ENTRY

Members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia

SUMMARY

Members of the United States House of Representatives are listed here in alphabetical order. Each entry includes life dates if known, a member’s area of residence when first elected, period of service, and party affiliation when known. Before 1795 and again from the 1810s into the 1830s there were no well-organized political parties or parties were in flux, and for those time periods no affiliation is listed. Between 1795 and the 1810s most members are identified as Federalists or as Democratic-Republicans. The eight men who were elected to the House of Representatives in 1865 but not seated are also included in this list. John Mercer Langston, elected in 1890, was the first African American elected to Congress from Virginia. Leslie Larkin Byrne, elected in 1992, was the first woman elected to Congress from Virginia.

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    • Watkins Moorman Abbitt (1908–1998), from Appomattox County, 1948–1973, Democrat.
    • Mark Alexander (1792–1883), from Mecklenburg County, 1819–1833.
    • George Felix Allen (1952– ), from Albemarle County, 1991–1993, Republican.
    • John James Allen (1797–1871), from Harrison County (now West Virginia), 1833–1835, Whig.
    • Robert Allen (1794–1859), from Shenandoah County, 1827–1833, Democratic-Republican.
    • James Lindsay Almond Jr. (1898–1986), from Roanoke, 1946–1948, Democrat.
    • William Segar Archer (1789–1855), from Amelia County, 1820–1825, Democratic-Republican; 1825–1835, Whig.
    • William Armstrong (1782–1865), from Hampshire County (now West Virginia), 1825–1833.
    • Archibald Atkinson (1792–1872), from Isle of Wight County, 1843–1849, Democrat.
    • Archibald Austin (1772–1837), from Buckingham County, 1817–1819, Democratic-Republican.
    • Thomas Hamlet Averett (1800–1855), from Halifax County, 1849–1853, Democrat.
    • Richard Small Ayer (1829–1896), from Richmond County, 1870–1871, Republican.
    • John Baker (1769–1823), from Jefferson County (now West Virginia), 1811–1813, Federalist.
    • William Lee Ball (1781–1824), from Lancaster County, 1817–1824, Democratic-Republican.
    • Linn Banks (1784–1842), from Culpeper County, 1838–1841, Democrat.
    • Benjamin Johnson Barbour (1821–1894), from Orange County, elected in 1865 but not seated.
    • John Strode Barbour (1790–1855), from Culpeper County, 1823–1833.
    • John Strode Barbour Jr. (1820–1892), from Alexandria, 1881–1887, Democrat.
    • Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783–1841), from Orange County, 1814–1825, 1827–1830 (Speaker, Seventeenth Congress, 1821–1822).
    • Richard Walker Barton (1799–1860), from Winchester, 1841–1843, Democrat.
    • Burwell Bassett (1764–1841), from Williamsburg, 1805–1813, 1815–1819, 1821–1829, Democratic-Republican.
    • Herbert Harvell Bateman (1928–2000), from Newport News, 1983–2000, Republican.
    • Thomas Henry Bayly (1809–1856), from Accomack County, 1844–1856, Democrat.
    • Thomas Monteagle Bayly (1775–1834), from Accomack County, 1813–1815, Federalist.
    • James Madison Hite Beale (1786–1866), from Shenandoah County, 1833–1837, 1849–1853, Democrat.
    • Richard Lee Turberville Beale (1819–1893), from Westmoreland County, 1847–1849, 1879–1881, Democrat.
    • Henry Bedinger (1812–1858), from Jefferson County (now West Virginia), 1845–1849, Democrat.
    • Andrew Beirne (1771–1845), from Monroe County (now West Virginia), 1837–1841, Democrat.
    • Jacob Beeson Blair (1821–1901), from Wood County (now West Virginia), 1861–1863, Unionist.
    • Schuyler Otis Bland (1872–1950), from Newport News, 1918–1950, Democrat.
    • Theodorick Bland (1742–1790), from Prince George County, 1789–1790.
    • Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. (1932– ), from Richmond, 1981–2001, Republican.
    • Thomas Salem Bocock (1815–1891), from Appomattox County, 1847–1861, Democrat.
    • George William Booker (1821–1884), from Martinsville, 1870–1871, Conservative.
    • Alexander Robinson Boteler (1815–1892), from Jefferson County (now West Virginia), 1859–1861, Opposition.
    • John Minor Botts (1802–1869), from [not a city in 1839, became one in 1842] Richmond, 1839–1843, 1847–1849, Whig.
    • Frederick Carlyle Boucher (1946– ), from Washington County, 1983–2010, Democrat.
    • James Wood Bouldin (1792–1854), from Charlotte County, 1834–1839, Democrat.
    • Thomas Tyler Bouldin (d. 1834), from Charlotte County, 1829–1833, 1833–1834.
    • George Edwin Bowden (1852–1908), from Norfolk, 1887–1891, Republican.
    • Henry Bowen (1841–1915), from Tazewell County, 1883–1885, Readjuster; 1887–1889, Republican.
    • Rees Tate Bowen (1809–1879), from Tazewell County, 1873–1875, Democrat.
    • James Dennis Brady (1843–1900), from Petersburg, 1885–1887, Republican.
    • David Alan Bratt (1964– ), from Hanover County, 2014–2019, Republican.
    • Elliott Muse Braxton (1823–1891), from Fredericksburg, 1871–1873, Democrat.
    • James Breckinridge (1763–1833), from Botetourt County, 1809–1817, Federalist.
    • Richard Brent (d. 1814), from Prince William County, 1795–1799, 1801–1803, Democratic-Republican.
    • John Brown (1757–1837), from Frankfurt, Mercer County (now Kentucky), 1789–1792.
