1801_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia Knowpia

Only ten of the nineteen Virginia incumbents were re-elected.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Virginia 1	Robert Page	Federalist	1799	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ John Smith (Democratic-Republican) 59.3% Phillip C. Pendleton (Federalist) 40.7%
Virginia 2	David Holmes	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ David Holmes^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican) Alexander Sinclair (Federalist)
Virginia 3	George Jackson	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	√ George Jackson^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican) Jonathan J. Jacobs (Federalist) Skidmore^{[Note 2]} (Federalist)
Virginia 4	Abram Trigg	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Abram Trigg^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 5	John J. Trigg	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John J. Trigg^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 6	Matthew Clay	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Matthew Clay^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 7	John Randolph	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Randolph^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 8	Samuel Goode	Federalist	1799	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Thomas Claiborne^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 9	Joseph Eggleston	Democratic-Republican	1798 (Special)	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ William B. Giles^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 10	Edwin Gray	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Edwin Gray^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican) Nicholas Faulcon (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 11	Josiah Parker	Federalist	1789	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Thomas Newton Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 93.6% John Niveson (Federalist) 5.7% Josiah Parker (Federalist) 0.7%
Virginia 12	Thomas Evans	Federalist	1797	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.	√ John Stratton^{[Note 1]} (Federalist) John Page (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 13	Littleton Waller Tazewell	Democratic-Republican	1800 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ John Clopton^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican) Samuel Tyler (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 14	Samuel J. Cabell	Democratic-Republican	1795	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Samuel J. Cabell^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 15	John Dawson	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Dawson^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 16	Anthony New	Democratic-Republican	1793	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Anthony New^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican) Carter Braxton James M. Garnett (Democratic-Republican) Tunstall Banks Andrew Monroe Richard Banks Archibald Petetrie
Virginia 17	Leven Powell	Federalist	1799	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Richard Brent^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican) Leven Powell (Federalist) Joseph Lane Samuel Clapham
Virginia 18	John Nicholas	Democratic-Republican	1793	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Philip R. Thompson^{[Note 1]} (Democratic-Republican) John Blackwell (Federalist)
Virginia 19	Henry Lee	Federalist	1799	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ John Taliaferro (Democratic-Republican) 63.0% John Taylor (Federalist) 37.0%

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