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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Samuel Lee | Adams | 1922 | 1923 Ex.; 1926-1930 | County of Halifax | General Laws Immigration Labor and the Poor Privileges and Elections |
John Bradie | Allman | January 8, 1958 | July 8, 1958 | County of Franklin | Claims Executive Expenditures Moral and Social Welfare Schools and Colleges |
Robert T. | Barton | 1926 | 1927 Ex. | Counties of Clarke and Frederick; City of Winchester | Appropriations Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
James Adam | Bear | 1946 | 1947 | City of Roanoke | Claims Insurance and Banking Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
George T. | Bird | 1904 | 1927 Ex. | Counties of Giles and Bland | Agriculture and Mining Labor and the Poor Public Property Schools and Colleges |
French Davis | Bolton | 1920 | 1927 Ex. | Counties of Botetourt and Craig | Labor and the Poor (Chair) General Laws Insurance and Banking Moral and Social Welfare |
Sallie Cook | Booker | 1926 | 1928 | County of Henry | Counties Cities and Towns Library Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
Albert Orlando | Boschen | 1934 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Printing Special Private and Local Legislation |
George A. | Bowles | 1916 | 1928 | Counties of Goochland and Fluvanna | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Appropriations Labor and the Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Edwin Thurman | Boyd | 1924 | 1928 | City of Lynchburg | Courts of Justice Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
Isaac Cleveland | Boyd | 1942 | 1947 | Counties of Russell and Buchanan | Agriculture and Mining Claims Insurance and Banking Public Property |
Jacob Ralph | Breneman | 1940 | 1945 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Agriculture and Mining Currency and Commerce Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
Richard Lewis | Brewer Jr. | 1912 | 1933 | County of Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance |
John Sinclair | Brown | 1916 | 1934 | County of Roanoke | Appropriations (Chair) Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
William Basil | Bruce | 1926 | 1933 | Counties of Cumberland and Prince Edward | Claims General Laws Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Schools and Colleges |
Samuel Redd | Carter | 1920 | 1927 Ex. | Counties of Hanover and King William | Special Private and Local Legislation (Chair) Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Rules |
William Rufus | Cato | 1916 | 1927 Ex. | Counties of Sussex and Greensville | Federal Relations and Resolutions Insurance and Banking Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
Homer B. | Coiner | 1925 | 1927 Ex. | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures |
I. Newton | Coleman | 1926 | November 10, 1945 | County of Dinwiddie | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Library Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Quinton Clarence | Davis Jr. | 1916 | 1927 Ex. | County of Norfolk | Currency and Commerce (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Finance Public Property |
Gilbert L. | Diggs | 1926 | 1927 Ex. | Counties of Gloucester and Mathews | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Immigration |
William Thomas | Doosing | 1924 | 1928 | County of Montgomery; City of Radford | Militia and Police (Chair) Appropriations House Expenses Insurance and Banking |
Grover Ashton | Dovell | 1924 | 1941 | Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City, and York; City of Williamsburg | Confirmation (Chair) Appropriations Officers and Offices at the Capitol Privileges and Elections |
Sarah Lee | Fain | 1924 | 1928 | City of Norfolk | Appropriations Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Schools and Colleges |
Elben C. | Folkes | 1897 | 1933 | City of Richmond | Counties Cities and Towns Labor and the Poor Printing Privileges and Elections |
Edward R. | Fuller | 1914 | 1927 Ex. | City of Richmond | Finance (Chair) House Expenses Schools and Colleges |
J. Vaughan | Gary | 1926 | 1933 | City of Richmond | Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Federal Relations and Resolutions |
Thomas Jefferson | George | 1946 | 1949 | County of Patrick | Asylums and Prisons Confirmation Moral and Social Welfare Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Reuben Lindsay | Gordon Jr. | 1914 | 1928 | County of Louisa | Insurance and Banking (Chair) Appropriations Confirmation |
John T. | Graham | 1922 | 1928 | County of Wythe | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Appropriations Asylums and Prisons |
Lewis William | Graves | 1924 | 1927 Ex. | Counties of Orange and Madison | Library (Chair) Enrolled Bills Finance |
William Edward | Hailey | 1924 | 1927 Ex. | County of Charlotte | Agriculture and Mining Confirmation Enrolled Bills Finance |
Wilbur C. | Hall | 1918 | 1934 | County of Loudoun | Retrenchment and Economy (Chair) Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections |
