1811 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia explained

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	William McKinley		Democratic-Republican	1810 (Special)^[1]		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain.	nowrap	√ Thomas Wilson (Federalist) 52.3% William McKinley (Democratic-Republican) 47.7%^[2]
	James Stephenson		Federalist	1809		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.	nowrap	√ John Baker (Federalist) 56.5% Daniel Morgan (Democratic-Republican) 43.5%
	John Smith		Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	√ John Smith (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
	Jacob Swoope		Federalist	1809		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	nowrap	√ William McCoy (Democratic-Republican) 52.6% Samuel Blackburn (Federalist) 47.4%
	James Breckinridge		Federalist	1809	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	√ James Breckinridge (Federalist) 58.4% Thomas L. Preston (Democratic-Republican) 41.6%
	Daniel Sheffey		Federalist	1809	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	√ Daniel Sheffey (Federalist) Unopposed
	Joseph Lewis Jr.		Federalist	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) 80.0% John Love (Democratic-Republican) 19.9%
	John Love		Democratic-Republican	1807			Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic-Republican loss.
	Walter Jones		Democratic-Republican	1803		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. John Taliaferro (Democratic-Republican), was seated on December 2, 1811 after successfully challenging the election in the House Committee on Elections.^[3]	nowrap	√ John Hungerford (Democratic-Republican) 50.2%^[4] John Taliaferro (Democratic-Republican) 49.8%
	Open seat				Open seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	nowrap	√ Aylett Hawes (Democratic-Republican) 72.7% George F. Strother (Democratic-Republican) 26.3%
	John Dawson		Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	√ John Dawson (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
	John Roane		Democratic-Republican	1809	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	√ John Roane (Democratic-Republican)
	Burwell Bassett		Democratic-Republican	1805	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	√ Burwell Bassett (Democratic-Republican) 59.5% John Eyre (Federalist) 40.5%
	William A. Burwell		Democratic-Republican	1806 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	√ William A. Burwell (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
	Matthew Clay		Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	√ Matthew Clay (Democratic-Republican) John Kerr (Democratic-Republican)
	John Randolph		Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Randolph (Democratic-Republican) 67.8% John W. Eppes (Democratic-Republican) 32.2%
	John W. Eppes		Democratic-Republican	1807		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic-Republican loss.
	Open seat				Open seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	nowrap	√ James Pleasants (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
	Thomas Gholson Jr.		Democratic-Republican	1808 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	√ Thomas Gholson Jr. (Democratic-Republican)
	Peterson Goodwyn		Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	√ Peterson Goodwyn (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
	Edwin Gray		Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	√ Edwin Gray (Democratic-Republican) 62.2% Samuel Butler (Democratic-Republican) 37.8%
	Thomas Newton Jr.		Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	√ Thomas Newton Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 97.7% Robert B. Taylor (Federalist) 2.3%
	David S. Garland		Democratic-Republican	1809 (Special)		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	nowrap	√ Hugh Nelson (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
	John Clopton		Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	√ John Clopton (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed

See also

• Virginia's 1st congressional district special election, 1810
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1810 and 1811
• List of United States representatives from Virginia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Virginia 1810 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, Special . October 3, 2018 . August 20, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200820142915/https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:va.uscongress.1.special.1810 . dead .
2. Web site: Virginia 1811 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1 . October 3, 2018 . March 2, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200302003336/https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:va.uscongress.1.1811 . dead .
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180922102128/http://historycms.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40202 . 2018-09-22 . dead .
4. Web site: Virginia 1811 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8 . October 3, 2018 . . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 . March 7, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200307003541/https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:va.uscongress.8.1811 . dead .