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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
John	Acker	1885	1887	Rockingham	Claims Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections
Joseph J.	Addington	1885	1887	Scott	Agriculture and Mining Finance Labor and Poor
Jacob W.	Arnold	1885	1887	Rockbridge	Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police
James	Bandy	1885	1887	Tazewell	Banks, Currency and Commerce Claims Federal Relations and Resolutions
James	Barbour	1877	1888	Culpeper
Harvey	Black	1885	1887	Montgomery	Schools and Colleges (Chair) Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property
John C.	Bohannan	1885	1887	Mathews and Middlesex	Asylums and Prisons Immigration Public Property
David W.	Bolen	1883	1890	Carroll	Enrolled Bills (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries
Samuel P.	Bolling	1885	1887	Cumberland and Buckingham	Claims Committee Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Committee Retrenchment and Economy Committee
George L.	Borum	1885	1887	Nansemond	Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Milita and Police
John Thompson	Brown	1885	1892	Nelson	Courts of Justice Immigration Library Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation
John Alexander	Buchanan	1885	1887	Washington	Asylums and Prisons Banks, Currency and Commerce Courts of Justice
William P.	Burks	1883	1894	Bedford	Public Property (Chair) Claims Roads and Internal Navigation
Richard Henry	Cardwell	1881	1893	Hanover	Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation
Henry L.	Carter	1885	1888	Richmond City	Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Asylums and Prison Labor and Poor
James F.	Chalmers	1885	1887	Isle of Wight	Agriculture and Mining Claims Propositions and Grievances
John W.	Cherry	1885	1887	Norfolk City
D. M.	Chichester	1885	1887	Fairfax	Agriculture and Mining Claims Enrolled Bills
Jesse J.	Childress	1885	1887	Buchanan, Wise, and Dickenson	Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Propositions and Grievances
Fielding R.	Cornett	1885	1887	Grayson	Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges
Horace F.	Crismond	1885	1888	Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg	Asylums and Prisons Banks, Currency and Commerce Milita and Police
T. Spicer	Curlett	1875	1887	Lancaster and Richmond County	Banks, Currency, and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges
Walter J.	Dabney	1885	1887	Albemarle	Executive Expenditures Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol
James H.	Darst	1883	1887	Pulaski and Giles	Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Executive Expenditures Finance
Crispin	Dickenson	1885	1887	Pittsylvania and Danville	Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Immigration
Henry H.	Downing	1885	1894	Clarke and Warren	Immigration (Chair) Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances
James N.	Dunlop	1883	1887	Richmond City	Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Library Privileges and Elections
W. P.	DuPuy	1885	1890	Prince Edward	Claims (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce Schools and Colleges ,
A.W.	Eastwood	1885	1887	King William	Agriculture and Mining Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Militia and Police
Edward	Echols	1883	1888	Augusta	Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Courts of Justice Labor and Poor
William	Faulcon	1885	1887	Prince George and Surry	Executive Expendititures Committee Immigration Committee Public Property Committee
T. J.	Fentress	1885	1890	Princess Anne	Cheapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures Retrenchment and Economy
James Henry Harrison	Figgat	1885	1888	Botetourt	House Expenses (Chair) Courts of Justice Retrenchment and Economy
W. C.	Franklin	1883	1887	Appomattox	Banks, Currency, and Commerce Enrolled Bills Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation
Abram	Fulkerson	1871	1887	Washington	Privileges and Elections (Chair) Finance
L. D.	Fulkerson	1885	1887	Lee	Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions House Expenses Officers and Offices at the Capitol - Schools and Colleges
J.M.	Gills	1885	1887	Nottoway and Amelia	Labor and Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property
William A.	Goad	1885	1900	Bedford	Counties, Cities and Towns Labor and Poor Public Property
Daniel A.	Grimsley	1885	1887	Culpeper	Courts of Justice Finance
Alfred W.	Harris	1881	1888	Dinwiddie	Courts of Justice Committee (Dates Unknown) Immigration Committee Library Committee (Dates Unknown) Manufactures and Mechanics Arts Committee (Dates Unknown) Privileges and Elections Committee Retrenchment and Economy Committee (Dates Unknown) Schools and Colleges Committee
James	Hay	1885	1890	Greene and Madison	Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police
Samuel H.	Hoge	1885	1887	Patrick	Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections Public Property Schools and Colleges
Fred H.	Holladay	1885	1887	Louisa	Agriculture and Mining Labor and Poor Privileges and Elections
Giles C.	Huffman	1885	1888	Craig, Roanoke City, and Roanoke County	Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Officers and Offices at the Capitol
Silas B.	Hurt	1885	1887	Russell	Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Propositions and Grievances Retrenchment and Economy
Austin	Hylton	1885	1887	Floyd	Banks, Currency, and Commerce Propositions and Grievances Rules
W. Y.	Johnson	1885	1887	Norfolk City	Banks, Currency and Commerce (Chair) Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation
Joseph R.	Jones	1885	1887	Mecklenberg	House Expenses Labor and Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts
Charles F.	Jordan	1885	1887	Rockbridge	Labor and Poor Offices and Officers at the Capitol Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges
