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 | Insurance and Banking (Chair) Finance Printing Public Property |
Norman C. | Bailey | 1944 | 1957 | Counties of Orange and Madison | Insurance and Banking Labor Moral and Social Welfare Roads and Internal Navigation |
Robert Frederick | Baldwin Jr. | 1938 | 1947 | City of Norfolk | Appropriations Militia and Police Printing Roads and Internal Navigation |
Henry Matthew | Bandy | 1942 | 1947 | County of Wise | Currency and Commerce General Laws Labor Mining and Mineral Resources |
Frank Bryant | Beazley | 1944 | 1951 | Counties of Caroline, Essex, and King and Queen | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions |
Cralle Fauntleroy | Blackwell | 1938 | 1949 | Counties of Lunenburg and Mecklenburg | Special, Private and Local Legislation (Chair) General Laws Printing Privileges and Elections |
John B. | Boatwright Sr. | 1936 | 1959 Ex. | Counties of Appomattox, Buckingham and Cumberland | 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 |
Robert Contee | Bowie | 1944 | 1945 | County of Grayson | Executive Expenditures General Laws Interstate Cooperation Retrenchment and Economy |
Isaac Cleveland | Boyd | 1942 | 1947 | County of Russell | Counties Cities and Towns Labor Mining and Mineral Resources Schools and Colleges |
Jacob Ralph | Breneman | 1940 | 1945 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | House Expenses (Chair) Agriculture Currency and Commerce Finance |
Frank Wellington | Burks | 1936 | 1945 | County of Bedford | Moral and Social Welfare (Chair) Agriculture Federal Relations and Resolutions Public Property Retrenchment and Economy |
William Edward | Butler | 1944 | 1945 | County of Mecklenburg | Appropriations Claims Currency and Commerce Immigration |
Stuart Bland | Campbell | 1942 | 1947 | County of Wythe | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Mining and Mineral Resources Retrenchment and Economy |
William Hazzard Wigg | Cassell | 1938 | 1953 | City of Portsmouth | Public Property (Chair) Claims General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
William Collin | Chilton | 1944 | 1947 | Counties of Lancaster and Richmond | Agriculture Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Immigration Insurance and Banking Public Property |
William Cutlar | Clark | 1940 | September 23, 1944 | County of Pittsylvania | Agriculture Claims Labor Moral and Social Welfare |
Ernest Dewey | Coburn | 1942 | 1947 | Counties of Bland and Giles | Asylums and Prisons Mining and Mineral Resources Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
Willis Everett | Cohoon | December 2, 1952 | 1960 | County of Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Public Property Rules |
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 | Courts of Justice Finance Militia and Police Mining and Mineral Resources Public Property |
John Warren | Cooke | 1942 | 1979 | Counties of Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Confirmation Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
Peter Davis | Copes | 1944 | 1947 | County of Accomack | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills General Laws Library |
Ryland Glenmore | Craft | 1944 | 1947 | County of Scott | Game and Inland Fisheries Immigration Militia and Police Mining and Mineral Resources Roads and Internal Navigation |
Paul Whittington | Crockett | 1942 | 1953 | Counties of Charles City, James City, New Kent, and York; City of Williamsburg | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges Special Private and Local Legislation |
John Hanah | Daniel | 1944 | Ex. 1969 | Counties of Prince Edward and Charlotte | Asylums and Prisons Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
Floyd J. | Daughtrey | 1942 | 1945 | Counties of Greensville and Sussex | Claims Enrolled Bills Finance Schools and Colleges |
Delamater | Davis | 1944 | Ex. 1963 | City of Norfolk | Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce House Expenses Insurance and Banking |
Harry B. | Davis | 1934 | Ex. 1959 | County of Princess Anne | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Game and Inland Fisheries Schools and Colleges |
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 | Game and Inland Fisheries (Chair) Immigration Insurance and Banking Moral and Social Welfare Roads and Internal Navigation |
Elbert White | Dodd | 1940 | 1949 | Counties of Botetourt and Craig | Asylums and Prisons Finance Moral and Social Welfare Public Property Schools and Colleges |
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 | Currency and Commerce (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures Game and Inland Fisheries General Laws |
Earl A. | Fitzpatrick | 1938 | 1945 | City of Roanoke | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Claims Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
James Earle | Gardner | 1944 | 1947 | City of Richmond | Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
James Newton | Garrett | 1940 | 1945 | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Immigration (Chair) Courts of Justice Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
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 |
John Walter | Gray | 1944 | 1949 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Agriculture Enrolled Bills General Laws Mining and Mineral Resources |
Auborn Pridemore | Hamblen | 1944 | 1947 | County of Lee | Agriculture House Expenses Mining and Mineral Resources Retrenchment and Economy |
Edward Thomas | Haynes | 1948 | 1949 | City of Richmond | Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Special Private and Local Legislation |
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) Appropriations House Expenses Retrenchment and Economy |
Lloyd West | Hopkins | 1942 | 1945 | County of Patrick | Game and Inland Fisheries Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
Walter Lee | Hopkins | 1940 | July 12, 1949 | City of Richmond | Library (Chair) Appropriations Militia and Police Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
Hugh White | Huff | 1940 | 1947 | County of Pulaski | Appropriations Executive Expenditures Printing Privileges and Elections |
Charles K. | Hutchens | 1938 | 1967 | City of Newport News | Militia and Police (Chair) Claims Finance Labor Moral and Social Welfare |
William H. | Irvine | 1934 | Ex. March 31, 1955 | County of Campbell | Agriculture (Chair) Auditing Game and Inland Fisheries Labor Roads and Internal Navigation |
Henry Satterwhite | Johnson | 1942 | 1947 | Counties of Fluvanna, Goochland, and Louisa | Asylums and Prisons Game and Inland Fisheries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
