United States congressional delegations from West Virginia
This list lists all the politicians who have belonged to the House of Representatives of the United States for West Virginia since 1863. After cleavage from Virginia during the American Civil War, the state was represented initially by three deputies in Washington. This number increased with the years; In 1913, West Virginia for the first time six members of Congress. Meanwhile, there are after several recalculations in the wake of the Census return three deputies. Since 1863, West Virginia is divided for the congressional consistently in electoral districts. Only the sixth mandate was awarded 1913-1917 in a statewide election ("at large" ).