United States congressional delegations from Virginia
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These are tables of congressional delegations from Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
Virginia has undergone so many demographic changes that in some cases, a district often is not a direct continuation of the same numbered district before reapportionment. For example, the current 7th District covers roughly the same geographic area of what was the 3rd District prior to redistricting after the 1990 Census. Additionally, after the separation of West Virginia in 1863, Virginia lost two seats (however, during the Civil War and Reconstruction era, the Virginia congressional delegation was not seated).
United States Senate
| Class 1 Senators | Congress | Class 2 Senators |
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| William Grayson (Anti-Admin) |
1st (1789–1791) | Richard Henry Lee (Anti-Admin) |
| John Walker (Pro-Admin) |
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| James Monroe (Anti-Admin) |
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| 2nd (1791–1793) | ||
| John Taylor (Anti-Admin) |
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| 3rd (1793–1795) | ||
| Stevens T. Mason (D-R) | Henry Tazewell (Anti-Admin) |
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| 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) | ||
| 19th (1825–1827) | ||
| John Randolph (D-R) | ||
| John Tyler (D-R) | 20th (1827–1829) | |
| 21st (1829–1831) | ||
| 22nd (1831–1833) | ||
| William C. Rives (D-R) | ||
| 23rd (1833–1835) | ||
| Benjamin W. Leigh (Anti-J) |
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| 24th (1835–1837) | ||
| William C. Rives (W) | Richard E. Parker (D-R) | |
| 25th (1837–1839) | ||
| 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) | |
| Reconstruction | 39th (1865–1867) | Reconstruction |
| 40th (1867–1869) | ||
| John F. Lewis (R) | 41st (1869–1871) | 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 | 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) | ||
| Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (I) | 89th (1965–1967) | |
| William B. Spong, Jr. (D) | ||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | William L. Scott (R) | |
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||
| 95th (1977–1979) | ||
| John Warner (R) | ||
| 96th (1979–1981) | ||
| 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) |
House of Representatives
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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) | ||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||
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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 (U) | ||||||||||||
| Muscoe Garnett (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 35th (1857–1859) |
Sherrard Clemens (D) | Albert G. Jenkins (D) | George Washington Hopkins (D) | |||||||||||
| 36th (1859–1861) |
Daniel DeJarnette (Ind. D) |
Shelton Leake (Ind. D) |
Alexander Boteler (Ind. D) |
John T. Harris (Ind. D) |
Elbert Martin (Ind. D) |
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| Roger Atkinson Pryor (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 37th[1] (1861–1863) |
American Civil War | American Civil War | Charles H. Upton (U) | American Civil War | William G. Brown, Sr. (U) | John S. Carlile (U) | Kellian Whaley (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.[2] 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.[3]
| Congress | District | |||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
| 38th (1863–1865) |
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| 39th (1865–1867) |
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| 40th (1867–1869) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 state-wide. 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.
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
| 103rd (1993–1995) |
Herbert H. Bateman (R) | Owen B. Pickett (D) | Robert C. Scott (D) | Norman Sisisky (D) | Lewis F. Payne, Jr. (D) | Bob Goodlatte (R) | Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. (R) | Jim Moran (D) | Rick Boucher (D) | Frank Wolf (R) | Leslie L. Byrne (D) |
| 104th (1995–1997) |
Thomas M. Davis (R) | ||||||||||
| 105th (1997–1999) |
Virgil Goode (D) | ||||||||||
| 106th (1999–2001) |
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| 107th (2001–2003) |
Jo Ann Davis (R) | Edward Schrock (R) | Virgil Goode (Ind) | Eric Cantor (R) | |||||||
| Randy Forbes (R) | |||||||||||
| 108th (2003–2005) |
Virgil Goode (R) | ||||||||||
| 109th (2005–2007) |
Thelma Drake (R) | ||||||||||
| 110th (2007–2009) |
Rob Wittman (R) | ||||||||||
| 111th (2009–2011) |
Glenn Nye (D) | Tom Perriello (D) | Gerry Connolly (D) | ||||||||
| 112th (2011–2013) |
Scott Rigell (R) | Robert Hurt (R) | Morgan Griffith (R) | ||||||||
| 113th (2013–2015) |
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See also
- List of United States Representatives from Virginia#Superlative Representatives
- List of United States Senators from Virginia#Superlative Senators
Footnotes
- ^ The delegation during the 37th Congress has incomplete district data. In some sources, Congressmen 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.
- ^ "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. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/congapp/bystate.aspx. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ "FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774–2005. Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. p. fn 88. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/41.pdf. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
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