# | Name | Party | Tenure | Residence county | Elected | Predecessor | Successor | Composition |
5 | Charles P.T. Moore | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1873 – Jun. 1, 1881° | Mason | 1872 | seat created[1] | Patton |
6 | John S. Hoffman | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1873 – Jun. 1, 1876° | Harrison | 1872 | seat created[1] | Edmiston |
7 | James Paull | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1873 – May 11, 1875† | Ohio | 1872 | seat created[1] | Green |
8 | Alpheus F. Haymond | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1873 – Dec. 31, 1882° | Marion | 1872 1876 | seat created[1] | S. Woods | 4 | 0 | |
9 | Thomas C. Green | Democratic | Dec. 24, 1875* – Dec. 4, 1889† | Jefferson | 1876^ 1880 | Paull | Lucas | |
10 | Matthew Edmiston | Democratic | Jun. 13, 1876* – Dec. 31, 1876 | Lewis | ----- | Hoffmann | Johnson |
11 | Okey Johnson | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1877 – Dec. 31, 1888 | Wood | 1876 | Edmiston | Brannon |
12 | James French Patton | Democratic | Jun. 1, 1881* – Mar. 30, 1882† | Monroe | ----- | Moore | Snyder |
13 | Adam C. Snyder | Democratic | Jun. 1, 1882* – Nov. 8, 1890° | Greenbrier | 1882^ 1884 | Patton | Holt |
14 | Samuel Woods | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1883* – Dec. 31, 1888 | Barbour | 1882^ | A. Haymond | English |
15 | Henry Brannon | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1889 – Dec. 31, 1900 | Lewis | 1888 | Johnson | |
Republican | Jan. 1, 1901 – Dec. 31, 1912 | 1900 | | Lynch |
16 | John W. English | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1889 – Dec. 31, 1900 | Mason | 1888 | S. Woods | Poffenbarger | 4 | 0 |
17 | Daniel B. Lucas | Democratic | Dec. 11, 1889* – Dec. 31, 1892 | Jefferson | 1890^ | Green | Dent |
18 | Homer A. Holt | Democratic | Nov. 8, 1890* – Dec. 31, 1896 | Greenbrier | 1890^ | Snyder | McWhorter |
19 | Marmaduke H. Dent | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1893 – Dec. 31, 1904 | Taylor | 1892 | Lucas | Cox |
20 | Henry C. McWhorter | Republican | Jan. 1, 1897 – Dec. 31, 1908 | Kanawha | 1896 | Holt | Williams | 3 | 1 |
21 | George Poffenbarger | Republican | Jan. 1, 1901 – Dec. 31, 1922° | Mason | 1900 1912 | English | Litz | 3 | 1 |
22 | Warren Miller | Republican | Jan. 17, 1903* – Dec. 31, 1904 | Jackson | ----- | seat created[2] | Sanders | 4 | 1 |
23 | Frank Cox | Republican | Jan. 1, 1905 – Jan. 28, 1907° | Monongalia | 1904 | Dent | Wm. Miller | 5 | 0 |
24 | Joseph M. Sanders | Republican | Jan. 1, 1905 – Oct. 1, 1907° | Mercer | 1904 | W. Miller | Robinson |
25 | William N. Miller | Republican | Jan. 28, 1907* – Aug. 7, 1928† | Wood | 1908^ 1916 | Cox | Maxwell |
26 | Ira E. Robinson | Republican | Oct. 15, 1907* – Oct. 26, 1915° | Taylor | 1908^ | Sanders | Mason |
27 | L. Judson Williams | Republican | Jan. 1, 1909 – Dec. 31, 1920 | Greenbrier | 1908 | McWhorter | Lively |
28 | Charles W. Lynch | Republican | Jan. 1, 1913 – Dec. 31, 1921° | Harrison | 1912 | Brannon | Meredith |
29 | John W. Mason | Republican | Nov. 1, 1915* – Dec. 31, 1916 | Marion | ----- | Robinson | Ritz |
30 | Harold A. Ritz | Republican | Jan. 1, 1917 – Nov. 30, 1922° | Mercer | 1916 | Mason | Meredith |
