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 | Last Session Served | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | Alexander | 1836 | 1839 | Northumberland | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Archibald | Anderson | 1836 | 1839 | Louisa | Propositions and Grievances |
| Edward J. | Armstrong | 1839 | 1844 | Harrison | First Auditor's Office |
| William E. | Bailey | 1836 | 1839 | Surry | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
| Spencer M. | Ball | 1831 | 1839 | Fairfax | Agriculture and Manufactures Lunatic Asylums |
| Robert A. | Banks | 1839 | 1847 | Madison | Enrolled Bills |
| Samuel | Bare | 1821 | 1840 | Shenandoah | Propositions and Grievances |
| David | Barnett | 1838 | 1849 | Montgomery | Finance |
| Richard Walker | Barton | 1823 | 1839 | Frederick | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas H. | Bayly | 1836 | 1842 | Accomack | Militia Laws Schools and Colleges |
| Lewis | Beard | 1832 | 1849 | Loudoun | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John | Booton | 1839 | 1841 | Madison | Claims |
| John M. | Botts | 1833 | 1839 | Henrico | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Edmund | Broadus | 1830 | 1846 | Culpeper | Enrolled Bills Finance |
| Edward A. | Cabell | 1839 | 1841 | Amherst | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Elbert H. | Caldwell | 1839 | 1841 | Marshall | Bonds of Public Officers Privileges and Elections |
| Wyatt | Cardwell | 1838 | 1858 | Charlotte | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures Claims |
| William | Carroll | 1826 | 1840 | Preston | Executive Expenditures |
| William | Carson | 1836 | 1839 | Clarke and Warren | Second Auditor's Office |
| Manilius | Chapman | 1838 | 1839 | Giles and Mercer | Courts of Justice |
| James S. | Clarke | 1839 | 1840 | Surry | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
| John | Clayton | 1839 | 1841 | Monongalia | Clerk's Office |
| Martin | Cloud | 1839 | 1839 | Patrick | Register's Office |
| Tilghman A. | Cobbs | 1829 | 1839 | Bedford | Propositions and Grievances |
| Raphael M. | Conn | 1838 | 1841 | Shenandoah | Armory |
| Valentine Y. | Conway | 1838 | 1839 | Lancaster and Richmond County | Executive Expenditures Lunatic Asylums |
| Robert B. | Corbin | 1838 | 1841 | Caroline | Privileges and Elections Public Libraries |
| James H. | Cox | 1837 | 1842 | Chesterfield | Penitentiary (Chair) |
| Addison | Crockett | 1839 | 1839 | Tazewell | Register's Office |
| Charles L. | Crockett | 1829 | 1839 | Wythe | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas T. | Cropper | 1839 | 1841 | Accomack | Armory Lunatic Asylums |
| Oscar Minor | Crutchfield | 1834 | 1861 | Spotyslvania | Armory (Chair) Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James | Culbertson | 1839 | 1839 | Scott | Armory |
| William E. | Cunningham | 1833 | 1839 | Norfolk Borough | Banks Public Libraries Schools and Colleges |
| Joseph F. | Daingerfield | 1839 | 1839 | Greenbrier | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| Joseph W. | Davis | 1836 | 1839 | Smyth | Privileges and Elections Treasurer's Accounts |
| Harvey | Deskins | 1836 | 1851 | Floyd | Penitentiary |
| Charles P. | Dorman | 1833 | 1848 | Rockbridge | Finance (Chair) Militia Laws (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| Alexander | Dortch | 1839 | 1839 | Mecklenburg | Militia Laws |
| James A. | Dunlap | 1839 | 1839 | Monroe | Register's Office |
| Elias | Edmonds | 1836 | 1839 | Fauquier | Claims Treasurer's Accounts |
| John R. | Edmunds | 1836 | 1846 | Halifax | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Public Libraries |
| Henry | Farley | 1839 | 1845 | Logan | Clerk's Office |
| William | Fitzgerald | 1838 | 1840 | Nottoway | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Armory |
| Alexander | Fitzhugh | 1839 | 1841 | Stafford | Claims Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas H. | Flood | 1839 | 1846 | Buckingham | Propositions and Grievances |
