Virginia's 18th Congressional District
Virginia's 18th congressional district is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1843 after the United States Census, 1840, 1840 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was George Washington Hopkins, George W. Hopkins. List of members representing the district References * * Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
Congressional districts of Virginia, 18 Former congressional districts of the United States Constituencies established in 1793 Constituencies disestablished in 1843 1793 establishments in Virginia 1843 disestablishments in Virginia {{US-Congress-stub ...
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Virginia State Route 18
State Route 18 (SR 18) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known for most of its length as Potts Creek Road, the state highway runs from SR 311 in Paint Bank north to U.S. Route 60 (US 60) and US 220 in Covington. Route description SR 18 begins at an intersection with SR 311 (Paint Bank Road) in the community of Paint Bank in Craig County. The state highway heads northeast as Potts Creek Road through the valley of Potts Creek, which was formerly known as Carpenter Creek. The Potts Creek valley is bookended by Potts Mountain to the east and Peters Mountain to the west; the latter mountain forms part of the Virginia – West Virginia state line. SR 18 enters Alleghany County and passes through the hamlets of Potts Creek, Jordan Mines, and Boiling Spring. At the state highway's final crossing of Potts Creek just south of its confluence with the Jackson River, the highway enters the city of Covington and becomes Indian Valley Road. At its ...
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1807 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Virginia
Virginia elected its members in April 1807, after the Congress began but before the first session met. See also * Virginia's 13th congressional district special election, 1806 * United States House of Representatives elections, 1806 and 1807 * List of United States representatives from Virginia Notes 1807 Virginia United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

Joseph Johnson
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1821 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Virginia
Virginia elected its members in April 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened. See also * 1820 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election * 1820 Virginia's 10th congressional district special election * 1820 Virginia's 17th congressional district special election * 1820 Virginia's 20th congressional district special election * 1820 and 1821 United States House of Representatives elections * List of United States representatives from Virginia Notes 1821 Virginia United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

1819 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Virginia
Virginia elected its members in April 1819, after the new congress began but before the first session convened. See also * 1818 Virginia's 19th congressional district special election * 1818 and 1819 United States House of Representatives elections * List of United States representatives from Virginia Notes 1819 Virginia United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

Mark Alexander (politician)
Mark Alexander (February 7, 1792 – October 7, 1883) was a nineteenth-century slave owner, lawyer and political figure from Virginia. Biography Born on a plantation near Boydton, Virginia, Alexander attended the public schools as a child and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1811. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Boydton. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1815 to 1819 before he was elected a Democratic-Republican, Crawford Republican and Jacksonian to the United States House of Representatives in 1818, serving from 1819 to 1833. There, Alexander served as chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia from 1825 to 1829. After declining renomination in 1832, he was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention from 1829 to 1830 and was again a member of the House of Delegates from 1845 to 1846. Alexander then retired from political life and engaged in managing his large plantation until ...
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1817 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Virginia
Virginia elected its members in April 1817. See also * 1816 Virginia's 18th congressional district special election * 1816 Virginia's 23rd congressional district special election * 1816 and 1817 United States House of Representatives elections * List of United States representatives from Virginia Notes 1817 Virginia United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

1816 Virginia's 18th Congressional District Special Election
On July 4, 1816, Representative Thomas Gholson, Jr. (DR) of died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 10, 21–23, and 28, 1816 (each of the three districts within the 18th district held their election on a different day). Election results Nelson took his seat on December 4, 1816,http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf , date=2014-12-06 footnote 74 at the start of the 2nd session of the 14th Congress. See also *List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Special elections to the 14th United States Congress United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 1816 United States House of Representatives special elections, Virginia 1816 18 1816 Virginia elections 1816 United States House of Representatives elections, Vir ...
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Thomas M
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1815 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Virginia
The United States state of Virginia held elections in April 1815. See also * Virginia's 11th congressional district special election, 1814 * Virginia's 15th congressional district special election, 1815 * United States House of Representatives elections, 1814 and 1815 * List of United States representatives from Virginia Notes 1815 Virginia United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

1813 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Virginia
Virginia gained one seat after the 1810 Census, bringing its representation in the House of Representatives to 23 seats, the largest number Virginia would ever have. Virginia went from having the most representatives to having the second-most tied with Pennsylvania. New York, with its 27 seats, surpassed Virginia and remained the most populous state until the late 1960s. Its elections were held in April 1813, after the term began but before Congress's first meeting. See also * United States House of Representatives elections, 1812 and 1813 * List of United States representatives from Virginia Notes 1813 Virginia United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...