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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund R. | Allen | 1847 | 1851 | Accomack | Clerk's Office (Chair) |
| Charles B. | Ball | 1849 | 1861 | Loudoun | Register's Office |
| John S. | Barbour Jr. | 1847 | 1851 | Culpeper | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Christopher J. | Beirne | 1846 | 1851 | Monroe | Penitentiary (Chair) |
| James | Bennett | 1846 | 1850 | Braxton, Lewis, and Gilmer | Register's Office |
| Thomas J. | Boyd | 1848 | 1853 | Wythe and Pulaski | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Francis M. | Boykin | 1847 | 1851 | Isle of Wight | First Auditor's Office Lunatic Asylums |
| James | Brown | 1848 | 1850 | Bath and Highland | Executive Expenditures |
| Thomas | Brown | 1849 | 1850 | Westmoreland | Treasurer's Accounts |
| William A. | Buckner | 1849 | 1853 | Caroline | First Auditor's Office |
| William M. | Burwell | 1839 | 1865 | Bedford | Banks Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas | Buswell | 1847 | 1851 | Page | Militia Laws |
| Thomas B. | Butt | 1848 | 1851 | Norfolk County | Register's Office (Chair) |
| William | Cackley | 1832 | 1851 | Pocahontas | Second Auditor's Committee Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John M. | Campbell | 1849 | 1851 | Smyth | Bonds of Public Officers Clerk's Office |
| Thomas H. | Campbell | 1849 | 1851 | Nottoway | Courts of Justice Public Libraries |
| Wyatt | Cardwell | 1838 | 1858 | Charlotte | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Committee |
| John | Carroll | 1839 | 1856 | Grayson and Carroll . | Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles | Carter | 1849 | 1851 | Albemarle | Schools and Colleges |
| Nathaniel C. | Claiborne | 1848 | 1850 | Franklin | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Bowling | Clarke | 1849 | 1854 | Campbell | Executive Expenditures Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Thomas N. | Clarke | 1848 | 1850 | Essex | Penitentiary |
| Thomas C. | Clopton | 1847 | 1854 | Gloucester | Clerk's Office Lunatic Asylums |
| Henry E. | Coleman | 1847 | 1850 | Mecklenberg | Banks Schools and Colleges |
| Eustace | Conway | 1847 | 1850 | Spotsylvania | Courts of Justice |
| James | Cook | 1849 | 1850 | Wood, Wirt, Ritchie, and Doddridge | Claims |
| James W. | Cook | 1849 | 1850 | Greensville | Penitentiary Treasurer's Accounts |
| William M. | Cook | 1846 | 1850 | Roanoke | Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James B. | Dorman | 1848 | 1851 | Rockbridge | Militia Laws (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| Joseph L. or S. | Duckwall | 1849 | 1861 | Morgan | Armory Bonds of Public Officers Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Talbot S. | Duke | 1849 | 1851 | Jefferson | Privileges and Elections |
| Isaac B. | Dunn | 1849 | 1854 | Washington | Finance |
| William H. | Edwards | 1848 | 1861 | Franklin | Executive Expenditures Finance |
| James H. | Ferguson | 1848 | 1851 | Logan and Boone | Courts of Justice (Chair) |
| Louis C. H. | Finney | 1848 | 1851 | Accomack | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) |
| Beverley R. | Fleming | 1849 | 1851 | Halifax | Agriculture and Manufactures Banks Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry D. | Flood | 1849 | 1850 | Appomattox | Privileges and Elections |
| William W. | Forbes | 1848 | 1851 | Buckingham | Militia Laws |
| James S. | Garrison | 1849 | 1851 | Princess Anne | Public Libraries Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Hervey | George | 1848 | 1850 | Tazewell | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Samuel C. | Gibson | 1849 | 1858 | Amherst | Banks Claims |
| Madison | Gilmore | 1849 | 1850 | Botetourt | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| Lewis | Grantham | 1849 | 1851 | Berkeley | Clerk's Office Public Libraries |
| James W. | Gresham | 1849 | 1851 | Lancaster and Richmond County | Claims |
| Robert G. | Griffin | 1848 | 1850 | Southampton | First Auditor's Office |
| Peter | Guerrant | 1849 | 1851 | Floyd | Armory |
