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href="/wiki/File:WilliamGayBrownJr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/WilliamGayBrownJr.jpg/220px-WilliamGayBrownJr.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/WilliamGayBrownJr.jpg/330px-WilliamGayBrownJr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/WilliamGayBrownJr.jpg/440px-WilliamGayBrownJr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1378" data-file-height="1654" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">William Gay Brown Jr, in 1911.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="West Virginia's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a> district district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1911 – March 9, 1916</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Cookman_Sturgiss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Cookman Sturgiss">George Cookman Sturgiss</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Meade_Bowers" title="George Meade Bowers">George Meade Bowers</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1856-04-07</span>)</span>April 7, 1856<br /><a href="/wiki/Kingwood,_West_Virginia" title="Kingwood, West Virginia">Kingwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> <span class="nowrap">(now <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>), U.S.</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 9, 1916<span style="display:none">(1916-03-09)</span> (aged 59)<br /><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University" title="West Virginia University">West Virginia University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">Lawyer</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Gay Brown Jr.</b> (April 7, 1856 – March 9, 1916) was a <a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">lawyer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> from <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a> who served as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_representative" class="mw-redirect" title="United States representative">United States representative</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Congressman Brown was born in <a href="/wiki/Kingwood,_West_Virginia" title="Kingwood, West Virginia">Kingwood, West Virginia</a> in <a href="/wiki/Preston_County,_West_Virginia" title="Preston County, West Virginia">Preston County</a> (then in <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>) on April 7, 1856. He served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/62nd_United_States_Congress" title="62nd United States Congress">62nd</a>, <a href="/wiki/63rd_United_States_Congress" title="63rd United States Congress">63rd</a>, and <a href="/wiki/64th_United_States_Congress" title="64th United States Congress">64th United States Congresses</a>. He died in office on March 9, 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_G._Brown_Jr.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brown was the only child born to lawyer and former Congressman <a href="/wiki/William_G._Brown_Sr." title="William G. Brown Sr.">William G. Brown Sr.</a>, and his second wife, Margaret Gay Brown (d. 1913), who survived her husband by nearly two decades and was close to her son. This father was a leading Unionist during the American Civil War, sometimes called the "Father of West Virginia", and would be the first Congressman elected to West Virginia's 2nd Congressional district when the state was formed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_G._Brown_Jr.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William Jr. graduated from <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University" title="West Virginia University">West Virginia University</a> at <a href="/wiki/Morgantown,_West_Virginia" title="Morgantown, West Virginia">Morgantown</a> in 1877, where he was a member of <a href="/wiki/Phi_Sigma_Kappa" title="Phi Sigma Kappa">Phi Sigma Kappa</a> fraternity. The same year, he was admitted to <a href="/wiki/Bar_association" title="Bar association">the bar</a> and opened his law practice in Preston County. Like his father, he also worked in banking. His father died in 1884, leaving a substantial estate. In 1896, young Brown lost his first bid to become a congressman.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1910, voters elected Brown as a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress. He was re-elected to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses. He served from March 4, 1911, until his death in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> on March 9, 1916. Congressman Brown was buried in the family plot at Kingwood Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Kingwood,_West_Virginia" title="Kingwood, West Virginia">Kingwood, West Virginia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_G._Brown_Jr.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brown married three times. His first marriage was in 1883 to Jessie Thomas, of <a href="/wiki/Tyrone,_Pennsylvania" title="Tyrone, Pennsylvania">Tyrone, Pennsylvania</a>, who died three years later near the birth of their daughter Jessie. His second wife, Flora B. Martin, a West Virginia native, fell victim to pneumonia in 1912 afters about ten years of marriage. His third wife, actress and women's rights activist <a href="/wiki/Izetta_Jewel" title="Izetta Jewel">Izetta Jewel Kenney</a>, whom he married in December 1914, gave birth to their daughter Izetta Jewel Gay Brown just a few weeks before Brown died in office in March, 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_G._Brown_Jr.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_West_Virginia" title="United States 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Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_M._Neely" title="Matthew M. Neely">Neely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_L._Rosenbloom" title="Benjamin L. Rosenbloom">Rosenbloom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_G._Bachmann" title="Carl G. Bachmann">Bachmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Ramsay_(politician)" title="Robert L. Ramsay (politician)">Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._C._Schiffler" title="A. C. Schiffler">Schiffler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Ramsay_(politician)" title="Robert L. Ramsay (politician)">Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._C._Schiffler" title="A. C. Schiffler">Schiffler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_M._Neely" title="Matthew M. Neely">Neely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_J._Love" title="Francis J. Love">Love</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Ramsay_(politician)" title="Robert L. Ramsay (politician)">Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Mollohan" title="Bob Mollohan">R. Mollohan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arch_A._Moore_Jr." title="Arch A. Moore Jr.">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Mollohan" title="Bob Mollohan">R. Mollohan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Mollohan" title="Alan Mollohan">A. Mollohan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_McKinley" title="David McKinley">McKinley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Miller_(politician)" title="Carol Miller (politician)">C. Miller</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></span></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/100px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/150px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/200px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="West Virginia02 !"