Virginia's congressional delegations
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These are tables of congressional delegations from Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Virginia's current U.S. senators are Democrats Mark Warner (serving since 2009) and Tim Kaine (serving since 2013). Virginia is allotted 11 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives; currently, 6 seats are held by Democrats and 5 seats are held by Republicans.
The current dean of the Virginia delegation is Representative Bobby Scott (VA-3), having served in the House since 1993.
United States Senate
| Current U.S. senators from Virginia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Virginia
|
Class I senator | Class II senator | ||
.jpg) Tim Kaine (Junior senator) (Richmond) |
 Mark Warner (Senior senator) (Alexandria) | |||
| Party | Democratic | Democratic | ||
| Incumbent since | January 3, 2013 | January 3, 2009 | ||
| Class I senator | Congress | Class II senator | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Grayson (AA) | 1st (1789–1791) | Richard Henry Lee (AA) | ||
| John Walker (PA) | ||||
| James Monroe (AA) | ||||
| 2nd (1791–1793) | ||||
| John Taylor (AA) | ||||
| 3rd (1793–1795) | ||||
| Stevens Thomson Mason (AA) | Henry Tazewell (AA) | |||
| Stevens Thomson Mason (DR) | 4th (1795–1797) | Henry Tazewell (DR) | ||
| 5th (1797–1799) | ||||
| vacant | ||||
| 6th (1799–1801) | Wilson Cary Nicholas (DR) | |||
| 7th (1801–1803) | ||||
| 8th (1803–1805) | ||||
| John Taylor (DR) | ||||
| Abraham B. Venable (DR) | Andrew Moore (DR) | |||
| William Branch Giles (DR) | ||||
| Andrew Moore (DR) | William Branch Giles (DR) | |||
| 9th (1805–1807) | ||||
| 10th (1807–1809) | ||||
| Richard Brent (DR) | 11th (1809–1811) | |||
| 12th (1811–1813) | ||||
| 13th (1813–1815) | ||||
| James Barbour (DR) | ||||
| 14th (1815–1817) | Armistead T. Mason (DR) | |||
| 15th (1817–1819) | John Wayles Eppes (DR) | |||
| 16th (1819–1821) | ||||
| James Pleasants (DR) | ||||
| 17th (1821–1823) | ||||
| John Taylor (DR) | ||||
| 18th (1823–1825) | ||||
| Littleton Waller Tazewell (DR) | ||||
| James Barbour (J) | 19th (1825–1827) | Littleton Waller Tazewell (J) | ||
| vacant | ||||
| John Randolph (J) | ||||
| John Tyler (J) | 20th (1827–1829) | |||
| 21st (1829–1831) | ||||
| 22nd (1831–1833) | ||||
| William Cabell Rives (J) | ||||
| John Tyler (NR) | 23rd (1833–1835) | |||
| Benjamin W. Leigh (NR) | ||||
| 24th (1835–1837) | ||||
| William Cabell Rives (J) | Richard E. Parker (J) | |||
| William Cabell Rives (D) | 25th (1837–1839) | Richard E. Parker (D) | ||
| William H. Roane (D) | ||||
| vacant | 26th (1839–1841) | |||
| William Cabell Rives (W) | 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) | |||
| vacant | ||||
| 39th (1865–1867) | vacant | |||
| 40th (1867–1869) | ||||
| 41st (1869–1871) | ||||
| John F. Lewis (R) | 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 (RA) | 47th (1881–1883) | |||
| 48th (1883–1885) | Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA) | |||
| 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 (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) | ||||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||||
| Harry F. Byrd Jr. (D) | ||||
| William Spong Jr. (D) | ||||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||||
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||||
| Harry F. Byrd Jr. (I) | 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 Trible (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) | ||||
| 115th (2017–2019) | ||||
| 116th (2019–2021) | ||||
| 117th (2021–2023) | ||||
| 118th (2023–2025) | ||||
| 119th (2025–2027) | ||||
U.S. House of Representatives
Current members
| Current U.S. representatives from Virginia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Member (Residence)[2] |
Party | Incumbent since | CPVI (2025)[3] |
District map |
| 1st |  Rob Wittman (Montross) |
Republican | December 11, 2007 | R+3 | .png) |
| 2nd |  Jen Kiggans (Virginia Beach) |
Republican | January 3, 2023 | EVEN | .png) |
| 3rd |  Bobby Scott (Newport News) |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 | D+18 | .png) |
| 4th |  Jennifer McClellan (Richmond) |
Democratic | March 7, 2023 | D+17 | .png) |
| 5th |  John McGuire (Manakin Sabot) |
Republican | January 3, 2025 | R+6 | .png) |
| 6th |  Ben Cline (Fincastle) |
Republican | January 3, 2019 | R+12 | .png) |
| 7th |  Eugene Vindman (Dale City) |
Democratic | January 3, 2025 | D+2 | .png) |
| 8th | .jpg) Don Beyer (Alexandria) |
Democratic | January 3, 2015 | D+26 | .png) |
| 9th |  Morgan Griffith (Salem) |
Republican | January 3, 2011 | R+22 | .png) |
| 10th |  Suhas Subramanyam (Brambleton) |
Democratic | January 3, 2025 | D+6 | .png) |
| 11th |  James Walkinshaw (Wakefield) |
Democratic | September 9, 2025 | D+18 | .png) |
1789 – 1793: 10 seats
| Congress | District | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| 1st (1789–1791) |
