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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William | Ambers | 1861 | 1865 | Chesterfield | |
Francis T. | Anderson | 1861 | 1863 | Rockbridge | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
John T. | Anderson | 1859 | 1865 | Botetourt | Military Affairs (Chair) Library |
M. L. | Anderson | 1861 | 1863 | Albemarle | Executive Expenditures Lunatic Ayslums Propositions and Grievances |
S.P. | Bailey | 1861 | 1863 | Fauquier | |
Richard H. | Baker Jr. | 1861 | 1865 | Norfolk City | Executive Expenditures Library Privileges and Elections |
James | Barbour | 1852 | 1863 | Culpeper | Finance (Chair) Bonds of Public Officers |
William R. | Baskerville | 1839 | 1865 | Mecklenberg | Clerk's Office Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
Colin | Bass | 1853 | 1863 | Roanoke | Claims (Chair) Penitentiary Treasurer's Accounts |
James | Bayse | 1861 | 1863 | Lee, Scott, and Wise | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Second Auditor's Office |
Thomas B. | Bigger | 1861 | 1863 | Richmond City | |
Charles | Blue | 1859 | 1863 | Hampshire | Armory (Chair) Privileges and Elections Second Auditor's Office |
James | Boggs | 1861 | 1863 | Pendleton | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory Clerk's Office |
John R. | Booten | 1861 | 1863 | Page | Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
Wood | Bouldin | 1861 | 1865 | Charlotte | Courts of Justice Finance |
William A. | Bradford | 1861 | 1863 | Clarke | Lunatic Ayslums Military Affairs |
Andrew | Brooks | 1844 | 1863 | Franklin | Register's Office (Chair) |
A. S. | Buford | 1861 | 1865 | Pittsylvania | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
Edward C. | Burks | 1859 | 1863 | Bedford | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Courts of Justice Library |
Samuel | Carpenter | 1852 | 1863 | Alleghany and Bath | Clerk's Office Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation |
Addison L. | Carter | 1859 | 1863 | Lancaster and Northumberland | Privileges and Elections |
R. H. | Carter | 1861 | 1863 | Albemarle | |
William G. | Cazenove | 1861 | 1863 | Alexandria | Banks Library Treasurer's Accounts |
John G. | Cecil | 1861 | 1863 | Pulaski | Armory Enrolled Bills |
David B. | Clarke | 1861 | 1863 | Washington | Lunatic Ayslums Second Auditor's Office |
S. A. | Coffman | 1861 | 1863 | Rockingham | |
H. N. | Coleman Jr. | 1861 | 1863 | Nelson | Propositions and Grievances Second Auditor's Office |
John J. | Coleman | 1861 | 1863 | Fayette and Raleigh | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
Charles F. | Collier | 1852 | 1863 | Petersburg | Courts of Justice Finance |
Robert E. | Cowan | 1857 | 1865 | Preston | |
Robert | Crockett | 1861 | 1865 | Wythe | Library Lunatic Ayslums Schools and Colleges |
James W. | Custis | 1861 | 1865 | Elizabeth City, Warwick, York, and Williamsburg | Lunatic Ayslums Schools and Colleges Treasurer's Accounts |
Robert | Dabney | 1861 | 1863 | Cumberland and Powhatan | Library Penitentiary |
J. H. | Daniel | 1861 | 1863 | King George and Stafford | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures Schools and Colleges |
John Dudley | Davis | 1855 | 1863 | Amherst | Claims Military Affairs Penitentiary |
Robert J. | Davis | 1861 | 1863 | Campbell | Banks Finance |
R. B. | Dice | 1861 | 1863 | Pendleton | |
David C. | Dunn | 1861 | 1863 | Washington | Banks Claims Penitentiary |
John R. | Edmunds | 1855 | 1863 | Halifax | Library (Chair) Banks Finance |
William | Eggleston | 1861 | 1863 | Giles | Military Affairs Privileges and Elections |
Andrew B. | Evans | 1859 | 1863 | Mathews and Middlesex | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
Joshua | Ewing | 1861 | 1863 | Lee and Wise | Armory Treasurer's Accounts |
William W. | Fleming | 1859 | 1865 | Highland | Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances |
John G. | Fletcher | 1861 | 1863 | Rappahannock | Armory Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
Thomas H. | Flood | 1861 | 1865 | Appomattox | Finance First Auditor's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
J. M. | Forbes | 1861 | 1863 | Fauquier | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
