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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard H. | Adams | 1934 | Ex. 1965 | Counties of Northampton and Accomack | Appropriations (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and Economy Rules |
| William Harrison | Adams | 1930 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Insurance and Banking (Chair) Finance Printing Public Property |
| George Statton | Aldhizer II | 1950 | 1953 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Currency and Commerce General Laws Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
| 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 Roads and Internal Navigation Welfare |
| Robert Winston | Bain | 1950 | 1953 | City of Portsmouth | Counties Cities and Towns Militia and Police Printing Welfare |
| Tennyson M. | Bates | 1948 | Ex. 1955 | County of Wise | Agriculture Appropriations Claims Currency and Commerce Mining and Mineral Resources |
| D. Woodrow | Bird | 1948 | Ex. 1955 | Counties of Bland and Giles | Agriculture Mining and Mineral Resources Privileges and Elections Public Institutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Joseph Washington | Bland | 1948 | 1953 | County of Brunswick | Agriculture Education Labor Public Property |
| John B. | Boatwright Sr. | 1936 | 1959 Ex. | Counties of Appomattox, Buckingham and Cumberland | General Laws (Chair) Courts of Justice Federal Relations Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Armistead L. | Boothe | 1948 | Ex. 1955 | City of Alexandria | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures General Laws |
| Keys S. | Bordwine | 1950 | Ex. 1955 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills General Laws Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Albert Orlando | Boschen | 1934 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Public Institutions (Chair) Agriculture Appropriations Claims Enrolled Bills |
| Willey Richard | Broaddus Jr. | January 6, 1947 | 1953 | County of Henry; City of Martinsville | Courts of Justice Game and Inland Fisheries Privileges and Elections Welfare |
| Orby Lee | Cantrell | 1952 | April 29, 1982 | County of Wise | Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures Public Property |
| Henry Stuart | Carter | 1948 | Ex. 1959 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Courts of Justice Education Game and Inland Fisheries Interstate Cooperation |
| Stuart Barns | Carter | 1950 | Ex. 1955 | Counties of Botetourt and Craig | Counties Cities and Towns Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
| William Hazzard Wigg | Cassell | 1938 | 1953 | City of Portsmouth | Public Property (Chair) Claims General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| C. William | Cleaton | 1948 | June 3, 1972 | County of Mecklenburg | Claims (Chair) Currency and Commerce Finance Immigration Insurance and Banking |
| George M. | Cochran | 1948 | Ex. 1965 | County of Augusta; Cities of Staunton and Waynesboro | Courts of Justice Education Nominations and Confirmations Welfare |
| Michael McHale | Collins | 1952 | Ex. 1955 | County of Alleghany; City of Clifton Forge | Education Finance Labor Mining and Mineral Resources Welfare |
| John Warren | Cooke | 1942 | 1979 | Counties of Gloucester, Mathews, and Middlesex | Nominations and Confirmations (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance Privileges and Elections |
| Paul Whittington | Crockett | 1942 | 1953 | Counties of Charles City, James City, New Kent and York; City of Williamsburg | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Claims Courts of Justice Education Welfare |
| George | Damm | 1946 | 1953 | County of Arlington | Militia and Police (Chair) Education Finance Public Institutions |
| John H. | Daniel | 1944 | Ex. 1969 | Counties of Charlotte and Prince Edward | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Appropriations Public Institutions 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 | Education (Chair) Appropriations Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures |
| 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) Insurance and Banking Nominations and Confirmations Privileges and Elections |
| Edward Griffith | Dodson Jr. | 1948 | 1953 | City of Roanoke | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills |
| James Fillmore | Dulaney | 1950 | 1953 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Agriculture Finance Game and Inland Fisheries Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Felix E. | Edmunds | 1948 | Ex. 1963 | County of Augusta; Cities of Staunton and Waynesboro | Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Insurance and Banking Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Walter C. | Elliott | 1952 | Ex. 1965 | County of Russell | Finance General Laws Labor Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Thomas N. | Frost | 1952 | Ex. 1969 | County of Fauquier | Appropriations Claims Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Luther Melvin | Giles | 1950 | 1953 | County of Pittsylvania | Agriculture Auditing Education House Expenses |
