United States congressional delegations from Virginia
These are tables of congressional delegations from Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Virginia's current U.S Senators are Democrats Mark Warner (serving since 2009) and Tim Kaine (serving since 2013). Virginia is allotted 11 seats in the U.S House Of Representatives; currently 7 seats are held by Democrats and 4 seats are held by Republicans.
United States Senate
Class 1 | Congress | Class 2 |
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William Grayson (Anti-Admin) |
1st (1789–1791) | Richard Henry Lee (Anti-Admin) |
John Walker (Pro-Admin) | ||
James Monroe (Anti-Admin) | ||
2nd (1791–1793) | ||
John Taylor (Anti-Admin) | ||
3rd (1793–1795) | ||
Stevens T. Mason (D-R) | Henry Tazewell (Anti-Admin) | |
4th (1795–1797) | ||
5th (1797–1799) | ||
6th (1799–1801) | Wilson C. Nicholas (D-R) | |
7th (1801–1803) | ||
8th (1803–1805) | ||
John Taylor (D-R) | ||
Abraham B. Venable (D-R) | Andrew Moore (D-R) | |
William B. Giles (D-R) | ||
Andrew Moore (D-R) | William B. Giles (D-R) | |
9th (1805–1807) | ||
10th (1807–1809) | ||
Richard Brent (D-R) | 11th (1809–1811) | |
12th (1811–1813) | ||
13th (1813–1815) | ||
James Barbour (D-R) | ||
14th (1815–1817) | Armistead T. Mason (D-R) | |
15th (1817–1819) | John W. Eppes (D-R) | |
16th (1819–1821) | ||
James Pleasants (D-R) | ||
17th (1821–1823) | ||
John Taylor (D-R) | ||
18th (1823–1825) | ||
Littleton W. Tazewell (D-R) | ||
James Barbour (J) | 19th (1825–1827) | Littleton W. Tazewell (J) |
John Randolph (J) | ||
John Tyler (J) | 20th (1827–1829) | |
21st (1829–1831) | ||
22nd (1831–1833) | ||
William C. Rives (J) | ||
John Tyler (Anti-J) | 23rd (1833–1835) | |
Benjamin W. Leigh (Anti-J) | ||
24th (1835–1837) | ||
William C. Rives (W) | Richard E. Parker (J) | |
William C. Rives (D) | 25th (1837–1839) | Richard E. Parker (D) |
William H. Roane (D) | ||
26th (1839–1841) | ||
27th (1841–1843) | William S. Archer (W) | |
28th (1843–1845) | ||
Isaac S. Pennybacker (D) | 29th (1845–1847) | |
James M. Mason (D) | ||
30th (1847–1849) | Robert M. T. Hunter (D) | |
31st (1849–1851) | ||
32nd (1851–1853) | ||
33rd (1853–1855) | ||
34th (1855–1857) | ||
35th (1857–1859) | ||
36th (1859–1861) | ||
37th (1861–1863) | ||
Waitman T. Willey (U) | John S. Carlile (U) | |
Lemuel J. Bowden (U) | 38th (1863–1865) | |
Vacant | ||
39th (1865–1867) | Vacant | |
40th (1867–1869) | ||
41st (1869–1871) | ||
John F. Lewis (R) | John W. Johnston (D) | |
42nd (1871–1873) | ||
43rd (1873–1875) | ||
Robert E. Withers (D) | 44th (1875–1877) | |
45th (1877–1879) | ||
46th (1879–1881) | ||
William Mahone (Rea) | 47th (1881–1883) | |
48th (1883–1885) | Harrison H. Riddleberger (Rea) | |
49th (1885–1887) | ||
John W. Daniel (D) | 50th (1887–1889) | |
51st (1889–1891) | John S. Barbour Jr. (D) | |
52nd (1891–1893) | ||
Eppa Hunton (D) | ||
53rd (1893–1895) | ||
54th (1895–1897) | Thomas S. Martin (D) | |
55th (1897–1899) | ||
56th (1899–1901) | ||
57th (1901–1903) | ||
58th (1903–1905) | ||
59th (1905–1907) | ||
60th (1907–1909) | ||
61st (1909–1911) | ||
Claude A. Swanson (D) | ||
62nd (1911–1913) | ||
63rd (1913–1915) | ||
64th (1915–1917) | ||
65th (1917–1919) | ||
66th (1919–1921) | ||
Carter Glass (D) | ||
67th (1921–1923) | ||
68th (1923–1925) | ||
69th (1925–1927) | ||
70th (1927–1929) | ||
71st (1929–1931) | ||
72nd (1931–1933) | ||
Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D) | 73rd (1933–1935) | |
74th (1935–1937) | ||
75th (1937–1939) | ||
76th (1939–1941) | ||
77th (1941–1943) | ||
78th (1943–1945) | ||
79th (1945–1947) | ||
Thomas G. Burch (D) | ||
A. Willis Robertson (D) | ||
80th (1947–1949) | ||
81st (1949–1951) | ||
82nd (1951–1953) | ||
83rd (1953–1955) | ||
84th (1955–1957) | ||
85th (1957–1959) | ||
86th (1959–1961) | ||
87th (1961–1963) | ||
88th (1963–1965) | ||
89th (1965–1967) | ||
