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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George | Alderson | 1839 | 1840 | Fayette and Nicholas | Claims |
| Jonas | Aleshire | 1839 | 1840 | Page | Clerk's Office |
| James | Allen | 1839 | 1853 | Hampshire | Second Auditor's Office |
| Joseph T. | Allyn | 1839 | 1840 | Norfolk Borough | Lunatic Asylums Treasurer's Accounts |
| Archibald | Anderson | 1836 | 1839 | Louisa | Lunatic Asylums |
| Edward J. | Armstrong | 1839 | 1844 | Harrison | First Auditor's Office Schools and Colleges |
| Robert L. | Baker | 1839 | 1840 | Frederick | Lunatic Asylums Register's Office |
| Robert A. | Banks | 1839 | 1847 | Madison | Privileges and Elections |
| Samuel | Bare | 1821 | 1840 | Shenandoah | Register's Office |
| Richard Walker | Barton | 1823 | 1839 | Frederick | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) |
| William R. | Baskerville | 1839 | 1865 | Mecklenberg | Bonds of Public Officers Second Auditor's Office |
| Thomas H. | Bayly | 1836 | 1842 | Accomack | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Lewis | Beard | 1832 | 1849 | Loudoun | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Edmund | Broadus | 1830 | 1846 | Culpeper | Bonds of Public Officers Finance |
| Nathaniel | Burwell | 1839 | 1844 | Clarke and Warren | Agriculture and Manufactures Penitentiary |
| William M. | Burwell | 1839 | 1865 | Bedford | Public Libraries Schools and Colleges |
| Augustine C. | Butts | 1839 | 1841 | Greensville | Privileges and Elections Register's Office |
| Richard E. | Byrd | 1839 | 1844 | Frederick | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Edward A. | Cabell | 1839 | 1841 | Amherst | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| Elbert H. | Caldwell | 1839 | 1841 | Marshall | |
| Wyatt | Cardwell | 1838 | 1858 | Charlotte | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Treasurer's Accounts |
| Samuel | Carpenter | 1839 | 1841 | Alleghany | Claims |
| John | Carroll | 1839 | 1856 | Grayson | Register's Office |
| William | Carroll | 1826 | 1840 | Preston | Executive Expenditures |
| Augustus A. | Chapman | 1835 | 1841 | Monroe | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| James S. | Clarke | 1839 | 1840 | Surry | Executive Expenditures |
| William H. | Clarke | 1839 | 1842 | Halifax | Finance Treasurer's Accounts |
| John | Clayton | 1839 | 1841 | Monongalia | Clerk's Office |
| Clayton G. | Coleman | 1836 | 1841 | Charles City and New Kent | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
| Raphael M. | Conn | 1838 | 1841 | Shenandoah | Enrolled Bills Militia Laws |
| Robert B. | Corbin | 1838 | 1841 | Caroline | Public Libraries |
| James H. | Cox | 1837 | 1842 | Chesterfield | Penitentiary (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Carter | Crafford | 1839 | 1840 | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Armory |
| Thomas T. | Cropper | 1839 | 1841 | Accomack | Armory |
| Oscar Minor | Crutchfield | 1834 | 1861 | Spotyslvania | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| Charles P. | Dorman | 1833 | 1848 | Rockbridge | Finance (Chair) Public Libraries |
| Henry | Erskine | 1830 | 1842 | Greenbrier | Agriculture and Manufactures Finance |
| William | Etheridge | 1840 | 1842 | Norfolk County | Militia Laws |
| James | Evans | 1839 | 1840 | Monongalia | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Joshua | Ewing | 1839 | 1840 | Lee | Schools and Colleges |
| William | Fitzgerald | 1838 | 1840 | Nottoway | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Alexander | Fitzhugh | 1839 | 1841 | Stafford | Second Auditor's Office |
| Thomas H. | Flood | 1839 | 1846 | Buckingham | Militia Laws |
| William S. | Fontaine | 1839 | 1840 | King William | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas | Fox | 1839 | 1847 | Campbell | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory |
