December 8, 1863
First United States House of Representatives members from West Virginia
Unionist Jacob Beeson Blair of Wood County, Unionist William Gay Brown of Preston County, and Unionist Kellian V. Whaley of Cabell County became the first United States House of Representatives members from West Virginia.
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