A. Owen | King | 1934 | 1947 | County of Halifax | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Agriculture Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Baldwin Gerald | Locher | 1944 | Ex. 1963 | County of Rockbridge; City of Buena Vista | Asylums and Prisons Game and Inland Fisheries Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
Charles C. | Louderback | 1930 | 1949 | Counties of Page and Warren | Appropriations (Chair) Confirmation Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property Rules |
Charles Nicholas | Loving | 1944 | 1953 | Counties of Bath, Highland, and Rockbridge; City of Buena Vista | Counties Cities and Towns Game and Inland Fisheries Immigration Labor |
James Maynard | Magruder | 1944 | Ex.1955 | County of Arlington | Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns House Expenses Insurance and Banking |
Samuel Thomas | Martin Sr. | 1944 | 1947 | City of Lynchburg | Appropriations Currency and Commerce General Laws Library 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 |
George Edmond | Massie Jr. | 1944 | 1951 | City of Richmond | Federal Relations and Resolutions General Laws Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Robert John | McCandlish Jr. | 1948 | 1949 | County of Fairfax | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance |
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 Rules Schools and Colleges |
Burton DeBerry | Melchor Jr. | 1944 | 1947 | City of Norfolk | Confirmation Federal Relations and Resolutions General Laws Militia and Police |
Frank Peyton | Moncure | 1944 | Ex. 1959 | Counties of Prince William and Stafford | Auditing Game and Inland Fisheries General Laws Retrenchment and Economy |
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 |
Joseph Edwin | Proffit | 1952 | 1957 | Counties of Carroll and Floyd | Executive Expenditures Immigration Schools and Colleges Special Private and Local Legislation |
Ceylon Grey | Quesenbery | 1934 | 1947 | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | General Laws (Chair) Appropriations Enrolled Bills Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Allen Killmon | Randolph | 1944 | 1947 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Agriculture Enrolled Bills General Laws Immigration |
Elijah Jeff | Robertson | 1944 | 1947 | City of Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills |
Samuel Dagnell | Rodgers | 1920 | 1949 | City of Petersburg | Finance, Auditing (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Moral and Social Welfare |
Howard Cochran | Rogers | 1940 | 1945 | County of Loudoun | Agriculture Labor Moral and Social Welfare Roads and Internal Navigation |
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 Insurance and Banking Militia and Police |
Almer Reen | Singleton | 1944 | 1951 | Counties of Dickenson and Buchanan | Labor Mining and Mineral Resources Moral and Social Welfare Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Harold Brown | Singleton | 1942 | Ex. 1955 | County of Amherst; City of Lynchburg | Asylums and Prisons Courts of Justice Insurance and Banking Public Property |
Daniel French | Slaughter | 1944 | 1953 | Counties of Culpeper and Rappahannock | Agriculture Appropriations Currency and Commerce Public Property |
Vernon Corbett | Smith | 1952 | 1961 | County of Buchanan | Mining and Mineral Resources (Chair) Insurance and Banking Moral and Social Welfare Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
John Benjamin | Spiers | 1934 | 1947 | County of Montgomery; City of Radford | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Immigration |
Beecher Ernest | Stallard | 1942 | 1947 | City of Richmond | Counties Cities and Towns Finance 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) |
Richard Cralle | Stokes | 1944 | 1947 | County of Alleghany; City of Clifton Forge | Executive Expenditures Game and Inland Fisheries General Laws Interstate Cooperation |
Samuel Waverly | Swanson | 1944 | 1951 | County of Pittsylvania | Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Insurance and Banking Public Property |
Vernoy Brownie | Tate | 1944 | 1947 | County of Wise | Appropriations Claims Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources Special Private and Local Legislation |
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 | Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Immigration Privileges and Elections |
Charles Francis | Unruh | 1944 | 1953 | Counties of King George, Northumberland, and Westmoreland | Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
Charles Montgomery | Waldrop | 1940 | 1957 | Counties of Amelia and Nottoway | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Agriculture Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
Claiborne H. | Walton | 1938 | 1945 | City of Portsmouth | Labor (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Special Private and Local Legislation |
Theodore Garnett | Walton | 1944 | Ex. 1955 | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Agriculture Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
George Marvin | Warren | 1940 | 1947 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Interstate Cooperation (Chair) Courts of Justice Game and Inland Fisheries Mining and Mineral Resources |
Wilson Selden | Washington | 1944 | 1947 | City of Alexandria | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking |
Russell Mauzy | Weaver | 1942 | 1945 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | General Laws Immigration Library Schools and Colleges |
Robert | Whitehead | 1942 | June 8, 1960 | Counties of Amherst and Nelson | Agriculture Claims Executive Expenditures Finance |
Furman Black | Whitescarver | 1944 | 1947 | County of Roanoke | Appropriations Enrolled Bills Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
Ernest Howard | Williams Jr. | 1942 | 1945 | County of Isle of Wight and Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Finance Interstate Cooperation Moral and Social Welfare Schools and Colleges |
Joseph J. | Williams Jr. | 1938 | 1961 | County of Henrico | Printing (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice |
Jack Walter | Witten | 1944 | 1957 | County of Tazewell | Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources |
Walter White | Wood | 1944 | 1945 | City of Roanoke | Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
Landon Russell | Wyatt | 1944 | 1953 | City of Danville | Appropriations Confirmation Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Public Property |
Elwood Floyd | Yates | 1940 | 1951 | Counties of Chesterfield and Powhatan | Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Game and Inland Fisheries 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.