1815 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

The United States state of Virginia held elections in April 1815.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates^[a]
Virginia 1	John G. Jackson	Democratic-Republican	1803 1810 (Resigned) 1813	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John G. Jackson (Democratic-Republican) 94.7% Others 5.3%
Virginia 2	Francis White	Federalist	1813	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist hold.	√ Magnus Tate (Federalist) 63.4% Francis White (Democratic-Republican) 36.6%
Virginia 3	John Smith	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Henry St. George Tucker (Democratic-Republican) 71.5% Griffin Taylor (Federalist) 27.6%
Virginia 4	William McCoy	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William McCoy (Democratic-Republican) 51.0% Robert Porterfield (Federalist) 49.0%
Virginia 5	James Breckinridge	Federalist	1809	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Breckinridge (Federalist) 51.5% John Floyd (Democratic-Republican) 48.5%
Virginia 6	Daniel Sheffey	Federalist	1809	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Daniel Sheffey (Federalist)^[b]
Virginia 7	Hugh Caperton	Federalist	1813	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Ballard Smith (Democratic-Republican)^[b] John Matthews (Federalist)
Virginia 8	Joseph Lewis Jr.	Federalist	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) 52.0% Armistead Mason (Democratic-Republican) 48.0%
Virginia 9	John P. Hungerford	Democratic-Republican	1813	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John P. Hungerford (Democratic-Republican) 56.9% William Brent (Democratic-Republican) 43.1%
Virginia 10	Aylett Hawes	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Aylett Hawes (Democratic-Republican) 59.4% John Scott (Federalist) 40.6%
Virginia 11	Philip P. Barbour	Democratic-Republican	1814 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Philip P. Barbour (Democratic-Republican)^[b] John Mercer (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 12	John Roane	Democratic-Republican	1809	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ William H. Roane (Democratic-Republican) 78.1% James M. Garnett (Federalist) 21.9%
Virginia 13	Thomas M. Bayly	Federalist	1811	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Burwell Bassett (Democratic-Republican) 52.6% John Eyre (Federalist)
Virginia 14	William A. Burwell	Democratic-Republican	1806 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William A. Burwell (Democratic-Republican)^[b]
Virginia 15	John Kerr	Democratic-Republican	1813	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Matthew Clay (Democratic-Republican) 42.5% John Kerr (Democratic-Republican) 34.1% William Rice (Federalist) 20.3% White (Federalist) 3.1%^[c]
Virginia 16	John W. Eppes	Democratic-Republican	1803 1811 (Lost) 1813	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ John Randolph (Democratic-Republican) 51.6% John W. Eppes (Democratic-Republican) 48.4%
Virginia 17	James Pleasants	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Pleasants (Democratic-Republican)^[b]
Virginia 18	Thomas Gholson Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1808 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas Gholson Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 88.1% John C. Goode (Federalist) 11.9%
Virginia 19	Peterson Goodwyn	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Peterson Goodwyn (Democratic-Republican)^[b]
Virginia 20	James Johnson	Democratic-Republican	1813	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 52.2% Edwin Gray (Federalist) 47.8%
Virginia 21	Thomas Newton Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas Newton Jr. (Democratic-Republican)^[b]
Virginia 22	Hugh Nelson	Democratic-Republican	1811	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hugh Nelson (Democratic-Republican)^[b]
Virginia 23	John Clopton	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Clopton (Democratic-Republican)^[b]

Notes

^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source(s).
^ Source did not provide full name.

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[m1-1] Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.

[nr-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source(s).

[fn-3] Source did not provide full name.

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