Virginia's 9th congressional district

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Map of Virginia's 9th Congressional District
Map of Virginia's 9th Congressional District

Virginia's ninth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia, covering much of the southwestern part of the state. The current representative is Rick Boucher (D).









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Representative Lived Party Term Note
District created: March 4, 1789
Theodorick Bland (1742-1790) Anti-Administration March 4, 1789 - June 1, 1790 Died in office
Vacant June 2, 1790 - December 6, 1790 Special election
William B. Giles (1762-1830) Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 - March 3, 1795
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 - October 2, 1798 Resigned
Vacant October 3, 1798 - December 2, 1798 Special election
Joseph Eggleston (1754-1811) Democratic-Republican December 3, 1798 - March 3, 1801 Retired
William B. Giles
(2nd time)
(1762-1830) Democratic-Republcian March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1803 Appointed to U.S. Senate
Philip R. Thompson (1766-1837) Democratic-Republcian March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1807 Retired
John Love (.......-1822) Democratic-Republcian March 4, 1807 - March 3, 1811 Retired
Aylett Hawes (1768-1833) Democratic-Republcian March 4, 1811 - March 3, 1813 Re-elected in VA-10
John P. Hungerford (1761-1833) Democratic-Republcian March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1817 Retired
William L. Ball (1781-1824) Democratic-Republcian March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1823 Re-elected in VA-13
Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857) Crawford Republcian March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825
Jackson Republcian March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829
Jacksonian March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1833 Re-elected in VA-11
William P. Taylor National Republcian March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835 Defeated
John Roane (1766-1838) Democratic March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837 Retired
Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887) Whig March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1843 Defeated
Samuel Chilton (1805-1867) Whig March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 Retired
John S. Pendleton (1802-1868) Whig March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1849 Defeated
Jeremiah Morton (1799-1878) Whig March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 Defeated
James F. Strother (1811-1860) Whig March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 Defeated
John Letcher (1813-1884) Democratic March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1859 Ran for VA Governorship
John T. Harris (1823-1899) Independent Democratic March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861 Seat terminated
Representation during the Civil War
Union District
Vacant March 4, 1861 - March 18, 1865
Confederate District
William Smith (1797-1887) Independent February 18, 1862 - April 4, 1863 Resigned for military duty
Vacant April 5, 1863 - December 6, 1863 Special election
David Funsten (1819-1866) Independent December 7, 1863 - March 18, 1865 C.S.A. House adjourned
Restoration of the Union
Representation inactive March 18, 1865 - January 25, 1870 Readmission to the Union
District inactive January 26, 1870 - March 3, 1873
District re-created: March 4, 1873
Rees T. Bowen (1809-1879) Democratic March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 Retired
William Terry (1824-1888) Democratic March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877 Defeated
Auburn L. Pridemore (1837-1900) Democratic March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879 Defeated
James B. Richmond (1842-1910) Democratic March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1881 Defeated
Abram Fulkerson (1834-1902) Democratic March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883 Retired
Henry Bowen (1841-1915) Readjuster March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 Defeated
Connally F. Trigg (1847-1907) Democratic March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1887 Defeated
Henry Bowen
(2nd time)
(1841-1915) Republican March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889 Defeated
John A. Buchanan (1843-1921) Democratic March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1893 Retired
James W. Marshall (1844-1911) Democratic March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895 Defeated
James A. Walker (1832-1901) Republican March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1899 Defeated
William F. Rhea (1858-1931) Democratic March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1903 Defeated
Campbell Slemp (1839-1907) Republican March 4, 1903 - October 13, 1907 Died in office
Vacant October 14, 1907 - December 16, 1907 Special election December 1907
C. Bascom Slemp (1870-1943) Republican December 17, 1907 - March 3, 1923 Retired
George C. Peery (1873-1952) Democratic March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1929 Retired
Joseph C. Shaffer (1880-1958) Republican March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1931 Defeated
John W. Flannagan, Jr. (1885-1955) Democratic March 4, 1931 - March 3, 1933 Re-elected in VA-AL
State using at-large format March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935
John W. Flannagan, Jr.
(2nd time)
(1885-1955) Democratic January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1949 Retired
Thomas B. Fugate (1899-1980) Democratic January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1953 Retired
William C. Wampler (b. 1926) Republican January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1955 Defeated
William P. Jennings (1919-1994) Democratic January 3, 1955 - January 3, 1967 Defeated
William C. Wampler
(2nd time)
(b. 1926) Republican January 3, 1967 - January 3, 1983 Defeated
Frederick C. Boucher (b. 1946) Democratic January 3, 1983 - Current


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