Virginia's 12th congressional district

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Representative Lived Party Term Note
District created: March 4, 1793
John Page (1744-1808) Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 - March 3, 1795
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1797 Retired
Thomas Evans (1755-1815) Federalist March 4, 1797 - March 3, 1801 Retired
John Stratton (1769-1804) Federalist March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1803 Retired
Thomas Griffin (1773-1837) Federalist March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1805 Retired
Burwell Bassett (1764-1841) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 - March 3, 1813 Defeated
John Roane (1766-1838) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1815 Retired
William H. Roane (1787-1845) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1817 Retired
Robert S. Garnett (1789-1840) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1823
Crawford Republican March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825
Jackson Republican March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1827 Retired
John Roane
(2nd time)
(1766-1838) Jackson Republican March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1829
Jacksonian March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1831 Retired
John J. Roane (1794-1869) Jacksonian March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1833 Retired
William F. Gordon (1787-1858) Democratic March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835 Defeated
James Garland (1791-1885) Democratic March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1839 Changed parties
Conservative March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1841 Defeated
Thomas W. Gilmer (1802-1844) Whig March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843 Re-elected in VA-5
Augustus A. Chapman (1805-1876) Democratic March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1847 Retired
William B. Preston (1805-1862) Whig March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849 Appt. Secretary of the Navy
Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890) Democratic March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1861 Resigned
Representation during the Civil War
Union District
Kellian V. Whaley (1821-1876) Unionist March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 District part of West Virginia
District inactive March 4, 1863 - March 18, 1865
Confederate District
Walter R. Staples (1826-1897) Independent February 18, 1862 - March 18, 1865 C.S.A. House adjourned
Restoration of the Union
District inactive March 19, 1865 - Current