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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Howard H. | Adams | 1934 | Ex. 1965 | Counties of Northampton and Accomack | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Appropriations Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and Economy |
William Harrison | Adams | 1930 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Insurance and Banking (Chair) Finance Printing Public Property |
John Bradie | Allman | January 8, 1958 | July 8, 1958 | County of Franklin | Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Norman C. | Bailey | 1944 | 1957 | Counties of Orange and Madison | Labor (Chair) Insurance and Banking Moral and Social Welfare Roads and Internal Navigation |
Tennyson M. | Bates | 1948 | Ex. 1955 | County of Wise | Appropriations Claims Currency and Commerce Mining and Mineral Resources |
Frank Bryant | Beazley | 1944 | 1951 | Counties of Caroline, Essex, and King and Queen | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills |
Daniel Woodrow | Bird | 1948 | Ex. 1955 | Counties of Bland and Giles | Agriculture Asylums and Prisons Mining and Mineral Resources Roads and Internal Navigation |
Cralle Fauntleroy | Blackwell | 1938 | 1949 | Counties of Lunenburg and Mecklenburg | Special, Private and Local Legislation (Chair) General Laws Printing Privileges and Elections |
Joseph Washington | Bland | 1948 | 1953 | County of Brunswick | Agriculture Labor Public Property Schools and Colleges |
John B. | Boatwright Sr. | 1936 | 1959 Ex. | Counties of Appomattox, Buckingham and Cumberland | General Laws (Chair) Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Armistead Lloyd | Boothe | 1948 | Ex. 1955 | City of Alexandria | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures General Laws |
Albert Orlando | Boschen | 1934 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Appropriations Claims Enrolled Bills |
Willey Richard | Broaddus Jr. | January 6, 1947 | 1953 | County of Henry; City of Martinsville | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Moral and Social Welfare Privileges and Elections |
James Lyle | Camblos | 1956 | Ex. 1963 | County of Wise | Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources Special Private and Local Legislation |
Henry Stuart | Carter | 1948 | Ex. 1959 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Finance Game and Inland Fisheries Interstate Cooperation Schools and Colleges |
William Hazzard Wigg | Cassell | 1938 | 1953 | City of Portsmouth | Public Property (Chair) Claims General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Charles William | Cleaton | 1948 | June 3, 1972 | County of Mecklenburg | Claims Currency and Commerce Finance Immigration |
George Moffett | Cochran | 1948 | Ex. 1965 | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Moral and Social Welfare Schools and Colleges |
Jacob Leon | Codd | 1946 | 1949 | City of Portsmouth | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Labor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Roderick Dhu | Coleman | 1948 | 1951 | County of Scott | Game and Inland Fisheries General Laws Immigration Militia and Police |
Michael McHale | Collins | 1952 | Ex. 1955 | County of Alleghany; City of Clifton Forge | Counties Cities and Towns Executive Expenditures Game and Inland Fisheries Interstate Cooperation Schools and Colleges |
John Warren | Cooke | 1942 | 1979 | Counties of Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Confirmation Finance Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
Montague G. | Cox | 1954 | Ex. 1955 | County of Grayson | General Laws Mining and Mineral Resources Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
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 |
Delamater | Davis | 1944 | Ex. 1963 | City of Norfolk | House Expenses (Chair) Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Privileges and Elections |
Harry B. | Davis | 1934 | Ex. 1959 | County of Princess Anne | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Game and Inland Fisheries |
Roy B. | Davis | 1932 | 1957 | County of Halifax | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Appropriations Claims Labor Rules |
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 |
Edward Griffith | Dodson Jr. | 1948 | 1953 | City of Roanoke | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills |
Felix Elmer | Edmunds | 1948 | Ex. 1963 | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Insurance and Banking Roads and Internal Navigation |
Roger Dana | Fraley | 1948 | 1949 | County of Russell | Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Mining and Mineral Resources Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Thomas Jefferson | George | 1946 | 1949 | County of Patrick | Claims Finance Game and Inland Fisheries Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
William John | 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 |
Mills Edwin | Godwin Jr. | 1948 | November 5, 1952 | County of Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking Public Property |
Wrendo Marion | Godwin | 1948 | Ex. 1955 | County of Accomack | Agriculture Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills General Laws |
Henry Burr | Gordon | 1948 | 1957 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Enrolled Bills Immigration Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
Marvin Giles | Graham | 1948 | 1953 | County of Pulaski | Appropriations Executive Expenditures Federal Relations and Resolutions Printing |
John Walter | Gray | 1944 | 1949 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Agriculture Enrolled Bills General Laws Mining and Mineral Resources |
Joseph Addison | Hagan | 1948 | 1949 | City of Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Confirmation Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
Stilson Hutchins | Hall | 1946 | 1953 | County of Loudoun | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Labor Private and Local Legislation Special |
Edward Thomas | Haynes | 1948 | 1949 | City of Richmond | Counties Cities and Towns Game and Inland Fisheries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Bentley | Hite | 1948 | 1951 | County of Montgomery; City of Radford | Federal Relations and Resolutions Immigration Labor Mining and Mineral Resources |
Shirley Thomas | Holland | 1946 | Ex. 1965 | Counties of Isle of Wight and Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Finance Insurance and Banking Interstate Cooperation Moral and Social Welfare |
Walter L. | Hopkins | 1940 | July 12, 1949 | City of Richmond | Library (Chair) Appropriations Militia and Police Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