Alexander White (PA) |
John Brown (AA) | Andrew Moore (AA) |
Richard Bland Lee (PA) |
James Madison (AA) |
Isaac Coles (AA) |
John Page (AA) |
Josiah Parker (AA) |
Theodorick Bland (AA) |
Samuel Griffin (PA) |
| William Branch Giles (AA) | ||||||||||
| 2nd (1791–1793) |
Abraham B. Venable (AA) |
Samuel Griffin (AA) | ||||||||
| Apportioned to Kentucky | ||||||||||
1793 – 1803: 19 seats
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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 S. Bocock (D) |
Paulus Powell (D) |
William Smith (D) |
Charles J. Faulkner (W) |
John Letcher (D) |
Zedekiah Kidwell (D) |
John F. Snodgrass (D) | Henry A. Edmundson (D) |
Fayette McMullen (D) | |
| Charles S. Lewis (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 34th (1855–1857) |
Charles J. Faulkner (D) |
John S. Carlile (KN) | ||||||||||||
| Muscoe R. H. Garnett (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 35th (1857–1859) |
Sherrard Clemens (D) |
Albert G. Jenkins (D) | George W. Hopkins (D) | |||||||||||
| 36th (1859–1861) |
Daniel C. DeJarnette Sr. (ID) |
Shelton Leake (ID) |
Alexander Boteler (O) |
John T. Harris (ID) |
Elbert S. Martin (ID) | |||||||||
| Roger A. 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 (U)[d] |
Kellian Whaley (U)[d] |
American Civil War | ||||||
| Joseph Segar (U) | Lewis McKenzie (U) | Jacob B. 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.[4] 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.[5]
| Congress | District | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
| 38th, 39th, 40th (1863–1869) |
American Civil War and Reconstruction | |||||||
| 41st (1869–1871) | ||||||||
| Richard S. Ayer (R) |
James H. Platt Jr. (R) |
Charles H. Porter (R) |
George Booker (Con) |
Robert Ridgway (Con) | William Milnes Jr. (Con) |
Lewis McKenzie (Con) |
James K. Gibson (Con) | |
| Richard T. W. Duke (Con) | ||||||||
| 42nd (1871–1873) |
John Critcher (D) |
William H. H. Stowell (R) |
John T. Harris (D) |
Elliott M. Braxton (D) |
William Terry (D) | |||
1873 – 1883: 9 seats
Following the 1870 census, Virginia was allotted 9 seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
| 43rd (1873–1875) | James Beverley Sener (R) |
James H. Platt Jr. (R) | J. Ambler Smith (R) |
William H. H. Stowell (R) |
Alexander Davis (D) | Thomas Whitehead (D) |
John T. Harris (D) |
Eppa Hunton (D) | Rees Bowen (D) |
| Christopher Thomas (R) | |||||||||
| 44th (1875–1877) | Beverly B. Douglas (D) | John Goode (D) | Gilbert C. Walker (D) |
George Cabell (D) | J. Randolph Tucker (D) |
William Terry (D) | |||
| 45th (1877–1879) | Joseph Jorgensen (R) |
Auburn Pridemore (D) | |||||||
| Richard L. T. Beale (D) | |||||||||
| 46th (1879–1881) | Joseph E. Johnston (D) | James B. Richmond (D) | |||||||
| 47th (1881–1883) | George T. Garrison (D) | John F. Dezendorf (R) | George D. Wise (D) | John Paul (RA) | John S. Barbour Jr. (D) | Abram Fulkerson (RA) | |||
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 statewide. In all subsequent Congresses, representatives were elected from districts.
| Congress | Elected statewide at-large | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st seat | 2nd seat | 3rd seat | 4th seat | 5th seat | 6th seat | 7th seat | 8th seat | 9th seat | |
| 73rd (1933–1935) | S. Otis Bland (D) |
Colgate Darden (D) | Andrew J. Montague (D) |
Patrick H. Drewry (D) |
Thomas G. Burch (D) |
Clifton A. Woodrum (D) |
A. Willis Robertson (D) |
Howard W. Smith (D) |
John W. Flannagan (D) |
| Congress | District | ||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
| 74th (1935–1937) | S. Otis Bland (D) |
Colgate Darden (D) | Andrew J. Montague (D) |
Patrick H. Drewry (D) |
Thomas G. Burch (D) |
Clifton A. Woodrum (D) |
A. Willis Robertson (D) |
Howard W. Smith (D) |
John W. Flannagan (D) |
| 75th (1937–1939) | Norman R. Hamilton (D) | ||||||||
| Dave E. Satterfield (D) | |||||||||
| 76th (1939–1941) | Colgate Darden (D) | ||||||||
| 77th (1941–1943) | |||||||||
| Winder R. Harris (D) | |||||||||
| 78th (1943–1945) | |||||||||
| Ralph Hunger Daughton (D) | |||||||||
| 79th (1945–1947) | J. Vaughan Gary (D) |
J. Lindsay Almond (D) | |||||||
| Thomas B. Stanley (D) |
Burr Harrison (D) | ||||||||
| 80th (1947–1949) | Porter Hardy Jr. (D) | ||||||||
| Watkins Abbitt (D) |
Clarence G. Burton (D) | ||||||||
| 81st (1949–1951) | |||||||||
| Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D) |
Thomas B. Fugate (D) | ||||||||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | |||||||||
1953 – 1993: 10 seats
In 1953, Virginia gained one seat.
1993 – present: 11 seats
In 1993, Virginia gained one more seat, with no subsequent changes since 2003.
Key
See also
Notes
- Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election
- Supported the Crawford faction in the 1824 United States presidential election
- Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election
- 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.