Virginia's 21st congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1793
Eliminated1843
Years active1793–1843

Virginia's 21st congressional district is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1843 after the 1840 U.S. census. Its last congressman was Lewis Steenrod.

List of members representing the district

Representative Party Term Cong
ress		 Electoral history
District established March 4, 1803

Thomas M. Randolph Jr.
(Edge Hill)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1807		 8th
9th		 Elected in 1803.
Re-elected in 1805.
Retired.

Wilson C. Nicholas
(Charlottesville)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1807 –
November 27, 1809		 10th
11th		 Elected in 1807.
Re-elected in 1809.
Resigned.
Vacant November 28, 1809 –
January 16, 1810		 11th
David S. Garland
(Clifford)		 Democratic-Republican January 17, 1810 –
March 3, 1811		 Elected to finish Nicholas's term.
Retired.

Hugh Nelson
(Milton)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813		 12th Elected in 1811.
Redistricted to the 22nd district.

Thomas Newton Jr.
(Norfolk)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1823		 13th
14th
15th
16th
17th		 Redistricted from the 20th district and re-elected in 1813.
Re-elected in 1815.
Re-elected in 1817.
Re-elected in 1819.
Re-elected in 1821.
Redistricted to the 1st district.
William Smith
(Lewisburg)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825		 18th
19th		 Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1823.
Re-elected in 1825.
Retired.
Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827
Lewis Maxwell
(Weston)		 Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1833		 20th
21st
22nd		 Elected in 1827.
Re-elected in 1829.
Re-elected in 1831.
Retired.
Edgar C. Wilson
(Morgantown)		 Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835		 23rd Elected in 1833.
Lost re-election.
William S. Morgan
(White Day)		 Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837		 24th
25th		 Elected in 1835.
Re-elected in 1837.
Retired.
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
Lewis Steenrod
(Wheeling)		 Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843		 26th
27th		 Elected in 1839.
Re-elected in 1841.
Redistricted to the 15th district.
District dissolved March 4, 1843

References

  • 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


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