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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | Alexander | 1836 | 1839 | Northumberland | First Auditor's Office |
| William R. | Almond | 1826 | 1837 | Page | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Archibald | Anderson | 1836 | 1839 | Louisa | Finance Treasurer's Accounts |
| Archibald | Austin | 1835 | 1837 | Buckingham | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures Public Library |
| William E. | Bailey | 1836 | 1839 | Surry | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| Spencer M. | Ball | 1831 | 1839 | Fairfax | Militia Laws |
| Linn | Banks | 1812 | 1838 | Madison | |
| Samuel | Bare | 1821 | 1840 | Shenandoah | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas H. | Bayly | 1836 | 1842 | Accomack | Courts of Justice |
| Lewis | Beard | 1832 | 1849 | Loudoun | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John B. | Benton | 1835 | 1837 | Nansemond | Penitentiary |
| Thomas | Bland | 1823 | 1837 | Braxton and Lewis | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office |
| George | Booker | 1834 | 1837 | Buckingham | Courts of Justice |
| John M. | Botts | 1833 | 1839 | Henrico | Schools and Colleges |
| Elisha | Boyd | 1828 | 1837 | Berkeley | Register's Office |
| Noble S. | Braden | 1836 | 1837 | Loudoun | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| John | Brady | 1834 | 1837 | Ohio | First Auditor's Office |
| Alexander | Brown | 1835 | 1841 | Nelson | Penitentiary (Chair) |
| John T. | Brown | 1831 | 1837 | Petersburg | Finance |
| Edward | Butts | 1835 | 1837 | Southampton | Agriculture and Manufactures Finance |
| Andrew H. | Byrd | 1836 | 1856 | Bath | Armory |
| William | Cackley | 1832 | 1851 | Pocahontas | First Auditor's Office Register's Office |
| Robert | Campbell | 1823 | 1845 | Bedford | Agriculture and Manufactures Claims |
| William | Carson | 1836 | 1839 | Clarke and Warren | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Robert W. | Carter | 1821 | 1837 | Lancaster and Richmond County | Banks (Chair) |
| Augustus A. | Chapman | 1835 | 1841 | Monroe | Courts of Justice |
| Robert | Christian | 1806 | 1837 | Charles City and New Kent | Clerk's Office (Chair) Claims |
| Clayton G. | Coleman | 1836 | 1841 | Charles City and New Kent | |
| John B. | Collier | 1836 | 1837 | Lee | Claims |
| Mordecai | Cooke | 1835 | 1837 | Norfolk County | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Banks Clerk's Office |
| Isaac | Cooper | 1833 | 1837 | Monongalia | Enrolled Bills Register's Office |
| Samuel | Cootes | 1836 | 1845 | Rockingham | Claims |
| Samuel | Cox | 1836 | 1837 | Grayson | Propositions and Grievances |
| Oscar Minor | Crutchfield | 1834 | 1861 | Spotyslvania | Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William E. | Cunningham | 1833 | 1839 | Norfolk Borough | Banks Schools and Colleges |
| John | Davenport | 1836 | 1837 | Jefferson | Agriculture and Manufactures Finance |
| Joseph W. | Davis | 1836 | 1839 | Smyth | Privileges and Elections |
| Harvey | Deskins | 1836 | 1851 | Floyd | Schools and Colleges |
| Hudson M. | Dickinson | 1835 | 1838 | Fayette and Nicholas | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Andrew | Donnelly Jr. | 1836 | 1842 | Kanawha | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles P. | Dorman | 1833 | 1848 | Rockbridge | Courts of Justice |
| Elias | Edmonds | 1836 | 1839 | Fauquier | |
| John R. | Edmunds | 1836 | 1846 | Halifax | First Auditor's Office Privileges and Elections |
| Buckner | Fairfax | 1836 | 1851 | Preston | Armory Bonds of Public Officers |
| Henry J. | Fisher | 1836 | 1838 | Mason and Jackson | Courts of Justice |
| Robert | Fitzgerald Jr. | 1835 | 1837 | Nottoway | Second Auditor's Office |
| Hugh A. | Garland | 1833 | 1838 | Mecklenburg | Schools and Colleges (Chair) |
| John | Gibson | 1835 | 1837 | Washington | Claims |
