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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel C. | Anderson | 1842 | 1847 | Prince Edward | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert A. | Banks | 1839 | 1847 | Madison | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) Militia Laws Propositions and Grievances |
| Aaron | Barnes | 1843 | 1844 | Roanoke | Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William R. | Baskerville | 1839 | 1865 | Mecklenburg | Schools and Colleges |
| Benjamin | Bassel | 1842 | 1849 | Harrison | First Auditor's Office Register's Office |
| William C. | Batte | 1844 | 1845 | Greensville | Clerk's Office |
| Frederick G.L. | Beuhring | 1822 | 1845 | Cabell and Wayne | First Auditor's Office |
| John R. | Billups | 1844 | 1845 | Mathews and Middlesex | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Robert | Blackwell | 1844 | 1845 | Lunenberg | Clerk's Office |
| Elijah H. H. | Blick | 1842 | 1845 | Brunswick | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| Charles | Blue | 1842 | 1845 | Hampshire | Banks Militia Laws |
| Robert B. | Bolling | 1842 | 1845 | Petersburg | Public Libraries (Chair) Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Lemuel J. | Bowden | 1841 | 1846 | James City, York and Williamsburg | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| Andrew S. | Broaddus | 1844 | 1845 | Caroline | Schools and Colleges Treasurer's Accounts |
| Edmund | Broadus | 1830 | 1846 | Culpeper | Finance (Chair) |
| Andrew | Brooks | 1844 | 1863 | Franklin | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Bazeleel | Brown | 1843 | 1847 | Albemarle | Claims Finance |
| Frederick M. | Cabell | 1842 | 1846 | Nelson | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) |
| Andrew W. | Cameron | 1844 | 1845 | Bath | |
| Robert | Campbell | 1823 | 1845 | Bedford | Clerk's Office (Chair) |
| James H. | Carson | 1844 | 1847 | Frederick | Banks Militia Laws |
| Chastain | Cocke | 1844 | 1848 | Powhatan | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel | Cootes | 1836 | 1845 | Rockingham | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| George | Cowan | 1840 | 1846 | Russell | Claims Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Raleigh T. | Daniel | 1841 | 1845 | Richmond City | Banks (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Thomas H. | Daniel | 1842 | 1847 | Prince George | Banks Bonds of Public Officers Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas | Davis | 1827 | 1847 | Orange and Greene | Finance Privileges and Elections |
| William B. | Davis | 1840 | 1845 | King and Queen | Claims Clerk's Office |
| Robert M. | Denison | 1843 | 1846 | Shenandoah | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| John H. | Dey | 1840 | 1846 | Princess Anne | Claims |
| William | Dillard | 1844 | 1846 | Surry | First Auditor's Office |
| Daniel M. | Edgington | 1841 | 1848 | Ohio | Banks Finance Privileges and Election Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Elias | Edmunds | 1844 | 1845 | Fauquier | Claims |
| John R. | Edmunds | 1836 | 1846 | Halifax | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Henry | Farley | 1839 | 1845 | Logan | Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Elkanah | Flanary | 1844 | 1853 | Lee | Armory |
| Thomas H. | Flood | 1839 | 1846 | Buckingham | Claims Treasurer's Accounts |
| Thomas | Fox | 1839 | 1847 | Campbell | Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry | Frantz | 1844 | 1845 | Roanoke | |
| William | Frazier | 1842 | 1845 | Augusta | Courts of Justice |
| John B. | Freeman | 1844 | 1847 | Sussex | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William H. | French | 1841 | 1845 | Giles and Mercer | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| Andrew S. | Fulton | 1840 | 1845 | Wythe and Pulaski | Claims (Chair) Banks Register's Office |
| John G. | Fulton | 1843 | 1845 | Augusta | Lunatic Asylums |
| David | Funsten | 1844 | 1846 | Warren and Clarke | Courts of Justice |
| Muscoe | Garnett | 1842 | 1846 | Essex | Courts of Justice Public Libraries |
| John | Gay | 1838 | 1845 | Pocahontas | Executive Expenditures |
| Shimuel | Godwin | 1844 | 1847 | Isle of Wight | Executive Expenditures |
| Samuel E. | Goodson | 1838 | 1849 | Washington | Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James L. | Gordon | 1844 | 1846 | Louisa | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Alexander S. | Grigsby | 1843 | 1845 | Fairfax | Lunatic Asylums |
| John | Grubb | 1843 | 1845 | Loudoun | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John | Hall | 1844 | 1845 | Mason and Jackson | Executive Expenditures |
| Samuel | Hamilton | 1843 | 1846 | Monroe | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William | Hamilton | 1844 | 1845 | Preston | Executive Expenditures Treasurer's Accounts |
| George D. | Happer | 1844 | 1850 | Norfolk County | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| James J. | Harrison | 1841 | 1845 | Brunswick | Second Auditor's Office |
| Lewis E. | Harvie | 1841 | 1850 | Amelia | Banks Finance Public Libraries |
| Aylett | Hawes | 1842 | 1846 | King William | Lunatic Asylums Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel L. | Hays | 1829 | 1851 | Braxton and Lewis | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures Treasurer's Accounts |
| John G. | Hedgman | 1842 | 1845 | Stafford | Armory Executive Expenditures |
| John W. | Helms | 1844 | 1845 | Floyd | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Benjamin | Hiner | 1844 | 1850 | Pendleton | Clerk's Office |
| James | Hobson | 1843 | 1846 | Cumberland | Bonds of Public Officers Treasurer's Accounts |
| John J. | Jackson | 1825 | 1845 | Wood and Ritchie | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| James | Kane | 1842 | 1845 | Scott | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Zedekiah | Kidwell | 1842 | 1853 | Marion | Public Libraries |
| Thomas J. | Kilby | 1844 | 1846 | Nansemond | Enrolled Bills Second Auditor's Office |
| Richmond T. | Lacy | 1842 | 1850 | Charles City and New Kent | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| James | Lanier | 1843 | 1848 | Pittsylvania | Banks Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| Douglass B. | Layne | 1833 | 1850 | Alleghany | Claims |
| Walter D. | Leake | 1842 | 1853 | Goochland | Banks Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| Charles Carter | Lee | 1844 | 1847 | Hardy | Schools and Colleges |
| Jonathan | Lovett | 1844 | 1845 | Frederick | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office |
| James W. F. | Macrae | 1844 | 1845 | Prince William | Public Library |
| John | Marshall | 1843 | 1845 | Fauquier | Public Libraries |
| John H. | Marshall | 1843 | 1845 | Charlotte | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Hiram | Martz | 1843 | 1858 | Rockingham County | Armory |
| John | Mayo | 1843 | 1845 | Lancaster and Richmond County | Lunatic Asylums |
| Joel | McPherson | 1844 | 1845 | Greenbrier | Militia Laws Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John | McPherson | 1838 | 1847 | Page | Claims Register's Office |
| Sherwin | McRae | 1839 | 1846 | Henrico | Armory Privileges and Elections Public Libraries Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William | Middleton | 1844 | 1846 | Northumberland | Propositions and Grievances |
| John | Miller | 1844 | 1846 | Brooke | Register's Office |
| Hubbard T. | Minor | 1843 | 1845 | Spotsylvania | Executive Expenditures Lunatic Asylums |
| David E. | Moore | 1843 | 1845 | Rockbridge | Armory (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| William M. | Moseley | 1844 | 1848 | Buckingham | Banks First Auditor's Office |
| Jacob | Myers | 1839 | 1845 | Berkeley | Armory |
| Charles W. | Newlon | 1844 | 1845 | Taylor | Banks Schools and Colleges |
| John | O'Ferrall | 1828 | 1845 | Morgan | Second Auditor's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Asa | Oliver | 1842 | 1847 | Nottoway | Agriculture and Manufactures Claims |
| William C. | Parks | 1844 | 1853 | Grayson | Executive Expenditures Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John | Parriott | 1827 | 1846 | Marshall | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Barrett G. | Payne | 1804 | 1845 | Fluvanna | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| Harvey G. | Peery | 1844 | 1845 | Tazewell | Armory Penitentiary |
| Edmund | Pendleton | 1843 | 1845 | Berkeley | Courts of Justice |
| Edward P. | Pitts | 1844 | 1845 | Accomack | Courts of Justice Public Libraries |
| Stephen P. | Pool | 1844 | 1845 | Mecklenburg | Clerk's Office |
| Robert J. | Poulson | 1833 | 1845 | Accomack | Bonds of Public Officers Finance |
| Paulus | Powell | 1843 | 1849 | Amherst | Claims |
| William B. | Preston | 1844 | 1845 | Montgomery and Pulaski | Courts of Justice (Chair) Finance |
| Sanford J. | Ramey | 1839 | 1845 | Loudoun | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| John T. | Rice | 1843 | 1853 | Westmoreland | Enrolled Bills Second Auditor's Office |
| Augustine W. | Robins | 1841 | 1845 | Gloucester | Agriculture and Manufactures Claims Lunatic Asylums |
| Reaves S. | Scruggs | 1844 | 1848 | Bedford | Register's Office |
| Nicholas M. | Sebrell | 1844 | 1846 | Southampton | Lunatic Asylums |
| Daniel | Smith | 1827 | 1854 | Kanawha | Register's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Valentine Wood | Southall | 1833 | 1846 | Albemarle | |
| James M. | Stephenson | 1839 | 1848 | Tyler | Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Daniel | Stickley | 1843 | 1847 | Shenandoah | First Auditor's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John B. | Stovall | 1842 | 1851 | Halifax | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| William A. | Street | 1844 | 1847 | Franklin | Armory Claims |
| James French | Strother | 1840 | 1851 | Rappahannock | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Henry | Sturm | 1838 | 1858 | Randolph and Barbour | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas M. | Tate | 1840 | 1848 | Smyth | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| Robert E. | Taylor | 1841 | 1845 | Norfolk Borough | Banks Courts of Justice |
| Timothy | Taylor | 1832 | 1854 | Loudoun | Militia Laws |
| John W. | Thompson | 1843 | 1849 | Botetourt | Agriculture and Manufactures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William F. | Thompson | 1843 | 1847 | Dinwiddie | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Lunatic Asylums |
| Richard H. | Toler | 1839 | 1846 | Campbell | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| Benjamin T. | Towner | 1844 | 1846 | Jefferson | Enrolled Bills Second Auditor's Office |
| Crawford | Turner | 1844 | 1849 | Patrick | Clerk's Office |
| William F. | Turner | 1843 | 1846 | Jefferson | Schools and Colleges |
| Francis | Tyree | 1843 | 1845 | Fayette and Nicholas | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| Henry | Van Buren | 1843 | 1845 | Bath | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Alexander | Wade | 1844 | 1846 | Monongalia | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Robert | Wallace | 1841 | 1850 | King George | First Auditor's Office Militia Laws |
| John | Ward | 1842 | 1845 | Hampshire | First Auditor's Office |
| Samuel | Watts | 1833 | 1847 | Norfolk County | Militia Laws (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert | White | 1842 | 1845 | Rockbridge | Register's Office (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| William P. | Winfree | 1844 | 1846 | Chesterfield | Penitentiary |
| William D. | Winston | 1843 | 1845 | Hanover | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Vincent | Witcher | 1823 | 1851 | Pittsylvania | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Finance |
| Samuel W. | Wood | 1844 | 1845 | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John T. | Wootton | 1844 | 1846 | Henrico | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| George T. | Yerby | 1839 | 1858 | Northampton | Penitentiary (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
*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.