Harry F. Byrd Jr. (D) | ||
William B. Spong Jr. (D) | ||
90th (1967–1969) | ||
91st (1969–1971) | ||
Harry F. Byrd Jr. (I) | 92nd (1971–1973) | |
93rd (1973–1975) | William L. Scott (R) | |
94th (1975–1977) | ||
95th (1977–1979) | ||
96th (1979–1981) | ||
John Warner (R) | ||
97th (1981–1983) | ||
Paul S. Trible Jr. (R) | 98th (1983–1985) | |
99th (1985–1987) | ||
100th (1987–1989) | ||
Chuck Robb (D) | 101st (1989–1991) | |
102nd (1991–1993) | ||
103rd (1993–1995) | ||
104th (1995–1997) | ||
105th (1997–1999) | ||
106th (1999–2001) | ||
George Allen (R) | 107th (2001–2003) | |
108th (2003–2005) | ||
109th (2005–2007) | ||
Jim Webb (D) | 110th (2007–2009) | |
111th (2009–2011) | Mark Warner (D) | |
112th (2011–2013) | ||
Tim Kaine (D) | 113th (2013–2015) | |
114th (2015–2017) | ||
115th (2017–2019) | ||
116th (2019–2021) | ||
117th (2021–2023) |
U.S. House of Representatives
District | Representative | Party | CPVI | Incumbency | District map |
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1st | Rob Wittman (R-Montross) | Republican | R+8 | December 11, 2007 – present | |
2nd | Elaine Luria (D-Norfolk) | Democratic | R+3 | January 3, 2019 – present | |
3rd | Democratic | D+16 | January 3, 1993 – present | ||
4th | Donald McEachin (D-Henrico County) | Democratic | D+10 | January 3, 2017 – present | |
5th | Bob Good (R-Lynchburg) | Republican | R+6 | January 3, 2021 – present | |
6th | Republican | R+13 | January 3, 2019 – present | ||
7th | Abigail Spanberger (D-Glen Allen) | Democratic | R+6 | January 3, 2019 – present | |
8th | Don Beyer (D-Alexandria) | Democratic | D+21 | January 3, 2015 – present | |
9th | Morgan Griffith (R-Salem) | Republican | R+19 | January 3, 2011 – present | |
10th | Jennifer Wexton (D-Leesburg) | Democratic | D+1 | January 3, 2019 – present | |
11th | Gerry Connolly (D-Mantua) | Democratic | D+15 | January 3, 2009 – present |
1789 – 1793: 10 seats
Congress | District | |||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
1st (1789–1791) |
Alexander White (Pro-Admin) | John Brown (Anti-Admin) | Andrew Moore (Anti-Admin) | Richard Bland Lee (Pro-Admin) | James Madison Jr. (Anti-Admin) | Isaac Coles (Anti-Admin) | John Page (Anti-Admin) | Josiah Parker (Anti-Admin) | Theodorick Bland (Anti-Admin) | Samuel Griffin (Pro-Admin) |
William Branch Giles (Anti-Admin) | ||||||||||
2nd (1791–1793) |
Abraham B. Venable (Anti-Admin) | Samuel Griffin (Anti-Admin) | ||||||||
Vacant, apportioned to Kentucky |
1793 – 1803: 19 seats
1803 – 1813: 22 seats
1813 – 1823: 23 seats
1823 – 1833: 22 seats
1833 – 1843: 21 seats
1843 – 1853: 15 seats
1853 – 1863: 13 seats
Congress | District | District | |||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | |||
33rd (1853–1855) |
Thomas H. Bayly (D) | John Millson (D) | John Caskie (D) | William Goode (D) | Thomas Bocock (D) | Paulus Powell (D) | William "Extra Billy" Smith (D) | Charles Faulkner Sr. (W) | John Letcher (D) | Zedekiah Kidwell (D) | John Snodgrass (D) | Henry Edmundson (D) | Fayette McMullen (D) | ||
Charles S. Lewis (D) | |||||||||||||||
34th (1855–1857) |
Charles Faulkner Sr. (D) | John S. Carlile (A) | |||||||||||||
Muscoe Garnett (D) | |||||||||||||||
35th (1857–1859) |
Sherrard Clemens (D) | Albert G. Jenkins (D) | George Washington Hopkins (D) | ||||||||||||
36th (1859–1861) |
Daniel Coleman DeJarnette Sr. (Ind. D) |
Shelton Leake (Ind. D) |
Alexander Boteler (O) |
John T. Harris (Ind. D) |
Elbert Martin (Ind. D) | ||||||||||
Roger Atkinson Pryor (D) | |||||||||||||||
37th (1861–1863) |
American Civil War | American Civil War | Charles H. Upton (U) | American Civil War | William G. Brown Sr. (U) | John S. Carlile[lower-alpha 4] (U) | Kellian Whaley[lower-alpha 4] (U) | American Civil War | |||||||
Joseph Segar (U) | Lewis McKenzie (U) | Jacob Blair (U) |
1863 – 1873: 8 seats
