Virginia's 21st congressional district
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
District created March 4, 1803.
| Representative | Party | Term | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thomas M. Randolph Jr. |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
8th 9th |
Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1805. Retired. |
 Wilson C. Nicholas |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 – November 27, 1809 |
10th 11th |
Elected in 1807. Re-elected in 1809. Resigned. |
| Vacant | November 28, 1809 – January 9, 1810 | |||
| David S. Garland | Democratic-Republican | January 10, 1810 – March 3, 1811 |
11th | Elected in December 1809 to finish Nicholas's term and seated January 17, 1810. Retired. |
 Hugh Nelson |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
12th | Elected in 1811. Redistricted to the 22nd district. |
| Thomas Newton Jr. | 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 | Crawford 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 | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833 |
20th 21st 22nd |
Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. [data unknown/missing] Retired. |
| Edgar C. Wilson | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
| William S. Morgan | Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th 25th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired. |
| Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | |||
| Lewis Steenrod | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
26th 27th |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 15th district. |
District eliminated 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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