1836-1837 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 5 1836
- End Date: Jun 24 1837
- Notes: Sessions: December 5, 1836 to March 31, 1837; June 12 to 24, 1837
- Speaker:
Linn Banks
- Clerk:
George Wythe Munford
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Alexander | Northumberland | First Auditor's Office |
| William R. Almond | Page | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Archibald Anderson | Louisa | Finance Treasurer's Accounts |
| Archibald Austin | Buckingham | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures Public Library |
| William E. Bailey | Surry | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| Spencer M. Ball | Fairfax | Militia Laws |
| Linn Banks | Madison | |
| Samuel Bare | Shenandoah | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas H. Bayly | Accomack | Courts of Justice |
| Lewis Beard | Loudoun | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John B. Benton | Nansemond | Penitentiary |
| Thomas Bland | Braxton and Lewis | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office |
| George Booker | Buckingham | Courts of Justice |
| John M. Botts | Henrico | Schools and Colleges |
| Elisha Boyd | Berkeley | Register's Office |
| Noble S. Braden | Loudoun | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| John Brady | Ohio | First Auditor's Office |
| Alexander Brown | Nelson | Penitentiary (Chair) |
| John T. Brown | Petersburg | Finance |
| Edward Butts | Southampton | Agriculture and Manufactures Finance |
| Andrew H. Byrd | Bath | Armory |
| William Cackley | Pocahontas | First Auditor's Office Register's Office |
| Robert Campbell | Bedford | Agriculture and Manufactures Claims |
| William Carson | Clarke and Warren | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Robert W. Carter | Lancaster and Richmond County | Banks (Chair) |
| Augustus A. Chapman | Monroe | Courts of Justice |
| Robert Christian | Charles City and New Kent | Clerk's Office (Chair) Claims |
| Clayton G. Coleman | Charles City and New Kent | |
| John B. Collier | Lee | Claims |
| Mordecai Cooke | Norfolk County | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Banks Clerk's Office |
| Isaac Cooper | Monongalia | Enrolled Bills Register's Office |
| Samuel Cootes | Rockingham | Claims |
| Samuel Cox | Grayson | Propositions and Grievances |
| Oscar Minor Crutchfield | Spotyslvania | Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William E. Cunningham | Norfolk Borough | Banks Schools and Colleges |
| John Davenport | Jefferson | Agriculture and Manufactures Finance |
| Joseph W. Davis | Smyth | Privileges and Elections |
| Harvey Deskins | Floyd | Schools and Colleges |
| Hudson M. Dickinson | Fayette and Nicholas | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Andrew Donnelly Jr. | Kanawha | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles P. Dorman | Rockbridge | Courts of Justice |
| Elias Edmonds | Fauquier | |
| John R. Edmunds | Halifax | First Auditor's Office Privileges and Elections |
| Buckner Fairfax | Preston | Armory Bonds of Public Officers |
| Henry J. Fisher | Mason and Jackson | Courts of Justice |
| Robert Fitzgerald Jr. | Nottoway | Second Auditor's Office |
| Hugh A. Garland | Mecklenburg | Schools and Colleges (Chair) |
| John Gibson | Washington | Claims |
| Robert Gillespie | Tazewell | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William L. Goggin | Bedford | Privileges and Elections |
| Charles P. Goodall | Hanover | Bonds of Public Officers Militia Laws |
| Thomas Griggs Jr. | Jefferson | Agriculture and Manufactures Finance |
| Daniel Hale | Giles | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel Hale | Franklin | Executive Expenditures Second Auditor's Office |
| Jesse Hargrave | Sussex | Privileges and Elections |
| Kenton Harper | Augusta | Armory |
| William A. Harrison | Harrison | Courts of Justice Penitentiary |
| William C. Haymond | Randolph | Public Library Schools and Colleges |
| Ambrose P. Hill | Culpeper | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) |
| John Hooe | King George | Privileges and Elections |
| Henry Laurens Hopkins | Powhatan | |
| James R. Hubard | Princess Anne | Executive Expenditures |
| Houlder Hudgins | Mathews and Middlesex | Executive Expenditures |
| R. M. T. Hunter | Essex | Schools and Colleges |
| William Jessee | Russell | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary Privileges and Elections |
| James Jett | Westmoreland | Clerk's Office Second Auditor's Office |
| William R. Johnson | Chesterfield | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| Samuel Johnston | Morgan | Clerk's Office |
| Douglass B. Layne | Alleghany | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Penitentiary |
| George T. F. Lorimer | Essex | Schools and Colleges |
