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U.S. Senators from West Virginia:
Name	Dates of Service
*Class 1*
Peter G. Van Winkle (UU,R) Arthur I. Boreman (R) Allen T. Caperton (D) Samuel Price (D) Frank Hereford (D) Johnson N. Camden (D) Charles J. Faulkner (D) Nathan B. Scott (R) William E. Chilton (D) Howard Sutherland (R) Matthew M. Neely (D) Henry D. Hatfield (R) Rush D. Holt (D) Harley M. Kilgore (D) William R. Laird III (D) W. Chapman Revercomb (R) Robert C. Byrd (D) Carte Goodwin (D) Joe Manchin III (D)	1863-1869 1869-1875 1875-1876 1876-1877 1877-1881 1881-1887 1887-1899 1899-1911 1911-1917 1917-1923 1923-1929 1929-1935 1935-1941 1941-1956 1956-1956 1956-1959 1959-2010 2010-2010 2010--

Name	Dates of Service
*Class 2*
Waitman T. Willey (UU,R) Henry Gassaway Davis (D) John E. Kenna (D) Johnson N. Camden (D) Stephen B. Elkins (R) Davis Elkins (R) Clarence W. Watson (D) Nathan Goff (R) Davis Elkins (R) Guy D. Goff (R) Matthew M. Neely (D) Joseph Rosier (D) Hugh Ike Shott (R) W. Chapman Revercomb (R) Matthew M. Neely (D) John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (R) Jennings Randolph (D) John D. Rockefeller IV (D)	1863-1871 1871-1883 1883-1893 1893-1895 1895-1911 1911-1911 1911-1913 1913-1919 1919-1925 1925-1931 1931-1941 1941-1942 1942-1943 1943-1949 1949-1958 1958-1958 1958-1985 1985-

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): Robert C. Byrd Matthew M. Neely Jennings Randolph John D. Rockefeller IV

West Virginia Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
President Pro Tempore: Robert C. Byrd Majority Leader/Minority Leader: Robert C. Byrd Party Whips: Robert C. Byrd Democratic Conference Secretary: William E. Chilton, Robert C. Byrd Democratic Policy Committee Chairman: Robert C. Byrd Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Appropriations: Robert C. Byrd Commerce, Science, and Transportation: John D. Rockefeller IV District of Columbia: Matthew M. Neely Public Works/Environment and Public Works: W. Chapman Revercomb, Jennings Randolph Judiciary: Harley M. Kilgore Veterans' Affairs: John D. Rockefeller IV Select Intelligence: John D. Rockefeller IV
West Virginia Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: John E. Kenna by Alexander Doyle (Hall of Columns); Francis H. Pierpont by Franklin Simmons (Statuary Hall). Capitol: The Democratic Leader's Suite in the Capitol, Rooms S-221, 222, 223, 224, named in honor of Robert C. Byrd.

Unusual Facts
Having won election as governor of West Virginia in 1940, Matthew M. Neely resigned his Senate seat at midnight on January 13, 1941. Then, at 12:01 a.m., after taking the oath of office as West Virginia governor, Neely appointed Joseph Rosier, president of Fairmont State College, as his successor in the Senate.


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