State: | Virginia |
District Number: | 20 |
Obsolete: | yes |
Created: | 1793 |
Eliminated: | 1843 |
Years: | 1793–1843 |
Population Year: | 1830 |
Virginia's 20th congressional district is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1843 after the 1840 U.S. census. Its last congressman was Samuel L. Hays.
Representative | Party | Term | Cong ress | Electoral history | |||
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District established March 4, 1803 | |||||||
align=left | Thomas Newton Jr. | 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 . | ||
align=left | James Johnson | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – February 2, 1820 | Elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Re-elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Resigned to become Norfolk Customs Collector. | ||
Vacant | nowrap | February 2, 1820 – August 28, 1820 | |||||
align=left | John C. Gray | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | August 28, 1820 – March 3, 1821 | Elected to finish Johnson's term. Lost re-election. | ||
align=left | Arthur Smith | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1821. Retired. | ||
John Floyd | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Retired. | |||
Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | |||||
align=left | Robert Craig | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Lost re-election. | ||
align=left | John J. Allen | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Elected in 1833. Lost re-election. | ||
Joseph Johnson | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1835. | |||
Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | Elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Retired. | ||||
align=left | Samuel L. Hays | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1841. Lost re-election. | ||
District dissolved March 4, 1843 |