question: The current dean of West Virginia's congressional district is a member of what chamber of the legislature of the United States?
answer: Shelley Wellons Moore Capito
context: Title: Wells Goodykoontz
  Passage: Wells Goodykoontz (June 3, 1872 – March 2, 1944) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of West Virginia who served in the West Virginia Legislature representing Mingo County.  He was President of the West Virginia Senate from 1917 to 1919, and a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the now-defunct 5th congressional district of West Virginia.  He served during the 66th and 67th United States Congresses. 
  Title: Shelley Moore Capito
  Passage: Shelley Wellons Moore Capito (born November 26, 1953) is the junior United States Senator from West Virginia, and a member of the Republican Party.  She was a member of the United States House of Representatives for  's 2 congressional district from 2001 until her election to the United States Senate in 2014.  She is the current dean of West Virginia's congressional delegation.
  Title: Mitch Carmichael
  Passage: Mitchell Brian "Mitch" Carmichael (born April 15, 1960) is an American politician and a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate representing District 4 since 2012.  Carmichael served consecutively in the West Virginia Legislature from 2000 through 2012 in the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 12.  Carmichael was a candidate for Governor of West Virginia in 2011.  As President of the state Senate since January 2017, he holds the title Lieutenant Governor of West Virginia.
  Title: William Laird IV
  Passage: William Ramsey Laird IV (born June 3, 1952 in Montgomery, West Virginia) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate representing District 10 since January 12, 2013.  Laird served consecutively from January 2009 until January 2013 in the District 11 seat, and served non-consecutively in the West Virginia Legislature from January 1997 until January 2001 in the West Virginia House of Delegates in a District 29 seat.  Laird is the son of former United States Senator William R. Laird, III.
  Title: Tom Udall
  Passage: Thomas Stewart Udall (born May 18, 1948) is the senior United States Senator from New Mexico and a member of the Democratic Party.  First elected to the Senate in 2008, he represented  's 3 congressional district as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009, and was the Attorney General of New Mexico from 1991 to 1999.  A member of the Udall family, he is the son of Stewart Udall, the nephew of Mo Udall, and the cousin of Mark Udall.  He is the current dean of New Mexico's Congressional Delegation.
  Title: Louise Slaughter
  Passage: Dorothy Louise McIntosh Slaughter (born August 14, 1929) has been the United States representative for New York's 25th congressional district since 1987.  She is a member of the Democratic Party.  The district, numbered as the 30th District from 1987 to 1993 and the 28th District from 1993 to 2013, is based in Rochester and includes most of surrounding Monroe County.  She was the Chairwoman of the House Rules Committee from 2007 until 2011, and has served as ranking minority member of the Committee since 2011, a post she also held from 2005 to 2007.  Since the retirement of Charles Rangel, Slaughter has risen to dean of the New York House of Representatives delegation.  Chuck Schumer is the current dean of New York's congressional delegation as he has served in Congress since 1981.
  Title: Jim Clyburn
  Passage: James Enos Clyburn (born July 21, 1940) is the U.S. Representative for South Carolina 's 6 congressional district , serving since 1993, and the Assistant Democratic Leader since 2011.  He was previously House Majority Whip, serving in that post from 2007 to 2011.  He is a member of the Democratic Party.  The district includes large portions of Columbia and Charleston, as well as several rural areas between them.  Clyburn is the current dean of the South Carolina congressional delegation.
  Title: Mark Hunt (politician)
  Passage: Mark Allen Hunt (born January 23, 1960 in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 36 since January 12, 2013.  Hunt served consecutively from January 2009 until January 2013, and non-consecutively from January 1995 until January 2001 and from January 2005 until January 2007 in District 30 and District 31 seats.  Hunt was a candidate for West Virginia Senate in 2000 and a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district in 2006.
  Title: United States Senate
  Passage: The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—composes the legislature of the United States.
citations: United States Senate Shelley Moore Capito