1827 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

Virginia elected its members April 30, 1827, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Virginia 1	Thomas Newton Jr.	Anti-Jacksonian	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas Newton Jr. (Anti-Jacksonian) 64.3% George Loyall (Jacksonian) 35.7%
Virginia 2	James Trezvant	Jacksonian	1825	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James Trezvant (Jacksonian) 100%
Virginia 3	William S. Archer	Jacksonian	1820 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William S. Archer (Jacksonian) 100%
Virginia 4	Mark Alexander	Jacksonian	1819	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Mark Alexander (Jacksonian) 100%
Virginia 5	George W. Crump	Jacksonian	1826 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Jacksonian hold.	Y John Randolph (Jacksonian) 100%
Virginia 6	Thomas Davenport	Jacksonian	1825	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas Davenport (Jacksonian) 100%
Virginia 7	Nathaniel H. Claiborne	Jacksonian	1825	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Nathaniel H. Claiborne (Jacksonian) 67.7% William Campbell 32.3%
Virginia 8	Burwell Bassett	Jacksonian	1805 1812 (Lost) 1815 1819 (Retired) 1821	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Burwell Bassett (Jacksonian) 100%
Virginia 9	Andrew Stevenson	Jacksonian	1821	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Andrew Stevenson (Jacksonian) 100%
Virginia 10	William C. Rives	Jacksonian	1823	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William C. Rives (Jacksonian) 100%
Virginia 11	Robert Taylor	Anti-Jacksonian	1825	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Jacksonian gain.	Y Philip P. Barbour (Jacksonian) 100%
Virginia 12	Robert S. Garnett	Jacksonian	1817	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Jacksonian hold.	Y John Roane (Jacksonian) 100%
Virginia 13	John Taliaferro	Anti-Jacksonian	1801 1803 (Retired) 1811 (Challenge) 1813 (Lost) 1824 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Taliaferro (Anti-Jacksonian) 76.5% John Hungerford 20.8% Augustin Neal 2.7%
Virginia 14	Charles F. Mercer	Anti-Jacksonian	1817	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Charles F. Mercer (Anti-Jacksonian) 63.0% Robert Thompson 37.0%
Virginia 15	John S. Barbour	Jacksonian	1823	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John S. Barbour (Jacksonian) 65.0% William E. Hunton 35.0%
Virginia 16	William Armstrong	Anti-Jacksonian	1825	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Armstrong (Anti-Jacksonian) 78.0% John Peters 22.0%
Virginia 17	Alfred H. Powell	Anti-Jacksonian	1825	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Jacksonian gain.	Y Robert Allen (Jacksonian) 51.3% Alfred H. Powell (Anti-Jacksonian) 45.1% Samuel Kerceval (Jacksonian) 3.6%
Virginia 18	Joseph Johnson	Jacksonian	1823	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Anti-Jacksonian gain.	Y Isaac Leffler (Anti-Jacksonian) 54.4% Joseph Johnson (Jacksonian) 42.3% Thomas Haymond (Anti-Jacksonian) 3.3%
Virginia 19	William McCoy	Jacksonian	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William McCoy (Jacksonian)^[a]
Virginia 20	John Floyd	Jacksonian	1817	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Floyd (Jacksonian) 87.2% Edward Watts 12.8%
Virginia 21	William Smith	Jacksonian	1821	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Anti-Jacksonian gain.	Y Lewis Maxwell (Anti-Jacksonian) 47.2% Joseph Lovell (Anti-Jacksonian) 44.9% Ballard Smith (Jacksonian) 7.9%
Virginia 22	Benjamin Estil	Anti-Jacksonian	1825	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Jacksonian gain.	Y Alexander Smyth (Jacksonian) 72.4% Sharp^[b] 27.6%

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^ Source does not give full name.

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1827 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

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