] | 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) [lower-alpha 6] | 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) [lower-alpha 6] | Truman/ Barkley (D) | ||||||||||
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 | Supreme Court of Appeals | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | Electoral votes |
Executive offices | State Legislature | U.S. Congress |
Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | Supreme Court of Appeals | 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) [lower-alpha 6] | William C. Marland (D) | Edgar B. Simms (D) | William H. Ansel Jr. (D) | J. B. McLaughlin (D) [lower-alpha 8] [lower-alpha 9] | 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) [lower-alpha 9] | 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) [lower-alpha 6] | 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) [lower-alpha 6] | 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) [lower-alpha 6] | ||||||||||||
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 | Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | Agriculture Commissioner | State Senate | State House | Supreme Court of Appeals | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | Electoral votes |
Executive offices | State Legislature | U.S. Congress |
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