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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John B. | Ailworth | 1841 | 1844 | Accomack | Banks Executive Expenditures |
| Samuel C. | Anderson | 1842 | 1847 | Prince Edward | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Edward J. | Armstrong | 1839 | 1844 | Harrison | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Banks |
| John | Armstrong | 1843 | 1844 | Mason and Jackson | Public Libraries |
| Israel | Baldwin | 1843 | 1844 | Preston | Executive Expenditures Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Robert M. | Bales | 1843 | 1844 | Lee | Bonds of Public Officers |
| Robert A. | Banks | 1839 | 1847 | Madison | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Militia Laws |
| Thomas | Banks | 1843 | 1844 | Floyd | Bonds of Public Officers |
| Aaron | Barnes | 1843 | 1844 | Roanoke | Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James | Bell | 1843 | 1844 | Augusta | Penitentiary Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John | Bird | 1842 | 1844 | Pendleton | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Elijah H. H. | Blick | 1842 | 1845 | Brunswick | Militia Laws Register's Office |
| Charles | Blue | 1842 | 1845 | Hampshire | Finance Militia Laws |
| Thomas S. | Bocock | 1842 | 1844 | Buckingham | Courts of Justice Finance |
| Robert B. | Bolling | 1842 | 1845 | Petersburg | Banks Public Libraries |
| Lemuel J. | Bowden | 1841 | 1846 | James City, York and Williamsburg | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| Carr | Bowers | 1843 | 1844 | Southampton | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| John H. | Bowlby | 1843 | 1844 | Monongalia | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Basil | Brawner | 1841 | 1846 | Prince William | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
| Edmund | Broadus | 1830 | 1846 | Culpeper | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Finance |
| Bazeleel | Brown | 1843 | 1847 | Albemarle | Finance Militia Laws Schools and Colleges |
| Hinde R. D. | Brown | 1841 | 1844 | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Enrolled Bills |
| William B. | Brown | 1843 | 1844 | Campbell | Militia Laws |
| Nathaniel | Burwell | 1839 | 1844 | Warren and Clarke | Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard E. | Byrd | 1839 | 1844 | Frederick | Claims (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Frederick M. | Cabell | 1842 | 1846 | Nelson | Schools and Colleges |
| Robert | Campbell | 1823 | 1845 | Bedford | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John | Carroll | 1839 | 1856 | Grayson and Carroll . | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| John A. | Carter | 1842 | 1844 | Loudoun | Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Chastain | Cocke | 1844 | 1848 | Powhatan | Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel | Cootes | 1836 | 1845 | Rockingham | Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| George | Cowan | 1840 | 1846 | Russell | Claims Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas | Creigh | 1843 | 1844 | Greenbrier | Claims |
| Hamon | Critz | 1826 | 1844 | Patrick | |
| William H. B. | Custis | 1842 | 1846 | Accomack | Clerk's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Raleigh T. | Daniel | 1841 | 1845 | Richmond City | Banks Courts of Justice |
| Thomas H. | Daniel | 1842 | 1847 | Prince George | Claims Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas | Davis | 1827 | 1847 | Orange and Greene | Finance Privileges and Elections |
| Robert M. | Denison | 1843 | 1846 | Shenandoah | Bonds of Public Officers |
| John H. | Dey | 1840 | 1846 | Princess Anne | Claims Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Lawson | Eastham | 1843 | 1844 | Rappahannock | Trade and the Mechanic Arts Treasurer's Accounts |
| Daniel M. | Edgington | 1841 | 1848 | Ohio | Banks Privileges and Elections |
| Mathew | Edmiston | 1843 | 1844 | Braxton and Lewis | Courts of Justice |
| John R. | Edmunds | 1836 | 1846 | Halifax | Finance (Chair) |
| Henry | Farley | 1839 | 1845 | Logan | Enrolled Bills |
| Thomas | Fox | 1839 | 1847 | Campbell | Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances |
| John G. | Fulton | 1843 | 1845 | Augusta | Lunatic Asylums Register's Office |
| John S. | Gallaher | 1830 | 1844 | Jefferson | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Banks Schools and Colleges |
| Muscoe | Garnett | 1842 | 1846 | Essex | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| John | Gay | 1838 | 1845 | Pocahontas | Executive Expenditures |
| Samuel E. | Goodson | 1838 | 1849 | Washington | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| Alexander S. | Grigsby | 1843 | 1845 | Fairfax | Agriculture and Manufactures Register's Office |
| John | Grubb | 1843 | 1845 | Loudoun | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Samuel | Hamilton | 1843 | 1846 | Monroe | Second Auditor's Office |
| Higgerson | Hancock | 1842 | 1844 | Chesterfield | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Banks |
| Alexander | Harrisson | 1843 | 1844 | Tazewell | Second Auditor's Office |
| Lewis E. | Harvie | 1841 | 1850 | Amelia | Banks Finance |
| Aylett | Hawes | 1842 | 1846 | King William | Executive Expenditures Lunatic Asylums |
| Luther | Haymond | 1843 | 1844 | Harrison | Lunatic Asylums Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
| John G. | Hedgman | 1842 | 1845 | Stafford | Clerk's Office Public Libraries |
| James | Hobson | 1843 | 1846 | Cumberland | Bonds of Public Officers |
| Joel | Holleman | 1832 | 1844 | Isle of Wight | |
| Charles S. | Hutcheson | 1843 | 1844 | Mecklenburg | Schools and Colleges Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William | Jackson | 1842 | 1844 | Louisa | Second Auditor's Office |
| James | Jones | 1841 | 1844 | Buckingham | Banks Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas F. | Jones | 1842 | 1844 | Greensville | Armory |
| James | Kane | 1842 | 1845 | Scott | Bonds of Public Officers First Auditor's Office |
