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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | Alexander | 1857 | 1858 | Marshall | Penitentiary |
| Madison | Allen | 1847 | 1858 | Giles | Banks |
| Joseph R. | Anderson | 1852 | 1858 | Richmond City | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Ulysses N. | Arnett | 1852 | 1858 | Marion | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Penitentiary |
| William E. | Arnold | 1857 | 1861 | Lewis | Courts of Justice |
| James M. | Bailey | 1857 | 1861 | Mercer | Penitentiary |
| Charles B. | Ball | 1849 | 1861 | Loudoun | Courts of Justice Treasurer's Accounts |
| Alfred M. | Barbour | 1857 | 1858 | Monongalia | Courts of Justice Militia Laws |
| James | Barbour | 1852 | 1863 | Culpeper | Courts of Justice Finance |
| Colin | Bass | 1853 | 1863 | Roanoke | Penitentiary (Chair) Claims |
| John | Bird | 1857 | 1858 | Highland | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
| H. R. | Bogle | 1853 | 1858 | Tazewell | Lunatic Asylums |
| James | Boisseau | 1857 | 1858 | Dinwiddie | Militia Laws Propositions and Grievances |
| Arthur I. | Boreman | 1855 | 1861 | Wood | Finance Lunatic Asylums |
| John J. | Bowcock | 1850 | 1858 | Albemarle | Privileges and Elections Treasurer's Accounts |
| Drury W. K. | Bowles | 1857 | 1867 | Fluvanna | Agriculture and Manufactures Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| G. L. | Brown | 1857 | 1861 | Bedford | Lunatic Asylums |
| H. P. | Brown | 1857 | 1858 | Petersburg | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| R. L. | Brown | 1857 | 1858 | Upshur | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William A. | Burwell | 1855 | 1861 | Patrick | Bonds of Public Officers Privileges and Elections |
| B. W. | Byrne | 1848 | 1858 | Braxton and Nicholas | Propositions and Grievances |
| I. | Cannaday | 1857 | 1858 | Franklin | Armory Clerk's Office |
| Allen T. | Caperton | 1841 | 1861 | Monroe | Finance Library |
| Wyatt | Cardwell | 1838 | 1858 | Charlotte | Agriculture and Manufactures Penitentiary |
| Samuel | Carpenter | 1852 | 1863 | Alleghany and Bath | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Dale | Carter | 1857 | 1858 | Russell | Finance |
| Robert W. | Carter | 1857 | 1858 | Richmond County and Westmoreland | Banks Library |
| John H. | Cassin | 1853 | 1861 | Hardy | Claims Privileges and Elections |
| A. A. | Chapman | 1857 | 1861 | Monroe | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| J. H. | Chase | 1857 | 1858 | Jackson and Roane | Enrolled Bills Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Bolivar | Christian | 1855 | 1861 | Augusta | Library Roads and Internal Navigation |
| E. | Clarke | 1857 | 1858 | Wetzel | First Auditor's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| R. A. | Claybrook | 1855 | 1858 | Lancaster and Northumberland | Privileges and Elections (Chair) |
| R. H. | Cockerille | 1857 | 1858 | Fairfax | Banks Bonds of Public Officers Library |
| Ira B. | Coltrane | 1853 | 1858 | Carroll | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills |
| Jacob | Conrad | 1857 | 1858 | Randolph and Tucker | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Robert E. | Cowan | 1857 | 1865 | Preston | Banks Register's Office |
| Henry | Cox | 1855 | 1858 | Henrico | Agriculture and Manufactures Treasurer's Accounts |
| Samuel | Crane | 1857 | 1861 | Randolph and Tucker | Claims Executive Expenditures |
| H. C. | Creel | 1857 | 1858 | Pleasants and Ritchie | Clerk's Office Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas | Creigh | 1857 | 1858 | Greenbrier | Finance Lunatic Asylums |
| Oscar Minor | Crutchfield | 1834 | 1861 | Spotyslvania | |
| William Pope | Dabney | 1855 | 1858 | Cumberland and Powhatan | Library Privileges and Elections |
| R. W. | Davidson | 1857 | 1858 | Tazewell | Armory Treasurer's Accounts |
| A. G. | Davis | 1857 | 1858 | Monongalia | Propositions and Grievances |
| Francis B. | Deane Jr. | 1853 | 1865 | Campbell | Banks |
| Daniel C. | Dejarnette | 1853 | 1858 | Caroline | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Claims |
| John | Dickenson | 1853 | 1858 | Grayson | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Claims |
| Asa D. | Dickinson | 1857 | 1858 | Prince Edward | Courts of Justice |
| R. W. | Downman | 1857 | 1858 | Fauquier | Propositions and Grievances Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John S. | Draper | 1855 | 1865 | Pulaski | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Militia Laws |
