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 .