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 | Last Session Served | Locality | Committees |
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| Edmund R. | Allen | 1847 | 1851 | Accomack | Register's Office |
| James | Allen | 1839 | 1853 | Hampshire | Claims |
| Madison | Allen | 1847 | 1858 | Giles and Mercer | Militia Laws |
| William H. | Anderson | 1847 | 1848 | Nottoway | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas | Bambrick | 1846 | 1848 | Brooke | Executive Expenditures Schools and Colleges |
| John S. | Barbour Jr. | 1847 | 1851 | Culpeper | Banks Privileges and Elections |
| Naason | Bare | 1846 | 1853 | Rockingham | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas | Bayse | 1847 | 1848 | Northumberland | Propositions and Grievances |
| Lewis | Beard | 1832 | 1849 | Loudoun | Armory Schools and Colleges |
| Francis M. | Boykin | 1847 | 1851 | Isle of Wight | Clerk's Office Militia |
| William | Briggs | 1847 | 1848 | Sussex | Armory Second Auditor's Office |
| Andrew | Brooks | 1844 | 1863 | Franklin | Clerk's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Thomas | Brown | 1847 | 1848 | Berkeley | Claims |
| Christopher T. | Browne | 1846 | 1848 | Mathews and Middlesex | Propositions and Grievances |
| John S. | Burdett | 1846 | 1853 | Taylor | Schools and Colleges Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William M. | Burwell | 1839 | 1865 | Bedford | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas | Buswell | 1847 | 1851 | Page | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William | Cackley | 1832 | 1851 | Pocahontas | Agriculture and Manufactures Treasurer's Accounts |
| Edward | Camm | 1847 | 1848 | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Lunatic Asylums Militia Laws |
| John | Carroll | 1839 | 1856 | Grayson and Carroll . | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| Hannibal | Chandler | 1846 | 1848 | Westmoreland | Claims Executive Expenditures Militia |
| Zaccheus E. | Cheatham | 1847 | 1854 | Appomattox | Claims |
| Oden G. | Clay | 1847 | 1848 | Campbell | |
| Thomas C. | Clopton | 1847 | 1854 | Gloucester | Public Library Treasurer's Accounts |
| Chastain | Cocke | 1844 | 1848 | Powhatan | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Henry E. | Coleman | 1847 | 1850 | Mecklenberg | First Auditor's Office Schools and Colleges |
| John | Colson Jr. | 1847 | 1848 | Lee | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Eustace | Conway | 1847 | 1850 | Spotsylvania | Schools and Colleges |
| William M. | Cook | 1846 | 1850 | Roanoke | Finance Propositions and Grievances |
| Leopold C. P. | Cowper | 1847 | 1849 | Norfolk County | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| John H. | Custis | 1845 | 1848 | Accomack | Armory |
| Richard F. | Darracott | 1846 | 1849 | Hanover | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) |
| George W. | Dice | 1847 | 1848 | Pendleton | Enrolled Bills Militia Laws |
| Charles P. | Dorman | 1833 | 1848 | Rockbridge | Finance (Chair) Militia |
| Daniel M. | Edgington | 1841 | 1848 | Ohio | Claims (Chair) Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Upton | Edmondson | 1846 | 1849 | Lunenberg | Agriculture and Manufactures Bonds of Public Officers |
| John B. | Floyd | 1847 | 1856 | Washington | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles B. | Gardner | 1847 | 1848 | Montgomery and Pulaski | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Thomas H. | Gillespie | 1846 | 1848 | Tazewell | Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John W. | Gilliam | 1847 | 1848 | Dinwiddie | Register's Office Second Auditor's Office |
| William S. | Goodwin | 1846 | 1848 | Southampton | Public Library |
| James | Greer | 1847 | 1848 | Mason and Jackson | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Charles | Guerrant | 1847 | 1849 | Goochland | Treasurer's Accounts |
| John D. | Hamilton | 1847 | 1848 | Bath | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| George D. | Happer | 1844 | 1850 | Norfolk County | Propositions and Grievances |