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="West Virginia's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_G._Brown_Sr." title="William G. Brown Sr.">Brown Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_R._Latham" title="George R. Latham">Latham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethuel_Kitchen" title="Bethuel Kitchen">Kitchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_McGrew" title="James McGrew">McGrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hagans" title="John Hagans">Hagans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_J._Faulkner" title="Charles J. Faulkner">Faulkner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Martin" title="Benjamin F. Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Hoge" title="John B. Hoge">Hoge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lyne_Wilson" title="William Lyne Wilson">W. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alston_G._Dayton" title="Alston G. Dayton">Dayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Beall_Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Beall Davis">T. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cookman_Sturgiss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Cookman Sturgiss">Sturgiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gay_Brown_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William Gay Brown Jr.">Brown Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Meade_Bowers" title="George Meade Bowers">Bowers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Lee_Allen" title="Robert E. Lee Allen">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Llewellyn_Bowman" title="Frank Llewellyn Bowman">Bowman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennings_Randolph" title="Jennings Randolph">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvin_C._Snyder" title="Melvin C. Snyder">M. Snyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Orrin_Staggers" title="Harley Orrin Staggers">Staggers Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleve_Benedict" title="Cleve Benedict">Benedict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_O._Staggers_Jr." title="Harley O. Staggers Jr.">Staggers Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wise" title="Bob Wise">Wise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelley_Moore_Capito" title="Shelley Moore Capito">Capito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Mooney" title="Alex Mooney">Mooney</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="West Virginia03 !"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="West Virginia's 3rd congressional district">3rd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kellian_Whaley" title="Kellian Whaley">Whaley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Polsley" title="Daniel Polsley">Polsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Witcher" title="John Witcher">Witcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Hereford_(politician)" title="Frank Hereford (politician)">Hereford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Kenna" title="John E. Kenna">Kenna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_P._Snyder_(politician)" title="Charles P. Snyder (politician)">C. Snyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_D._Alderson" title="John D. Alderson">Alderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hall_Huling" class="mw-redirect" title="James Hall Huling">Huling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Dorr" title="Charles Dorr">Dorr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Emmons_Johnston" title="David Emmons Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Gaines" title="Joseph H. Gaines">Gaines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Brown_Littlepage" title="Adam Brown Littlepage">Littlepage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_B._Avis" title="Samuel B. Avis">Avis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Brown_Littlepage" title="Adam Brown Littlepage">Littlepage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_F._Reed" title="Stuart F. Reed">Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Wolverton" title="John M. Wolverton">Wolverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_O%27Brien_(Congressman)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Smith O'Brien (Congressman)">O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Wolverton" title="John M. Wolverton">Wolverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Hornor" title="Lynn Hornor">Hornor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Edmiston_Jr." title="Andrew Edmiston Jr.">Edmiston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_G._Rohrbough" title="Edward G. Rohrbough">Rohrbough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_M._Bailey" title="Cleveland M. Bailey">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_G._Rohrbough" title="Edward G. Rohrbough">Rohrbough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_M._Bailey" title="Cleveland M. Bailey">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Slack_Jr." title="John M. Slack Jr.">Slack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_G._Hutchinson" title="John G. Hutchinson">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Staton" title="Mick Staton">Staton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wise" title="Bob Wise">Wise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Rahall" title="Nick Rahall">Rahall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evan_Jenkins_(politician)" title="Evan Jenkins (politician)">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Miller_(politician)" title="Carol Miller (politician)">C. Miller</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="West Virginia04 !"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="West Virginia's 4th congressional district">4th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eustace_Gibson" title="Eustace Gibson">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Hogg" title="Charles E. Hogg">C. Hogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_M._Jackson" title="James M. Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Brooks_Smith" title="Charles Brooks Smith">C. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Capehart" title="James Capehart">Capehart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Miller_(West_Virginia_Congressman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warren Miller (West Virginia Congressman)">W. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romeo_H._Freer" title="Romeo H. Freer">Freer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Hughes" title="James A. Hughes">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_C._Woodyard" title="Harry C. Woodyard">Woodyard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Hamilton" title="John M. Hamilton">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Holmes_Moss_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Hunter Holmes Moss Jr.">Moss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_C._Woodyard" title="Harry C. Woodyard">Woodyard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_William_Johnson_(congressman)" class="mw-redirect" title="George William Johnson (congressman)">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_C._Woodyard" title="Harry C. Woodyard">Woodyard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Hughes" title="James A. Hughes">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lynn_Hogg" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Lynn Hogg">R. Hogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_William_Johnson_(congressman)" class="mw-redirect" title="George William Johnson (congressman)">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_S._Ellis" title="Hubert S. Ellis">Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_G._Burnside" title="Maurice G. Burnside">Burnside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_E._Neal" title="Will E. Neal">Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_G._Burnside" title="Maurice G. Burnside">Burnside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_E._Neal" title="Will E. Neal">Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Hechler" title="Ken Hechler">Hechler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Rahall" title="Nick Rahall">Rahall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="West Virginia05 !"