Virginia's 6th congressional district

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Virginia's 6th congressional district
Population (2000)	643,504
Median income	$37,773
Ethnic composition	85.9% White, 11.0% Black, 1.0% Asian, 2.0% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.0% other
Cook PVI	R+11

Virginia's sixth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia. It covers all or part of Shenandoah, Rockingham, Highland, Augusta, Bath, Rockbridge, Botetourt, Roanoke and Amherst Counties The current representative is Bob Goodlatte (R). Businessman Sam Rasoul is seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Goodlatte in 2008. Businesswoman Janice Lee Allen Ph.D. will be running as an Independent in the coming election.

[edit] List of representatives

Representative	Lived	Party	Term	Note
District created: March 4, 1789
Isaac Coles	(1747-1813)	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1791	Defeated
Abraham B. Venable	(1758-1811)	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1791 - March 3, 1793	Re-elected in VA-7
Isaac Coles (2nd time)	(1747-1813)	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 - March 3, 1795
		Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1797	Retired
Matthew Clay	(1754-1815)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 - March 3, 1803	Re-elected in VA-14
Abram Trigg	(1750-.......)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1809	Retired
Daniel Sheffey	(1770-1830)	Federalist	March 4, 1809 - March 3, 1817	Defeated
Alexander Smyth	(1765-1830)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1823	Re-elected in VA-22
George Tucker	(1775-1861)	Crawford Republican	March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825	Defeated
Thomas Davenport	(.......-1838)	Jackson Republican	March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829
		Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1833	Changed party
		National Republican	March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835	Defeated
Walter Coles	(1790-1857)	Democratic	March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1843	Re-elected in VA-3
John W. Jones	(1791-1848)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845	Retired
James A. Seddon	(1815-1880)	Democratic	March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847	Retired
John M. Botts	(1802-1869)	Whig	March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849	Defeated
James A. Seddon (2nd time)	(1815-1880)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851	Retired
John S. Caskie	(1821-1869)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853	Re-elected in VA-3
Paulus Powell	(1809-1874)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1859	Defeated
Shelton F. Leake	(1812-1884)	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861	Retired
Representation during the Civil War
Union District
Vacant			March 4, 1861 - March 18, 1865
Confederate District
John Goode, Jr.	(1829-1909)	Independent	February 18, 1862 - March 18, 1865	C.S.A. House adjourned
Restoration of the Union
Representation inactive			March 18, 1865 - January 25, 1870	Readmission to the Union
Vacant			January 26, 1870	Representative seated
William Milnes, Jr.	(1827-1889)	Conservative	January 27, 1870 - March 3, 1871	Defeated
John T. Harris	(1823-1899)	Democratic	March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873	Re-elected in VA-7
Thomas Whitehead	(1825-1901)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875	Retired
John R. Tucker	(1823-1897)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1885	Re-elected in VA-10
John W. Daniel	(1842-1910)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1887	Elected to the U.S. Senate
Samuel I. Hopkins	(1843-1914)	Labor Party	March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889	Retired
Paul C. Edmunds	(1836-1899)	Democratic	March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1895	Retired
Peter J. Otey	(1840-1902)	Democratic	March 4, 1895 - May 4, 1902	Died in office
Vacant			May 5, 1902 - November 3, 1902
E. Carter Glass	(1858-1946)	Democratic	November 4, 1902 - December 16, 1918	Appointed Secr. of Treasury
Vacant			December 17, 1918 - February 24, 1918	Special election
James P. Woods	(1868-1948)	Democratic	February 25, 1918 - March 3, 1923	Defeated
Clifton A. Woodrum	(1887-1950)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1933	Re-elected in VA-AL
State using at-large format			March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935
Clifton A. Woodrum (2nd time)	(1887-1950)	Democratic	January 3, 1935 - December 31, 1945	Resigned to private life
Vacant			December 31, 1945 - January 22, 1946	Special election January 22, 1946
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.	(1898-1986)	Democratic	January 22, 1946 - April 17, 1948	Elected VA Attorney General
Vacant			April 17, 1948 - November 2, 1948
Clarence G. Burton	(1886-1982)	Democratic	November 2, 1948 - January 3, 1953	Defeated
Richard H. Poff	(b. 1923)	Republican	January 3, 1953 - August 29, 1972	Appt. Justice VA Supreme Court
Vacant			August 29, 1972 - November 7, 1972
M. Caldwell Butler	(b. 1925)	Republican	November 7, 1972 - January 3, 1983	Retired
Jim Olin	(1920-2006)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1993	Retired
Bob Goodlatte	(b. 1952)	Republican	January 3, 1993 - Current

v • d • e Virginia's congressional districts At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 The 12th-23rd and at-large districts are obsolete See also: Virginia's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – Maps

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