Representative |
Lived |
Party |
Term |
Note |
District created: March 4, 1793 |
Francis Walker |
(1764-1806) |
Anti-Administration |
March 4, 1793 - March 3, 1795 |
Retired |
Samuel J. Cabell |
(1756-1818) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1803 |
Retired |
Matthew Clay |
(1754-1815) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1813 |
Defeated |
William A. Burwell |
(1780-1821) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1813 - February 16, 1821 |
Died in office |
Vacant |
February 17, 1821 - March 3, 1821 |
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Jabez Leftwich |
(1765-1855) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823 |
Re-elected in VA-7 |
Charles F. Mercer |
(1778-1858) |
Crawford Republican |
March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 |
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Adams Republican |
March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829 |
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National Republican |
March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1837 |
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Whig |
March 4, 1837 - December 26, 1839 |
Resigned |
Vacant |
December 27, 1839 - January 24, 1840 |
Special election |
William M. McCarty |
(1789-1863) |
Whig |
January 25, 1840 - March 3, 1841 |
Defeated |
Cuthbert Powell |
(1775-1849) |
Whig |
March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843 |
Defeated |
George W. Summers |
(1804-1868) |
Whig |
March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 |
Defeated |
Joseph Johnson |
(1785-1877) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847 |
Retired |
Robert A. Thompson |
(1805-1876) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849 |
Retired |
James M. H. Beale |
(1786-1866) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1853 |
Retired |
District inactive |
March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1861 |
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Representation during the Civil War |
Union District |
District inactive |
March 4, 1861 - March 18, 1865 |
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Confederate District |
Albert G. Jenkins |
(1830-1864) |
Independent |
February 18, 1862 - April 21, 1862 |
Resigned for military duties |
Vacant |
April 22, 1862 - February 23, 1863 |
Special election |
Samuel A. Miller |
(1819-1890) |
Independent |
February 24, 1863 - March 18, 1865 |
C.S.A. House adjourned |
Restoration of the Union |
District inactive |
March 19, 1865 - Current |
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