 this is a list of united states senators from west virginia. its senators belong to classes 1 and 2. west virginia is currently represented in the u.s. senate by jay rockefeller and joe manchin, both democrats. __toc__ == class 1 == {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! # ! senator ! party ! years ! term ! electoral history |- ! 1 | nowrap align=left | 75px peter g. van winkle |  | republican | nowrap | august 4, 1863 âmarch 4, 1869 | 1 | elected in 1863 |- ! 2 | nowrap align=left | 75px arthur i. boreman |  | republican | nowrap | march 4, 1869 âmarch 4, 1875 | 2 | elected in 1869retired |- ! 3 | nowrap align=left | 75px allen t. caperton |  | democratic | nowrap | march 4, 1875 âjuly 26, 1876 | rowspan=4 | 3 | elected in 1874died |- | colspan=3 | vacant | nowrap | july 26, 1876 âaugust 26, 1876 |- ! 4 | nowrap align=left | 75px samuel price |  | democratic | nowrap | august 26, 1876 âjanuary 26, 1877 | appointed to continue caperton's termlost special election to finish caperton's term |- ! 5 | nowrap align=left | 75px frank hereford |  | democratic | nowrap | january 31, 1877 âmarch 4, 1881 | elected to finish caperton's term |- ! 6 | nowrap align=left |johnson n. camden |  | democratic | nowrap | march 4, 1881 âmarch 4, 1887 | 4 | elected in 1880 |- ! rowspan=2 | 7 | rowspan=2 nowrap align=left | 75px charles j. faulkner | rowspan=2  | democratic | nowrap rowspan=2 | march 4, 1887 âmarch 4, 1899 | 5 | elected in 1886 |- | 6 | re-elected in 1892retired |- ! rowspan=2 | 8 | rowspan=2 nowrap align=left | 75px nathan b. scott | rowspan=2  | republican | nowrap rowspan=2 | march 4, 1899 âmarch 4, 1911 | 7 | elected in 1898 |- | 8 | re-elected in 1904lost renomination |- ! 9 | nowrap align=left | 75px [
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