    • John Robert Brown (1842–1927), from Henry County, 1887–1889, Republican.
    • William G. Brown (1800–1884), from Preston County (now West Virginia), 1845–1849, Democrat; 1861–1863, Unionist.
    • Thomas Henry Bayly Browne (1844–1892), from Accomack County, 1887–1891, Republican.
    • Joel Thomas Broyhill (1919–2006), from Arlington County, 1953–1974, Republican.
    • John Alexander Buchanan (1843–1921), from Washington County, 1889–1893, Democrat.
    • Thomas Granville Burch (1869–1951), from Martinsville, 1931–1946, Democrat.
    • Clarence Godber Burton (1886–1982), from Lynchburg, 1948–1953, Democrat.
    • William Armistead Burwell (1780–1821), from Franklin County, 1806–1821, Democratic-Republican.
    • Manley Caldwell Butler (1925– ), from Roanoke, 1972–1983, Republican.
    • Leslie Larkin Byrne (1946– ), from Falls Church, 1993–1995, Democrat.
    • George Craighead Cabell (1836–1906), from Danville, 1875–1887, Democrat.
    • Samuel Jordan Cabell (1756–1818), from Amherst County, 1795–1803, Democratic-Republican.
    • Eric Ivan Cantor (1963– ), from Henrico County, 2001–2014, Republican.
    • Hugh Caperton (1781–1847), from Monroe County (now West Virginia), 1813–1815, Federalist.
    • John Snyder Carlile (1817–1878), from Harrison County (now West Virginia), 1855–1857, American; 1861, Unionist.
    • Charles Creighton Carlin (1866–1938), from Alexandria, 1907–1919, Democrat.
    • George Booth Cary (ca. 1802–1850), from Southampton County, 1841–1843, Democrat.
    • John Samuel Caskie (1821–1869), from Richmond, 1851–1859, Democrat.
    • Lucius Henry Chandler (1812–1876), from Norfolk, elected in 1865 but not seated.
    • Augustus A. Chapman (1805–1876), from Monroe County (now West Virginia), 1843–1847, Democrat.
    • Samuel Chilton (1805–1867), from Fauquier County, 1843–1845, Whig.
    • Joseph William Chinn (1798–1840), from Lancaster County, 1831–1835.
    • John Claiborne (1778–1808), from Brunswick County, 1805–1808, Democratic-Republican.
    • Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (1775–1859), from Franklin County, 1825–1837.
    • Thomas Claiborne (1747–1811), from Brunswick County, 1793–1799, 1801–1805, Democratic-Republican.
    • Christopher Henderson Clark (1768–1828), from Bedford County, 1804–1806, Democratic-Republican.
    • Matthew Clay (1754–1815), from Halifax County, 1797–1813, 1815, Democratic-Republican.
    • Sherrard Clemens (1820–1880), from Ohio County (now West Virginia), 1852–1853, 1857–1861, Democrat.
    • Benjamin Lee Cline (1972– ), from Lexington, 2019-, Republican.
    • John Clopton (1756–1816), from New Kent County, 1795–1799, 1801–1816, Democratic-Republican.
    • Richard Coke Jr. (1790–1851), from Williamsburg, 1829–1833.
    • Isaac Coles (1747–1813), from Pittsylvania County, 1789–1791; 1793–1797, Democratic-Republican.
    • Walter Coles (1790–1857), from Halifax County, 1835–1845, Democrat.
    • Edward Colston (1786–1851), from Berkeley County (now West Virginia), 1817–1819, Federalist.
    • Barbara Jean Burns Comstock (1959– ), from Fairfax County, 2015–2019, Republican.
    • Gerald Edward Connolly (1950– ), from Fairfax County, 2009– , Democrat.
    • Robert Young Conrad (1805–1875), from Frederick County, elected in 1865 but not seated.
    • Robert Craig (1792–1852), from Montgomery County, 1829–1833, 1835–1841, Democrat.
    • John Critcher (1820–1901), from Westmoreland County, 1871–1873, Conservative Democrat.
    • Thomas Croxton (1822–1903), from Essex County, 1885–1887, Democrat.
    • George William Crump (1786–1848), from Cumberland County, 1826–1827.
    • William Henry Bagwell Custis (1814–1889), from Accomack County, elected in 1865 but not seated.
    • John Warwick Daniel (1842–1910), from Lynchburg, 1885–1887, Democrat.
    • Robert Williams Daniel Jr. (1936– ), from Prince George County, 1973–1983, Republican.
    • Wilbur Clarence Daniel (1914–1988), from Danville, 1969–1988, Democrat.
    • Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. (1897–1981), from Norfolk, 1933–1937, 1939–1941, Democrat.
    • Ralph Hunter Daughton (1885–1958), from Norfolk, 1944–1947, Democrat.
    • Thomas Davenport (d. 1838), from Halifax County, 1825–1835.
    • Alexander M. Davis (1833–1889), from Grayson County, 1873–1874, Democrat.
    • Beverly Arnold Davis (1820–1894), from Patrick County, elected in 1865 but not seated.
    • Billie Jo Ann Sides Davis (1950–2007), from Gloucester County, 2001–2007, Republican.
    • Thomas Milburn Davis III (1949– ), from Fairfax County, 1995– 2009, Republican.
    • John Dawson (1762–1814), from Spotsylvania County, 1797–1814, Democratic-Republican.
    • Joseph Thomas Deal (1860–1942), from Norfolk, 1921–1929, Democrat.
    • Daniel Coleman Dejarnette (1822–1881), from Caroline County, 1859–1861, Independent Democrat.
