Burgesses and Delegates
The following is a comprehensive record of individual House members who have represented districts or localities throughout Virginia since 1619*.
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House Members
First / Middle Name | Last Name / Suffix | Member From | Member To | Locality | Committees |
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William | Archer | 1806 | 1822 | Powhatan | |
Nathaniel | Ashby | 1820 | 1823 | Preston | Clerk's Office Enrolled Bills |
Philip | Aylett Jr. | 1817 | 1827 | King William | Militia Laws Privileges and Elections |
Briscoe G. | Baldwin | 1818 | 1823 | Augusta | Courts of Justice Finance Militia Laws Schools and Colleges |
Linn | Banks | 1812 | 1838 | Madison | |
John S. | Barbour | 1813 | 1834 | Culpeper | Courts of Justice (Chair) Finance |
Samuel | Bare | 1821 | 1840 | Shenandoah | Propositions and Grievances |
Ralph | Berkshire | 1809 | 1825 | Monongalia | Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
John H. | Bernard | 1815 | 1823 | Caroline | Privileges and Elections Treasurer's Accounts |
Frederick G.L. | Beuhring | 1822 | 1845 | Cabell | Penitentiary Register's Office |
Hiram | Blackwell | 1808 | 1823 | Northumberland | First Auditor's Office Propositions and Grievances |
John | Blair | 1802 | 1835 | Grayson | |
John | Booker | 1817 | 1823 | Amelia | Roads and Internal Navigation |
Isaac | Booth | 1810 | 1835 | Randolph | Roads and Internal Navigation |
James E. | Bouldin | 1822 | 1825 | Henry | Roads and Internal Navigation |
Carr | Bowers | 1814 | 1827 | Southampton | Penitentiary |
John | Bowyer | 1810 | 1825 | Rockbridge | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Finance Schools and Colleges |
Vincent | Bramham | 1801 | 1826 | Richmond County | Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
David H. | Branch | 1822 | 1826 | Chesterfield | |
Austin | Brockenbrough | 1820 | 1824 | Essex | Claims Treasurer's Accounts |
Reuben | Burton | 1821 | 1825 | Henrico | Propositions and Grievances |
Thomas N. | Burwell | 1820 | 1825 | Botetourt | Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
James | Caldwell | 1821 | 1823 | Russell | Executive Expenditures Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
William | Callaway | 1815 | 1829 | Franklin | Privileges and Elections |
Clement R. | Carrington | 1821 | 1823 | Halifax | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
Robert W. | Carter | 1821 | 1837 | Richmond County | Executive Expenditures Finance Privileges and Elections |
Wilson J. | Cary | 1822 | 1823 | Fluvanna | Treasurer's Accounts |
Thomas | Chambers | 1822 | 1822 | Lunenburg | |
William B. | Charlton | 1816 | 1833 | Montgomery | Militia Laws Privileges and Elections Treasurer's Accounts |
William | Chilton | 1822 | 1824 | Loudoun | Courts of Justice Treasurer's Accounts |
John B. | Christian | 1820 | 1825 | New Kent | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
Richard | Claggett | 1821 | 1823 | Berkeley | Claims First Auditor's Office |
James P. | Cocke | 1809 | 1824 | Amelia | Roads and Internal Navigation |
John C. | Cohoon Jr. | 1811 | 1823 | Nansemond | Claims Register's Office |
Charles M. | Collier | 1819 | 1828 | Elizabeth City | Treasurer's Accounts |
Samuel | Colton | 1820 | 1824 | Elizabeth City | Treasurer's Accounts |
Zachariah | Crittenden | 1818 | 1824 | Middlesex | Claims |
Joseph | Crockett | 1802 | 1823 | Wythe | Propositions and Grievances |
John Crafford | Crump | 1817 | 1835 | Surry | Claims Register's Office |
Armistead | Currie | 1819 | 1823 | Lancaster | Courts of Justice |
Thomas | Curtis | 1821 | 1827 | Warwick | Executive Expenditures |
Peter M. | Daniel | 1802 | 1830 | Louisa | Claims |
