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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William | Adair | 1842 | 1843 | Monroe | Banks Second Auditor's Office |
| John B. | Ailworth | 1841 | 1844 | Accomack | Banks Executive Expenditures |
| Samuel C. | Anderson | 1842 | 1847 | Prince Edward | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Robert A. | Banks | 1839 | 1847 | Madison | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Militia Laws |
| Benjamin | Bassel | 1842 | 1849 | Harrison | Privileges and Elections Public Libraries |
| Coalman D. | Bennett | 1842 | 1843 | Pittsylvania | Banks Treasurer's Accounts |
| John | Bird | 1842 | 1844 | Pendleton | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Elijah H. H. | Blick | 1842 | 1845 | Brunswick | Register's Office |
| Charles | Blue | 1842 | 1845 | Hampshire | Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas S. | Bocock | 1842 | 1844 | Buckingham | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Robert B. | Bolling | 1842 | 1845 | Petersburg | Banks Public Libraries Schools and Colleges |
| Lemuel J. | Bowden | 1841 | 1846 | James City, York and Williamsburg | Claims Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| Basil | Brawner | 1841 | 1846 | Prince William | Bonds of Public Officers Enrolled Bills |
| Edmund | Broadus | 1830 | 1846 | Culpeper | Agriculture and Manufactures Finance |
| Robert S. | Brooke | 1831 | 1843 | Augusta | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Hinde R. D. | Brown | 1841 | 1844 | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Register's Office |
| William G. | Brown | 1832 | 1843 | Preston | Banks Courts of Justice |
| Nathaniel | Burwell | 1842 | 1843 | Roanoke | Propositions and Grievances |
| Andrew H. | Byrd | 1836 | 1856 | Bath | Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard E. | Byrd | 1839 | 1844 | Frederick | Banks Courts of Justice |
| Frederick M. | Cabell | 1842 | 1846 | Nelson | Schools and Colleges |
| John B. | Calwell | 1842 | 1847 | Greenbrier | Bonds of Public Officers Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John | Carroll | 1839 | 1856 | Grayson and Carroll . | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| John A. | Carter | 1842 | 1844 | Loudoun | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James P. | Cocke | 1842 | 1843 | Amelia | Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel | Cootes | 1836 | 1845 | Rockingham | Privileges and Elections Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| George | Cowan | 1840 | 1846 | Russell | Banks Claims Penitentiary |
| Hamon | Critz | 1826 | 1844 | Patrick | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Oscar Minor | Crutchfield | 1834 | 1861 | Spotyslvania | Claims (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William H. B. | Custis | 1842 | 1846 | Accomack | Militia Laws Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Raleigh T. | Daniel | 1841 | 1845 | Richmond City | Public Libraries (Chair) Banks Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas H. | Daniel | 1842 | 1847 | Prince George | Bonds of Public Officers Claims |
| Thomas | Davis | 1827 | 1847 | Orange and Greene | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Finance |
| William B. | Davis | 1840 | 1845 | King and Queen | Claims |
| George E. | Deneale | 1842 | 1843 | Rockingham | Register's Office (Chair) Finance |
| William H. | Dennis | 1842 | 1843 | Charlotte | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| Harvey | Deskins | 1836 | 1851 | Floyd | Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
| John H. | Dey | 1840 | 1846 | Princess Anne | Claims |
| Peter | Dyche | 1842 | 1843 | Morgan | Clerk's Office |
| Daniel M. | Edgington | 1841 | 1848 | Ohio | Privileges and Elections Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Elias B. | Edmonds | 1841 | 1843 | Lancaster and Richmond County | Armory |
| John R. | Edmunds | 1836 | 1846 | Halifax | Banks (Chair) Finance |
| William | Frazier | 1842 | 1845 | Augusta | Courts of Justice |
