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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Berkley D. | Adams | 1904 | 1938 | County of Charlotte | Agriculture and Mining Finance Immigration Library |
Howard H. | Adams | 1934 | Ex. 1965 | Counties of Northampton and Accomack | Appropriations Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and Economy |
William Harrison | Adams | 1930 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Printing (Chair) Finance Insurance and Banking Public Property |
Charles J. | Ashworth | 1934 | 1939 | County of Pittsylvania | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Claims Labor and the Poor |
Henry Matthew | Bandy | 1942 | 1947 | County of Wise | Labor and the Poor (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures General Laws |
Emory P. | Barrow | 1934 | 1939 | County of Brunswick | Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Immigration Insurance and Banking |
J. Owen | Beard | 1932 | 1934 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Agriculture and Mining Enrolled Bills Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
Hubert D. | Bennett | 1934 | 1935 | County of Pittsylvania | Claims Labor and the Poor Moral and Social Welfare Schools and Colleges |
John Fred | Birrell | 1928 | 1934 | City of Alexandria | Counties Cities and Towns Finance |
Albert Orlando | Boschen | 1934 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Asylums and Prisons Claims Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
John M. | Britt Sr. | 1934 | 1939 | County of Southampton | Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions General Laws Moral and Social Welfare |
John Sinclair | Brown | 1916 | 1934 | County of Roanoke | Rules (Chair) |
Maitland Hunt | Bustard | 1930 | 1941 | City of Danville | Special, Private and Local Legislation (Chair) Courts of Justice Insurance and Banking Public Property |
Samuel R. | Buxton | 1934 | 1935 | County of Warwick; City of Newport News | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Finance Library |
T. Elliott | Campbell | 1934 | 1943 | Counties of Caroline and King George | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Federal Relations and Resolutions Moral and Social Welfare Special Private and Local Legislation |
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 | General Laws (Chair) Appropriations Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions |
I. Newton | Coleman | 1926 | November 10, 1945 | County of Dinwiddie | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Library Roads and Internal Navigation |
John Tinsley | Coleman Jr. | 1934 | 1941 | County of Nelson | Claims Courts of Justice Labor and the Poor Special Private and Local Legislation |
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 | Moral and Social Welfare (Chair) Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Printing |
T. Franklin | Daniel | 1934 | June 30, 1942 | City of Lynchburg | Counties Cities and Towns Finance Militia and Police Special Private and Local Legislation |
Ralph Hunter | Daughton | August 17, 1933 | 1937 | City of Norfolk | Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions Insurance and Banking Roads and Internal Navigation |
Floyd J. | Daughtrey | 1942 | 1945 | Counties of Sussex and Greensville | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Insurance and Banking Militia and Police |
Harry B. | Davis | 1934 | Ex. 1959 | County of Princess Anne | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Schools and Colleges |
Roy B. | Davis | 1932 | 1957 | County of Halifax | Claims (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Labor and the Poor Privileges and Elections |
Edmund Tompkins | DeJarnette | 1942 | Ex. 1955 | Counties of Hanover and King William | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking |
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 |
John Tabb | DuVal | 1934 | 1937 | Counties of Gloucester and Mathews | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Insurance and Banking Retrenchment and Economy |
Harrison C. | Eacho | 1934 | 1936 | County of Henrico | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Finance Printing |
James B. | Early | 1934 | 1936 | Counties of Orange and Madison | Asylums and Prisons General Laws Labor and the Poor Militia and Police |
Horace H. | Edwards | 1934 | 1939 | City of Richmond | Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Militia and Police Retrenchment and Economy |
Alpheus Wilson | Embrey Jr. | 1930 | 1934 | County of Spotsylvania; City of Fredericksburg | Militia and Police (Chair) Courts of Justice 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 | Appropriations Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanics Arts |
Blair J. | Fishburn | 1932 | 1934 | City of Roanoke | Appropriations Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
R. Hill | Fleet | 1934 | 1939 | Counties of Lancaster and Richmond | Agriculture and Mining Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Confirmation Labor and the Poor |
J. Tyler | Frazier Jr. | 1932 | 1935 | County of Smyth | Agriculture and Mining Appropriations Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Thomas Jefferson | George | 1946 | 1949 | County of Patrick | Confirmation Labor and the Poor Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
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 |
G. A. | Harris | 1934 | 1937 | County of Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries General Laws House Expenses Labor and the Poor |
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 Public Property |
Yewell Melvin | Hodges | 1932 | 1937 | County of Mecklenburg | Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Militia and Police Public Property |
J. Howard | Holleman | 1934 | 1947 | County of Surry and Prince George; City of Hopewell | Counties Cities and Towns House Expenses Moral and Social Welfare Retrenchment and Economy |
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 Schools and Colleges |
William H. | Irvine | 1934 | Ex. March 31, 1955 | County of Campbell | Agriculture and Mining Labor and the Poor Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
M. H. | Jackson | 1934 | 1935 | County of Wythe | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Moral and Social Welfare Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
Sydney Bruce | Jones | August 17, 1933 | 1935 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Asylums and Prisons Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Special Private and Local Legislation |