James | Franklin | 1861 | 1863 | Scott and Wise | First Auditor's Office |
Charles T. | Friend | 1859 | 1863 | Chesterfield | Military Affairs Penitentiary Privileges and Elections |
William O. | Fry | 1861 | 1865 | Madison | |
G. T. | Garrison | 1861 | 1863 | Accomack | Library Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
John | Gatewood | 1857 | 1863 | Shenandoah | Bonds of Public Officers Finance |
Hervey | George | 1861 | 1863 | Tazewell | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances |
Thomas H. | Gillespie | 1861 | 1863 | Tazewell | Claims Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
John | Gilmer | 1857 | 1865 | Pittsylvania | Courts of Justice Library |
Douglas H. | Gordon | 1861 | 1863 | Spotsylvania | Finance Library |
Charles | Grattan | 1859 | 1863 | Rockingham | Banks Claims Clerk's Office |
Thomas C. | Green | 1861 | 1863 | Jefferson | |
Mathew | Harrison | 1861 | 1875 | Loudoun | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
Henry Laurens | Hopkins | 1835 | 1863 | Petersburg | |
John H. | Hopkins | 1861 | 1863 | Rockingham | Lunatic Ayslums Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
Andrew | Hunter | 1861 | 1863 | Jefferson | Courts of Justice Military Affairs |
O. W. | Huntt | 1859 | 1865 | Fairfax | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Armory Claims |
Richard | Irby | 1861 | 1863 | Amelia and Nottoway | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
Green | James | 1861 | 1865 | Botetourt | Banks Penitentiary |
William | Johnson | 1859 | 1865 | Barbour | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures Penitentiary |
Warner T. | Jones | 1855 | 1873 | Gloucester | Courts of Justice Military Affairs |
Alexander | Jordan | 1861 | 1865 | Bedford | Penitentiary Privileges and Elections Register's Office |
M. R. | Kaufman | 1857 | 1865 | Frederick | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
James Lawson | Kemper | 1853 | 1863 | Madison | |
William | Kyle | 1859 | 1863 | Carroll | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
Albert | Laidley | 1861 | 1863 | Cabell | Schools and Colleges Second Auditor's Office |
Wilson | Lively | 1861 | 1865 | Monroe | Agriculture and Manufactures Register's Office Second Auditor's Office |
James T. | Lockridge | 1859 | 1863 | Pocahontas | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory Lunatic Ayslums |
William T. | Lundy | 1855 | 1865 | Greensville and Sussex | Banks Military Affairs |
Seymour | Lynn | 1857 | 1863 | Prince William | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory Clerk's Office |
B.H. | Magruder | 1857 | 1875 | Albemarle | |
R. M. | Mallory | 1859 | 1863 | Brunswick | Library Military Affairs Second Auditor's Office |
John L. Lawrence | Marye Jr. | 1863 | 1865 | Spotsylvania | |
Mason | Mathews | 1859 | 1865 | Greenbrier | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Claims Register's Office |
R. A. | Mayo | 1861 | 1863 | Henrico | |
Samuel | McCamant | 1859 | 1863 | Grayson | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
A. W. | McDonald Jr. | 1861 | 1863 | Hampshire | Banks Military Affairs Treasurer's Accounts |
Isaac E. | McDonald | 1861 | 1863 | Logan, Boone, and Wyoming | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
Z. S. | McGruder | 1861 | 1867 | Henrico | Lunatic Ayslums Military Affairs Treasurer's Accounts |
Phillip W. | McKinney | 1859 | 1865 | Buckingham | Courts of Justice First Auditor's Office Library |
Duncan | McLaughlin | 1861 | 1863 | Braxton, Nicholas, and Clay | Armory First Auditor's Office |
Frank | Minor | 1861 | 1863 | Albemarle | Finance Library Schools and Colleges |
Rice D. | Montague | 1859 | 1863 | Montgomery | Penitentiary (Chair) Claims |
C. W. | Murdaugh | 1855 | 1865 | Norfolk County | Clerk's Office Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
Robert E. | Nelson | 1859 | 1863 | Fluvanna | Agriculture and Manufactures Clerk's Office Lunatic Ayslums |
William G. T. | Nelson | 1861 | 1863 | Louisa | Claims Enrolled Bills Library |
Willoughby | Newton | 1861 | 1863 | Richmond County and Westmoreland | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Finance |
Burr P. | Noland | 1861 | 1865 | Loudoun | Finance Schools and Colleges Treasurer's Accounts |
