Representative |
Party |
Years |
Cong ress |
Electoral history |
District established March 4, 1789 |
Alexander White (Woodville) |
Pro-Administration |
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 |
1st 2nd |
Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Lost re-election. |
Robert Rutherford (Charles Town) |
Anti-Administration |
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
3rd 4th |
Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Lost re-election. |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 |
Daniel Morgan (Winchester) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 |
5th |
Elected in 1797. Retired. |
Robert Page (Frederick County) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 |
6th |
Elected in 1799. Retired. |
John Smith (Hackwood) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
7th |
Elected in 1801. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
John G. Jackson (Clarksburg) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1803 – September 28, 1810 |
8th 9th 10th 11th |
Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1805. Re-elected in 1807. Re-elected in 1809. Resigned. |
Vacant |
September 29, 1810 – December 20, 1810 |
11th |
|
William McKinley (Ohio County) |
Democratic-Republican |
December 21, 1810 – March 3, 1811 |
Elected in to finish Jackson's term. Lost re-election. |
Thomas Wilson (Morgantown) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
12th |
Elected in 1811. Lost re-election. |
John G. Jackson (Clarksburg) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
13th 14th |
Elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Retired. |
James Pindall (Clarksburg) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1817 – July 26, 1820 |
15th 16th |
Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Resigned. |
Vacant |
July 27, 1820 – October 22, 1820 |
16th |
|
Edward B. Jackson (Clarksburg) |
Democratic-Republican |
October 23, 1820 – March 3, 1823 |
16th 17th |
Elected to finish Pindall's term. Re-elected in 1821. Retired. |
Thomas Newton Jr. (Norfolk) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th 21st |
Redistricted from the 21st district and re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Election invalidated. |
Anti-Jacksonian |
March 4, 1825 – March 9, 1830 |
George Loyall (Norfolk) |
Jackson |
March 9, 1830 – March 3, 1831 |
21st |
Won election contest. Lost re-election. |
Thomas Newton Jr. (Norfolk) |
Anti-Jacksonian |
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
22nd |
Elected in 1831. Retired. |
George Loyall (Norfolk) |
Jackson |
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th |
Elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Retired. |
Francis Mallory (Hampton) |
Whig |
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
25th |
Elected in 1837. Lost re-election. |
Joel Holleman (Burwell Bay) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1839 – December 1, 1840 |
26th |
Elected in 1839. Resigned. |
Vacant |
December 2, 1840 – December 27, 1840 |
|
Francis Mallory (Hampton) |
Whig |
December 28, 1840 – March 3, 1843 |
26th 27th |
Elected to finish Holleman's term. Re-elected in 1841. Retired. |
Archibald Atkinson (Smithfield) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 |
28th 29th 30th |
Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Retired. |
John S. Millson (Norfolk) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 |
31st 32nd |
Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Redistricted to the 2nd district. |
Thomas H. Bayly (Accomac) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1853 – June 23, 1856 |
33rd 34th |
Elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Died. |
Vacant |
June 24, 1856 – November 30, 1856 |
34th |
|
Muscoe R. H. Garnett (Loretto) |
Democratic |
December 1, 1856 – March 3, 1861 |
34th 35th 36th |
Elected to finish Bayly's term. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Retired. |
Vacant |
March 4, 1861 – October 24, 1861 |
37th |
|
Joseph E. Segar (Elizabeth City) |
Unionist |
October 24, 1861 – February 11, 1862 |
Elected in 1861. Declared by the House to be not entitled to the seat.[52] |
Vacant |
February 11, 1862 – March 16, 1862 |
|
Joseph E. Segar (Elizabeth City) |
Unionist |
March 16, 1862 – May 17, 1864 |
37th 38th |
Elected to finish his own term.[52] Re-elected in 1863. Declared by the House to be not entitled to the seat.[52] |
District inactive |
May 17, 1864 – January 30, 1870 |
38th 39th 40th 41st |
Civil War and Reconstruction |
Richard S. Ayer (Warsaw) |
Republican |
January 31, 1870 – March 3, 1871 |
41st |
Elected to finish the short term. Retired. |
John Critcher (Oak Grove) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
42nd |
Elected in 1870. Retired. |
James B. Sener (Fredericksburg) |
Republican |
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd |
Elected in 1872. Lost re-election. |
Beverly B. Douglas (Aylett) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1875 – December 22, 1878 |
44th 45th |
Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878, but died before his term began. |
Vacant |
December 23, 1878 – January 22, 1879 |
45th |
|
Richard L. T. Beale (Hague) |
Democratic |
January 23, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
45th 46th |
Elected to finish Douglas's term. Retired. |
George T. Garrison (Accomac) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th |
Elected in 1880. Lost re-election. |
Robert M. Mayo (Hague) |
Readjuster |
March 4, 1883 – March 20, 1884 |
48th |
Elected in 1882. Election invalidated. |
George T. Garrison (Accomac) |
Democratic |
March 20, 1884 – March 3, 1885 |
48th |
[data missing] Retired. |
Thomas Croxton (Tappahannock) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 |
49th |
Elected in 1884. Lost re-election. |
Thomas H. B. Browne (Accomac) |
Republican |
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 |
50th 51st |
Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Lost re-election. |
William A. Jones (Warsaw) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1891 – April 17, 1918 |
52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th |
Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Died. |
Vacant |
April 18, 1918 – July 2, 1918 |
65th |
|
S. Otis Bland (Newport News) |
Democratic |
July 2, 1918 – March 3, 1933 |
65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Elected to finish Jones's term. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the at-large seat. |
District inactive |
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd |
|
S. Otis Bland (Newport News) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1935 – February 16, 1950 |
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st |
Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Died. |
Vacant |
February 16, 1950 – May 2, 1950 |
81st |
|
Edward J. Robeson Jr. (Warwick) |
Democratic |
May 2, 1950 – January 3, 1959 |
81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th |
Elected to finish Bland's term. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Lost renomination. |
Thomas N. Downing (Newport News) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977 |
86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th |
Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired. |
Paul Trible (Newport News) |
Republican |
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 |
95th 96th 97th |
Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Herbert H. Bateman (Newport News) |
Republican |
January 3, 1983 – September 11, 2000 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th |
Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Died after announcing his retirement. |
Vacant |
September 11, 2000 – January 3, 2001 |
106th |
|
Jo Ann Davis (Yorktown) |
Republican |
January 3, 2001 – October 6, 2007 |
107th 108th 109th 110th |
Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Died. |
Vacant |
October 6, 2007 – December 11, 2007 |
110th |
|
Rob Wittman (Montross) |
Republican |
December 11, 2007 – present |
110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
Elected to finish Davis's term. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |