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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer | Adams | 1845 | 1846 | Mason and Jackson | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Elijah | Adkins | 1845 | 1846 | Cabell and Wayne | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Mark | Alexander | 1845 | 1846 | Mecklenburg | Claims (Chair) Banks Schools and Colleges |
| William | Arbogast | 1845 | 1846 | Pocahontas | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Robert S. | Bagley | 1845 | 1846 | Lunenberg | |
| John B. | Baldwin | 1845 | 1846 | Augusta | Courts of Justice Finance |
| Robert A. | Banks | 1839 | 1847 | Madison | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Militia Laws |
| William L. | Boak | 1845 | 1849 | Berkeley | Claims |
| Willis P. | Bocock | 1845 | 1847 | Buckingham | Courts of Justice (Chair) |
| Lemuel J. | Bowden | 1841 | 1846 | James City, York and Williamsburg | |
| Basil | Brawner | 1841 | 1846 | Prince William | Armory |
| Edmund | Broadus | 1830 | 1846 | Culpeper | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Finance Treasurer's Accounts |
| Bazeleel | Brown | 1843 | 1847 | Albemarle | Finance |
| John D. G. | Brown | 1845 | 1846 | Hanover | Propositions and Grievances |
| William M. | Burwell | 1839 | 1865 | Bedford | Schools and Colleges |
| Frederick M. | Cabell | 1842 | 1846 | Nelson | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| Elisha | Callison | 1845 | 1851 | Greenbrier | Penitentiary |
| John S. | Camden | 1845 | 1846 | Braxton, Lewis, and Gilmer | Register's Office |
| James L. | Campbell | 1845 | 1846 | Berkeley | Armory |
| Isaac C. | Carrington | 1845 | 1851 | Charlotte | Clerk's Office Finance |
| James H. | Carson | 1844 | 1847 | Frederick | |
| James | Cather | 1840 | 1846 | Frederick | Banks Second Auditor's Office |
| John L. | Chinn | 1845 | 1846 | Stafford | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Lunatic Asylums |
| Thomas P. | Chisman | 1845 | 1847 | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Banks Bonds of Public Officers |
| John | Clayton | 1845 | 1846 | Marion | Finance |
| Chastain | Cocke | 1844 | 1848 | Powhatan | Clerk's Office Propositions and Grievances |
| George | Cowan | 1840 | 1846 | Russell | Claims Finance |
| John H. | Custis | 1845 | 1848 | Accomack | Armory |
| William H. B. | Custis | 1842 | 1846 | Accomack | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Public Libraries |
| Thomas H. | Daniel | 1842 | 1847 | Prince George | Privileges and Elections (Chair) |
| Thomas | Davis | 1827 | 1847 | Orange and Greene | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Robert M. | Denison | 1843 | 1846 | Shenandoah | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Harvey | Deskins | 1836 | 1851 | Floyd | Executive Expenditures |
| John H. | Dey | 1840 | 1846 | Princess Anne | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| James M. G. | Dickinson | 1845 | 1847 | Caroline | Banks Schools and Colleges |
| John U. | Dickinson | 1845 | 1846 | Bath | Treasurer's Accounts |
| William | Dillard | 1844 | 1846 | Surry | Armory |
| Joseph | Duff | 1845 | 1846 | Lee | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Daniel M. | Edgington | 1841 | 1848 | Ohio | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John R. | Edmunds | 1836 | 1846 | Halifax | Finance (Chair) |
| James P. | Edmundson | 1845 | 1851 | Montgomery and Pulaski | Courts of Justice |
| Thomas L. | Ellzey | 1845 | 1846 | Loudoun | Executive Expenditures |
| Buckner | Fairfax | 1836 | 1851 | Preston | First Auditor's Office Militia Laws |
| Thomas H. | Flood | 1839 | 1846 | Buckingham | Claims First Auditor's Office |
| Jesse | Flowers | 1838 | 1846 | Harrison and Doddridge | Schools and Colleges Second Auditor's Office |
| Thomas | Fox | 1839 | 1847 | Campbell | Propositions and Grievances |
