Virginia's 18th congressional district is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1843 after the 1840 U.S. census. Its last congressman was George W. Hopkins.
List of members representing the district
Representative Party Term Congress Electoral history District established March 4, 1793 John Nicholas Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –March 3, 1795 Elected in 1793.Re-elected in 1795.Re-elected in 1797.Re-elected in 1799.Retired. Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –March 3, 1801 Philip R. Thompson Democratic-Republican March 4, 1801 –March 3, 1803 Elected in 1801.Redistricted to the . Peterson Goodwyn Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –March 3, 1813 Elected in 1803.Re-elected in 1805.Re-elected in 1807.Re-elected in 1809.Re-elected in 1811.Redistricted to the . Thomas Gholson, Jr. Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 –July 4, 1816 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1813.Re-elected in 1815.Died. Vacant July 5, 1816 –December 3, 1816 Thomas M. Nelson Democratic-Republican December 4, 1816 –March 3, 1819 Elected to finish Gholson's term.Re-elected in 1817.Retired. Mark Alexander Democratic-Republican March 4, 1819 –March 3, 1823 Elected in 1819.Re-elected in 1821.Redistricted to the . Joseph Johnson Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –March 3, 1825 Elected in 1823.Re-elected in 1825.Lost re-election. Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1827 Isaac Leffler Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –March 3, 1829 Elected in 1827.Lost re-election. Philip Doddridge Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –November 19, 1832 Elected in 1829.Re-elected in 1831.Died. Vacant November 20, 1832 –January 20, 1833 Joseph Johnson Jacksonian January 21, 1833 –March 3, 1833 Elected January 1, 1833 to finish Doddridge's term and seated January 21, 1833.Retired. John H. Fulton Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1835 Elected in 1833.Lost re-election. George W. Hopkins Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1835.Re-elected in 1837.Re-elected in 1839.Re-elected in 1841.Redistricted to the . Democratic March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1839 Conservative March 4, 1839 –March 3, 1841 Democratic March 4, 1841 –March 3, 1843 District dissolved March 4, 1843
References
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present