predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place jr/sr party term_end birth_date term_start image article_title state name
james m. mason '' -lrb- none -rrb- '' lemuel j. bowden henry g. davis 2 may 1900 marion -rrb- county , west virginia -lrb- now west virginia morgantown , west virginia united states senator united states senator unionist , republican march 4 , 1863 march 4 , 1871 18 october 1811 july 9 , 1861 august 4 , 1863 waitman t. willey - brady-handy . jpg waitman t. willey
 virginia west virginia waitman thomas willey
waitman t. willey

waitman thomas willey -lrb- october 18 , 1811may 2 , 1900 -rrb- was an american lawyer and politician from morgantown , west virginia .
he represented both the states of virginia and west virginia in the united states senate and was one of west virginia 's first two senators .