| Robert T. Luckett | Loudoun | Finance Second Auditor's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| James Madison | Prince Edward | |
| James B. Mallory | Brunswick | Armory (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Edward C. Marshall | Fauquier | Public Library Schools and Colleges |
| John Marshall | Lunenberg | Register's Office |
| George W. Martin | Henry | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| John F. May | Petersburg | |
| Thomas McAllister | Cabell | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert McCandlish | James City, York, and Williamsburg | Schools and Colleges |
| John McCauley | Montgomery | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William McCoy Jr. | Pendleton | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| John McMillan | Brooke | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Jacob Michaux | Powhatan | |
| Fleming B. Miller | Botetourt | Courts of Justice Public Library |
| Anderson Moffett | Rockingham | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office |
| John Moncure | Stafford | Banks Register's Office |
| Samuel McD. Moore | Rockbridge | Schools and Colleges |
| John Mullen | Hardy | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John W. Murdaugh | Norfolk County | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Alexander Newman | Marshall | Penitentiary |
| William Nixon | Hampshire | Propositions and Grievances |
| John S. Pendleton | Rappahannock | Privileges and Elections (Chair) |
| John Peter | Jefferson | Militia Laws |
| Robert J. Poulson | Accomack | First Auditor's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| James Powell | Amherst | Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
| Thomas J. Randolph | Albemarle | Public Library (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| James M. Redd | Patrick | First Auditor's Office |
| John D. Richardson | Charlotte | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Absalom Rinker | Shenandoah | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Ripley | Tyler | Propositions and Grievances |
| Alexander Rives | Albemarle | Finance (Chair) |
| Edgar W. Robinson | Frederick | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| George Rogers | Mecklenberg | Executive Expenditures Register's Office |
| Archibald Samuel | Caroline | Propositions and Grievances |
| Abraham Samuels | Wood | Schools and Colleges |
| James Saunders | Campbell | |
| William C. Scott | Powhatan | Executive Expenditures |
| Joseph Segar | Northampton | Privileges and Elections |
| Samuel B. Servant | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Treasurer's Accounts |
| James T. Shadwick | King William | Privileges and Elections |
| William Shands | Prince George | Courts of Justice |
| Wilson K. Shinn | Harrison | Register's Office |
| Thomas Sloan | Hampshire | Claims |
| Arthur Smith | Isle of Wight | Militia Laws (Chair) |
| Ballard Smith | Greenbrier | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Finance |
| John B. D. Smith | Frederick | Banks Militia Laws |
| Thomas Smith | Gloucester | Public Library |
| Robert V. Snodgrass | Berkeley | Armory |
| Robert Spear | Scott | |
| Robert Speer | Scott | Claims |
| Thomas Spencer | Greensville | Privileges and Elections |
| Robert Stanard | Richmond City | Courts of Justice (Chair) Banks |
| John Stanger | Wythe | Propositions and Grievances |
| Gideon A. Strange | Fluvanna | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Stratton | Logan | Claims |
| Alexander H. H. Stuart | Augusta | Courts of Justice |
| Paul Taylor | Halifax | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| Whitmell P. Tunstall | Pittsylvania | Courts of Justice |
| Charles Turnbull | Brunswick | Claims Finance |
| Alfred J. Vaughan | Dinwiddie | Agriculture and Manufactures Bonds of Public Officers |
| Nathaniel E. Venable | Prince Edward | |
| Joseph S. Watkins | Goochland | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| John F. Wiley | Amelia | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| William J. Willey | Monongalia | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John W. Williams | Prince William | Finance Penitentiary |
| Samuel C. Williams | Shenandoah | |
| John Wills | Campbell | Clerk's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Allen Wilson | Cumberland | Bonds of Public Officers Roads and Internal Navigation |
| George W. Wilson | Botetourt | Courts of Justice Militia Laws |
| Vincent Witcher | Pittsylvania | Claims (Chair) |
| Robert W. Withers | Campbell | Armory Banks |
| Wyley P. Woods | Franklin | Claims |
| John Woolfolk | Orange | Register's Office (Chair) Courts of Justice Public Library |
| David P. Wright | King and Queen | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Charles Yancey | Buckingham |
*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.