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Congressional districts of West Virginia from 1863 to present. Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of West Virginia, presented chronologically. [3] All redistricting events that took place in West Virginia between 1973 and 2013 are shown.
The current dean of the West Virginia delegation is Senator Shelley Moore Capito, having served in the Senate since 2015 and in Congress since 2001. From June 1861 to June 1863, during the Civil War and before West Virginia statehood, the United States recognized the Restored Government of Virginia sitting in Wheeling as the "legitimate", pro ...
West Virginia's 1st congressional district is currently located in the southern half of the state. Responding to the census results, the state legislature adopted a new map for the 2022 elections and the following 10 years.
The second district as originally formed in 1863 included Taylor, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Barbour, Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, Randolph, Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire, Berkeley, and Morgan counties (Jefferson county's status in the state was still in dispute, and Grant and Mineral counties were still part of other counties, but the modern territory of all was also included).
12th district: 1793–1863 (obsolete since the 1863 move to West Virginia) 13th district: 1793–1863 (obsolete since the 1863 move to West Virginia) 14th district: 1793–1853 (obsolete since the 1850 census) 15th district: 1793–1853 (obsolete since the 1850 census) 16th district: 1793–1843 (obsolete since the 1840 census)
The earlier map maintained a single Black-majority district and five mostly white districts, in a state with a population that is about one-third Black. An appeal of Tuesday’s ruling to the U.S ...
Under two proposed congressional maps N.C. Senate Republicans released on Wednesday, however, the 13th district Nickel currently represents would no longer be a swing district.
In August 2011, the West Virginia Legislature passed a redistricting plan which would make only minor changes to the state's congressional districts. Under the new map, Mason County is moved from the 2nd district to the 3rd district, while the 1st district is unchanged. [1] Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed the map into law on August 18. [2]