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 Privileges and Elections |
William H. | Irvine | 1934 | Ex. March 31, 1955 | County of Campbell | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Agriculture Auditing Game and Inland Fisheries Labor |
Ligon Lee | Jones | 1948 | 1949 | Counties of Prince George and Surry; City of Hopewell | Appropriations Counties Cities and Towns House Expenses Retrenchment and Economy |
William Chesley | Lambert | 1948 | 1949 | County of Shenandoah | Agriculture Claims Executive Expenditures Militia and Police |
Ralph Louis | Lincoln | 1946 | 1951 | County of Smyth | Interstate Cooperation Mining and Mineral Resources Moral and Social Welfare Public Property |
Baldwin G. | Locher | 1944 | Ex. 1963 | County of Rockbridge; City of Buena Vista | Agriculture Appropriations Asylums and Prisons Game and Inland Fisheries Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Charles C. | Louderback | 1930 | 1949 | County 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 | Immigration (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Game and Inland Fisheries Labor Mining and Mineral Resources |
J. Maynard | Magruder | 1944 | Ex.1955 | County of Arlington | Interstate Cooperation (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions House Expenses Insurance and Banking |
George Alvin | Massenburg | 1926 | 1949 | County of Elizabeth City; City of Hampton | Rules (Chair) |
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 |
Robert John | McCandlish Jr. | 1948 | 1949 | County of Fairfax | Executive Expenditures Finance General Laws Militia and Police |
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 |
Lewis Archer | McMurran Jr. | 1948 | 1977 | County of Warwick; City of Newport News | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
John Solomon | McRae | 1948 | 1949 | County of Halifax | Agriculture Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Frank P. | Moncure | 1944 | Ex. 1959 | Counties of Prince William and Stafford | Auditing (Chair) Courts of Justice General Laws Retrenchment and Economy |
Edgar Blackburn | Moore | 1933 | 1967 | Counties of Clarke and Frederick; City of Winchester | Confirmation (Chair) Finance Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy Rules |
Lindsey Lee | Moore | November 30, 1955 | 1957 | County of Pittsylvania | Agriculture General Laws Labor Moral and Social Welfare |
William Tayloe | Murphy Sr. | 1948 | Ex. 1959 | Counties of Lancaster and Richmond | Appropriations Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Game and Inland Fisheries Insurance and Banking Public Property |
Walter Howard Clarke | Murray | 1948 | 1949 | City of Richmond | Executive Expenditures House Expenses Labor Moral and Social Welfare |
Walter A. | Page | 1948 | April 30, 1954 | City of Norfolk | Counties Cities and Towns General Laws Library Printing |
Charles Homer | Phillips | 1946 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Schools and Colleges Special Private and Local Legislation |
Robert Kyle | Poole | 1948 | 1953 | County of Wythe | Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Game and Inland Fisheries Retrenchment and Economy |
Samuel Eliba | Pope | February 15, 1946 | 1973 | County of Southampton | Agriculture Asylums and Prisons Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
Harold Hidmore | Purcell | 1948 | November 22, 1958 | Counties of Fluvanna, Goochland and Louisa | Asylums and Prisons Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
DuVal | Radford | 1948 | 1953 | County of Bedford | Courts of Justice Moral and Social Welfare Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
Arthur Harrison | Richardson | 1946 | Sp. 1971 | County of Dinwiddie | Agriculture General Laws Library Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
James Walker | Roberts | 1948 | 1967 | City of Norfolk | Appropriations Enrolled Bills Immigration Militia and Police |
Ernest | Robertson | 1948 | Ex. 1955 | County of Roanoke | Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
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 | Finance (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Auditing Moral and Social Welfare |
Julian Hamilton | Rutherfoord Jr. | 1948 | 1961 | City of Roanoke | General Laws Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
Basil Poff | Simpson | 1948 | 1951 | Counties of Carroll and Floyd | Agriculture Executive Expenditures Immigration Special Private and Local Legislation |
Almer Reen | Singleton | 1944 | 1951 | Counties Buchanan and Dickenson | Labor Mining and Mineral Resources Moral and Social Welfare Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
Harold B. | Singleton | 1942 | Ex. 1955 | County of Amherst; City of Lynchburg | Asylums and Prisons Courts of Justice Insurance and Banking Public Property |
D. French | Slaughter | 1944 | 1953 | Counties of Culpeper and Rappahannock | Currency and Commerce (Chair) Agriculture Appropriations Public Property |
James Marion | Smith | 1948 | 1951 | County of Lee | House Expenses
Labor Mining and Mineral Resources 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 |
James O. | Stickley | 1946 | February 13, 1952 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Finance General Laws Immigration Library |
Samuel W. | 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 General Laws Retrenchment and Economy |
Cecil Wood | Taylor | 1948 | 1953 | City of Lynchburg | Appropriations Currency and Commerce Library Militia and Police |
L. Lake | Triplett | 1936 | 1951 | County of Fauquier | Claims (Chair) Appropriations Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
Charles Francis | Unruh | 1944 | 1953 | Counties of King George, Northumberland, and Westmoreland | Retrenchment and Economy (Chair) Agriculture Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Roads and Internal Navigation |
Charles Montgomery | Waldrop | 1940 | 1957 | Counties of Amelia and Nottoway | Agriculture (Chair) Executive Expenditures Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
Theodore G. | Walton | 1944 | Ex. 1955 | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Agriculture Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
Robert | Whitehead | 1942 | June 8, 1960 | Counties of Nelson and Amherst | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Claims Finance Schools and Colleges |
Joseph J. | Williams Jr. | 1938 | 1961 | County of Henrico | Printing, Counties Cities and Towns (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Courts of Justice |
Jack Walter | Witten | 1944 | 1957 | County of Tazewell | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns Finance 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 |
*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.