Virginia's 21st congressional district
Virginia's 21st congressional district is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1843 after the 1840 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Lewis Steenrod.
List of members representing the district[]
Representative | Party | Term | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
---|---|---|---|---|
District created March 4, 1803 | ||||
Thomas M. Randolph Jr. |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
8th 9th |
Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1805. Retired. |
Wilson C. Nicholas |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 – November 27, 1809 |
10th 11th |
Elected in 1807. Re-elected in 1809. Resigned. |
Vacant | November 28, 1809 – January 16, 1810 |
11th | ||
David S. Garland | Democratic-Republican | January 17, 1810 – March 3, 1811 |
Elected to finish Nicholas's term. Retired. | |
Hugh Nelson |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
12th | Elected in 1811. Redistricted to the 22nd district. |
Thomas Newton Jr. |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1823 |
13th 14th 15th 16th 17th |
Redistricted from the 20th district and re-elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Re-elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Redistricted to the 1st district. |
William Smith | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th |
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Retired. |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | |||
Lewis Maxwell | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833 |
20th 21st 22nd |
Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Retired. |
Edgar C. Wilson | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd | Elected in 1833. Lost re-election. |
William S. Morgan | Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th 25th |
Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Retired. |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | |||
Lewis Steenrod | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
26th 27th |
Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 15th district. |
District eliminated March 4, 1843 |
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
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- 1803 establishments in Virginia
- 1843 disestablishments in Virginia
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