1813 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

Virginia gained one seat after the 1810 Census, bringing its representation in the House of Representatives to 23 seats, the largest number Virginia would ever have. Virginia went from having the most representatives to having the second-most tied with Pennsylvania. New York, with its 27 seats, surpassed Virginia and remained the most populous state until the late 1960s.

Its elections were held in April 1813, after the term began but before Congress's first meeting.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[lower-alpha 1]
Virginia 1	Thomas Wilson	Federalist	1811	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ John G. Jackson (Democratic-Republican) 60.2% Thomas Wilson (Federalist) 39.8%
Virginia 2	John Baker	Federalist	1811	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.	√ Francis White (Federalist)[lower-alpha 2]
Virginia 3	John Smith	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Smith (Democratic-Republican) 82.8% Robert Page (Federalist) 17.2%
Virginia 4	William McCoy	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William McCoy (Democratic-Republican) 57.1% Samuel Blackburn (Federalist) 42.9%
Virginia 5	James Breckinridge	Federalist	1809	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Breckinridge (Federalist) 53.5% Martin MacFerrand (Democratic-Republican) 46.5%
Virginia 6	Daniel Sheffey	Federalist	1809	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Daniel Sheffey (Federalist) 74.3% Edward Campbell (Democratic-Republican) 25.7%
Virginia 7	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Federalist gain.	√ Hugh Caperton (Federalist) 53.8% Ballard Smith (Democratic-Republican) 46.2%
Virginia 8	Joseph Lewis Jr. Redistricted from the 7th district	Federalist	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) 57.8% John Love (Democratic-Republican) 42.2%
Virginia 9	John Taliaferro Redistricted from the 8th district	Democratic-Republican	1801 1803 (Retired) 1811	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Incumbent later unsuccessfully challenged the results.	√ John P. Hungerford (Democratic-Republican) 50.9% John Taliaferro (Democratic-Republican) 49.1%
Virginia 10	Aylett Hawes Redistricted from the 9th district	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Aylett Hawes (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 2] Philip R. Thompson (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 11	John Dawson Redistricted from the 10th district	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Dawson (Democratic-Republican) 97.7% Stapleton Crutchfield 1.2%
Virginia 12	John Roane Redistricted from the 11th district	Democratic-Republican	1809	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Roane (Democratic-Republican) 73.0% James Hunter (Federalist) 26.8%
Virginia 13	Burwell Bassett Redistricted from the 12th district	Democratic-Republican	1805	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain.	√ Thomas M. Bayly (Federalist) 51.4% Burwell Bassett (Democratic-Republican) 48.6%
Virginia 14	William A. Burwell Redistricted from the 13th district	Democratic-Republican	1806 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William A. Burwell (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 2]
Virginia 15	Matthew Clay Redistricted from the 14th district	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ John Kerr (Democratic-Republican) 46.4% Matthew Clay (Democratic-Republican) 34.0% William Rice (Federalist) 19.6%
Virginia 16	John Randolph Redistricted from the 15th district	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ John W. Eppes (Democratic-Republican) 54.3% John Randolph (Democratic-Republican) 45.7%
Virginia 17	James Pleasants Redistricted from the 16th district	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Pleasants (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 2]
Virginia 18	Thomas Gholson Jr. Redistricted from the 17th district	Democratic-Republican	1808 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas Gholson Jr. (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 2]
Virginia 19	Peterson Goodwyn Redistricted from the 18th district	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Peterson Goodwyn (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 2]
Virginia 20	Edwin Gray Redistricted from the 19th district	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ James Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 67.3% Edwin Gray (Democratic-Republican) 32.7%
Virginia 21	Thomas Newton Jr. Redistricted from the 20th district	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas Newton Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 64.8% Swepson Whitehead (Federalist) 35.2%
Virginia 22	Hugh Nelson Redistricted from the 21st district	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hugh Nelson (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 2]
Virginia 23	John Clopton Redistricted from the 22nd district	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Clopton (Democratic-Republican) 63.2% Richard M. Morris (Federalist)

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 1812 and 1813
• List of United States Representatives from Virginia

Notes

1. Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.
2. Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source(s).