The total population of the district is 643,499. Median Age for the district is 37.1 years. 79.1% of the district is white, 16.2% Black or African American, 2.3% Asian and 2.0% Hispanic or Latino. Owner-occupied housing is 72.8% and Renter-occupied housing is 27.2%. The median value of single-family owner-occupied homes is $128,800. 84.9% of the district population has at least a High School degree, 33.2% at least a Bachelor's degree or higher. 13.5% of the district are civilian veterans. 15.9% are of disability status (5 years or older). 4.8% are Foreign born and 6.8% speak a language other than English at home. 68.6% of the district is in the labor force, which consists of those 16 years and older. Mean travel time to work is 26.3 minutes. Median household income is $50,990. Per capita income is $25,861. 4.4% of the population account for families living below the poverty level, and 6.1% of individuals live below the poverty level.[1]
| Representative |
Lived |
Party |
Term |
Note |
| District created: March 4, 1789 |
| John Page |
(1744-1808) |
Anti-Administration |
March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1793 |
Re-elected in VA-12 |
| Abraham B. Venable |
(1758-1811) |
Anti-Administration |
March 4, 1793 - March 3, 1795 |
|
| Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1799 |
Retired |
| John Randolph |
(1773-1833) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1799 - March 3, 1803 |
Re-elected in VA-15 |
| Joseph Lewis, Jr. |
(1772-1834) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1813 |
Re-elected in VA-8 |
| Hugh Caperton |
(1781-1847) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1815 |
Defeated |
| Ballard Smith |
|
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1821 |
Defeated |
| William Smith |
|
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823 |
Re-elected in VA-21 |
| Jabez Leftwich |
(1765-1855) |
Crawford Republican |
March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 |
Defeated |
| Nathaniel H. Claiborne |
(1777-1859)) |
Jackson Republican |
March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829 |
|
| Jacksonian |
March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1833 |
|
| Democratic |
March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835 |
Changed parties |
| National Republican |
March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837 |
Defeated
|
| Archibald Stuart |
(1795-1855) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1839 |
Defeated |
| William L. Goggin |
(1807-1870) |
Whig |
March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1843 |
Defeated |
| Henry A. Wise |
(1806-1876) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1843 - February 12, 1844 |
Resigned |
| Vacant |
February 13, 1844 - May 5, 1844 |
Special election |
| Thomas H. Bayly |
(1810-1856) |
Democratic |
May 6, 1844 - March 3, 1853 |
Re-elected in VA-1 |
| William Smith |
(1797-1887) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1861 |
Resigned |
| Representation during the Civil War |
| Union District |
| Vacant |
March 4, 1861 - May 22, 1862 |
Special election May 23, 1861 |
| Charles H. Upton |
(1812-1877) |
Unionist |
May 23, 1861 - February 27, 1862 |
Declared un-entitled to seat |
| Vacant |
February 28, 1862 - February 15, 1863 |
Special election |
| Lewis McKenzie |
(1810-1895) |
Unionist |
February 16, 1863 - March 3, 1863 |
Retired |
| Vacant |
March 4, 1863 - March 18, 1865 |
|
| Confederate District |
| James P. Holcombe |
(1820-1873) |
Independent |
February 18, 1862 - February 17, 1864 |
Retired |
| William C. Rives |
(1793-1868) |
Independent |
February 18, 1864 - March 7, 1865 |
Resigned |
| Vacant |
March 8, 1865 - March 18, 1865 |
C.S.A. House adjourned |
| Restoration of the Union |
| Representation inactive |
March 18, 1865 - January 25, 1870 |
Readmission to the Union |
| Vacant |
January 26, 1870 - January 30, 1870 |
Representative seated |
Lewis McKenzie
(2nd time) |
(1810-1895) |
Conservative |
January 31, 1870 - March 3, 1871 |
Defeated |
| Elliott M. Braxton |
(1823-1891) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873 |
Defeated |
| John T. Harris |
(1823-1899) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1881 |
Retired |
| John Paul |
(1839-1901) |
Readjuster |
March 4, 1881 - September 5, 1883 |
Appointed as judge |
| Vacant |
September 6, 1883 - May 4, 1884 |
O'Ferrall declared Rep. |
| Charles T. O'Ferrall |
(1840-1905) |
Democratic |
May 5, 1884 - December 28, 1893 |
Elected governor of Virginia |
| Vacant |
December 29, 1893 - January 29, 1894 |
Special election |
| Smith S. Turner |
(1842-1898) |
Democratic |
January 30, 1894 - March 3, 1897 |
Retired |
| James Hay |
(1856-1931) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1897 - October 1, 1916 |
Appt. judge U.S. Court of Claims |
| Vacant |
October 2, 1916 - November 6, 1916 |
|
| Thomas W. Harrison |
(1856-1935) |
Democratic |
November 7, 1916 - December 15, 1922 |
Election successfully contested |
| John Paul |
(1883-1964) |
Republican |
December 15, 1922 - March 3, 1923 |
Defeated |
Thomas W. Harrison
(2nd time) |
(1856-1935) |
Democratic |
[March 4]], 1923 - March 3, 1929 |
Defeated |
| Jacob A. Garber |
(1879-1953) |
Republican |
[March 4]], 1929 - March 3, 1931 |
Defeated |
| John W. Fishburne |
(1868-1937) |
Democratic |
[March 4]], 1931 - March 3, 1933 |
Retired |
| State using at-large format |
March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 |
|
| A. Willis Robertson |
(1887-1971) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1935 - November 5, 1946 |
Elected to U.S. Senate |
| Burr P. Harrison |
(1904-1973) |
Democratic |
November 5, 1946 - January 3, 1963 |
Retired |
| John O. Marsh, Jr. |
(b. 1926) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1971 |
Retired |
| J. Kenneth Robinson |
(1916-1990) |
Republican |
January 3, 1971 - January 3, 1985 |
Retired |
| D. French Slaughter, Jr. |
(1925-1998) |
Republican |
January 3, 1985 - November 5, 1991 |
Resigned due to illness |
| George Allen |
(b. 1952) |
Republican |
November 5, 1991 - January 3, 1993 |
Ran for VA Governor |
| Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. |
(b. 1932) |
Republican |
January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2001 |
Moved from VA-3 in 1993, retired in 2001 |
| Eric I. Cantor |
(b. 1963) |
Republican |
January 3, 2001 - Current |
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