| David | Hargrave | 1846 | 1850 | Surry | Penitentiary Register's Office |
| James F. | Harper | 1846 | 1848 | Rockbridge | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances Schools and Colleges |
| Burr W. | Harrison | 1846 | 1849 | Loudoun | Banks Courts of Justice |
| George W. | Harrison | 1846 | 1849 | Brunswick | Executive Expenditures |
| William D. | Hart | 1846 | 1849 | Albemarle | Schools and Colleges |
| Lewis E. | Harvie | 1841 | 1850 | Amelia | Banks Finance |
| Thomas S. | Haymond | 1846 | 1848 | Marion | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Asa | Hiett | 1845 | 1856 | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) |
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| Hiram | Hill | 1846 | 1850 | Fayette and Nicholas | Second Auditor's Office |
| John N. | Hill | 1846 | 1848 | Shenandoah | Register's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| Joseph L. | Howard | 1847 | 1849 | Floyd | Armory |
| William | Howard | 1845 | 1849 | James City, York and Williamsburg | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| Edward B. | Jacobs | 1847 | 1850 | Warren and Clarke | Militia Laws Second Auditor's Office |
| Daniel | Jasper | 1847 | 1848 | Prince William | Finance |
| Chapman | Johnson | 1846 | 1848 | Augusta | Banks Penitentiary |
| Joseph | Johnson | 1847 | 1848 | Harrison and Doddridge | Clerk's Office (Chair) Banks |
| Alexander | Jones | 1847 | 1853 | Chesterfield | Courts of Justice |
| John Winston | Jones | 1846 | 1847 | Chesterfield | Courts of Justice |
| Hugh H. | Kelly | 1846 | 1848 | Nansemond | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| Richmond T. | Lacy | 1842 | 1850 | Charles City and New Kent | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| John A. | Lancaster | 1846 | 1850 | Henrico | Penitentiary (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James | Lanier | 1843 | 1848 | Pittsylvania | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) |
| Douglass B. | Layne | 1833 | 1850 | Alleghany | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) Penitentiary |
| Henry | Maclin | 1847 | 1849 | Greensville | Enrolled Bills Public Library |
| John F. | Maclin | 1845 | 1849 | Brunswick | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Samuel B. | Major | 1846 | 1854 | Halifax | Executive Expenditures Propositions and Grievances |
| Hiram | Martz | 1843 | 1858 | Rockingham County | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Joseph | Mayo | 1846 | 1850 | Richmond City | Banks Courts of Justice Finance |
| John F. | McElhenney | 1846 | 1848 | Russell | First Auditor's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| Allen | McGinnis | 1847 | 1848 | Cabell and Wayne | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Addison | McLaughlin | 1828 | 1848 | Braxton, Lewis, and Gilmer | Privileges and Elections |
| Joseph | McMurran | 1847 | 1848 | Jefferson | Claims |
| John C. | Meredith | 1847 | 1848 | Louisa | Bonds of Public Officers Claims |
| Andrew | Michael | 1847 | 1848 | Morgan | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| Richard Cassius Lee | Moncure | 1847 | 1849 | Stafford | Courts of Justice |
| William A. | Moncure | 1847 | 1849 | Caroline | Claims |
| Issac | Morgan | 1847 | 1853 | Logan and Boone | Agriculture and Manufactures First Auditor's Office |
| William H. | Morison | 1846 | 1848 | Scott | Claims |
| Charles L. | Mosby | 1846 | 1848 | Campbell | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William M. | Moseley | 1844 | 1848 | Buckingham | Executive Expenditures |
| Cincinnatus W. | Newton | 1845 | 1848 | Norfolk City | Militia Laws (Chair) |
| M. B. | Nowlin | 1847 | 1856 | Campbell | |
| Wylie H. | Oldham | 1846 | 1848 | Marshall | Register's Office (Chair) Claims |
| George | Pannill Jr. | 1847 | 1850 | Orange and Greene | Banks Clerk's Office |
| Andrew | Parks | 1842 | 1848 | Kanawha | Courts of Justice Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles | Perrow | 1846 | 1850 | Nelson | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| Paulus | Powell | 1843 | 1849 | Amherst | Banks Claims |
