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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Hill | Abernathy | 1940 | 1947 | County of Brunswick | Agriculture Insurance and Banking Labor Public Property |
| Howard H. | Adams | 1934 | Ex. 1965 | Counties of Northampton and Accomack | Retrenchment and Economy (Chair) Appropriations Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| William Harrison | Adams | 1930 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Printing, Public Property (Chair) Finance Insurance and Banking |
| Robert Frederick | Baldwin Jr. | 1938 | 1947 | City of Norfolk | Insurance and Banking Militia and Police Printing Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Leon M. | Bazile | 1936 | 1941 | Counties of Hanover and King William | Executive Expenditures Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Cralle Fauntleroy | Blackwell | 1938 | 1949 | County of Lunenburg | General Laws Printing Privileges and Elections Special Private and Local Legislation |
| John B. | Boatwright Sr. | 1936 | 1959 Ex. | Counties of Appomattox and Buckingham | Federal Relations and Resolutions General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Albert Orlando | Boschen | 1934 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Appropriations Claims Enrolled Bills |
| Edward L. | Breeden Jr. | 1936 | 1943 | City of Norfolk | Appropriations Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills |
| Jacob R. | Breneman | 1940 | 1945 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Agriculture Currency and Commerce Finance House Expenses |
| David K. E. | Bruce | 1940 | 1943 | County of Charlotte | Courts of Justice Finance Library Militia and Police |
| George Dewey | Buchanan | 1940 | 1941 | Counties of Wise and Dickenson | Counties Cities and Towns Immigration Militia and Police Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Frank Wellington | Burks | 1936 | 1945 | County of Bedford | Moral and Social Welfare (Chair) Agriculture Federal Relations and Resolutions Public Property Retrenchment and Economy |
| Maitland Hunt | Bustard | 1930 | 1941 | City of Danville | Courts of Justice (Chair) Interstate Cooperation Rules Special Private and Local Legislation |
| Quincy A. | Calhoun | 1940 | 1941 | County of Smyth | Agriculture Asylums and Prisons Mining and Mineral Resources Public Property |
| T. Elliott | Campbell | 1934 | 1943 | Counties of Caroline and King George | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation Special Private and Local Legislation |
| William Hazzard Wigg | Cassell | 1938 | 1953 | City of Portsmouth | Claims General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
| Benjamin Edgar | Chapman | 1936 | 1943 | County of Roanoke | House Expenses (Chair) General Laws Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Squire Merriman | Chitwood | 1932 | 1943 | Counties of Bedford, Franklin and Floyd | General Laws (Chair) Enrolled Bills Immigration Schools and Colleges |
| William Cutlar | Clark | 1940 | September 23, 1944 | County of Pittsylvania | Agriculture Claims Labor Moral and Social Welfare |
| Willis E. | Cohoon | December 2, 1952 | 1960 | County of Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Public Property |
| I. Newton | Coleman | 1926 | November 10, 1945 | County of Dinwiddie | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Agriculture Library Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| John Tinsley | Coleman Jr. | 1934 | 1941 | County of Nelson | Special, Private and Local Legislation (Chair) Claims Courts of Justice Interstate Cooperation Privileges and Elections |
| Edgar Ren | Conner | 1940 | 1943 | Counties of Stafford and Prince William | Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Samuel R. | Crockett | 1940 | 1941 | County of Wythe | Counties Cities and Towns Immigration Labor Retrenchment and Economy |
| T. Franklin | Daniel | 1934 | June 30, 1942 | City of Lynchburg | Militia and Police (Chair) Appropriations Privileges and Elections Special Private and Local Legislation |
| James J. | Davidson | 1940 | 1941 | Counties of Giles and Bland | Asylums and Prisons Claims Mining and Mineral Resources Public Property |
| Harry B. | Davis | 1934 | Ex. 1959 | County of Princess Anne | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Schools and Colleges |
| Levin Nock | Davis | 1940 | 1943 | County of Accomack | Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills General Laws |
| Roy B. | Davis | 1932 | 1957 | County of Halifax | Claims (Chair) Agriculture Labor Privileges and Elections |
| Worley E. | Delp | 1940 | 1941 | County of Grayson | Agriculture Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Elbert White | Dodd | 1940 | 1949 | Counties of Botetourt and Craig | Agriculture Asylums and Prisons Finance Moral and Social Welfare |
| Grover Ashton | Dovell | 1924 | 1941 | Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City and York; City of Williamsburg | Rules (Chair) |
