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Virginia's 1st congressional district

96 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Robert J. Wittman R.

Holders
96
49 D · 30 R · 5 F · 3 J · 3 W · 2 U · 2 A · 1 U · 1 R
Longest tenure
12 years
Robert J. Wittman
Current
12 years
Robert J. Wittman, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/va-1Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Alexander White · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04Alexander White · 1791-10-24 – 1793-03-04Robert Rutherford · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Rutherford · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Morgan · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistRobert Page · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistJohn Smith · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · RepublicanJohn George Jackson · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanJohn George Jackson · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanJohn George Jackson · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam McKinley · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Wilson · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · FederalistJohn George Jackson · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanJohn George Jackson · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanJames Pindall · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · FederalistJames Pindall · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · FederalistEdward Brake Jackson · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Newton Jr. · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Newton Jr. · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsThomas Newton Jr. · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsThomas Newton Jr. · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Newton Jr. · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Loyall · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonGeorge Loyall · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonFrancis Mallory · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJoel Holleman · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Mallory · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigArchibald Atkinson · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratArchibald Atkinson · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratArchibald Atkinson · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJohn Singleton Millson · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJohn Singleton Millson · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratThomas Henry Bayly · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratThomas Henry Bayly · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratMuscoe Russell Hunter Garnett · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratMuscoe Russell Hunter Garnett · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Eggleston Segar · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · UnionistRichard Small Ayer · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Critcher · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratJames Beverley Sener · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanBeverly Browne Douglas · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratBeverly Browne Douglas · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratRichard Lee Turberville Beale · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Tankard Garrison · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Tankard Garrison · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratThomas Croxton · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratThomas Henry Bayly Browne · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Henry Bayly Browne · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Atkinson Jones · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Atkinson Jones · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Atkinson Jones · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Atkinson Jones · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Atkinson Jones · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Atkinson Jones · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Atkinson Jones · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Atkinson Jones · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Atkinson Jones · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Atkinson Jones · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Atkinson Jones · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Atkinson Jones · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Atkinson Jones · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Atkinson Jones · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratSchuyler Otis Bland · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratSchuyler Otis Bland · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratSchuyler Otis Bland · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratSchuyler Otis Bland · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratSchuyler Otis Bland · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratSchuyler Otis Bland · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratSchuyler Otis Bland · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratSchuyler Otis Bland · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratSchuyler Otis Bland · 1943-01-06 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratThomas Nelms Downing · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratThomas Nelms Downing · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratThomas Nelms Downing · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratThomas Nelms Downing · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratThomas Nelms Downing · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratPaul Seward Trible Jr. · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanPaul Seward Trible Jr. · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanHerbert H. Bateman · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanHerbert H. Bateman · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanHerbert H. Bateman · 1999-01-06 – 2000-09-12 · RepublicanJo Ann S. Davis · 2001-01-03 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJo Ann S. Davis · 2003-01-07 – 2007-10-07 · RepublicanRobert J. Wittman · 2007-12-13 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanRobert J. Wittman · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanRobert J. Wittman · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanJohn George Jackson · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Brake Jackson · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Loyall · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonFrancis Mallory · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigMuscoe Russell Hunter Garnett · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratRichard Lee Turberville Beale · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratRobert Murphy Mayo · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · ReadjusterSchuyler Otis Bland · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratEdward John Robeson Jr. · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratHerbert H. Bateman · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · Republican
Robert J. Wittman R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Robert J. Wittman R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Robert J. Wittman R
Dec 13, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 13 months
Jo Ann S. Davis R
Jan 7, 2003 – Oct 7, 2007 · 4.7 years
Jo Ann S. Davis R
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 2 years
Herbert H. Bateman R
Jan 6, 1999 – Sep 12, 2000 · 20 months
Herbert H. Bateman R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Herbert H. Bateman R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Herbert H. Bateman R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Paul Seward Trible Jr. R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Paul Seward Trible Jr. R
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Thomas Nelms Downing D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Thomas Nelms Downing D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Thomas Nelms Downing D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Thomas Nelms Downing D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Thomas Nelms Downing D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Edward John Robeson Jr. D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
Schuyler Otis Bland D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1951 · 8 years
Schuyler Otis Bland D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Schuyler Otis Bland D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Schuyler Otis Bland D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Schuyler Otis Bland D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Schuyler Otis Bland D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Schuyler Otis Bland D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Schuyler Otis Bland D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Schuyler Otis Bland D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Atkinson Jones D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Schuyler Otis Bland D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Atkinson Jones D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Atkinson Jones D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Atkinson Jones D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Atkinson Jones D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Atkinson Jones D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Atkinson Jones D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Atkinson Jones D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
William Atkinson Jones D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
William Atkinson Jones D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
William Atkinson Jones D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
William Atkinson Jones D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
William Atkinson Jones D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
William Atkinson Jones D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Thomas Croxton D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
George Tankard Garrison D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Robert Murphy Mayo R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
George Tankard Garrison D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Richard Lee Turberville Beale D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Beverly Browne Douglas D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Richard Lee Turberville Beale D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Beverly Browne Douglas D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
James Beverley Sener R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Critcher D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Richard Small Ayer R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Joseph Eggleston Segar U
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Thomas Henry Bayly D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Thomas Henry Bayly D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Singleton Millson D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Singleton Millson D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Archibald Atkinson D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Archibald Atkinson D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Archibald Atkinson D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Francis Mallory W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Joel Holleman D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Francis Mallory W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Francis Mallory W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
George Loyall J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
George Loyall J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Thomas Newton Jr. R
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Thomas Newton Jr. R
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
George Loyall J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Thomas Newton Jr. A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Thomas Newton Jr. A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Thomas Newton Jr. R
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Edward Brake Jackson R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
James Pindall F
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Edward Brake Jackson R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
James Pindall F
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
John George Jackson R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
John George Jackson R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Thomas Wilson F
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
William McKinley R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
John George Jackson R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
John George Jackson R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
John George Jackson R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
John George Jackson R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
John Smith R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
Robert Page F
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
Daniel Morgan F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Robert Rutherford R
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
Robert Rutherford R
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
Alexander White
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1793 · 16 months
Alexander White
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.