Political party strength in West Virginia
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The following tables indicate the historic party affiliation of elected officials in the U.S. State of West Virginia, including: Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Auditor,[1] State Treasurer,[2] and State Agriculture Commissioner. The tables also indicate the historical party composition in the State Senate, State House of Delegates,[3] State delegation to the U.S. Senate, and the State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives For years in which a presidential election was held, the tables indicate which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are labeled as follows: Democratic (D) and Republican (R), Unconditional Unionist (UU), and a tie between two designated parties.
Contents
19th century
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| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College voted | |||||||
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| Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House | ||
| 1863 | Arthur I. Boreman (R)[4] | Jacob Edgar Boyers (R) | Aquilla B. Caldwell (R) | Samuel Crane (R) | Campbell Tarr (R) | 20 UU | 52 UU | Peter G. Van Winkle (UU)[5] |
Waitman T. Willey (UU) |
3 UU | |
| 1864 | Lincoln/Johnson (R) | ||||||||||
| 1865 | Granville D. Hall (R) | Ephraim B. Hall (R) | Joseph M. McWhorter (R) | Waitman T. Willey (R) | 2 UU 1 R |
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| 1866 | Edwin Maxwell (R) | 19 R 1 D |
48 R 8 D |
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| 1867 | John Witcher (R) | Thayer Melvin (R) | Jacob H. Brister (R) | 19 R 43 D |
41 R 15 D |
3 R | |||||
| 1868 | 20 R 2 D |
42 R 14 D |
Grant/Colfax (R) | ||||||||
| 1869 | Daniel D. T. Farnsworth (R)[6] William E. Stevenson (R) |
James M. Pipes (R) | Aquilla B. Caldwell (R)[7] | Thomas Boggess (R) | James A. Macauley (R) | 18 R 4 D |
32 R 24 D |
Arthur I. Boreman (R) | 3 R | ||
| 1870 | 13 LR 5 D, 4 R |
33 R 23 D |
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| 1871 | John J. Jacob (D) | John M. Phelps (R) | Joseph Sprigg (D) | Edward A. Bennett (D) | John S. Burdett (D) | 12 D 10 R |
40 D 16 R |
Henry G. Davis (D) | 2 D 1 R |
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| 1872 | 18 D 4 R |
39 D 16 R, 1 ? |
Grant/Wilson (R) | ||||||||
| 1873 | Charles Hedrick (D) | Henry Mason Mathews (D) | 21 D 3 R |
43 D 19 R, 3 ? |
2 D 1 R |
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| 1874 | |||||||||||
| 1875 | 19 D 4 R, 1 I |
49 D 12 R, 4 I |
Allen T. Caperton (D) | 3 D | |||||||
| 1876 | Sobieski Brady (D) | Samuel Price (D) | Tilden/Hendricks (D) | ||||||||
| 1877 | Henry M. Mathews (D) | Sobieski Brady (D) | Robert White (D) | Joseph S. Miller (D) | Thomas J. West (D) | 19 D 5 R |
46 D 19 R |
Frank Hereford (D) | 3 D | ||
| 1878 | |||||||||||
| 1879 | 21 D 2 R, 1 G |
40 D 17 G, 8 R |
3 D | ||||||||
| 1880 | Hancock/English (D) | ||||||||||
| 1881 | Jacob B. Jackson (D) | Randolph Stalnaker (D) | Cornelius C. Watts (D) | Thomas O'Brien (D) | 20 D 3 R, 1 G |
46 D 17 R, 2 G |
Johnson N. Camden (D) | 3 D | |||
| 1882 | |||||||||||
| 1883 | 17 D 8 R, 1 G |
38 D 27 R |
John E. Kenna (D) | 3 D 1 R |
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| 1884 | Cleveland/Hendricks (D) | ||||||||||
| 1885 | Emanuel Willis Wilson (D)[8] | Henry S. Walker (D) | Alfred Caldwell (D) | Patrick Fee Duffy (D) | William T. Thompson (D) | 15 D 11 R |
37 D 28 R |
3 D 1 R |
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| 1886 | |||||||||||
| 1887 | 14 D 12 R |
36 D 29 R |
Charles James Faulkner (D) | 3 D 1 R |
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| 1888 | Cleveland/Thurman (D) | ||||||||||
| 1889 | 12 D 13 R, 1 Union Lab.[9] |
34 D 31 R |
2 D 2 R |
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| 1890 | Aretas B. Fleming (D) | William A. Ohley (D)[10] | |||||||||
| 1891 | 16 D 10 R |
44 D 21 R |
4 D | ||||||||
| 1892 | Cleveland/Stevenson (D) | ||||||||||
| 1893 | William A. MacCorkle (D) | William E. Chilton (D) | Thomas S. Riley (D) | Isaac V. Johnson (D) | John M. Rowan (D) | 21 D 5 R |
41 D 30 R |
