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The following is a comprehensive record of individual House members who have represented districts or localities throughout Virginia since 1619*.

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First / Middle Name	Last Name / Suffix	Member From	Member To	Locality	Committees
J. B.	Alexander	1874	1875	Pulaski	Claims Retrenchment and the Economy
John J.	Allen	1874	1875	Botetourt	Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Immigration
Joseph Reid	Anderson	1874	1879	Richmond City	Banks, Currency and Commerce (Chair) Finance
Charles	Armentrout	1874	1875	Rockbridge	Agriculture and Mining Labor and the Poor Public Property
E. J.	Armstrong	1874	1877	Rockingham	Public Property (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation
Edmund R.	Bagwell	1869	1877	Accomack	Militia and Police (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance
Robert A.	Banks	1874	1875	Madison	Retrenchment and the Economy (Chair) Privileges and Elections
Thomas H.	Barnes	1874	1877	Nansemond	Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (1875) Finance (1875)
George E.	Beaton	1871	1875	Southampton	Claims Executive Expenditures
Charles G.	Bickings	1874	1875	Dinwiddie	Banks, Currency and Commerce Militia and Police
Henry E.	Blair	1874	1875	Roanoke	Propositions and Greivances (Chair) Courts of Justice
C. A.	Bohannon	1874	1877	Mathews	Agriculture and Mining Chesapeake and Its Tributaries
Samuel H.	Boykin	1874	1875	Nansemond	Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Finance
J. P.	Brady	1874	1875	Nottoway	Claims
Tazewell	Branch	1874	1877	Prince Edward	Claims
Socrates	Brooks	1874	1877	Chesterfield	Courts of Justice (1875) Militia and Police Privileges and Elections
Granville L.	Brown	1874	1875	Bedford	Agriculture and Mining (Chair) Immigration
James L.	Campbell	1871	1875	Bedford	Agriculture and Mining Roads and Internal Navigation
Jack	Carter	1874	1875	Russell	Counties, Cities and Towns Finance Public Property
John A.	Carter	1874	1877	Loudoun	Immigration (Chair) Finance
Peter Jacob	Carter	1871	1879	Northampton	Agriculture and Mining Claims Committee (Dates Unknown) Militia and Police Committee (Dates Unknown) Retrenchment and Economy
William P.	Cecil	1874	1877	Tazewell	Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Propositions and Greivances
Matt	Clark	1874	1875	Halifax	Asylums and Prisons Committee
William T.	Clark	1865	1875	Pittslyvania
A.J.	Clarke	1865	1877	Campbell	Asylums and Prisons Immigration
Richard H.	Cockerille	1874	1875	Fairfax	Courts of Justice Immigration
Robert A.	Coghill	1871	1882	Amherst and Nelson	Courts of Justice (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions
Henry	Cox	1869	1877	Powhatan	Labor and the Poor Committee (Dates Unknown) Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol
Richard G.	Crank	1874	1879	Albemarle	Claims Counties, Cities and Towns
James P.	Critz	1871	1877	Patrick	Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Executive Expenditures Finance
Stephen N.	Davis	1874	1875	Henrico	Claims Officers and Offices at the Capitol
James H.	Dooley	1871	1877	Richmond City	Courts of Justice Militia and Police Rules
William A. J.	Finney	1874	1880	Pittsylvania and Danville	Banks, Currency and Commerce Militia and Police
Alexander B.	Fitzpatrick	1874	1882	Nelson	Claims Federal Relations and Resolutions
Joel W.	Flood	1874	1877	Appomattox	Militia and Police Public Property
William E.	Foster	1874	1875	Norfolk City	Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation
James	Franklin Sr.	1874	1875	Campbell	Banks, Currency and Commerce Finance
G.W.	Friend	1874	1875	Chesterfield
Abram	Fulkerson	1871	1887	Washington	Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Courts of Justice
William R.	Gaines	1874	1875	Charlotte	Claims Retrenchment and the Economy Schools and Colleges
Reuben E.	Gardner	1871	1875	Hanover	Retrenchment and the Economy Schools and Colleges
Philip	Gibson	1874	1877	King William	Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns
Thomas S.	Gibson	1874	1875	Lee	Agriculture and Mining Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation
William	Gilliam	1871	1875	Prince George	Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Propositions and Greivances
William S.	Gilman	1871	1877	Richmond City	Library (Chair) Printing Schools and Colleges
