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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Allen Clarke | Adams | 1930 | 1933 | Counties of Surry and Prince George; City of Hopewell | Special, Private and Local Legislation (Chair) General Laws Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Berkley D. | Adams | 1904 | 1938 | County of Charlotte | Agriculture and Mining Finance Immigration Library |
Richard Henry Toler | Adams Jr. | 1932 | 1933 | City of Lynchburg | General Laws Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police Moral and Social Welfare |
William Harrison | Adams | 1930 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Finance Insurance and Banking Printing Public Property |
Edmund Herr | Allen | 1932 | 1932 | County of Fairfax | Executive Expenditures Moral and Social Welfare Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
George Andrew | Allen Sr. | 1932 | 1933 | Counties of Giles and Bland | Agriculture and Mining Labor and the Poor Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
Robert Franklin | Bain | 1930 | 1933 | Counties of Sussex and Greensville | Confirmation General Laws Privileges and Elections Special Private and Local Legislation |
Henry Matthew | Bandy | 1942 | 1947 | County of Wise | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures General Laws Labor and the Poor |
John Stewart | Battle | 1930 | 1933 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Library Schools and Colleges |
J. Owen | Beard | 1932 | 1934 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Agriculture and Mining Enrolled Bills Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
Walter E. | Beard | 1928 | 1933 | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Appropriations Asylums and Prisons Claims |
John Fred | Birrell | 1928 | 1934 | City of Alexandria | House Expenses (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Finance |
J. Brantley | Bray | 1928 | 1933 | Counties of Hanover and King William | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Labor and the Poor Roads and Internal Navigation |
Richard Lewis | Brewer Jr. | 1912 | 1933 | County of Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
John Sinclair | Brown | 1916 | 1934 | County of Roanoke | Rules (Chair) |
William Basil | Bruce | 1926 | 1933 | Counties of Cumberland and Prince Edward | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Claims General Laws Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Frank Wellington | Burks | 1936 | 1945 | County of Bedford | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures Moral and Social Welfare Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Maitland Hunt | Bustard | 1930 | 1941 | County of Pittsylvania; City of Danville | Courts of Justice Insurance and Banking Public Property Special Private and Local Legislation |
Earle A. | Cadmus | 1928 | 1933 | City of Portsmouth | Appropriations Currency and Commerce General Laws Labor and the Poor |
Squire Merriman | Chitwood | 1932 | 1943 | Counties of Bedford, Franklin and Floyd | Enrolled Bills General Laws Immigration Schools and Colleges |
Daniel | Coleman | 1930 | 1935 | City of Norfolk | Appropriations Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions General Laws |
I. Newton | Coleman | 1926 | November 10, 1945 | County of Dinwiddie | Library (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
John Ryland | Coleman | 1932 | 1933 | County of Nelson | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures Immigration Moral and Social Welfare |
George B. | Collings | 1930 | 1937 | City of Newport News | Appropriations Currency and Commerce House Expenses Roads and Internal Navigation |
Charles Womack | Crowder | 1928 | 1939 | City of Richmond | Printing (Chair) Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Moral and Social Welfare |
Colgate Whitehead | Darden Jr. | 1930 | 1932 | City of Norfolk | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
Peter Johnston | Davenport | 1932 | 1932 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Asylums and Prisons Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking Special Private and Local Legislation |
Levin Nock | Davis | 1940 | 1943 | County of Accomack | Claims (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Schools and Colleges |
Roy B. | Davis | 1932 | 1957 | County of Halifax | Agriculture and Mining Claims Labor and the Poor Privileges and Elections |
Joseph S. | Denny | 1928 | 1932 | Counties of Frederick, Shenandoah and Clarke; City of Winchester | Confirmation (Chair) Finance Privileges and Elections |
Grover Ashton | Dovell | 1924 | 1941 | Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City and York; City of Williamsburg | Privileges and Elections, Appropriations (Chair) Confirmation Rules |
Alpheus Wilson | Embrey Jr. | 1930 | 1934 | County of Spotsylvania; City of Fredericksburg | Courts of Justice Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
Edgar B. | English | 1932 | 1934 | City of Richmond | General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property Special Private and Local Legislation |