    • John Frederick Dezendorf (1834–1894), from Norfolk, 1881–1883, Republican.
    • Philip Doddridge (1773–1832), from Brooke County (now West Virginia), 1829–1832.
    • Beverley Browne Douglas (1822–1878), from King William County, 1875–1878, Democrat.
    • Thomas Nelms Downing (1919–2001), from Newport News, 1959–1977, Democrat.
    • Thelma Day Drake (1949– ), from Norfolk, 2005–2009, Republican.
    • Joseph Draper (1794–1834), from Wythe County, 1830–1831, 1832–1833.
    • Patrick Henry Drewry (1875–1947), from Petersburg, 1920–1947, Democrat.
    • George Coke Dromgoole (1797–1847), from Brunswick County, 1835–1841, 1843–1847, Democrat.
    • Richard Thomas Walker Duke (1822–1898), from Charlottesville, 1870–1873, Conservative.
    • Paul Carrington Edmunds (1836–1899), from Halifax County, 1889–1895, Democrat.
    • Henry Alonzo Edmundson (1814–1890), from Salem, 1849–1861, Democrat.
    • Joseph Eggleston (1754–1811), from Amelia County, 1798–1801, Democratic-Republican.
    • Tazewell Ellett (1856–1914), from Richmond, 1895–1897, Democrat.
    • James Fletcher Epes (1842–1910), from Nottoway County, 1891–1895, Democrat.
    • Sydney Parham Epes (1865–1900), from Nottoway County, 1897–1898, 1899–1900, Democrat.
    • John Wayles Eppes (1773–1823), from Chesterfield County, 1803–1811, Democratic-Republican; from Buckingham County, 1813–1815, Democratic-Republican.
    • Benjamin Estill (1780–1853), from Washington County, 1825–1827.
    • Thomas Evans (ca. 1755–1815), from Accomack County, 1797–1801, Federalist.
    • Charles James Faulkner (1806–1884), from Berkeley County (now West Virginia), 1851–1855, Whig; 1855–1859, Democrat.
    • John Wood Fishburne (1888–1937), from Charlottesville, 1931–1933, Democrat.
    • Joseph Lyman Fisher (1914–1992), from Arlington County, 1975–1981, Democrat.
    • John William Flannagan Jr. (1885–1955), from Bristol, 1931–1949, Democrat.
    • Henry DeLaWarr Flood (1865–1921), from Appomattox County, 1901–1921, Democrat.
    • Joel West Flood (1894–1964), from Appomattox County, 1932–1933, Democrat.
    • Thomas Stanhope Flournoy (1811–1883), from Halifax County, 1847–1849, Whig.
    • John Floyd (1783–1837), from Montgomery County, 1817–1829.
    • James Randy Forbes (1952– ), from Chesapeake, 2001–2017, Republican.
    • Thomas Bacon Fugate (1899–1980), from Lee County, 1949–1953, Democrat.
    • Abram Fulkerson (1834–1902), from Bristol, 1881–1883, Readjuster.
    • Andrew Steele Fulton (1800–1884), from Wythe County, 1847–1849, Whig.
    • John Hall Fulton (d. 1836), from Washington County, 1833–1835.
    • William Embre Gaines (1844–1912), from Nottoway County, 1887–1889, Republican.
    • Jacob Aaron Garber (1879–1953), from Rockingham County, 1929–1931, Republican.
    • David Shepherd Garland (1769–1841), from Amherst County, 1810–1811, Democratic-Republican.
    • James Garland (1791–1885), from Nelson County, 1835–1841, Democrat.
    • James Mercer Garnett (1770–1843), from Essex County, 1805–1809, Democratic-Republican.
    • Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (1821–1864), from Essex County, 1856–1861, Democrat.
    • Robert Selden Garnett (1789–1840), from Essex County, 1817–1827.
    • Thomas Alexander Garrett Jr. (1972– ), from Buckingham County, 2017–2019, Republican.
    • George Tankard Garrison (1835–1889), from Accomack County, 1881–1883, 1884–1885, Democrat.
    • Julian Vaughan Gary (1892–1973), from Richmond, 1945–1965, Democrat.
    • James Herbert Gholson (1798–1848), from Brunswick County, 1833–1835.
    • Thomas Gholson Jr. (d. 1816), from Brunswick County, 1808–1816, Democratic-Republican.
    • James King Gibson (1812–1879), from Washington County, 1870–1871, Conservative.
    • William Branch Giles (1762–1830), from Amelia County, 1790–1798, 1801–1803, Democratic-Republican.
    • Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802–1844), from Charlottesville, 1841–1843, Whig; 1843–1844, Democrat.
    • Carter Glass (1858–1946), from Lynchburg, 1902–1918, Democrat.
    • William Leftwich Goggin (1807–1870), from Bedford County, 1839–1843, 1844–1845, 1847–1849, Whig.
    • Robert George Good (1965–  ), from Campbell County, 2021–  , Republican.
    • John Goode Jr. (1829–1909), from Norfolk, 1875–1881, Democrat.
    • Samuel Goode (1756–1822), from Mecklenburg County, 1799–1801, Democratic-Republican.
    • Virgil Hamlin Goode Jr. (1946– ), from Franklin County, 1997–2000, Democrat; 2000–2002, Independent; 2002–2009, Republican.
    • William Osborne Goode (1798–1859), from Mecklenburg County, 1841–1843, 1853–1859, Democrat.
    • Robert William Goodlatte (1952– ), from Roanoke, 1993–2019, Republican.
    • Peterson Goodwyn (1745–1818), from Petersburg, 1803–1818, Democratic-Republican.