| Jesse | Flowers | 1838 | 1846 | Harrison | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas | Fox | 1839 | 1847 | Campbell | Armory |
| Tillotson | Fryatt | 1838 | 1841 | Berkeley | Register's Office |
| John | Gay | 1838 | 1845 | Pocahontas | Register's Office |
| Thomas Walker | Gilmer | 1829 | 1840 | Albemarle | |
| William Osborne | Goode | 1822 | 1853 | Mecklenburg | Public Libraries Schools and Colleges |
| Samuel E. | Goodson | 1838 | 1849 | Washington | Banks Claims |
| Lewis | Hail | 1822 | 1839 | Grayson | Second Auditor's Office |
| Samuel | Hale | 1831 | 1841 | Franklin | Privileges and Elections Treasurer's Accounts |
| James M. | Harris | 1839 | 1839 | Powhatan | Claims |
| Creed | Haskins | 1839 | 1841 | Brunswick | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas S. | Haymond | 1838 | 1839 | Monongalia | Register's Office (Chair) |
| William D. | Hodges | 1838 | 1840 | Nansemond | Courts of Justice |
| Weeden | Hoffman | 1834 | 1839 | Braxton & Lewis | Propositions and Grievances Treasurer's Accounts |
| William G. | Holloway | 1838 | 1842 | Alleghany | Lunatic Asylums Second Auditor's Office |
| John J. | Jackson | 1825 | 1845 | Wood | Register's Office (Chair) Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| William | Kinney | 1838 | 1842 | Augusta | Finance (Chair) Banks |
| George W. | Kyle | 1839 | 1849 | Buckingham | Finance |
| James H. | Langhorne | 1839 | 1841 | Norfolk County | Finance |
| Alfred | Leyburn | 1835 | 1842 | Rockbridge | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures Lunatic Asylums |
| George T. F. | Lorimer | 1836 | 1839 | Essex | Armory |
| William | Martin | 1838 | 1839 | Henry | Armory Bonds of Public Officers |
| John F. | May | 1825 | 1841 | Petersburg | Courts of Justice (Chair) Banks |
| William | McClintic | 1824 | 1839 | Bath | Second Auditor's Office |
| William | McConnell | 1838 | 1841 | Ohio | Agriculture and Manufactures Banks Schools and Colleges |
| William | McCoy Jr. | 1835 | 1839 | Pendleton | Claims |
| John | McPherson | 1838 | 1847 | Page | First Auditor's Office |
| W. H. E. | Merritt | 1865 | 1867 | Brunswick | Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas P. | Mitchell | 1838 | 1846 | Bedford | Enrolled Bills Second Auditor's Office |
| William | Odell | 1838 | 1841 | Hampshire | Armory |
| John | O'Ferrall | 1828 | 1845 | Morgan | First Auditor's Office |
| John | Orgain | 1838 | 1840 | Lunenberg | Clerk's Office |
| George | Park | 1838 | 1839 | Hampshire | First Auditor's Office |
| Barrett G. | Payne | 1804 | 1845 | Fluvanna | Propositions and Grievances |
| John S. | Pendleton | 1831 | 1839 | Rappahannock | Privileges and Elections (Chair) |
| William M. | Peyton | 1838 | 1839 | Botetourt & Roanoke | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John J. | Prince | 1838 | 1841 | Sussex | Clerk's Office |
| Sanford J. | Ramey | 1839 | 1845 | Loudoun | Propositions and Grievances |
| Daniel | Ratcliffe | 1839 | 1841 | Prince William | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures |
| George | Reynolds | 1839 | 1839 | Jefferson | Penitentiary |
| Jonathan | Richmond | 1839 | 1839 | Lee | Register's Office |
| William | Roberts | 1839 | 1840 | Princess Anne | Claims |
| Wyndham | Robertson | 1838 | 1841 | Richmond City | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Banks Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Samuel B. | Servant | 1827 | 1839 | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Enrolled Bills |
| William | Seymour | 1828 | 1848 | Hardy | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Propositions and Grievances (Chair) |
| James T. | Shadwick | 1836 | 1839 | King William | Armory |
| William | Shands | 1829 | 1839 | Prince George | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Thomas | Shanks | 1829 | 1839 | Botetourt and Roanoke | Bonds of Public Officers |
