State: | Virginia |
District Number: | 15 |
Obsolete: | yes |
Created: | 1793 |
Eliminated: | 1853 |
Years: | 1793–1853 |
Population Year: | 1840 |
Virginia's 15th congressional district was a congressional district. It was eliminated in 1853 after the 1850 U.S. census. Its last congressman was Sherrard Clemens.
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | |||
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District established March 4, 1793 | |||||||
align=left rowspan=2 | James Madison | Anti-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Retired. | ||
Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | |||||
align=left | John Dawson | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 | Elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1801. Redistricted to the . | ||
align=left | John Randolph of Roanoke | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1803. Re-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 Kerr | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | Elected in 1813. Lost re-election. | ||
align=left | Matthew Clay | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1815 – May 27, 1815 | Elected in 1815. Died. | ||
Vacant | nowrap | May 28, 1815 – October 29, 1815 | |||||
align=left | John Kerr | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | October 30, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | Elected to finish Clay's term. Retired. | ||
align=left | William J. Lewis | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | Elected in 1817. Retired. | ||
align=left | George Tucker | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Redistricted to the . | ||
align=left rowspan=2 | John S. Barbour | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Retired. | ||
Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 | |||||
align=left | Edward Lucas | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Retired. | ||
align=left | James M. Mason | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Elected in 1837. Retired. | ||
align=left | William Lucas | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | Elected in 1839. Lost re-election. | ||
align=left | Richard W. Barton | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1841. Lost re-election. | ||
align=left | Lewis Steenrod | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | Elected in 1843. Retired. | ||
align=left | William G. Brown | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 | Elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Lost re-election. | ||
align=left | Alexander Newman | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1849 – September 8, 1849 | Elected in 1849. Died. | ||
Vacant | nowrap | September 9, 1849 – November 7, 1849 | |||||
align=left | Thomas S. Haymond | Whig | nowrap | November 8, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | Elected to finish Newman's term. Lost re-election. | ||
align=left | George W. Thompson | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1851 – July 30, 1852 | Elected in 1851. Resigned to become Circuit Court judge. | ||
Vacant | nowrap | July 31, 1852 – December 5, 1852 | |||||
align=left | Sherrard Clemens | Democratic | nowrap | December 6, 1852 – March 3, 1853 | Elected to finish Thompson's term. Retired. | ||
District dissolved March 4, 1853 |