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 | Labor (Chair) Agriculture Insurance and Banking 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 |
James Adam | Bear | 1946 | 1947 | City of Roanoke | Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
Frank Bryant | Beazley | 1944 | 1951 | Counties of Caroline, Essex, and King and Queen | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice 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 |
Isaac Cleveland | Boyd | 1942 | 1947 | County of Russell | Counties Cities and Towns Labor Mining and Mineral Resources Schools and Colleges |
Elihugh Spencer | Calhoun | 1946 | 1947 | County of Grayson | Enrolled Bills Insurance and Banking Mining and Mineral Resources Retrenchment and Economy |
Stuart Bland | Campbell | 1942 | 1947 | County of Wythe | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Mining and Mineral Resources Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy Rules |
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 | Immigration (Chair) Agriculture Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Insurance and Banking Public Property |
Ernest Dewey | Coburn | 1942 | 1947 | Counties of Bland and Giles | Asylums and Prisons Mining and Mineral Resources Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
Jacob Leon | Codd | 1946 | 1949 | City of Portsmouth | Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Labor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Willis Everett | Cohoon | December 2, 1952 | 1960 | County of Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections Public Property |
John Warren | Cooke | 1942 | 1979 | Counties of Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Confirmation Game and Inland Fisheries 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 |
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 |
George | Damm | 1946 | 1953 | County of Arlington | Asylums and Prisons Finance Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
John Hanah | Daniel | 1944 | Ex. 1969 | Counties of Charlotte and Prince Edward | Appropriations Asylums and Prisons Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
Delamater | Davis | 1944 | Ex. 1963 | City of Norfolk | Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce House Expenses Privileges and Elections |
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 | Moral and Social Welfare (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Finance Public Property Schools and Colleges |
Edmund Twilley | Ferguson Sr. | 1946 | 1947 | County of Bedford | Counties Cities and Towns Moral and Social Welfare Public Property Retrenchment and Economy |
James Earle | Gardner | 1944 | 1947 | City of Richmond | Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
Stanley Solomon | Garner | 1946 | 1947 | County of Warwick; City of Newport News | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures |
Thomas Jefferson | George | 1946 | 1949 | County of Patrick | Claims Game and Inland Fisheries Immigration 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 | Currency and Commerce (Chair) Agriculture 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 |
Stilson Hutchins | Hall | 1946 | 1953 | County of Loudoun | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Labor Special Private and Local Legislation |
Auborn Pridemore | Hamblen | 1944 | 1947 | County of Lee | Agriculture Finance House Expenses Mining and Mineral Resources |
Shirley Thomas | Holland | 1946 | Ex. 1965 | Counties of Isle of Wight and Nansemon; City of Suffolk | Finance Insurance and Banking Interstate Cooperation Moral and Social Welfare |
J. Howard | Holleman | 1934 | 1947 | Counties of Prince George and Surry; City of Hopewell | Counties Cities and Towns (Chair) Appropriations Claims House Expenses Retrenchment and Economy |
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 |
Edward Thomas | Humphries | 1946 | 1949 | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Appropriations Currency and Commerce Immigration Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
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 | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Agriculture Auditing Game and Inland Fisheries Labor |
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 | Agriculture (Chair) Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Ralph Louis | Lincoln | 1946 | 1951 | County of Smyth | Interstate Cooperation Mining and Mineral Resources Moral and Social Welfare Public Property |
Baldwin Gerald | Locher | 1944 | Ex. 1963 | County of Rockbridge; City of Buena Vista | Agriculture 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 |
Edwin Williams | Lynch | 1950 | 1953 | County of Fairfax | Agriculture Executive Expenditures Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
James Maynard | Magruder | 1944 | Ex.1955 | County of Arlington | House Expenses (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Insurance and Banking Interstate Cooperation |
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 |
Joseph Greenaway | Mayes | 1946 | 1949 | Counties of Greensville and Sussex | Claims Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
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 (Chair) Courts of Justice 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 |
Lindsey Lee | Moore | November 30, 1955 | 1957 | County of Pittsylvania | Agriculture General Laws Labor Moral and Social Welfare |
Grover Cleveland | Outland | March 19, 1945 | 1947 | City of Norfolk | Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Immigration Schools and Colleges |
Charles Homer | Phillips | 1946 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Schools and Colleges Special Private and Local Legislation |
Samuel Eliba | Pope | February 15, 1946 | 1973 | County of Southampton | Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
Joseph Edwin | Proffit | 1952 | 1957 | Counties of Carroll and Floyd | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Immigration 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 General Laws Library Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Arthur Harrison | Richardson | 1946 | Sp. 1971 | County of Dinwiddie | Agriculture General Laws Library Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
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 (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Auditing Moral and Social Welfare |
Walter Harold | Scott | 1946 | 1947 | City of Roanoke | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills |
Marvin Pretlow | Sebrell | 1940 | January 22, 1946 | County of Southampton | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Appropriations Asylums and Prisons Schools and Colleges |
William Robert | Shaffer | 1942 | 1947 | County of Shenandoah | Claims Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking Militia and Police |
Shelton Hardaway | Short Jr. | 1946 | 1947 | County of Mecklenburg | Appropriations Claims Currency and Commerce Immigration |
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) |
James O. | Stickley | 1946 | February 13, 1952 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Finance General Laws Immigration Library |
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 Finance Public Property |
George Walton | Taliaferro | 1946 | 1949 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Agriculture Currency and Commerce House Expenses Retrenchment and Economy |
Vernoy Brownie | Tate | 1944 | 1947 | County of Wise | Appropriations Courts of Justice 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 |
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 |
Theodore Garnett | Walton | 1944 | Ex. 1955 | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Agriculture Chesapeake and Its Tributaries 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 Roads and Internal Navigation |
Wilson Selden | Washington | 1944 | 1947 | City of Alexandria | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking |
Robert | Whitehead | 1942 | June 8, 1960 | Counties of Nelson and Amherst | Claims Executive Expenditures Finance Schools and Colleges |
Furman Black | Whitescarver | 1944 | 1947 | County of Roanoke | Appropriations Enrolled Bills Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
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 |
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 | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Game and Inland Fisheries Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
William Franklin | Young | 1946 | 1947 | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Agriculture Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Moral and Social Welfare Roads and Internal Navigation |
*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.