# Virginia's 13th congressional district

Virginia's 13th congressional district is an obsolete U.S. congressional district. Its last member of Congress was Elbert S. Martin.

## List of members representing the district

| Member | Party | Term | Cong ress | Electoral history |
| District established March 4, 1793 |||||
| Samuel Griffin (Williamsburg) | Pro-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | 3rd | Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1793. Retired. |
| John Clopton (New Kent County) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799 | 4th 5th | Elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1797. Lost re-election. |
| John Marshall (Delaplane) | Federalist | March 4, 1799 – June 7, 1800 | 6th | Elected in 1799. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State. |
| Vacant | Vacant | June 8, 1800 – November 25, 1800 | 6th | |
| Littleton W. Tazewell (Norfolk) | Democratic-Republican | November 26, 1800 – March 3, 1801 | 6th | Elected to finish Marshall's term. Retired. |
| John Clopton (New Kent County) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | 7th | Elected in 1801. Redistricted to the 22nd district. |
| John J. Trigg (Liberty) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – May 17, 1804 | 8th | Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1803. Died. |
| Vacant | Vacant | May 18, 1804 – November 4, 1804 | 8th | |
| Christopher H. Clark (New London) | Democratic-Republican | November 5, 1804 – July 1, 1806 | 8th 9th | Elected in October 1804 to finish Trigg's term and seated November 5, 1804. Re-elected in 1805. Resigned. |
| Vacant | Vacant | July 2, 1806 – November 30, 1806 | 9th | |
| William A. Burwell (Rocky Mount) | Democratic-Republican | December 1, 1806 – March 3, 1813 | 9th 10th 11th 12th | Elected in early November 1806 to finish Clark's term and seated December 1, 1806. Re-elected in 1807. Re-elected in 1809. Re-elected in 1811. Redistricted to the 14th district. |
| Thomas M. Bayly (Drummondtown) | Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | 13th | Elected in 1813. Retired. |
| Burwell Bassett (Williamsburg) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819 | 14th 15th | Elected in 1815. Re-elected in 1817. Lost re-election. |
| Severn E. Parker (Eastville) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | 16th | Elected in 1819. Lost re-election. |
| Burwell Bassett (Williamsburg) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | 17th | Elected in 1821. Redistricted to the 8th district. |
| William L. Ball (Nuttsville) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – February 29, 1824 | 18th | Elected in 1823. Died. |
| Vacant | Vacant | March 1, 1824 – March 23, 1824 | 18th | |
| John Taliaferro (Fredericksburg) | Democratic-Republican | March 24, 1824 – March 3, 1825 | 18th 19th 20th 21st | Elected to finish Ball's term. Re-elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Lost re-election. |
| John Taliaferro (Fredericksburg) | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831 | 18th 19th 20th 21st | Elected to finish Ball's term. Re-elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Lost re-election. |
| Joseph W. Chinn (Nuttsville) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | 22nd | Elected in 1831. Redistricted to the 10th district. |
| John M. Patton (Fredericksburg) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | 23rd 24th 25th | Elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Resigned. |
| John M. Patton (Fredericksburg) | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – April 7, 1838 | 23rd 24th 25th | Elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Resigned. |
| Vacant | Vacant | April 8, 1838 – April 27, 1838 | 25th | |
| Linn Banks (Madison) | Democratic | April 28, 1838 – December 6, 1841 | 25th 26th 27th | Elected to finish Patton's term. Re-elected in 1839. Election invalided. |
| William Smith (Culpeper) | Democratic | December 6, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | 27th | Elected in 1841. Lost re-election. |
| George W. Hopkins (Abingdon) | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | 28th 29th | Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Appt. Chargé d'Affaires to Portugal. |
| Andrew S. Fulton (Wytheville) | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | 30th | Elected in 1847. Retired. |
| LaFayette McMullen (Rye Cove) | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1857 | 31st 32nd 33rd 34th | Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Appt. Governor of Washington Territory. |
| George W. Hopkins (Abingdon) | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | 35th | Elected in 1857. Retired. |
| Elbert S. Martin (Lee County) | Independent Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | 36th | Elected in 1859. Lost re-election. |
| District inactive | District inactive | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | 37th | Civil War |
| District dissolved March 4, 1863 |||||