| State: | Virginia |
| District Number: | 12 |
| Obsolete: | yes |
| Created: | 1793 |
| Eliminated: | 1863 |
| Years: | 1793–1863 |
| Population Year: | 1860 |
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.
| Representative | Party | Term | Cong ress | Electoral history | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established March 4, 1793 | |||||||
John Page | Anti-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Lost re-election. | |||
| Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | |||||
| align=left | Thomas Evans | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1801 | Elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Retired. | ||
| align=left | John Stratton | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | Elected in 1801. Retired. | ||
| align=left | Thomas Griffin | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | Elected in 1803. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Burwell Bassett | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1813 | Elected in 1805. Re-elected in 1807. Re-elected in 1809. Re-elected in 1811. Redistricted to the and lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | John Roane | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1813. Retired. | ||
| align=left | William H. Roane | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | Elected in 1815. Retired. | ||
| Robert S. Garnett | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Retired. | |||
| Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | |||||
| align=left | John Roane | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 | Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Retired. | ||
| align=left | John J. Roane | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1831. Retired. | ||
| align=left | William F. Gordon | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Elected in 1833. Lost re-election. | ||
James Garland | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Lost re-election. | |||
| Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | |||||
| Conservative | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | |||||
| align=left | Thomas W. Gilmer | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1841. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | Augustus A. Chapman | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Retired. | ||
| align=left | William B. Preston | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | Elected in 1847. Appt. Secretary of the Navy. | ||
| align=left | Henry A. Edmundson | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1861 | Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Retired. | ||
| align=left | Kellian V. Whaley | Unionist | nowrap | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1861. Retired. | ||
| District dissolved March 4, 1863 | |||||||