31 | Frank Lively | Republican | Jan. 1, 1921 – Dec. 31, 1932 | Kanawha | 1920 | Williams | Kenna |
32 | James A. Meredith | Republican | Jan. 2, 1922* – Dec. 31, 1923 | Marion | ----- | Lynch | McGinnis |
Jan. 1, 1923* – Nov. 4, 1924 | Ritz | Hatcher | 4 | 1 |
33 | William H. McGinnis | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1923 – Dec. 31, 1924 | Raleigh | 1922^ | Meredith | H. Woods |
34 | M.O. Litz | Republican | Jan. 1, 1923* – Dec. 31, 1936 | McDowell | 1924 | Poffenbarger | Fox |
35 | John H. Hatcher | Republican | Nov. 4, 1924 – Dec. 31, 1940 | Raleigh | 1924^ 1928 | Meredith | Rose | 5 | 0 |
36 | Homer B. Woods | Republican | Jan. 1, 1925 – Dec. 31, 1936 | Ritchie | 1924 | McGinnis | Riley |
37 | Haymond Maxwell | Republican | Aug. 21, 1928* – Dec. 31, 1940 | Harrison | 1928 | Wm. Miller | Lovins |
38 | J. N. Kenna | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1933 – Jan. 20, 1950† | Kanawha | 1932 1944 | Lively | Given | 4 | 1 |
39 | Fred L. Fox | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1937 – Aug. 8, 1952† | Braxton | 1936 1948 | Litz | Browning | 3 | 2 |
40 | James B. Riley | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1937 – Jun. 29, 1958† | Ohio | 1936 1948 | H. Woods | Donley |
41 | Herschel H. Rose | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1941 – Jun. 17, 1945† | Marion | 1940 | Hatcher | F. Haymond | 5 | 0 |
42 | William T. Lovins | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1941 – Jan. 11, 1957° | Cabell | 1940 1952 | Maxwell | Ducker |
43 | Frank Cruise Haymond | Democratic | Jul. 1, 1945* – Jun. 10, 1972† | Marion | 1946^ 1952 1964 | Rose | Haden |
44 | Leslie E. Given | Democratic | Jan. 27, 1950* – May 11, 1962† | Kanawha | 1950^ 1956 | Kenna | Caplan |
45 | Chauncey Browning Sr. | Democratic | Aug. 18, 1952* – Jun. 24, 1971† | Logan | 1952^ 1960 | Fox | Carrigan |
46 | Henry L. Ducker | Democratic | Jan. 11, 1957* – Nov. 4, 1958 | Cabell | ----- | Lovins | Berry |
47 | Robert T. Donley | Republican | Jul. 3, 1958* – Nov. 4, 1958 | Monongalia | ----- | Riley | Calhoun | 4 | 1 |
48 | Thornton G. Berry Jr. | Democratic | Nov. 4, 1958 – Dec. 31, 1976 | McDowell | 1958^ 1964 | Ducker | Thom. Miller | 5 | 0 |
49 | Harlan M. Calhoun | Democratic | Nov. 4, 1958 – May 15, 1972° | Hardy | 1958^ 1960 | Donley | Kessel |
50 | Fred H. Caplan | Democratic | May 28, 1962* – Dec. 31, 1980 | Harrison | 1964^ 1968 | Given | McHugh |
51 | John E. Carrigan | Republican | Jul. 13, 1971* – Dec. 31, 1972 | Marshall | ----- | Browning | Sprouse | 4 | 1 |
52 | Charles H. Haden II | Republican | Jun. 21, 1972* – Dec. 19, 1975° | Monongalia | 1972^ | F. Haymond | Wilson | 3 | 2 |
53 | Oliver D. Kessel | Republican | Jun. 23, 1972* – Dec. 31, 1972 | Jackson | ----- | Calhoun | Neely | 3 | 2 |
54 | James Marshall Sprouse | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1973 – Jun. 27, 1975° | Monroe | 1972 | Carrigan | Flowers | 4 | 1 |
55 | Richard Forlani Neely | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1973 – Apr. 15, 1995° | Marion | 1972 1984 | Kessel | Recht |
56 | Edwin F. Flowers | Republican | Sept. 8, 1975* – Dec. 31, 1976 | Hancock | ----- | Sprouse | Harshbarger | 3 | 2 |