| Isham | Keith | 1843 | 1844 | Fauquier | Agriculture and Manufactures Claims Finance |
| Richmond T. | Lacy | 1842 | 1850 | Charles City and New Kent | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| James | Lanier | 1843 | 1848 | Pittsylvania | Propositions and Grievances |
| Douglass B. | Layne | 1833 | 1850 | Alleghany | Claims Penitentiary |
| Walter D. | Leake | 1842 | 1853 | Goochland | Banks (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| John | Lewis | 1843 | 1844 | Kanawha | Bonds of Public Officers Finance |
| John | Lumpkin | 1843 | 1844 | King and Queen | Claims |
| John | Marshall | 1843 | 1845 | Fauquier | Courts of Justice Public Libraries |
| John H. | Marshall | 1843 | 1845 | Charlotte | Agriculture and Manufactures Register's Office |
| Hiram | Martz | 1843 | 1858 | Rockingham County | Clerk's Office |
| John | Mayo | 1843 | 1845 | Lancaster and Richmond County | Clerk's Office Lunatic Asylums |
| David | McComas | 1843 | 1844 | Wythe and Pulaski | Courts of Justice (Chair) |
| John | McPherson | 1838 | 1847 | Page | Roads and Internal Navigation Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Sherwin | McRae | 1839 | 1846 | Henrico | Militia Laws Privileges and Elections |
| William | Meredith | 1840 | 1844 | Brunswick | Armory Claims |
| James S. | Miles | 1842 | 1844 | Hardy | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Hubbard T. | Minor | 1843 | 1845 | Spotsylvania | Public Libraries Treasurer's Accounts |
| David E. | Moore | 1843 | 1845 | Rockbridge | Armory (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William S. | Morgan | 1843 | 1844 | Marion | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Henry L. | Muse | 1842 | 1844 | Franklin | Claims Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Daniel R. | Neal | 1842 | 1846 | Wood and Ritchie | Lunatic Asylums Propositions and Grievances |
| George L. | Nicolson | 1842 | 1856 | Mathews and Middlesex | Public Libraries Second Auditor's Office |
| Jonathan B. | Northington | 1842 | 1844 | Mecklenberg | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| John | O'Ferrall | 1828 | 1845 | Morgan | Register's Office |
| Asa | Oliver | 1842 | 1847 | Nottoway | Agriculture and Manufactures Clerk's Office |
| Greensville T. | Pace | 1843 | 1844 | Henry | Treasurer's Accounts |
| John | Parriott | 1827 | 1846 | Marshall | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Barrett G. | Payne | 1804 | 1845 | Fluvanna | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| Albert G. | Pendleton | 1843 | 1867 | Giles and Mercer | Courts of Justice |
| Edmund | Pendleton | 1843 | 1845 | Berkeley | Courts of Justice First Auditor's Office |
| Paulus | Powell | 1843 | 1849 | Amherst | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| John T. | Rice | 1843 | 1853 | Westmoreland | Second Auditor's Office |
| Walter | Rice | 1842 | 1844 | Northumberland | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Augustine W. | Robins | 1841 | 1845 | Gloucester | Claims Lunatic Asylums |
| Henry W. | Shelton | 1843 | 1844 | Cabell and Wayne | Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert R. | Smith | 1842 | 1844 | Nansemond | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William T. | Snodgrass | 1842 | 1844 | Berkeley | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory |
| Valentine Wood | Southall | 1833 | 1846 | Albemarle | Public Libraries (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Darwin E. | Stanton | 1842 | 1844 | Brooke | Penitentiary Privileges and Elections |
| James M. | Stephenson | 1839 | 1848 | Tyler | Clerk's Office (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Daniel | Stickley | 1843 | 1847 | Shenandoah | Banks Clerk's Office |
| John B. | Stovall | 1842 | 1851 | Halifax | Claims Privileges and Elections |
| John T. | Street | 1843 | 1844 | Lunenberg | Armory Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry | Sturm | 1838 | 1858 | Randolph and Barbour | Propositions and Grievances |
| Norborne | Taliaferro | 1842 | 1844 | Franklin | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Courts of Justice Finance |
| Thomas M. | Tate | 1840 | 1848 | Smyth | Lunatic Asylums Propositions and Grievances |
| William | Tatem | 1842 | 1844 | Norfolk County | Militia Laws Schools and Colleges |
| Robert E. | Taylor | 1841 | 1845 | Norfolk Borough | Banks Courts of Justice |
| A. Sidney | Tebbs | 1843 | 1844 | Loudoun | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John W. | Thompson | 1843 | 1849 | Botetourt | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William F. | Thompson | 1843 | 1847 | Dinwiddie | Executive Expenditures Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Daniel | Tompkins | 1843 | 1851 | Bedford | Agriculture and Manufactures Register's Office |
| William F. | Turner | 1843 | 1846 | Jefferson | Claims Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Francis | Tyree | 1843 | 1845 | Fayette and Nicholas | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| Henry | Van Buren | 1843 | 1845 | Bath | 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 | First Auditor's Office |
| Dawson | Warren | 1840 | 1844 | Surry | Finance Lunatic Asylums |
| John | Washington | 1843 | 1844 | Caroline | Agriculture and Manufactures First Auditor's Office |
| Robert | White | 1842 | 1845 | Rockbridge | Register's Office (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| William D. | Winston | 1843 | 1845 | Hanover | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Vincent | Witcher | 1823 | 1851 | Pittsylvania | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) |
| William | Wood | 1830 | 1844 | Frederick | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Banks |
| George T. | Yerby | 1839 | 1858 | Northampton | Penitentiary (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John P. | Young | 1843 | 1844 | Norfolk County | Militia Laws (Chair) Lunatic Asylums |
*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.