1801 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

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Only ten of the nineteen Virginia incumbents were re-elected.

DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected		ResultCandidates
Virginia 1 Robert Page Federalist 1799 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.		√ John Smith (Democratic-Republican) 59.3%
Phillip C. Pendleton (Federalist) 40.7%
Virginia 2 David Holmes Democratic-Republican 1797 Incumbent re-elected.√ David Holmes [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
Alexander Sinclair (Federalist)
Virginia 3 George Jackson Democratic-Republican 1799 Incumbent re-elected.√ George Jackson [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
Jonathan J. Jacobs (Federalist)
Skidmore [Note 2] (Federalist)
Virginia 4 Abram Trigg Democratic-Republican 1797 Incumbent re-elected.√ Abram Trigg [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 5 John J. Trigg Democratic-Republican 1797 Incumbent re-elected.√ John J. Trigg [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 6 Matthew Clay Democratic-Republican 1797 Incumbent re-elected.√ Matthew Clay [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 7 John Randolph Democratic-Republican 1799 Incumbent re-elected.√ John Randolph [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 8 Samuel Goode Federalist 1799 Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.		√ Thomas Claiborne [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 9 Joseph Eggleston Democratic-Republican 1798 (Special) Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.		√ William B. Giles [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 10 Edwin Gray Democratic-Republican 1799 Incumbent re-elected.√ Edwin Gray [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
Nicholas Faulcon (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 11 Josiah Parker Federalist 1789 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.		√ Thomas Newton Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 93.6%
John Niveson (Federalist) 5.7%
Josiah Parker (Federalist) 0.7%
Virginia 12 Thomas Evans Federalist 1797 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Federalist hold.		√ John Stratton [Note 1] (Federalist)
John Page (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 13 Littleton Waller Tazewell Democratic-Republican 1800 (Special) Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.		√ John Clopton [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
Samuel Tyler (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 14 Samuel J. Cabell Democratic-Republican 1795 Incumbent re-elected.√ Samuel J. Cabell [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 15 John Dawson Democratic-Republican 1797 Incumbent re-elected.√ John Dawson [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 16 Anthony New Democratic-Republican 1793 Incumbent re-elected.√ Anthony New [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
Carter Braxton
James M. Garnett (Democratic-Republican)
Tunstall Banks
Andrew Monroe
Richard Banks
Archibald Petetrie
Virginia 17 Leven Powell Federalist 1799 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.		√ Richard Brent [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
Leven Powell (Federalist)
Joseph Lane
Samuel Clapham
Virginia 18 John Nicholas Democratic-Republican 1793 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.		√ Philip R. Thompson [Note 1] (Democratic-Republican)
John Blackwell (Federalist)
Virginia 19 Henry Lee Federalist 1799 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.		√ John Taliaferro (Democratic-Republican) 63.0%
John Taylor (Federalist) 37.0%

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