Walter R. | Daniel | 1822 | 1825 | Stafford | Executive Expenditures First Auditor's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
Hector | Davis | 1816 | 1827 | Hanover | Courts of Justice |
Isaac | Davis Jr. | 1797 | 1826 | Orange | First Auditor's Office Propositions and Grievances |
William | Delashmutt | 1818 | 1830 | Tyler | Claims First Auditor's Office |
Griffith | Dickenson | 1821 | 1828 | Scott | Propositions and Grievances |
John S. | Dillard | 1822 | 1823 | Amherst | Militia Laws Privileges and Elections |
Philip | Doddridge | 1815 | 1829 | Brooke | Courts of Justice Finance Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
John P. | Drummond | 1814 | 1836 | Accomack | Propositions and Grievances |
Matthew | Dunbar | 1822 | 1830 | Kanawha | Bonds of Public Officers Roads and Internal Navigation |
Ephraim | Dunn | 1821 | 1831 | Hampshire | Penitentiary |
Asa | Dupuy | 1821 | 1835 | Prince Edward | Executive Expenditures |
Benjamin | Dyer | 1819 | 1823 | Henry | Roads and Internal Navigation |
Robert | Edmondson | 1822 | 1823 | Washington | Penitentiary |
Richard | Eppes | 1818 | 1831 | Sussex | Militia Laws (Chair) Claims Courts of Justice Finance Schools and Colleges |
Michael | Erskine | 1819 | 1823 | Monroe | Propositions and Grievances |
John | Everett Jr. | 1822 | 1829 | Cabell | Bonds of Public Officers Penitentiary |
John | Fairfax | 1819 | 1823 | Preston | Enrolled Bills |
Adam | Faris | 1812 | 1824 | Ohio | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
Ignatius | Ferrall | 1822 | 1823 | Morgan | Propositions and Grievances |
James | Fisher | 1822 | 1825 | Lunenburg | Executive Expenditures Register's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
Richard P. | Fletcher | 1821 | 1823 | Rockingham | First Auditor's Office Penitentiary |
George W. | Foote | 1822 | 1823 | Fauquier | Clerk's Office Propositions and Grievances |
Redmond G. | Foster | 1813 | 1830 | Prince William | |
John H. | Fulton | 1822 | 1824 | Washington | Claims Treasurer's Accounts |
David S. | Garland | 1799 | 1836 | Amherst | Finance (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
John B. | George | 1817 | 1827 | Tazewell | Claims First Auditor's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
John | Gilliland | 1822 | 1832 | Pocahontas | Claims |
William | Gilmour | 1820 | 1826 | Lancaster | Courts of Justice |
Jedediah W. | Goff | 1821 | 1826 | Harrison | Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
Pleasant M. | Goggin | 1821 | 1829 | Bedford | Militia Laws Privileges and Elections |
William Osborne | Goode | 1822 | 1853 | Mecklenburg | Courts of Justice Register's Office |
William Fitzhugh | Gordon | 1818 | 1829 | Albemarle | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Courts of Justice Finance Schools and Colleges |
Richard | Graves | 1812 | 1824 | New Kent | Claims Clerk's Office |
John C. | Gray | 1804 | 1823 | Southampton | Propositions and Grievances |
Thomas | Griffin | 1819 | 1830 | York | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
Lewis | Hail | 1822 | 1839 | Grayson | Propositions and Grievances |
Samuel V. | Hamilton | 1822 | 1827 | Bath | Armory |
Samuel | Hanby Jr. | 1822 | 1823 | Patrick | Claims |
George | Hancock | 1822 | 1823 | Montgomery | Claims Enrolled Bills |
Walter | Harrison | 1822 | 1824 | Prince William | Clerk's Office Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
Robert | Hartford | 1822 | 1823 | Brooke | Armory Enrolled Bills |
Jacqueline B. | Harvie | 1821 | 1830 | Richmond City | Finance Militia Laws Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
Archibald R. | Harwood | 1816 | 1834 | King and Queen | Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
William | Heiskell | 1822 | 1830 | Lee | Penitentiary |
Richardson | Henley | 1822 | 1827 | James City | Privileges and Elections |
