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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac | Adams | 1828 | 1838 | Patrick | Armory |
| David B. | Alexander | 1827 | 1831 | Russell | Claims |
| Nathaniel | Alexander | 1823 | 1830 | Mecklenburg | Agriculture and Manufactures Register's Office |
| Guy R. C. | Allen | 1828 | 1830 | Preston | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| James | Allen | 1824 | 1838 | Lee | Claims Treasurer's Accounts |
| Hezekiah R. | Anderson | 1823 | 1833 | Nottoway | Clerk's Office Militia Laws |
| John T. | Anderson | 1827 | 1831 | Botetourt | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Samuel C. | Anderson | 1828 | 1829 | Prince Edward | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| William | Arbogast | 1828 | 1830 | Pocahontas | Propositions and Grievances |
| Archibald | Atkinson | 1828 | 1831 | Isle of Wight | Armory Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas P. | Atkinson | 1827 | 1830 | Halifax | Agriculture and Manufactures Schools and Colleges |
| Linn | Banks | 1812 | 1838 | Madison | |
| Thomas R. | Barnes | 1826 | 1830 | Richmond County | Clerk's Office Privileges and Elections |
| William | Basye | 1820 | 1830 | Northumberland | Courts of Justice Treasurer's Accounts |
| Thomas M. | Bayly | 1819 | 1831 | Accomack | Executive Expenditures Finance |
| Peter Jones | Beasley | 1814 | 1830 | Brunswick | Agriculture and Manufactures Finance |
| John | Billups | 1828 | 1830 | Gloucester | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John | Blair | 1802 | 1835 | Grayson | Armory Clerk's Office |
| Thomas | Bland | 1823 | 1837 | Lewis | Propositions and Grievances Treasurer's Accounts |
| John T. | Bocock | 1818 | 1830 | Buckingham | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances |
| John G. | Boisseau | 1826 | 1830 | Dinwiddie | Claims |
| George | Booker | 1828 | 1830 | Elizabeth City | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Richard | Booker | 1823 | 1835 | Amelia | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Mordecai C. | Booth | 1827 | 1830 | Middlesex | Bonds of Public Officers Privileges and Elections |
| Elisha | Boyd | 1828 | 1837 | Berkeley | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Courts of Justice Militia Laws Schools and Colleges |
| Carter M. | Braxton | 1828 | 1829 | Mathews | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures |
| Hinde R. D. | Brown | 1827 | 1829 | Warwick | Bonds of Public Officers Claims |
| John T. | Brown | 1827 | 1830 | Harrison | Courts of Justice Finance |
| Archibald | Bryce | 1815 | 1830 | Goochland | Finance (Chair) Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas E. | Burfoot | 1828 | 1831 | Chesterfield | Courts of Justice |
| William | Callaway | 1815 | 1829 | Franklin | Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Gideon | Camden | 1828 | 1829 | Lewis | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Hugh | Caperton | 1810 | 1830 | Monroe | Privileges and Elections Second Auditor's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| Thomas | Carskaddon | 1827 | 1832 | Hampshire | Roads and Internal Navigation Second Auditor's Office |
| William | Carson | 1827 | 1832 | Shenandoah | Militia Laws Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert W. | Carter | 1821 | 1837 | Richmond County | Banks (Chair) Finance Schools and Colleges |
| William | Castleman Jr | 1828 | 1831 | Frederick | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| Samuel | Childs | 1824 | 1829 | Caroline | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Mark A. | Chilton | 1828 | 1832 | Fauquier | Agriculture and Manufactures Privileges and Elections |
| John B. | Christian | 1825 | 1830 | Charles City | Courts of Justice |
| Robert | Christian | 1806 | 1837 | New Kent | Register's Office |
| Samuel | Clarke | 1817 | 1829 | Augusta | Propositions and Grievances Register's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Joseph | Cline | 1824 | 1835 | Rockingham | Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
| John C. | Cohoon | 1828 | 1831 | Nansemond | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Roscow | Cole | 1827 | 1830 | James City | Executive Expenditures Schools and Colleges |
| George M. | Cooke | 1824 | 1830 | Stafford | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Banks Militia Laws Penitentiary |
| Robert | Craig | 1817 | 1829 | Montgomery | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Gassaway | Cross | 1826 | 1830 | Morgan | First Auditor's Office |
| John Crafford | Crump | 1817 | 1835 | Surry | Bonds of Public Officers Claims |
| Robert E. | Cummings | 1825 | 1830 | Washington | Claims |
| Thomas | Davis | 1827 | 1847 | Orange | Finance Propositions and Grievances |
| Harvey | Deskins | 1827 | 1829 | Tazewell | Bonds of Public Officers Clerk's Office Penitentiary |
| Reuben | Dice | 1828 | 1829 | Pendleton | Propositions and Grievances |