| Edward | Dromgoole | 1855 | 1858 | Brunswick | Militia Laws Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph L. or S. | Duckwall | 1849 | 1861 | Morgan | Armory Register's Office |
| John R. | Edmunds | 1855 | 1863 | Halifax | Banks (Chair) |
| Thomas T. | Fauntleroy | 1857 | 1858 | Frederick | Privileges and Elections Treasurer's Accounts |
| Nicholas | Fitzhugh | 1857 | 1858 | Kanawha | Banks Courts of Justice Library |
| Thomas W. | Garrett | 1857 | 1861 | Essex and King & Queen | Agriculture and Manufactures Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John | Gatewood | 1857 | 1863 | Shenandoah | Executive Expenditures Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel C. | Gibson | 1849 | 1858 | Amherst | Lunatic Asylums |
| John | Gilmer | 1857 | 1865 | Pittsylvania | Courts of Justice Register's Office |
| Joseph J. | Graham | 1857 | 1873 | Wythe | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert E. | Grant | 1857 | 1858 | Washington | Enrolled Bills Lunatic Asylums |
| William F. C. | Gregory | 1855 | 1858 | Amelia and Nottoway | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| Walter B. | Hackley | 1857 | 1861 | Rappahannock | First Auditor's Office Penitentiary |
| Peter L. | Hancock | 1855 | 1858 | Franklin | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Penitentiary |
| George W. | Hardy | 1852 | 1858 | Lunenberg | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Claims |
| Addison | Harper | 1848 | 1858 | Rockingham | Agriculture and Manufactures Privileges and Elections |
| Robert O. | Haskins | 1857 | 1858 | Richmond City | Banks Penitentiary |
| Wells J. | Hawks | 1855 | 1858 | Jefferson | Clerk's Office (Chair) Penitentiary |
| Alpheus F. | Haymond | 1853 | 1858 | Marion | Courts of Justice Library Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Roscoe B. | Heath | 1857 | 1858 | Richmond City | Armory Courts of Justice |
| John | Hickam | 1857 | 1858 | Scott | Register's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John Blair | Hoge | 1855 | 1858 | Berkeley | Banks Schools and Colleges |
| William M. | Howerton | 1852 | 1858 | Halifax | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| Preston | Howery | 1857 | 1858 | Floyd | Clerk's Office Enrolled Bills |
| John | Hunter | 1857 | 1861 | Louisa | Finance |
| Mortimer H. | Johnson | 1849 | 1858 | Taylor | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Robert | Johnston | 1855 | 1858 | Harrison | Finance (Chair) |
| Crawford H. | Jones | 1855 | 1861 | Appomattox | Schools and Colleges |
| Warner T. | Jones | 1855 | 1873 | Gloucester | Courts of Justice Militia Laws |
| William H. | Jones | 1857 | 1858 | Mecklenberg | Lunatic Asylums |
| M. R. | Kaufman | 1857 | 1865 | Frederick | Enrolled Bills Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| James B. | Kee | 1850 | 1861 | Pendleton | Armory (Chair) |
| E. F. | Keen | 1857 | 1861 | Pittsylvania | Banks Penitentiary |
| J. C. | Kemble | 1857 | 1858 | Preston | Militia Laws Second Auditor's Office |
| James Lawson | Kemper | 1853 | 1863 | Madison | Militia Laws (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Walter G. | Lane | 1857 | 1858 | Mathews and Middlesex | Claims |
| John H. | Lee | 1853 | 1858 | Greene and Orange | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Register's Office |
| Alexander | Long | 1857 | 1858 | Mason | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| William T. | Lundy | 1855 | 1865 | Greensville and Sussex | Armory Schools and Colleges |
| Seymour | Lynn | 1857 | 1863 | Prince William | Armory Executive Expenditures |
| B.H. | Magruder | 1857 | 1875 | Albemarle | Register's Office Schools and Colleges |
| Francis | Mallory | 1853 | 1858 | Norfolk City | Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William | Martin | 1857 | 1861 | Henry | Finance Library Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Hiram | Martz | 1843 | 1858 | Rockingham County | Finance Road and Internal Navigation |
| Louis E. | Mason | 1857 | 1858 | Southampton | Library |
| James W. | Massie | 1857 | 1858 | Rockbridge | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Nathaniel | Massie | 1857 | 1861 | Augusta | Claims Lunatic Asylums |
| F. H. | Mays | 1855 | 1858 | Botetourt and Craig | Banks Militia Laws |
| John Marshall | McCue | 1848 | 1865 | Augusta | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John | McKay | 1857 | 1858 | Doddridge and Tyler | Armory Treasurer's Accounts |
| David | McKenny | 1857 | 1858 | Lee and Scott | Armory Militia Laws |
