Joseph "Joe " Manchin III ( born August 24, 1947 ) [1] is the younger Senator United States of West Virginia. Manchin, a member of the Democratic Party, who previously served as Governor of West Virginia from 2005 until 2010 and the Secretariat of Estado de West Virginia 2001-2005. He won the special election in November to fill the post of Senator Robert Byrd, the most senior U.S. Senator.UU., who died in office. Manchin was elected to a full term in office with 60 percent of the vote in November 2012. Manchin will become greater than the State Senator when Jay Rockefeller is removed by 2015.