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="West Virginia's 5th congressional district">5th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Hughes" title="James A. Hughes">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cooper_(West_Virginia_politician)" title="Edward Cooper (West Virginia politician)">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wells_Goodykoontz" title="Wells Goodykoontz">Goodykoontz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Lilly" title="Thomas Jefferson Lilly">Lilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_F._Strother_(West_Virginia_politician)" title="James F. Strother (West Virginia politician)">Strother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Ike_Shott" title="Hugh Ike Shott">Shott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kee" title="John Kee">John Kee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Kee" title="Elizabeth Kee">E. Kee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Kee" title="James Kee">James Kee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="West Virginia06 !"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="West Virginia's 6th congressional district">6th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Brown_Littlepage" title="Adam Brown Littlepage">Littlepage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_S._Echols" title="Leonard S. Echols">Echols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Alfred_Taylor" title="J. Alfred Taylor">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_T._England" title="Edward T. England">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_L._Smith" title="Joe L. Smith">J. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._H._Hedrick" title="E. H. Hedrick">Hedrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Byrd" title="Robert Byrd">Byrd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Slack_Jr." title="John M. Slack Jr.">Slack</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="West VirginiaAL !"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia%27s_at-large_congressional_seat" class="mw-redirect" title="West Virginia's at-large congressional seat">At-large</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Sutherland" title="Howard Sutherland">Sutherland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="West_Virginia&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_62nd–64th_United_States_Congress_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="display:table;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USCongRep-start" title="Template talk:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="West_Virginia&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_62nd–64th_United_States_Congress_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_West_Virginia" title="United States congressional delegations from West Virginia">West Virginia</a>'s delegation(s) to the 62nd–64th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> <span class="nowrap">(ordered by seniority)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/62nd_United_States_Congress" title="62nd United States Congress">62nd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_West_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from West Virginia">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Wayland_Watson" class="mw-redirect" title="Clarence Wayland Watson">C. Watson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Chilton" title="William E. Chilton">W. Chilton</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_West_Virginia" title="List of United States representatives from West Virginia">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_A._Hughes" title="James A. Hughes">J. Hughes</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Gay_Brown_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William Gay Brown Jr.">W. Brown Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Davis" title="John W. Davis">J. Davis</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_M._Hamilton" title="John M. Hamilton">J. Hamilton</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adam_Brown_Littlepage" title="Adam Brown Littlepage">A. Littlepage</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/63rd_United_States_Congress" title="63rd United States Congress">63rd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_West_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from West Virginia">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Chilton" title="William E. Chilton">W. Chilton</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Goff_Jr." title="Nathan Goff Jr.">N. Goff Jr.</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_West_Virginia" title="List of United States representatives from West Virginia">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_A._Hughes" title="James A. Hughes">J. Hughes</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Gay_Brown_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William Gay Brown Jr.">W. Brown Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Davis" title="John W. Davis"><i>J. Davis</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Samuel_B._Avis" title="Samuel B. Avis">S. Avis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Holmes_Moss_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Hunter Holmes Moss Jr.">H. Moss Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_Sutherland" title="Howard Sutherland">H. Sutherland</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matthew_M._Neely" title="Matthew M. Neely"><i>M. Neely</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/64th_United_States_Congress" title="64th United States Congress">64th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_West_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from West Virginia">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Chilton" title="William E. Chilton">W. Chilton</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Goff_Jr." title="Nathan Goff Jr.">N. Goff Jr.</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_West_Virginia" title="List of United States representatives from West Virginia">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_C._Woodyard" title="Harry C. Woodyard"><i>H. Woodyard</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Gay_Brown_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William Gay Brown Jr."><i>W. Brown Jr.</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Holmes_Moss_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Hunter Holmes Moss Jr."><i>H. Moss Jr.</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_Sutherland" title="Howard Sutherland">H. Sutherland</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matthew_M._Neely" title="Matthew M. Neely">M. Neely</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adam_Brown_Littlepage" title="Adam Brown Littlepage">A. Littlepage</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cooper_(West_Virginia_politician)" title="Edward Cooper (West Virginia politician)">E. Cooper</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Meade_Bowers" title="George Meade Bowers"><i>G. 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