1817 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

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Virginia elected its members in April 1817.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Virginia 1	John G. Jackson	Democratic-Republican	1803 1810 (Resigned) 1813	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain.	√ James Pindall (Federalist) 100%
Virginia 2	Magnus Tate	Federalist	1815	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.	√ Edward Colston (Federalist) 61.2% Daniel Morgan (Democratic-Republican) 30.9% Robert Bailey (Democratic-Republican) 7.9%
Virginia 3	Henry S. Tucker	Democratic-Republican	1815	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Henry S. Tucker (Democratic-Republican) 67.8% William Carson (Democratic-Republican) 32.2%
Virginia 4	William McCoy	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William McCoy (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Virginia 5	James Breckinridge	Federalist	1809	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ John Floyd (Democratic-Republican) 57.6 Elijah MacClannahan (Federalist) 42.4%
Virginia 6	Daniel Sheffey	Federalist	1809	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain	√ Alexander Smyth (Democratic-Republican) 67.0% Benjamin Estill (Federalist) 33.0%
Virginia 7	Ballard Smith	Democratic-Republican	1815	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ballard Smith (Democratic-Republican) 94.7% John Gray (Federalist) 5.3%
Virginia 8	Joseph Lewis Jr.	Federalist	1803	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.	√ Charles F. Mercer (Federalist) 52.6% Armistead Mason (Democratic-Republican) 47.4%
Virginia 9	John P. Hungerford	Democratic-Republican	1813	Incumbent lost-re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ William Lee Ball (Democratic-Republican) 44.6% John P. Hungerford (Democratic-Republican) 40.9% Henry Lee Jr. (Federalist) 14.5%
Virginia 10	Aylett Hawes	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ George Strother (Democratic-Republican) 51.3% John Shackleford (Federalist) 48.7%
Virginia 11	Philip P. Barbour	Democratic-Republican	1814 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Philip P. Barbour (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Virginia 12	William H. Roane	Democratic-Republican	1815	Incumbent lost-re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Robert S. Garnett (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]} Edwin Upshaw (Democratic-Republican) William H. Roane (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 13	Burwell Bassett	Democratic-Republican	1815	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Burwell Bassett (Democratic-Republican) 73.3% John Eyre (Federalist) 24.8% M. S. Pitts^{[lower-alpha 2]} (Federalist) 1.9%
Virginia 14	William A. Burwell	Democratic-Republican	1813	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William A. Burwell (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Virginia 15	John Kerr	Democratic-Republican	1815 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ William J. Lewis (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Virginia 16	John Randolph	Democratic-Republican	1799 1813 (Lost) 1815	Incumbent lost-re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Archibald Austin (Democratic-Republican) 61.5% John Randolph (Democratic-Republican) 38.5%
Virginia 17	James Pleasants	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Pleasants (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Virginia 18	Thomas M. Nelson	Democratic-Republican	1816 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas M. Nelson (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Virginia 19	Peterson Goodwyn	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Peterson Goodwyn (Democratic-Republican) 96.9% John Pegram (Democratic-Republican) 3.1%
Virginia 20	James Johnson	Democratic-Republican	1813	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Virginia 21	Thomas Newton Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas Newton Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 93.5% Littleton W. Tazewell (Democratic-Republican) 6.5%
Virginia 22	Hugh Nelson	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hugh Nelson (Democratic-Republican) 72.7% Thomas W. Maury (Democratic-Republican) 27.3%
Virginia 23	John Tyler	Democratic-Republican	1816 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Tyler (Democratic-Republican) 53.7% Andrew Stevenson (Democratic-Republican) 46.3%

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1817 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

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