| Walter Washington | Edwards | 1940 | 1943 | County of Carroll | Enrolled Bills Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Charles Rogers | Fenwick | 1940 | 1945 | County of Arlington | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Militia and Police |
| William McLeod | Ferguson | 1940 | 1945 | County of Warwick; City of Newport News | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures General Laws |
| Earl A. | Fitzpatrick | 1938 | 1945 | City of Roanoke | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills |
| Minetree | Folkes Jr. | 1954 | Ex. 1959 | City of Richmond | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce General Laws Retrenchment and Economy |
| James Newton | Garrett | 1940 | 1945 | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Counties Cities and Towns General Laws Immigration Retrenchment and Economy |
| Virgil Hamlin | Goode Sr. | 1940 | 1947 | County of Franklin | Agriculture Currency and Commerce General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Bernard C. | Goodwin | 1936 | 1943 | County of Alleghany; City of Clifton Forge | Executive Expenditures General Laws Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources Privileges and Elections |
| Marvin Lee | Gray | 1938 | 1941 | Counties of Sussex and Greensville | Counties Cities and Towns Labor Moral and Social Welfare Schools and Colleges |
| Charles Orville | Hammack | 1940 | 1943 | Counties of Northumberland and Westmoreland | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Immigration Public Property |
| W. A. | Harris | 1936 | 1941 | County of Spotsylvania; City of Fredericksburg | Counties Cities and Towns Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Carl Brown | Hines | 1940 | 1941 | County of Lee | Asylums and Prisons Insurance and Banking Labor Mining and Mineral Resources |
| J. Howard | Holleman | 1934 | 1947 | Counties of Surry and Prince George; City of Hopewell | Counties Cities and Towns (Chair) House Expenses Moral and Social Welfare Retrenchment and Economy |
| Walter L. | Hopkins | 1940 | July 12, 1949 | City of Richmond | Appropriations Executive Expenditures Library Privileges and Elections |
| Hugh White | Huff | 1940 | 1947 | County of Pulaski | Executive Expenditures Printing Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
| 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 | Mining and Mineral Resources (Chair) Confirmation Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles K. | Hutchens | 1938 | 1967 | City of Newport News | Claims Finance Labor Militia and Police Moral and Social Welfare |
| 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 | Labor (Chair) Agriculture Auditing Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
| A. Owen | King | 1934 | 1947 | County of Halifax | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Agriculture Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Gordon | Lewis | 1938 | 1943 | Counties of King and Queen, Essex and Middlesex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills General Laws Labor |
| Macon Melville | Long Sr. | 1940 | 1943 | County of Wise | Appropriations Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Charles C. | Louderback | 1930 | 1949 | Counties of Page and Warren | Insurance and Banking (Chair) Appropriations Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
| James Bland | Martin | 1938 | 1941 | Counties of Gloucester and Mathews | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures General Laws Militia and Police |
| George Alvin | Massenburg | 1926 | 1949 | County of Elizabeth City; City of Hampton | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Moral and Social Welfare Rules |
| James Harden | Massie | 1940 | 1941 | County Amherst | Agriculture Asylums and Prisons Claims Moral and Social Welfare |
| Edward O. | McCue Jr. | 1934 | 1949 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Burnett | Miller Jr. | 1940 | 1943 | Counties of Rappahannock and Culpeper | Courts of Justice Insurance and Banking Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Francis Pickens | Miller | 1938 | 1941 | County of Fairfax | Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Immigration |
| Edgar Blackburn | Moore | 1933 | 1967 | Counties of Clarke and Frederick; City of Winchester | Confirmation (Chair) Finance Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
| Frank | Moore | 1924 | 1943 | County of Rockbridge; City of Buena Vista | Appropriations (Chair) Insurance and Banking Retrenchment and Economy Rules |
| Preston Brooks | Moses | 1940 | 1943 | County of Pittsylvania | Immigration Public Property Schools and Colleges Special Private and Local Legislation |
| Charles Wesley | Moss | 1940 | 1943 | City of Richmond | Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance |
