Virginia's 18th congressional district

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"VA-18" redirects here. VA-18 may also refer to Virginia State Route 18.

Virginia Congressional District 18 is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1843 after the 1840 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was George W. Hopkins.

List of representatives

Representative	Lived	Party	Term	Note
District created: March 4, 1793
John Nicholas	(1761–1819)	style="background:" \| Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 - March 3, 1795
John Nicholas	(1761–1819)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1801	Declined to run
Philip R. Thompson	(1766–1837)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1803	Elected to VA-9
Peterson Goodwyn	(1745–1818)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1813	Elected to VA-19
Thomas Gholson, Jr.	(.......-1816)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 - July 4, 1816	Died
Vacant			July 5, 1816 - December 3, 1816	Special Election
Thomas M. Nelson	(1782–1853)	Democratic-Republican	December 4, 1816 - March 3, 1819	Declined to run
Mark Alexander	(1792–1883)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 - March 3, 1823	Elected to VA-4
Joseph Johnson	(1785–1877)	Jacksonian D-R	March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825
Joseph Johnson	(1785–1877)	style="background:" \| Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1827	Defeated
Isaac Leffler	(1788–1866)	Adams	March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1829	Defeated
Philip Doddridge	(1773–1832)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 - November 19, 1832	Died
Vacant			November 20, 1832 - January 20, 1833	Special election
Joseph Johnson	(1785–1877)	style="background:" \| Jacksonian	January 21, 1833 - March 3, 1833	Declined to run
John H. Fulton	(1792–1836)	style="background:" \| Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835	Defeated
George W. Hopkins	(1804–1861)	style="background:" \| Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837
		Democratic	March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1839
		Conservative	March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1841
		Democratic	March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843	Elected to VA-13
District eliminated March 4, 1843

References

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

v t e Virginia's congressional districts

All districts At-large The 12th-23rd and at-large districts are obsolete See also Virginia's past and present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations Recent U.S. House elections in Virginia: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 All U.S. districts Apportionment Redistricting Gerrymandering Virginia Maps

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Virginia's 18th congressional district