Virginia increased its apportionment from 19 to 22 seats after the 1800 census. Virginia's congressional delegation remained the largest of any state, but would lose this distinction permanently after the Census of 1810. Elections were held over three days in April 1803.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First
elected | Result | Candidates |
|---|
| VA|1|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|3|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1795
1797 (Lost)
1799 | Incumbent retired.
New member (incumbent's son) elected.
Democratic-Republican hold. | √ John G. Jackson{{efn|name="nr"|Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source}} (Democratic-Republican)
Thomas Wilson (Federalist) |
| VA|2|X}} | None (District created) | New seat.
New member elected.
Federalist gain. | √ James Stephenson (Federalist) 53.6%
Osborn Sprigg (Democratic-Republican) 46.4% |
| VA|3|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|1|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Smith (Democratic-Republican) 89.9%
Joseph Sexton (Democratic-Republican) 10.1% |
| VA|4|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|2|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ David Holmes{{efn|name="nr"}} (Democratic-Republican)
Isaac Van Meter (Federalist) |
| VA|5|X}} | None (District created) | New seat.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Results were subsequently challenged and overturned.{{efn|Thomas Lewis Jr. (Federalist) was initially declared the winner with 1,004 votes for Lewis, 832 for Andrew Moore (Democratic-Republican), and 423 for John Woodward (Federalist). However, upon investigation by the House Committee on Elections, it was determined that 355 votes for Lewis and 124 votes for Moore were cast by individuals who did not meet Virginia's voter qualifications, making the adjusted totals 708 legal votes for Moore and 649 legal votes for Lewis, thus, the Committee awarded this seat to Moore on March 5, 1804.[1]}} | √ Thomas Lewis Jr. (Federalist) 44.4%
Andrew Moore (Democratic-Republican) 36.8%
John Woodward (Federalist) 18.7% |
| VA|6|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|4|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Abram Trigg{{efn|name="nr"}} (Democratic-Republican) |
| VA|7|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|17|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist gain. | √ Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) 56.5%
Richard Brent (Democratic-Republican) 43.5% |
| VA|8|X}} | None (District created) | New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain. | √ Walter Jones{{efn|name="nr"}}{{efn|Only the two top candidates listed here, partial returns suggest Jones won by a very large majority}} (Democratic-Republican)
James Ball (Federalist) |
| VA|9|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|18|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1793 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Philip R. Thompson{{efn|name="nr"}} (Democratic-Republican) |
| VA|10|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|15|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Dawson{{efn|name="nr"}} (Democratic-Republican)
William I. Callis (Federalist) |
| VA|11|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|16|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1793 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Anthony New (Democratic-Republican) 71.4%
John Taylor (Federalist) 28.6% |
| VA|12|X}} | None (District created) | New seat.
New member elected.
Federalist gain. | √ Thomas Griffin (Federalist) 50.8%
Burwell Bassett (Democratic-Republican) 49.2% |
| VA|13|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|5|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John J. Trigg{{efn|name="nr"}} (Democratic-Republican) |
| VA|14|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|6|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Matthew Clay (Democratic-Republican) 88.9%
James Hurt (Federalist) 11.1% |
| VA|15|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|7|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1799 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Randolph{{efn|name="nr"}} (Democratic-Republican)
Paul Carrington (Federalist)
Abraham B. Venable (Democratic-Republican)
Ischaxner Woodson |
| VA|16|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|9|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1790 (Special)
1798 (Resigned)
1801 | Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold. | √ John W. Eppes{{efn|name="nr"}} (Democratic-Republican) |
| VA|17|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|8|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1793
1801 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Thomas Claiborne (Democratic-Republican) 51.3%
Richard Field (Federalist) 48.7% |
| VA|18|X}} | None (District created) | New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain. | √ Peterson Goodwyn (Democratic-Republican) 66.9%
James Jones (Federalist) 33.1% |
| VA|19|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|10|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1799 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Edwin Gray{{efn|name="nr"}} (Democratic-Republican) |
| VA|20|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|11|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1799 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Thomas Newton Jr.{{efn|name="nr"}} (Democratic-Republican) |
| VA|21|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|14|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1795 | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold. | √ Thomas M. Randolph (Democratic-Republican) 50.4%
Samuel J. Cabell (Democratic-Republican) 49.6% |
| VA|22|X}} | | {{Small>Redistricted from the {{ushr|VA|13|C}}}}Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Clopton{{efn|name="nr"}} (Democratic-Republican)
James Rind (Federalist) |
1. ^{{Cite web | url=http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=va.uscongress.5.1803#note_5 | title=A New Nation Votes: American Elections Returns 1787-1825: Virginia 1803 House of Representatives District 5}}
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