John | Orgain Jr. | 1859 | 1863 | Lunenberg | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Banks |
Richards | Payne | 1861 | 1863 | Fauquier | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures Penitentiary |
Philip | Pittman | 1848 | 1865 | Shenandoah | Claims Military Affairs |
Joseph H. | Prince | 1861 | 1863 | Southampton | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
Samuel McD. | Reid | 1859 | 1865 | Rockbridge | Clerk's Office (Chair) Finance Schools and Colleges |
Robert A. | Richardson | 1861 | 1865 | Mercer | Executive Expenditures Military Affairs |
Nathaniel | Riddick | 1853 | 1865 | Nansemond | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances Schools and Colleges |
George E. | Rives | 1857 | 1863 | Prince George and Surry | Lunatic Ayslums (Chair) Banks |
Wyndham | Robertson | 1859 | 1865 | Richmond City | Banks (Chair) Military Affairs |
Israel | Robinson | 1861 | 1863 | Berkeley | |
John M. | Rowan | 1861 | 1865 | Monroe | Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
John C. | Rutherfoord | 1852 | 1865 | Goochland | Courts of Justice (Chair) Bonds of Public Officers |
Peter | Saunders Jr. | 1861 | 1863 | Franklin | Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
Robert C. | Saunders | 1861 | 1863 | Campbell | Roads and Internal Navigation |
Charles J. | Shannon | 1861 | 1879 | Smyth | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Armory Propositions and Grievances |
Hugh White | Sheffey | 1861 | 1865 | Augusta | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Library |
George W. | Sherrard | 1861 | 1863 | Montgomery | |
Adam | Small | 1861 | 1863 | Berkeley | |
Edgar J. | Spady | 1855 | 1863 | Northampton | Bonds of Public Officers First Auditor's Office Schools and Colleges |
John | Staples | 1859 | 1865 | Patrick | Penitentiary Roads and Internal Navigation |
John O. | Steger | 1861 | 1863 | Richmond City | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
William M. | Tate | 1861 | 1863 | Augusta | First Auditor's Office Lunatic Ayslums Schools and Colleges |
Francis G. | Taylor | 1861 | 1863 | Hanover | Armory Enrolled Bills |
Richard F. | Taylor | 1861 | 1865 | Amelia and Nottoway | |
Samuel W. | Thomas | 1855 | 1873 | Warren | Clerk's Office Finance |
Valentine | Thrash | 1861 | 1863 | Floyd | Armory Executive Expenditures |
Harrison B. | Tomlin | 1847 | 1865 | King William | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Finance |
Thomas T. | Tredway | 1855 | 1865 | Prince Edward | Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
George | Tyler | 1859 | 1863 | Caroline | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
V. | Vaden | 1861 | 1863 | Charles City, James City, and New Kent | Lunatic Ayslums Second Auditor's Office |
Isaac | Vermillion | 1861 | 1863 | Russell | Lunatic Ayslums Penitentiary |
James | Walker | 1852 | 1865 | Augusta | Banks Claims Treasurer's Accounts |
George W. | Ward | 1859 | 1865 | Frederick | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation Second Auditor's Office |
Isaiah A. | Welch | 1861 | 1865 | Kanawha | |
George H. | West | 1861 | 1863 | Halifax | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
Charles | Williams | 1861 | 1865 | Hardy | First Auditor's Office Register's Office |
James L. | Wilson | 1859 | 1865 | Isle of Wight | First Auditor's Office Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
Samuel M. | Wilson | 1861 | 1865 | Norfolk County | Banks Claims |
H. B. | Woodhouse | 1861 | 1863 | Princess Anne | Claims Second Auditor's Office |
John C. | Woodson | 1861 | 1867 | Rockingham | First Auditor's Office Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
John L. | Woolfolk | 1859 | 1865 | Greene and Orange | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills Lunatic Ayslums |
John F. | Wootten | 1861 | 1863 | Henry | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
Henry C. | Worsham | 1861 | 1865 | Dinwiddie | Enrolled Bills Lunatic Ayslums |
George T. | Wright | 1861 | 1865 | Essex and King & Queen | Armory Register's Office Schools and Colleges |
Thomas H. | Wynne | 1861 | 1863 | Richmond City | Finance 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.