Emmett Marion | Hamner | 1926 | 1927 Ex. | Counties of Nottoway and Amelia | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Militia and Police |
H. Earlton | Hanes | 1926 | 1928 | County of Fairfax | Claims Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections Public Property |
King E. | Harman | 1926 | 1939 | County of Pulaski | Appropriations Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
Everdell A. | Hicks | 1920 | 1930 | County of Campbell | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Executive Expenditures Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
Walter A. | Horner | 1922 | 1928 | Counties of Chesterfield and Powhatan | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures Labor and the Poor Schools and Colleges |
Robert L. | Jeffreys | 1922 | 1930 | County of Mecklenburg | Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
Charles Thomas | Jesse | 1920; 1924 | 1927 Ex. | County of Arlington | Claims General Laws Public Property Schools and Colleges |
Albert Sidney | Johnson | 1924 | 1927 Ex. | County of Isle of Wight | Appropriations Courts of Justice Labor and the Poor Militia and Police |
Clarence A. | Jones | 1926 | 1928 | County of Spotsylvania; City of Fredericksburg | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Militia and Police Public Property |
Edwin Bunker | Jones | 1922 | 1933 | Counties of Bath, Highland and Rockbridge; City of Buena Vista | Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Labor and the Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
James Phillip | Jones | 1916 | 1930 | City of Richmond | Appropriations Executive Expenditures General Laws Moral and Social Welfare |
Sydney Bruce | Jones | August 17, 1933 | 1935 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Claims Courts of Justice Insurance and Banking Retrenchment and Economy |
A. L. | Jordan | 1926 | 1928 | City of Norfolk | General Laws Insurance and Banking Militia and Police Moral and Social Welfare |
George Bernard | Keezell | 1922 | 1928 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Rules |
Nehemiah | Kelly | 1924 | 1930 | County of Shenandoah | Labor and the Poor Militia and Police Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
George P. | Lyon | 1932 | 1932 | Counties of Caroline and King George | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Executive Expenditures Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
Joseph T. | Malbon | 1912 | 1932 | County of Princess Anne | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Labor and the Poor Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
George | Mason | 1924 | 1928 | Counties of Northumberland and Westmoreland | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Militia and Police |
George Alvin | Massenburg | 1926 | 1949 | County of Elizabeth City; City of Hampton | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce House Expenses Immigration |
Emmett Ward | Milstead | 1924 | 1927 Ex. | County of Warwick; City of Newport News | House Expenses (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
William Stuart | Moffett | 1920 | 1934 | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Agriculture and Mining (Chair) Enrolled Bills Finance Militia and Police |
Frank | Moore | 1924 | 1943 | County of Rockbridge; City of Buena Vista | Appropriations Federal Relations and Resolutions Insurance and Banking Retrenchment and Economy |
Charles W. | Mugler | 1926 | 1928 | City of Newport News | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Insurance and Banking Public Property |
William Henderson | Nickels Jr. | 1926 | 1928 | Counties of Dickenson and Wise | Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections Special Private and Local Legislation |
Robert Opie | Norris Jr. | 1912 | 1927 Ex. | Counties of Lancaster and Richmond | General Laws (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries House Expenses Retrenchment and Economy |
Thomas William | Ozlin | 1918 | 1928 | County of Lunenburg | Rules (Chair) |
Vivian L. | Page | 1924 | 1934 | City of Norfolk | Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Moral and Social Welfare Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Robert Randolph | Parker | 1924 | 1928 | County of Wise | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
William A. | Parker | 1926 | 1928 | County of Bedford | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures Labor and the Poor Moral and Social Welfare |
George F. | Pierce | 1924 | 1927 Ex. | County of Smyth | Asylums and Prisons
Immigration Retrenchment and Economy |
James Hubert | Price | 1916 | 1928 | City of Richmond | Courts of Justice (Chair) Enrolled Bills Rules |
John Thomas | Ramey | 1922 | 1928 | County of Fauquier | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
J. Harry | Rew | 1912 | 1927 Ex. | County of Accomack | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Finance Immigration |
Samuel Dagnell | Rodgers | 1920 | 1949 | City of Petersburg | Moral and Social Welfare (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Finance |