William H.	Jordan	1885	1887	Petersburg	Executive Expenditures Printing Propositions and Grievances
William I.	Jordan	1885	1887	Halifax	Banks, Currency, and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns Propositions and Grievances
T. W.	Keen	1883	1887	Pittsylvania and Danville	Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges
James M.	Lawson	1885	1892	Campbell and Lynchburg	Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections
Joel B.	Leftwich	1883	1887	Campbell and Lynchburg	Agriculture and Mining Finance Public Property
Alexander B.	Lightner	1885	1890	Augusta	Agriculture and Mining Banks, Currency, and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns
Edward F.	Lockett	1885	1887	Chesterfield and Powhatan	Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections
William G.	Loving	1885	1888	Amherst	Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges
R. M.	Mallory	1885	1887	Brunswick	Executive Expenditures Library Propositions and Grievances
George A.	Martin	1885	1888	Norfolk County	Claims Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation
Thomas C.	Matthews	1885	1887	Lunenberg	Agriculture and Mining Enrolled Bills Militia and Police
Robert G.	Mauck	1883	1887	Page	Agriculture and Mining Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns
Robert M.	Mayo	1881	1888	Northumberland and Westmoreland	Finance Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol (1885 - 1886
Robert	McCandlish Jr.	1883	1888	Petersburg	Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and Economy
Archibald M.	McClintic	1885	1888	Alleghany, Bath and Highland	Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns Immigration
Thomas M.	Miller	1885	1887	Chesterfield and Powhatan	Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property
John R.	Moss	1885	1887	Buckingham	Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures
B(everly) B.	Munford	1881	1892	Pittsylvania and Danville	Courts of Justice (Chair) Library Militia and Police
L M.	Nance	1883	1887	New Kent and Charles City	Counties, Cities and Towns Retrenchment and Economy
R.R.	Noblin	1883	1887	Halifax	Labor and the Poor (Chair) Executive Expenditures Finance
P. Henry	O'Bannon	1885	1887	Rappahannock	Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns Finance
Nicholas P.	Oglesby	1877	1887	Wythe	Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation
James D.	Patton	1885	1887	Richmond City	Militia and Police (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Executive Expenditures
Alexander D.	Payne	1885	1887	Loudoun and Fauquier	Courts of Justice Militia and Police Propositions and Grievances
Herbert G.	Peters	1883	1887	Henry	Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions
Henry R.	Pollard	1881	1888	King and Queen	Finance (Chair) Retrenchment and Economy
John W. H.	Porter	1883	1887	Portsmouth	Retrenchment and the Economy (Chair) Enrolled Bills Finance Printing
John J.A.	Powell	1885	1887	Fluvanna	Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Federal Relations and Resolutions
Joseph B.	Reid	1885	1887	Prince William	Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances
Francis E.	Rice	1885	1887	Shenandoah	Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Retrenchment and Economy
Edward L.	Roberts	1885	1888	Smyth and Bland	Printing (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills (Dates Unknown) Labor and Poor
E. W.	Row	1885	1887	Orange	Militia and Police Rules Schools and Colleges
Edward S.	Ruggles	1885	1887	Stafford and King George	Finance House Expenses Schools and Colleges
John Franklin	Ryan	1883	1904	Loudoun	Counties, Cities and Towns (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Privileges and Elections
Peter	Saunders Jr.	1883	1887	Franklin	Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Immigration
James E.	Schoolfield	1885	1887	Pittslyvania and Danville
W. J.	Sebrell	1885	1887	Southampton	Immigration Labor and Poor
Leroy H.	Shields	1885	1887	Norfolk City	Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol
Cornelius T.	Smith	1885	1887	Caroline	Claims House Expenses Roads and Internal Navigation
Harrison	Southworth	1885	1887	Essex	Claims Immigration Public Property
Ashton	Starke	1885	1887	Richmond City	Executive Expenditures Finance Roads and Internal Navigation
Robert M.	Stribling	1879	1887	Fauquier	Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Claims Rules
Charles Edward	Stuart	1881	1887	Alexandria City and Alexandria County
Thomas Seddon	Taliaferro	1885	1887	Gloucester	Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions Manufactures and Mechanic Arts
John W.	Tavenner	1885	1887	Frederick and Winchester	Agriculture and Mining Counties, Cities and Towns Roads and Internal Navigation
Andrew J.	Terry	1885	1887	Charlotte	Asylums and Prisons Counties, Cities and Towns Militia and Police
Jacob M.	Thorne	1885	1887	Fairfax
B. D.	Tillar	1885	1887	Greensville and Sussex	Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills Public Property
R. N.	Turner	1885	1887	Goochland	Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy
M. L.	Van Doran	1885	1887	Albemarle	Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Schools and Colleges
Edmund	Waddill Jr.	1885	1888	Henrico	Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Labor and Poor
J. B.	Webb	1885	1888	Rockingham	Counties, Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Relations and Resolutions Library
Treackle T.	Wescott	1883	1887	Accomack	Executive Expenditures (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Retrenchment and Economy
Southey S.	Wilkins	1885	1892	Northampton and Accomack	Immigration Militia and Police Propositions and Grievances
Richard Alsop	Wise	1885	1887	Elizabeth City, Warwick, James City and York	Labor and Poor Privileges and Elections

*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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