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 | Immigration (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Finance 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 | Public Property, Printing (Chair) Finance Insurance and Banking |
Charles J. | Ashworth | 1934 | 1939 | County of Pittsylvania | Asylums and Prisons Claims Labor and the Poor Roads and Internal Navigation |
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 |
Marion S. | Battle | 1936 | 1937 | City of Roanoke | Appropriations Confirmation Counties Cities and Towns Retrenchment and Economy |
Leon M. | Bazile | 1936 | 1941 | Counties of Hanover and King William | Executive Expenditures Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
John B. | Boatwright Sr. | 1936 | 1959 Ex. | Counties of Appomattox and Buckingham | Federal Relations and Resolutions General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Albert Orlando | Boschen | 1934 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Appropriations Asylums and Prisons Claims Enrolled Bills |
Edward L. | Breeden Jr. | 1936 | 1943 | City of Norfolk | Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills |
John M. | Britt Sr. | 1934 | 1939 | County of Southampton | Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions General Laws Moral and Social Welfare |
Frank Wellington | Burks | 1936 | 1945 | County of Bedford | Agriculture and Mining Federal Relations and Resolutions Moral and Social Welfare Retrenchment and Economy |
Maitland Hunt | Bustard | 1930 | 1941 | City of Danville | Special, Private and Local Legislation (Chair) Courts of Justice Insurance and Banking Rules |
T. Elliott | Campbell | 1934 | 1943 | Counties of Caroline and King George | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation Special Private and Local Legislation |
Allen S. | Carr | 1936 | February 14, 1936 | City of Portsmouth | Enrolled Bills Insurance and Banking Labor and the Poor Public Property |
Walter Cleveland | Caudill | 1936 | 1939 | Counties of Giles and Bland | Enrolled Bills General Laws Immigration Moral and Social Welfare |
Benjamin Edgar | Chapman | 1936 | 1943 | County of Roanoke | General Laws House Expenses Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
Squire Merriman | Chitwood | 1932 | 1943 | Counties of Bedford, Franklin and Floyd | Enrolled Bills (Chair) General Laws Immigration Schools and Colleges |
I. Newton | Coleman | 1926 | November 10, 1945 | County of Dinwiddie | Agriculture and Mining (Chair) Library Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
John Tinsley | Coleman Jr. | 1934 | 1941 | County of Nelson | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Special Private and Local Legislation |
George B. | Collings | 1930 | 1937 | City of Newport News | House Expenses (Chair) Appropriations Currency and Commerce Roads and Internal Navigation |
Lewis Preston | Collins II | 1942 | 1945 | County of Smyth | Appropriations Militia and Police Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
Samuel R. | Crockett | 1940 | 1941 | County of Wythe | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures Moral and Social Welfare Retrenchment and Economy |
Charles Womack | Crowder | 1928 | 1939 | City of Richmond | Courts of Justice (Chair) Executive Expenditures Moral and Social Welfare 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 | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Currency and Commerce Insurance and Banking Roads and Internal Navigation |
Floyd J. | Daughtrey | 1942 | 1945 | Counties of Sussex and Greensville | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Finance Militia and Police |
Harry B. | Davis | 1934 | Ex. 1959 | County of Princess Anne | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Schools and Colleges |
Roy B. | Davis | 1932 | 1957 | County of Halifax | Claims (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Labor and the Poor Privileges and Elections |
Grover Ashton | Dovell | 1924 | 1941 | Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City, and York; City of Williamsburg | Rules (Chair) |
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 (Chair) General Laws Labor and the Poor Militia and Police |
Horace H. | Edwards | 1934 | 1939 | City of Richmond | Appropriations Courts of Justice Militia and Police Retrenchment and Economy |
H. B. | Ellis | 1936 | 1937 | Counties of Russell and Buchanan | Asylums and Prisons Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
L. Stanford | Finney | 1932 | 1939 | County of Franklin | Appropriations Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
R. Hill | Fleet | 1934 | 1939 | Counties of Lancaster and Richmond | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Confirmation Labor and the Poor Schools and Colleges |
Bernard C. | Goodwin | 1936 | 1943 | County of Alleghany; City of Clifton Forge | Asylums and Prisons Executive Expenditures Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections |
Charles E. | Grabeel | 1932 | 1937 | County of Lee | Agriculture and Mining Claims Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
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 |
W. A. | Harris | 1936 | 1941 | County of Spotsylvania; City of Fredericksburg | Counties Cities and Towns Militia and Police Moral and Social Welfare Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Haskins | Hobson | 1930 | 1939 | Counties of Chesterfield and Powhatan | Counties Cities and Towns (Chair) 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 |
J. Howard | Holleman | 1934 | 1947 | Counties 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 | Currency and Commerce (Chair) Appropriations Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation |
Charles M. | Hunter | 1936 | 1943 | County of Tazewell | Agriculture and Mining Confirmation Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
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 |
A. Owen | King | 1934 | 1947 | County of Halifax | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Raye O. | Lawson | 1936 | 1936 | City of Roanoke | Asylums and Prisons Claims Labor and the Poor Schools and Colleges |
