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 |
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| J. A. | Alderson | 1859 | 1861 | Braxton and Nicholas | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| M. R. | Allen | 1859 | 1861 | Franklin | Claims Executive Expenditures |
| John T. | Anderson | 1859 | 1865 | Botetourt and Craig | Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William E. | Arnold | 1857 | 1861 | Lewis | Courts of Justice Lunatic Asylums |
| James M. | Bailey | 1857 | 1861 | Mercer | First Auditor's Office Penitentiary |
| Charles B. | Ball | 1849 | 1861 | Loudoun | Courts of Justice Library |
| St. Clair | Ballard | 1859 | 1861 | Logan, Boone, and Wyoming | Penitentiary Second Auditor's Office |
| James | Barbour | 1852 | 1863 | Culpeper | Finance (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| William R. | Baskerville | 1839 | 1865 | Mecklenberg | Clerk's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Colin | Bass | 1853 | 1863 | Roanoke | Clerk's Office Finance |
| Benjamin | Bassel | 1859 | 1861 | Upshur | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) |
| Reuben P. | Bell | 1859 | 1861 | Page | Lunatic Asylums Second Auditor's Office |
| R. M. | Bentley | 1859 | 1867 | Loudoun | Bonds of Public Officers Schools and Colleges |
| D. T. | Bisbie | 1859 | 1861 | Norfolk City | Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles | Blue | 1859 | 1863 | Hampshire | Armory (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Albert H. | Boisseau | 1859 | 1861 | Dinwiddie | Lunatic Asylums Treasurer's Accounts |
| Richard A. | Booker | 1859 | 1861 | Prince Edward | First Auditor's Office (1861) Lunatic Asylums (1861) |
| Arthur I. | Boreman | 1855 | 1861 | Wood | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Finance |
| Andrew | Brown | 1859 | 1861 | Monongalia | Armory First Auditor's Office |
| G. L. | Brown | 1857 | 1861 | Bedford | First Auditor's Office Lunatic Asylums |
| Edward C. | Burks | 1859 | 1863 | Bedford | Military Affairs (1861) |
| William A. | Burwell | 1855 | 1861 | Patrick | Clerk's Office Privileges and Elections |
| Allen T. | Caperton | 1841 | 1861 | Monroe | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Samuel | Carpenter | 1852 | 1863 | Alleghany and Bath | Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Addison L. | Carter | 1859 | 1863 | Lancaster and Northumberland | Executive Expenditures Propositions and Grievances |
| John H. | Cassin | 1853 | 1861 | Hardy | Claims Privileges and Elections |
| A. A. | Chapman | 1857 | 1861 | Monroe | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| William L. | Childs | 1859 | 1861 | Fauquier | First Auditor's Office Propositions and Grievances |
| Bolivar | Christian | 1855 | 1861 | Augusta | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| David A. | Claiborne | 1853 | 1861 | Halifax | Agriculture and Manufactures Schools and Colleges |
| Creed D. | Coleman | 1859 | 1861 | Cumberland and Powhatan | Claims Library |
| Charles F. | Collier | 1852 | 1863 | Courts of Justice Finance |
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| Robert E. | Cowan | 1857 | 1865 | Preston | Banks Schools and Colleges |
| Samuel | Crane | 1857 | 1861 | Randolph | Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections |
| Charles A. | Crump | 1859 | 1861 | Amelia and Nottoway | Military Affairs (1861) |
| Oscar Minor | Crutchfield | 1834 | 1861 | Spotyslvania | |
| R. L. | Davis | 1859 | 1861 | Campbell | Enrolled Bills Finance |
| Asa D. | Dickenson | 1859 | 1861 | Prince Edward | Courts of Justice Militia Laws |
| William J. | Dickenson | 1859 | 1882 | Russell, Wise, and Buchanan | Register's Office Schools and Colleges |
