1819 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

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Virginia elected its members in April 1819, after the new congress began but before the first session convened.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Virginia 1	James Pindall	Federalist	1817	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Pindall (Federalist) 77.2% William McKinley (Democratic-Republican) 22.8%
Virginia 2	Edward Colston	Federalist	1817	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist hold.	√ Thomas Van Swearingen (Federalist) 55.7% Edward Colston (Federalist) 44.3%
Virginia 3	Henry St. George Tucker	Democratic-Republican	1815	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Jared Williams (Democratic-Republican) 64.6% John Smith (Democratic-Republican) 35.4%
Virginia 4	William McCoy	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William McCoy (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Virginia 5	John Floyd	Democratic-Republican	1817	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Floyd (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Virginia 6	Alexander Smyth	Democratic-Republican	1817	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Alexander Smyth (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Virginia 7	Ballard Smith	Democratic-Republican	1815	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ballard Smith (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Virginia 8	Charles F. Mercer	Federalist	1817	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Charles F. Mercer (Federalist) 100%
Virginia 9	William Lee Ball	Democratic-Republican	1817	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Lee Ball (Democratic-Republican) 53.4% John P. Hungerford (Democratic-Republican) 46.6%
Virginia 10	George Strother	Democratic-Republican	1817	Incumbent re-elected.	√ George Strother (Democratic-Republican) 51.4% John Shackleford (Federalist) 47.8%
Virginia 11	Philip P. Barbour	Democratic-Republican	1814 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Philip P. Barbour (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Virginia 12	Robert S. Garnett	Democratic-Republican	1817	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert S. Garnett (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Virginia 13	Burwell Bassett	Democratic-Republican	1805 1812 (Lost) 1815	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Severn E. Parker (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]} John Drury
Virginia 14	William A. Burwell	Democratic-Republican	1806 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William A. Burwell (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Virginia 15	William J. Lewis	Democratic-Republican	1817	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ George Tucker (Democratic-Republican) 72.2% John Kerr (Democratic-Republican) 27.8%
Virginia 16	Archibald Austin	Democratic-Republican	1817	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ John Randolph (Democratic-Republican) 72.9% Archibald Austin (Democratic-Republican) 27.1%
Virginia 17	James Pleasants	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Pleasants (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Virginia 18	Thomas M. Nelson	Democratic-Republican	1816 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Mark Alexander (Democratic-Republican) 54.7% Theo Field (Democratic-Republican) 25.9% James Wyche (Democratic-Republican) 17.8%
Virginia 19	John Pegram	Democratic-Republican	1818 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ James Jones (Democratic-Republican) 70.6% John Pegram (Democratic-Republican) 29.4%
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) 100%
Virginia 22	Hugh Nelson	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hugh Nelson (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Virginia 23	John Tyler	Democratic-Republican	1816 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Tyler (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]}

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↑ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source.^{[ citation needed ]}

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[m1-1] Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.

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1819 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

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