Scott | Litton | 1934 | 1939 | County of Russell | Agriculture and Mining Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
Charles C. | Louderback | 1930 | 1949 | Counties of Page and Warren | Appropriations Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
John Chichester | Mackall | August 18, 1933 | 1937 | County of Fairfax | Moral and Social Welfare (Chair) Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
George Alvin | Massenburg | 1926 | 1949 | County of Elizabeth City; City of Hampton | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Rules |
Robert B. | Massie | 1936 | 1937 | County of Louisa | Claims Labor and the Poor Moral and Social Welfare Privileges and Elections |
J. Newton | Maxey | 1936 | 1937 | City of Portsmouth | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Immigration Retrenchment and Economy |
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 |
William D. | Medley | 1934 | 1939 | County of Arlington | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures General Laws |
Douglas S. | Mitchell | 1936 | 1937 | Counties of King and Queen, Essex, and Middlesex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Immigration Special Private and Local Legislation |
Frank Peyton | Moncure | 1944 | Ex. 1959 | Counties of Stafford and Prince William | Federal Relations and Resolutions General Laws Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Edgar Blackburn | Moore | 1933 | 1967 | Counties of Clarke and Frederick: City of Winchester | Confirmation (Chair) Finance Privileges and Elections |
Frank | Moore | 1924 | 1943 | County of Rockbridge; City of Buena Vista | Appropriations (Chair) Insurance and Banking Retrenchment and Economy Rules |
Milton R. | Morgan | 1928 | 1939 | Counties of Botetourt and Craig | Insurance and Banking (Chair) Finance Public Property |
John W. | Morrison | 1934 | 1937 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
William Newton | Neff | 1932 | 1943 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Claims Finance Rules Schools and Colleges |
Edward L. | Oast | 1932 | 1937 | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | General Laws (Chair) Claims Counties Cities and Towns Public Property |
Nathaniel James | Perkins | January 31, 1936 | 1941 | Counties of Goochland and Fluvanna | Agriculture and Mining Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Library |
William Horton | Perry | 1958 | Ex.1959 | County of Scott | Asylums and Prisons Claims Moral and Social Welfare Public Property |
David M. | Pitts | 1936 | January 12, 1936 | Counties of Goochland and Fluvanna | Agriculture and Mining Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Library |
Charles Richard | Purdy | 1936 | 1937 | City of Richmond | Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
Ceylon Grey | Quesenbery | 1934 | 1947 | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Appropriations Enrolled Bills General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
William F. | Robinson | 1936 | 1937 | City of Richmond | Labor and the Poor Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol Special Private and Local Legislation |
Samuel Dagnell | Rodgers | 1920 | 1949 | City of Petersburg | Finance (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Moral and Social Welfare |
Maurice D. | Rosenberg | 1936 | 1943 | City of Alexandria | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns House Expenses Militia and Police |
Richard Willing | Ruffin | 1933 | 1941 | City of Norfolk | Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Finance Immigration |
John W. | Russell | 1936 | 1939 | County of Carroll | Agriculture and Mining Labor and the Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
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 |
Lucian Henry | Shrader | 1930 | 1939 | County of Amherst | Militia and Police (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
H. T. | Smith | 1934 | April 18, 1936 | County of Grayson | Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions Labor and the Poor |
Herbert McKelden | Smith | 1936 | 1941 | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Enrolled Bills Finance Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
Charles L. | Spangler | 1936 | 1941 | County of Patrick | Agriculture and Mining Insurance and Banking Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
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 | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Appropriations Roads and Internal Navigation |
Donald Thomas | Stant | 1936 | 1939 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking Special Private and Local Legislation |
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 Confirmation 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 | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Retrenchment and Economy |
Hayward C. | Thompson | 1936 | 1939 | County of Loudoun | Asylums and Prisons Currency and Commerce Finance Retrenchment and Economy |
L. Lake | Triplett | 1936 | 1951 | County of Fauquier | Appropriations Claims Privileges and Elections |
William Wight | Venable | 1936 | 1937 | City of Norfolk | Appropriations General Laws Militia and Police |
N. J. | Webb | 1936 | 1937 | County of Warwick; City of Newport News | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Insurance and Banking |
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 Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
Charles Harrison | Wilson | 1936 | 1938 | Counties of Amelia and Nottoway | Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections |
William T. | Yancey | 1936 | 1939 | Counties of Rappahannock and Culpeper | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures Public Property |
Coleman Bennett | Yeatts | 1936 | 1939 | County of Pittsylvania | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Moral and Social Welfare |
Howard S. | Zigler | 1936 | 1941 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Insurance and Banking Officers and Offices at the Capitol Privileges and Elections |
*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.