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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Hansford | Anderson | 1881 | 1884 | King William | Asylums and Prisons |
Walter J. | Anderson | 1881 | 1882 | Caroline | Executive Expenditures Finance Labor and Poor |
Chancellor | Bailey | 1881 | 1884 | Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg | Claims Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Robert A. | Baldwin | 1881 | 1882 | Buckingham | Enrolled Bills Labor and Poor Schools and Colleges |
Edward David | Bland | 1879 | 1883 | Prince George and Surry | Agriculture and Mining Committee Claims Enrolled Bills Committee Executive Expenditures Committee Officers and Offices at the Capitol Committee Propositions and Grievances Committee Retrenchment and Economy Committee Retrenchment and the Economy Schools and Colleges Committee |
Green B. | Board | 1881 | 1882 | Craig and Roanoke | Banks, Currency and Commerce (Chair) Finance House Expenses |
Ellis A. | Butt | 1881 | 1882 | Portsmouth | Claims Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Richard Henry | Cardwell | 1881 | 1893 | Hanover | Counties, Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Immigration |
N. H. | Champlin | 1881 | 1882 | Prince Edward | Claims Enrolled Bills Public Property |
John P. | Chase | 1877 | 1882 | Buchanan and Wise | Immigration (Chair) Enrolled Bills Public Property |
Robert A. | Coghill | 1871 | 1882 | Amherst | Banks, Currency and Commerce Courts of Justice Public Property |
John L. | Coleman | 1875 | 1882 | Lunenberg | Agriculture and Mining Claims Finance |
Holmes | Conrad | 1881 | 1882 | Frederick and Winchester | Federal Relations and Resolutions Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Propositions and Greivances |
Thomas H. | Cross | 1879 | 1882 | Nansemond | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties, Cities and Towns |
Martin | Dalton | 1871 | 1882 | Carroll | Executive Expenditures Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
Beverley A. | Davis | 1881 | 1890 | Pittsylvania and Danville | Banks, Currency and Commerce Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
T. Wiley | Davis | 1881 | 1882 | Richmond City | Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
John J. | Deyer | 1881 | 1882 | Southampton | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Claims Roads and Internal Navigation |
William J. | Dickenson | 1859 | 1882 | Russell | Propositions and Greivances (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
Amos | Dickerson | 1877 | 1882 | Floyd | Labor and Poor Retrenchment and the Economy |
Irwin W. | Duck | 1881 | 1882 | Isle of Wight | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Retrenchment and the Economy |
Shed | Dungee | 1879 | 1882 | Cumberland and Buckingham | Officers and Offices at the Capitol Committee Public Property Retrenchment and the Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
Robert K. | Dunlap | 1881 | 1882 | Rockbridge | Finance Immigration Schools and Colleges |
Thomas M. | Dunn | 1875 | 1884 | Albemarle | Federal Relations and Resolutions Propositions and Greivances Schools and Colleges |
Alexander M. | Earle | 1881 | 1882 | Clarke and Warren | Agriculture and Mining Militia and Police Retrenchment and the Economy |
Jacob S. | Eggborn | 1881 | 1882 | Culpeper | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
Andrew Browne | Evans | 1881 | 1884 | Mathews and Middlesex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Militia and Police |
Richard R. | Farr | 1877 | 1882 | Fairfax | Finance (Chair) Privileges and Elections (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Library |
Alexander B. | Fitzpatrick | 1874 | 1882 | Nelson | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries |
Isaac Chapman | Fowler | 1875 | 1882 | Washington | Rules (Chair) |
James A. | Frazier | 1877 | 1882 | Rockbridge | Agriculture and Mining
Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
Thomas V. | Fry | 1877 | 1882 | Greene and Madison | Asylums and Prisons Executive Expenditures Propositions and Greivances |
William F. | Giddings | 1875 | 1882 | Chesterfield, Manchester, and Powhatan | Banks, Currency and Commerce Courts of Justice Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