| Joseph L. or S. | Duckwall | 1849 | 1861 | Morgan | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Alexander M. | Earle | 1859 | 1861 | Clarke | Armory Library |
| Daniel M. | Edgington | 1859 | 1861 | Ohio | Bonds of Public Officers Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William H. | Edwards | 1848 | 1861 | Franklin | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Andrew B. | Evans | 1859 | 1863 | Mathews and Middlesex | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| James | Ferguson | 1859 | 1861 | Wayne | Armory Treasurer's Accounts |
| James P. | Ferrill | 1859 | 1861 | Wetzel | Executive Expenditures Penitentiary Register's Office |
| William W. | Fleming | 1859 | 1865 | Highland | Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles T. | Friend | 1859 | 1863 | Chesterfield | Penitentiary Privileges and Elections |
| Daniel | Frost | 1855 | 1861 | Jackson | Register's Office (Chair) Library |
| Thomas W. | Garrett | 1857 | 1861 | Essex and King & Queen | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory |
| William | Garth | 1859 | 1861 | Albemarle | Claims |
| David | Gibson | 1859 | 1861 | Hampshire | Banks Clerk's Office |
| John T. | Gibson | 1852 | 1861 | Jefferson | Militia Laws Schools and Colleges |
| Charles H. | Gilmer | 1852 | 1861 | Russell, Wise, and Buchanan | Penitentiary Treasurer's Accounts |
| John | Gilmer | 1857 | 1865 | Pittsylvania | Courts of Justice Library |
| Isaac | Goodycoontz | 1859 | 1865 | Floyd | Agriculture and Manufactures First Auditor's Office |
| Joseph J. | Graham | 1857 | 1873 | Wythe | Agriculture and Manufactures Militia Laws |
| Charles | Grattan | 1859 | 1863 | Rockingham | Clerk's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Walter B. | Hackley | 1857 | 1861 | Rappahannock | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Penitentiary |
| J. M. | Hanly | 1859 | 1861 | Mason | Armory Lunatic Asylums |
| Reuben N. | Harrison | 1859 | 1861 | Rockingham | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| Joseph F. | Harvey | 1859 | 1861 | Richmond County and Westmoreland | Militia Laws Register's Office |
| Thomas S. | Haymond | 1859 | 1865 | Marion | Finance Library |
| John S. | Hoffman | 1859 | 1863 | Harrison | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills |
| Henry H. | Holdway | 1859 | 1861 | Scott | Lunatic Asylums Treasurer's Accounts |
| George Washington | Hopkins | 1833 | 1861 | Russell County, and Washington County | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| John | Hunter | 1857 | 1861 | Loudoun | Clerk's Office (Chair) Finance |
| O. W. | Huntt | 1859 | 1865 | Fairfax | Armory Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
| Edward | James | 1852 | 1873 | Princess Anne | Agriculture and Manufactures First Auditor's Office |
| J. B. | Jett | 1859 | 1861 | Richmond County and Westmoreland | Privileges and Elections (1861) Second Auditor's Office (1861) |
| William | Johnson | 1859 | 1865 | Barbour | First Auditor's Office Penitentiary |
| Crawford H. | Jones | 1855 | 1861 | Appomattox | Banks Bonds of Public Officers |
| Warner T. | Jones | 1855 | 1873 | Gloucester | Courts of Justice Militia Laws |
| M. R. | Kaufman | 1857 | 1865 | Frederick | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| James B. | Kee | 1850 | 1861 | Pendleton | Penitentiary (Chair) Executive Expenditures |
| E. F. | Keen | 1857 | 1861 | Pittsylvania | Banks Clerk's Office |
| James Lawson | Kemper | 1853 | 1863 | Madison | Militia Laws (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| John W. | Kincheloe | 1859 | 1861 | Fauquier | Claims Enrolled Bills Second Auditor's Office |
| John | Knote | 1859 | 1861 | Ohio | Banks Second Auditor's Office |
| Absalom | Knotts | 1859 | 1861 | Gilmer, Wirt, and Calhoun | Enrolled Bills |
