Representative Party Term Cong ress Electoral history District established March 4, 1789 Isaac Coles (Coles Hill ) Anti-Administration March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 1st Elected in 1789 .Re-elected in 1790 . Retired. Abraham B. Venable (Farmville ) Anti-Administration March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 2nd Elected in 1790 . Redistricted to the 7th district . Isaac Coles (Coles Hill ) Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 3rd 4th Elected in 1793 .Re-elected in 1795 . Retired.Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 Matthew Clay (Richmond ) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 5th 6th 7th Elected in 1797 .Re-elected in 1799 .Re-elected in 1801 . Redistricted to the 14th district .Abram Trigg (Christiansburg ) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809 8th 9th 10th Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1803 .Re-elected in 1805 .Re-elected in 1807 . Retired. Daniel Sheffey (Wythe County ) Federalist March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1817 11th 12th 13th 14th Elected in 1809 .Re-elected in 1811 .Re-elected in 1813 .Re-elected in 1815 . Retired. Alexander Smyth (Wythe County ) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 15th 16th 17th Elected in 1817 .Re-elected in 1819 .Re-elected in 1821 . Redistricted to the 22nd district . George Tucker (Lynchburg ) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 18th Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1823 . Lost re-election.Thomas Davenport (Meadville ) Jackson March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd Elected in 1825 .Re-elected in 1827 .Re-elected in 1829 .Re-elected in 1831 .Re-elected in 1833 . Lost re-election.Anti-Jackson March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 Walter Coles (Robertsons Store ) Jackson March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 24th 25th 26th 27th Elected in 1835 .Re-elected in 1837 .Re-elected in 1839 .Re-elected in 1841 . Redistricted to the 3rd district .Democratic March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 John W. Jones (Petersburg ) Democratic March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 28th Elected in 1843 . Retired. James A. Seddon (Richmond ) Democratic March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 29th Elected in 1845 . Retired. John M. Botts (Richmond ) Whig March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 30th Elected in 1847 . Lost re-election. James A. Seddon (Richmond ) Democratic March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 31st Elected in 1849 . Retired. John S. Caskie (Richmond ) Democratic March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 32nd Elected in 1851 . Redistricted to the 3rd district .Paulus Powell (Amherst ) Democratic March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 33rd 34th 35th Elected in 1853 .Re-elected in 1855 .Re-elected in 1857 . Lost re-election.Shelton F. Leake (Charlottesville ) Independent Democratic March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 36th Elected in 1859 . Retired.District inactive March 4, 1861 – January 26, 1870 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st Civil War and Reconstruction William Milnes Jr. (Shenandoah Iron Works ) Conservative January 27, 1870 – March 3, 1871 41st Elected in 1870 . Lost re-election. John T. Harris (Harrisonburg ) Democratic March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 42nd Elected in 1870 . Redistricted to the 7th district . Thomas Whitehead (Amherst ) Democratic March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 43rd Elected in 1872 . Retired. John R. Tucker (Lexington ) Democratic March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1885 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th Elected in 1874 .Re-elected in 1876 .Re-elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 .Re-elected in 1882 . Redistricted to the 10th district . John W. Daniel (Lynchburg ) Democratic March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 49th Elected in 1884 . Elected to the U.S. Senate Samuel I. Hopkins (Lynchburg ) Labor Party March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 50th Elected in 1886 . Retired. Paul C. Edmunds (Halifax ) Democratic March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 51st 52nd 53rd Elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 .Re-elected in 1892 . Retired. Peter J. Otey (Lynchburg ) Democratic March 4, 1895 – May 4, 1902 54th 55th 56th 57th Elected in 1894 .Re-elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 . Died.Vacant May 5, 1902 – November 3, 1902 57th E. Carter Glass (Lynchburg ) Democratic November 4, 1902 – December 16, 1918 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th Elected to finish Otey's term .Elected the same day to the next term .Re-elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 .Re-elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 . Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Treasury .Vacant December 17, 1918 – February 24, 1919 65th James P. Woods (Roanoke ) Democratic February 25, 1919 – March 3, 1923 65th 66th 67th Elected to finish Glass's term .Elected the same day to the next term . Lost re-election. Clifton A. Woodrum (Roanoke ) Democratic March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd Elected in 1922 .Elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 . Redistricted to the at-large seat .District inactive March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 73rd Clifton A. Woodrum (Roanoke ) Democratic January 3, 1935 – December 31, 1945 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th Redistricted from the at-large seat and re-elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 . Resigned. Vacant December 31, 1945 – January 22, 1946 79th J. Lindsay Almond (Roanoke ) Democratic January 22, 1946 – April 17, 1948 79th 80th Elected to finish Woodrum's term .Re-elected in 1946 . Elected Attorney General of Virginia .Vacant April 17, 1948 – November 2, 1948 80th Clarence G. Burton (Lynchburg ) Democratic November 2, 1948 – January 3, 1953 80th 81st 82nd Elected to finish Almond's term .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 . Lost re-election. Richard H. Poff (Radford ) Republican January 3, 1953 – August 29, 1972 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd Elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 . Resigned when appointed Virginia Supreme Court justice.Vacant August 29, 1972 – November 7, 1972 92nd M. Caldwell Butler (Roanoke ) Republican November 7, 1972 – January 3, 1983 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th Elected to finish Poff's term .Re-elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 . Retired. Jim Olin (Roanoke ) Democratic January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd Elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 . Retired. Bob Goodlatte (Roanoke ) Republican January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2019 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th Elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 . Retired. Ben Cline (Fincastle ) Republican January 3, 2019 – present 116th 117th 118th Elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .Re-elected in 2022 .