Virginia's 21st congressional district

Virginia Congressional District 21 is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1843 after the 1840 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Lewis Steenrod.

List of representatives

Representative	Lived	Party	Term	Note
District created: March 4, 1803
Thomas M. Randolph, Jr.	(1768–1828)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807	Declined to run
Wilson C. Nicholas	(1761–1820)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – November 27, 1809	Declined to run
Vacant			November 28, 1809 – January 9, 1810	Special election
David S. Garland	(1769–1841)	Democratic-Republican	January 10, 1810 – March 3, 1811	Defeated
Hugh Nelson	(1768–1836)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	Elected to VA-22
Thomas Newton, Jr.	(1768–1847)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1823	Elected to VA-1
William Smith		Crawford D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
		Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	Declined to run
Lewis Maxwell	(1790–1862)	Adams	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
		Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833	Declined to run
Edgar C. Wilson	(1800–1860)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	Defeated
William S. Morgan	(1801–1878)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
		Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	Declined to run
Lewis Steenrod	(1810–1862)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	Elected to VA-15
District eliminated March 4, 1843

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present