57 | Donald R. Wilson | Republican | Jan. 26, 1976* – Dec. 31, 1976 | Jackson | ----- | Haden | D. McGraw |
58 | Sam R. Harshbarger | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1977 – Dec. 31, 1984 | Cabell | 1976^ | Flowers | Brotherton | 5 | 0 |
59 | Thomas B. Miller | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1977 – Aug. 30, 1994° | Ohio | 1976 1988 | Berry | Cleckley |
60 | Darrell McGraw | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1977 – Dec. 31, 1988 | Wyoming | 1976 | Wilson | Workman |
61 | Thomas E. McHugh | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1981 – Dec. 31, 1997° | Kanawha | 1980 1992 | Caplan | McCuskey |
Apr. 8, 2009* – Dec. 31, 2012[3] | 2010^ | Albright | Loughry |
62 | W.T. Brotherton Jr. | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1985 – Aug. 31, 1995° | Kanawha | 1984 | Harshbarger | Albright | 5 | 0 |
63 | Margaret Workman | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1989 – Aug. 31, 1999° | Kanawha | 1988 | D. McGraw | Scott |
Jan. 1, 2009 – Dec. 31, 2020 | 2008 | Starcher | Wooton |
64 | Franklin Cleckley | Democratic | Sept. 6, 1994* – Nov. 5, 1996 | Monongalia | ----- | Thom. Miller | Davis | 5 | 0 |
65 | Arthur M. Recht | Democratic | May 26, 1995* – Oct. 15, 1996°[4] | Ohio | ----- | Neely | Maynard |
66 | Joseph P. Albright | Democratic | Sept. 26, 1995* – Dec. 31, 1996 | Wood | ----- | Brotherton | Starcher |
Jan. 1, 2001 – March 20, 2009† | 2000 | Scott | McHugh |
67 | Robin Davis | Democratic | Dec. 16, 1996 – Aug. 13, 2018° | Kanawha | 1996^ 2000 2012 | Cleckley | Armstead |
68 | Larry Starcher | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1997 – Dec. 31, 2008 | Monongalia | 1996 | Albright | Ketchum |
69 | Spike Maynard | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1997 – Dec. 31, 2008 | Mingo | 1996 | Recht | Workman |
70 | John F. McCuskey | Republican | Jan. 12, 1998* – Dec. 31, 1998 | Kanawha | ----- | McHugh | W. McGraw | 4 | 1 |
71 | Warren R. McGraw | Democratic | Jan. 1, 1999 – Dec. 31, 2004 | Wyoming | 1998^ | McCuskey | Benjamin | 5 | 0 |
72 | George M. Scott | Republican | Nov. 4, 1999* – Dec. 31, 2000 | Roane | ----- | Workman | Albright | 4 | 1 |
73 | Brent D. Benjamin | Republican | Jan. 1, 2005 – Dec. 31, 2016 | Kanawha | 2004 | W. McGraw | Walker | 4 | 1 |
74 | Menis Ketchum | Democratic | Jan. 1, 2009 – July 27, 2018° | Wayne | 2008 | Maynard | Jenkins |
75 | Allen Loughry | Republican | Jan. 1, 2013 – Nov. 12, 2018 ° | Kanawha | 2012 | McHugh | Hutchison | 3 | 2 |
76 | Beth Walker | Republican | Jan. 1, 2017 – present | Monongalia | 2016 | Benjamin | Incumbent |
77 | Tim Armstead | Republican | Sept. 25, 2018* – present | Kanawha | 2018 | Ketchum | Incumbent | 1 | 3 |
78 | Evan Jenkins | Republican | Oct. 1, 2018* – Feb. 4, 2022 | Cabell | 2018 | Davis | Bunn | 1 | 4 |
79 | John Hutchison | Democratic | Dec. 12, 2018* – present | Raleigh | 2020 | Loughry | Incumbent | 2 | 3 |
80 | William Wooton | Democratic | Jan. 1, 2021 – present | Raleigh | 2020 | Workman | Incumbent | 2 | 3 |
81 | C. Haley Bunn | Republican | Apr. 27, 2022* – present | Wyoming | ----- | Jenkins | Incumbent | 2 | 3 |