James P.	Goodwyn	1874	1875	Petersburg	Privileges and Elections
William F.	Graves	1871	1884	Bedford	Counties, Cities and Towns Finance
Andrew J.	Grayson	1874	1875	Bland	Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections
Frederick	Griffith	1871	1875	Westmoreland	Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections
William D.	Haden	1874	1875	Fluvanna	Agriculture and Mining Enrolled Bills
Peyton G.	Hale	1874	1877	Grayson	Claims Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and the Economy
Ross	Hamilton	1869	1889	Mecklenburg	Executive Expenditures Manufactures and Mechanic Arts
James Marshall	Hanger	1869	1882	Augusta	Rules (Chair)
Henry Clay	Harris	1874	1875	Halifax	Public Property
Mathew	Harrison	1861	1875	Loudoun	Counties, Cities and Towns (Chair) Courts of Justice
Thomas	Henderson	1874	1875	Fauquier	Propositions and Greivances Retrenchment and the Economy
Henry C.	Hill	1874	1875	Amelia	Retrenchment and the Economy
Theodore William	Hoenniger	1874	1877	Henrico	Agriculture and Mining Manufactures and Mechanic Arts
Garland J.	Holbrook	1874	1875	Wythe	Counties, Cities and Towns Library
John T.	Hoskins	1874	1875	Essex	Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Labor and the Poor
William	Hoskins	1874	1875	King and Queen	Asylums and Prisons Executive Expenditures
J. L.	Howard	1874	1877	Floyd	Immigration Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation
John M.	Hudgin	1869	1877		Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Rules
Robert W.	Hunter	1874	1875	Frederick	Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Finance Library
Waddie T.	James	1874	1879	Franklin	Public Property Retrenchment and the Economy
Starke	Jett	1874	1875	Northumberland	Public Property Retrenchment and the Economy
Peter K.	Jones	1869	1877	Greensville	Officers & Offices at the Capitol Privileges and Elections Committee
Rufus Sibb	Jones	1871	1875	Elizabeth City and Warwick	Labor and the Poor Schools and Colleges
George H.	Jordan	1874	1879	Isle of Wight	Asylums and Prisons Executive Expenditures
Absalom	Koiner	1874	1875	Augusta	Asylums and Prisons Roads and Internal Navigation
Benjamin Watkins	Lacy	1874	1880	Charles City and New Kent	Courts of Justice Rules Schools and Colleges
J. Horace	Lacy	1874	1875	Spotsylvania	Library Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation
James J.	Lamkin	1874	1877	Pittsylvania	Agriculture and Mining Manufactures and Mechanic Arts
John A.J.	Lee	1874	1875	Alleghany and Craig	Enrolled Bills Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts
Henry M.	Lemmon	1874	1877	Sussex	Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation
H.L.D.	Lewis	1874	1877	Clarke	Counties, Cities and Towns Executive Expenditures
Paul	Lightner	1871	1875	Bath and Highland	Executive Expenditures Propositions and Greivances
Morgan T.	Lipps	1874	1875	Buchanan and Wise	Labor and the Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts
James F.	Lipscomb	1869	1877	Cumberland	Executive Expenditures
Seldon	Longley	1874	1875	Washington	Federal Relations and Resolutions House Expenses Schools and Colleges
John T.	Lovell	1874	1879	Warren	Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances
William	Lovenstein	1869	1880	Richmond City	Enrolled Bills (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Immigration
Henry	Loving	1874	1884	Amherst	Finance House Expenses
William P.	Lucas	1874	1875	Louisa	Officers and Offices at the Capitol
Samuel E.	Lybrook	1874	1882	Giles	Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol
B.H.	Magruder	1857	1875	Albemarle	Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice
John Edward	Massey	1874	1877	Albemarle	Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Labor and the Poor
Godfrey	May	1874	1875	Petersburg	Claims
William	McGonigal	1874	1875	Surry	Labor and the Poor
Francis M.	McMullan	1871	1879	Greene	Executive Expenditures (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries
Robert L. Latane	Montague	1850	1875	Middlesex	Privileges and Elections (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions
John W. R.	Moore	1874	1875	Shenandoah	Claims Schools and Colleges
William W.	Morris	1874	1875	Henry	Asylums and Prisons House Expenses Immigration
James D.	Morrison	1874	1875	Rockbridge	Printing Schools and Colleges
