State: | Virginia |
District Number: | 16 |
Obsolete: | yes |
Created: | 1793 |
Eliminated: | 1843 |
Years: | 1793–1843 |
Population Year: | 1830 |
Virginia's 16th congressional district is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1843 after the 1840 U.S. census. Its last congressman was William A. Harris.
Representative | Party | Term | Cong ress | Electoral history | |||
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District established March 4, 1793 | |||||||
Anthony New | Anti-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1801. Redistricted to the . | |||
Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803 | |||||
align=left | John W. Eppes | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1811 | Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1805. Re-elected in 1807. Re-elected in 1809. Moved to the and lost re-election. | ||
align=left | James Pleasants | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | Elected in 1811. Redistricted to the . | ||
align=left | John W. Eppes | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | Elected in 1813. Lost re-election. | ||
align=left | John Randolph | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | Elected in 1815. Retired. | ||
align=left | Archibald Austin | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | Elected in 1817. Retired. | ||
align=left | John Randolph | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Redistricted to the . | ||
align=left | James Stephenson | Crawford Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1823. Retired. | ||
align=left | William Armstrong | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Retired. | ||
align=left | James M. H. Beale | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Retired. | ||
align=left | Isaac S. Pennybacker | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Elected in 1837. Appt. District Court judge. | ||
align=left | Green B. Samuels | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | Elected in 1839. Retired. | ||
align=left | William A. Harris | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1841. Retired. | ||
District dissolved March 4, 1843 |