| James | Dillard | 1825 | 1830 | Sussex | Agriculture and Manufactures Penitentiary |
| Peter | Dingess | 1824 | 1829 | Logan | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| Philip | Doddridge | 1815 | 1829 | Brooke | Banks Courts of Justice Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Benjamin | Dolbeare | 1828 | 1829 | Randolph | Claims |
| John P. | Drummond | 1814 | 1836 | Accomack | Agriculture and Manufactures Privileges and Elections |
| Matthew | Dunbar | 1822 | 1830 | Kanawha | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John B. | Duncan | 1828 | 1829 | Amherst | Propositions and Grievances Treasurer's Accounts |
| Asa | Dupuy | 1821 | 1835 | Prince Edward | Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
| David | Dyer | 1827 | 1831 | Henry | Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
| Jesse | Edgington | 1823 | 1830 | Brooke | Register's Office (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Josiah | Ellis | 1828 | 1829 | Amherst | Propositions and Grievances Second Auditor's Office |
| William | Ellzey | 1828 | 1829 | Loudoun | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Richard | Eppes | 1818 | 1831 | Sussex | Courts of Justice Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John | Everett Jr. | 1822 | 1829 | Cabell | Privileges and Elections Treasurer's Accounts |
| William | Finks | 1824 | 1830 | Madison | Claims Penitentiary |
| James H. | Fitzgerald | 1828 | 1830 | Cumberland | Finance |
| Samuel Hughes | Fitzhugh | 1827 | 1832 | Ohio | Agriculture and Manufactures Courts of Justice |
| William H. | Fitzhugh | 1828 | 1829 | Fairfax | Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| William | Ford | 1828 | 1829 | Stafford | |
| Richard J. | Gaines | 1825 | 1830 | Charlotte | Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections Treasurer's Accounts |
| Thomas J. | George | 1827 | 1830 | Tazewell | Bonds of Public Officers Claims Clerk's Office Executive Expenditures |
| John | Gilliland | 1822 | 1832 | Pocahontas | Privileges and Elections |
| Adam | Given | 1825 | 1829 | Bath | Propositions and Grievances |
| Pleasant M. | Goggin | 1821 | 1829 | Bedford | |
| Charles P. | Goodall | 1827 | 1837 | Hanover | Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William Osborne | Goode | 1822 | 1853 | Mecklenburg | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| William B. | Goodwyn | 1820 | 1835 | Southampton | Penitentiary Schools and Colleges |
| William Fitzhugh | Gordon | 1818 | 1829 | Albemarle | Courts of Justice (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Peyton | Gravely | 1825 | 1835 | Henry | First Auditor's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas W. S. | Gregory | 1827 | 1830 | King William | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Benjamin | Griffin | 1828 | 1834 | Southampton | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| Thomas | Griffin | 1819 | 1830 | York | Agriculture and Manufactures Schools and Colleges |
| Hugh Blair | Grigsby | 1828 | 1830 | Norfolk Borough | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Peter | Guerrant | 1828 | 1830 | Goochland | Roads and Internal Navigation Second Auditor's Office |
| Lewis | Hail | 1822 | 1839 | Grayson | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| Addison | Hall | 1823 | 1829 | Lancaster | Agriculture and Manufactures Claims Penitentiary |
| William | Harding | 1828 | 1830 | Northumberland | Claims |
| Jacqueline B. | Harvie | 1821 | 1830 | Henrico | Banks Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Ambrose P. | Hill | 1818 | 1838 | Culpeper | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Militia Laws |
| John M. | Holland | 1820 | 1836 | Franklin | Banks Claims Clerk's Office |
| Josiah | Holleman | 1821 | 1829 | Isle of Wight | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Penitentiary |
| Houlder | Hudgins | 1828 | 1838 | Mathews | Claims |
| John Pratt | Hungerford | 1797 | 1830 | Westmoreland | Armory Bonds of Public Officers Militia Laws |
| Benjamin | Hunter | 1825 | 1829 | Campbell | Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation Second Auditor's Office |
| Arthur | Ingram | 1815 | 1829 | Tyler | Penitentiary Register's Office |
| Rodophil | Jeter | 1818 | 1838 | Amelia | Propositions and Grievances |
| William R. | Johnson | 1818 | 1837 | Chesterfield | Finance |
| Colin | Johnston | 1827 | 1829 | Louisa | Propositions and Grievances Treasurer's Accounts |
| James | Jones | 1828 | 1829 | Nottoway | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas | Jones | 1819 | 1835 | Pendleton | Claims First Auditor's Office |
| John | Keller | 1825 | 1832 | Washington | Claims Penitentiary Second Auditor's Office |
| Robert | Kelly | 1823 | 1829 | Nicholas | First Auditor's Office Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
| Robert | Kent | 1828 | 1829 | Montgomery | Armory |
| Samuel | Kercheval | 1828 | 1830 | Hampshire | Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles Y. | Kimbrough | 1824 | 1834 | Louisa | Courts of Justice |