Levi | Henshaw | 1821 | 1836 | Berkeley | Claims Privileges and Elections Register's Office |
John | Hodges | 1811 | 1823 | Norfolk County | |
John M. | Holland | 1820 | 1836 | Franklin | |
Josiah | Holleman | 1821 | 1829 | Isle of Wight | Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
John | Hooe | 1814 | 1837 | King George | Clerk's Office Privileges and Elections |
John | Hopkins | 1815 | 1823 | Pendleton | Propositions and Grievances |
John W. | Hungerford | 1815 | 1823 | Westmoreland | Clerk's Office Penitentiary |
James | Hunter | 1818 | 1823 | Essex | Finance Schools and Colleges |
Eppa | Hunton | 1821 | 1823 | Fauquier | Penitentiary (Chair) Armory Militia Laws |
Edward | Jackson | 1818 | 1823 | Lewis | First Auditor's Office Register's Office |
Thomas | James Jr. | 1817 | 1828 | Mathews | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
William | Jesse | 1822 | 1824 | Middlesex | Claims |
James | Jett | 1821 | 1824 | Westmoreland | Privileges and Elections |
William | Jett | 1817 | 1824 | Northumberland | Executive Expenditures Treasurer's Accounts |
William R. | Johnson | 1818 | 1837 | Chesterfield | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
Scervant | Jones | 1822 | 1825 | York | Bonds of Public Officers Privileges and Elections |
Thomas | Jones | 1819 | 1835 | Pendleton | Claims First Auditor's Office |
William | Jones Jr. | 1821 | 1824 | Warwick | Claims Enrolled Bills |
Hiram | Kilgore | 1822 | 1832 | Scott | Propositions and Grievances |
Daniel | Kincheloe | 1820 | 1842 | Harrison | Clerk's Office First Auditor's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
Bennett | Kirby | 1818 | 1827 | James City | Roads and Internal Navigation |
John | Koontz | 1821 | 1824 | Rockingham | Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances |
Arthur | Lee | 1821 | 1824 | Norfolk Borough | Courts of Justice Militia Roads and Internal Navigation |
John | Lewis | 1801 | 1824 | Gloucester | Militia Laws Privileges and Elections |
John | Linton | 1812 | 1822 | Prince William | Clerk's Office Penitentiary |
John | Lipscomb | 1822 | 1824 | Spotsylvania | Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances |
George | Loyall | 1817 | 1827 | Norfolk Borough | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Finance Schools and Colleges |
John D. | Maclin | 1817 | 1824 | Greensville | Treasurer's Accounts |
Robert L. | Madison | 1821 | 1823 | Madison | Clerk's Office Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
Robert | Mallory | 1808 | 1824 | Orange | Claims (Chair) Militia Laws |
Moses H. | Mann | 1822 | 1824 | Alleghany | Armory |
John | Mason | 1821 | 1824 | Stafford | Clerk's Office Courts of Justice |
Lewis | Maxwell | 1821 | 1824 | Lewis | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
Edward C. | Mayo | 1818 | 1829 | Henrico | Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
John | Mays | 1822 | 1824 | Greenbrier | Privileges and Elections |
George | Mayse | 1822 | 1842 | Bath | Courts of Justice |
William C. | McAllister | 1822 | 1824 | Campbell | Privileges and Elections Register's Office |
John | McCoy | 1815 | 1834 | Tyler | Executive Expenditures Militia Laws Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
William H. | McFarland | 1822 | 1831 | Lunenburg | |
Allen | McRae | 1821 | 1826 | Chesterfield | Courts of Justice Finance |
Callohill | Mennis | 1821 | 1829 | Bedford | Courts of Justice Militia Laws |
Reuben | Meredith | 1818 | 1823 | Hanover | Clerk's Office (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
James | Merry Jr. | 1822 | 1825 | Alleghany | Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
John | Miller | 1822 | 1829 | Cumberland | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