    • William Fitzhugh Gordon (1787–1858), from Albemarle County, 1830–1835.
    • Edwin Gray (ca. 1769–by 1826), from Southampton County, 1799–1813, Federalist.
    • John Cowper Gray (1783–1823), from Southampton County, 1820–1821, Democratic-Republican.
    • Samuel Griffin (1746–1810), from James City County, 1789–1795.
    • Thomas Griffin (1773–1837), from Yorktown, 1803–1805, Federalist.
    • Howard Morgan Griffith (1958– ), from Salem, 2011– , Republican.
    • Norman Rond Hamilton (1877–1964), from Portsmouth, 1937–1939, Democrat.
    • George Hancock (1754–1820), from Botetourt County, 1793–1797.
    • Porter Hardy Jr. (1903–1995), from Norfolk County, 1947–1969, Democrat.
    • Herbert Eugene Harris II (1926– ), from Fairfax County, 1975–1981, Democrat.
    • John Thomas Harris (1823–1899), from Harrisonburg, 1859–1861, 1871–1881, Democrat.
    • William Alexander Harris (1805–1864), from Page County, 1841–1843, Democrat.
    • Winder Russell Harris (1888–1973), from Norfolk, 1941–1944, Democrat.
    • Burr Powell Harrison (1904–1973), from Winchester, 1946–1963, Democrat.
    • Carter Bassett Harrison (ca. 1756–1808), from Prince George County, 1793–1799, Democratic-Republican.
    • Thomas Walter Harrison (1856–1935), from Winchester, 1916–1922, 1923–1929, Democrat.
    • Aylett Hawes (1768–1833), from Culpeper County, 1811–1817, Democratic-Republican.
    • James Hay (1856–1931), from Madison County, 1897–1916, Democrat.
    • Thomas Sherwood Haymond (1794–1869), from Marion County (now West Virginia), 1849–1851, Whig.
    • Samuel Lewis Hays (1794–1871), from Lewis County (now West Virginia), 1841–1843, Democrat.
    • John Heath (1758–1810), from Northumberland County, 1793–1797, Democratic-Republican.
    • John Hill (1800–1880), from Buckingham County, 1839–1841, Whig.
    • Daniel Howe Hoge (1811–1867), from Montgomery County, elected in 1865 but not seated.
    • Alexander Richmond Holladay (1811–1877), from Spotsylvania County, 1849–1853, Democrat.
    • Edward Everett Holland (1861–1941), from Suffolk, 1911–1921, Democrat.
    • Joel Holleman (1799–1844), from Isle of Wight County, 1839–1840, Democrat.
    • David Holmes (1769–1832), from Harrisonburg, 1797–1809, Democratic-Republican.
    • James Murray Hooker (1873–1940), from Patrick County, 1921–1925, Democrat.
    • Benjamin Stephen Hooper (1835–1898), from Prince Edward County, 1883–1885, Readjuster.
    • George Washington Hopkins (1804–1861), from Washington County, 1835–1847, 1857–1859, Democrat.
    • Samuel Isaac Hopkins (1843–1914), from Lynchburg, 1887–1889, Labor.
    • Edmund Wilcox Hubard (1806–1878), from Buckingham County, 1841–1847, Democrat.
    • John Pratt Hungerford (1761–1833), from Westmoreland County, 1811, 1813–1817, Democratic-Republican.
    • Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809–1887), from Essex County, 1837–1843, 1845–1847 (Speaker, Twenty-sixth Congress, 1839–1840), Whig.
    • Eppa Hunton (1822–1908), from Fauquier County, 1873–1881, Democrat.
    • Robert Hurt (1969– ), from Chatham, 2011–2017, Republican.
    • Edward Brake Jackson (1793–1826), from Harrison County (now West Virginia), 1820–1823, Democratic-Republican.
    • George Jackson (1757–1831), from Harrison County (now West Virginia), 1795–1797, 1799–1803, Democratic-Republican.
    • John George Jackson (1777–1825), from Harrison County (now West Virginia), 1803–1810, 1813–1817, Democratic-Republican.
    • Rorer Abraham James (1859–1921), from Danville, 1920–1921, Democrat.
    • Albert Gallatin Jenkins (1830–1864), from Cabell County (now West Virginia), 1857–1861, Democrat.
    • William Pat Jennings (1919–1994), from Smyth County, 1955–1967, Democrat.
    • James Johnson (d. 1825), from Isle of Wight County, 1813–1820, Democratic-Republican.
    • Joseph Johnson (1785–1877), from Harrison County (now West Virginia), 1823–1827, 1833, 1835–1841, 1845–1847, Democrat.
    • Charles Clement Johnston (1795–1832), from Washington County, 1831–1832.
    • Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1807–1891), from Richmond, 1879–1881, Democrat.
    • James Jones (1772–1848), from Nottoway County, 1819–1823, Democratic-Republican.
    • John Winston Jones (1791–1848), from Chesterfield County, 1835–1845 (Speaker, Twenty-eighth Congress, 1843–1844), Democrat.
    • Walter Jones (1745–1815), from Northumberland County, 1797–1799, 1803–1811, Democratic-Republican.
    • William Atkinson Jones (1849–1918), from Richmond County, 1891–1918, Democrat.
    • Joseph Jorgensen (1844–1888), from Petersburg, 1877–1883, Republican.
    • John Kerr (1782–1842), from Halifax County, 1813–1815, 1815–1817, Democratic-Republican.
    • Zedekiah Kidwell (1814–1872), from Marion County (now West Virginia), 1853–1857, Democrat.
    • Jennifer Ann Moore Kiggans (1971–  ), from Virginia Beach, 2023–  , Republican.
