List of former members of the United States House of Representatives (V)

This is a complete list of former members of the United States House of Representatives whose last names begin with the letter V.

Number of years/terms representative/delegate has served

The number of years the representative/delegate has served in Congress indicates the number of terms the representative/delegate has. Note the representative/delegate can also serve non-consecutive terms if the representative/delegate loses election and wins re-election to the House.

• 2 years - 1 or 2 terms
• 4 years - 2 or 3 terms
• 6 years - 3 or 4 terms
• 8 years - 4 or 5 terms
• 10 years - 5 or 6 terms
• 12 years - 6 or 7 terms
• 14 years - 7 or 8 terms
• 16 years - 8 or 9 terms
• 18 years - 9 or 10 terms
• 20 years - 10 or 11 terms
• 22 years - 11 or 12 terms
• 24 years - 12 or 13 terms
• 26 years - 13 or 14 terms
• 28 years - 14 or 15 terms
• 30 years - 15 or 16 terms
• 32 years - 16 or 17 terms
• 34 years - 17 or 18 terms
• 36 years - 18 or 19 terms
• 38 years - 19 or 20 terms
• 40 years - 20 or 21 terms
• 42 years - 21 or 22 terms
• 44 years - 22 or 23 terms
• 46 years - 23 or 24 terms
• 48 years - 24 or 25 terms
• 50 years - 25 or 26 terms
• 52 years - 26 or 27 terms
• 54 years - 27 or 28 terms
• 56 years - 28 or 29 terms
• 58 years - 29 or 30 terms

