# Virginia's 12th congressional district

Virginia's 12th congressional district is an obsolete U.S. congressional district. It was eliminated in 1863 after the 1860 U.S. census. Its last member of Congress was Kellian V. Whaley.

## List of members representing the district

| Representative | Party | Term | Cong ress | Electoral history |
| District established March 4, 1793 |||||
| John Page (Gloucester County) | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | 3rd 4th | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Lost re-election. |
| John Page (Gloucester County) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | 3rd 4th | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Lost re-election. |
| Thomas Evans | Federalist | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1801 | 5th 6th | Elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Retired. |
| John Stratton | Federalist | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | 7th | Elected in 1801. Retired. |
| Thomas Griffin (Yorktown) | Federalist | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | 8th | Elected in 1803. Lost re-election. |
| Burwell Bassett (Williamsburg) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1813 | 9th 10th 11th 12th | Elected in 1805. Re-elected in 1807. Re-elected in 1809. Re-elected in 1811. Redistricted to the 13th district and lost re-election. |
| John Roane (Uppowac) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | 13th | Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1813. Retired. |
| William H. Roane (Dunkirk) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | 14th | Elected in 1815. Retired. |
| Robert S. Garnett (Lloyds) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825 | 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th | Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Retired. |
| Robert S. Garnett (Lloyds) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th | Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Retired. |
| John Roane (Rumford Academy) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 | 20th 21st | Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Retired. |
| John J. Roane (Rumford Academy) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | 22nd | Elected in 1831. Retired. |
| William F. Gordon (Charlottesville) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | 23rd | Elected in 1833. Lost re-election. |
| James Garland (Lovingston) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | 24th 25th 26th | Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Lost re-election. |
| James Garland (Lovingston) | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | 24th 25th 26th | Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Lost re-election. |
| James Garland (Lovingston) | Conservative | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | 24th 25th 26th | Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Lost re-election. |
| Thomas W. Gilmer (Charlottesville) | Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | 27th | Elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 5th district. |
| Augustus A. Chapman (Union) | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | 28th 29th | Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Retired. |
| William B. Preston (Blacksburg) | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | 30th | Elected in 1847. Appt. Secretary of the Navy. |
| Henry A. Edmundson (Salem) | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1861 | 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th | Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Retired. |
| Kellian V. Whaley (Ceredo) | Union | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | 37th | Elected in 1861. Retired. |
| District dissolved March 4, 1863 |||||