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Shelley Capito's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

500 Virginia Street East
Suite 950
Charleston, WV 25301

300 Foxcroft Avenue
Suite 202A
Martinsburg, WV 25401

48 Donley Street
Suite 504
Morgantown, WV 26501

172 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Full Name:

Shelley Moore Capito

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Charles; 3 Children: Charles, Moore, Shelley

Birth Date:

11/26/1953

Birth Place:

Glen Dale, WV

Home City:

Charleston, WV

Religion:

Presbyterian

MEd, University of Virginia, 1976

BS, Zoology, Duke University, 1975

Senator, United States Senate, West Virginia, 2014-present

Candidate, United States Senate, West Virginia, 2020

Representative, United States House of Representatives, West Virginia, District 2, 2000-2014

Delegate, West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1997-2000

Former Member, Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee, United States Senate

Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus on Women's Issues

Co-Chair, Congressional Coal Caucus

Founder, Congressional Coal Caucus

Member, Congressional Sportsman's Caucus

Member, Congressional Steel Caucus

Former Member, Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security Subcommittee, United States Senate

Former Member, Energy Subcommittee, United States Senate

Former Member, Energy and Natural Resources Committee, United States Senate

Former Member, Energy and Natural Resources Committee, United States Senate

Former Vice Chair, House Prescription Drug Task Force

Former Member, Joint Committee on the Library, United States Senate

Member, Long Term Care Caucus

Former Co-Chair, Long Term Care Caucus

Member, Natural Gas Caucus

Former Member, Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee, United States Senate

Member, Rural Health Care Caucus

Former Member, Space, Science, and Competitiveness Subcommittee, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation

Former Member, Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Energy, United States Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, United States Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Former Member, Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies

Former Member, Subcommittee on National Parks, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, United States Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety, United States Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, United States Senate

Former Member, Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Subcommittee, United States Senate

Former Member, Water and Power Subcommittee, United States Senate

Director, Educational Information Center, West Virginia Board of Regents, 1978-1980

College Counselor/Advisor, West Virginia State College, 1976-1978

Member, Community Council of the Kanawha Valley

Member, Kanawha County Republican Women

Member, League of Women Voters

Volunteer, Read Aloud Program

Member, West Virginia Interagency Council for Early Intervention

Former President, Young Women's Christian Association of Charleston (YWCA)

Astrological Sign:

Sagittarius

Father's Name:

Arch A. Moore, Jr.

Father's Occupation:

Governor of West Virginia

Names of Grandchildren:

Celia, Charlie, Eliza, Rose, Arch, Macaulay, Lewis and Thomas.

Number of Grandchildren:

8

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