| Robert | Gillespie | 1830 | 1837 | Tazewell | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William L. | Goggin | 1836 | 1837 | Bedford | Privileges and Elections |
| Charles P. | Goodall | 1827 | 1837 | Hanover | Bonds of Public Officers Militia Laws |
| Thomas | Griggs Jr. | 1835 | 1837 | Jefferson | Agriculture and Manufactures Finance |
| Daniel | Hale | 1833 | 1837 | Giles | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel | Hale | 1831 | 1841 | Franklin | Executive Expenditures Second Auditor's Office |
| Jesse | Hargrave | 1831 | 1837 | Sussex | Privileges and Elections |
| Kenton | Harper | 1836 | 1837 | Augusta | Armory |
| William A. | Harrison | 1835 | 1838 | Harrison | Courts of Justice Penitentiary |
| William C. | Haymond | 1836 | 1837 | Randolph | Public Library Schools and Colleges |
| Ambrose P. | Hill | 1818 | 1838 | Culpeper | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) |
| John | Hooe | 1814 | 1837 | King George | Privileges and Elections |
| Henry Laurens | Hopkins | 1835 | 1863 | Powhatan | |
| James R. | Hubard | 1827 | 1837 | Princess Anne | Executive Expenditures |
| Houlder | Hudgins | 1828 | 1838 | Mathews and Middlesex | Executive Expenditures |
| R. M. T. | Hunter | 1834 | 1837 | Essex | Schools and Colleges |
| William | Jessee | 1835 | 1837 | Russell | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary Privileges and Elections |
| James | Jett | 1834 | 1837 | Westmoreland | Clerk's Office Second Auditor's Office |
| William R. | Johnson | 1818 | 1837 | Chesterfield | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| Samuel | Johnston | 1836 | 1837 | Morgan | Clerk's Office |
| Douglass B. | Layne | 1833 | 1850 | Alleghany | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Penitentiary |
| George T. F. | Lorimer | 1836 | 1839 | Essex | Schools and Colleges |
| Robert T. | Luckett | 1836 | 1838 | Loudoun | Finance Second Auditor's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| James | Madison | 1835 | 1837 | Prince Edward | |
| James B. | Mallory | 1826 | 1838 | Brunswick | Armory (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Edward C. | Marshall | 1836 | 1838 | Fauquier | Public Library Schools and Colleges |
| John | Marshall | 1836 | 1837 | Lunenberg | Register's Office |
| George W. | Martin | 1829 | 1837 | Henry | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| John F. | May | 1825 | 1841 | Petersburg | |
| Thomas | McAllister | 1836 | 1837 | Cabell | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert | McCandlish | 1836 | 1838 | James City, York, and Williamsburg | Schools and Colleges |
| John | McCauley | 1833 | 1853 | Montgomery | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William | McCoy Jr. | 1835 | 1839 | Pendleton | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| John | McMillan | 1823 | 1840 | Brooke | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Jacob | Michaux | 1836 | 1840 | Powhatan | |
| Fleming B. | Miller | 1825 | 1837 | Botetourt | Courts of Justice Public Library |
| Anderson | Moffett | 1835 | 1837 | Rockingham | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office |
| John | Moncure | 1834 | 1837 | Stafford | Banks Register's Office |
| Samuel McD. | Moore | 1825 | 1837 | Rockbridge | Schools and Colleges |
| John | Mullen | 1828 | 1842 | Hardy | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John W. | Murdaugh | 1825 | 1838 | Norfolk County | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Alexander | Newman | 1836 | 1838 | Marshall | Penitentiary |
| William | Nixon | 1834 | 1837 | Hampshire | Propositions and Grievances |
| John S. | Pendleton | 1831 | 1839 | Rappahannock | Privileges and Elections (Chair) |
| John | Peter | 1836 | 1838 | Jefferson | Militia Laws |
| Robert J. | Poulson | 1833 | 1845 | Accomack | First Auditor's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| James | Powell | 1836 | 1843 | Amherst | Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
