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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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 | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Appropriations Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Retrenchment and Economy |
William Harrison | Adams | 1930 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Public Property, Printing (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 |
Henry Matthew | Bandy | 1942 | 1947 | Counties of Wise and Dickenson | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Labor Mining and Mineral Resources |
Cralle Fauntleroy | Blackwell | 1938 | 1949 | County of Lunenburg | Special Private and Local Legislation (Chair) General Laws Printing Privileges and Elections |
John B. | Boatwright Sr. | 1936 | 1959 Ex. | Counties of Appomattox and Buckingham | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Courts of Justice General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Albert Orlando | Boschen | 1934 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Appropriations Claims Enrolled Bills |
Isaac Cleveland | Boyd | 1942 | 1947 | County of Russell | Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Labor Mining and Mineral Resources |
Edward L. | Breeden Jr. | 1936 | 1943 | City of Norfolk | Appropriations Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills |
Jacob Ralph | 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 | Library (Chair) Courts of Justice Finance Militia and Police |
Frank Wellington | Burks | 1936 | 1945 | County of Bedford | Moral and Social Welfare (Chair) Agriculture Federal Relations and Resolutions Public Property Retrenchment and Economy |
Thomas Melvin | Calhoun | 1942 | 1943 | County of Grayson | Executive Expenditures Mining and Mineral Resources Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
Stuart Bland | Campbell | 1942 | 1947 | County of Wythe | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Retrenchment and Economy |
T. Elliott | Campbell | 1934 | 1943 | Counties of Caroline and King George | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions 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 |
Ernest Dewey | Coburn | 1942 | 1947 | Counties of Giles and Bland | Agriculture Asylums and Prisons Mining and Mineral Resources Roads and Internal Navigation |
Willis Everett | 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 |
Lewis Preston | Collins II | 1942 | 1945 | County of Smyth | General Laws Militia and Police Mining and Mineral Resources Public Property |
Edgar Ren | Conner | 1940 | 1943 | County of Stafford and Prince William | Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
John Warren | Cooke | 1942 | 1979 | Counties of Gloucester and Mathews | Agriculture Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Confirmation Militia and Police |
Paul Whittington | Crockett | 1942 | 1953 | Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City, and York; City of Williamsburg | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries House Expenses Schools and Colleges Special Private and Local Legislation |
T. Franklin | Daniel | 1934 | June 30, 1942 | City of Lynchburg | Militia and Police (Chair) Appropriations Privileges and Elections Special Private and Local Legislation |
Floyd J. | Daughtrey | 1942 | 1945 | Counties of Greensville and Sussex | Claims Enrolled Bills Finance Schools and Colleges |
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) Appropriations Labor Privileges and Elections |
Edmund Tompkins | DeJarnette | 1942 | Ex. 1955 | Counties of Hanover and King William | Immigration Insurance and Banking Moral and Social Welfare Roads and Internal Navigation |
Elbert White | Dodd | 1940 | 1949 | Counties of Botetourt and Craig | Agriculture Asylums and Prisons Finance Moral and Social Welfare |
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 Interstate Cooperation Militia and Police Rules |
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 General Laws Immigration 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 |
William John McCandless | Gibson | 1942 | 1951 | County of Spotsylvania; City of Fredericksburg | Courts of Justice Insurance and Banking Officers and Offices at the Capitol Special Private and Local Legislation |
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 | Confirmation General Laws Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources Privileges and Elections |
Charles Orville | Hammack | 1940 | 1943 | County of Northumberland and Westmoreland | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Immigration Public Property |
George Dayton | Hodges | 1942 | 1945 | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Counties Cities and Towns Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Moral and Social Welfare Roads and Internal Navigation |
J. Howard | Holleman | 1934 | 1947 | Counties of Prince George and Surry; City of Hopewell | Counties Cities and Towns (Chair) House Expenses Moral and Social Welfare Retrenchment and Economy |
Lloyd West | Hopkins | 1942 | 1945 | County of Patrick | Currency and Commerce Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