    • John Lamb (1840–1924), from Richmond, 1897–1913, Democrat.
    • John Mercer Langston (1829–1897), from Petersburg, 1890–1891, Republican.
    • Menalcus Lankford (1883–1937), from Norfolk, 1929–1933, Republican.
    • Francis Rives Lassiter (1866–1909), from Petersburg, 1900–1903, 1907–1909, Democrat.
    • John William Lawson (1837–1905), from Isle of Wight County, 1891–1893, Democrat.
    • Shelton Farrar Leake (1812–1884), from Charlottesville, 1845–1847, 1859–1861, Democrat.
    • Henry Lee (1756–1818), from Westmoreland County, 1799–1801, Federalist.
    • Richard Bland Lee (1761–1827), from Prince William County, 1789–1795.
    • William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837–1891), from Fairfax County, 1887–1891, Democrat.
    • Isaac Leffler (1788–1866), from Ohio County (now West Virginia), 1827–1829.
    • Jabez Leftwich (1766–1855), from Bedford County, 1821–1825.
    • Posey Green Lester (1850–1929), from Floyd County, 1889–1893, Democrat.
    • John Letcher (1813–1884), from Lexington, 1851–1859, Democrat.
    • Charles Swearinger Lewis (1821–1878), from Harrison County (now West Virginia), 1854–1855, Democrat.
    • Joseph Lewis Jr. (1772–1834), from Loudoun County, 1803–1817, Federalist.
    • Thomas Lewis (life dates unknown), from Kanawha County (now West Virginia), 1803–1804, Federalist.
    • William J. Lewis (1766–1828), from Lynchburg, 1817–1819, Democratic-Republican.
    • Harry Libbey (1843–1913), from Hampton, 1883–1885, Readjuster; 1885–1887, Republican.
    • John Love (d. 1822), from Alexandria, 1807–1811, Democratic-Republican.
    • George Loyall (1789–1868), from [not a city until 1845] Norfolk, 1830–1831, 1833–1837, Democrat.
    • Edward Lucas (1790–1858), from Jefferson County (now West Virginia), 1833–1837, Democrat.
    • William Lucas (1800–1877), from Jefferson County (now West Virginia), 1839–1841, 1843–1845, Democrat.
    • Elaine Goodman Luria (1975– ), from Norfolk, 2019–2023, Democrat.
    • James Machir (d. 1827), from Hardy County (now West Virginia), 1797–1799, Federalist.
    • James Madison (1751–1836), from Orange County, 1789–1797, Democratic-Republican.
    • Francis Mallory (1807–1860), from Hampton, 1837–1839, 1840–1843, Whig.
    • John Otho Marsh Jr. (1926– ), from Shenandoah County, 1963–1971, Democrat.
    • James William Marshall (1843–1911), from Craig County, 1893–1895, Democrat.
    • John Marshall (1755–1835), from Richmond, 1799–1800, Federalist.
    • Elbert Sevier Martin (ca. 1829–1876), from Lee County, 1859–1861, Democrat.
    • James Murray Mason (1798–1871), from Winchester, 1837–1839, Democrat.
    • John Young Mason (1799–1859), from Greensville County, 1831–1837, Democrat.
    • Lewis Maxwell (1790–1862), from Lewis County (now West Virginia), 1827–1833.
    • Harry Lee Maynard (1861–1922), from Portsmouth, 1901–1911, Democrat.
    • Robert Murphy Mayo (1836–1896), from Westmoreland County, 1883–1884, Readjuster.
    • William Mason McCarty (ca. 1789–1863), from Fairfax County, 1840–1841, Whig.
    • Jennifer Leigh McClellan (1972– ), from Richmond, 2023– , Democrat.
    • William McComas (1795–1865), from Cabell County (now West Virginia), 1833–1837, Whig.
    • William McCoy (d. 1864), from Pendleton County (now West Virginia), 1811–1833.
    • James McDowell (1795–1851), from Rockbridge County, 1846–1851, Democrat.
    • Aston Donald McEachin (1961–2022), from Henrico County, 2017–2022, Democrat.
    • William Robertson McKenney (1851–1916), from Petersburg, 1895–1896, Democrat.
    • Lewis McKenzie (1810–1895), from Alexandria, 1863, Unionist; 1870–1871, Conservative.
    • William McKinley (life dates unknown), from Ohio County (now West Virginia), 1810–1811, Democratic-Republican.
    • Fayette McMullen (1805–1880), from Scott County, 1849–1857, Democrat.
    • Richard Kidder Meade (1803–1862), from Petersburg, 1847–1853, Democrat.
    • Charles Fenton Mercer (1778–1858), from Loudoun County, 1817–1839.
    • Elisha Edward Meredith (1848–1900), from Prince William County, 1891–1897, Democrat.
    • John Singleton Millson (1808–1874), from Norfolk, 1849–1861, Democrat.
    • William Milnes Jr. (1827–1889), from Page County, 1870–1871, Conservative Republican.
    • Andrew Jackson Montague (1862–1937), from Richmond, 1913–1937, Democrat.
    • Andrew Moore (1752–1821), from Rockbridge County, 1789–1797, 1804, Democratic-Republican.
    • Robert Walton Moore (1859–1941), from Fairfax County, 1919–1931, Democrat.
    • Samuel McDowell Moore (1796–1875), from Rockbridge County, 1833–1835.
    • Thomas Love Moore (d. 1862), from Fauquier County, 1820–1823, Democratic-Republican.
    • James Patrick Moran (1945– ), from Alexandria, 1991–2015, Democrat.