Representative/Delegate	Years	State/Territory	Party	Lifespan
George Vail	1853–1857	New Jersey	Democratic	1809–1875
Henry Vail	1837–1839	New York	Democratic	1782–1853
Richard B. Vail	1947–1949 1951–1953	Illinois	Republican	1895–1955
William N. Vaile	1919–1927	Colorado	Republican	1876–1927
David Valadao	2013–2019	California	Republican	1977–
Edward K. Valentine	1879–1885	Nebraska	Republican	1843–1916
Tim Valentine	1983–1995	North Carolina	Democratic	1926–2015
William Valk	1855–1857	New York	American	1806–1879
Clement Vallandigham	1858–1863	Ohio	Democratic	1820–1871
Henry Van Aernam	1865–1869 1879–1883	New York	Republican	1819–1894
James I. Van Alen	1807–1809	New York	Democratic-Republican	1772–1822
John E. Van Alen	1793–1795	New York	Pro-Administration	1749–1807
	1795–1799		Federalist
Thomas J. Van Alstyne	1883–1885	New York	Democratic	1827–1903
Daniel Myers Van Auken	1867–1871	Pennsylvania	Democratic	1826–1908
John Van Buren	1841–1843	New York	Democratic	1799–1855
Philip Van Cortlandt	1793–1795	New York	Anti-Administration	1749–1831
	1795–1809		Democratic-Republican
Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.	1811–1813	New York	Democratic-Republican	1762–1848
Lionel Van Deerlin	1963–1981	California	Democratic	1914–2008
Clarence D. Van Duzer	1903–1907	Nevada	Democratic	1864–1947
Carl Van Dyke	1915–1919	Minnesota	Democratic	1881–1919
John Van Dyke	1847–1851	New Jersey	Whig	1807–1878
Nicholas Van Dyke	1807–1811	Delaware	Federalist	1770–1826
Henry Smith Van Eaton	1883–1887	Mississippi	Democratic	1826–1898
Peter Van Gaasbeck	1793–1795	New York	Pro-Administration	1754–1797
Burt Van Horn	1861–1863 1865–1869	New York	Republican	1823–1896
George Van Horn	1891–1893	New York	Democratic	1850–1904
Robert T. Van Horn	1865–1871 1881–1883 1896–1897	Missouri	Republican	1824–1916
Archibald Van Horne	1807–1811	Maryland	Democratic-Republican	17??–1817
Espy Van Horne	1825–1829	Pennsylvania	Democratic	1795–1829
Isaac Van Horne	1801–1805	Pennsylvania	Democratic-Republican	1754–1834
Isaac B. Van Houten	1833–1835	New York	Democratic	1776–1850
John Peter Van Ness	1801–1803	New York	Democratic-Republican	1769–1846
William Van Pelt	1951–1965	Wisconsin	Republican	1905–1996
Henry Van Rensselaer	1841–1843	New York	Whig	1810–1864
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer	1789–1791	New York	Anti-Administration	1738–1810
Killian Van Rensselaer	1801–1811	New York	Federalist	1763–1845
Solomon Van Rensselaer	1819–1822	New York	Federalist	1774–1852
Stephen Van Rensselaer III	1822–1825	New York	Federalist	1764–1839
	1825–1829		National Republican
Joshua Van Sant	1853–1855	Maryland	Democratic	1803–1884
Isaac W. Van Schaick	1885–1887 1889–1891	Wisconsin	Republican	1817–1901
Thomas Van Swearingen	1819–1821	Virginia	Democratic-Republican	1784–1822
	1821–1822		Federalist
Philadelph Van Trump	1867–1873	Ohio	Democratic	1810–1874
Robert B. Van Valkenburgh	1861–1865	New York	Republican	1821–1888
H. Clay Van Voorhis	1893–1905	Ohio	Republican	1852–1927
John Van Voorhis	1879–1883 1893–1895	New York	Republican	1826–1905
Nelson H. Van Vorhes	1875–1879	Ohio	Republican	1822–1882
Marshall Van Winkle	1905–1907	New Jersey	Republican	1869–1957
Charles Van Wyck	1859–1863 1867–1869 1870–1871	New York	Republican	1824–1895
William W. Van Wyck	1821–1825	New York	Democratic-Republican	1777–1840
James E. Van Zandt	1939–1943 1947–1963	Pennsylvania	Republican	1898–1986
John L. Vance	1875–1877	Ohio	Democratic	1839–1921
Joseph Vance	1821–1825	Ohio	Democratic-Republican	1786–1852
	1825–1835		National Republican
	1843–1847		Whig
Robert B. Vance	1873–1885	North Carolina	Democratic	1828–1899
Robert Brank Vance	1823–1825	North Carolina	Democratic-Republican	1793–1827
Robert J. Vance	1887–1889	Connecticut	Democratic	1854–1902
Zebulon Baird Vance	1858–1861	North Carolina	Democratic	1830–1894
Chris Van Hollen	2003–2017	Maryland	Democratic	1959–
Guy Vander Jagt	1966–1993	Michigan	Republican	1931–2007
Richard Vander Veen	1974–1977	Michigan	Democratic	1922–2006
Tom Vandergriff	1983–1985	Texas	Democratic	1926–2010
Aaron Vanderpoel	1833–1837 1839–1841	New York	Democratic	1799–1870
Abraham Vanderveer	1837–1839	New York	Democratic	1781–1839
William Vandever	1859–1861	Iowa	Republican	1817–1893
	1887–1891	California
Willard Duncan Vandiver	1897–1905	Missouri	Democratic	1854–1932
Charles Vanik	1955–1981	Ohio	Democratic	1913–2007
John I. Vanmeter	1843–1845	Ohio	Whig	1798–1875
William S. Vare	1912–1923 1923–1927	Pennsylvania	Republican	1867–1934
John Varnum	1825–1831	Massachusetts	National Republican	1778–1836
Joseph Bradley Varnum	1795–1811	Massachusetts	Democratic-Republican	1750/1-1821
Horace Worth Vaughan	1913–1915	Texas	Democratic	1867–1922
William Wirt Vaughan	1871–1873	Tennessee	Democratic	1831–1878
Albert C. Vaughn	1951	Pennsylvania	Republican	1894–1951
Richard Vaux	1890–1891	Pennsylvania	Democratic	1816–1895
William D. Veeder	1877–1879	New York	Democratic	1835–1910
John H. G. Vehslage	1897–1899	New York	Democratic	1842–1904
Harold Himmel Velde	1949–1957	Illinois	Republican	1910–1985
Abraham B. Venable	1791–1795	Virginia	Anti-Administration	1758–1811
	1795–1799		Democratic-Republican
Abraham Watkins Venable	1847–1853	North Carolina	Democratic	1799–1876
Edward Carrington Venable	1889–1890	Virginia	Democratic	1853–1908
William W. Venable	1916–1921	Mississippi	Democratic	1880–1948
Bruce Vento	1977–2000	Minnesota	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	1940–2000
Daniel C. Verplanck	1803–1809	New York	Democratic-Republican	1762–1834
Gulian Crommelin Verplanck	1825–1833	New York	Democratic	1786–1870
John Paul Verree	1859–1863	Pennsylvania	Republican	1817–1889
Albert Henry Vestal	1917–1932	Indiana	Republican	1875–1932
Victor Veysey	1971–1975	California	Republican	1915–2001
Chauncey Vibbard	1861–1863	New York	Democratic	1811–1891
Michel Vidal	1868–1869	Louisiana	Republican	1824-1???
Egbert Ludovicus Viele	1885–1887	New York	Democratic	1825–1902
Joseph P. Vigorito	1965–1977	Pennsylvania	Democratic	1918–2003
Beverly M. Vincent	1937–1945	Kentucky	Democratic	1890–1980
Bird J. Vincent	1923–1931	Michigan	Republican	1880–1931
Earl W. Vincent	1928–1929	Iowa	Republican	1886–1953
William D. Vincent	1897–1899	Kansas	Populist	1852–1922
John M. Vining	1789–1793	Delaware	Pro-Administration	1758–1802
Carl Vinson	1914–1965	Georgia	Democratic	1883–1981
Fred M. Vinson	1924–1929 1931–1938	Kentucky	Democratic	1890–1953
Samuel Finley Vinton	1823–1825	Ohio	Democratic-Republican	1792–1862
	1825–1835		National Republican
	1835–1837 1843–1851		Whig
David Vitter	1999–2005	Louisiana	Republican	1961–
Weston E. Vivian	1965–1967	Michigan	Democratic	1924–
Edward Voigt	1917–1927	Wisconsin	Republican	1873–1934
Lester D. Volk	1920–1923	New York	Republican	1884–1962
Harold Volkmer	1977–1997	Missouri	Democratic	1931–2011
Henry Vollmer	1914–1915	Iowa	Democratic	1867–1930
Andrew Volstead	1903–1923	Minnesota	Republican	1860–1947
Charles Stewart Voorhees	1885–1889	Washington	Democratic	1853-1909
Daniel W. Voorhees	1861–1866 1869–1873	Indiana	Democratic	1827–1897
Charles H. Voorhis	1879–1881	New Jersey	Republican	1833–1896
Jerry Voorhis	1937–1947	California	Democratic	1901–1984
John M. Vorys	1939–1959	Ohio	Republican	1896–1968
Roger Vose	1813–1817	New Hampshire	Federalist	1763–1841
Albert L. Vreeland	1939–1943	New Jersey	Republican	1901–1975
Edward B. Vreeland	1899–1913	New York	Republican	1856–1936
Peter Dumont Vroom	1839–1841	New Jersey	Democratic	1791–1873
Barbara Vucanovich	1983–1997	Nevada	Republican	1921–2013
Charles W. Vursell	1943–1959	Illinois	Republican	1881–1974

External links

• Congressional Biographical Directory