| Mills Edwin | Godwin Jr. | 1948 | November 5, 1952 | County of Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures Game and Inland Fisheries Insurance and Banking Nominations and Confirmations |
| Wrendo Marion | Godwin | 1948 | Ex. 1955 | County of Accomack | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Agriculture Chesapeake and Its Tributaries General Laws |
| Henry B. | Gordon | 1948 | 1957 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Immigration (Chair) Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Francis B. | Gouldman | 1952 | Ex. 1963 | County of Spotsylvania; City of Fredericksburg | Courts of Justice Immigration Public Institutions Public Property |
| Marvin Giles | Graham | 1948 | 1953 | County of Pulaski | Printing (Chair) Appropriations Courts of Justice Federal Relations |
| Conley Erwin | Greear | 1952 | 1957 | County of Scott | Education Interstate Cooperation Labor Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Walter Bell | Greene | 1952 | 1953 | County of Lee | Immigration Mining and Mineral Resources Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
| Louis Lee | Guy | 1950 | February 1, 1953 | City of Norfolk | Claims Counties Cities and Towns General Laws Retrenchment and Economy |
| Stilson Hutchins | Hall | 1946 | 1953 | County of Loudoun | Courts of Justice Federal Relations Immigration Labor |
| Shirley T. | Holland | 1946 | Ex. 1965 | Counties of Isle of Wight, Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Welfare (Chair) Finance Insurance and Banking Interstate Cooperation |
| Edward M. | Hudgins | 1952 | Ex. 1965 | Counties of Chesterfield and Powhatan | Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| W. Moscoe | Huntley | 1952 | Ex.1955 | City of Richmond | Courts of Justice Education Game and Inland Fisheries Immigration |
| Charles K. | Hutchens | 1938 | 1967 | City of Newport News | Finance (Chair) Labor Militia and Police Privileges and Elections Rules |
| Robert Francis | Hutcheson Jr. | 1950 | 1953 | Counties of Greensville and Sussex | Appropriations House Expenses Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
| Joseph Benjamin | Hylton | 1952 | June 28, 1953 | County of Patrick | Finance General Laws Labor Public Property |
| William H. | Irvine | 1934 | Ex. March 31, 1955 | County of Campbell | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Appropriations Auditing Game and Inland Fisheries Labor |
| E. Ralph | James | 1952 | Ex. 1965 | County of Elizabeth City; City of Hampton | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| W. T. | Leary | 1950 | 1961 | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Library Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Baldwin G. | Locher | 1944 | Ex. 1963 | County of Rockbridge; City of Buena Vista | Agriculture Appropriations Game and Inland Fisheries Public Institutions |
| Charles Nicholas | Loving | 1944 | 1953 | Counties of Bath, Highland and Rockbridge; City of Buena Vista | Counties Cities and Towns (Chair) Game and Inland Fisheries Immigration Labor Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Edwin Williams | Lynch | 1950 | 1953 | County of Fairfax; City of Falls Church | Agriculture Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property Welfare |
| J. Maynard | Magruder | 1944 | Ex.1955 | County of Arlington | Interstate Cooperation (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations House Expenses Insurance and Banking |
| Paul W. | Manns | 1952 | Ex. 1965 | Counties of Caroline, Essex, and King and Queen | Counties Cities and Towns Education Federal Relations Game and Inland Fisheries |
| Lewis A. | McMurran Jr. | 1948 | 1977 | County of Warwick; City of Newport News | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations Roads and Internal Navigation |
| 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 | Rules (Chair) |
| Joseph C. | Moxley | 1956 | 1961 | County of Grayson | Currency and Commerce Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol Welfare |
| W. Tayloe | Murphy Sr. | 1948 | Ex. 1959 | Counties of Lancaster and Richmond | Appropriations Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Game and Inland Fisheries Insurance and Banking |
| Walter A. | Page | 1948 | April 30, 1954 | City of Norfolk | Courts of Justice Library Printing Privileges and Elections |
| John Gilmore | Patterson Jr. | 1952 | 1953 | County of Halifax | Claims Executive Expenditures Militia and Police Public Property |
| C. Nelson | Payne | 1952 | September 27, 1954 | County of Pittsylvania | Agriculture Enrolled Bills Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Charles Homer | Phillips | 1946 | 1953 | City of Richmond | Agriculture Currency and Commerce Education Executive Expenditures |