George J. | Grandstaff | 1881 | 1884 | Shenandoah | House Expenses Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
William F. | Graves | 1871 | 1884 | Bedford | Finance Public Property Retrenchment and the Economy |
Armistead | Green | 1881 | 1884 | Petersburg | House Expenses Committee Claims Committee Counties, Cities and Towns Committee Executive Expenditures Committee Federal Relations and Resolutions Committee Finance |
Duff | Green | 1879 | 1884 | Stafford and King George | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
Samuel | Griffin | 1881 | 1882 | Bedford | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Militia and Police Printing |
S. J. | Griggs | 1881 | 1882 | Henry | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
A. K. | Grim | 1881 | 1882 | Page | Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
William E. | Haden | 1879 | 1882 | Fluvanna | House Expenses (Chair) Labor and Poor Schools and Colleges |
Ross | Hamilton | 1869 | 1889 | Mecklenburg | Immigration Labor and Poor |
James Marshall | Hanger | 1869 | 1882 | Augusta and Staunton | Asylums and Prisons Banks, Currency and Commerce Courts of Justice |
Henry B. | Harnsberger | 1881 | 1884 | Rockingham | Printing (Chair) Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and the Economy |
Alfred W. | Harris | 1881 | 1888 | Dinwiddie | Courts of Justice
Courts of Justice Committee Library Committee Manufactures and Mechanics Arts Retrenchment and Economy Committee (Dates Unknown) |
Samuel G. | Harrison | 1881 | 1884 | Greensville and Sussex | Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills Printing |
Martin W. | Hazelwood | 1881 | 1884 | Henrico | Agriculture and Mining (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce Labor and Poor |
Philander | Herring | 1881 | 1884 | Rockingham | Banks, Currency and Commerce Finance Propositions and Greivances |
James D. | Honaker | 1881 | 1882 | Smyth and Bland | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Federal Relations and Resolutions |
Walter N. | Johnston | 1881 | 1882 | Botetourt | Immigration Labor and Poor Militia and Police |
William P. M. | Kellam | 1881 | 1882 | Accomack | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions |
Jonas S. | Kelly | 1877 | 1884 | Washington | Retrenchment and the Economy (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Counties, Cities and Towns Finance Public Property |
John B. | Lady | 1877 | 1882 | Rockbridge | Finance Immigration Schools and Colleges |
W.B.F. | Leech | 1875 | 1882 | Rockbridge | Agriculture and Mining Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
Neverson | Lewis | 1879 | 1882 | Chesterfield, Manchester and Powhatan | Agriculture and Mining Banks, Currency and Commerce Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Samuel E. | Lybrook | 1874 | 1882 | Pulaski and Giles | Executive Expenditures Finance Propositions and Greivances |
James | Lyons Jr. | 1879 | 1882 | Richmond City | Asylums and Prisons Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and the Economy Schools and Colleges |
David F. | May | 1879 | 1882 | Petersburg | Public Property (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
Robert M. | Mayo | 1881 | 1888 | Northumberland and Westmoreland | Militia and Police (Chair) Courts of Justice Finance |
Henry S. | Menefee | 1879 | 1882 | Rappahannock | Banks, Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions |
John Barclay | Moon | 1881 | 1894 | Albemarle | Agriculture and Mining Claims Executive Expenditures |
C, E. | Moorefield | 1881 | 1884 | Halifax | Agriculture and Mining Federal Relations and Resolutions Propositions and Greivances |
George W. | Morgan | 1879 | 1882 | Campbell and Lynchburg | House Expenses Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Propositions and Greivances |
B(everly) B. | Munford | 1881 | 1892 | Pittsylvania and Danville | Executive Expenditures Finance |
Charles E. | Nicol | 1879 | 1894 | Prince William | Banks, Currency and Commerce Immigration Labor and Poor |
Robert | Norton | 1869 | 1882 | Elizabeth City, Warwick, James City, York and Williamsburg | Labor and Poor (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Federal Relations and Resolutions Labor and Poor Committee Privileges and Elections Committee Schools and Colleges Schools and Colleges |
Joel H. | Oliver | 1881 | 1882 | Pittsylvania and Danville | Immigration Labor and Poor |