| John B. | Freeman | 1844 | 1847 | Sussex | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Ira | Fugate | 1845 | 1846 | Scott | First Auditor's Office |
| David | Funsten | 1844 | 1846 | Warren and Clarke | Public Libraries (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| John | Gaines | 1845 | 1847 | King and Queen | Clerk's Office (Chair) Claims |
| Muscoe | Garnett | 1842 | 1846 | Essex | Courts of Justice Public Libraries |
| Joseph | Goare | 1845 | 1846 | Logan | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Shimuel | Godwin | 1844 | 1847 | Isle of Wight | Claims Executive Expenditures |
| William M. | Gold | 1845 | 1846 | Rockbridge | Schools and Colleges |
| William Osborne | Goode | 1822 | 1853 | Mecklenburg | |
| Samuel E. | Goodson | 1838 | 1849 | Washington | Armory (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James L. | Gordon | 1844 | 1846 | Louisa | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Samuel | Gresham | 1845 | 1847 | Lancaster and Richmond County | Claims Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Nathan | Hall | 1845 | 1846 | Taylor | Register's Office |
| Thomas S. | Hall | 1845 | 1846 | Fauquier | Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel | Hamilton | 1843 | 1846 | Monroe | Roads and Internal Navigation Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| George D. | Happer | 1844 | 1850 | Norfolk County | Propositions and Grievances Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| James F. | Harper | 1845 | 1846 | Rockbridge | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| Lewis E. | Harvie | 1841 | 1850 | Amelia | Banks Finance Treasurer's Accounts |
| Aylett | Hawes | 1842 | 1846 | King William | Lunatic Asylums Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas | Hebburn | 1845 | 1846 | Lunenberg | |
| Asa | Hiett | 1845 | 1856 | Hampshire | Privileges and Elections |
| Benjamin | Hiner | 1844 | 1850 | Pendleton | Propositions and Grievances |
| James | Hobson | 1843 | 1846 | Cumberland | Claims |
| Alexander R. | Holladay | 1845 | 1847 | Spotsylvania | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| William | Howard | 1845 | 1849 | James City, York and Williamsburg | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| Richard P. | Jones | 1845 | 1847 | Gloucester | Executive Expenditures |
| Thomas J. | Kilby | 1844 | 1846 | Nansemond | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory Enrolled Bills |
| St. Clair D. | Kirtley | 1845 | 1846 | Rockingham | Armory |
| Richmond T. | Lacy | 1842 | 1850 | Charles City and New Kent | Courts of Justice First Auditor's Office |
| Samuel | Laird | 1845 | 1846 | Tazewell | Penitentiary |
| James | Lanier | 1843 | 1848 | Pittsylvania | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| Douglass B. | Layne | 1833 | 1850 | Alleghany | Penitentiary (Chair) |
| Walter D. | Leake | 1842 | 1853 | Goochland | Banks (Chair) Finance |
| Charles Carter | Lee | 1844 | 1847 | Hardy | Clerk's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Isaac J. | Leftwich | 1841 | 1846 | Wythe and Pulaski | Register's Office (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Washington J. | Long | 1845 | 1846 | Randolph and Barbour | Second Auditor's Office |
| James | Lyons | 1845 | 1846 | Richmond City | Banks Public Libraries Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John F. | Maclin | 1845 | 1849 | Brunswick | Second Auditor's Office |
| Hiram | Martz | 1843 | 1858 | Rockingham County | Propositions and Grievances |
| Nathaniel | Massie | 1845 | 1846 | Augusta | Lunatic Asylums Register's Office |
| John | McClung | 1845 | 1846 | Fayette and Nicholas | Bonds of Public Officers |
| Samuel D. | McDearmon | 1845 | 1851 | Appomattox | Schools and Colleges |
| C. C. | McIntyre | 1845 | 1847 | Loudoun | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John | McPherson | 1838 | 1847 | Page | Claims Militia Laws Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Sherwin | McRae | 1839 | 1846 | Henrico | Armory Militia Laws |