L. Stanford | Finney | 1932 | 1939 | County of Franklin | Agriculture and Mining Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Blair J. | Fishburn | 1932 | 1934 | City of Roanoke | Appropriations Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
Elben C. | Folkes | 1897 | 1933 | City of Richmond | Labor and the Poor (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Printing Privileges and Elections |
Charles E. | Ford | 1932 | 1933 | County of Warwick; City of Newport News | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce |
Clinton Arlando | Fowler | 1932 | 1933 | County of Pittsylvania; City of Danville | Agriculture and Mining Claims General Laws Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Special Private and Local Legislation |
J. Tyler | Frazier Jr. | 1932 | 1935 | County of Smyth | Agriculture and Mining Appropriations Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
J. Vaughan | Gary | 1926 | 1933 | City of Richmond | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Confirmation Finance |
John W. | Glass | 1932 | 1933 | County of Halifax | Finance Moral and Social Welfare Officers and Offices at the Capitol Retrenchment and Economy |
Charles E. | Grabeel | 1932 | 1937 | County of Lee | Agriculture and Mining Claims Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
Wilbur C. | Hall | 1918 | 1934 | County of Loudoun | Finance (Chair) Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy Rules |
King E. | Harman | 1926 | 1939 | County of Pulaski | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Appropriations Federal Relations and Resolutions |
Marion Lee | Harrison | 1930 | 1933 | County of Wythe | Insurance and Banking Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
George W. | Herring | 1932 | 1934 | Counties of Stafford and Prince William | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Counties Cities and Towns Executive Expenditures |
Haskins | Hobson | 1930 | 1939 | Counties of Chesterfield and Powhatan | Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Public Property |
Yewell Melvin | Hodges | 1932 | 1937 | County of Mecklenburg | Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Militia and Police Public Property |
Edward Thomas | Humphries | 1946 | 1949 | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Appropriations Currency and Commerce Roads and Internal Navigation |
Joseph C. | Hutcheson | 1932 | Ex. 1965 | County of Shenandoah | Currency and Commerce Library Militia and Police |
Edwin Bunker | Jones | 1922 | 1933 | Counties of Bath, Highland, and Rockbridge; City of Buena Vista | Counties Cities and Towns (Chair) Courts of Justice Labor and the Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Langhorne R. | Jones | 1932 | 1933 | County of Pittsylvania; City of Danville | Courts of Justice Immigration Labor and the Poor Schools and Colleges |
Charles C. | Louderback | 1930 | 1949 | Counties of Page and Warren | Appropriations Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
George P. | Lyon | 1932 | 1932 | Counties of Caroline and King George | Claims Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
Joseph T. | Malbon | 1912 | 1932 | County of Princess Anne | Agriculture and Mining Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Labor and the Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
George Alvin | Massenburg | 1926 | 1949 | County of Elizabeth City; City of Hampton | Currency and Commerce (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Immigration Privileges and Elections |
George Robert Augustus | McIntyre | 1930 | Ex. 1933 | County of Fauquier | Federal Relations and Resolutions Militia and Police Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
Robert Ferebee | McMurran | 1930 | 1935 | City of Portsmouth | Finance Insurance and Banking Militia and Police Public Property |
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 | Insurance and Banking (Chair) Appropriations Retrenchment and Economy Rules |
Milton R. | Morgan | 1928 | 1939 | Counties of Botetourt and Craig | Public Property (Chair) Finance Insurance and Banking |
Charles Wesley | Moss | 1940 | 1943 | City of Richmond | Appropriations Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Public Property |
William Newton | Neff | 1932 | 1943 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Finance Militia and Police |
William Edwards | Nelson | 1930 | Ex. 1933 | County of Lunenburg | Courts of Justice Public Property Schools and Colleges Special Private and Local Legislation |
Edward L. | Oast | 1932 | 1937 | County of Norfolk | Claims Counties Cities and Towns General Laws Public Property |
Vivian L. | Page | 1924 | 1934 | City of Norfolk | Courts of Justice (Chair) Moral and Social Welfare Officers and Offices at the Capitol Rules |
Malcolm W. | Perkins | 1932 | 1933 | Counties of Goochland and Fluvanna | Claims Insurance and Banking Labor and the Poor Roads and Internal Navigation |
