List of Representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created | December 7, 1863 | |||
| William G. Brown, Sr. | Unconditional Unionist | December 7, 1863 - March 4, 1865 | ||
| George R. Latham | Unconditional Unionist | March 4, 1865 - March 4, 1867 | ||
| Bethuel Kitchen | Republican | March 4, 1867 - March 4, 1869 | ||
| James McGrew | Republican | March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1873 | ||
| John Hagans | Republican | March 4, 1873 - March 4, 1875 | ||
| Charles J. Faulkner | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 | ||
| Benjamin F. Martin | Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881 | ||
| John B. Hoge | Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | ||
| William L. Wilson | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1895 | ||
| Alston G. Dayton | Republican | March 4, 1895 - March 16, 1905 | Resigned after being appointed as a judge of US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia | |
| Vacant | March 16, 1905 – June 6, 1905 | |||
| Thomas B. Davis | Democratic | June 6, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | ||
| George C. Sturgiss | Republican | March 4, 1907 - March 4, 1911 | ||
| William G. Brown, Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 9, 1916 | Died | |
| Vacant | March 9, 1916 – May 9, 1916 | |||
| George M. Bowers | Republican | May 9, 1916 - March 4, 1923 | ||
| Robert E. L. Allen | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 9, 1925 | ||
| Frank L. Bowman | Republican | March 4, 1925 - March 4, 1933 | ||
| Jennings Randolph | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1947 | ||
| Melvin C. Snyder | Republican | March 4, 1947 - March 4, 1949 | ||
| Harley O. Staggers | Democratic | January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1981 | ||
| Cleve Benedict | Republican | January 3, 1981 - January 3, 1983 | ||
| Harley O. Staggers, Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1993 | ||
| Bob Wise | Democratic | January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2001 | Redistricted from the 3rd district | |
| Shelley M. Capito | Republican | January 3, 2001 – Present | Incumbent | |
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“Shea—they call him Scholar Jack—
Went down the list of the dead.
Officers, seamen, gunners, marines,
The crews of the gig and yawl,
The bearded man and the lad in his teens,
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—Joseph I. C. Clarke (1846–1925)
“Shea—they call him Scholar Jack—
Went down the list of the dead.
Officers, seamen, gunners, marines,
The crews of the gig and yawl,
The bearded man and the lad in his teens,
Carpenters, coal-passers—all.”
—Joseph I. C. Clarke (1846–1925)