Virginia's 1st Congressional District

Virginia's 1st Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and Virginia's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

Robert Wittman (Republican) currently represents Virginia's 1st Congressional District. See Robert Wittman's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Virginia's 1st Congressional District:

• Jo Ann Davis — Republican (until 2007)
• Herbert Bateman — Republican (until 2000)
• Thomas Downing — Democrat (until 1977)
• Edward Robeson — Democrat (until 1959)
• Schuyler Bland — Democrat (until 1951)
• William Jones — Democrat (until 1919)
• Thomas Browne — Republican (until 1891)
• Thomas Croxton — Democrat (until 1887)
• George Garrison — Democrat (until 1885)
• Robert Mayo — Readjuster (until 1885)

Virginia U.S. Senators

• Timothy Kaine — Democrat Senator
• Mark Warner — Democrat Senator
• Jim Webb — Democrat Senator
• John Warner — Republican Senator
• George Allen — Republican Senator
• Charles Robb — Democrat Senator
• Paul Trible — Republican Senator
• Harry Byrd — Independent Senator
• William Scott — Republican Senator
• William Spong — Democrat Senator
• Absalom Robertson — Democrat Senator
• Harry Byrd — Democrat Senator
• Thomas Burch — Democrat Senator
• Carter Glass — Democrat Senator
• Claude Swanson — Democrat Senator
• Thomas Martin — Democrat Senator
• John Daniel — Democrat Senator
• Eppa Hunton — Democrat Senator
• John Barbour — Democrat Senator
• Harrison Riddleberger — Republican Senator
• William Mahone — Republican Senator
• John Johnston — Democrat Senator
• Robert Withers — Democrat Senator
• John Lewis — Republican Senator
• Lemuel Bowden — Unionist Senator
• John Carlile — Unionist Senator
• Robert Hunter — Democrat Senator
• James Mason — Democrat Senator
• Isaac Pennybacker — Democrat Senator
• William Archer — Whig Senator
• William Rives — Whig Senator
• William Roane — Democrat Senator
• Richard Parker — Democrat Senator
• John Tyler — Senator
• Benjamin Leigh — Anti-Jacksonian Senator
• Littleton Tazewell — Jackson Senator
• James Barbour — Republican Senator
• John Taylor — Republican Senator
• James Pleasants — Republican Senator
• John Eppes — Republican Senator
• Armistead Mason — Republican Senator
• Richard Brent — Republican Senator
• William Giles — Republican Senator
• Andrew Moore — Republican Senator
• Abraham Venable — Republican Senator
• Stevens Mason — Republican Senator
• Henry Tazewell — Republican Senator
• James Monroe — Anti-Administration Senator
• Richard Lee — Anti-Administration Senator
• William Grayson — Anti-Administration Senator
• John Walker — Pro-Administration Senator

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