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
Created1793
Eliminated1863
Years active1793–1863

List of members representing the district
Representative Party Term Cong
ress		 Electoral history
District established March 4, 1793

John Page		 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		 Federalist March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805		 8th Elected in 1803.
Lost re-election.
Burwell Bassett 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 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815		 13th Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1813.
Retired.

William H. Roane		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817		 14th Elected in 1815.
Retired.
Robert S. Garnett Democratic-Republican[lower-alpha 1] 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 Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1831		 20th
21st		 Elected in 1827.
Re-elected in 1829.
Retired.
John J. Roane Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833		 22nd Elected in 1831.
Retired.
William F. Gordon Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835		 23rd Elected in 1833.
Lost re-election.

James Garland		 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		 Whig March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843		 27th Elected in 1841.
Redistricted to the 5th district.
Augustus A. Chapman Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847		 28th
29th		 Elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1845.
Retired.

William B. Preston		 Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849		 30th Elected in 1847.
Appt. Secretary of the Navy.

Henry A. Edmundson		 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		 Unionist March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863		 37th Elected in 1861.
Retired.
District dissolved March 4, 1863

Notes
  1. Supported the Crawford faction in the 1824 United States presidential election

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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