1827 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

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Virginia elected its members April 30, 1827, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Virginia 1 Thomas Newton Jr. Anti-Jacksonian 1801 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 2 James Trezvant Jacksonian 1825 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 3 William S. Archer Jacksonian 1820 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 4 Mark Alexander Jacksonian 1819 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 5 George W. Crump Jacksonian 1826 (Special) Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Jacksonian hold.
Virginia 6 Thomas Davenport Jacksonian 1825 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 7 Nathaniel H. Claiborne Jacksonian 1825 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 8 Burwell Bassett Jacksonian 1805
1812 (Lost)
1815
1819 (Retired)
1821 		Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 9 Andrew Stevenson Jacksonian 1821 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 10 William C. Rives Jacksonian 1823 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 11 Robert Taylor Anti-Jacksonian 1825 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Jacksonian gain.
Virginia 12 Robert S. Garnett Jacksonian 1817 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Jacksonian hold.
Virginia 13 John Taliaferro Anti-Jacksonian 1801
1803 (Retired)
1811 (Challenge)
1813 (Lost)
1824 (Special) 		Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 14 Charles F. Mercer Anti-Jacksonian 1817 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 15 John S. Barbour Jacksonian 1823 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 16 William Armstrong Anti-Jacksonian 1825 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 17 Alfred H. Powell Anti-Jacksonian 1825 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Jacksonian gain.
Virginia 18 Joseph Johnson Jacksonian 1823 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Anti-Jacksonian gain.
Virginia 19 William McCoy Jacksonian 1811 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 20 John Floyd Jacksonian 1817 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 21 William Smith Jacksonian 1821 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Anti-Jacksonian gain.
Virginia 22 Benjamin Estil Anti-Jacksonian 1825 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Jacksonian gain.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source.
  2. ↑ Source does not give full name.

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