Virginia's 12th congressional district is an obsolete U.S. congressional district. It was eliminated in 1863 after the 1860 U.S. census. Its last member of Congress was Kellian V. Whaley.
List of members representing the district
Representative Party Term Congress Electoral history District established March 4, 1793 John Page Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –March 3, 1795 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1793.Re-elected in 1795.Lost re-election. Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –March 3, 1797 Thomas Evans Federalist March 4, 1797 –March 3, 1801 Elected in 1797.Re-elected in 1799.Retired. John Stratton Federalist March 4, 1801 –March 3, 1803 Elected in 1801.Retired. Thomas Griffin Federalist March 4, 1803 –March 3, 1805 Elected in 1803.Lost re-election. Burwell Bassett Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 –March 3, 1813 Elected in 1805.Re-elected in 1807.Re-elected in 1809.Re-elected in 1811.Redistricted to the and lost re-election. John Roane Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 –March 3, 1815 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1813.Retired. William H. Roane Democratic-Republican March 4, 1815 –March 3, 1817 Elected in 1815.Retired. Robert S. Garnett Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –March 3, 1825 Elected in 1817.Re-elected in 1819.Re-elected in 1821.Re-elected in 1823.Re-elected in 1825.Retired. Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1827 John Roane Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –March 3, 1831 Elected in 1827.Re-elected in 1829.Retired. John J. Roane Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –March 3, 1833 Elected in 1831.Retired. William F. Gordon Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1835 Elected in 1833.Lost re-election. James Garland Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1835.Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839.Lost re-election. Democratic March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1839 Conservative March 4, 1839 –March 3, 1841 Thomas W. Gilmer Whig March 4, 1841 –March 3, 1843 Elected in 1841.Redistricted to the . Augustus A. Chapman Democratic March 4, 1843 –March 3, 1847 Elected in 1843.Re-elected in 1845.Retired. William B. Preston Whig March 4, 1847 –March 3, 1849 Elected in 1847.Appt. Secretary of the Navy. Henry A. Edmundson Democratic March 4, 1849 –March 3, 1861 Elected in 1849.Re-elected in 1851.Re-elected in 1853.Re-elected in 1855.Re-elected in 1857.Re-elected in 1859.Retired. Kellian V. Whaley Union March 4, 1861 –March 3, 1863 Elected in 1861.Retired. District dissolved March 4, 1863
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References
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present