| Glyn R. | Phillips | 1952 | Ex.1955 | Counties of Buchanan and Dickenson | Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources Public Property |
| Frederick Gresham | Pollard | 1950 | Ex. 1965 | City of Richmond | Appropriations Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol Retrenchment and Economy |
| Robert Kyle | Poole | 1948 | 1953 | County of Wythe | Enrolled Bills Game and Inland Fisheries Retrenchment and Economy Welfare |
| Samuel E. | Pope | February 15, 1946 | 1973 | County of Southampton | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Agriculture Education Public Institutions |
| Charles D. | Price | 1950 | Ex. 1965 | Counties of Page and Warren | Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Joseph E. | Proffit | 1952 | 1957 | Counties of Carroll and Floyd | Executive Expenditures Interstate Cooperation Public Institutions Retrenchment and Economy |
| Harold H. | Purcell | 1948 | November 22, 1958 | Counties of Fluvanna, Goochland, and Louisa | Education Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Institutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| W. Griffith | Purcell | 1950 | 1957 | City of Richmond | Counties Cities and Towns Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation Welfare |
| DuVal | Radford | 1948 | 1953 | County of Bedford | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy Welfare |
| Arthur H. | Richardson | 1946 | Sp. 1971 | County of Dinwiddie | General Laws Library Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Institutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James W. | Roberts | 1948 | 1967 | City of Norfolk | Appropriations Immigration Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Ernest | Robertson | 1948 | Ex. 1955 | County of Roanoke | Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills General Laws Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| W. Ray | Rouse | 1952 | Ex. 1959 | County of Smyth | Executive Expenditures Federal Relations Mining and Mineral Resources Retrenchment and Economy |
| Julian H. | Rutherfoord Jr. | 1948 | 1961 | City of Roanoke | General Laws Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| V. S. | Shaffer | 1950 | May 3, 1958 | County of Shenandoah | Claims Federal Relations Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
| Harold B. | Singleton | 1942 | Ex. 1955 | County of Amherst; City of Lynchburg | Courts of Justice Insurance and Banking Public Institutions Public Property |
| D. French | Slaughter | 1944 | 1953 | Counties of Culpeper and Rappahannock | Currency and Commerce (Chair) Agriculture Appropriations Public Property |
| Vernon C. | Smith | 1952 | 1961 | County of Buchanan | House Expenses Insurance and Banking Mining and Mineral Resources Roads and Internal Navigation |
| W. Roy | Smith | 1952 | 1973 | City of Petersburg | Education Enrolled Bills Federal Relations Finance |
| Bayard Manning | Spencer | 1952 | 1953 | Counties of Lunenburg and Mecklenburg | Agriculture Executive Expenditures Officers and Offices at the Capitol Welfare |
| Walter Carl | Spencer | 1950 | 1953 | City of Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Federal Relations Labor |
| James O. | Stickley | 1946 | February 13, 1952 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Library (Chair) Finance General Laws Immigration |
| Cecil Wood | Taylor | 1948 | 1953 | City of Lynchburg | Appropriations Currency and Commerce Library Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
| J. Randolph | Tucker Jr. | 1950 | 1957 | City of Richmond | Finance General Laws Labor Retrenchment and Economy |
| Charles Francis | Unruh | 1944 | 1953 | Counties of King George, Northumberland and Westmoreland | Retrenchment and Economy (Chair) Agriculture Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures 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 |
| William Anthony | Walton | 1950 | November 25, 1953 | Counties of Prince George and Surry; City of Hopewell | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Game and Inland Fisheries |
| John L. | Whitehead | 1952 | 1957 | County of Montgomery; City of Radford | Education Federal Relations Immigration Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Robert | Whitehead | 1942 | June 8, 1960 | Counties of Nelson and Amherst | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Claims Education Finance |
| Joseph J. | Williams Jr. | 1938 | 1961 | County of Henrico | Courts of Justice (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Printing Public Institutions Rules |
| Jack W. | Witten | 1944 | 1957 | County of Tazewell | Mining and Mineral Resources (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Institutions |
| Landon Russell | Wyatt | 1944 | 1953 | City of Danville | Federal Relations (Chair) Appropriations Counties Cities and Towns Nominations and Confirmations |
*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.