| Andrew | Michael Jr. | 1845 | 1853 | Morgan | Second Auditor's Office |
| William | Middleton | 1844 | 1846 | Northumberland | Banks Propositions and Grievances |
| John | Miller | 1844 | 1846 | Brooke | Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas P. | Mitchell | 1838 | 1846 | Bedford | Lunatic Asylums Register's Office |
| Alfred | Moss | 1845 | 1846 | Fairfax | Bonds of Public Officers |
| Daniel R. | Neal | 1842 | 1846 | Wood and Ritchie | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Cincinnatus W. | Newton | 1845 | 1848 | Norfolk City | Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Asa | Oliver | 1842 | 1847 | Nottoway | Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections |
| William C. | Parks | 1844 | 1853 | Grayson | Armory Public Libraries |
| John | Parriott | 1827 | 1846 | Marshall | Claims |
| Spicer | Patrick | 1845 | 1854 | Kanawha | Agriculture and Manufactures Schools and Colleges |
| Albert G. | Pendleton | 1843 | 1867 | Giles and Mercer | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| Paulus | Powell | 1843 | 1849 | Amherst | Claims Clerk's Office |
| Joseph | Pritchard | 1845 | 1846 | Roanoke | Penitentiary |
| John T. | Rice | 1843 | 1853 | Westmoreland | Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
| Thomas | Robinson | 1845 | 1847 | King William | |
| Peter | Saunders Jr. | 1845 | 1846 | Franklin | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Robert E. | Scott | 1839 | 1853 | Fauquier | Courts of Justice |
| Nicholas M. | Sebrell | 1844 | 1846 | Southampton | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| Alexander K. | Shepard | 1845 | 1850 | Mathews and Middlesex | Propositions and Grievances Public Libraries |
| Valentine Wood | Southall | 1833 | 1846 | Albemarle | Schools and Colleges (Chair) |
| Daniel | Stickley | 1843 | 1847 | Shenandoah | First Auditor's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| George | Stillman | 1845 | 1850 | Fluvanna | Penitentiary |
| John B. | Stovall | 1842 | 1851 | Halifax | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| William A. | Street | 1844 | 1847 | Franklin | Claims Militia Laws |
| James French | Strother | 1840 | 1851 | Rappahannock | Bonds of Public Officers Privileges and Elections |
| John W. | Syme | 1845 | 1850 | Petersburg | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas M. | Tate | 1840 | 1848 | Smyth | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| Edward B. | Tatum | 1845 | 1847 | Patrick | Armory |
| Timothy | Taylor | 1832 | 1854 | Loudoun | Agriculture and Manufactures Privileges and Elections |
| Daniel | Thompson | 1845 | 1847 | Hampshire | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| 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 | Banks Clerk's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Benjamin T. | Towner | 1844 | 1846 | Jefferson | Enrolled Bills Second Auditor's Office |
| Whitmell P. | Tunstall | 1836 | 1848 | Pittsylvania | Courts of Justice Public Libraries |
| R. D. | Turnbull | 1845 | 1846 | Brunswick | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills |
| William F. | Turner | 1843 | 1846 | Jefferson | Schools and Colleges Treasurer's Accounts |
| Alexander | Wade | 1844 | 1846 | Monongalia | Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
| William H. | Walker | 1845 | 1847 | Greensville | Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
| John F. | Wall | 1845 | 1851 | Frederick | Register's Office |
| Robert | Wallace | 1841 | 1850 | King George | First Auditor's Office Privileges and Elections |
| Samuel | Watts | 1833 | 1847 | Norfolk County | Militia Laws (Chair) |
| James G. | West | 1842 | 1850 | Tyler, Doddridge, and Wetzel | Register's Office |
| William P. | Winfree | 1844 | 1846 | Chesterfield | Penitentiary |
| John T. | Wootton | 1844 | 1846 | Henrico | Bonds of Public Officers 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.