1805 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Virginia 1 John G. Jackson Democratic-Republican 1803 Incumbent re-elected. John G. Jackson (Democratic-Republican) 57.2%
Thomas Wilson (Federalist) 42.8%
Virginia 2 James Stephenson Federalist 1803 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
John Morrow (Democratic-Republican)[a]
James Stephenson (Federalist)
Virginia 3 John Smith Democratic-Republican 1801 Incumbent re-elected. John Smith (Democratic-Republican)[a]
Virginia 4 David Holmes Democratic-Republican 1797 Incumbent re-elected. David Holmes (Democratic-Republican)[a]
Virginia 5 Alexander Wilson Democratic-Republican 1804 (Special) Incumbent re-elected. Alexander Wilson (Democratic-Republican) 60.6%
Robert Bailey (Quid) 39.4%
Virginia 6 Abram Trigg Democratic-Republican 1797 Incumbent re-elected. Abram Trigg (Democratic-Republican)[a]
Virginia 7 Joseph Lewis Jr. Federalist 1803 Incumbent re-elected. Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) 54.3%
William Elzey (Democratic-Republican) 45.7%
Virginia 8 Walter Jones Democratic-Republican 1803 Incumbent re-elected. Walter Jones (Democratic-Republican) 99.0%
Henry Lee (Federalist) 1.0%
Virginia 9 Philip R. Thompson Democratic-Republican 1793 Incumbent re-elected. Philip R. Thompson (Democratic-Republican)[a]
Virginia 10 John Dawson Democratic-Republican 1797 Incumbent re-elected. John Dawson (Democratic-Republican) 66.2%
James Barbour (Quid) 33.8%
Virginia 11 Anthony New Democratic-Republican 1793 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
James M. Garnett (Democratic-Republican)[a]
Carter Braxton
John Roane (Democratic-Republican)
John Smith
Archibald Ritchie
Virginia 12 Thomas Griffin Federalist 1803 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Burwell Bassett (Democratic-Republican) 65.1%
Thomas Griffin (Federalist) 34.9%
Virginia 13 Christopher H. Clark Democratic-Republican 1804 (Special) Incumbent re-elected. Christopher H. Clark (Democratic-Republican)[a]
Virginia 14 Matthew Clay Democratic-Republican 1797 Incumbent re-elected. Matthew Clay (Democratic-Republican) 88.9%
William Lewis (Federalist) 11.1%
Virginia 15 John Randolph Democratic-Republican 1799 Incumbent re-elected. John Randolph (Democratic-Republican)[a]
Virginia 16 John W. Eppes Democratic-Republican 1803 Incumbent re-elected. John W. Eppes (Democratic-Republican)[a]
Virginia 17 Thomas Claiborne Democratic-Republican 1793
1801
Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
John Claiborne (Democratic-Republican) 72.7%
Mark Alexander (Democratic-Republican) 27.3%
Virginia 18 Peterson Goodwyn Democratic-Republican 1803 Incumbent re-elected. Peterson Goodwyn (Democratic-Republican)[a]
Virginia 19 Edwin Gray Democratic-Republican 1799 Incumbent re-elected. Edwin Gray (Democratic-Republican)[a]
Virginia 20 Thomas Newton Jr. Democratic-Republican 1799 Incumbent re-elected. Thomas Newton Jr. (Democratic-Republican)
Unopposed
Virginia 21 Thomas M. Randolph Democratic-Republican 1803 Incumbent re-elected. Thomas M. Randolph (Democratic-Republican) 63.7%
Walter Leake (Quid) 36.3%
Virginia 22 John Clopton Democratic-Republican 1801 Incumbent re-elected. John Clopton (Democratic-Republican)[a]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source.