Francis	Moss	1874	1875	Buckingham	Labor and the Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts
John L.	Nash	1874	1875	Princess Anne	Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Public Property
William A.	Nash	1874	1875	Lunenberg	Agriculture and Mining
John	Neeley	1874	1877	Accomack	Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances Schools and Colleges
Armistead S.	Nickens	1871	1875	Lancaster	Agriculture and Mining Militia and Police
Robert	Norton	1869	1882	York and James City	Asylums and Prisons Committee Federal Relations and Resolutions Committee (Dates Unknown) Labor and Poor Committee Privileges and Elections Committee (Dates Unknown) Schools and Colleges Committee (Dates Unknown)
Robert	Norton	1874	1879	York and James City
J.C.	O'Neal	1874	1875	Alexandria	Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns
Robert	Ould	1874	1875	Richmond City	Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions
Richard Gault Leslie	Paige	1871	1882	Norfolk County	Propositions and Greivances Retrenchment and the Economy
David	Pannill	1869	1875	Orange	House Expenses (Chair) Asylums and Prisons
Edmund S.	Pendleton	1874	1875	Goochland	Claims Counties, Cities and Towns Officers and Offices at the Capitol
Thomas G.	Popham	1874	1879	Rappahannock	Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation
William	Powell	1871	1877	Franklin	Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation
William W.	Raines	1874	1877	Richmond County	Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions
James Buchanan	Richmond	1874	1875	Scott	Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions Officers and Offices at the Capitol
H. H.	Riddlebarger	1871	1875	Shenandoah	Printing (Chair) Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and the Economy
Thacker	Rogers	1871	1875	King George	Labor and the Poor (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns
George C.	Round	1874	1875	Prince William	Federal Relations and Resolutions Schools and Colleges
Langhorne	Scruggs	1871	1877	Pittsylvania	Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges
T. N.	Sellers	1874	1875	Rockingham	Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons
Bailey	Shumate	1874	1875	Fauquier	Asylums and Prisons Labor and the Poor
Thomas H.	Spratt	1874	1875	Smyth	Labor and the Poor Public Property
J. B.	Stovall Jr.	1871	1877	Halifax	Banks, Currency and Commerce Officers and Offices at the Capitol
John R.	Strother	1869	1875	Culpeper	Claims (Chair) Courts of Justice
Alexander H.H.	Stuart	1874	1877	Augusta	Finance (Chair)
Samuel A.	Swann	1871	1877	Caroline	Banks, Currency and Commerce Propositions and Greivances
John Byrce	Syphax	1874	1875	Arlington /Alexandria	Executive Expenditures
William Booth	Taliaferro	1874	1879	Gloucester	Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Courts of Justice
Frederick S.	Taylor	1874	1875	Norfolk City	House Expenses Immigration Library
Phillip G.	Thomas	1874	1875	Portsmouth	Enrolled Bills Public Property
George	Turner	1874	1875	Louisa	Counties, Cities and Towns Manufactures and Mechanic Arts
James H.	Van Auken	1871	1875	Sussex	Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation
John W.	Walke	1871	1875	Chesterfield	Asylums and Prisons Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol
Gustavus B.	Wallace	1874	1875	Stafford	Agriculture and Mining Labor and the Poor
Isaac	Webb	1874	1875	Carroll	Counties, Cities and Towns Manufactures and Mechanic Arts
C. M.	Webber	1874	1875	Roanoke	Enrolled Bills (1875) Propositions and Greivances (1875)
Gabriel C.	Wharton	1871	1875	Montgomery	Roads and Internal Navigation Rules Schools and Colleges
Robert H.	Whitaker/Whittaker	1874	1877	Brunswick
James H.	Williams	1874	1875	Frederick	Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation
Willam R.	Winn	1869	1875	Hanover	Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances
H. Howard	Withers	1874	1877	Campbell	Counties, Cities and Towns Militia and Police
William Overall	Yager	1874	1880	Page	Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Immigration Militia and Police
George W.	Young	1871	1879	Mecklenberg	Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Propositions and Greivances

*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.

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