Virginia's 4th congressional district

Virginia's fourth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the state of Virginia. Located in the suburbs of Richmond and Hampton Roads, it covers all or part of the counties of Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince George, Southampton, Sussex, and the cities of Chesapeake, Colonial Heights, Emporia, Franklin, Hopewell, Petersburg, and Suffolk. The current representative is Randy Forbes (R).

2016 redistricting

This image shows the 2016 court-ordered VA Congressional districts.

The Virginia Legislature's 2012 redistricting of the adjacent 3rd district was found unconstitutional and replaced with a court-ordered redistricting on January 16 2016 for the 2016 elections. ^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Recent election results from statewide races

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Term	Electoral history
District created: March 4, 1789
Richard B. Lee	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	Redistricted to Virginia's 17th congressional district
Francis Preston	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	Retired
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
Abram Trigg	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803	Redistricted to Virginia's 6th congressional district
David Holmes	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809	Appointed Governor of Mississippi Territory
Jacob Swoope	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	Retired
William McCoy	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1823	Redistricted to Virginia's 19th congressional district
Mark Alexander	Crawford Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Retired
	Jackson	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833
James Gholson	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	Lost re-election
George Dromgoole	Jackson	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	Retired
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
William Goode	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	Retired
Edmund W. Hubard	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	Redistricted from Virginia's 5th congressional district Retired
Thomas S. Bocock	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	Redistricted to Virginia's 5th congressional district
William Goode	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – July 3, 1859	Died
Vacant		July 3, 1859 – December 6, 1859
Roger Pryor	Democratic	December 7, 1859 – March 3, 1861	Resigned
Vacant		March 4, 1861 – January 25, 1870	Civil War
George Booker	Conservative	January 26, 1870 – March 3, 1871	Lost re-election
William H. H. Stowell	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877	Retired
Joseph Jorgensen	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	Retired
Benjamin Hooper	Readjuster	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	Lost re-election
James Brady	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Retired
William E. Gaines	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Retired
Edward Venable	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – September 23, 1890	Election invalidated
John Langston	Republican	September 23, 1890 – March 3, 1891	Lost re-election
James F. Epes	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	Retired
William McKenney	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – May 2, 1896	Election invalidated
Robert Thorp	Republican	May 2, 1896 – March 3, 1897	Lost re-election
Sydney Epes	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 23, 1898	Election invalidated
Robert Thorp	Republican	March 23, 1898 – March 3, 1899	Lost re-election
Sydney Epes	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1900	Died
Vacant		March 4, 1900 – April 18, 1900
Francis Lassiter	Democratic	April 19, 1900 – March 3, 1903	Lost re-election
Robert G. Southall	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	Lost re-election
Francis Lassiter	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – October 31, 1909	Died
Vacant		November 1, 1909 – March 7, 1910
Robert Turnbull	Democratic	March 8, 1910 – March 3, 1913	Lost re-election
Walter Watson	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – December 24, 1919	Died
Vacant		December 25, 1919 – April 26, 1920
Patrick Drewry	Democratic	April 27, 1920 – March 3, 1933	Redistricted to Virginia's at-large congressional seat
District eliminated March 4, 1933
District recreated January 3, 1935
Patrick Drewry	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – December 21, 1947	Died
Vacant		December 21, 1947 – February 17, 1948
Watkins Abbitt	Democratic	February 17, 1948 – January 3, 1973	Retired
Robert Daniel	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983	Lost re-election
Norman Sisisky	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – March 29, 2001	Died
Vacant		March 29, 2001 – June 19, 2001
J. Randy Forbes	Republican	June 19, 2001 – January 3, 2017	First elected to finish Sisisky's term. Ran in 2nd congressional district and lost renomination
Donald McEachin	Democratic	January 3, 2017 –

Historical district boundaries

2003 – 2013

See also

• Virginia's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 36°58′28″N 77°18′25″W / 36.97444°N 77.30694°W / 36.97444; -77.30694