Johnson N. Camden (D) | 4 D | ||
| 1894 | |||||||||||
| 1895 | 14 R 12 D |
49 R 22 D |
Stephen Benton Elkins (R) | 4 R | |||||||
| 1896 | McKinley/Hobart (R) | ||||||||||
| 1897 | George W. Atkinson (R) | William M. O. Dawson (R) | Edgar P. Rucker (R) | L. M. LaFollette (R) | M. A. Kendall (R) | 20 R 5 D, 1 P |
40 R 31 D |
3 R 1 D |
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| 1898 | |||||||||||
| 1899 | 17 R 9 D |
37 D 33 R, 1 ? |
Nathan Bay Scott (R) | 4 R | |||||||
| Year | Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House | Electoral College voted |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | U.S. Congress | |||||||||
20th century through 1949
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College voted | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House | ||
| 1900 | George W. Atkinson (R) | William M. O. Dawson (R) | Edgar P. Rucker (R) | L. M. LaFollette (R) | M. A. Kendall (R) | 17 R 9 D |
37 D 33 R, 1 ? |
Nathan Bay Scott (R) | Stephen Benton Elkins (R) | 4 R | McKinley/Roosevelt (R) |
| 1901 | Albert B. White (R) | Romeo H. Freer (R) | Arnold C. Scherr (R) | Peter Silman (R) | 18 R 8 D |
45 R 26 D |
4 R | ||||
| 1902 | |||||||||||
| 1903 | 24 R 6 D |
57 R 29 D |
4 R | ||||||||
| 1904 | Roosevelt/Fairbanks (R) | ||||||||||
| 1905 | William M. O. Dawson (R) | Charles Wesley Swisher (R) | Clark W. May (R) | Newton Ogden (R) | 25 R 5 D |
61 R 25 D |
3 R 1 D |
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| 1906 | |||||||||||
| 1907 | 60 R 25 D, 1 Proh. |
5 R | |||||||||
| 1908 | William G. Conley (R) | Taft/Sherman (R) | |||||||||
| 1909 | William E. Glasscock (R) | Stuart F. Reed (R) | John S. Darst (R) | E. Leslie Long (R) | 24 R 6 D |
60 R 26 D |
5 R | ||||
| 1910 | |||||||||||
| 1911 | 15 R 15 D[11] |
63 D 23 R |
William Edwin Chilton (D) | Davis Elkins (R) Jan 1911 and Clarence W. Watson (D) Feb 1911 – Mar 1913 |
4 D 1 R |
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| 1912 | Wilson/Marshall (D) | ||||||||||
| 1913 | Henry D. Hatfield (R) | A. A. Lilly (R) | 53 R 33 D |
Nathan Goff, Jr. (R) | 4 R 2 D |
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| 1914 | |||||||||||
| 1915 | 21 R 9 D |
56 R 27 D, 3 Fus. |
4 D 2 R |
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| 1916 | Hughes/Fairbanks (R) | ||||||||||
| 1917 | John J. Cornwell (D) | Houston G. Young (R) | Edward T. England (R) | W. S. Johnson (R) | 20 R 10 D |
52 D 42 R |
Howard Sutherland (R) | 5 R 1 D |
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| 1918 | |||||||||||
| 1919 | 23 R 7 D |
70 R 24 D |
Davis Elkins (R) | 5 R 1 D |
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| 1920 | Harding/Coolidge (R) | ||||||||||
| 1921 | Ephraim F. Morgan (R) | John C. Bond (R) | 26 R 4 D |
73 R 21 D |
6 R | ||||||
| 1922 | |||||||||||
| 1923 | 19 R 11 D |
65 D 29 R |
Matthew Mansfield Neely (D) | 4 D 2 R |
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| 1924 | Coolidge/Dawes (R) | ||||||||||
| 1925 | Howard M. Gore (R) | George W. Sharp (R) | Howard B. Lee (R) | 16 R 14 D |
55 R 39 D |
Guy Despard Goff (R) | 6 R | ||||
| 1926 | |||||||||||
| 1927 | Sam T. Mallison | 21 R 9 D |
60 R 33 D, 1 Sq. Deal |
5 R 1 D |
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| 1928 | Hoover/Curtis (R) | ||||||||||
| 1929 | William G. Conley (R) | Edgar C. Lawson (R) | 24 R 6 D |
63 R 31 D |
Henry Drury Hatfield (R) | 5 R 1 D |
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| 1930 | |||||||||||
| 1931 | 17 R 13 D |
68 D 26 R |
Matthew M. Neely (D) | 4 R 2 D |
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| 1932 | Roosevelt/Garner (D) | ||||||||||
| 1933 | Herman G. Kump (D) | William Smith O'Brien (D) | Homer A. Holt (D) | Edgar B. Simms (D) | Richard E. Talbott (D) | 24 D 6 R |
79 D 15 R |
6 D | |||
| 1934 | |||||||||||
| 1935 | 82 D 12 R |
Rush Dew Holt (D) | 6 D | ||||||||
| 1936 | Roosevelt/Garner (D) | ||||||||||
| 1937 | Homer A. Holt (D) | Clarence W. Meadows (D) | 72 D 22 R |
6 D | |||||||
| 1938 | |||||||||||
| 1939 | 27 D 5 R |
70 D 24 R |
5 D 1 R |
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| 1940 | Roosevelt/Wallace (D) | ||||||||||
| 1941 | Matthew M. Neely (D) | 26 D 6 R |