| Samuel | Price | 1847 | 1853 | Greenbrier | Courts of Justice |
| Alfred | Rector | 1847 | 1849 | Fauquier | Agriculture and Manufactures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert G. | Rives | 1847 | 1853 | Prince George | Clerk's Office |
| Lawrence | Roane | 1839 | 1848 | Essex | Armory (Chair) Lunatic Asylums |
| George J. | Roberts | 1847 | 1848 | Charlotte | Bonds of Public Officers |
| John | Scott | 1847 | 1861 | Preston | First Auditor's Office |
| Robert E. | Scott | 1839 | 1853 | Fauquier | Courts of Justice (Chair) |
| Reaves S. | Scruggs | 1844 | 1848 | Bedford | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| William | Seymour | 1828 | 1848 | Hardy | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Hugh White | Sheffey | 1846 | 1850 | Augusta | Lunatic Asylums Privileges and Elections |
| Edgar | Snowden | 1847 | 1850 | Alexandria | Banks |
| James M. | Stephenson | 1839 | 1848 | Wood, Ritchie and Doddridge | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Finance |
| James E. | Stewart | 1847 | 1848 | Berkeley | Finance Militia |
| George | Stillman | 1845 | 1850 | Fluvanna | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Bonds of Public Officers |
| John W. | Stone | 1846 | 1848 | Princess Anne | Armory Claims |
| John B. | Stovall | 1842 | 1851 | Halifax | Finance Privileges and Elections |
| James French | Strother | 1840 | 1851 | Rappahannock | |
| Henry | Sturm | 1838 | 1858 | Randolph and Barbour | Treasurer's Accounts |
| John W. | Syme | 1845 | 1850 | Petersburg | Banks (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Richard M. | Taliaferro | 1847 | 1848 | Franklin | Penitentiary Public Library |
| Caleb | Tanzey | 1840 | 1849 | Monongalia | Armory |
| Thomas M. | Tate | 1840 | 1848 | Smyth | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Finance Lunatic Asylums |
| Henry W. Wirtz | Thomas | 1841 | 1849 | Fairfax | Courts of Justice |
| John A. | Thompson | 1847 | 1849 | Jefferson | Privileges and Elections Second Auditor's Office |
| John W. | Thompson | 1843 | 1849 | Botetourt | Agriculture and Manufactures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William M. | Thornton | 1847 | 1848 | Cumberland | Banks Executive Expenditures |
| Harrison B. | Tomlin | 1847 | 1865 | King William | Agriculture and Manufactures Privileges and Elections |
| Whitmell P. | Tunstall | 1836 | 1848 | Pittsylvania | Public Library (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Crawford | Turner | 1844 | 1849 | Patrick | First Auditor's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| E. B. | Turner | 1847 | 1848 | Henry | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Travis J. | Twyman | 1847 | 1848 | Madison | Schools and Colleges |
| John H. | Vawter | 1847 | 1853 | Monroe | Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
| John F. | Wall | 1845 | 1851 | Frederick | Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert | Wallace | 1841 | 1850 | King George | Finance |
| George | Walton | 1847 | 1848 | Wythe and Pulaski | Bonds of Public Officers Schools and Colleges |
| Egbert R. | Watson | 1847 | 1850 | Albemarle | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Public Library |
| William | Webb Jr. | 1847 | 1849 | Lancaster and Richmond County | Clerk's Office Second Auditor's Office |
| James G. | West | 1842 | 1850 | Tyler, Doddridge, and Wetzel | Bonds of Public Officers Enrolled Bills |
| Robert J. T. | White | 1847 | 1850 | Loudoun | Clerk's Office Enrolled Bills Militia Laws |
| Stephen D. | Whittle | 1847 | 1849 | Mecklenberg | Courts of Justice |
| Benjamin W. | Womack | 1847 | 1848 | Prince Edward | Schools and Colleges Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Algernon R. | Wood | 1847 | 1850 | Frederick | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Public Library |
| David P. | Wright | 1836 | 1848 | King and Queen | Claims Lunatic Asylums |
| Henry S. | Wunder | 1847 | 1848 | Shenandoah | First Auditor's Office |
| George T. | Yerby | 1839 | 1858 | Northampton | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
*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.