1846-1847 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 7 1846
- End Date: Mar 23 1847
- Notes: Session: December 7, 1846 to March 23, 1847
- Journal Link:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014925659;view=1up;seq=7
- Speaker:
William Osborne Goode
John Winston Jones
- Clerk:
George Wythe Munford
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel C. Anderson | Prince Edward | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| St. Clair Ballard | Logan | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Thomas Bambrick | Brooke | Schools and Colleges |
| Robert A. Banks | Madison | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Militia Laws |
| Naason Bare | Rockingham | Propositions and Grievances |
| Christopher J. Beirne | Monroe | Enrolled Bills Public Libraries |
| James Bennett | Braxton, Lewis, and Gilmer | Register's Office |
| William L. Boak | Berkeley | Claims |
| Willis P. Bocock | Buckingham | Courts of Justice (Chair) |
| John W. Breathed | Morgan | Lunatic Asylums Second Auditor's Office |
| Andrew Brown | Monongalia | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Bazeleel Brown | Albemarle | Finance Lunatic Asylums |
| John G. Brown | Rockingham | Armory |
| Christopher T. Browne | Mathews and Middlesex | Propositions and Grievances |
| John S. Burdett | Taylor | Register's Office |
| William M. Burwell | Bedford | Schools and Colleges |
| Andrew H. Byrd | Bath | |
| William Cackley | Pocahontas | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| John B. Calwell | Greenbrier | Public Libraries Register's Office |
| Wyatt Cardwell | Charlotte | Clerk's Office Enrolled Bills |
| John C. Carper | Franklin | Register's Office |
| John Carroll | Grayson and Carroll . | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| James H. Carson | Frederick | Executive Expenditures (Chair) |
| James Castleman | Warren and Clarke | Enrolled Bills Second Auditor's Office |
| Hannibal Chandler | Westmoreland | Executive Expenditures |
| Thomas P. Chisman | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Banks Bonds of Public Officers Public Libraries |
| Chastain Cocke | Powhatan | Finance Propositions and Grievances |
| William M. Cook | Roanoke | Finance |
| James W. Custis | Accomack | Armory Public Libraries |
| Thomas H. Daniel | Prince George | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Richard F. Darracott | Hanover | Propositions and Grievances Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Thomas Davis | Orange and Greene | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| James M. G. Dickinson | Caroline | Schools and Colleges |
| Overton R. Dillard | Henry | Bonds of Public Officers |
| Charles P. Dorman | Rockbridge | Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John S. Duncan | Harrison and Doddridge | Armory Bonds of Public Officers |
| Daniel M. Edgington | Ohio | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Upton Edmondson | Lunenberg | Agriculture and Manufactures Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| James P. Edmundson | Montgomery and Pulaski | Schools and Colleges |
| Samuel A.J. Evans | Floyd | Executive Expenditures |
| Buckner Fairfax | Preston | First Auditor's Office Militia Laws |
| William B. Finney | Accomack | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Edmund C. Fitzhugh | Stafford | First Auditor's Office |
| Benjamin Rush Floyd | Wythe and Pulaski | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas Fox | Campbell | Clerk's Office Propositions and Grievances |
| John B. Freeman | Sussex | Armory Banks |
| John Gaines | King and Queen | Clerk's Office (Chair) Claims |
| Thomas H. Gillespie | Tazewell | Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Shimuel Godwin | Isle of Wight | Claims Privileges and Elections |
| William Osborne Goode | Mecklenburg | |
| Samuel E. Goodson | Washington | Armory (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William S. Goodwin | Southampton | Schools and Colleges |
| Samuel Gresham | Lancaster and Richmond County | Claims |
| George D. Happer | Norfolk County | Propositions and Grievances Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| David Hargrave | Surry | Penitentiary |
| James F. Harper | Rockbridge | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| Burr W. Harrison | Loudoun | Schools and Colleges |
| George W. Harrison | Brunswick | Clerk's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William D. Hart | Albemarle | Schools and Colleges |
| Lewis E. Harvie | Amelia | Banks Finance |
| Thomas S. Haymond | Marion | Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Asa Hiett | Hampshire | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Hiram Hill | Fayette and Nicholas | Bonds of Public Officers Second Auditor's Office |
| John N. Hill | Shenandoah | Second Auditor's Office |
| Alexander R. Holladay | Spotsylvania | Claims (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| John W. Horner | Tyler, Doddridge, and Wetzel | Enrolled Bills |
| William Howard | James City, York and Williamsburg | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| Andrew Hunter | Jefferson | Claims Public Libraries |
