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 Accomack and Northampton | Appropriations (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and Economy Rules |
| George E. | Allen Jr. | 1954 | 1981 Sp. | City of Richmond | Auditing Claims Education Finance |
| John Bradie | Allman | January 8, 1958 | July 8, 1958 | County of Franklin | Militia and Police (Chair) Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Norman C. | Bailey | 1944 | 1957 | Counties of Madison, Culpeper and Orange | Labor (Chair) Insurance and Banking Roads and Internal Navigation Welfare |
| Tennyson M. | Bates | 1948 | Ex. 1955 | County of Wise | Currency and Commerce (Chair) Agriculture Appropriations Claims 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 E. | Blackburn | 1954 | 1957 | City of Lynchburg | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Library Public Property |
| John B. | Boatwright Sr. | 1936 | 1959 Ex. | Counties of Buckingham, Appomattox 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 |
| Orby L. | Cantrell | 1952 | April 29, 1982 | County of Wise | Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures Public Property |
| Russell M. | Carneal | 1954 | 1973 | Counties of Charles City, James City, New Kent, and York; City of Williamsburg | Claims Courts of Justice Public Institutions Welfare |
| Henry Stuart | Carter | 1948 | Ex. 1959 | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Interstate Cooperation (Chair) Courts of Justice Education Game and Inland Fisheries |
| Stuart Barns | Carter | 1950 | Ex. 1955 | Counties of Botetourt and Craig | Public Property (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| William F. | Carter | 1954 | 1957 | Counties of Henry and Patrick; City of Martinsville | Claims Federal Relations Public Property Welfare |
| 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 | Counties of Augusta and Highland; Cities of Staunton and Waynesboro | Nominations and Confirmations (Chair) Courts of Justice Education Welfare |
| Willis E. | Cohoon | December 2, 1952 | 1960 | County of Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
| Michael McHale | Collins | 1952 | Ex. 1955 | County of Allegheny; City of Clifton Forge | Finance Labor Mining and Mineral Resources Privileges and Elections |
| E. C. | Compton | 1954 | 1961 | Counties of Albemarle and Greene | Agriculture Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Finance |
| John Warren | Cooke | 1942 | 1979 | Counties of Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Finance Nominations and Confirmations Privileges and Elections |
| Montague G. | Cox | 1954 | Ex. 1955 | County of Grayson | Counties Cities and Towns Education Retrenchment and Economy Welfare |
| 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; City of Virginia Beach | 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 | Insurance and Banking (Chair) Game and Inland Fisheries Nominations and Confirmations Privileges and Elections |
| Felix E. | Edmunds | 1948 | Ex. 1963 | Counties of Augusta and Highland; Cities of Staunton and Waynesboro | Appropriations Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Walter C. | Elliott | 1952 | Ex. 1965 | County of Russell | Finance General Laws Labor Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Minetree | Folkes Jr. | 1954 | Ex. 1959 | Counties of Chesterfield and Henrico; City of Colonial Heights | Currency and Commerce Privileges and Elections Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas N. | Frost | 1952 | Ex. 1969 | Counties of Fauquier and Rappahannock | Agriculture Appropriations Claims Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Wrendo Marion | Godwin | 1948 | Ex. 1955 | County of Accomack | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Agriculture Chesapeake and Its Tributaries General Laws |
| Henry B. | Gordon | 1948 | 1957 | 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 |
| Conley Erwin | Greear | 1952 | 1957 | County of Scott | Education Interstate Cooperation Labor Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Charles E. | Green Jr. | 1954 | 1961 | County of Bedford | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Education Executive Expenditures |
| Kossen | Gregory | 1954 | Ex. 1963 | City of Roanoke | Finance House Expenses Mining and Mineral Resources Welfare |
| George H. | Hill | 1954 | 1967 | County of Warwick | Education Game and Inland Fisheries Immigration Insurance and Banking |
| Omer L. | Hirst | 1954 | Ex. 1959 | County of Fairfax; City of Falls Church | Claims Library Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Shirley T. | Holland | 1946 | Ex. 1965 | Counties of Isle of Wight, Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Welfare (Chair) Appropriations Insurance and Banking Interstate Cooperation |
| Lawrence H. | Hoover | Ex. December 2, 1952 | 1965 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
| Edward M. | Hudgins | 1952 | Ex. 1965 | County of Chesterfield; City of Colonial Heights | 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 Game and Inland Fisheries Immigration Insurance and Banking |
| Charles K. | Hutchens | 1938 | 1967 | City of Newport News | Finance (Chair) Labor Militia and Police Privileges and Elections Rules |
| 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 | City of Hampton | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Edward E. | Lane | 1954 | 1977 | City of Richmond | Education Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking Welfare |