William Horton | Perry | 1958 | Ex.1959 | County of Scott | Asylums and Prisons Claims Moral and Social Welfare |
John C. | Phipps | 1932 | 1933 | County of Grayson | Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Retrenchment and Economy |
Daniel Lewis | Porter | 1928 | 1933 | Counties of Orange and Madison | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Enrolled Bills Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
Raleigh Dixon | Powers | 1930 | 1933 | County of Henrico | Appropriations Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Hugh | Reid | 1928 | 1933 | County of Arlington | General Laws (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Executive Expenditures Federal Relations and Resolutions |
John Quincy | Rhodes Jr. | 1930 | 1934 | County of Louisa | Federal Relations and Resolutions Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
Samuel Dagnell | Rodgers | 1920 | 1949 | City of Petersburg | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Finance Moral and Social Welfare |
Paul | Scarborough | 1932 | 1933 | County of Southampton | Appropriations Labor and the Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol Privileges and Elections |
Walter Harold | Scott | 1946 | 1947 | City of Roanoke | Courts of Justice Labor and the Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
A. E. | Segar | 1932 | 1935 | Counties of King and Queen, Essex and Middlesex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking Labor and the Poor |
Lucian Henry | Shrader | 1930 | 1939 | County of Amherst | Agriculture and Mining Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
Raymond | Sisson | 1928 | 1933 | Counties of Lancaster and Richmond | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Federal Relations and Resolutions Moral and Social Welfare Schools and Colleges |
James F. | Smith | 1932 | 1933 | County of Carroll | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
Edwin Archer | Snead | 1926 | 1933 | County of Alleghany; City of Clifton Forge | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Currency and Commerce Library Roads and Internal Navigation |
Charles L. | Spangler | 1936 | 1941 | County of Patrick | Asylums and Prisons Executive Expenditures Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
Thomas Bahnson | Stanley | 1930 | November 8, 1946 | County of Henry | Appropriations Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
Allie Edward Stakes | Stephens | 1930 | 1940 | County of Isle of Wight | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures |
Charles Edward | Stuart | 1930 | 1937 | Counties of Northumberland and Westmoreland | Courts of Justice Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and Economy |
H. Maynor | Sutherland | 1932 | 1939 | Counties of Wise and Dickenson | Asylums and Prisons Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
Henry John | Tate | 1932 | 1933 | County of Russell | Asylums and Prisons
Enrolled Bills Immigration Moral and Social Welfare |
Albert J. | Terrell | 1912 | 1934 | Counties of Appomattox and Buckingham | Appropriations Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
Samuel James | Thompson | 1932 | 1933 | County of Campbell | Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills General Laws Immigration |
J. Warren | Topping | 1926 | 1933 | Counties of Northampton and Accomack | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Insurance and Banking |
Wilson W. | Vellines | 1926 | 1932 | City of Norfolk | Immigration (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Finance |
Charles Montgomery | Waldrop | 1940 | 1957 | Counties of Amelia and Nottoway | Enrolled Bills Immigration Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
Thomas Emmett | Warriner | 1930 | 1933 | County of Brunswick | Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Immigration Insurance and Banking |
Lucian Louis | Watts | 1926 | 1933 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Moral and Social Welfare (Chair) Appropriations Asylums and Prisons Immigration |
Emma Lee | White | 1930 | 1933 | Counties of Gloucester and Mathews | Retrenchment and Economy (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Immigration Schools and Colleges |
James Green | Williams | 1926 | 1927 Ex.; 1932-1933 | Counties of Rappahannock and Culpeper | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures House Expenses Moral and Social Welfare |
Robert E. | Williams | 1932 | 1935 | Counties of Russell and Buchanan | Confirmation Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
Jack Walter | Witten | 1944 | 1957 | County of Tazewell | Militia and Police (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns Retrenchment and Economy |
Howard S. | Zigler | 1936 | 1941 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | House Expenses Immigration Insurance and Banking Privileges and Elections |
James | Zoll | 1932 | 1933 | County of Montgomery; City of Radford | Agriculture and Mining Claims House Expenses Schools and Colleges |
*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.