W. Conway | Saunders | 1926 | 1928 | County of Henrico | Appropriations Counties Cities and Towns Library Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
George Adams | Savedge | 1926 | 1927 Ex. | Counties of Surry and Prince George; City of Hopewell | Agriculture and Mining Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Retrenchment and Economy |
William J. | Sebrell | 1924 | 1927 Ex. | County of Southampton | Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
Hugh D. | Shepherd | 1924 | 1928 | County of Pittsylvania; City of Danville | Agriculture and Mining Appropriations Claims |
Lucian Henry | Shrader | 1930 | 1939 | County of Amherst | Confirmation Courts of Justice Moral and Social Welfare Public Property |
Charles Armistead | Sinclair | 1919 Ex. | 1927 Ex. | Counties of Stafford and Prince William | Counties Cities and Towns (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions General Laws Immigration |
Charles Henry | Smith | 1922 | 1927 Ex. | City of Alexandria | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Enrolled Bills Rules |
H. T. | Smith | 1934 | April 18, 1936 | County of Grayson | Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
J. Swanson | Smith | 1926 | 1927 Ex. | County of Carroll | General Laws Immigration Special Private and Local Legislation |
Lemuel Franklin | Smith | 1920 | 1926 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Claims (Chair) Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
Edwin Archer | Snead | 1926 | 1933 | County of Alleghany; City of Clifton Forge | Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Printing Roads and Internal Navigation |
Henry Woodfin Grady | Speers | 1924 | 1927 Ex. | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Public Property (Chair) Appropriations Labor and the Poor Roads and Internal Navigation |
Frederick Ross | Stickley | 1926 | 1927 Ex. | County of Lee | Agriculture and Mining Counties Cities and Towns Labor and the Poor Retrenchment and Economy |
John White | Stuart | 1918 | 1926 | County of Russell | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance |
J. Mitchell | Taylor | 1926 | 1928 | County of Scott | Library Moral and Social Welfare Privileges and Elections |
J. Warren | Topping | 1926 | 1933 | Counties of Northampton and Accomack | Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Federal Relations and Resolutions Private and Local Legislation Special |
William Munford | Tuck | 1924 | 1930 | County of Halifax | Courts of Justice Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Wilson W. | Vellines | 1926 | 1932 | City of Norfolk | Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Immigration |
Samuel Gardner | Waller | 1926 | 1928 | Counties of Page and Warren | Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol Privileges and Elections Special Private and Local Legislation |
Charles Ransom | Warren | 1920 | 1927 Ex. | County of Pittsylvania; City of Danville | Enrolled Bills (Chair) General Laws Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
Lloyd Earl | Warren | 1926 | 1927 Ex. | City of Portsmouth | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Moral and Social Welfare Special Private and Local Legislation |
Henry B. | Watkins | 1926 | 1927 Ex. | County of Pittsylvania; City of Danville | Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections |
Lucian Louis | Watts | 1926 | 1933 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Appropriations Immigration Moral and Social Welfare |
Kyle M. | Weeks | 1924 | 1927 Ex. | Counties of Bedford, Franklin and Floyd | Claims Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Roads and Internal Navigation |
Holmes Conrad | Wesson | 1926 | 1927 Ex. | County of Brunswick | Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills Finance Immigration |
William Y. C. | White | 1926 | 1927 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
James Green | Williams | 1926 | 1927 Ex.; 1932-1933 | Counties of Rappahannock and Culpeper | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Moral and Social Welfare Roads and Internal Navigation |
Jack Walter | Witten | 1944 | 1957 | County of Tazewell | Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns Militia and Police Retrenchment and Economy |
Claude Reams | Wood | 1926 | 1927 Ex. | Counties of Appomattox and Buckingham | Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures General Laws Privileges and Elections |
Earl H. | Wright | 1922 | 1928 | City of Portsmouth | Immigration (Chair) Appropriations Privileges and Elections |
John Wesley | Wright | 1924 | 1927 Ex. | City of Roanoke | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures General Laws |
William A. | Wright | 1924 | 1930 | Counties of King and Queen, Essex and Middlesex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Militia and Police Public Property |
Pere Bruce | Young | 1920 | 1927 Ex. | County of Nelson | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Claims General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
*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.