Littleton | Owens | 1879 | 1882 | Princess Anne | Enrolled Bills Militia and Police Public Property |
Richard Gault Leslie | Paige | 1871 | 1882 | Norfolk County | Claims (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
Edmund | Parr | 1881 | 1888 | Patrick | Federal Relations and Resolutions Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Eugene S. | Phillips | 1881 | 1888 | Lancaster and Richmond County | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures Militia and Police Public Property |
George E. | Plaster | 1881 | 1882 | Loudoun | Asylums and Prisons Immigration Retrenchment and the Economy |
Henry R. | Pollard | 1881 | 1888 | King and Queen | Library Public Property Schools and Colleges |
Guy | Powell | 1881 | 1882 | Brunswick | Federal Relations and Resolutions Immigration Propositions and Greivances |
William H. | Revercomb | 1879 | 1882 | Alleghany, Bath and Highland | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Immigration |
John | Richardson | 1881 | 1884 | Louisa | Agriculture and Mining Immigration Propositions and Greivances |
E. M. | Sandy | 1881 | 1882 | Essex | Agriculture and Mining Officers and Offices at the Capitol Propositions and Greivances |
Robert | Sayers | 1879 | 1882 | Wythe | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Finance |
Archer | Scott | 1875 | 1884 | Nottoway and Amelia | Agriculture and Mining Enrolled Bills |
R. Taylor | Scott | 1881 | 1882 | Loudoun and Fauquier | Labor and Poor Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
James H. | Skinner | 1881 | 1882 | Augusta and Staunton | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and the Economy Schools and Colleges |
Campbell | Slemp | 1881 | 1882 | Lee | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Propositions and Greivances |
Dabney Norman | Smith | 1881 | 1882 | Charlotte | Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures |
M. L. | Spotswood | 1881 | 1882 | Richmond City | Claims Courts of Justice Retrenchment and the Economy |
Jurman L. | Stratton | 1879 | 1882 | Goochland | Federal Relations and Resolutions Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Robert M. | Stribling | 1879 | 1887 | Fauquier | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation |
Charles Edward | Stuart | 1881 | 1887 | Alexandria City and Alexandria County | Banks, Currency and Commerce Claims Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
James N. | Stubbs | 1881 | 1882 | Gloucester | Courts of Justice Labor and Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Charles E. | Taylor | 1881 | 1882 | Richmond City | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Schools and Colleges Schools and Colleges |
James A. | Taylor | 1881 | 1882 | Scott | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Public Property |
James C. | Taylor | 1881 | 1882 | Montgomery | Courts of Justice (Chair) Library |
Uriel | Terrell | 1881 | 1882 | Orange | Counties, Cities and Towns Public Property |
William N. | Tinsley | 1881 | 1888 | New Kent and Charles City | Labor and Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and the Economy |
William H. | Turner | 1879 | 1882 | Norfolk City | Counties, Cities and Towns (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce Finance |
John W. | Vaughan | 1881 | 1884 | Grayson | Asylums and Prisons Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Schools and Colleges |
Robert H. | Ward | 1881 | 1884 | Campbell and Lynchburg | Asylums and Prisons Counties, Cities and Towns Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
James A. | Watkins | 1879 | 1882 | Appomattox | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
Robert W. | Watkins | 1881 | 1882 | Halifax | Claims Counties, Cities and Towns Schools and Colleges |
Lewis W. | Webb | 1881 | 1882 | Norfolk City | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
John T. | Wilkins Jr. | 1881 | 1884 | Northampton and Accomack | Asylums and Prisons Counties, Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills |
James R. | Witten | 1877 | 1882 | Tazewell | Library (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Militia and Police |
Thomas S. | Young | 1881 | 1882 | Franklin | Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures Militia and Police |
*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.