1793_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia Knowpia

Virginia gained nine representatives from the 1790 census, and in addition, the old 2nd district was lost after its territory became the new State of Kentucky. There were, therefore, ten new districts created for the 3rd Congress.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Virginia 1	Alexander White	Pro-Administration	1789	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ Robert Rutherford (Anti-Admin) 56.6% John Smith (Anti-Admin) 25.8% Alexander White (Pro-Admin) 17.6%
Virginia 2	Andrew Moore Redistricted from the 3rd district	Anti-Administration	1789	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Andrew Moore (Anti-Admin)^[1]
Virginia 3	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ Joseph Neville (Anti-Admin)^[1] George Jackson (Anti-Admin) Jeremiah Jacobs William MacCleery
Virginia 4	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. Results subsequently challenged but upheld.	√ Francis Preston (Anti-Admin) Abraham Trigg
Virginia 5	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain.	√ George Hancock (Pro-Admin) 60.5% Charles Clay 34.0% Calohill Minnis 5.5%
Virginia 6	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ Isaac Coles (Anti-Admin)^[1]
Virginia 7	Abraham B. Venable Redistricted from the 6th district	Anti-Administration	1790	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Abraham B. Venable (Anti-Admin)^[1] Joseph Wyatt Thomas Scott (Pro-Admin) Tarlton Woodson (Pro-Admin)
Virginia 8	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ Thomas Claiborne (Anti-Admin)^[1] Richard Kennon Jesse Brown J. Nicholson
Virginia 9	William B. Giles	Anti-Administration	1790	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William B. Giles (Anti-Admin)^[1] Robert Bolling
Virginia 10	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ Carter B. Harrison (Anti-Admin)^[1] John H. Briggs
Virginia 11	Josiah Parker Redistricted from the 8th district	Anti-Administration	1789	Incumbent re-elected. as Pro-Administration	√ Josiah Parker (Pro-Admin^[2])^[1] John Neirson
Virginia 12	John Page Redistricted from the 7th district	Anti-Administration	1789	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Page (Anti-Admin)^[1]
Virginia 13	Samuel Griffin Redistricted from the 10th district	Anti-Administration	1789	Incumbent re-elected. as Pro-Administration	√ Samuel Griffin (Pro-Admin^[3])^[1]
Virginia 14	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ Francis Walker (Anti-Admin)^[1]
Virginia 15	James Madison, Jr. Redistricted from the 5th district	Anti-Administration	1789	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Madison, Jr. (Anti-Admin)^[1]
Virginia 16	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ Anthony New (Anti-Admin)^[1] John Roane (Anti-Admin) Francis Corbin
Virginia 17	Richard Bland Lee Redistricted from the 4th district	Pro-Administration	1789	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Bland Lee (Pro-Admin)^[1]
Virginia 18	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ John Nicholas (Anti-Admin)^[1] William Pickett
Virginia 19	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ John Heath (Anti-Admin)^[1] Walter Jones (Anti-Admin) Francis L. Lee

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data
^ Had previously been Anti-Administration, but switched to Pro-Administration/Federalist from this point on
^ Had been Anti-Administration in the previous election

[nr-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data

[2] Had previously been Anti-Administration, but switched to Pro-Administration/Federalist from this point on

[3] Had been Anti-Administration in the previous election

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