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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R. J. | Anderson | 1889 | 1890 | Pittsylvania and Danville | Public Property (Chair) Claims Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
B. W. | Arnold | 1887 | 1890 | Bedford | Retrenchment and the Economy (Chair) Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
J. W. | Baker | 1889 | 1892 | Louisa | Claims Counties, Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills |
John M. | Berkeley | 1889 | 1890 | Norfolk County | Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Propositions and Grievances Retrenchment and Economy |
J. Owens | Berry | 1889 | 1890 | Fairfax | Agriculture and Mining Counties, Cities and Towns Immigration |
William H. | Blakemore | 1889 | 1898 | Rockingham | Banks, Currency and Commerce Claims Counties, Cities and Towns |
W. H. | Boaz | 1889 | 1904 | Albemarle and Charlottesville | Library Officers and Offices at the Capitol Propositions and Grievances Schools and Grievances |
David W. | Bolen | 1883 | 1890 | Carroll | Counties, Cities and Towns (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions House Expenses Roads and Internal Navigation |
Walter T. | Booth | 1889 | 1890 | Richmond City | Printing (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Immigration Public Property |
D. R. | Boston | 1889 | 1890 | Fluvanna | Asylums and Prisons Finance Public Property |
R. S. | Boykin | 1889 | 1890 | Southampton | Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
W. L. | Bridgeforth | 1889 | 1890 | Lunenburg | Claims Immigration Retrenchment and Economy |
Joseph E. | Brodwater | 1889 | 1890 | Accomack | Asylums and Prisons Counties, Cities and Towns Public Property |
H. Taylor | Brown | 1889 | 1890 | Henry | Immigration Public Property Retrenchment and Economy |
John A. | Browning Sr. | 1889 | 1892 | Rappahannock | Claims Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections Public Property |
J. G. | Burk | 1889 | 1890 | Russell | Agriculture and Mining Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance |
John | Burton | 1889 | 1890 | Bland and Smyth | Asylums and Prisons Claims Enrolled Bills Immigration |
James F. | Butler | 1889 | 1890 | Campbell and Lynchburg | Executive Expenditures Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
John T. | Byrd | 1889 | 1890 | Alleghany, Bath, and Highland | Agriculture and Mining Claims Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
Thomas | Byrne | 1889 | 1894 | Richmond City | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Claims Labor and the Poor |
Paul C. | Cabell | 1889 | 1890 | Amherst | Agriculture and Mining Enrolled Bills Labor and the Poor |
William | Campbell | 1889 | 1892 | Essex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Counties, Cities and Towns Labor and the Poor |
Richard Henry | Cardwell | 1881 | 1893 | Hanover | Rules (Chair) |
Benjamin | Chambers | 1889 | 1892 | Northumberland and Westmoreland | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
E. M. | Clements | 1889 | 1892 | Petersburg | |
George M. | Cochran Jr. | 1889 | 1890 | Augusta and Staunton | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance |
John Tinsley | Coleman | 1889 | 1890 | Nelson | Courts of Justice Finance |
L. E. | Coleman | 1889 | 1890 | Dinwiddie | House Expenses Immigration Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Samuel F. | Coleman | 1889 | 1892 | Buckingham and Cumberland | Asylums and Prisons Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
MIles | Craft | 1889 | 1894 | Scott | |
John W. | Crockett | 1889 | 1890 | Tazewell | Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections Public Property Rules |
James | Crow | 1889 | 1890 | Washington | Immigration Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
John A. | Curtis | 1883 | 1912 | Richmond City | Claims (Chair) Chesapeake and its Tributaries Counties, Cities and Towns Finance Schools and Colleges |
Walter D. | Dabney | 1887 | 1890 | Albemarle | Finance (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
Beverley A. | Davis | 1881 | 1890 | Pittsylvania and Danville | Asylums and Prisons Officers and Offices at the Capitol Propositions and Grievances |
Joseph B. | Davis | 1889 | 1890 | Henrico | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Privileges and Elections |
Thomas | Davis | 1889 | 1890 | Chesterfield, Powhatan, and Manchester | Agriculture and Mining Immigration Propositions and Grievances |
Green W. | DeHart | 1889 | 1890 | Patrick | Agriculture and Mining Counties, Cities and Towns Labor and the Poor Propositions and Grievances Public Property |
Henry H. | Downing | 1885 | 1894 | Clarke and Warren | Library (Chair) Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance House Expenses Roads and Internal Navigation |
W. P. | DuPuy | 1885 | 1890 | Prince Edward | Schools and Colleges , (Chair) Retrenchment and Economy |
Sidney T. | Ellis | 1889 | 1892 | Nansemond | Executive Expenditures Finance Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
T. J. | Fentress | 1885 | 1890 | Princess Anne | Executive Expenditures Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
James Apostle | Fields | 1889 | 1890 | Elizabeth City, James City, Warwick, York, and Williamsburg | Claims Schools and Colleges |
Henry Delaware | Flood | 1887 | 1890 | Appomattox | Propositions and Greivances (Chair) Courts of Justice |
Alexander Quincy | Franklin | 1889 | 1890 | Charles City and New Kent | Labor and the Poor Militia and Police |
James F. | Garland | 1889 | 1892 | Lancaster and Richmond County | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol Privileges and Elections |
J. C. | Gibson | 1879 | 1894 | Culpeper | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Courts of Justice |
Thomas J. | Graves | 1887 | 1890 | Page | Labor and the Poor (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
J. W. | Hackler | 1889 | 1890 | Grayson | Immigration (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Militia and Police |
