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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibbons | Allensworth | 1887 | 1888 | Caroline | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| D. W. | Anderson | 1887 | 1888 | Fluvanna | Claims Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
| William Alexander | Anderson | 1883 | 1919 Ex. | Rockbridge | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Claims Finance Rules |
| B. W. | Arnold | 1887 | 1890 | Bedford | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
| William Horace | Ash | 1887 | 1888 | Nottoway & Amelia | Printing Committee Propositions and Grievances Committee |
| John C. | Baldwin | 1887 | 1888 | Halifax | Claims Labor and Poor Retrenchment and Economy |
| James | Barbour | 1877 | 1888 | Culpeper | Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Library |
| Britton | Baskerville Jr. | 1887 | 1888 | Mecklenberg | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Privileges and Elections |
| L.C. | Bristow | 1887 | 1888 | Mathews and Middlesex | Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections |
| Goodman | Brown | 1887 | 1888 | Prince George & Surry | Immigration Retrenchment and Economy |
| John A. | Browne | 1887 | 1888 | Nansemond | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures Militia and Police |
| A. S. | Buford | 1887 | 1888 | Richmond City | Finance (Chair) Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Richard Henry | Cardwell | 1881 | 1893 | Hanover | Rules (Chair) |
| Henry L. | Carter | 1885 | 1888 | Richmond City | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Asylums and Prison Labor and Poor |
| Robert | Catlett | 1887 | 1888 | Charlotte | Militia and Police (Chair) Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Daniel | Coleman | 1887 | 1888 | Pittsylvania and Danville | Counties, Cities and Towns Propsitions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Lawrence W. | Corbett | 1887 | 1888 | Alexandria City and Alexandria County | Executive Expenditures Militia and Police Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard L. | Counts | 1887 | 1888 | Buchanan, Wise, and Dickenson | Banks, Currency and Commerce Claims Executive Expenditures Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| James B. | Craft | 1887 | 1888 | Scott | Agriculture and Mining Immigration |
| John H. | Crawford | 1887 | 1888 | Augusta and Staunton | Claims Finance Immigration Propositions and Grievances |
| Horace F. | Crismond | 1885 | 1888 | Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Counties, Cities and Towns Finance |
| John A. | Curtis | 1883 | 1912 | Richmond City | Labor and the Poor (Chair) Chesapeake and its Tributaries Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Walter D. | Dabney | 1887 | 1890 | Albemarle | Counties, Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| H. W. | Daingerfield | 1887 | 1888 | Essex | Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
| John M. | Dickey | 1887 | 1888 | Grayson | Executive Expenditures Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| W. P. | DuPuy | 1885 | 1890 | Prince Edward | Agriculture and Mining (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges , |
| Edward | Echols | 1883 | 1888 | Augusta and Staunton | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Courts of Justice Labor and Poor |
| S. P. | Edmondson | 1887 | 1888 | Washington | Banks, Currency and Commerce Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
| W. A. | Edwards | 1887 | 1888 | Norfolk City | Labor and Poor Milita and Police Printing |
| W. C. | Elam | 1887 | 1888 | Louisa | Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| William W. | Evans | 1887 | 1888 | Petersburg | Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Augustus D. F. | Ewell | 1887 | 1888 | Accomack | Counties, Cities and Towns Public Property Retrenchment and Economy |
| James Henry Harrison | Figgat | 1885 | 1888 | Botetourt | Propositions and Greivances (Chair) Finance House Expenses |
| Henry Delaware | Flood | 1887 | 1890 | Appomattox | Library (Chair) Claims Courts of Justice |
| Basil B. | Gordon | 1887 | 1888 | Rappahannock | Banks, Currency and Commerce (Chair) Finance |
| Thomas J. | Graves | 1887 | 1890 | Page | Banks, Currency and Commerce Labor and the Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Schools and Colleges |
| Alfred W. | Harris | 1881 | 1888 | Dinwiddie | Courts of Justice Committee (Dates Unknown)
Library Committee (Dates Unknown) Manufactures and Mechanics Arts Committee (Dates Unknown) Public Property Committee Retrenchment and Economy Committee (Dates Unknown) Schools and Colleges Committee |
| John S. | Harris | 1887 | 1894 | Albemarle | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures Federal Relations and Resolutions Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| James | Hay | 1885 | 1890 | Greene and Madison | Courts of Justice (Chair) Labor and the Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol Rules |
| R. L. | Herbert | 1887 | 1888 | Portsmouth | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties, Cities and Towns Roads and Internal Navigation |
| J. V. | Herring | 1887 | 1888 | Chesterfield and Powhatan | House Expenses Retrenchment and Economy |
| Joseph | Hobson | 1883 | 1890 | Chesterfield and Powhatan | House Expenses (Chair) Exeecutive Expenditures Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections |
| Giles C. | Huffman | 1885 | 1888 | Craig, Roanoke City, and Roanoke County | Courts of Justice Public Property Retrenchment and the Economy, (1887-1888 |
| R. Palmer | Hunter | 1887 | 1892 | Campbell and Lynchburg | Banks, Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Militia and Police |
| B. F. | Jarratt | 1887 | 1888 | Greensville and Sussex | Claims Immigration |
| Jacob A. | Johnson | 1887 | 1888 | Isle of Wight | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Public Property |
| W. F. | Jones | 1887 | 1890 | Brunswick | Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| John W. | Kincheloe | 1887 | 1888 | Loudoun and Fauquier | Claims Enrolled Bills Officers and Offices at the Capitol Propositions and Grievances |
| George W. | Leggett | 1887 | 1894 | Princess Anne | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police Public Property |