John G. | Miller | 1822 | 1823 | Goochland | |
John | Minge Jr. | 1822 | 1823 | Charles City | Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
Levi | Moore | 1822 | 1824 | Pocahontas | Claims Enrolled Bills |
Charles S. | Morgan | 1821 | 1824 | Monongalia | Claims Militia Laws |
Daniel | Morgan | 1805 | 1830 | Jefferson | First Auditor's Office (Chair) |
Isaac | Morris | 1818 | 1832 | Wood | Courts of Justice Finance |
B.B. | Moseley | 1820 | 1823 | Princess Anne | Claims Courts of Justice |
Josiah | Murdaugh | 1822 | 1826 | Nansemond | Propositions and Grievances |
Stephen T. | Neill | 1821 | 1836 | Lee | Roads and Internal Navigation |
Jethro | Neville | 1819 | 1827 | Hardy | Militia Laws Penitentiary |
Isaac | Newman | 1822 | 1831 | Mason | Penitentiary |
William | Old | 1822 | 1830 | Powhatan | |
William Byrd | Page | 1821 | 1823 | Frederick | Courts of Justice Finance Privileges and Elections |
Stafford H. Henry | Parker | 1818 | 1829 | Caroline | Courts of Justice |
John | Patterson | 1818 | 1824 | Mathews | Roads and Internal Navigation |
Reuben B. | Patteson | 1821 | 1828 | Buckingham | Privileges and Elections Register's Office |
Barrett G. | Payne | 1804 | 1845 | Fluvanna | Armory |
Addison | Powell | 1822 | 1823 | Brunswick | First Auditor's Office Militia Laws Propositions and Grievances |
William | Price | 1821 | 1823 | Russell | Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
Jesse | Read | 1822 | 1824 | Brunswick | Penitentiary Privileges and Elections |
John D. | Richardson | 1809 | 1837 | Charlotte | Militia Laws Privileges and Elections |
Francis E. | Rives | 1821 | 1831 | Prince George | Executive Expenditures Schools and Colleges |
Robert | Rives Jr | 1822 | 1829 | Nelson | Claims |
William Cabell | Rives | 1817 | 1823 | Albemarle | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice Finance |
William M. | Rives | 1821 | 1832 | Campbell | Courts of Justice Finance |
John J. | Roane | 1820 | 1826 | King William | Claims Roads and Internal Navigation |
George | Rogers | 1821 | 1823 | Mecklenburg | Bonds of Public Officers Executive Expenditures |
Ralph | Rogers | 1822 | 1823 | Princess Anne | First Auditor's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
William | Ross | 1821 | 1825 | Dinwiddie | Armory Militia Laws |
George | Rust Jr. | 1818 | 1823 | Loudoun | Finance |
Joseph H. | Samuels | 1822 | 1823 | Wood | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
James | Sangster | 1820 | 1830 | Fairfax | Armory Penitentiary |
John A. | Saunders | 1822 | 1836 | Wythe | Enrolled Bills |
Adam | See | 1797 | 1823 | Randolph | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
James | Semple | 1797 | 1823 | Williamsburg | Clerk's Office Schools and Colleges |
Joseph | Sexton | 1802 | 1825 | Frederick | Armory Courts of Justice Militia Laws |
James | Shannon | 1821 | 1823 | Ohio | Courts of Justice Militia Propositions and Grievances |
Daniel | Sheffey | 1822 | 1823 | Augusta | Courts of Justice Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
Joseph | Shelton | 1812 | 1823 | Nelson | Roads and Internal Navigation |
John | Sherrard | 1822 | 1836 | Morgan | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Militia Laws Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
Christian | Simon/Simons | 1797 | 1823 | Hardy | Propositions and Grievances |
Smith | Slaughter | 1807 | 1824 | Jefferson | Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
Austin | Smith | 1814 | 1823 | King George | Claims First Auditor's Office |
James M. | Smith | 1822 | 1826 | Sussex | Penitentiary Register's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
William | Smith | 1816 | 1827 | Giles | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
