Virginia's 14th congressional district

Virginia Congressional District 14 is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1853 after the 1850 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was James M. H. Beale.

List of representatives

Representative	Lived	Party	Term	Note
District created: March 4, 1793
Francis Walker	(1764–1806)	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 - March 3, 1795	Declined to run
Samuel J. Cabell	(1756–1818)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1803	Declined to run
Matthew Clay	(1754–1815)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1813	Defeated
William A. Burwell	(1780–1821)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 - February 16, 1821	Died
Vacant			February 17, 1821 - March 3, 1821
Jabez Leftwich	(1765–1855)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823	Elected to VA-7
Charles F. Mercer	(1778–1858)	Crawford D-R	March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825
		Adams	March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829
		Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1837
		Whig	March 4, 1837 - December 26, 1839	Resigned
Vacant			December 27, 1839 - January 24, 1840	Special election
William M. McCarty	(1789–1863)	Whig	January 25, 1840 - March 3, 1841	Defeated
Cuthbert Powell	(1775–1849)	Whig	March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843	Defeated
George W. Summers	(1804–1868)	Whig	March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845	Defeated
Joseph Johnson	(1785–1877)	Democratic	March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847	Declined to run
Robert A. Thompson	(1805–1876)	Democratic	March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849	Declined to run
James M. H. Beale	(1786–1866)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1853	Declined to run
District eliminated March 4, 1853

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

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Virginia's 14th congressional district