The 1860 census allotted 11 seats to Virginia, but 3 were assigned to West Virginia, established in 1863. Virginia was left with 8 seats.[1] For most of this decade, however, Virginian representatives were not seated in Congress because of Virginia's secession in the Civil War. After January 26, 1870, Virginia was allowed to seat members. The state convention called for a ninth seat, at-large, but the House rejected the credentials of its claimant, Joseph Segar.[2]
Congress | District | |||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
38th (1863–1865) |
American Civil War | |||||||
39th (1865–1867) |
Reconstruction | |||||||
40th (1867–1869) | ||||||||
41st (1869–1871) | ||||||||
Richard Small Ayer (R) | James H. Platt Jr. (R) | Charles H. Porter (R) | George William Booker (Cons) |
Robert Ridgway (Cons) |
William Milnes Jr. (Cons) |
Lewis McKenzie (Cons) |
James King Gibson (Cons) | |
Richard Thomas Walker Duke (Cons) | ||||||||
42nd (1871–1873) |
John Critcher (D) | William Henry Harrison Stowell (R) | John Thomas Harris (D) | Elliott Muse Braxton (D) | William Terry (D) |
1873 – 1883: 9 seats
Following the 1870 census, Virginia was allotted 9 seats.
Congress | District | ||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
43rd (1873–1875) |
James Beverly Sener (R) | James H. Platt Jr. (R) | John Ambler Smith (R) | William Henry Harrison Stowell (R) | Alexander Mathews Davis (D) | Thomas Whitehead (D) | John Thomas Harris (D) | Eppa Hunton (D) | Rees Tate Bowen (D) |
Christopher Yancy Thomas (R) | |||||||||
44th (1875–1877) |
Beverly Browne Douglas (D) | John Goode Jr. (D) | Gilbert Carlton Walter (D) | George Craighead Cabell (D) | John Randolph Tucker (D) | William Terry (D) | |||
45th (1877–1879) |
Joseph Jorgensen (R) | Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore (D) | |||||||
Richard L. T. Beale (D) | |||||||||
46th (1879–1881) |
Joseph Eggleston Johnston (D) | James Buchanan Richmond (D) | |||||||
47th (1881–1883) |
George Tankard Garrison (D) | John Frederick Dezendorf (R) | George D. Wise (D) | John Paul (D) | John Strode Barbour Jr. (D) | Abram Fulkerson (D) |
1883 – 1933: 10 seats
After the 1880 census, Virginia gained one seat. For the 48th Congress, a new at-large seat was added to the 9 districts. Starting in the 49th Congress, however, the state was redistricted into 10 districts.
1933 – 1953: 9 seats
After the 1930 census, Virginia lost one seat. For the 73rd Congress (1933–1935), all nine representatives were elected at-large statewide. In all subsequent Congresses, representatives were elected from districts.
1953 – 1993: 10 seats
In 1953, Virginia gained one seat.
1993 – present: 11 seats
In 1993, Virginia gained one more seat, with no subsequent changes in 2003 or 2013.
Key
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See also
- List of United States Representatives from Virginia
- List of United States Senators from Virginia
Notes
- Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election
- Supported the Crawford faction in the 1824 United States presidential election
- Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election
- The delegation during the 37th Congress has incomplete district data. In some sources, Carlile and Whaley are shown as both starting on March 4, 1861 — which is the starting date of that Congress — but other sources list them as both being elected in district 11 which contradicts that they both served simultaneously.
References
- "Representatives Apportioned to Each State 1st to 22nd Census (1790-2000)". House History/Congressional Apportionment. Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. p. fn 7. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- "FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS" (PDF). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774–2005. Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. p. fn 88. Retrieved September 16, 2012.