1805 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

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District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Virginia 1	John G. Jackson	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John G. Jackson (Democratic-Republican) 57.2% Thomas Wilson (Federalist) 42.8%
Virginia 2	James Stephenson	Federalist	1803	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ John Morrow (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]} James Stephenson (Federalist)
Virginia 3	John Smith	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Smith (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Virginia 4	David Holmes	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ David Holmes (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Virginia 5	Alexander Wilson	Democratic-Republican	1804 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Alexander Wilson (Democratic-Republican) 60.6% Robert Bailey (Quid) 39.4%
Virginia 6	Abram Trigg	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Abram Trigg (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Virginia 7	Joseph Lewis Jr.	Federalist	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) 54.3% William Elzey (Democratic-Republican) 45.7%
Virginia 8	Walter Jones	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Walter Jones (Democratic-Republican) 99.0% Henry Lee (Federalist) 1.0%
Virginia 9	Philip R. Thompson	Democratic-Republican	1793	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Philip R. Thompson (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Virginia 10	John Dawson	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Dawson (Democratic-Republican) 66.2% James Barbour (Quid) 33.8%
Virginia 11	Anthony New	Democratic-Republican	1793	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ James M. Garnett (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]} Carter Braxton John Roane (Democratic-Republican) John Smith Archibald Ritchie
Virginia 12	Thomas Griffin	Federalist	1803	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Burwell Bassett (Democratic-Republican) 65.1% Thomas Griffin (Federalist) 34.9%
Virginia 13	Christopher H. Clark	Democratic-Republican	1804 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Christopher H. Clark (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Virginia 14	Matthew Clay	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Matthew Clay (Democratic-Republican) 88.9% William Lewis (Federalist) 11.1%
Virginia 15	John Randolph	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Randolph (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Virginia 16	John W. Eppes	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John W. Eppes (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Virginia 17	Thomas Claiborne	Democratic-Republican	1793 1801	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ John Claiborne (Democratic-Republican) 72.7% Mark Alexander (Democratic-Republican) 27.3%
Virginia 18	Peterson Goodwyn	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Peterson Goodwyn (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Virginia 19	Edwin Gray	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Edwin Gray (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Virginia 20	Thomas Newton Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas Newton Jr. (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
Virginia 21	Thomas M. Randolph	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas M. Randolph (Democratic-Republican) 63.7% Walter Leake (Quid) 36.3%
Virginia 22	John Clopton	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Clopton (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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