| William H. | French | 1841 | 1845 | Giles and Mercer | Penitentiary Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John S. | Gallaher | 1830 | 1844 | Jefferson | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Banks |
| Muscoe | Garnett | 1842 | 1846 | Essex | Schools and Colleges |
| Wright | Gatewood | 1841 | 1854 | Shenandoah | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| James J. | Gibson | 1842 | 1843 | Lee | Armory |
| Samuel E. | Goodson | 1838 | 1849 | Washington | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| William H. | Goodwyn | 1842 | 1843 | Dinwiddie | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory |
| William H. | Gray | 1842 | 1843 | Loudoun | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| Higgerson | Hancock | 1842 | 1844 | Chesterfield | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Banks |
| Aylett | Hawes | 1842 | 1846 | King William | First Auditor's Office Public Libraries |
| John G. | Hedgman | 1842 | 1845 | Stafford | Clerk's Office |
| B. H. | Henry | 1842 | 1843 | Warren and Clarke | Clerk's Office |
| Joel | Holleman | 1832 | 1844 | Isle of Wight | |
| Henry Laurens | Hopkins | 1835 | 1863 | Powhatan | Courts of Justice (Chair) |
| Robert T. | Hubard | 1838 | 1843 | Buckingham | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Claims |
| Henry P. | Irving | 1840 | 1849 | Cumberland | Courts of Justice Public Libraries |
| William | Jackson | 1842 | 1844 | Louisa | Second Auditor's Office |
| David E. | Jiggits | 1842 | 1843 | Mecklenburg | Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas F. | Jones | 1842 | 1844 | Greensville | Executive Expenditures Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| James | Kane | 1842 | 1845 | Scott | Bonds of Public Officers |
| John | Keen | 1839 | 1843 | Pittsylvania | Roads and Internal Navigation Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Zedekiah | Kidwell | 1842 | 1853 | Marion | Lunatic Asylums Second Auditor's Office |
| John | King | 1842 | 1843 | Henry | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| Richmond T. | Lacy | 1842 | 1850 | Charles City and New Kent | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Shelton F. Farrar | Leake | 1842 | 1843 | Albemarle | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Walter D. | Leake | 1842 | 1853 | Goochland | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Enrolled Bills |
| Isaac J. | Leftwich | 1841 | 1846 | Wythe and Pulaski | Courts of Justice Public Libraries |
| George W. | Lewis | 1842 | 1843 | Westmoreland | Clerk's Office Courts of Justice |
| Moses H. | Mann | 1842 | 1843 | Alleghany | |
| Robert T. | Marshall | 1840 | 1843 | Lunenberg | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| Jefferson T. | Martin | 1841 | 1843 | Marshall | Banks Penitentiary |
| Sherwin | McRae | 1839 | 1846 | Henrico | Militia Laws Privileges and Elections |
| William | Meredith | 1840 | 1844 | Brunswick | Claims Militia Laws |
| James S. | Miles | 1842 | 1844 | Hardy | Privileges and Elections |
| Charles C. | Miller | 1842 | 1843 | Mason and Jackson | Second Auditor's Office |
| Danile | Miller | 1842 | 1843 | Loudoun | Armory |
| Thomas P. | Mitchell | 1838 | 1846 | Bedford | First Auditor's Office Lunatic Asylums |
| David E. | Moore | 1843 | 1845 | Rockbridge | Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Frederick | Moore | 1841 | 1849 | Cabell and Wayne | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Henry L. | Muse | 1842 | 1844 | Franklin | Register's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Daniel R. | Neal | 1842 | 1846 | Wood and Ritchie | Lunatic Asylums Propositions and Grievances |
| James M. | Newkirk | 1841 | 1853 | Berkeley | Bonds of Public Officers Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| George L. | Nicolson | 1842 | 1856 | Mathews and Middlesex | Public Libraries Second Auditor's Office |
| Jonathan B. | Northington | 1842 | 1844 | Mecklenberg | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| B. W. | Nowlin | 1841 | 1843 | Campbell | Schools and Colleges Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Asa | Oliver | 1842 | 1847 | Nottoway | Agriculture and Manufactures Clerk's Office |