Ross | Hamilton | 1869 | 1889 | Mecklenburg | Asylums and Prisons Retrenchment and Economy |
J. D. | Hankins | 1889 | 1890 | Halifax | Claims Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
T. K. | Harnsberger | 1889 | 1890 | Rockingham | Finance Militia and Police |
Richard B. | Hartley | 1889 | 1890 | Greensville and Sussex | Banks, Currency and Commerce Labor and the Poor |
James | Hay | 1885 | 1890 | Greene and Madison | Courts of Justice (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions Rules |
C. J. | Hill | 1889 | 1890 | King William | Agriculture and Mining Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
Charles E. | Hobbs | 1889 | 1890 | Lee | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures |
Joseph | Hobson | 1883 | 1890 | Chesterfield, Powhatan, and Manchester | House Expenses (Chair) Public Property Retrenchment and Economy |
John M. | Hudgin | 1889 | 1892 | Caroline | Banks, Currency and Commerce (Chair) Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures |
Frank | Hume | 1889 | 1900 | Alexandria City and Alexandria County | Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
George Y. | Hunley | 1889 | 1904 | Mathews and Middlesex | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures |
J. N. | Hutcheson | 1889 | 1890 | Mecklenburg | |
Rorer A. | James | 1889 | 1892 | Pittsylvania and Danville | Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
Henry | Johnson | 1889 | 1890 | Amelia and Nottoway | Enrolled Bills Labor and the Poor |
James M. | Johnston | 1889 | 1890 | Rockbridge | Executive Expenditures Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
J. W. | Johnston | 1889 | 1890 | Bedford | Counties, Cities and Towns Executive Expenditures |
James S. | Jones | 1889 | 1894 | King and Queen | Asylums and Prisons Finance |
W. F. | Jones | 1887 | 1890 | Brunswick | Agriculture and Mining Propositions and Grievances |
Levin | Joynes | 1889 | 1890 | Richmond City | Militia and Police Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
Zebrem | Keith | 1889 | 1890 | Floyd | Claims Enrolled Bills |
E. S. | Kendrick | 1889 | 1894 | Washington | Agriculture and Mining Labor and the Poor Schools and Colleges |
Robert C. Craig | Kent | 1889 | 1892 | Wythe | Federal Relations and Resolutions Library Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
John T. | Lawler | 1889 | 1890 | Norfolk City | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
Greenlee D. | Letcher | 1889 | 1892 | Rockbridge | Finance Library Retrenchment and Economy |
Alexander B. | Lightner | 1885 | 1890 | Augusta and Staunton | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Militia and Police Propositions and Grievances |
Philip W. | Magruder | 1887 | 1892 | Shenandoah | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Courts of Justice |
John E. | Mason | 1889 | 1894 | Stafford and King George | Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
J. S. | Mason | 1889 | 1892 | Fauquier and Loudoun | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Banks, Currency and Commerce |
Henry L. | Maynard | 1889 | 1890 | Portsmouth | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties, Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Labor and the Poor |
George H. | Miller | 1889 | 1890 | Buchanan, Dickenson, and Wise | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol Printing |
L. C. | Moseley | 1889 | 1890 | Buckingham | Banks, Currency and Commerce Labor and the Poor |
J. Sidney | Peters | 1889 | 1890 | Campbell and Lynchburg | Counties, Cities and Towns Officers and Offices at the Capitol Propositions and Grievances |
Julius A. | Pilcher | 1887 | 1890 | Fauquier | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Schools and Colleges |
Alfred G. | Preston | 1889 | 1890 | Botetourt | Agriculture and Mining Militia and Police Public Property |
C. R. | Price | 1889 | 1890 | Giles and Pulaski | Banks, Currency and Commerce Labor and the Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections |
J. Lawrence | Radford | 1889 | 1892 | Montgomery | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
John P. | Ragland | 1889 | 1890 | Halifax | Agriculture and Mining Counties, Cities and Towns Labor and the Poor Public Property |
M. B. | Rowe | 1889 | 1892 | Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg | Militia and Police (Chair) Asylums and Prisons |
George J. | Rowland | 1889 | 1890 | Prince George and Surry | Finance House Expenses Library Schools and Colleges |
John Franklin | Ryan | 1883 | 1904 | Loudoun | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Privileges and Elections Rules |
Edward Watts | Saunders | 1887 | 1900 | Franklin | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions |
George S. | Shackelford | 1889 | 1892 | Orange | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice |
John D. | Shepperson | 1889 | 1892 | Charlotte | Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
John M. | Silver | 1887 | 1890 | Frederick and Winchester | Agriculture and Mining (Chair) Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
Hugh R. | Smith | 1889 | 1890 | Petersburg | Asylums and Prisons Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Propositions and Grievances |
James M. | Stubbs | 1889 | 1890 | Gloucester | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Frederick S. | Taylor | 1889 | 1890 | Norfolk City | Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance |
Robert H. | Tyler | 1887 | 1890 | Prince William | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
John H. | Vanmater | 1889 | 1890 | Goochland | Privileges and Elections Rules |
Southey S. | Wilkins | 1885 | 1892 | Accomack and Northampton | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections |
John William | Woods | 1889 | 1890 | Craig, Roanoke City, and Roanoke County | Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
Thomas B. | Wright | 1889 | 1892 | Isle of Wight | Agriculture and Mining Chesapeake and Its Expenditures Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
*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.