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.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates [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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Notes

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

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