| Andrew | Parks | 1842 | 1848 | Kanawha | Enrolled Bills Finance |
| Barrett G. | Payne | 1804 | 1845 | Fluvanna | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| James | Powell | 1836 | 1843 | Amherst | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| John | Powell | 1839 | 1843 | Fairfax | Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas J. | Randolph | 1831 | 1843 | Albemarle | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Finance (Chair) Banks |
| Walter | Rice | 1842 | 1844 | Northumberland | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Augustine W. | Robins | 1841 | 1845 | Gloucester | Claims Lunatic Asylums |
| William | Rust | 1842 | 1843 | Fauquier | Agriculture and Manufactures Penitentiary |
| Archibald | Samuel | 1829 | 1843 | Caroline | Armory (Chair) Claims |
| Augustine J. | Smith | 1842 | 1843 | Harrison | Finance Militia Laws |
| James M. | Smith | 1840 | 1842 | Northumberland | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Robert R. | Smith | 1842 | 1844 | Nansemond | |
| William R. | Smith | 1835 | 1847 | Fauquier | Armory |
| William T. | Snodgrass | 1842 | 1844 | Berkeley | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory |
| William A. | Spark | 1842 | 1843 | Southampton | Clerk's Office Lunatic Asylums |
| James C. | Spotts | 1839 | 1843 | Tazewell | Claims Privileges and Elections |
| Darwin E. | Stanton | 1842 | 1844 | Brooke | Banks Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Aaron | Stockton | 1842 | 1843 | Fayette and Nicholas | Register's Office |
| Griffin | Stollings | 1826 | 1843 | Logan | Treasurer's Accounts |
| John B. | Stovall | 1842 | 1851 | Halifax | Agriculture and Manufactures First Auditor's Office |
| Jacob | Strole | 1842 | 1843 | Page | Bonds of Public Officers |
| James French | Strother | 1840 | 1851 | Rappahannock | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry | Sturm | 1838 | 1858 | Randolph | Propositions and Grievances |
| Norborne | Taliaferro | 1842 | 1844 | Franklin | Courts of Justice Finance |
| Benjamin | Tallman | 1839 | 1843 | Pocahontas | First Auditor's Office |
| Caleb | Tanzey | 1840 | 1849 | Monongalia | Lunatic Asylums Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas M. | Tate | 1840 | 1848 | Smyth | Lunatic Asylums Propositions and Grievances |
| William | Tatem | 1842 | 1844 | Norfolk County | Militia Laws Schools and Colleges |
| Cabell | Tavenner | 1842 | 1843 | Braxton and Lewis | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert E. | Taylor | 1841 | 1845 | Norfolk Borough | Banks Courts of Justice |
| Richard H. | Toler | 1839 | 1846 | Campbell | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William | Wade | 1839 | 1844 | Montgomery and Pulaski | Second Auditor's Office |
| John H. | Walker | 1841 | 1844 | Sussex | Schools and Colleges |
| Robert | Wallace | 1841 | 1850 | King George | First Auditor's Office Lunatic Asylums |
| John | Ward | 1842 | 1845 | Hampshire | Register's Office |
| Dawson | Warren | 1840 | 1844 | Surry | Finance Lunatic Asylums |
| Samuel | Watts | 1833 | 1847 | Norfolk County | Militia Laws (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James G. | West | 1842 | 1850 | Tyler | Bonds of Public Officers Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Robert | White | 1842 | 1845 | Rockbridge | Enrolled Bills Register's Office |
| William L. | White | 1827 | 1843 | Hanover | First Auditor's Office |
| Samuel C. | Williams | 1836 | 1843 | Shenandoah | Clerk's Office (Chair) Penitentiary (Chair) Banks |
| James B. | Wilson | 1842 | 1843 | Botetourt | Penitentiary Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Gustavus A. | Wingfield | 1841 | 1843 | Bedford | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William | Wood | 1830 | 1844 | Frederick | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Claims |
| William C. | Worthington | 1839 | 1850 | Jefferson | Courts of Justice |
| George T. | Yerby | 1839 | 1858 | Northampton | Lunatic Asylums Penitentiary |
*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.