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Virginia's 18th congressional district

Summary

Virginia's 18th congressional district is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1843 after the 1840 U.S. census. Its last congressman was George W. Hopkins.

Virginia's 18th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1793
Eliminated1843
Years active1793–1843

List of members representing the district edit

Representative Party Term Cong
ress 		Electoral history
District established March 4, 1793
John Nicholas
(Williamsburg) 		Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795 		3rd
4th
5th
6th 		Elected in 1793.
Re-elected in 1795.
Re-elected in 1797.
Re-elected in 1799.
Retired.
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1801
 
Philip R. Thompson
(Fairfax) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803 		7th Elected in 1801.
Redistricted to the 9th district.
 
Peterson Goodwyn
(Petersburg) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1813 		8th
9th
10th
11th
12th 		Elected in 1803.
Re-elected in 1805.
Re-elected in 1807.
Re-elected in 1809.
Re-elected in 1811.
Redistricted to the 19th district.
Thomas Gholson, Jr.
(Brunswick) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 –
July 4, 1816 		13th
14th 		Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 1813.
Re-elected in 1815.
Died.
Vacant July 5, 1816 –
December 3, 1816 		14th
 
Thomas M. Nelson
(Mecklenburg County) 		Democratic-Republican December 4, 1816 –
March 3, 1819 		14th
15th 		Elected to finish Gholson's term.
Re-elected in 1817.
Retired.
Mark Alexander
(Lombardy Grove) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1823 		16th
17th 		Elected in 1819.
Re-elected in 1821.
Redistricted to the 4th district.
 
Joseph Johnson
(Bridgeport) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825 		18th
19th 		Elected in 1823.
Re-elected in 1825.
Lost re-election.
Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827
Isaac Leffler
(Wheeling) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1829 		20th Elected in 1827.
Lost re-election.
 
Philip Doddridge
(Wellsburg) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –
November 19, 1832 		21st
22nd 		Elected in 1829.
Re-elected in 1831.
Died.
Vacant November 20, 1832 –
January 20, 1833 		22nd
 
Joseph Johnson
(Bridgeport) 		Jacksonian January 21, 1833 –
March 3, 1833 		Elected January 1, 1833 to finish Doddridge's term and seated January 21, 1833.
Retired.
John H. Fulton
(Abingdon) 		Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835 		23rd Elected in 1833.
Lost re-election.
 
George W. Hopkins
(Lebanon) 		Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837 		24th
25th
26th
27th 		Elected in 1835.
Re-elected in 1837.
Re-elected in 1839.
Re-elected in 1841.
Redistricted to the 13th district.
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
Conservative March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841
Democratic March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
District dissolved March 4, 1843

References edit

  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present