1844-1845 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 2 1844
- End Date: Feb 22 1845
- Notes: Session: December 2, 1844 to February 22, 1845
- Journal Link:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014925634;view=1up;seq=7
- Speaker:
Valentine Wood Southall
- Clerk:
George Wythe Munford
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel C. Anderson | Prince Edward | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert A. Banks | Madison | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) Militia Laws Propositions and Grievances |
| Aaron Barnes | Roanoke | Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William R. Baskerville | Mecklenburg | Schools and Colleges |
| Benjamin Bassel | Harrison | First Auditor's Office Register's Office |
| William C. Batte | Greensville | Clerk's Office |
| Frederick G.L. Beuhring | Cabell and Wayne | First Auditor's Office |
| John R. Billups | Mathews and Middlesex | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Robert Blackwell | Lunenberg | Clerk's Office |
| Elijah H. H. Blick | Brunswick | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| Charles Blue | Hampshire | Banks Militia Laws |
| Robert B. Bolling | Petersburg | Public Libraries (Chair) Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Lemuel J. Bowden | James City, York and Williamsburg | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| Andrew S. Broaddus | Caroline | Schools and Colleges Treasurer's Accounts |
| Edmund Broadus | Culpeper | Finance (Chair) |
| Andrew Brooks | Franklin | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Bazeleel Brown | Albemarle | Claims Finance |
| Frederick M. Cabell | Nelson | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) |
| Andrew W. Cameron | Bath | |
| Robert Campbell | Bedford | Clerk's Office (Chair) |
| James H. Carson | Frederick | Banks Militia Laws |
| Chastain Cocke | Powhatan | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel Cootes | Rockingham | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| George Cowan | Russell | Claims Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Raleigh T. Daniel | Richmond City | Banks (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Thomas H. Daniel | Prince George | Banks Bonds of Public Officers Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas Davis | Orange and Greene | Finance Privileges and Elections |
| William B. Davis | King and Queen | Claims Clerk's Office |
| Robert M. Denison | Shenandoah | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| John H. Dey | Princess Anne | Claims |
| William Dillard | Surry | First Auditor's Office |
| Daniel M. Edgington | Ohio | Banks Finance Privileges and Election Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Elias Edmunds | Fauquier | Claims |
| John R. Edmunds | Halifax | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Henry Farley | Logan | Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Elkanah Flanary | Lee | Armory |
| Thomas H. Flood | Buckingham | Claims Treasurer's Accounts |
| Thomas Fox | Campbell | Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Frantz | Roanoke | |
| William Frazier | Augusta | Courts of Justice |
| John B. Freeman | Sussex | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William H. French | Giles and Mercer | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| Andrew S. Fulton | Wythe and Pulaski | Claims (Chair) Banks Register's Office |
| John G. Fulton | Augusta | Lunatic Asylums |
| David Funsten | Warren and Clarke | Courts of Justice |
| Muscoe Garnett | Essex | Courts of Justice Public Libraries |
| John Gay | Pocahontas | Executive Expenditures |
| Shimuel Godwin | Isle of Wight | Executive Expenditures |
| Samuel E. Goodson | Washington | Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James L. Gordon | Louisa | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Alexander S. Grigsby | Fairfax | Lunatic Asylums |
| John Grubb | Loudoun | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John Hall | Mason and Jackson | Executive Expenditures |
| Samuel Hamilton | Monroe | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William Hamilton | Preston | Executive Expenditures Treasurer's Accounts |
| George D. Happer | Norfolk County | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| James J. Harrison | Brunswick | Second Auditor's Office |
| Lewis E. Harvie | Amelia | Banks Finance Public Libraries |
| Aylett Hawes | King William | Lunatic Asylums Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel L. Hays | Braxton and Lewis | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures Treasurer's Accounts |
| John G. Hedgman | Stafford | Armory Executive Expenditures |
| John W. Helms | Floyd | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Benjamin Hiner | Pendleton | Clerk's Office |
| James Hobson | Cumberland | Bonds of Public Officers Treasurer's Accounts |
| John J. Jackson | Wood and Ritchie | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| James Kane | Scott | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Zedekiah Kidwell | Marion | Public Libraries |