| Paris I. | Leadbetter | 1954 | 1961 | Counties of Prince George and Surry; City of Hopewell | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Game and Inland Fisheries Welfare |
| 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 | Counties of Rockbridge and Bath; City of Buena Vista | Game and Inland Fisheries (Chair) Agriculture Appropriations Public Institutions |
| John A. | MacKenzie | 1954 | 1957 | City of Portsmouth | Enrolled Bills Finance Game and Inland Fisheries Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| J. Maynard | Magruder | 1944 | Ex.1955 | County of Arlington | Counties Cities and Towns (Chair) Federal Relations House Expenses Insurance and Banking Interstate Cooperation |
| C. Harrison | Mann Jr. | 1954 | Ex. 1969 | County of Arlington | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Game and Inland Fisheries Immigration |
| Paul W. | Manns | 1952 | Ex. 1965 | Counties of Caroline, King George, 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 | Federal Relations (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns 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) |
| Garnett S. | Moore | 1954 | Sp. 1971 | County of Pulaski | Mining and Mineral Resources Officers Courts of Justice a |
| George L. | Munford | 1954 | 1957 | Counties of Greensville and Sussex | Labor Nominations and Confirmations Privileges and Elections Public Property |
| W. Tayloe | Murphy Sr. | 1948 | Ex. 1959 | Counties of Northumberland, Westmoreland, 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 | Printing (Chair) Courts of Justice Library Privileges and Elections |
| C. Nelson | Payne | 1952 | September 27, 1954 | County of Pittsylvania | Agriculture Education Enrolled Bills Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| H. Clyde | Pearson | 1954 | July 30, 1956 | County of Lee | Game and Inland Fisheries Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol Welfare |
| Nathaniel W. | Pendleton | 1954 | Ex. 1963 | County of Wythe | Agriculture Federal Relations Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Glyn R. | Phillips | 1952 | Ex.1955 | Counties of Buchanan and Dickenson | Agriculture Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources Public Property |
| Lucas D. | Phillips | 1954 | 1972 | County of Loudoun | Federal Relations Finance General Laws Public Property |
| Theodore C. | Pilcher | 1954 | Ex. 1965 | City of Norfolk | Claims Insurance and Banking Labor Welfare |
| Frederick Gresham | Pollard | 1950 | Ex. 1965 | City of Richmond | Appropriations Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol Retrenchment and Economy |
| Samuel E. | Pope | February 15, 1946 | 1973 | County of Southampton | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Agriculture Education Printing Public Institutions |
| Charles D. | Price | 1950 | Ex. 1965 | Counties of Page and Warren | Agriculture General Laws Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Joseph E. | Proffit | 1952 | 1957 | Counties of Carroll and Floyd | Agriculture 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 | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Welfare |
| Arthur H. | Richardson | 1946 | Sp. 1971 | County of Dinwiddie; City of Petersburg | Library (Chair) General Laws Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Institutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John F. | Rixey | 1954 | Ex. 1959 | City of Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Counties Cities and Towns Immigration |
| 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 |
| Toy D. | Savage Jr. | 1954 | Ex. 1963 | City of Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures |
| 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 | Public Institutions (Chair) Courts of Justice Insurance and Banking Public Property |
| R. Maclin | Smith | 1954 | 1971 | Counties of Brunswick and Lunenburg | Agriculture Counties Cities and Towns House Expenses Labor |
| 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 | County of Dinwiddie; City of Petersburg | Appropriations Education Enrolled Bills Federal Relations |
| William B. | Spong Jr. | 1954 | Ex. 1955 | City of Portsmouth | Education Federal Relations General Laws Public Property |
| Kathryn H. | Stone | 1954 | Ex. 1965 | County of Arlington | General Laws Immigration Public Institutions Welfare |
| William F. | Stone | 1954 | 1957 | Counties of Henry and Patrick; City of Martinsville | Game and Inland Fisheries General Laws Nominations and Confirmations Printing |
| Eugene B. | Sydnor Jr. | 1954 | Ex.October 5, 1955 | City of Richmond | Appropriations Enrolled Bills Immigration Printing |
| J. Randolph | Tucker Jr. | 1950 | 1957 | City of Richmond | Retrenchment and Economy (Chair) Finance General Laws Labor |
| Charles Montgomery | Waldrop | 1940 | 1957 | Counties of Amelia, Powhatan, 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 |
| Charles W. | Wampler Jr. | 1954 | Ex. 1965 | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Agriculture Finance Labor Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
| C. Stuart | Wheatley Jr. | 1954 | Ex. 1959 | City of Danville | Counties Cities and Towns Finance Militia and Police Retrenchment and Economy |
| Hunt M. | Whitehead | 1958 | Ex. 1959 | County of Pittsylvania | Agriculture Currency and Commerce Militia and Police Public Property |
| John L. | Whitehead | 1952 | 1957 | County of Montgomery; City of Radford | Appropriations 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 |
*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.