Virginia's 19th congressional district

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Virginia Congressional District 19 is an obsolete congressional district in Virginia. It was created in 1793 after the 1790 U.S. Census and was eliminated in 1843 after the 1840 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was George W. Summers.

Boundaries

The congressional district existed for fifty years. During that time it moved around the Commonwealth, from the east of Virginia to the west (since 1863 in the state of West Virginia). Although all the counties in the district after particular boundary changes have not been confirmed, it is possible to give a general indication of the part of the state involved. This is based on notes in Dubin's book about incomplete returns.

1793–1803: The district included Westmoreland and Northumberland counties in the Northern Neck peninsula of eastern Virginia.

1803–1813: The district number was re-allocated to the south-east of the state, bordering on North Carolina, including Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry and Sussex counties.

1813–1823: The district moved north-west of its previous incarnation to include Dinwiddie and Nottoway counties.

1823–1833: The district moved west to overlap the post 1863-boundary between Virginia and West Virginia, in what at the time was the middle of the Commonwealth. The territory in the district included Bath County, Virginia and what subsequently became Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

1833–1843: The district extended to the western edge of the pre-1863 Virginia. It included the now West Virginia counties of Cabell, Fayette, Logan and Nicholas.

List of representatives

Representative	Lived	Party	Term	Note
District created: March 4, 1793
John Heath	(1758–1810)	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
		Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	Declined to run
Walter Jones	(1745–1815)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	Declined to run
Henry Lee	(1756–1818)	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	Declined to run
John Taliaferro	(1768–1852)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	Declined to run
Edwin Gray	(1743–????)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813	Declined to run
Peterson Goodwyn	(1745–1818)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – February 21, 1818	Died
Vacant			February 22, 1818 – April 20, 1818	Special election April 1818
John Pegram	(1773–1831)	Democratic-Republican	April 21, 1818 – March 3, 1819	Declined to run
James Jones	(1772–1848)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823	Declined to run
William McCoy	(????–1864)	Crawford Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
		Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833	Declined to run
William McComas	(1795–1865)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
		Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Andrew Beirne	(1771–1845)	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
George W. Summers	(1804–1868)	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	Elected in VA-14
District eliminated March 4, 1843

Election results

When complete vote totals are not available, incomple vote totals are in brackets. All Virginia general congressional elections, for Virginia, in the period covered by this article, were held after the start of the legal term of the Congress. The congressional term started on March 4 in odd numbered years. The Virginia election was usually held in March or April. The House mostly convened for the first time during one of the last three months of the year.

U.S. House election; March 18, 1793: Virginia, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anti-Administration	John Heath	(95) Elected	N/A	N/A
		Walter Jones	(137) Defeated	N/A	N/A
		Francis Lee	(2) Defeated	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A

• Note (1793): Returns from Westmoreland County only. Party label for Heath taken from the Wikipedia article on the 3rd Congress, as Dubin gives no party labels for this election.

U.S. House election; March 16, 1795: Virginia, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic-Republican	John Heath	Elected unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A

• Note (1795): Incomplete data.

U.S. House election; March 20, 1797: Virginia, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic-Republican	Walter Jones	(127) Elected	N/A	N/A
		-. Ball	(70) Defeated	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A

• Note (1797): Returns from Westmoreland County only.

References

• United States Congressional Elections, 1788–1997: The Official Results, by Michael J. Dubin (McFarland and Company, 1998)
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present