Virginia's 12th congressional district

Virginia Congressional District 12 is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1863 after the 1860 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Kellian V. Whaley.

List of representatives

Representative Lived Party Term Note
District created: March 4, 1793
John Page(1744–1808)Anti-AdministrationMarch 4, 1793 - March 3, 1795
Democratic-RepublicanMarch 4, 1795 - March 3, 1797Declined to run
Thomas Evans(1755–1815)FederalistMarch 4, 1797 - March 3, 1801Declined to run
John Stratton(1769–1804)FederalistMarch 4, 1801 - March 3, 1803Declined to run
Thomas Griffin(1773–1837)FederalistMarch 4, 1803 - March 3, 1805Declined to run
Burwell Bassett(1764–1841)Democratic-RepublicanMarch 4, 1805 - March 3, 1813Defeated
John Roane(1766–1838)Democratic-RepublicanMarch 4, 1813 - March 3, 1815Declined to run
William H. Roane(1787–1845)Democratic-RepublicanMarch 4, 1815 - March 3, 1817Declined to run
Robert S. Garnett(1789–1840)Democratic-RepublicanMarch 4, 1817 - March 3, 1823
Crawford D-RMarch 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825
JacksonianMarch 4, 1825 - March 3, 1827Declined to run
John Roane(1766–1838)JacksonianMarch 4, 1827 - March 3, 1831Declined to run
John J. Roane(1794–1869)JacksonianMarch 4, 1831 - March 3, 1833Declined to run
William F. Gordon(1787–1858)JacksonianMarch 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835Defeated
James Garland(1791–1885)JacksonianMarch 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837
DemocraticMarch 4, 1837 - March 3, 1839
ConservativeMarch 4, 1839 - March 3, 1841Defeated
Thomas W. Gilmer(1802–1844)WhigMarch 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843Elected to VA-5
Augustus A. Chapman(1805–1876)DemocraticMarch 4, 1843 - March 3, 1847Declined to run
William B. Preston(1805–1862)WhigMarch 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849Appt. Secretary of the Navy
Henry A. Edmundson(1814–1890)DemocraticMarch 4, 1849 - March 3, 1861Declined to run
Kellian V. Whaley(1821–1876)UnionistMarch 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863Declined to run
District eliminated 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


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