Virginia's 12th congressional district

Virginia's 12th congressional district is an obsolete U.S. congressional district. It was eliminated in 1863 after the 1860 U.S. census. Its last member of Congress was Kellian V. Whaley.

Virginia's 12th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1793
Eliminated	1863
Years active	1793–1863

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1793
John Page (Gloucester County)	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Lost re-election.
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
Thomas Evans	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1801	5th 6th	Elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Retired.
John Stratton	Federalist	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected in 1801. Retired.
Thomas Griffin (Yorktown)	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1803. Lost re-election.
Burwell Bassett (Williamsburg)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1813	9th 10th 11th 12th	Elected in 1805. Re-elected in 1807. Re-elected in 1809. Re-elected in 1811. Redistricted to the 13th district and lost re-election.
John Roane (Uppowac)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1813. Retired.
William H. Roane (Dunkirk)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected in 1815. Retired.
Robert S. Garnett (Lloyds)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825	15th 16th 17th 18th 19th	Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Retired.
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
John Roane (Rumford Academy)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831	20th 21st	Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Retired.
John J. Roane (Rumford Academy)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1831. Retired.
William F. Gordon (Charlottesville)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Elected in 1833. Lost re-election.
James Garland (Lovingston)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th 26th	Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Lost re-election.
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
	Conservative	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
Thomas W. Gilmer (Charlottesville)	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 5th district.
Augustus A. Chapman (Union)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Retired.
William B. Preston (Blacksburg)	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1847. Appt. Secretary of the Navy.
Henry A. Edmundson (Salem)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1861	31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th	Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Retired.
Kellian V. Whaley (Ceredo)	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1861. Retired.
District dissolved March 4, 1863

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present