Virginia's 12th congressional district

Virginia Congressional District 12 is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1863 after the 1860 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Kellian V. Whaley.

List of representatives

Representative	Lived	Party	Term	Note
District created: March 4, 1793
John Page	(1744–1808)	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 - March 3, 1795
John Page	(1744–1808)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1797	Declined to run
Thomas Evans	(1755–1815)	Federalist	March 4, 1797 - March 3, 1801	Declined to run
John Stratton	(1769–1804)	Federalist	March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1803	Declined to run
Thomas Griffin	(1773–1837)	Federalist	March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1805	Declined to run
Burwell Bassett	(1764–1841)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 - March 3, 1813	Defeated
John Roane	(1766–1838)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1815	Declined to run
William H. Roane	(1787–1845)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1817	Declined to run
Robert S. Garnett	(1789–1840)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1823
		Crawford D-R	March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825
		Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1827	Declined to run
John Roane	(1766–1838)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1831	Declined to run
John J. Roane	(1794–1869)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1833	Declined to run
William F. Gordon	(1787–1858)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835	Defeated
James Garland	(1791–1885)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837
		Democratic	March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1839
		Conservative	March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1841	Defeated
Thomas W. Gilmer	(1802–1844)	Whig	March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843	Elected to VA-5
Augustus A. Chapman	(1805–1876)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1847	Declined to run
William B. Preston	(1805–1862)	Whig	March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849	Appt. Secretary of the Navy
Henry A. Edmundson	(1814–1890)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1861	Declined to run
Kellian V. Whaley	(1821–1876)	Unionist	March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863	Declined to run
District eliminated March 4, 1863

References

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Virginia's congressional districts

All districts At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 The 12th-23rd and at-large districts are obsolete See also Virginia's past and present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations Recent U.S. House elections in Virginia: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 All U.S. districts Apportionment Redistricting Gerrymandering Virginia Maps

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Virginia's 12th congressional district