| Henry P. Irving | Cumberland | Privileges and Elections |
| Chapman Johnson | Augusta | Enrolled Bills Finance |
| John Winston Jones | Chesterfield | Finance (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Richard P. Jones | Gloucester | First Auditor's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Hugh H. Kelly | Nansemond | Armory Lunatic Asylums |
| Richmond T. Lacy | Charles City and New Kent | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office Privileges and Elections |
| John A. Lancaster | Henrico | Armory Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James Lanier | Pittsylvania | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| Douglass B. Layne | Alleghany | Penitentiary (Chair) |
| Walter D. Leake | Goochland | Banks (Chair) Enrolled Bills Finance |
| Charles Carter Lee | Hardy | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas R. Love | Fairfax | Bonds of Public Officers |
| John F. Maclin | Brunswick | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office |
| Samuel B. Major | Halifax | Agriculture and Manufactures Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Joseph Mayo | Richmond City | Banks Privileges and Elections |
| Samuel D. McDearmon | Appomattox | Claims |
| John F. McElhenney | Russell | Penitentiary |
| C. C. McIntyre | Loudoun | Armory Privileges and Elections |
| John McPherson | Page | Militia Laws |
| William H. Morison | Scott | Clerk's Office |
| John Morris | Cabell and Wayne | Clerk's Office |
| Charles L. Mosby | Campbell | Banks Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Edwin Nelms | Northumberland | Propositions and Grievances Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Anderson M. Newman | Pendleton | Penitentiary |
| Cincinnatus W. Newton | Norfolk City | Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Wylie H. Oldham | Marshall | Claims |
| Asa Oliver | Nottoway | Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections |
| Spicer Patrick | Kanawha | Schools and Colleges |
| Charles Perrow | Nelson | Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
| John Poindexter Jr. | Louisa | Banks Privileges and Elections |
| Paulus Powell | Amherst | Claims Executive Expenditures |
| William Richmond | Lee | Agriculture and Manufactures Treasurer's Accounts |
| Lawrence Roane | Essex | Banks Lunatic Asylums |
| Thomas Robinson | King William | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) Propositions and Grievances |
| Jonas P. Schooley | Loudoun | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Robert E. Scott | Fauquier | Privileges and Elections |
| Reaves S. Scruggs | Bedford | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills |
| Hugh White Sheffey | Augusta | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| Daniel F. Slaughter | Culpeper | Claims Treasurer's Accounts |
| Adam Small | Berkeley | Armory |
| William R. Smith | Fauquier | Propositions and Grievances Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| James M. Stephenson | Wood, Ritchie and Doddridge | Register's Office (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Daniel Stickley | Shenandoah | First Auditor's Office (Chair) |
| George Stillman | Fluvanna | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Penitentiary |
| John W. Stone | Princess Anne | Claims |
| John B. Stovall | Halifax | Banks Claims Finance Privileges and Elections |
| William A. Street | Franklin | Claims Militia Laws |
| James French Strother | Rappahannock | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Finance Privileges and Elections |
| Henry Sturm | Randolph and Barbour | Propositions and Grievances |
| John W. Syme | Petersburg | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas M. Tate | Smyth | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| Edward B. Tatum | Patrick | Armory |
| Daniel Thompson | Hampshire | Agriculture and Manufactures Treasurer's Accounts |
| John W. Thompson | Botetourt | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William B. Thompson | Jefferson | Public Libraries Second Auditor's Office |
| William F. Thompson | Dinwiddie | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Lunatic Asylums |
| Whitmell P. Tunstall | Pittsylvania | Public Libraries (Chair) Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John W. Tyler | Prince William | Armory Finance |
| Charles B. Waggoner | Mason and Jackson | Agriculture and Manufactures Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William H. Walker | Greensville | Agriculture and Manufactures Clerk's Office Executive Expenditures |
| John F. Wall | Frederick | Register's Office |
| Robert Wallace | King George | First Auditor's Office Privileges and Elections |
| Samuel Watts | Norfolk County | Militia Laws (Chair) |
| Cornelius White | Giles and Mercer | Register's Office |
| Edwin A. Williams | Mecklenberg | First Auditor's Office Schools and Colleges |
| George T. Yerby | Northampton | Lunatic Asylums Penitentiary Roads and Internal Navigation |
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