    • Daniel Morgan (1736–1802), from Frederick County, 1797–1799, Federalist.
    • William Stephen Morgan (1801–1878), from Monongalia County (now West Virginia), 1835–1839, Democrat.
    • John Morrow (life dates unknown), from Jefferson County (now West Virginia), 1805–1809, Democratic-Republican.
    • Jeremiah Morton (1799–1878), from Culpeper County, 1849–1851, Whig.
    • Hugh Nelson (1768–1836), from Albemarle County, 1811–1823, Democratic-Republican.
    • Thomas Maduit Nelson (1782–1853), from Mecklenburg County, 1816–1819, Democratic-Republican.
    • Joseph Neville (1730–1819), from Hampshire County (now West Virginia), 1793–1795.
    • Anthony New (1747–1833), from Caroline County, 1793–1805, Democratic-Republican.
    • Alexander Newman (1804–1849), from Ohio County (now West Virginia), 1849, Democrat.
    • Thomas Newton (1768–1847), from Norfolk, 1801–1830, 1831–1833.
    • Willoughby Newton (1802–1874), from Westmoreland County, 1843–1845, Whig.
    • John Nicholas (ca. 1757–1820), from Stafford County, 1793–1801, Democratic-Republican.
    • Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761–1820), from Albemarle County, 1807–1809, Democratic-Republican.
    • Glenn Carlyle Nye III (1974– ), from Norfolk, 2009– 2010, Democrat.
    • Charles Triplett O’Ferrall (1840–1905), from Harrisonburg, 1884–1893, Democrat.
    • James Randolph Olin (1920–2006), from Roanoke, 1983–1993, Democrat.
    • Peter Johnston Otey (1840–1902), from Lynchburg, 1895–1902, Democrat.
    • John Page (1744–1808), from Gloucester County, 1789–1797, Democratic-Republican.
    • Robert Page (1765–1840), from Frederick County, 1799–1801, Federalist.
    • Josiah Parker (1751–1810), from Isle of Wight County, 1789–1801, Federalist.
    • Richard Parker (1810–1893), from Clarke County, 1849–1851, Democrat.
    • Severn Eyre Parker (1787–1836), from Northampton County, 1819–1821, Democratic-Republican.
    • Stanford Elmer Parris (1929–2010), from Fairfax County, 1973–1975, 1981–1991, Republican.
    • John Mercer Patton (1797–1858), from Fredericksburg, 1830–1838, Democrat.
    • John Paul (1839–1901), from Harrisonburg, 1881–1883, Readjuster.
    • John Paul (1883–1964), from Harrisonburg, 1922–1923, Republican.
    • Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. (1945– ), from Nelson County, 1988–1997, Democrat.
    • George Campbell Peery (1873–1952), from Tazewell County, 1923–1929, Democrat.
    • John Pegram (1773–1831), from Dinwiddie County, 1818–1819, Democratic-Republican.
    • John Strother Pendleton (1802–1868), from Culpeper County, 1845–1849, Whig.
    • Isaac Samuels Pennybacker (1805–1847), from Harrisonburg, 1837–1839, Democrat.
    • Thomas Stuart Price Perriello (1974– ), from Charlottesville, 2009– 2010.
    • Owen Bradford Pickett (1930–2010), from Virginia Beach, 1987–2001, Democrat.
    • James Pindall (ca. 1783–1825), from Harrison County (now West Virginia), 1817–1820, Federalist.
    • James Henry Platt Jr. (1837–1894), from Petersburg, 1870–1875, Republican.
    • James Pleasants (1769–1836), from Goochland County, 1811–1819, Democratic-Republican.
    • Richard Harding Poff (1923–2011), from Radford, 1953–1972, Republican.
    • Charles Howell Porter (1833–1897), from Richmond, 1870–1873, Republican.
    • Alfred Harrison Powell (1781–1831), from Winchester, 1825–1827.
    • Cuthbert Powell (1775–1849), from Loudoun County, 1841–1843, Whig.
    • Levin Powell (1737–1810), from Loudoun County, 1799–1801, Federalist.
    • Paulus Powell (1809–1874), from Amherst County, 1849–1859, Democrat.
    • Francis Preston (1765–1836), from Montgomery County, 1793–1797, Democratic-Republican.
    • William Ballard Preston (1805–1862), from Montgomery County, 1847–1849, Whig.
    • Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore (1837–1900), from Lee County, 1877–1879, Democrat.
    • Roger Atkinson Pryor (1828–1919), from Petersburg, 1859–1861, Democrat.
    • Julian Minor Quarles (1848–1929), from Staunton, 1899–1901, Democrat.
    • John Randolph (1773–1833), from Charlotte County, 1799–1813, 1815–1817, 1819–1825, 1827–1829, 1833.
    • Thomas Mann Randolph (1768–1828), from Albemarle County, 1803–1807, Democratic-Republican.
    • William Francis Rhea (1858–1931), from Bristol, 1899–1903, Democrat.
    • James Buchanan Richmond (1842–1910), from Scott County, 1879–1881, Democrat.
    • Robert Ridgway (1828–1870), from Amherst County, elected in 1865 but not seated; 1870, Conservative.
    • Edward Scott Rigell (1960– ), from Virginia Beach, 2011–2017, Republican.
    • Denver Lee Riggleman (1970– ), from Nelson County, 2019–2021, Republican.
    • Francis Everod Rives (1792–1861), from Sussex County, 1837–1841, Democrat.
    • William Cabell Rives (1793–1868), from Albemarle County, 1823–1829.
    • John Franklin Rixey (1854–1907), from Culpeper County, 1897–1907, Democrat.