| John | Haas | 1849 | 1850 | Shenandoah | Penitentiary |
| Charles S. | Hall | 1849 | 1850 | Randolph and Barbour | Courts of Justice |
| Allen C. | Hammond | 1849 | 1851 | Berkeley | Claims |
| George D. | Happer | 1844 | 1850 | Norfolk County | Armory |
| David | Hargrave | 1846 | 1850 | Surry | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| Joseph W. | Harper | 1849 | 1850 | Dinwiddie | Militia Laws Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William O. | Harris | 1848 | 1850 | Louisa | Agriculture and Manufactures Claims |
| Benoni E. | Harrison | 1848 | 1851 | Prince William | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Lewis E. | Harvie | 1841 | 1850 | Amelia | Banks (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Robert | Henderson | 1849 | 1851 | Northumberland | Armory |
| William | Hicks | 1849 | 1850 | Mason, Putnam, Wirt, and Jackson | Propositions and Grievances |
| Hiram | Hill | 1846 | 1850 | Fayette and Nicholas | Propositions and Grievances Second Auditor's Committee |
| Benjamin | Hiner | 1844 | 1850 | Pendleton and Highland | Armory Propositions and Grievances Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Henry Laurens | Hopkins | 1835 | 1863 | Powhatan | |
| James R. | Houser | 1848 | 1851 | King and Queen | Claims Register's Office |
| William M. | Hume | 1849 | 1851 | Fauquier | Armory |
| Edward B. | Jacobs | 1847 | 1850 | Warren and Clarke | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| Mortimer H. | Johnson | 1849 | 1858 | Taylor | Banks Finance |
| Alexander | Jones | 1847 | 1853 | Chesterfield | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) |
| Garrison | Jones | 1849 | 1853 | Marshall | Register's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Edward D. | Kernan | 1849 | 1851 | Russell | Privileges and Elections |
| Zedekiah | Kidwell | 1842 | 1853 | Marion | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John R. | Kilby | 1848 | 1853 | Nansemond | Armory Courts of Justice Public Libraries |
| Richmond T. | Lacy | 1842 | 1850 | Charles City and New Kent | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| John A. | Lancaster | 1846 | 1850 | Henrico | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Douglass B. | Layne | 1833 | 1850 | Alleghany | Claims (Chair) |
| Burdett A. | Lewis | 1849 | 1851 | Brunswick | Courts of Justice |
| Charles S. | Lewis | 1849 | 1853 | Harrison and Doddridge | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Hiram | Martz | 1843 | 1858 | Rockingham County | Second Auditor's Committee (Chair) Finance |
| Charles | Massie | 1849 | 1850 | Goochland | Armory Clerk's Office |
| Joseph | Mayo | 1846 | 1850 | Richmond City | Banks Courts of Justice Finance |
| John Marshall | McCue | 1848 | 1865 | Augusta | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| William P. | Minter | 1849 | 1850 | Lee | Second Auditor's Committee |
| Robert C. | Mitchell | 1848 | 1850 | Bedford | Propositions and Grievances |
| John | Morris | 1846 | 1850 | Cabell, Putnam, and Wayne | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Theodorick | Morris | 1849 | 1851 | Henry | Penitentiary |
| Griffith D. | Neal | 1849 | 1851 | Pittsylvania | Propositions and Grievances |
| Morris D. | Newman | 1848 | 1853 | Madison | Banks Schools and Colleges Treasurer's Accounts |
| John E. | Nicholson | 1848 | 1850 | Sussex | Lunatic Asylums Second Auditor's Committee |
| Nelson | Page | 1849 | 1851 | Cumberland | Agriculture and Manufactures Clerk's Office |
| George | Pannill Jr. | 1847 | 1850 | Orange and Greene | |
| Spicer | Patrick | 1845 | 1854 | Kanawha and Putnam | |
| Andrew | Patterson | 1849 | 1861 | Rockbridge | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Albert G. | Pendleton | 1843 | 1867 | Giles and Mercer | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| Charles | Perrow | 1846 | 1850 | Nelson | Propositions and Grievances |
| Philip | Pittman | 1848 | 1865 | Shenandoah | Agriculture and Manufactures Claims Enrolled Bills |
| Robert M. | Powell | 1849 | 1850 | Hampshire | Militia Laws |
