Joe Manchin III Official Bio

Joe Manchin III

Joseph Manchin III is an American politician and businessman serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia, a seat he has held since 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Manchin was the 34th governor of West Virginia from 2005 to 2010 and the 27th secretary of state of West Virginia from 2001 to 2005. He became the state's senior U.S. senator when Jay Rockefeller retired in 2015. Before entering politics, Manchin helped found and was the president of Enersystems, a coal brokerage company his family owns and operates. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Joe Manchin III has 658 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2004 Convention as a Gubernatorial Candidate for West Virginia. The year with the most videos was 2015 with 65 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2017 with an average of 10,771 views per program. Most appearances with Jennifer M. Granholm (12), James "Jim" H. Douglas (11), Brian Schweitzer (10). Most common tags: West Virginia, State Politics, Energy Policy.

Appearances by Title:November 15, 2010 - Present U.S. Senator, D-WV View Map


Videos: 615

Previously

Governor,
D-West Virginia January 17, 2005 - November 15, 2010 Videos: 35 Co-Chair, No Labels c. January 14, 2013 - c. November 14, 2010 Videos: 1 Vice Chair, National Governors Association c. July 20, 2009 - c. July 10, 2010 Videos: 4 Governor-Elect, West Virginia
D c. November 3, 2004 - c. January 16, 2005 Videos: 1 Gubernatorial Candidate, West Virginia
D c. July 28, 2004 - c. November 3, 2004 Videos: 2

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Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

Committees

Votes

Floor Activity

    • Days on Floor: 2
    • Total Time Speaking: 30 minutes
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Bills

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