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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