74 D 20 R |
Harley Marin Kilgore (D) | Joseph Rosier (D) Jan 1941 – Nov 1942 and Hugh I. Shott (R) Nov 1942 – Jan 1943 |
6 D | |||||
| 1942 | William S. Wysong (D) | ||||||||||
| 1943 | James Kay Thomas (D)[10] | 21 D 11 R |
50 D 44 R |
William Chapman Revercomb (R) | 4 D 2 R |
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| 1944 | Roosevelt/Truman (D) | ||||||||||
| 1945 | Clarence W. Meadows (D) | Ira J. Partlow (D) | 65 D 29 R |
5 D 1 R |
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| 1946 | |||||||||||
| 1947 | 20 D 12 R |
56 D 38 R |
4 R 2 D |
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| 1948 | D. Pitt O'Brien (D)[10] | Truman/Barkley (D) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Okey L. Patteson (D) | William C. Marland (D) | 78 D 16 R |
Matthew M. Neely (D) | 6 D | ||||||
| Year | Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House | Electoral College voted |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | U.S. Congress | |||||||||
20th century 1950-1999
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College voted | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | Agriculture Commissioner | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House | ||
| 1950 | Okey L. Patteson (D) | D. Pitt O'Brien (D)[10] | William C. Marland (D) | Edgar B. Simms (D) | William H. Ansel, Jr. (D) | 20 D 12 R |
78 D 16 R |
Harley Marin Kilgore (D) | Matthew M. Neely (D) | 6 D | Truman/Barkley (D) | |
| 1951 | 67 D 27 R |
6 D | ||||||||||
| 1952 | Chauncey H. Browning, Sr. (D) | Stevenson/Sparkman (D) | ||||||||||
| 1953 | William C. Marland (D) | John G. Fox (D) | 22 D 10 R |
67 D 33 R |
5 D 1 R |
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| 1954 | ||||||||||||
| 1955 | 23 D 9 R |
76 D 24 R |
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| 1956 | William Ramsey Laird III (D) | Eisenhower/Nixon (R) | ||||||||||
| 1957 | Cecil H. Underwood (R) | Helen F. Holt (R) | William Wallace Barron (D) | Orel J. Skeen (D) | 21 D 11 R |
58 D 42 R |
William Chapman Revercomb (R) | |||||
| 1958 | Joe F. Burdett (D)[10] | John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (R) | ||||||||||
| 1959 | 23 D 9 R |
85 D 15 R |
Robert Byrd (D) | Jennings Randolph (D) | ||||||||
| 1960 | Litz McGuire (R) | Kennedy/Johnson (D) | ||||||||||
| 1961 | William Wallace Barron (D) | C. Donald Robertson (D) | Denzil L. Gainer (D) | John H. Kelly (D) | 25 D 7 R |
82 D 18 R |
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| 1962 | ||||||||||||
| 1963 | 23 D 9 R |
76 D 24 R |
4 D 1 R |
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| 1964 | Johnson/Humphrey (D) | |||||||||||
| 1965 | Hulett C. Smith (D) | Robert D. Bailey, Jr. (D) | Gus Douglass (D) | 27 D 7 R |
91 D 9 R |
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| 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | 25 D 9 R |
65 D 35 R |
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| 1968 | Humphrey/Muskie (D) | |||||||||||
| 1969 | Arch A. Moore, Jr. (R) | Jay Rockefeller (D) | Chauncey H. Browning, Jr. (D) | 22 D 12 R |
63 D 37 R |
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| 1970 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | 23 D 11 R |
68 D 32 R |
5 D | |||||||||
| 1972 | Edgar F. Heiskell, III (R)[10] | John M. Gates (R) | Nixon/Agnew (R) | |||||||||
| 1973 | 24 D 10 R |
57 D 43 R |
4 D | |||||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | James R McCartney (R) | Ronald G. Pearson (R) | 26 D 8 R |
87 D 13 R |
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| 1976 | Carter/Mondale (D) | |||||||||||
| 1977 | Jay Rockefeller (D) | A. James Manchin (D) | Glen Gainer, Jr. (D) | Larrie Bailey (D) | 28 D 6 R |
91 D 9 R |
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| 1978 | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | 26 D 8 R |
74 D 26 R |
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| 1980 | Carter/Mondale (D) | |||||||||||
| 1981 | 27 D 7 R |
78 D 22 R |
2 R 2 D |
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| 1982 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | 31 D 3 R |
87 D 13 R |
4 D | |||||||||
| 1984 | Reagan/Bush (R) | |||||||||||
