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. |