| Louis | McKenzie | 1853 | 1861 | Alexandria | Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| David | Miller | 1857 | 1865 | Lee | Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
| Albert G. | Moody | 1853 | 1858 | Isle of Wight | Claims First Auditor's Office |
| Benjamin | Morgan | 1853 | 1861 | Clarke | First Auditor's Office Propositions and Grievances |
| William | Nelson | 1855 | 1858 | Hanover | Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
| Littleton | Nock | 1848 | 1858 | Accomack | Propositions and Grievances Second Auditor's Office |
| Adam | Nottingham | 1852 | 1858 | Pocahontas | Register's Office (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Logan | Osborne | 1857 | 1858 | Jefferson | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Hugh | Parrill | 1857 | 1858 | Hampshire | |
| James G. | Paxton | 1848 | 1858 | Rockbridge | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John | Plymale | 1857 | 1858 | Wayne | Enrolled Bills Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| George McC. | Porter | 1857 | 1861 | Brooke | Schools and Colleges |
| Humphrey B. | Powell | 1855 | 1858 | Loudoun | Library (Chair) Finance |
| R. M. | Powell | 1857 | 1858 | Hampshire | Penitentiary |
| Thomas L. | Preston | 1855 | 1858 | Smyth | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Militia Laws |
| William | Prince | 1852 | 1858 | Fayette and Raleigh | Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections |
| William L. | Rice | 1857 | 1858 | Washington | Propositions and Grievances Second Auditor's Office |
| Nathaniel | Riddick | 1853 | 1865 | Nansemond | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| George E. | Rives | 1857 | 1863 | Prince George and Surry | Clerk's Office Lunatic Asylums |
| Charles A. | Ronald | 1855 | 1858 | Montgomery | Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
| Charles | Ruffner | 1855 | 1858 | Kanawha | Penitentiary Privileges and Elections |
| John C. | Rutherfoord | 1852 | 1865 | Goochland | Courts of Justice (Chair) |
| W. D. | Scott | 1857 | 1858 | Fauquier | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office |
| R. D. | Seaman | 1855 | 1858 | Berkeley | Lunatic Asylums |
| John | Seddon | 1855 | 1861 | King George and Stafford | Banks Finance |
| Joseph | Segar | 1848 | 1861 | Elizabeth City, Warwick, York and Williamsburg | Banks Library |
| William B. | Shepard | 1857 | 1858 | Buckingham | Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
| William M. | Sibert | 1857 | 1861 | Shenandoah | Militia Laws Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Edward | Smith | 1852 | 1858 | Brooke | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Mann | Spitler | 1853 | 1858 | Page | Claims (Chair) |
| Salathiel G. | Stalnaker | 1857 | 1858 | Gilmer, Wirt, and Calhoun | Armory Second Auditor's Office |
| William G. | Stevens | 1852 | 1858 | Rockingham | Banks Schools and Colleges |
| Henry | Sturm | 1838 | 1858 | Barbour | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Thomas | Sweeney | 1857 | 1858 | Ohio | Banks |
| Thomas | Tatem | 1857 | 1858 | Norfolk County | Penitentiary Second Auditor's Office |
| Alfred G. | Tebault | 1857 | 1858 | Princess Anne | Clerk's Office Lunatic Asylums |
| Samuel W. | Thomas | 1855 | 1873 | Warren | Finance |
| Robert N. B. | Thompson | 1855 | 1858 | Putnam | Claims Militia Laws |
| Thomas | Thornburg | 1857 | 1858 | Cabell | Clerk's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| R. N. | Thweatt | 1857 | 1858 | Chesterfield | First Auditor's Office Militia Laws |
| Harrison B. | Tomlin | 1847 | 1865 | King William | Finance |
| Evermont | Ward | 1857 | 1858 | Logan, Boone, and Wyoming | Schools and Colleges |
| Jacob | Warwick | 1857 | 1858 | Nelson | Roads and Internal Navigation Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| J. M. | Wilcox | 1857 | 1861 | Charles City, James City, and New Kent | Lunatic Asylums |
| D. D. | Wilkinson | 1857 | 1858 | Harrison | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| G. A. | Wingfield | 1857 | 1861 | Bedford | Bonds of Public Officers Claims Courts of Justice |
| Andrew P. | Woods | 1857 | 1858 | Ohio | Agriculture and Manufactures Library |
| William E. M. | Word | 1857 | 1867 | Botetourt and Craig | |
| William T. | Yancey | 1857 | 1858 | Campbell | Privileges and Elections |
| George T. | Yerby | 1839 | 1858 | Northampton | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| John W. | Young | 1857 | 1858 | Norfolk County | Enrolled Bills Library |
*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.