    • John Roane (1766–1838), from King William County, 1809–1815, 1827–1831, 1835–1837.
    • John Jones Roane (1794–1869), from King William County, 1831–1833.
    • William Henry Roane (1787–1845), from King and Queen County, 1815–1817, Democratic-Republican.
    • Absalom Willis Robertson (1887–1971), from Lexington, 1933–1946, Democrat.
    • John Robertson (1787–1873), from Richmond, 1834–1839, Whig.
    • Edward John Robeson Jr. (1890–1966), from Newport News, 1950–1959, Democrat.
    • James Kenneth Robinson (1916–1990), from Winchester, 1971–1985, Republican.
    • Robert Rutherford (1728–1803), from Jefferson County (now West Virginia), 1793–1797, Democratic-Republican.
    • Green Berry Samuels (1806–1859), from Shenandoah County, 1839–1841, Democrat.
    • David Edward Satterfield Jr. (1894–1946), from Richmond, 1937–1945, Democrat.
    • David Edward Satterfield III (1920–1988), from Richmond, 1965–1981, Democrat.
    • Edward Watts Saunders (1860–1921), from Franklin County, 1906–1920, Democrat.
    • Edward Lee Schrock (1941– ), from Virginia Beach, 2001–2005, Republican.
    • Robert Cortez Scott (1947– ), from Newport News, 1993– , Democrat.
    • William Lloyd Scott (1915–1997), from Fairfax, 1967–1973, Republican.
    • James Alexander Seddon (1815–1880), from Richmond, 1845–1847, 1849–1851, Democrat.
    • Joseph Eggleston Segar (1804–1880), from Hampton, 1862–1863, Unionist.
    • James Beverley Sener (1837–1903), from Fredericksburg, 1873–1875, Republican.
    • Joseph Crockett Shaffer (1880–1958), from Wythe County, 1929–1931, Republican.
    • Daniel Sheffey (1770–1830), from Wythe County, 1809–1817, Federalist.
    • Norman Sisisky (1927–2001), from Petersburg, 1983–2001, Democrat.
    • Daniel French Slaughter Jr. (1925–1998), from Culpeper County, 1985–1991, Republican.
    • Campbell Slemp (1839–1907), from Wise County, 1903–1907, Republican.
    • Campbell Bascom Slemp (1870–1943), from Wise County, 1907–1923, Republican.
    • Arthur Smith (1785–1853), from Isle of Wight County, 1821–1825.
    • Ballard Smith (ca. 1782–after October 1870), from Greenbrier County (now West Virginia), 1815–1821, Democratic-Republican.
    • Howard Worth Smith (1883–1976), from Alexandria, 1931–1967, Democrat.
    • John Smith (1750–1836), from Frederick County, 1801–1815, Democratic-Republican.
    • John Ambler Smith (1847–1892), from New Kent County, 1873–1875, Republican.
    • William Smith (b. ca. 1790), from Greenbrier County (now West Virginia), 1821–1827.
    • William Smith (1797–1887), from Culpeper County, 1841–1843, 1853–1861, Democrat.
    • Alexander Smyth (1765–1830), from Wythe County, 1817–1825, 1827–1830.
    • John Fryall Snodgrass (1804–1854), from Wood County (now West Virginia), 1853–1854, Democrat.
    • Robert Goode Southall (1852–1924), from Amelia County, 1903–1907, Democrat.
    • Abigail Davis Spanberger (1979– ), from Henrico County, 2019– , Democrat.
    • Thomas Bahnson Stanley (1890–1970), from Henry County, 1946–1953, Democrat.
    • Lewis Steenrod (1810–1862), from Ohio County (now West Virginia), 1839–1845, Democrat.
    • James Stephenson (1764–1833), from Berkeley County (now West Virginia), 1803–1805, 1809–1811, 1822–1825.
    • Andrew Stevenson (1784–1857), from Richmond, 1821–1834 (Speaker, Twentieth through Twenty-third Congresses, 1827–1834).
    • William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840–1922), from Halifax County, 1871–1877, Republican.
    • John Stratton (1769–1804), from Northampton County, 1801–1803, Federalist.
    • George French Strother (1783–1840), from Culpeper County, 1817–1820, Democratic-Republican.
    • James French Strother (1811–1860), from Rappahannock County, 1851–1853, Whig.
    • Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (1807–1891), from Staunton, 1841–1843, Whig; elected in 1865 but not seated.
    • Archibald Stuart (1795–1855), from Patrick County, 1837–1839, Democrat.
    • George William Summers (1804–1868), from Kanawha County (now West Virginia), 1841–1845, Whig.
    • Claude Augustus Swanson (1862–1939), from Pittsylvania County, 1893–1906, Democrat.
    • Jacob Swoope (ca. 1766–1832), from Augusta County, 1809–1811, Federalist.
    • John Taliaferro (1768–1852), from King George County, 1801–1803, 1811–1813, 1824–1831, 1835–1843.
    • Magnus Tate (1760–1823), from Berkeley County (now West Virginia), 1815–1817, Federalist.
    • Robert Taylor (1763–1845), from Orange County, 1825–1827.
    • Scott W. Taylor (1979– ), from Virginia Beach, 2017–2019, Republican
    • William Taylor (1788–1846), from Lexington, 1843–1846, Democrat.
    • William Penn Taylor (1791–after January 1863), from Caroline County, 1833–1835.
    • Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774–1860), from Williamsburg, 1800–1801, Democratic-Republican.
    • William Terry (1824–1888), from Wythe County, 1871–1873, 1875–1877, Democrat.
    • Christopher Yancy Thomas (1818–1879), from Martinsville, 1874–1875, Republican.