| Thomas J. Kilby | Nansemond | Enrolled Bills Second Auditor's Office |
| Richmond T. Lacy | Charles City and New Kent | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| James Lanier | Pittsylvania | Banks Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| Douglass B. Layne | Alleghany | Claims |
| Walter D. Leake | Goochland | Banks Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| Charles Carter Lee | Hardy | Schools and Colleges |
| Jonathan Lovett | Frederick | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office |
| James W. F. Macrae | Prince William | Public Library |
| John Marshall | Fauquier | Public Libraries |
| John H. Marshall | Charlotte | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Hiram Martz | Rockingham County | Armory |
| John Mayo | Lancaster and Richmond County | Lunatic Asylums |
| Joel McPherson | Greenbrier | Militia Laws Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John McPherson | Page | Claims Register's Office |
| Sherwin McRae | Henrico | Armory Privileges and Elections Public Libraries Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William Middleton | Northumberland | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Miller | Brooke | Register's Office |
| Hubbard T. Minor | Spotsylvania | Executive Expenditures Lunatic Asylums |
| David E. Moore | Rockbridge | Armory (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| William M. Moseley | Buckingham | Banks First Auditor's Office |
| Jacob Myers | Berkeley | Armory |
| Charles W. Newlon | Taylor | Banks Schools and Colleges |
| John O'Ferrall | Morgan | Second Auditor's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Asa Oliver | Nottoway | Agriculture and Manufactures Claims |
| William C. Parks | Grayson | Executive Expenditures Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John Parriott | Marshall | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Barrett G. Payne | Fluvanna | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| Harvey G. Peery | Tazewell | Armory Penitentiary |
| Edmund Pendleton | Berkeley | Courts of Justice |
| Edward P. Pitts | Accomack | Courts of Justice Public Libraries |
| Stephen P. Pool | Mecklenburg | Clerk's Office |
| Robert J. Poulson | Accomack | Bonds of Public Officers Finance |
| Paulus Powell | Amherst | Claims |
| William B. Preston | Montgomery and Pulaski | Courts of Justice (Chair) Finance |
| Sanford J. Ramey | Loudoun | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| John T. Rice | Westmoreland | Enrolled Bills Second Auditor's Office |
| Augustine W. Robins | Gloucester | Agriculture and Manufactures Claims Lunatic Asylums |
| Reaves S. Scruggs | Bedford | Register's Office |
| Nicholas M. Sebrell | Southampton | Lunatic Asylums |
| Daniel Smith | Kanawha | Register's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Valentine Wood Southall | Albemarle | |
| James M. Stephenson | Tyler | Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Daniel Stickley | Shenandoah | First Auditor's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John B. Stovall | Halifax | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| William A. Street | Franklin | Armory Claims |
| James French Strother | Rappahannock | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Henry Sturm | Randolph and Barbour | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas M. Tate | Smyth | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| Robert E. Taylor | Norfolk Borough | Banks Courts of Justice |
| Timothy Taylor | Loudoun | Militia Laws |
| John W. Thompson | Botetourt | Agriculture and Manufactures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William F. Thompson | Dinwiddie | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Lunatic Asylums |
| Richard H. Toler | Campbell | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| Benjamin T. Towner | Jefferson | Enrolled Bills Second Auditor's Office |
| Crawford Turner | Patrick | Clerk's Office |
| William F. Turner | Jefferson | Schools and Colleges |
| Francis Tyree | Fayette and Nicholas | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| Henry Van Buren | Bath | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Alexander Wade | Monongalia | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Robert Wallace | King George | First Auditor's Office Militia Laws |
| John Ward | Hampshire | First Auditor's Office |
| Samuel Watts | Norfolk County | Militia Laws (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert White | Rockbridge | Register's Office (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| William P. Winfree | Chesterfield | Penitentiary |
| William D. Winston | Hanover | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Vincent Witcher | Pittsylvania | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Finance |
| Samuel W. Wood | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John T. Wootton | Henrico | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| George T. Yerby | Northampton | Penitentiary (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation 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.