Virginia's 15th congressional district

Virginia Congressional District 15 is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1853 after the 1850 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Sherrard Clemens.

List of representatives

Representative	Lived	Party	Term	Note
District created: March 4, 1793
James Madison	(1751–1836)	style="background:" \| Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 - March 4, 1795
James Madison	(1751–1836)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 - March 4, 1797	Declined to run
John Dawson	(1762–1814)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 - March 4, 1803	Elected to VA-10
John Randolph	(1773–1833)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 - March 4, 1813	Defeated
John Kerr	(1782–1842)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 - March 4, 1815	Defeated
Matthew Clay	(1754–1815)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 - May 27, 1815	Died
Vacant			May 28, 1815 - October 29, 1815	Special election
John Kerr	(1782–1842)	Democratic-Republican	October 30, 1815 - March 4, 1817	Declined to run
William J. Lewis	(1766–1828)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 - March 4, 1819	Declined to run
George Tucker	(1775–1861)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 - March 4, 1823	Elected to VA-6
John S. Barbour	(1790–1855)	Crawford D-R	March 4, 1823 - March 4, 1825
John S. Barbour	(1790–1855)	style="background:" \| Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1833	Declined to run
Edward Lucas	(1780–1858)	style="background:" \| Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 - March 4, 1837	Declined to run
James M. Mason	(1798–1871)	Democratic	March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1839	Retired
William Lucas	(1800–1877)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 - March 4, 1841	Defeated
Richard W. Barton	(1800–1859)	Whig	March 4, 1841 - March 4, 1843	Defeated
Lewis Steenrod	(1810–1862)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 - March 4, 1845	Declined to run
William G. Brown	(1800–1884)	Democratic	March 4, 1845 - March 4, 1849	Defeated
Alexander Newman	(1804–1849)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 - September 8, 1849	Died
Vacant			September 9, 1849 - November 7, 1849	Special election
Thomas S. Haymond	(1794–1869)	Whig	November 8, 1849 - March 4, 1851	Defeated
George W. Thompson	(1806–1888)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 - July 30, 1852	Appt. Circuit Court judge
Vacant			July 31, 1852 - December 5, 1852	Special election
Sherrard Clemens	(1820–1881)	Democratic	December 6, 1852 - March 4, 1853	Declined to run
District eliminated March 4, 1853

References

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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Virginia's 15th congressional district