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This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of December 8, 2024, the 118th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
The following is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Virginia ordered by District number. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Virginia. The list of names ...
Current U.S. representatives from Virginia District Member (Residence) [1] Party Incumbent since CPVI (2022) [2] District map 1st: Rob Wittman : Republican December 11, 2007 R+6: 2nd: Jen Kiggans (Virginia Beach) Republican January 3, 2023 R+2: 3rd: Bobby Scott (Newport News) Democratic January 3, 1993 D+17: 4th: Jennifer McClellan : Democratic
Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives. The number of voting seats within the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, with each one representing an average of 761,169 people following the 2020 United States census. [1]
The 1860 census allotted 11 seats to Virginia, but 3 were assigned to West Virginia, established in 1863. Virginia was left with 8 seats. [4] For most of this decade, however, Virginian representatives were not seated in Congress because of Virginia's secession in the Civil War. After January 26, 1870, Virginia was allowed to seat members.
The Speaker is usually a member of the majority party and, as Speaker, becomes the most powerful member of the House. The House shares legislative power with the Senate, the upper house of the General Assembly. The House of Delegates is the modern-day successor to the colonial House of Burgesses, which first met at Jamestown in 1619. The House ...
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the U.S. representatives from the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia, one from each of the state's eleven congressional districts.
New Kent County was established in 1654 from York County, Virginia. Kent County, England: 26,134: 210 sq mi (544 km 2) Northampton County: 131: Eastville: 1634: Original county of the Colony under England, initially named Accomac Shire. In 1642, it was renamed Northampton County. However, in 1663, Northampton County was divided into two counties.