| William B. | Power | 1849 | 1853 | Brunswick | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Samuel | Price | 1847 | 1853 | Greenbrier | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles | Quillen | 1839 | 1850 | Scott | Claims |
| Robert G. | Rives | 1847 | 1853 | Prince George | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Public Libraries Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William J. | Robertson | 1849 | 1851 | Patrick | Executive Expenditures |
| Jonas P. | Schooley | 1846 | 1850 | Loudoun | Claims |
| Joseph | Segar | 1848 | 1861 | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Hugh White | Sheffey | 1846 | 1850 | Augusta | Lunatic Asylums Privileges and Elections |
| Alexander K. | Shepard | 1845 | 1850 | Mathews and Middlesex | Armory (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Russell A. | Smith | 1849 | 1850 | Montgomery and Pulaski | Bonds of Public Officers |
| Edgar | Snowden | 1847 | 1850 | Alexandria | Finance |
| George W. | Southall | 1849 | 1851 | James City, York, and Williamsburg | Courts of Justice Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| George | Stillman | 1845 | 1850 | Fluvanna | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Clerk's Office |
| William H. | Stokes | 1849 | 1850 | Lunenberg | Armory |
| John B. | Stovall | 1842 | 1851 | Halifax | Finance (Chair) |
| James French | Strother | 1840 | 1851 | Rappahannock | Courts of Justice
Finance |
| Simon S. | Stubbs | 1849 | 1851 | Norfolk City | Banks Claims Executive Expenditures Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William P. | Stump | 1849 | 1851 | Hampshire | Claims Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Charles F. | Suttle | 1849 | 1851 | Stafford | Agriculture and Manufactures First Auditor's Office |
| John W. | Syme | 1845 | 1850 | Petersburg | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Samuel J. | Tebbs | 1849 | 1850 | Fauquier | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Harrison B. | Tomlin | 1847 | 1865 | King William | Public Libraries (Chair) Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| George | Townes | 1848 | 1853 | Pittsylvania | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John F. | Wall | 1845 | 1851 | Frederick | Agriculture and Manufactures Register's Office |
| Robert | Wallace | 1841 | 1850 | King George | Militia Laws Second Auditor's Committee |
| Francis | Warman | 1849 | 1851 | Monongalia | First Auditor's Office |
| Egbert R. | Watson | 1847 | 1850 | Albemarle | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Nathaniel | Wells | 1849 | 1852 | Brooke and Hancock | Schools and Colleges Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Felix B. | Welton | 1848 | 1856 | Claims | |
| James G. | West | 1842 | 1850 | Tyler, Doddridge, and Wetzel | First Auditor's Office |
| James W. | Wheadon | 1849 | 1851 | Surry | Enrolled Bills |
| James S. | Wheate | 1849 | 1850 | Ohio | Banks Bonds of Public Officers Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Stephen B. | Wheeler | 1849 | 1850 | Preston | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert J. T. | White | 1847 | 1850 | Loudoun | Agriculture and Manufactures Militia Laws Schools and Colleges |
| William C. | Wickham | 1849 | 1850 | Hanover | Bonds of Public Officers Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Edwin A. | Williams | 1846 | 1851 | Mecklenberg | Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
| Ira | Williams | 1849 | 1850 | Fairfax | Armory Bonds of Public Officers Lunatic Asylums |
| John | Wills | 1848 | 1850 | Campbell | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Algernon R. | Wood | 1847 | 1850 | Frederick | Privileges and Elections (Chair) |
| William T. | Wootton | 1848 | 1850 | Prince Edward | Agriculture and Manufactures Schools and Colleges |
| William C. | Worthington | 1839 | 1850 | Jefferson | Courts of Justice |
| William B. | Yancey | 1849 | 1856 | Rockingham | Armory Roads and Internal Navigation Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| 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.