Virginia's 16th congressional district
Virginia Congressional District 16 is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1843 after the 1840 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was William A. Harris.
Representatives
Representative |
Lived |
Party |
Term |
Note |
District created: March 4, 1793 |
Anthony New | (1747–1833) | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803 | Declined to run |
John W. Eppes | (1773–1823) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1811 | Defeated |
James Pleasants | (1769–1836) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | Elected to VA–17 |
John W. Eppes | (1773–1823) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | Defeated |
John Randolph | (1773–1833) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | Declined to run |
Archibald Austin | (1772–1837) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | Declined to run |
John Randolph | (1773–1833) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 | Elected to VA-5 |
James Stephenson | (1764–1833) | Crawford Federalist | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Delined to run |
William Armstrong | (1782–1865) | Adams | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 | Declined to run |
James M. H. Beale | (1786–1866) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | Declined to run |
Isaac S. Pennybacker | (1805–1847) | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Appt. District Court judge |
Green B. Samuels | (1806–1859) | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | Declined to run |
William A. Harris | (1805–1864) | Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Declined to run |
District eliminated March 4, 1843 |
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