James | Sneed | 1817 | 1835 | Halifax | Bonds of Public Officers Schools and Colleges |
William H. | Snidow | 1822 | 1832 | Giles | Armory Bonds of Public Officers |
Alden B. | Spooner | 1821 | 1824 | Petersburg | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
John G. | Stephenson | 1821 | 1834 | Nicholas | Propositions and Grievances |
Richard | Stewart | 1821 | 1833 | Greensville | Armory |
John N. | Stratton | 1821 | 1827 | Northampton | Courts of Justice |
William | Swanson | 1813 | 1836 | Pittsylvania | Bonds of Public Officers Claims |
John | Tatum | 1820 | 1830 | Patrick | Claims Clerk's Office |
Allen | Taylor | 1822 | 1824 | Botetourt | Courts of Justice |
William | Taylor | 1822 | 1823 | Rockbridge | Bonds of Public Officers Privileges and Elections |
James Y. | Temple | 1822 | 1823 | Prince George | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
Enos | Thomas | 1816 | 1825 | Mason | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
Nathaniel | Thompson Jr. | 1822 | 1823 | Louisa | Enrolled Bills |
Robert T. | Thompson | 1816 | 1825 | Fairfax | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Courts of Justice |
William | Thompson | 1822 | 1823 | Tazewell | Claims Roads and Internal Navigation |
Philip | Thornton | 1822 | 1824 | Spotsylvania | Claims Treasurer's Accounts |
Hedgman | Triplett | 1821 | 1827 | Nicholas | Propositions and Grievances |
James S. | Turner | 1822 | 1823 | Northampton | Enrolled Bills |
Edwin | Upshaw | 1811 | 1829 | King and Queen | Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
William | Vass | 1818 | 1830 | Monroe | Propositions and Grievances |
John | Velvin | 1814 | 1827 | Surry | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Executive Expenditures |
Wyatt | Walker | 1820 | 1823 | Charles City | Privileges and Elections |
Moses | Walton | 1820 | 1822 | Shenandoah | Propositions and Grievances |
William | Walton | 1808 | 1830 | Pittsylvania | Bonds of Public Officers Penitentiary |
Daniel | Ward | 1821 | 1823 | Culpeper | Clerk's Office Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
Nathan | Ward | 1820 | 1827 | Nottoway | Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
Austin | Watkins | 1822 | 1830 | Nottoway | Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
Henry E. | Watkins | 1812 | 1833 | Prince Edward | Courts of Justice Finance Schools and Colleges |
Henry W. | Watkins | 1811 | 1827 | Powhatan | Claims |
Joseph S. | Watkins | 1821 | 1839 | Goochland | Courts of Justice Finance |
John C. | Webb | 1817 | 1823 | Norfolk County | Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
Pere Berry B. | Wethered | 1817 | 1836 | Greenbrier | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
Francis | White | 1809 | 1823 | Hampshire | Register's Office (Chair) Finance Propositions and Grievances |
Parker | Wills | 1822 | 1830 | Isle of Wight | Claims |
Allen | Wilson | 1815 | 1840 | Cumberland | Privileges and Elections Register's Office |
James | Wilson | 1822 | 1824 | Kanawha | Roads and Internal Navigation |
Tully | Wise | 1821 | 1823 | Accomack | Privileges and Elections |
James C. | Wyatt | 1819 | 1823 | Gloucester | Armory Militia Laws |
Joseph | Wyatt | 1791 | 1834 | Charlotte | Armory (Chair) Claims Roads and Internal Navigation |
Thomas G. | Wynn | 1822 | 1829 | Dinwiddie | Privileges and Elections |
Charles | Yancey | 1796 | 1838 | Buckingham | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Finance |
*The information within this interactive and searchable application has been researched extensively by the House Clerk’s Office. As with any historical records of this age and breadth, there may be discrepancies and/or inconsistencies within records obtained from a variety of credible sources. Any feedback is encouraged at history@house.virginia.gov.