1815 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

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The United States state of Virginia held elections in April 1815.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Virginia 1	John G. Jackson	Democratic-Republican	1803 1810 (Resigned) 1813	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John G. Jackson (Democratic-Republican) 94.7% Others 5.3%
Virginia 2	Francis White	Federalist	1813	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist hold.	√ Magnus Tate (Federalist) 63.4% Francis White (Democratic-Republican) 36.6%
Virginia 3	John Smith	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Henry St. George Tucker (Democratic-Republican) 71.5% Griffin Taylor (Federalist) 27.6%
Virginia 4	William McCoy	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William McCoy (Democratic-Republican) 51.0% Robert Porterfield (Federalist) 49.0%
Virginia 5	James Breckinridge	Federalist	1809	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Breckinridge (Federalist) 51.5% John Floyd (Democratic-Republican) 48.5%
Virginia 6	Daniel Sheffey	Federalist	1809	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Daniel Sheffey (Federalist)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Virginia 7	Hugh Caperton	Federalist	1813	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Ballard Smith (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]} John Matthews (Federalist)
Virginia 8	Joseph Lewis Jr.	Federalist	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) 52.0% Armistead Mason (Democratic-Republican) 48.0%
Virginia 9	John P. Hungerford	Democratic-Republican	1813	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John P. Hungerford (Democratic-Republican) 56.9% William Brent (Democratic-Republican) 43.1%
Virginia 10	Aylett Hawes	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Aylett Hawes (Democratic-Republican) 59.4% John Scott (Federalist) 40.6%
Virginia 11	Philip P. Barbour	Democratic-Republican	1814 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Philip P. Barbour (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]} John Mercer (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 12	John Roane	Democratic-Republican	1809	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ William H. Roane (Democratic-Republican) 78.1% James M. Garnett (Federalist) 21.9%
Virginia 13	Thomas M. Bayly	Federalist	1811	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Burwell Bassett (Democratic-Republican) 52.6% John Eyre (Federalist)
Virginia 14	William A. Burwell	Democratic-Republican	1806 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William A. Burwell (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Virginia 15	John Kerr	Democratic-Republican	1813	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Matthew Clay (Democratic-Republican) 42.5% John Kerr (Democratic-Republican) 34.1% William Rice (Federalist) 20.3% White (Federalist) 3.1%^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Virginia 16	John W. Eppes	Democratic-Republican	1803 1811 (Lost) 1813	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ John Randolph (Democratic-Republican) 51.6% John W. Eppes (Democratic-Republican) 48.4%
Virginia 17	James Pleasants	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Pleasants (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Virginia 18	Thomas Gholson Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1808 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas Gholson Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 88.1% John C. Goode (Federalist) 11.9%
Virginia 19	Peterson Goodwyn	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Peterson Goodwyn (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Virginia 20	James Johnson	Democratic-Republican	1813	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 52.2% Edwin Gray (Federalist) 47.8%
Virginia 21	Thomas Newton Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas Newton Jr. (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Virginia 22	Hugh Nelson	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hugh Nelson (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Virginia 23	John Clopton	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Clopton (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Notes

↑ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source(s).
↑ Source did not provide full name.

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