| Charles H. | Leland | 1828 | 1831 | Lancaster | Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles U. | Lovell | 1828 | 1829 | Shenandoah | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James W. | Macrae | 1828 | 1829 | Prince William | First Auditor's Office Militia Laws Privileges and Elections |
| William B. | Manning | 1828 | 1829 | Norfolk County | Armory Second Auditor's Office |
| Thompson G. | Martin | 1826 | 1829 | Scott | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
| James M. | Mason | 1826 | 1830 | Frederick | Banks Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Nehemiah H. | Mason | 1825 | 1830 | King George | Privileges and Elections |
| John F. | May | 1825 | 1841 | Petersburg | Banks Courts of Justice Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Edward C. | Mayo | 1818 | 1829 | Henrico | Banks Claims |
| Joseph | McCoy | 1828 | 1829 | Tyler | Penitentiary |
| Samuel | McCullough | 1826 | 1829 | Mason | Propositions and Grievances Treasurer's Accounts |
| Malcolm | McFarland | 1828 | 1830 | Lunenburg | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James M. | McFarlane | 1828 | 1830 | Russell | Penitentiary |
| Addison | McLaughlin | 1828 | 1848 | Nicholas | Armory Courts of Justice First Auditor's Office |
| James | McLaughlin | 1814 | 1830 | Greenbrier | Militia Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William | McMahon | 1825 | 1833 | Rockingham | Militia Laws Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Andrew | McMillan | 1811 | 1829 | Lee | Propositions and Grievances Register's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| Joseph C. | Megginson | 1828 | 1829 | Nelson | Banks Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Callohill | Mennis | 1821 | 1829 | Bedford | Courts of Justice Militia Laws Schools and Colleges |
| Adam | Meyers | 1828 | 1829 | Randolph | Claims |
| Fleming B. | Miller | 1825 | 1837 | Botetourt | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John | Miller | 1822 | 1829 | Cumberland | Claims Treasurer's Accounts |
| Thomas | Miller | 1803 | 1832 | Powhatan | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Finance First Auditor's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Garrett | Minor | 1817 | 1830 | Spotsylvania | Agriculture and Manufactures Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Richard C. L. | Moncure | 1827 | 1829 | Stafford | |
| William M. | Moody | 1823 | 1829 | Williamsburg | Penitentiary Schools and Colleges |
| Samuel McD. | Moore | 1825 | 1837 | Rockbridge | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Daniel | Morgan | 1805 | 1830 | Jefferson | Armory (Chair) Finance |
| Jonathan W. | Morrison | 1828 | 1829 | Scott | Penitentiary |
| Thomas | Moss | 1828 | 1829 | Fairfax | Register's Office |
| John | Mullen | 1828 | 1842 | Hardy | Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
| James | Murdaugh | 1827 | 1829 | Nansemond | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Hugh | Nelson | 1828 | 1829 | Albemarle | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Willoughby | Newton | 1826 | 1832 | Westmoreland | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Simon N. | Noel | 1828 | 1829 | Bedford | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| John | O'Ferrall | 1828 | 1845 | Morgan | First Auditor's Office |
| William | Old | 1822 | 1830 | Powhatan | Privileges and Elections Second Auditor's Office |
| Edward | Oldham | 1828 | 1830 | King George | Bonds of Public Officers Claims |
| Samuel | Pack Jr. | 1828 | 1830 | Giles | Penitentiary |
| Severn E. | Parker | 1828 | 1836 | Northampton | Militia Laws (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Stafford H. Henry | Parker | 1818 | 1829 | Caroline | Courts of Justice |
| John | Parriott | 1827 | 1846 | Ohio | Banks Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| George N. | Pearis | 1828 | 1830 | Giles | Clerk's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John | Persinger | 1824 | 1833 | Alleghany | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas H. | Pitts | 1827 | 1829 | Essex | Militia Laws Penitentiary |
| Benjamin | Pollard | 1823 | 1834 | King and Queen | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| John Camm | Pollard | 1823 | 1831 | King William | Courts of Justice |
| Cuthbert | Powell | 1828 | 1829 | Loudoun | Agriculture and Manufactures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert D. | Powell | 1828 | 1832 | Spotsylvania | Courts of Justice Second Auditor's Office |
| William | Presson | 1825 | 1829 | Warwick | Claims Clerk's Office |
| Calvin H. | Read | 1828 | 1829 | Northampton | Armory |
| John D. | Richardson | 1809 | 1837 | Charlotte | Propositions and Grievances Treasurer's Accounts |
| Robert P. | Richardson | 1827 | 1830 | James City | Schools and Colleges |
| Francis E. | Rives | 1821 | 1831 | Prince George | Privileges and Elections (Chair) |
