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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Isaac | Adams | 1828 | 1838 | Patrick | Penitentiary |
William R. | Almond | 1826 | 1837 | Page | Armory Clerk's Office |
Archibald | Austin | 1835 | 1837 | Buckingham | Courts of Justice |
Tamlin | Avent | 1834 | 1836 | Greensville | Privileges and Elections |
Spencer M. | Ball | 1831 | 1839 | Fairfax | Militia Laws |
Linn | Banks | 1812 | 1838 | Madison | |
Samuel | Bare | 1821 | 1840 | Shenandoah | Claims |
Lewis | Beard | 1832 | 1849 | Loudoun | Armory Roads and Internal Navigation |
John B. | Benton | 1835 | 1837 | Nansemond | Penitentiary |
Henry | Berry | 1831 | 1836 | Jefferson | Courts of Justice |
Frederick G.L. | Beuhring | 1822 | 1845 | Cabell | Propositions and Grievances |
George | Booker | 1834 | 1837 | Buckingham | Courts of Justice |
John M. | Botts | 1833 | 1839 | Henrico | First Auditor's Office Schools and Colleges |
James | Bowen | 1835 | 1836 | Frederick | Privileges and Elections |
Robert S. | Brooke | 1831 | 1843 | Augusta | Library (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
Alexander | Brown | 1835 | 1841 | Nelson | Executive Expenditures Penitentiary |
John T. | Brown | 1831 | 1837 | Petersburg | Finance (Chair) Banks |
Edward | Butts | 1835 | 1837 | Southampton | Enrolled Bills Finance |
William | Cackley | 1832 | 1851 | Pocahontas | Agriculture and Manufactures Register's Office |
Robert | Campbell | 1823 | 1845 | Bedford | Claims First Auditor's Office |
John B. | Carrington | 1823 | 1836 | Halifax | Militia Laws |
William | Carroll | 1826 | 1840 | Preston | Privileges and Elections |
Robert W. | Carter | 1821 | 1837 | Lancaster and Richmond County | Banks (Chair) Library |
Moses W. | Chapline | 1835 | 1836 | Ohio and Marshall | Agriculture and Manufactures Register's Office |
Augustus A. | Chapman | 1835 | 1841 | Monroe | Roads and Internal Navigation |
Robert | Christian | 1806 | 1837 | Charles City and New Kent | Clerk's Office (Chair) Claims First Auditor's Office |
Oden G. | Clay | 1829 | 1836 | Campbell | Banks Finance |
Thomas G. | Coleman | 1835 | 1836 | Halifax | Armory |
Jacob | Conrad | 1835 | 1836 | Rockingham | Claims |
Mordecai | Cooke | 1835 | 1837 | Norfolk County | Banks |
John J. | Craig | 1834 | 1836 | Amherst | Privileges and Elections Treasurer's Accounts |
Hamon | Critz | 1826 | 1844 | Patrick | Penitentiary |
Oscar Minor | Crutchfield | 1834 | 1861 | Spotyslvania | Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
William E. | Cunningham | 1833 | 1839 | Norfolk Borough | Banks Schools and Colleges |
William | Daniel Jr | 1831 | 1838 | Campbell | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
John S. | Davison | 1835 | 1836 | Frederick | First Auditor's Office Library |
Jacob | Decamps | 1835 | 1836 | Brooke | Schools and Colleges |
Van B. | Delashmutt | 1834 | 1836 | Tyler | Register's Office Second Auditor's Office |
Hudson M. | Dickinson | 1835 | 1838 | Fayette and Nicholas | Executive Expenditures |
Charles P. | Dorman | 1833 | 1848 | Rockbridge | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
John P. | Drummond | 1814 | 1836 | Accomack | Agriculture and Manufactures |
Robert | Fitzgerald Jr. | 1835 | 1837 | Nottoway | Executive Expenditures |
Alexander | Fleet | 1835 | 1836 | King and Queen | Armory Enrolled Bills |
Patrick H. | Fontaine | 1835 | 1836 | Henry | Propositions and Grievances |
David S. | Garland | 1799 | 1836 | Treasurer's Account (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
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Hugh A. | Garland | 1833 | 1838 | Mecklenburg | Schools and Colleges (Chair) |
James | Gibson | 1833 | 1836 | Frederick | Claims |
John | Gibson | 1835 | 1837 | Washington | Claims |
