United States congressional delegations from Virginia
Virginia’s current delegation (as of January 6, 2015)
These are tables of congressional delegations from Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
United States Senate
| Class 1 | Congress | Class 2 |
|---|---|---|
| William Grayson (Anti-Admin) |
1st (1789–1791) | Richard Henry Lee (Anti-Admin) |
| John Walker (Pro-Admin) | ||
| James Monroe (Anti-Admin) | ||
| 2nd (1791–1793) | ||
| John Taylor (Anti-Admin) | ||
| 3rd (1793–1795) | ||
| Stevens T. Mason (D-R) | Henry Tazewell (Anti-Admin) | |
| 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) | ||
| 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) | |
| 114th (2015–2017) |
House of Representatives
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1789 – 1793: 10 seats
| Congress | District | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Congress | District | District | Congress | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | |||
| 3rd (1793–1795) |
Robert Rutherford (Anti-Admin) | Andrew Moore (Anti-Admin) | Joseph Neville (Anti-Admin) | Francis Preston (Anti-Admin) | George Hancock (Pro-Admin) | Isaac Coles (Anti-Admin) | Abraham B. Venable (Anti-Admin) | Thomas Claiborne (Anti-Admin) | William B. Giles (Anti-Admin) | Carter B. Harrison (Anti-Admin) | Josiah Parker (Pro-Admin) | John Page (Anti-Admin) | Samuel Griffin (Pro-Admin) | Francis Walker (Anti-Admin) | James Madison, Jr. (Anti-Admin) | Anthony New (Anti-Admin) | Richard Bland Lee (Pro-Admin) | John Nicholas (Anti-Admin) | John Heath (Anti-Admin) | 3rd (1793–1795) | |
| 4th (1795–1797) |
Robert Rutherford (D-R) | Andrew Moore (D-R) | George Jackson (D-R) | Francis Preston (D-R) | George Hancock (F) | Isaac Coles (D-R) | Abraham B. Venable (D-R) | Thomas Claiborne (D-R) | William B. Giles (D-R) | Carter B. Harrison (D-R) | Josiah Parker (F) | John Page (D-R) | John Clopton (D-R) | Samuel J. Cabell (D-R) | James Madison, Jr. (D-R) | Anthony New (D-R) | Richard Brent (D-R) | John Nicholas (D-R) | John Heath (D-R) | 4th (1795–1797) | |
| 5th (1797–1799) |
Daniel Morgan (F) | David Holmes (D-R) | James Machir (F) | Abram Trigg (D-R) | John J. Trigg (D-R) | Matthew Clay (D-R) | Thomas Evans (F) | John Dawson (D-R) | Walter Jones (D-R) | 5th (1797–1799) | |||||||||||
| Joseph Eggleston (D-R) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6th (1799–1801) |
Robert Page (F) | George Jackson (D-R) | John Randolph (D-R) | Samuel Goode (D-R) | Edwin Gray (D-R) | John Marshall (F) | Levin Powell (F) | Henry Lee (F) | 6th (1799–1801) | ||||||||||||
| Littleton W. Tazewell (D-R) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th (1801–1803) |
John Smith (D-R) | Thomas Claiborne (D-R) | William B. Giles (D-R) | Thomas Newton, Jr. (D-R) | John Stratton (F) | John Clopton (D-R) | Richard Brent (D-R) | Philip R. Thompson (D-R) | John Taliaferro (D-R) | 7th (1801–1803) | |||||||||||
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 | District | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||||||||||
| Roger Atkinson Pryor (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 37th (1861–1863) |
American Civil War | American Civil War | Charles H. Upton (U) | American Civil War | William G. Brown, Sr. (U) | John S. Carlile[1] (U) | Kellian Whaley[1] (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) |
American Civil War | |||||||
| 39th (1865–1867) |
Reconstruction | |||||||
| 40th (1867–1869) | ||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||
| 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.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||
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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) | ||||||||||||
| 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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| Dave Brat (R) | ||||||||||||
| 114th (2015–2017) |
Don Beyer (D) | Barbara Comstock (R) | ||||||||||
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia
As of April 2015, there are fifteen former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. State of Virginia that are currently living.
| Representative | Term of office (Congressional years as congressmen/women/representatives while in office) | District | Date of birth (and age) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. William Whitehurst | 1969 - 1987 | 2nd | March 12, 1925 |
| Paul S. Trible, Jr. | 1977 - 1983 | 1st | December 29, 1946 |
| Frank Wolf | 1981 - 2015 | 10th | January 30, 1939 |
| Rick Boucher | 1983 - 2011 | 9th | August 1, 1946 |
| Lewis F. Payne, Jr. | 1988 - 1997 | 5th | July 9, 1945 |
| George Allen | 1991 - 1993 | 7th | March 8, 1952 |
| James P. Moran, Jr. | 1991 - 2015 | 8th | May 16, 1945 |
| Leslie L. Byrne | 1993 - 1995 | 11th | October 27, 1946 |
| Thomas M. Davis | 1995 - 2008 | 11th | January 5, 1949 |
| Virgil Goode | 1997 - 2009 | 5th | October 17, 1946 |
| Ed Schrock | 2001 - 2005 | 2nd | April 6, 1941 |
| Eric I. Cantor | 2001 - 2014 | 7th | June 6, 1963 |
| Thelma D. Drake | 2005 - 2009 | 2nd | November 20, 1949 |
| Glenn Nye | 2009 - 2011 | 2nd | September 9, 1974 |
| Tom Perriello | 2009 - 2011 | 5th | October 9, 1974 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Virginia
As of April 2015, there are four former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of Virginia that are currently living, three from Class 1 and one from Class 2.
| Senator | Term of office (Congressional years as a congressmen/women/senators while in office) | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Warner | 1979 - 2009 | 2 | February 18, 1927 |
| Chuck Robb | 1989 - 2001 | 1 | June 26, 1939 |
| George Allen | 2001 - 2007 | 1 | March 8, 1952 |
| Jim Webb | 2007 - 2013 | 1 | February 9, 1946 |
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The delegation during the 37th Congress has incomplete district data. In some sources, 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. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ↑ "FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS" (PDF). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774–2005. Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. p. fn 88. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
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