Virginia's 12th congressional district

Virginia's 12th congressional district is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1863 after the 1860 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Kellian V. Whaley.

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1793
John Page	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Lost re-election.
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
Thomas Evans	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1801	5th 6th	Elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Retired.
John Stratton	Federalist	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected in 1801. Retired.
Thomas Griffin	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1803. Lost re-election.
Burwell Bassett	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1813	9th 10th 11th 12th	Elected in 1805. Re-elected in 1807. Re-elected in 1809. Re-elected in 1811. Redistricted to the 13th district and lost re-election.
John Roane	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1813. Retired.
William H. Roane	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected in 1815. Retired.
Robert S. Garnett	Democratic-Republican[lower-alpha 1]	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825	15th 16th 17th 18th 19th	Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Retired.
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
John Roane	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831	20th 21st	Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Retired.
John J. Roane	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
William F. Gordon	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
James Garland	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th 26th	[data unknown/missing]
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839		[data unknown/missing]
	Conservative	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841		[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Thomas W. Gilmer	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected to VA-5
Augustus A. Chapman	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
William B. Preston	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Appt. Secretary of the Navy
Henry A. Edmundson	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1861	31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Kellian V. Whaley	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
District eliminated March 4, 1863

Notes

1. Supported the Crawford faction in the 1824 United States presidential election

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present