Robert | Gillespie | 1830 | 1837 | Tazewell | Second Auditor's Office |
Thomas Walker | Gilmer | 1829 | 1840 | Albemarle | Courts of Justice |
Charles P. | Goodall | 1827 | 1837 | Hanover | Bonds of Public Officers Militia Laws |
John M. | Gregory | 1821 | 1841 | James City, York, and Williamsburg | Schools and Colleges |
Thomas | Griggs Jr. | 1835 | 1837 | Jefferson | Finance |
Southey | Grinalds | 1831 | 1836 | Accomack | Claims |
Lewis | Hail | 1822 | 1839 | Grayson | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
Samuel | Hale | 1831 | 1841 | Franklin | Privileges and Elections |
Jesse | Hargrave | 1831 | 1837 | Sussex | Privileges and Elections |
William R. | Harley | 1834 | 1836 | Smyth | Clerk's Office Privileges and Elections |
George | Harris | 1834 | 1836 | Louisa | Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
William A. | Harrison | 1835 | 1838 | Harrison | Courts of Justice |
Samuel L. | Hays | 1829 | 1851 | Lewis | Roads and Internal Navigation |
Levi | Henshaw | 1821 | 1836 | Berkeley | Agriculture and Manufactures Claims |
Absalom | Hickerson | 1835 | 1836 | Fauquier | Penitentiary |
Ambrose P. | Hill | 1818 | 1838 | Culpeper | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) |
John M. | Holland | 1820 | 1836 | Franklin | Agriculture and Manufactures First Auditor's Office |
Joel | Holleman | 1832 | 1844 | Isle of Wight | Privileges and Elections (Chair) |
John | Hooe | 1814 | 1837 | King George | Privileges and Elections |
Henry Laurens | Hopkins | 1835 | 1863 | Powhatan | Courts of Justice |
Edmund P. | Hunter | 1834 | 1842 | Berkeley | Schools and Colleges |
R. M. T. | Hunter | 1834 | 1837 | Essex | Penitentiary (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
John | Ingles | 1835 | 1836 | Montgomery | Schools and Colleges |
William | Jessee | 1835 | 1837 | Russell | Armory |
James | Jett | 1834 | 1837 | Westmoreland | Second Auditor's Office |
William R. | Johnson | 1818 | 1837 | Chesterfield | Schools and Colleges Treasurer's Accounts |
Daniel | Kincheloe | 1820 | 1842 | Harrison | Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
Douglass B. | Layne | 1833 | 1850 | Alleghany | Clerk's Office Enrolled Bills Second Auditor's Office |
John D. | Leland | 1834 | 1836 | Northumberland | Courts of Justice Treasurer's Accounts |
Alfred | Leyburn | 1835 | 1842 | Rockbridge | Schools and Colleges |
James | Madison | 1835 | 1837 | Prince Edward | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) |
James B. | Mallory | 1826 | 1838 | Brunswick | Armory (Chair) Enrolled Bills (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
William | Marteney | 1806 | 1836 | Randolph | Propositions and Grievances |
Zadock | Masters | 1835 | 1836 | Ohio and Marshall | Propositions and Grievances |
William | McClintic | 1824 | 1839 | Bath | Agriculture and Manufactures Bonds of Public Officers |
William | McCoy Jr. | 1835 | 1839 | Pendleton | Register's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
Fayette | McMullen | 1832 | 1836 | Scott | Finance |
Fleming B. | Miller | 1825 | 1837 | Botetourt | Roads and Internal Navigation |
Anderson | Moffett | 1835 | 1837 | Rockingham | Agriculture and Manufactures |
John | Moncure | 1834 | 1837 | Stafford | Banks Register's Office |
Stephen H. | Morgan | 1834 | 1838 | Monongalia | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
Jesse | Morris Jr. | 1835 | 1836 | Princess Anne | Penitentiary |
John | Mullen | 1828 | 1842 | Hardy | Armory Register's Office |
John W. | Murdaugh | 1825 | 1838 | Norfolk County | Roads and Internal Navigation |
Stephen T. | Neill | 1821 | 1836 | Lee | Propositions and Grievances |
Joseph | Nicklin | 1835 | 1836 | Rappahannock | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory Clerk's Office |
