1811 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates^[a]
Virginia 1	William McKinley	Democratic-Republican	1810 (Special)^[1]	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain.	√ Thomas Wilson (Federalist) 52.3% William McKinley (Democratic-Republican) 47.7%^[2]
Virginia 2	James Stephenson	Federalist	1809	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.	√ John Baker (Federalist) 56.5% Daniel Morgan (Democratic-Republican) 43.5%
Virginia 3	John Smith	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Smith (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
Virginia 4	Jacob Swoope	Federalist	1809	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ William McCoy (Democratic-Republican) 52.6% Samuel Blackburn (Federalist) 47.4%
Virginia 5	James Breckinridge	Federalist	1809	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Breckinridge (Federalist) 58.4% Thomas L. Preston (Democratic-Republican) 41.6%
Virginia 6	Daniel Sheffey	Federalist	1809	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Daniel Sheffey (Federalist) Unopposed
Virginia 7	Joseph Lewis Jr.	Federalist	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) 80.0% John Love (Democratic-Republican) 19.9%
Virginia 7	John Love Moved from the 9th district	Democratic-Republican	1807	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic-Republican loss.
Virginia 8	Walter Jones	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. John Taliaferro (Democratic-Republican), was seated on December 2, 1811 after successfully challenging the election in the House Committee on Elections.^[3]	√ John Hungerford (Democratic-Republican) 50.2%^[4] John Taliaferro (Democratic-Republican) 49.8%
Virginia 9	Open seat			Open seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Aylett Hawes (Democratic-Republican) 72.7% George F. Strother (Democratic-Republican) 26.3%
Virginia 10	John Dawson	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Dawson (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
Virginia 11	John Roane	Democratic-Republican	1809	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Roane^[b] (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 12	Burwell Bassett	Democratic-Republican	1805	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Burwell Bassett (Democratic-Republican) 59.5%^[c] John Eyre (Federalist) 40.5%
Virginia 13	William A. Burwell	Democratic-Republican	1806 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William A. Burwell (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
Virginia 14	Matthew Clay	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Matthew Clay (Democratic-Republican)^[d] John Kerr (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 15	John Randolph Moved from the 16th district	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Randolph (Democratic-Republican) 67.8% John W. Eppes (Democratic-Republican) 32.2%
Virginia 15	John W. Eppes Moved from the 16th district	Democratic-Republican	1807	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic-Republican loss.
Virginia 16	Open seat			Open seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ James Pleasants (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
Virginia 17	Thomas Gholson Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1808 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas Gholson Jr. (Democratic-Republican)^[b]
Virginia 18	Peterson Goodwyn	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Peterson Goodwyn (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
Virginia 19	Edwin Gray	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Edwin Gray (Democratic-Republican) 62.2% Samuel Butler (Democratic-Republican) 37.8%
Virginia 20	Thomas Newton Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas Newton Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 97.7% Robert B. Taylor (Federalist) 2.3%
Virginia 21	David S. Garland	Democratic-Republican	1809 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Hugh Nelson (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
Virginia 22	John Clopton	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Clopton (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed

Notes

^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.
^ ^a ^b Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source(s).
^ Based on incomplete returns
^ Detailed data not available, but margin of victory given as 223 votes

References

^ "Virginia 1810 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, Special". Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
^ "Virginia 1811 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1". Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Virginia 1811 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Archived from the original on March 7, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2018.

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[8] Detailed data not available, but margin of victory given as 223 votes

[2] "Virginia 1810 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, Special". Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2018.

[3] "Virginia 1811 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1". Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2018.

[12thRoster-4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "Virginia 1811 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Archived from the original on March 7, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2018.

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