Nick J. Rahall II

A Representative from West Virginia. Born in Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va. , May 20, 1949. Graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, Beckley, W. Va. , 1967. A. B. , Duke University, Durham, N. C. , 1971. Attended graduate school, George Washington University, Washington, D. C. , 1972. Staff, Office of the Majority Whip, United States Senate, 1971-1974. Business owner. Delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1972 and 1976. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth and to the eighteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977-January 3, 2015). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014. Chair, Committee on Natural Resources (One Hundred Tenth and One Hundred Eleventh Congresses).