William | Nixon | 1834 | 1837 | Hampshire | Propositions and Grievances |
Severn E. | Parker | 1828 | 1836 | Northampton | Militia Laws (Chair) |
Edmund | Pate | 1831 | 1836 | Bedford | Armory Penitentiary |
George C. | Powell | 1835 | 1836 | Loudoun | Finance Treasurer's Accounts |
Henry L. | Prentis | 1823 | 1836 | Wood | Claims Finance |
Samuel | Price | 1834 | 1835 | Fayette and Nicholas | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
Joel M. | Ragsdale | 1835 | 1836 | Lunenberg | Armory Finance First Auditor's Office |
William B. | Randolph | 1835 | 1836 | Henrico | First Auditor's Office Schools and Colleges |
John D. | Richardson | 1809 | 1837 | Charlotte | Propositions and Grievances |
Absalom | Rinker | 1835 | 1837 | Shenandoah | Propositions and Grievances |
Samuel | Robinson | 1835 | 1836 | King William | Agricultures and Manufactures Bonds of Public Officers |
George | Rogers | 1834 | 1837 | Mecklenberg | Executive Expenditures Register's Office |
Archibald | Samuel | 1829 | 1843 | Caroline | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
John A. | Saunders | 1822 | 1836 | Wythe | Roads and Internal Navigation |
John L. | Scott | 1829 | 1836 | Dinwiddie | Propositions and Grievances |
Samuel B. | Servant | 1827 | 1839 | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Bonds of Public Officers Privileges and Elections |
William | Shands | 1829 | 1839 | Prince George | Courts of Justice |
John | Sherrard | 1822 | 1836 | Morgan | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Finance |
Thomas | Sloan | 1832 | 1837 | Hampshire | Claims First Auditor's Office |
John B. D. | Smith | 1831 | 1837 | Frederick | Militia Laws |
Thomas | Smith | 1826 | 1841 | Gloucester | Executive Expenditures Library |
William R. | Smith | 1835 | 1847 | Fauquier | Agriculture and Manufactures First Auditor's Office |
Valentine Wood | Southall | 1833 | 1846 | Albemarle | Schools and Colleges |
Peter T. | Spratley | 1835 | 1836 | Surry | Claims Second Auditor's Office |
Robert | Stanard | 1808 | 1837 | Richmond City | Courts of Justice (Chair) Banks |
Thomas H. | Steger | 1834 | 1836 | Floyd | Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
Gideon A. | Strange | 1835 | 1838 | Fluvanna | Propositions and Grievances |
Joseph | Stratton | 1826 | 1837 | Logan | Claims |
George W. | Summers | 1830 | 1836 | Kanawha | Register's Office (Chair) Courts of Justice |
William | Swanson | 1813 | 1836 | Pittsylvania | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
John R. | Taylor | 1835 | 1840 | Mathews and Middlesex | Bonds of Public Officers Clerk's Office |
Timothy | Taylor Jr. | 1835 | 1842 | Loudoun | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
Charles | Turnbull | 1833 | 1838 | Brunswick | Claims
Finance |
Alfred J. | Vaughan | 1835 | 1842 | Dinwiddie | Propositions and Grievances |
Andrew | Waggener | 1834 | 1836 | Mason and Jackson | Armory |
Joseph S. | Watkins | 1821 | 1839 | Goochland | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
Reuben F. | Watts | 1834 | 1836 | Giles | Armory Clerk's Office |
Pere Berry B. | Wethered | 1817 | 1836 | Greenbrier | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
John F. | Wiley | 1835 | 1841 | Amelia | Library |
William J. | Willey | 1832 | 1837 | Monongalia | Roads and Internal Navigation |
John W. | Williams | 1834 | 1838 | Prince William | Armory Finance |
Allen | Wilson | 1815 | 1840 | Cumberland | Roads and Internal Navigation |
George W. | Wilson | 1832 | 1837 | Botetourt | Courts of Justice Militia Laws |
Vincent | Witcher | 1823 | 1851 | Pittsylvania | Claims (Chair) |
John | Woolfolk | 1826 | 1839 | Orange | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Courts of Justice Library |
*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.