| Thomas J. | Randolph | 1831 | 1843 | Albemarle | Public Library (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| James M. | Redd | 1836 | 1837 | Patrick | First Auditor's Office |
| John D. | Richardson | 1809 | 1837 | Charlotte | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Absalom | Rinker | 1835 | 1837 | Shenandoah | Propositions and Grievances |
| John | Ripley | 1836 | 1838 | Tyler | Propositions and Grievances |
| Alexander | Rives | 1834 | 1842 | Albemarle | Finance (Chair) |
| Edgar W. | Robinson | 1836 | 1837 | Frederick | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| George | Rogers | 1834 | 1837 | Mecklenberg | Executive Expenditures Register's Office |
| Archibald | Samuel | 1829 | 1843 | Caroline | Propositions and Grievances |
| Abraham | Samuels | 1836 | 1837 | Wood | Schools and Colleges |
| James | Saunders | 1834 | 1837 | Campbell | |
| William C. | Scott | 1836 | 1837 | Powhatan | Executive Expenditures |
| Joseph | Segar | 1836 | 1838 | Northampton | Privileges and Elections |
| Samuel B. | Servant | 1827 | 1839 | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Treasurer's Accounts |
| James T. | Shadwick | 1836 | 1839 | King William | Privileges and Elections |
| William | Shands | 1829 | 1839 | Prince George | Courts of Justice |
| Wilson K. | Shinn | 1834 | 1837 | Harrison | Register's Office |
| Thomas | Sloan | 1832 | 1837 | Hampshire | Claims |
| Arthur | Smith | 1836 | 1841 | Isle of Wight | Militia Laws (Chair) |
| Ballard | Smith | 1810 | 1837 | Greenbrier | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Finance |
| John B. D. | Smith | 1831 | 1837 | Frederick | Banks Militia Laws |
| Thomas | Smith | 1826 | 1841 | Gloucester | Public Library |
| Robert V. | Snodgrass | 1836 | 1839 | Berkeley | Armory |
| Robert | Spear | 1834 | 1837 | Scott | |
| Robert | Speer | 1836 | 1837 | Scott | Claims |
| Thomas | Spencer | 1809 | 1842 | Greensville | Privileges and Elections |
| Robert | Stanard | 1808 | 1837 | Richmond City | Courts of Justice (Chair) Banks |
| John | Stanger | 1827 | 1840 | Wythe | Propositions and Grievances |
| Gideon A. | Strange | 1835 | 1838 | Fluvanna | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph | Stratton | 1826 | 1837 | Logan | Claims |
| Alexander H. H. | Stuart | 1836 | 1839 | Augusta | Courts of Justice |
| Paul | Taylor | 1836 | 1841 | Halifax | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| Whitmell P. | Tunstall | 1836 | 1848 | Pittsylvania | Courts of Justice |
| Charles | Turnbull | 1833 | 1838 | Brunswick | Claims Finance |
| Alfred J. | Vaughan | 1835 | 1842 | Dinwiddie | Agriculture and Manufactures Bonds of Public Officers |
| Nathaniel E. | Venable | 1836 | 1840 | Prince Edward | |
| Joseph S. | Watkins | 1821 | 1839 | Goochland | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| John F. | Wiley | 1835 | 1841 | Amelia | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| William J. | Willey | 1832 | 1837 | Monongalia | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John W. | Williams | 1834 | 1838 | Prince William | Finance Penitentiary |
| Samuel C. | Williams | 1836 | 1843 | Shenandoah | |
| John | Wills | 1836 | 1837 | Campbell | Clerk's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Allen | Wilson | 1815 | 1840 | Cumberland | Bonds of Public Officers Roads and Internal Navigation |
| George W. | Wilson | 1832 | 1837 | Botetourt | Courts of Justice Militia Laws |
| Vincent | Witcher | 1823 | 1851 | Pittsylvania | Claims (Chair) |
| Robert W. | Withers | 1836 | 1837 | Campbell | Armory Banks |
| Wyley P. | Woods | 1831 | 1842 | Franklin | Claims |
| John | Woolfolk | 1826 | 1839 | Orange | Register's Office (Chair) Courts of Justice Public Library |
| David P. | Wright | 1836 | 1848 | King and Queen | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Charles | Yancey | 1796 | 1838 | Buckingham |
*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.