Walter Lee | Hopkins | 1940 | July 12, 1949 | City of Richmond | Appropriations Library Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
Hugh White | Huff | 1940 | 1947 | County of Pulaski | Appropriations Executive Expenditures Printing Privileges and Elections |
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 |
William H. | Irvine | 1934 | Ex. March 31, 1955 | County of Campbell | Labor (Chair) Agriculture Auditing Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
Henry Satterwhite | Johnson | 1942 | 1947 | Counties of Goochland and Fluvanna | Agriculture Asylums and Prisons Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Guy Avery | Kauffman | 1942 | 1943 | County of Lee | Asylums and Prisons General Laws Immigration Mining and Mineral Resources |
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 Executive Expenditures 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 |
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 |
Robert John | McCandlish Jr. | 1948 | 1949 | County of Fairfax | Agriculture Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Public Property |
Edward O. | McCue Jr. | 1934 | 1949 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Courts of Justice (Chair) Executive Expenditures Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
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 |
Edgar Blackburn | Moore | 1933 | 1967 | Counties of Clarke and Frederick; City of Winchester | Confirmation (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions 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 | Counties Cities and Towns 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 |
William 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 | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Claims Finance Rules |
Emmett H. | Poindexter | 1938 | 1943 | County of Louisa | Insurance and Banking Labor Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
Ceylon Grey | Quesenbery | 1934 | 1947 | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Enrolled Bills, Interstate Cooperation (Chair) Appropriations General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
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 | Claims Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections |
Samuel Dagnell | Rodgers | 1920 | 1949 | City of Petersburg | Auditing, Finance (Chair) Asylums and Prisons 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 |
Ernest Waller | Sanford | 1934 | February 8, 1942 | Counties of Cumberland and Prince Edward | Immigration (Chair) Asylums and Prisons 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 |
William Robert | Shaffer | 1942 | 1947 | County of Shenandoah | Claims Executive Expenditures Library Militia and Police |
Harold Brown | Singleton | 1942 | Ex. 1955 | County of Amherst | Asylums and Prisons Claims Courts of Justice Public Property |
Vernon Corbett | Smith | 1952 | 1961 | Counties of Russell and Buchanan | Insurance and Banking Mining and Mineral Resources Moral and Social Welfare Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
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 |
Beecher Ernest | Stallard | 1942 | 1947 | City of Richmond | Counties Cities and Towns Labor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Thomas Bahnson | Stanley | 1930 | November 8, 1946 | County of Henry; City of Martinsville | Rules (Chair) |
Tate Boys | Sterrett | 1934 | April 27, 1943 | Counties of Rockbridge, Bath, and Highland; City of Buena Vista | Agriculture (Chair) Confirmation Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
Thomas Bryan | Tate | 1942 | 1943 | City of Danville | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Interstate Cooperation Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
L. Lake | Triplett | 1936 | 1951 | County of Fauquier | Retrenchment and Economy (Chair) Appropriations Claims Privileges and Elections |
James Hoge | Tyler III | 1942 | January 29, 1945 | City of Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Immigration |
Charles Montgomery | Waldrop | 1940 | 1957 | Counties of Amelia and Nottoway | Executive Expenditures Immigration Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
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 | Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Interstate Cooperation Mining and Mineral Resources |
Russell Mauzy | Weaver | 1942 | 1945 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | General Laws Immigration Library Schools and Colleges |
Llewellyn Gordon | White | 1934 | July 27, 1942 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Appropriations Enrolled Bills Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
Robert | Whitehead | 1942 | June 8, 1960 | County of Nelson | Agriculture Claims Counties Cities and Towns Executive Expenditures |
Ernest Howard | Williams Jr. | 1942 | 1945 | County of Isle of Wight | Finance Interstate Cooperation Moral and Social Welfare Schools and Colleges |
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 Mining and Mineral Resources Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
Elwood Floyd | Yates | 1940 | 1951 | Counties of Chesterfield and Powhatan | Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Retrenchment and Economy 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.