| Joseph H. | Sherrard | 1838 | 1839 | Frederick | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Banks Finance |
| Arthur | Smith | 1836 | 1841 | Isle of Wight | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| Daniel | Smith | 1827 | 1854 | Kanawha | Banks Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Edward H. | Smith | 1839 | 1842 | Rockingham | Agriculture and Manufactures Claims |
| Henry D. | Smith | 1839 | 1840 | Russell | Armory |
| Nehemiah | Smith | 1831 | 1842 | Mason and Jackson | Clerk's Office Lunatic Asylums |
| Thomas | Smith | 1826 | 1841 | Gloucester | Finance |
| Robert V. | Snodgrass | 1836 | 1839 | Berkeley | Second Auditor's Office |
| Valentine Wood | Southall | 1833 | 1846 | Albemarle | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Banks Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| James M. | Stephenson | 1839 | 1848 | Tyler | Claims (Chair) Finance |
| Alexander H. H. | Stuart | 1836 | 1839 | Augusta | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Henry | Sturm | 1838 | 1858 | Randolph | Armory |
| Campbell | Tarr | 1838 | 1839 | Brooke | Militia Laws |
| Edward T. | Tayloe | 1838 | 1841 | King George | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Privileges and Elections Public Libraries |
| John R. | Taylor | 1835 | 1840 | Mathews and Middlesex | Clerk's Office (Chair) |
| Paul | Taylor | 1836 | 1841 | Halifax | Propositions and Grievances |
| Timothy | Taylor Jr. | 1835 | 1842 | Loudoun | Claims |
| Isaac | Thomas | 1838 | 1839 | Rockingham | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Solomon | Thornburg | 1827 | 1840 | Cabell | Propositions and Grievances |
| Josiah | Tidball | 1839 | 1839 | Fauquier | |
| Richard H. | Toler | 1839 | 1846 | Campbell | Banks Lunatic Asylums Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Whitmell P. | Tunstall | 1836 | 1848 | Pittsylvania | Public Libraries (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Joseph | Turner | 1839 | 1839 | Greensville | Penitentiary |
| John | Tyler Jr. | 1811 | 1839 | James City, York and Williamsburg | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice Lunatic Asylums |
| James B. | Urquhart | 1839 | 1842 | Southampton | Claims Executive Expenditures |
| Alfred J. | Vaughan | 1835 | 1842 | Dinwiddie | Penitentiary |
| Nathaniel E. | Venable | 1836 | 1840 | Prince Edward | Banks (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures Schools and Colleges |
| John | Wade | 1834 | 1840 | Franklin | Penitentiary |
| Oliver L. | Waite | 1839 | 1839 | Fayette and Nicholas | Penitentiary |
| William G. | Walker | 1838 | 1841 | Westmoreland | Schools and Colleges |
| Bushrod C. | Washington | 1829 | 1839 | Jefferson | Agriculture and Manufactures Schools and Colleges |
| Joseph S. | Watkins | 1821 | 1839 | Goochland | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| Samuel | Watts | 1833 | 1847 | Norfolk County | Militia Laws (Chair) Banks Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William L. | White | 1827 | 1843 | Hanover | Armory |
| Floyd L. | Whitehead | 1839 | 1839 | Nelson | Agriculture and Manufactures Claims |
| Thomas H. | Wilcox | 1839 | 1839 | Charles City and New Kent | Agriculture and Manufactures Bonds of Public Officers |
| Allen | Wilson | 1815 | 1840 | Cumberland | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Enrolled Bills (Chair) |
| Vincent | Witcher | 1823 | 1851 | Pittsylvania | Claims (Chair) Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Henry | Wood | 1839 | 1840 | Amelia | Enrolled Bills |
| John | Woolfolk | 1826 | 1839 | Orange and Greene | Penitentiary (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| David P. | Wright | 1836 | 1848 | King and Queen | Executive Expenditures |
| George T. | Yerby | 1839 | 1858 | Northampton | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
*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.