Virginia's 9th congressional district

Virginia's 9th congressional district
Current Representative		Morgan Griffith (R–Salem)
Population (2000)	643,514
Median income	$29,783
Ethnicity	94.0% White, 3.9% Black, 0.8% Asian, 1.1% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.0% other
Cook PVI	R+15

Virginia's ninth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia, covering much of the southwestern part of the state. The 9th is Virginia's second-largest district in area, covering 8800.24 square miles (slightly larger than the whole state of New Jersey). The current representative is Morgan Griffith (R). Despite the fact that the district had been in Democratic hands for nearly three decades, Republican presidential candidate John McCain received 59% of the vote in the 9th district in 2008, his best performance in any of Virginia's eleven congressional districts. The 9th District is the only district in Virginia that cast more votes for Hillary Clinton than Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary. Clinton won more than 60% of the vote here despite Congressman Boucher's endorsement of Obama.

The district from 2003 to 2013

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	McCain 59 - 40%[citation needed]
2004	President	Bush 60 - 39%[citation needed]
2001	Governor	Warner 52 - 47%[citation needed]
	Lieutenant Governor	Katzen 49 - 49%[citation needed]
	Attorney General	Kilgore 69 - 31%[citation needed]
2000	President	Bush 55 - 42%[citation needed]
	Senator	Allen 57 - 43%[citation needed]
1997	Governor	Gilmore 57 - 41%[citation needed]
	Lieutenant Governor	Hager 51 - 44%[citation needed]
	Attorney General	Earley 56 - 44%[citation needed]
1996	President	Clinton 46 - 43%[citation needed]
	Senator	Warner 55 - 45%[citation needed]

Area covered

It covers all or part of the following political subdivisions:

Counties

The entirety of:

• Lee
• Wise
• Dickenson
• Buchanan
• Scott
• Russell
• Tazewell
• Washington
• Smyth
• Bland
• Giles
• Grayson
• Wythe
• Pulaski
• Montgomery
• Carroll
• Craig
• Floyd
• Patrick

Portions of:

• Alleghany
• Roanoke
• Henry

Cities

• Bristol
• Galax
• Martinsville
• Norton
• Radford
• Salem

List of representatives

Representative	Lived	Party	Term	Note
District created: March 4, 1789
Theodorick Bland	(1742–1790)	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 - June 1, 1790	Died
Vacant			June 2, 1790 - December 6, 1790	Special election
William B. Giles	(1762–1830)	Anti-Administration	December 7, 1790 - March 4, 1795
		Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 - October 2, 1798	Resigned
Vacant			October 3, 1798 - December 2, 1798	Special election
Joseph Eggleston	(1754–1811)	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1798 - March 4, 1801	Declined to run
William B. Giles	(1762–1830)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 - March 4, 1803	Appointed to U.S. Senate
Philip R. Thompson	(1766–1837)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 - March 4, 1807	Declined to run
John Love	(.......-1822)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 - March 4, 1811	Declined to run
Aylett Hawes	(1768–1833)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 - March 4, 1813	Elected VA-10
John P. Hungerford	(1761–1833)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 - March 4, 1817	Declined to run
William L. Ball	(1781–1824)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 - March 4, 1823	Elected to VA-13
Andrew Stevenson	(1784–1857)	Crawford D-R	March 4, 1823 - March 4, 1825
		Jackson	March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1833	Elected to VA-11
William P. Taylor		Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 - March 4, 1835	Defeated
John Roane	(1766–1838)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 - March 4, 1837	Declined to run
Robert M. T. Hunter	(1809–1887)	Whig	March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1843	Defeated
Samuel Chilton	(1805–1867)	Whig	March 4, 1843 - March 4, 1845	Declined to run
John S. Pendleton	(1802–1868)	Whig	March 4, 1845 - March 4, 1849	Defeated
Jeremiah Morton	(1799–1878)	Whig	March 4, 1849 - March 4, 1851	Defeated
James F. Strother	(1811–1860)	Whig	March 4, 1851 - March 4, 1853	Defeated
John Letcher	(1813–1884)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 - March 4, 1859	Ran for Governor of Virginia
John T. Harris	(1823–1899)	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1859 - March 4, 1861	Declined to run
Vacant			March 4, 1861 - June 19, 1863	Civil War
District eliminated June 20, 1863
District re-created: March 4, 1873
Rees T. Bowen	(1809–1879)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 - March 4, 1875	Declined to run
William Terry	(1824–1888)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 - March 4, 1877	Defeated
Auburn L. Pridemore	(1837–1900)	Democratic	March 4, 1877 - March 4, 1879	Defeated
James B. Richmond	(1842–1910)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 - March 4, 1881	Defeated
Abram Fulkerson	(1834–1902)	Democratic	March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883	Declined to run
Henry Bowen	(1841–1915)	Readjuster	March 4, 1883 - March 4, 1885	Defeated
Connally F. Trigg	(1847–1907)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 - March 4, 1887	Defeated
Henry Bowen	(1841–1915)	Republican	March 4, 1887 - March 4, 1889	Defeated
John A. Buchanan	(1843–1921)	Democratic	March 4, 1889 - March 4, 1893	Declined to run
James W. Marshall	(1844–1911)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 - March 4, 1895	Defeated
James A. Walker	(1832–1901)	Republican	March 4, 1895 - March 4, 1899	Defeated
William F. Rhea	(1858–1931)	Democratic	March 4, 1899 - March 4, 1903	Defeated
Campbell Slemp	(1839–1907)	Republican	March 4, 1903 - October 13, 1907	Died
Vacant			October 14, 1907 - December 16, 1907	Special election December 1907
C. Bascom Slemp	(1870–1943)	Republican	December 17, 1907 - March 4, 1923	Declined to run
George C. Peery	(1873–1952)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 - March 4, 1929	Declined to run
Joseph C. Shaffer	(1880–1958)	Republican	March 4, 1929 - March 4, 1931	Defeated
John W. Flannagan, Jr.	(1885–1955)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 - March 4, 1933	Elected to VA-AL
District eliminated March 4, 1933
District recreated: January 3, 1935
John W. Flannagan, Jr.	(1885–1955)	Democratic	January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1949	Declined to run
Thomas B. Fugate	(1899–1980)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1953	Declined to run
William C. Wampler	(1926-2012)	Republican	January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1955	Defeated
William P. Jennings	(1919–1994)	Democratic	January 3, 1955 - January 3, 1967	Defeated
William C. Wampler	(1926-2012)	Republican	January 3, 1967 - January 3, 1983	Defeated
Frederick C. Boucher	(b. 1946)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 - January 3, 2011	Defeated
Morgan Griffith	(b. 1958)	Republican	January 3, 2011 – Present	Incumbent

References

• 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