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Virginia's 5th congressional district

98 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: John J. McGuire III R.

Holders
98
58 D · 21 R · 7 J · 6 F · 3 W · 2 U · 1 C
Longest tenure
8.6 years
Lewis Franklin Payne Jr.
Current
21 months
John J. McGuire III, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/va-5Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020James Madison · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · RepublicanJames Madison · 1791-10-24 – 1793-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Hancock · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04George Hancock · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · FederalistJohn Johns Trigg · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Johns Trigg · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Johns Trigg · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Lewis · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · FederalistAlexander Wilson · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanAlexander Wilson · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanJames Breckinridge · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · FederalistJames Breckinridge · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · FederalistJames Breckinridge · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistJames Breckinridge · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · FederalistJohn Floyd · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Floyd · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Floyd · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Randolph · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04George William Crump · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonJohn Randolph · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonThomas Tyler Bouldin · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonThomas Tyler Bouldin · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonThomas Tyler Bouldin · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJames Wood Bouldin · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonJames Wood Bouldin · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hill · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigEdmund Wilcox Hubard · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratThomas Walker Gilmer · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratShelton Farrar Leake · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Leftwich Goggin · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigPaulus Powell · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratPaulus Powell · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratThomas Stanley Bocock · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratThomas Stanley Bocock · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratThomas Stanley Bocock · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratThomas Stanley Bocock · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratRobert Ridgway · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · ConservativeAlexander Mathews Davis · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Craighead Cabell · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Craighead Cabell · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Craighead Cabell · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Craighead Cabell · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Craighead Cabell · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Craighead Cabell · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJohn Robert Brown · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanPosey Green Lester · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratPosey Green Lester · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratClaude Augustus Swanson · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratClaude Augustus Swanson · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratClaude Augustus Swanson · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratClaude Augustus Swanson · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratClaude Augustus Swanson · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratClaude Augustus Swanson · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratClaude Augustus Swanson · 1905-12-04 – 1906-01-31 · DemocratEdward Watts Saunders · 1906-11-06 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratEdward Watts Saunders · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratEdward Watts Saunders · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratEdward Watts Saunders · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratEdward Watts Saunders · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratEdward Watts Saunders · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratEdward Watts Saunders · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratEdward Watts Saunders · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratRorer Abraham James · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratJames Murray Hooker · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Whitehead · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratJoseph Whitehead · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Whitehead · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratThomas Granville Burch · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratThomas Granville Burch · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratThomas Granville Burch · 1943-01-06 – 1946-06-01 · DemocratThomas Bahnson Stanley · 1946-11-05 – 1955-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Munford Tuck · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Munford Tuck · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Munford Tuck · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · DemocratWilbur Clarence Daniel · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratWilbur Clarence Daniel · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratWilbur Clarence Daniel · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratWilbur Clarence Daniel · 1987-01-06 – 1988-01-24 · DemocratLewis Franklin Payne Jr. · 1988-06-14 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratVirgil H. Goode Jr. · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratVirgil H. Goode Jr. · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · Democrat → Independent → RepublicanVirgil H. Goode Jr. · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanThomas S. P. Perriello · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratRobert Hurt · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Hurt · 2015-01-06 – 2017-01-04 · RepublicanDenver Riggleman · 2019-01-03 – 2021-01-04 · RepublicanJohn J. McGuire III · 2025-01-03 – present · RepublicanAlexander Wilson · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanJames Wood Bouldin · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Leftwich Goggin · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigRichard Thomas Walker Duke · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · Conservative → DemocratChristopher Yancy Thomas · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanRorer Abraham James · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratJames Murray Hooker · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Munford Tuck · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratWilbur Clarence Daniel · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratThomas A. Garrett, Jr. · 2017-01-03 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanBob Good · 2021-01-03 – 2025-01-04 · Republican
John J. McGuire III R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Bob Good R
Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 4, 2025 · 4 years
Denver Riggleman R
Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 4, 2021 · 2 years
Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. R
Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 4, 2019 · 2 years
Robert Hurt R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017 · 2 years
Robert Hurt R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Thomas S. P. Perriello D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Virgil H. Goode Jr. R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Virgil H. Goode Jr. D→I→R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Virgil H. Goode Jr. D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D
Jun 14, 1988 – Jan 4, 1997 · 8.6 years
Wilbur Clarence Daniel D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 24, 1988 · 13 months
Wilbur Clarence Daniel D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Wilbur Clarence Daniel D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Wilbur Clarence Daniel D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Wilbur Clarence Daniel D
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
William Munford Tuck D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
William Munford Tuck D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
William Munford Tuck D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
William Munford Tuck D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Thomas Bahnson Stanley D
Nov 5, 1946 – Jan 4, 1955 · 8.2 years
Thomas Granville Burch D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jun 1, 1946 · 3.4 years
Thomas Granville Burch D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Thomas Granville Burch D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Joseph Whitehead D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Joseph Whitehead D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Joseph Whitehead D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
James Murray Hooker D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Rorer Abraham James D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
James Murray Hooker D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Edward Watts Saunders D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Rorer Abraham James D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Edward Watts Saunders D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Edward Watts Saunders D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Edward Watts Saunders D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Edward Watts Saunders D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Edward Watts Saunders D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Edward Watts Saunders D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Edward Watts Saunders D
Nov 6, 1906 – Mar 4, 1907 · 4 months
Claude Augustus Swanson D
Dec 4, 1905 – Jan 31, 1906 · 2 months
Claude Augustus Swanson D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Claude Augustus Swanson D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Claude Augustus Swanson D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Claude Augustus Swanson D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Claude Augustus Swanson D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Claude Augustus Swanson D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Posey Green Lester D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Posey Green Lester D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Robert Brown R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
George Craighead Cabell D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
George Craighead Cabell D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
George Craighead Cabell D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
George Craighead Cabell D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
George Craighead Cabell D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
George Craighead Cabell D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Alexander Mathews Davis D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Christopher Yancy Thomas R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Robert Ridgway C
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Richard Thomas Walker Duke C→D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Thomas Stanley Bocock D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Thomas Stanley Bocock D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Thomas Stanley Bocock D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Thomas Stanley Bocock D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Paulus Powell D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Paulus Powell D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
William Leftwich Goggin W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Shelton Farrar Leake D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Thomas Walker Gilmer D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
William Leftwich Goggin W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
John Hill W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
James Wood Bouldin D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
James Wood Bouldin J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Thomas Tyler Bouldin J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
James Wood Bouldin J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Thomas Tyler Bouldin J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Thomas Tyler Bouldin J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John Randolph J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
George William Crump J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
John Randolph
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
John Floyd R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
John Floyd R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
John Floyd R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
James Breckinridge F
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
James Breckinridge F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
James Breckinridge F
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
James Breckinridge F
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Alexander Wilson R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Alexander Wilson R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
Thomas Lewis F
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
Alexander Wilson R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
John Johns Trigg R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
John Johns Trigg R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
John Johns Trigg R
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
George Hancock F
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
George Hancock
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
James Madison R
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1793 · 16 months
James Madison R
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

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