A. Owen | King | 1934 | 1947 | County of Halifax | Agriculture and Mining Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Scott | Litton | 1934 | 1939 | County of Russell | Agriculture and Mining Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Charles C. | Louderback | 1930 | 1949 | Counties of Page and Warren | Appropriations Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
H. L. | Lyon | 1934 | 1935 | County of Carroll | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
John Chichester | Mackall | August 18, 1933 | 1937 | County of Fairfax | Executive Expenditures Moral and Social Welfare Roads and Internal Navigation |
George Alvin | Massenburg | 1926 | 1949 | County of Elizabeth City; City of Hampton | Currency and Commerce (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Immigration Privileges and Elections |
Edward O. | McCue Jr. | 1934 | 1949 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
Robert Ferebee | McMurran | 1930 | 1935 | City of Portsmouth | Finance Insurance and Banking Militia and Police Public Property |
William D. | Medley | 1934 | 1939 | County of Arlington | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures General Laws |
Burnett | Miller Jr. | 1940 | 1943 | Counties of Rappahannock and Culpeper | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Special Private and Local Legislation |
Robert W. | Moffat | 1934 | 1935 | City of Portsmouth | Currency and Commerce General Laws Immigration Moral and Social Welfare |
William Stuart | Moffett | 1920 | 1934 | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Agriculture and Mining (Chair) Enrolled Bills Finance Militia and Police |
Edgar Blackburn | Moore | 1933 | 1967 | Counties of Clarke and Frederick; City of Winchester | Confirmation Finance Privileges and Elections |
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 |
John W. | Morrison | 1934 | 1937 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Executive Expenditures Immigration Manufactures and Mechanics Arts Privileges and Elections |
Charles Wesley | Moss | 1940 | 1943 | City of Richmond | Appropriations Counties Cities and Towns Public Property |
William Newton | Neff | 1932 | 1943 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | 1943 (Chair) Claims Finance Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
Edward L. | Oast | 1932 | 1937 | County of Norfolk; City of Norfolk | Claims Counties Cities and Towns General Laws Public Property |
John B. | Oliver | 1934 | 1935 | County of Bedford | Federal Relations and Resolutions General Laws Moral and Social Welfare Retrenchment and Economy |
Vivian L. | Page | 1924 | 1934 | City of Norfolk | Courts of Justice (Chair) Moral and Social Welfare Officers and Offices at the Capitol Rules |
William Horton | Perry | 1958 | Ex.1959 | County of Scott | Asylums and Prisons Claims Moral and Social Welfare |
Ceylon Grey | Quesenbery | 1934 | 1947 | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Appropriations General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
John Quincy | Rhodes Jr. | 1930 | 1934 | County of Louisa | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
Paul Cochran | Richards Jr. | 1934 | 1934 | County of Fauquier | Asylums and Prisons General Laws Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Samuel Dagnell | Rodgers | 1920 | 1949 | City of Petersburg | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Finance Moral and Social Welfare |
Richard Willing | Ruffin | 1933 | 1941 | City of Norfolk | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Finance Immigration |
Ernest Waller | Sanford | 1934 | February 8, 1942 | Counties of Cumberland and Prince Edward | Asylums and Prisons Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
Walter Harold | Scott | 1946 | 1947 | City of Roanoke | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Courts of Justice Labor and the Poor 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 |
Samuel W. | Shelton | 1934 | 1935 | Counties of Goochland and Fluvanna | Asylums and Prisons Federal Relations and Resolutions House Expenses Roads and Internal Navigation |
Lucian Henry | Shrader | 1930 | 1939 | County of Amherst | Agriculture and Mining Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
H. T. | Smith | 1934 | April 18, 1936 | County of Grayson | Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions Labor and the Poor |
John Benjamin | Spiers | 1934 | 1947 | County of Montgomery; City of Radford | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Immigration Schools and Colleges |
Thomas Bahnson | Stanley | 1930 | November 8, 1946 | County of Henry; City of Martinsville | Appropriations Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
Allie Edward Stakes | Stephens | 1930 | 1940 | County of Isle of Wight | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
Tate Boys | Sterrett | 1934 | April 27, 1943 | Counties of Rockbridge, Bath and Highland; City of Buena Vista | Agriculture and Mining Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
Charles Edward | Stuart | 1930 | 1937 | Counties of Northumberland and Westmoreland | Retrenchment and Economy (Chair) Courts of Justice Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
H. Maynor | Sutherland | 1932 | 1939 | Counties of Wise and Dickenson | Asylums and Prisons Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
Albert J. | Terrell | 1912 | 1934 | Counties of Appomattox and Buckingham | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Appropriations Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
Charles Montgomery | Waldrop | 1940 | 1957 | Counties of Amelia and Nottoway | Agriculture and Mining Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
Jasper Newton | Walker | 1934 | 1934 | Counties of Giles and Bland | Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Immigration |
Llewellyn Gordon | White | 1934 | July 27, 1942 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Appropriations Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
Roy D. | White | 1934 | 1937 | County of Accomack | Appropriations Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Immigration |
Isham T. | Wilkinson | 1934 | 1937 | County of Lunenburg | Library (Chair) Moral and Social Welfare Officers and Offices at the Capitol Privileges and Elections |
Robert E. | Williams | 1932 | 1935 | Counties of Russell and Buchanan | Confirmation (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
Thomas J. | Wilson Jr. | 1934 | 1935 | County of Alleghany; City of Clifton Forge | Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures Finance |
Jack Walter | Witten | 1944 | 1957 | County of Tazewell | Counties Cities and Towns (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Militia and Police Retrenchment and Economy |
*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.