| William | Kyle | 1859 | 1863 | Carroll | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Joel B. | Leftwich | 1859 | 1861 | Campbell | Banks Bonds of Public Officers Enrolled Bills |
| John J. | Locke | 1859 | 1861 | Jefferson | Claims Executive Expenditures |
| James T. | Lockridge | 1859 | 1863 | Pocahontas | Armory Militia Laws |
| Samuel | Lucas | 1859 | 1861 | Giles | Armory Second Auditor's Office |
| William T. | Lundy | 1855 | 1865 | Greensville and Sussex | Schools and Colleges |
| Jacob | Lynch | 1859 | 1861 | Washington | Penitentiary Second Auditor's Office |
| Seymour | Lynn | 1857 | 1863 | Prince William | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| B.H. | Magruder | 1857 | 1875 | Albemarle | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| R. M. | Mallory | 1859 | 1863 | Brunswick | Militia Laws Schools and Colleges |
| J. G. | Martin | 1859 | 1861 | Norfolk County | Library Register's Office |
| Thomas | Martin | 1859 | 1861 | Nelson | Privileges and Elections Treasurer's Accounts |
| William | Martin | 1857 | 1861 | Henry | Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Nathaniel | Massie | 1857 | 1861 | Augusta | Claims Lunatic Asylums |
| Mason | Mathews | 1859 | 1865 | Greenbrier | Claims |
| Henry B. | Maupin | 1852 | 1861 | Cabell | Schools and Colleges Second Auditor's Office |
| Samuel | McCamant | 1859 | 1863 | Grayson | Courts of Justice Militia Laws |
| John Marshall | McCue | 1848 | 1865 | Augusta | Banks Privileges and Elections |
| James | McDowell | 1859 | 1861 | Botetourt and Craig | Schools and Colleges Treasurer's Accounts |
| S. F. | McGehee | 1859 | 1861 | Charlotte | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills |
| Z. S. | McGruder | 1861 | 1867 | Henrico | Library Lunatic Asylums Treasurer's Accounts |
| Louis | McKenzie | 1853 | 1861 | Alexandria | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Phillip W. | McKinney | 1859 | 1865 | Buckingham | Library Privileges and Elections |
| G. C. | Medley | 1859 | 1861 | Halifax | Claims Register's Office |
| Frederick S. | Miles | 1859 | 1861 | Lee and Wise | Armory Clerk's Office |
| David | Miller | 1857 | 1865 | Lee, Scott, and Wise | Claims Executive Expenditures |
| John R. | Miller | 1859 | 1861 | Shenandoah | Armory First Auditor's Office |
| William H. | Mong | 1859 | 1861 | Berkeley | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills |
| Rice D. | Montague | 1859 | 1863 | Montgomery | Banks Claims |
| James | Montgomery | 1859 | 1861 | Fayette and Raleigh | Propositions and Grievances Treasurer's Accounts |
| Benjamin | Morgan | 1853 | 1861 | Clarke | Armory (1861) |
| James D. | Morris | 1859 | 1861 | Marshall | Bonds of Public Officers Lunatic Asylums |
| Gustavus A. | Myers | 1859 | 1861 | Richmond City | Library Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert E. | Nelson | 1859 | 1863 | Fluvanna | Clerk's Office (1861) Library (1861) |
| William B. | Newton | 1859 | 1861 | Hanover | Agriculture and Manufactures Militia Laws |
| John | Orgain Jr. | 1859 | 1863 | Lunenberg | Banks Enrolled Bills |
| Andrew | Patterson | 1849 | 1861 | Rockbridge | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| Lewis A. | Phelps | 1859 | 1861 | Pleasants and Ritchie | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills |
| George McC. | Porter | 1857 | 1861 | Brooke and Hancock | Enrolled Bills Library Schools and Colleges |
| A. R. | Preston | 1859 | 1861 | Washington | Armory (1861) |
| Joshua | Pretlow | 1859 | 1861 | Southampton | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills |
| Alpheus | Prichard | 1859 | 1861 | Marion | Enrolled Bills Library |
| Samuel P. F. | Randolph | 1853 | 1861 | Doddridge and Tyler | Executive Expenditures Penitentiary |
| Samuel McD. | Reid | 1859 | 1865 | Rockbridge | Banks Clerk's Office |