    • George Western Thompson (1806–1888), from Ohio County (now West Virginia), 1851–1852, Democrat.
    • Philip Rootes Thompson (1766–1837), from Culpeper County, 1801–1807, Democratic-Republican.
    • Robert Augustine Thompson (1805–1876), from Kanawha County (now West Virginia), 1847–1849, Democrat.
    • Robert Taylor Thorp (1850–1938), from Mecklenburg County, 1896–1897, 1898–1899, Republican.
    • William Marshall Tredway (1807–1891), from Danville, 1845–1847, Democrat.
    • James Trezvant (d. 1841), from Southampton County, 1825–1831.
    • Paul Seward Trible Jr. (1946– ), from Essex County, 1977–1983, Republican.
    • Abram Trigg (1750–1826), from Montgomery County, 1797–1809, Democratic-Republican.
    • Connally Findlay Trigg (1847–1907), from Washington County, 1885–1887, Democrat.
    • John Johns Trigg (1748–1804), from Bedford County, 1797–1804, Democratic-Republican.
    • William Munford Tuck (1896–1983), from South Boston, 1953–1969, Democrat.
    • George Tucker (1775–1861), from Lynchburg, 1819–1825.
    • Henry St. George Tucker (1780–1848), from Winchester, 1815–1819, Democratic-Republican.
    • Henry St. George Tucker (1853–1932), from Staunton, 1889–1897, Democrat; from Lexington, 1922–1932, Democrat.
    • John Randolph Tucker (1823–1897), from Lexington, 1875–1887, Democrat.
    • Robert Turnbull (1850–1920), from Brunswick County, 1910–1913, Democrat.
    • Smith Spangler Turner (1842–1898), from Warren County, 1894–1897, Democrat.
    • David Gardiner Tyler (1846–1927), from Charles City County, 1893–1897, Democrat.
    • John Tyler (1790–1862), from Charles City County, 1817–1821, Democratic-Republican.
    • Charles Horace Upton (1812–1877), from Fairfax County, 1861–1862, Unionist.
    • Thomas Van Swearingen (1784–1822), from Jefferson County (now West Virginia), 1819–1822.
    • Abraham Bedford Venable (1758–1811), from Prince Edward County, 1791–1799, Democratic-Republican.
    • Edward Carrington Venable (1853–1908), from Petersburg, 1889–1890, Democrat.
    • Edmund Waddill Jr. (1855–1931), from Henrico County, 1890–1891, Republican.
    • Francis Walker (1764–1806), from Albemarle County, 1793–1795.
    • Gilbert Carlton Walker (1833–1885), from Norfolk, 1875–1879, Democrat.
    • James Alexander Walker (1832–1901), from Wythe County, 1895–1899, Republican.
    • William Creed Wampler (1926– ), from Bristol, 1953–1955, 1967–1983, Republican.
    • Walter Allen Watson (1867–1919), from Nottoway County, 1913–1919, Democrat.
    • Jennifer Lynn Tosini Wexton (1968– ), from Loudoun County, 2019– , Democrat.
    • Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley (1821–1876), from Wayne County (now West Virginia), 1861–1863, Unionist.
    • Alexander White (ca. 1738–1804), from Frederick County, 1789–1793.
    • Francis White (d. 1826), from Hampshire County (now West Virginia), 1813–1815, Federalist.
    • Joseph Whitehead (1867–1938), from Pittsylvania County, 1925–1931, Democrat.
    • Thomas Whitehead (1825–1901), from Amherst County, 1873–1875, Democrat.
    • George William Whitehurst (1925– ), from Norfolk, 1969–1987, Republican.
    • Jared Williams (1766–1831), from Frederick County, 1819–1825.
    • Alexander Wilson (life dates unknown), from Botetourt County, 1804–1809, Democratic-Republican.
    • Edgar Campbell Wilson (1800–1860), from Monongalia County (now West Virginia), 1833–1835.
    • Thomas Wilson (1765–1826), from Monongalia County (now West Virginia), 1811–1813, Federalist.
    • George Douglas Wise (1831–1898), from Richmond, 1881–1890, 1891–1895, Democrat.
    • Henry Alexander Wise (1806–1876), from Accomack County, 1833–1837; 1837–1843, Whig; 1843–1844, Democrat.
    • John Sergeant Wise (1846–1913), from Richmond, 1883–1885, Readjuster.
    • Richard Alsop Wise (1843–1900), from Williamsburg, 1898–1899, 1900, Republican.
    • Robert Joseph Wittman (1959– ), from Westmoreland County, 2007– , Republican.
    • Frank Rudolph Wolf (1939– ), from Fairfax County, 1981–2015, Republican.
    • Clifton Alexander Woodrum (1887–1950), from Roanoke, 1923–1945, Democrat.
    • James Pleasant Woods (1868–1948), from Roanoke, 1919–1923, Democrat.
    • Jacob Yost (1853–1933), from Staunton, 1887–1889, 1897–1899, Republican.
    • William Albin Young (1860–1928), from Norfolk, 1897–1898, 1899–1900, Democrat.
    FURTHER READING
    • Salmon, Emily J. and Edward D. C. Campbell Jr., eds. The Hornbook of Virginia History: A Ready-Reference Guide to the Old Dominion’s People, Places, and Past. Fourth Edition. Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1994.
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    APA Citation:
    The Hornbook of Virginia History. Members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia. (2020, December 07). In Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/members-of-the-united-states-house-of-representatives-from-virginia.
    MLA Citation:
    The Hornbook of Virginia History. "Members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia" Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, (07 Dec. 2020). Web. 29 May. 2023
    Last updated: 2023, February 22
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