| W. Tayloe | Murphy Sr. | 1948 | Ex. 1959 | Counties of Lancaster and Richmond | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William Newton | Neff | 1932 | 1943 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Claims Finance Rules Schools and Colleges |
| Nathaniel J. | Perkins | January 31, 1936 | 1941 | Counties of Goochland and Fluvanna | Library (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
| Emmett H. | Poindexter | 1938 | 1943 | County of Louisa | Insurance and Banking Labor Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
| George Alexander | Pruner | 1940 | 1941 | County of Russell | Executive Expenditures General Laws House Expenses Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Ceylon Grey | Quesenbery | 1934 | 1947 | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Appropriations General Laws Interstate Cooperation Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Beverley Heth | Randolph Jr. | 1938 | 1941 | City of Richmond | Appropriations Federal Relations and Resolutions General Laws Moral and Social Welfare |
| Benjamin Rowzie | Roberts | 1938 | December 10, 1942 | County of Mecklenburg | Appropriations Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking |
| James Moody | Robertson | January 14, 1948 | May 17, 1948 | City of Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| Samuel Dagnell | Rodgers | 1920 | 1949 | City of Petersburg | Finance (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Auditing Moral and Social Welfare |
| Howard Cochran | Rogers | 1940 | 1945 | County of Loudoun | Agriculture Counties Cities and Towns Labor Moral and Social Welfare |
| Maurice D. | Rosenberg | 1936 | 1943 | City of Alexandria | Auditing Counties Cities and Towns General Laws House Expenses Militia and Police |
| Richard Willing | Ruffin | 1933 | 1941 | City of Norfolk | Immigration (Chair) Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Finance |
| 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 | Appropriations Asylums and Prisons Insurance and Banking Retrenchment and Economy |
| Marvin Pretlow | Sebrell | 1940 | January 22, 1946 | County of Southampton | Appropriations Asylums and Prisons Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
| Herbert McKelden | Smith | 1936 | 1941 | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Confirmation Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Finance Militia and Police |
| Vernon C. | Smith | 1952 | 1961 | Counties of Russell and Buchanan | Confirmation Mining and Mineral Resources Moral and Social Welfare Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles L. | Spangler | 1936 | 1941 | County of Patrick | Agriculture 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 |
| Harrison Payne | Spotswood | 1940 | 1943 | Counties of Orange and Madison | Agriculture Labor Moral and Social Welfare Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas Bahnson | Stanley | 1930 | November 8, 1946 | County of Henry; City of Martinsville | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts, Interstate Cooperation (Chair) Appropriations Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Allie Edward Stakes | Stephens | 1930 | 1940 | County of Isle of Wight | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Courts of Justice Interstate Cooperation Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections |
| Tate Boys | Sterrett | 1934 | April 27, 1943 | Counties of Rockbridge, Bath and Highland; City of Buena Vista | Agriculture (Chair) Confirmation Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| L. Lake | Triplett | 1936 | 1951 | County of Fauquier | Appropriations Claims Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
| Charles Montgomery | Waldrop | 1940 | 1957 | Counties of Amelia and Nottoway | Executive Expenditures Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Claiborne H. | Walton | 1938 | 1945 | City of Portsmouth | Counties Cities and Towns Labor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Special Private and Local Legislation |
| George Marvin | Warren | 1940 | 1947 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Claims Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Llewellyn Gordon | White | 1934 | July 27, 1942 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Appropriations Enrolled Bills Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Joseph J. | Williams Jr. | 1938 | 1961 | County of Henrico | Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Printing |
| Thomas Blair | Wolfe | 1940 | 1943 | County of Scott | Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Mining and Mineral Resources Retrenchment and Economy |
| Elwood Floyd | Yates | 1940 | 1951 | Counties of Chesterfield and Powhatan | Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
| Howard S. | Zigler | 1936 | 1941 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Insurance and Banking Officers and Offices at the Capitol Privileges and Elections 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.