Virginia's 10th congressional district

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Virginia's 10th congressional district
Population (2000) 643,512
Median income $71,560
Ethnic composition 80.6% White, 6.9% Black, 6.6% Asian, 7.1% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.5% other
Cook PVI R+5

Virginia's Tenth Congressional District is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The residents of the 10th District are currently represented by Republican Congressman Frank Wolf, first elected to the 10th's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1981.

The district currently includes portions of Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Prince William, and Warren Counties. Congressional districts are redrawn every ten years following a U.S. census.


[edit] 2008 Election

Here are the results of the June 10, 2008 primary:[1]

Democratic Primary
Judy Feder 5,462 61.79%
Mike Turner 3,377 28.20%
Republican Primary
Frank Wolf 16,723 91.24%
Vern McKinley 1,605 8.75%

[edit] Representatives

Representative Lived Party Term Note
District created: March 4, 1789
Samuel Griffin (1746-1810) Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1791 Changed parties
Anti-Administration March 4, 1791 - October 2, 1793 Re-elected in VA-13
Carter B. Harrison (1756-1808) Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 - October 2, 1795 |
Democratic-Republican December 3, 1795 - March 3, 1799 Retired
Edwin Gray (1743-.......) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1799 - March 3, 1803 Re-elected in VA-19
John Dawson (1762-1814) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1813 Re-elected in VA-11
Aylett Hawes (1768-1833) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1817 Retired
George F. Strother (1783-1840) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 - February 10, 1820 Resigned
Vacant February 11, 1820 - November 12, 1820 Special election
Thomas L. Moore (1789-1862) Democratic-Republican November 13, 1820 - March 3, 1823 Retired
William C. Rives (1793-1868) Crawford Republican March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825
Jackson Republican March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829
Jacksonian March 4, 1829 - Mid-1829 Appointed Minister to France
Vacant Mid-1829 - January 24, 1830 Special election
William F. Gordon (1787-1858) Jacksonian January 25, 1830 - March 3, 1833 Defeated
Joseph W. Chinn (1798-1840) Democratic March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835 Defeated
John Taliaferro (1768-1852) National Republican March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837
Whig March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1843 Retired
William Lucas (1800-1877) Democratic March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 Defeated
Henry Bedinger III (1812-1858) Democratic March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1849 Defeated
Richard Parker (1810-1893) Democratic March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 Elected circuit judge of VA
Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884) Whig March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 Re-elected in VA-8
Zedekiah Kidwell (1814-1872) Democratic March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1857 Retired
Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881) Democratic March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1861 Retired
Representation during the Civil War
Union District
William G. Brown (1800-1884) Unionist March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 District part of West Virginia
District inactive March 4, 1863 - March 18, 1865
Confederate District
Alexander Boteler (1815-1892) Independent February 18, 1862 - February 17, 1864 Retired
Vacant April 5, 1863 - December 6, 1863 Special election
Frederick W. M. Holliday (1828-1899) Independent December 7, 1863 - March 18, 1865 C.S.A. House adjourned
Restoration of the Union
District inactive March 19, 1865 - March 3, 1885
District re-created: March 4, 1885
John R. Tucker (1823-1897) Democratic March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1887 Retired
Jacob Yost (1853-1933) Republican March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889 Defeated
Henry S. Tucker III (1853-1932) Democratic March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1897 Retired
Jacob Yost
(2nd time)
(1853-1933) Republican March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1899 Retired
Julian M. Quarles (1848-1929) Democratic March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1901 Retired
Henry D. Flood (1865-1921) Democratic March 4, 1901 - December 8, 1921 Died in office
Vacant December 9, 1921 - March 20, 1922 Special election
Henry S. Tucker III
(2nd time)
(1853-1932) Democratic March 21, 1922 - July 23, 1932 Died in office
Vacant July 24, 1932 - November 7, 1932
Joel W. Flood (1894-1964) Democratic November 8, 1932 - March 3, 1933 Retired
District inactive March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1953
District re-created: January 3, 1953
Joel T. Broyhill (1919-2006) Republican January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1974 Defeated
Joseph L. Fisher (1914-1992) Democratic January 3, 1974 - January 3, 1981 Defeated
Frank Wolf (b. 1939) Republican January 3, 1981 - Current

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