| David | Gibson | 1839 | 1840 | Hampshire | Agriculture and Manufactures Finance |
| Thomas Walker | Gilmer | 1829 | 1840 | Albemarle | |
| William Osborne | Goode | 1822 | 1853 | Mecklenburg | Schools and Colleges (Chair) |
| Samuel E. | Goodson | 1838 | 1849 | Washington | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John M. | Gregory | 1821 | 1841 | James City, York, and Williamsburg | Courts of Justice Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| Hiram | Griever | 1839 | 1840 | Smyth | Armory |
| John | Guerrant | 1839 | 1842 | Goochland | Clerk's Office |
| Samuel | Hale | 1831 | 1841 | Franklin | Privileges and Elections Treasurer's Accounts |
| William | Hamlett | 1839 | 1841 | Henry | Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph | Hannah | 1839 | 1841 | Botetourt | Claims |
| Henry T. | Harrison | 1839 | 1841 | Loudoun | Agriculture and Manufactures Lunatic Asylums |
| Creed | Haskins | 1839 | 1841 | Brunswick | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry G. | Heath | 1839 | 1842 | Prince George | Claims |
| Joseph | Hiden | 1839 | 1842 | Orange and Greene | First Auditor's Office |
| Harman | Hiner | 1816 | 1842 | Pendleton | Claims |
| William D. | Hodges | 1838 | 1840 | Nansemond | Courts of Justice Finance |
| John | Howell | 1839 | 1840 | Floyd | |
| William B. | Hudnall | 1839 | 1840 | Northumberland | Penitentiary |
| Edmund P. | Hunter | 1834 | 1842 | Berkeley | Armory (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Jacob J. | Jackson | 1839 | 1841 | Braxton and Lewis | Propositions and Grievances |
| John J. | Jackson | 1825 | 1845 | Wood | Register's Office (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| John | Keen | 1839 | 1843 | Pittsylvania | Claims |
| Anthony | Kennedy | 1839 | 1842 | Jefferson | Agriculture and Manufactures Schools and Colleges |
| Charles | King | 1824 | 1840 | Giles and Mercer | Second Auditor's Office |
| William | Kinney | 1838 | 1842 | Augusta | Finance (Chair) |
| George W. | Kyle | 1839 | 1849 | Buckingham | |
| Anthony | Lawson | 1830 | 1840 | Logan | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| George H. | Lee | 1839 | 1841 | Harrison | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| Alfred | Leyburn | 1835 | 1842 | Rockbridge | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| Joseph | Lipscomb | 1839 | 1840 | Louisa | Propositions and Grievances |
| William | Lockridge | 1839 | 1840 | Bath | Register's Office |
| James K. | Marshall | 1839 | 1841 | Fauquier | Agriculture and Manufactures Bonds of Public Officers |
| William | Massie | 1839 | 1840 | Nelson | Claims Public Libraries |
| John F. | May | 1825 | 1841 | Petersburg | Courts of Justice (Chair) |
| William | McConnell | 1838 | 1841 | Ohio | Agriculture and Manufactures Schools and Colleges |
| Franklin | McCue | 1839 | 1841 | Augusta | Militia Laws |
| John | McMillan | 1823 | 1840 | Brooke | Armory |
| Sherwin | McRae | 1839 | 1846 | Henrico | Propositions and Grievances Treasurer's Accounts |
| William | Meredith | 1840 | 1844 | Brunswick | First Auditor's Office Schools and Colleges |
| Jacob | Michaux | 1836 | 1840 | Powhatan | Claims |
| Thomas P. | Mitchell | 1838 | 1846 | Bedford | Enrolled Bills Second Auditor's Office |
| Henry | Myers | 1839 | 1840 | Morgan | Armory |
| Jacob | Myers | 1839 | 1845 | Berkeley | Penitentiary |
| John | Orgain | 1838 | 1840 | Lunenberg | Penitentiary |
| Barrett G. | Payne | 1804 | 1845 | Fluvanna | Propositions and Grievances |
| John | Powell | 1839 | 1843 | Fairfax | Claims |
| John J. | Prince | 1838 | 1841 | Sussex | Clerk's Office |
| Charles | Quillen | 1839 | 1850 | Scott | First Auditor's Office |
| Sanford J. | Ramey | 1839 | 1845 | Loudoun | Propositions and Grievances |