| 1985 | Arch A. Moore, Jr. (R) | Ken Hechler (D) | Charlie Brown (D) | A. James Manchin (D) | 30 D 4 R |
73 D 27 R |
Jay Rockefeller (D) | |||||
| 1986 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | 28 D 6 R |
78 D 22 R |
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| 1988 | Dukakis/Bensen (D) | |||||||||||
| 1989 | Gaston Caperton (D) | Roger W. Tompkins (D) | Thomas E. Loehr (D) | Cleve Benedict (R) | 29 D 5 R |
79 D 21 R |
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| 1990 | Mario Palumbo (D)[10] | |||||||||||
| 1991 | Larrie Bailey (D) | 33 D 1 R |
74 D 26 R |
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| 1992 | Clinton/Gore (D) | |||||||||||
| 1993 | Darrell McGraw (D) | Glen Gainer III (D) | Gus Douglass (D) | 32 D 2 R |
79 D 21 R |
3 D | ||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | 26 D 8 R |
69 D 31 R |
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| 1996 | Clinton/Gore (D) | |||||||||||
| 1997 | Cecil H. Underwood (R) | John Perdue (D) | 25 D 9 R |
74 D 26 R |
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| 1998 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | 29 D 5 R |
75 D 25 R |
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| Year | Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | Agriculture Commissioner | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House | Electoral College voted |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | U.S. Congress | ||||||||||
21st century
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College voted | ||||||||
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| Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | Agriculture Commissioner | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House | ||
| 2000 | Cecil H. Underwood (R) | Ken Hechler (D) | Darrell McGraw (D) | Glen Gainer III (D) | John Perdue (D) | Gus Douglass (D) | 29 D 5 R |
75 D 25 R |
Robert Byrd (D) | Jay Rockefeller (D) | 3 D | Bush/Cheney (R) |
| 2001 | Bob Wise (D) | Joe Manchin (D) | 28 D 6 R |
2 D, 1 R | ||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | 24 D 10 R |
68 D 32 R |
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| 2004 | Bush/Cheney (R) | |||||||||||
| 2005 | Joe Manchin (D) | Betty Ireland (R) | 21 D 13 R |
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| 2006 | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | 23 D 11 R |
72 D 28 R |
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| 2008 | McCain/Palin (R) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Natalie Tennant (D) | 26 D 8 R |
71 D 29 R |
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| 2010 | Carte Goodwin (D) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Earl Ray Tomblin (D) | 28 D 6 R |
65 D 35 R |
Joe Manchin (D) | 2 R 1 D |
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| 2012 | Romney/Ryan (R) | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Patrick Morrisey (R) | Walt Helmick (D) | 25 D 9 R |
54 D 46 R |
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| 2014 | 24 D 10 R |
53 D 47 R |
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| 2015 | 18 R 16 D |
64 R 36 D |
Shelley Moore Capito (R) | 3 R | ||||||||
| Year | Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | Agriculture Commissioner | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House | Electoral College voted |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | U.S. Congress | ||||||||||
Notes and references
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Educational Publications Manual, State of West Virginia Legislature
- ↑ Resigned to run for the United States Senate, winning election.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term for 7 days.
- ↑ Appointed.
- ↑ Did not run for re-election in 1888, but due to the election's being disputed, remained in office until the investigation was complete.
- ↑ The Union Labor candidate supported a Democratic Senate Presidency.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Elected to fill unexpired term.
- ↑ During the 1911-12 sessions, Republicans held the Senate Presidency; During the 1913-14 sessions, Democrats held the Senate Presidency.