| Nathaniel | Richardson | 1859 | 1861 | Ohio | Agriculture and Manufactures Bonds of Public Officers Enrolled Bills |
| Nathaniel | Riddick | 1853 | 1865 | Nansemond | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| George E. | Rives | 1857 | 1863 | Prince George and Surry | Enrolled Bills Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| Wyndham | Robertson | 1859 | 1865 | Richmond City | Armory Banks Militia Laws |
| R. K. | Robinson | 1859 | 1861 | Berkeley | Propositions and Grievances |
| John C. | Rutherfoord | 1852 | 1865 | Goochland | Courts of Justice (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| David J. | Saunders | 1859 | 1865 | Richmond City | Finance Penitentiary Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John | Scott | 1847 | 1861 | Preston | Penitentiary Register's Office |
| John | Seddon | 1855 | 1861 | King George and Stafford | Banks (Chair) Finance |
| Joseph | Segar | 1848 | 1861 | Elizabeth City, Warwick, York and Williamsburg | Library |
| Charles D. | Shannon | 1859 | 1861 | Smyth | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary Register's Office |
| Robert B. | Sherrard | 1859 | 1861 | Hampshire | Claims (1861) |
| William M. | Sibert | 1857 | 1861 | Shenandoah | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills |
| Henry | Smith | 1859 | 1861 | Amherst | Lunatic Asylums Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Isaac N. | Smith | 1859 | 1861 | Kanawha | Bonds of Public Officers Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James K. | Smith | 1859 | 1861 | Taylor | Claims Enrolled Bills Library |
| John | Staples | 1859 | 1865 | Patrick | Courts of Justice (1861) Privileges and Elections (1861) |
| Don Pedro | Taylor | 1859 | 1861 | Amelia and Nottoway | Armory Register's Office |
| Samuel W. | Thomas | 1855 | 1873 | Warren | Finance |
| John J. | Thompson | 1859 | 1861 | Putman | Lunatic Asylums Militia Laws |
| Harrison B. | Tomlin | 1847 | 1865 | King William | Library (Chair) Finance |
| R. R. | Turner | 1859 | 1861 | Gilmer, Wirt, and Calhoun | Penitentiary Second Auditor's Office |
| Thomas H. | Tutwiler | 1859 | 1861 | Fluvanna | Bonds of Public Officers Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| George | Tyler | 1859 | 1863 | Caroline | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel T. | Walker | 1859 | 1861 | Rockingham | Banks Privileges and Elections |
| John | Wallace | 1859 | 1861 | Monongalia | Militia Laws Privileges and Elections |
| George W. | Ward | 1859 | 1865 | Frederick | Banks Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Arthur | Watson | 1855 | 1861 | Accomack | Executive Expenditures Propositions and Grievances |
| Edwin | Watson | 1852 | 1861 | Pulaski | Executive Expenditures Lunatic Asylums |
| A. S. | Watts | 1859 | 1861 | Norfolk County | Banks Enrolled Bills |
| Isaiah A. | Welch | 1859 | 1861 | Kanawha | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office Propositions and Grievances |
| J. B. | West | 1859 | 1861 | Harrison | Claims Enrolled Bills Treasurer's Accounts |
| J. M. | Wilcox | 1857 | 1861 | Charles City, James City, and New Kent | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Militia Laws |
| James L. | Wilson | 1859 | 1865 | Isle of Wight | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| G. A. | Wingfield | 1857 | 1861 | Bedford | Claims (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| J. M. | Witten | 1859 | 1861 | Tazewell | Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
| Thomas | Wood | 1855 | 1861 | Albemarle | Finance (1861) |
| John L. | Woolfolk | 1859 | 1865 | Greene and Orange | Enrolled Bills
Lunatic Asylums Second Auditor's Office |
| George T. | Yerby | 1859 | 1861 | Northampton | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Finance |
*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.