Virginia's at-large congressional seat

48th Congress 1
73rd Congress 2
List of representatives 3
References 4

48th Congress

After the 1880 census, a tenth seat in the United States House of Representatives was added to Virginia's nine districts. For the 48th Congress (March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885), that seat was elected at-large state-wide. In 1885, Virginia redistricted its seats into ten geographic districts, thereby eliminating the at-large seat.

73rd Congress

For the 73rd Congress (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935), Virginia elected all of its representatives at-large (i.e., statewide). The district format returned in the election the 74th Congress (January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937) and has remained in effect ever since.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Notes
District created		March 4, 1883
John S. Wise	Readjuster	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885	48th	Retired
District inactive		March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1933
S. Otis Bland	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	Redistricted from and to the 1st district
Colgate Darden	Democratic			Redistricted to the 2nd district
Andrew J. Montague	Democratic			Redistricted from and to the 3rd district
Patrick H. Drewry	Democratic			Redistricted from and to the 4th district
Thomas G. Burch	Democratic			Redistricted from and to the 5th district
Clifton A. Woodrum	Democratic			Redistricted from and to the 6th district
A. Willis Robertson	Democratic			Redistricted to the 7th district
Howard W. Smith	Democratic			Redistricted from and to the 8th district
John W. Flannagan, Jr.	Democratic			Redistricted from and to the 9th district
District eliminated		January 3, 1935

References

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

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Virginia's at-large congressional seat