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        <issuerName>UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>MCNAMARA J PAUL</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PARKERSBURG</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WV</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>26101</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
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                </natureOfOwnership>
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        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Additional stock acquired in the Dividend Reinvestment Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ MCNAMARA, J PAUL</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-12-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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X0202
4
2004-12-03
0
0000729986
UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV
UBSI
0001253870
MCNAMARA J PAUL
514 MARKET STREET
PARKERSBURG
WV
26101
1
0
0
0
Common Stock
2004-12-03
4
G
0
1276
0
D
84925.00
D
Common Stock
30000.00
I
By Immediate Family
Common Stock
10800.00
I
Trust-Ayers
Stock Option - United
30.7100
2003-10-10
2013-10-10
Common Stock
20000.00
20000.00
D
Additional stock acquired in the Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
/s/ MCNAMARA, J PAUL
2004-12-06