W. Chapman Revercomb

William Chapman Revercomb ( born July 20, 1895 in Covington, Virginia; † October 6, 1979 in Charleston, West Virginia ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of West Virginia in the U.S. Senate.

Revercomb began studies at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, but he interrupted to join the U.S. Army to join and fight in the First World War. He retired with the rank of corporal and returned to the U.S., where he continued his studies at the University of Virginia and graduated in 1919. He practiced law in Covington until 1922 he moved to Charleston in neighboring West Virginia.

1942 Revercomb was first elected for the Republicans in the U.S. Senate, where he prevailed with 55.4 percent of the vote to Democrat Matthew M. Neely. After the inauguration of President Harry S. Truman he made his mark in Congress as an opponent of its foreign and domestic policy, as well as a strict advocate of civil rights. After lost re-election, he was forced to cede to the now victorious Neely 1948 his Senate seat; also in 1952, when he applied for the second seat of West Virginia, he was defeated - this time against Harley M. Kilgore.

Finally, in 1956 succeeded Revercomb through a by-election to return to the Senate. He beat William C. Marland and then took the place of the late Harley Kilgore a, whose mandate had previously been provisionally to William R. Laird. After two years in office, he had to face the regular election in which he lost to the Democratic Congressman Robert Byrd. Byrd has defended this Senate seat for his party in the wake until his death in 2010; the following election decided with Joe Manchin again a Democrat for themselves. Revercomb is so far the last Republican who represented West Virginia in the Senate.

After he failed, Republican candidate for the gubernatorial election in West Virginia to be 1960 W. Chapman Revercomb itself withdrew from politics. He again worked as a lawyer in Charleston until his death in 1979.