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.

Representative	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1803
Thomas M. Randolph Jr. (Edge Hill)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807	8th 9th	Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1805. Retired.
Wilson C. Nicholas (Charlottesville)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – November 27, 1809	10th 11th	Elected in 1807. Re-elected in 1809. Resigned.
Vacant		November 28, 1809 – January 16, 1810	11th
David S. Garland (Clifford)	Democratic-Republican	January 17, 1810 – March 3, 1811		Elected to finish Nicholas's term. Retired.
Hugh Nelson (Milton)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1811. Redistricted to the 22nd district.
Thomas Newton Jr. (Norfolk)	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 (Lewisburg)	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 (Weston)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833	20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Retired.
Edgar C. Wilson (Morgantown)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Elected in 1833. Lost re-election.
William S. Morgan (White Day)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th	Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Retired.
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Lewis Steenrod (Wheeling)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 15th district.
District dissolved March 4, 1843

• 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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