| Representative | Party | Years | Congress | Electoral history |
| District established March 4, 1793 |
| Josiah Parker(Macclesfield) | Pro-Administration | March 4, 1793 –March 3, 1795 | 3rd4th5th6th | Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1793.Re-elected in 1795.Re-elected in 1797.Re-elected in 1799.Lost re-election. |
| Federalist | March 4, 1795 –March 3, 1801 |
| Thomas Newton Jr.(Norfolk) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1801 –March 3, 1803 | 7th | Elected in 1801.Redistricted to the 20th district. |
| Anthony New(Gloucester County) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 –March 3, 1805 | 8th | Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1803.Retired. |
| James M. Garnett(Loretto) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 –March 3, 1809 | 9th10th | Elected in 1805.Re-elected in 1807.Retired. |
| John Roane(Uppowac) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1809 –March 3, 1813 | 11th12th | Elected in 1809.Re-elected in 1811.Redistricted to the 12th district. |
| John Dawson | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 –March 31, 1814 | 13th | Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1813.Died. |
| Vacant | March 31, 1814 –September 19, 1814 | |
| Philip P. Barbour(Gordonsville) | Democratic-Republican | September 19, 1814 –March 3, 1825 | 13th14th15th16th17th18th | Elected in June 1814 to finish Dawson's term and seated September 19, 1814.Re-elected in 1815.Re-elected in 1817.Re-elected in 1819.Re-elected in 1821.Retired. |
| Robert Taylor(Orange) | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1827 | 19th | Elected in 1825.Retired. |
| Philip P. Barbour(Gordonsville) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 –October 15, 1830 | 20th21st | Elected in 1827.Re-elected in 1829.Resigned to become U.S. Circuit Court judge. |
| Vacant | October 16, 1830 –November 24, 1830 | 21st | |
| John M. Patton(Fredericksburg) | Jacksonian | November 25, 1830 –March 3, 1833 | 21st22nd | Elected to finish Barbour's termRe-elected in 1831.Redistricted to the 13th district. |
| Andrew Stevenson(Richmond) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 –June 2, 1834 | 23rd | Elected in 1833.Resigned. |
| Vacant | June 3, 1834 –December 7, 1834 | |
| John Robertson(Richmond) | Anti-Jacksonian | December 8, 1834 –March 3, 1837 | 23rd24th25th | Elected to finish Stevenson's termRe-elected in 1835.Re-elected in 1837.Retired. |
| Whig | March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1839 |
| John M. Botts(Richmond) | Whig | March 4, 1839 –March 3, 1843 | 26th27th | Elected in 1839.Re-elected in 1841.Lost re-election. |
| William Taylor(Lexington) | Democratic | March 4, 1843 –January 17, 1846 | 28th29th | Elected in 1843.Re-elected in 1845.Died. |
| Vacant | January 18, 1846 –March 5, 1846 | 29th | |
| James McDowell(Lexington) | Democratic | March 6, 1846 –March 3, 1851 | 29th30th31st | Elected to finish Taylor's termRe-elected in 1847.Re-elected in 1849.Retired. |
| John Letcher(Lexington) | Democratic | March 4, 1851 –March 3, 1853 | 32nd | Elected in 1851.Redistricted to the 9th district. |
| John F. Snodgrass(Parkersburg) | Democratic | March 4, 1853 –June 5, 1854 | 33rd | Elected in 1853.Died. |
| Vacant | June 6, 1854 –December 3, 1854 | |
| Charles S. Lewis(Clarksburg) | Democratic | December 4, 1854 –March 3, 1855 | Elected to finish Snodgrass's termLost re-election. |
| John S. Carlile(Clarksburg) | American | March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 | 34th | Elected in 1855.Lost re-election. |
| Albert G. Jenkins(Green Bottom) | Democratic | March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1861 | 35th36th | Elected in 1857.Re-elected in 1859.Resigned (Civil War). |
| John S. Carlile(Wheeling) | Union | March 4, 1861 –July 9, 1861 | 37th | Elected in 1861.Resigned to become U.S. Senator. |
| Vacant | July 10, 1861 –December 1, 1861 | |
| Jacob B. Blair(Parkersburg) | Union | December 2, 1861 –March 3, 1863 | Elected to finish Carlile's termRetired. |
| District dissolved March 3, 1863 |
| District re-established January 3, 1993 |
| Leslie Byrne(Falls Church) | Democratic | January 3, 1993 –January 3, 1995 | 103rd | Elected in 1992.Lost re-election. |
| Tom Davis(Vienna) | Republican | January 3, 1995 –November 24, 2008 | 104th105th106th107th108th109th110th | Elected in 1994.Re-elected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2002.Re-elected in 2004.Re-elected in 2006.Resigned. |
| Vacant | November 24, 2008 –January 3, 2009 | 110th | |
| Gerry Connolly(Mantua) | Democratic | January 3, 2009 –May 21, 2025 | 111th112th113th114th115th116th117th118th119th | Elected in 2008.Re-elected in 2010.Re-elected in 2012.Re-elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Re-elected in 2020.Re-elected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024.Died. |
| Vacant | May 21, 2025 –September 10, 2025 | 119th | |
| James Walkinshaw(Annandale) | Democratic | September 10, 2025 – present | 119th | Elected to finish Connolly’s term. |