| Daniel | Ratcliffe | 1839 | 1841 | Prince William | Courts of Justice Public Libraries |
| Van B. | Reynolds | 1839 | 1840 | Kanawha | Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert | Ridley | 1839 | 1841 | Southampton | Executive Expenditures Public Libraries |
| Lawrence | Roane | 1839 | 1848 | Essex | Bonds of Public Officers |
| William | Roberts | 1839 | 1840 | Princess Anne | Claims |
| Wyndham | Robertson | 1838 | 1841 | Richmond City | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| John | Scott | 1839 | 1840 | Marshall | Clerk's Office |
| Robert E. | Scott | 1839 | 1853 | Fauquier | Courts of Justice |
| William | Seymour | 1828 | 1848 | Hardy | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James C. | Shipman | 1839 | 1842 | Rockingham | Claims |
| Arthur | Smith | 1836 | 1841 | Isle of Wight | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Finance |
| Edward H. | Smith | 1839 | 1842 | Rockingham | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Henry D. | Smith | 1839 | 1840 | Russell | Armory |
| Nehemiah | Smith | 1831 | 1842 | Mason and Jackson | Clerk's Office |
| Thomas | Smith | 1826 | 1841 | Gloucester | Executive Expenditures |
| Henry | Snider | 1839 | 1841 | Roanoke | First Auditor's Office |
| Valentine Wood | Southall | 1833 | 1846 | Albemarle | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| James C. | Spotts | 1839 | 1843 | Tazewell | Second Auditor's Office |
| John | Stanger | 1827 | 1840 | Wythe and Pulaski | Penitentiary Register's Office |
| John C. | Staples | 1839 | 1840 | Patrick | Armory |
| James M. | Stephenson | 1839 | 1848 | Tyler | Claims (Chair) Finance Privileges and Elections |
| Gerald B. | Stuart | 1839 | 1841 | Augusta | Executive Expenditures Lunatic Asylums |
| Henry | Sturm | 1838 | 1858 | Randolph | Armory |
| Benjamin | Tallman | 1839 | 1843 | Pocahontas | Armory |
| Edward T. | Tayloe | 1838 | 1841 | King George | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| William H. | Tayloe | 1839 | 1841 | Lancaster and Richmond County | Armory Lunatic Asylums |
| John R. | Taylor | 1835 | 1840 | Mathews and Middlesex | Clerk's Office (Chair) |
| Paul | Taylor | 1836 | 1841 | Halifax | Propositions and Grievances |
| Solomon | Thornburg | 1827 | 1840 | Cabell | Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard H. | Toler | 1839 | 1846 | Campbell | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Whitmell P. | Tunstall | 1836 | 1848 | Pittsylvania | Public Libraries (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Nathaniel E. | Venable | 1836 | 1840 | Prince Edward | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| John | Wade | 1834 | 1840 | Franklin | Penitentiary |
| William | Wade | 1839 | 1844 | Montgomery and Pulaski | Propositions and Grievances |
| William | Walden | 1839 | 1840 | Rappahannock | Militia Laws |
| William G. | Walker | 1838 | 1841 | Westmoreland | Schools and Colleges |
| Samuel | Watts | 1833 | 1847 | Norfolk County | Militia Laws (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William L. | White | 1827 | 1843 | Hanover | Armory |
| Thomas | Whitworth | 1839 | 1840 | Dinwiddie | Lunatic Asylums Militia Laws |
| Allen | Wilson | 1815 | 1840 | Cumberland | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) |
| Vincent | Witcher | 1823 | 1851 | Pittsylvania | Claims (Chair) |
| Henry | Wood | 1839 | 1840 | Amelia | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| William C. | Worthington | 1839 | 1850 | Jefferson | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| David P. | Wright | 1836 | 1848 | King and Queen | Executive Expenditures |
| George T. | Yerby | 1839 | 1858 | Northampton | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills |
*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.