| Robert | Rives Jr | 1822 | 1829 | Nelson | Courts of Justice |
| William M. | Rives | 1821 | 1832 | Campbell | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Banks Courts of Justice |
| Francis | Ruffin | 1827 | 1830 | Surry | Bonds of Public Officers Clerk's Office Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| John | Rutherfoord | 1826 | 1834 | Richmond City | Penitentiary (Chair) Banks Finance Militia Laws |
| James | Saunders | 1825 | 1829 | New Kent | Executive Expenditures First Auditor's Office |
| John A. | Saunders | 1822 | 1836 | Wythe | Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry E. | Scott | 1828 | 1830 | Halifax | Schools and Colleges |
| Richard M. | Segar | 1807 | 1829 | Middlesex | Clerk's Office Propositions and Grievances |
| William | Seymour | 1828 | 1848 | Hardy | Bonds of Public Officers Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert | Sheild | 1825 | 1832 | York | Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas | Sitlington | 1826 | 1830 | Bath | Propositions and Grievances |
| Daniel | Smith | 1827 | 1854 | Kanawha | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas | Smith | 1826 | 1841 | Gloucester | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William | Smith | 1819 | 1829 | Greenbrier | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
| David B. | Spencer | 1827 | 1830 | Wood | Courts of Justice Treasurer's Accounts |
| Thomas | Spencer | 1809 | 1842 | Greensville | Claims |
| John | Stanger | 1827 | 1840 | Wythe | Claims |
| George | Stillman | 1824 | 1832 | Fluvanna | Claims |
| Joseph | Stratton | 1826 | 1837 | Logan | Propositions and Grievances |
| John T. | Street | 1824 | 1833 | Lunenburg | First Auditor's Office Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
| Matthew W. | Stribling | 1828 | 1829 | Mason | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Henry J. | Tapp | 1827 | 1829 | Augusta | Courts of Justice |
| John | Tatum | 1820 | 1830 | Patrick | Clerk's Office Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas | Tavenner | 1826 | 1829 | Wood | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures Register's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Allen | Temple | 1808 | 1829 | Prince George | Privileges and Elections |
| William H. | Terrill | 1828 | 1831 | Alleghany | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Solomon | Thornburg | 1827 | 1840 | Cabell | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| James | Tillar | 1827 | 1830 | Greensville | Propositions and Grievances |
| Isham | Trotter | 1828 | 1830 | Brunswick | Banks Executive Expenditures |
| John | Turner | 1815 | 1829 | Culpeper | Clerk's Office (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures |
| William | Tyler | 1828 | 1830 | Charles City | Agriculture and Manufactures Penitentiary |
| William B. | Tyler | 1827 | 1830 | Prince William | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures |
| Edwin | Upshaw | 1811 | 1829 | King and Queen | Treasurer's Accounts |
| John H. | Upshaw | 1828 | 1830 | Essex | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William | Vass | 1818 | 1830 | Monroe | Executive Expenditures Register's Office |
| John Robert | Wallace | 1824 | 1833 | Fauquier | Courts of Justice Finance Militia Laws |
| William | Walton | 1808 | 1830 | Pittsylvania | Privileges and Elections Treasurer's Accounts |
| Caleb | Ward | 1828 | 1830 | Princess Anne | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Joel | Ward | 1819 | 1829 | Berkeley | Privileges and Elections |
| James | Warden | 1827 | 1830 | Norfolk County | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Richard | Watts | 1825 | 1830 | Monongalia | Bonds of Public Officers Militia Laws Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert | White | 1823 | 1830 | Rockbridge | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| William L. | White | 1827 | 1843 | Hanover | Privileges and Elections |
| George J. | Williams | 1825 | 1832 | Harrison | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Carver | Willis | 1825 | 1829 | Jefferson | Second Auditor's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| Edgar C. | Wilson | 1828 | 1829 | Monongalia | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures |
| John | Winn | 1828 | 1830 | Fluvanna | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| Vincent | Witcher | 1823 | 1851 | Pittsylvania | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| William J. | Woodhouse | 1823 | 1830 | Princess Anne | Claims |
| John | Woolfolk | 1826 | 1839 | Orange | Courts of Justice Second Auditor's Office |
| John F. | Wray | 1825 | 1830 | Elizabeth City | Finance Penitentiary |
| Thomas G. | Wynn | 1822 | 1829 | Dinwiddie | Claims |
| Charles | Yancey | 1796 | 1838 | Buckingham | Claims (Chair) Banks Finance |
| William B. | Zinn | 1823 | 1832 | Preston | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
*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.