| William G. | Loving | 1885 | 1888 | Amherst | Claims (Chair) Courts of Justice House Expenses Labor and the Poor |
| Philip W. | Magruder | 1887 | 1892 | Shenandoah | Public Property (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| George A. | Martin | 1885 | 1888 | Norfolk County | Federal Relations and Resolutions Propositions and Grievances Public Property |
| Robert M. | Mayo | 1881 | 1888 | Northumberland and Westmoreland | Library Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
| Robert | McCandlish Jr. | 1883 | 1888 | Petersburg | Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills Labor and Poor |
| Archibald M. | McClintic | 1885 | 1888 | Alleghany, Bath and Highland | Claims House Expenses |
| John T. | McKee | 1887 | 1888 | Rockbridge | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Propositions and Grievances Retrenchment and Economy |
| S. H. | McNeil | 1887 | 1888 | Floyd | Militia and Police |
| T. C. | Montague | 1887 | 1888 | Stafford and King George | Counties, Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| A. | Moore Jr. | 1887 | 1888 | Clarke and Warren | Banks, Currency and Commerce Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
| J. Early | Moore | 1887 | 1888 | Pulaski and Giles | Asylums and Prisons Finance Offices and Officers at the Capitol Privileges and Elections |
| William L. | Moore | 1887 | 1888 | Tazewell | Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns |
| James W. | Morton | 1887 | 1888 | Orange | Courts of Justice Finance Retrenchment and Economy |
| S. T. | Mustain | 1887 | 1888 | Pittsylvania and Danville | Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| J. W. | Overby | 1887 | 1888 | Lunenberg | Agriculture and Mining Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance Retrenchment and Economy |
| Edmund | Parr | 1881 | 1888 | Patrick | Agriculture and Mining Propositions and Grievances |
| A. L. | Pedigo | 1887 | 1888 | Henry | Banks, Currency and Commerce Claims |
| Caesar | Perkins | 1869 | 1888 | Cumberland and Buckingham | Claims Committee (Dates Unknown)
Labor and the Poor Committee Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Committee |
| Eugene S. | Phillips | 1881 | 1888 | Lancaster and Richmond County | Labor and the Poor Retrenchment and Economy |
| Julius A. | Pilcher | 1887 | 1890 | Fauquier | Counties, Cities and Towns Immigration Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
| Henry R. | Pollard | 1881 | 1888 | King and Queen | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Federal Regulations and Resolutions Propositions and Grievances Schools and Colleges |
| David H. | Porter | 1887 | 1888 | Wythe | Agriculture and Mining Labor and the Poor |
| Peter | Quesenberry | 1887 | 1888 | Carroll | Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
| David | Riner | 1887 | 1888 | Montgomery | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures |
| Warner P. | Roane | 1887 | 1888 | Gloucester | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Edward L. | Roberts | 1885 | 1888 | Smyth and Bland | Printing (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills (Dates Unknown) |
| John | Roberts | 1887 | 1888 | Washington | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John H. | Robinson | 1887 | 1888 | Elizabeth City, Warwick, James City and York | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries |
| John Franklin | Ryan | 1883 | 1904 | Loudoun | Counties, Cities and Towns Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| John E. | Sanger | 1887 | 1888 | Rockingham | Counties, Cities and Towns Pubic Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Edward W. | Saunders | 1887 | 1888 | Franklin | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Edward Watts | Saunders | 1887 | 1900 | Franklin | |
| P. W. | Scott | 1887 | 1888 | Goochland | Enrolled Bills Finance |
| James E. | Sebrell | 1887 | 1888 | Southampton | Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| John M. | Silver | 1887 | 1890 | Frederick and Winchester | Agriculture and Mining Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert I. | Simpson | 1887 | 1888 | Fairfax | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Privileges and Elections |
| R. L. | Smith | 1887 | 1888 | Russell | Enrolled Bills Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol Retrenchment and Economy |
| Robert H. | Spencer | 1887 | 1888 | Buckingham | Executive Expenditures Rules |
| L. D. | Starke | 1887 | 1888 | Norfolk City | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Finance Immigration |
| J. J. | Terrell | 1887 | 1888 | Campbell and Lynchburg | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Executive Expenditures |
| William N. | Tinsley | 1881 | 1888 | New Kent and Charles City | Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Morgan | Treat | 1887 | 1888 | King William | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections |
| Lyon G. | Tyler | 1887 | 1888 | Richmond City | Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills |
| Robert H. | Tyler | 1887 | 1890 | Prince William | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures Militia and Police Propositions and Grievances |
| Edmund | Waddill Jr. | 1885 | 1888 | Henrico | Courts of Justice Officers and Offices at the Capitol Rules |
| L. C. | Watkins | 1887 | 1888 | Halifax | Courts of Justice Finance Immigration Library |
| J. B. | Webb | 1885 | 1888 | Rockingham | Asylums and Prisons Banks, Currency and Commerce Library Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas S. | West | 1887 | 1910 | Bedford | Counties, Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Officers and Offices at the Capitol Privileges and Elections |
| Southey S. | Wilkins | 1885 | 1892 | Northampton and Accomack | Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
| William L. | Williams | 1887 | 1888 | Nelson | Immigration (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Schools and Colleges |
| Dryden | Wright | 1887 | 1888 | Pittsylvania and Danville | Agriculture and Mining Militia and Police Public Property Retrenchment and Economy |
| Harvey | Young | 1887 | 1888 | Lee | Claims Public Property 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.