1847-1848 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 6 1847
- End Date: Apr 5 1848
- Notes: Session: December 6, 1847 to April 5, 1848
- Speaker:
James French Strother
- Clerk:
George Wythe Munford
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Edmund R. Allen | Accomack | Register's Office |
| James Allen | Hampshire | Claims |
| Madison Allen | Giles and Mercer | Militia Laws |
| William H. Anderson | Nottoway | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas Bambrick | Brooke | Executive Expenditures Schools and Colleges |
| John S. Barbour Jr. | Culpeper | Banks Privileges and Elections |
| Naason Bare | Rockingham | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Bayse | Northumberland | Propositions and Grievances |
| Lewis Beard | Loudoun | Armory Schools and Colleges |
| Francis M. Boykin | Isle of Wight | Clerk's Office Militia |
| William Briggs | Sussex | Armory Second Auditor's Office |
| Andrew Brooks | Franklin | Clerk's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Thomas Brown | Berkeley | Claims |
| Christopher T. Browne | Mathews and Middlesex | Propositions and Grievances |
| John S. Burdett | Taylor | Schools and Colleges Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William M. Burwell | Bedford | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas Buswell | Page | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William Cackley | Pocahontas | Agriculture and Manufactures Treasurer's Accounts |
| Edward Camm | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Lunatic Asylums Militia Laws |
| John Carroll | Grayson and Carroll . | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| Hannibal Chandler | Westmoreland | Claims Executive Expenditures Militia |
| Zaccheus E. Cheatham | Appomattox | Claims |
| Oden G. Clay | Campbell | |
| Thomas C. Clopton | Gloucester | Public Library Treasurer's Accounts |
| Chastain Cocke | Powhatan | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Henry E. Coleman | Mecklenberg | First Auditor's Office Schools and Colleges |
| John Colson Jr. | Lee | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Eustace Conway | Spotsylvania | Schools and Colleges |
| William M. Cook | Roanoke | Finance Propositions and Grievances |
| Leopold C. P. Cowper | Norfolk County | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| John H. Custis | Accomack | Armory |
| Richard F. Darracott | Hanover | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) |
| George W. Dice | Pendleton | Enrolled Bills Militia Laws |
| Charles P. Dorman | Rockbridge | Finance (Chair) Militia |
| Daniel M. Edgington | Ohio | Claims (Chair) Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Upton Edmondson | Lunenberg | Agriculture and Manufactures Bonds of Public Officers |
| John B. Floyd | Washington | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles B. Gardner | Montgomery and Pulaski | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Thomas H. Gillespie | Tazewell | Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John W. Gilliam | Dinwiddie | Register's Office Second Auditor's Office |
| William S. Goodwin | Southampton | Public Library |
| James Greer | Mason and Jackson | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Charles Guerrant | Goochland | Treasurer's Accounts |
| John D. Hamilton | Bath | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| George D. Happer | Norfolk County | Propositions and Grievances |
| David Hargrave | Surry | Penitentiary Register's Office |
| James F. Harper | Rockbridge | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances Schools and Colleges |
| Burr W. Harrison | Loudoun | Banks Courts of Justice |
| George W. Harrison | Brunswick | Executive Expenditures |
| William D. Hart | Albemarle | Schools and Colleges |
| Lewis E. Harvie | Amelia | Banks Finance |
| Thomas S. Haymond | Marion | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Asa Hiett | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) |
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| Hiram Hill | Fayette and Nicholas | Second Auditor's Office |
| John N. Hill | Shenandoah | Register's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| Joseph L. Howard | Floyd | Armory |
| William Howard | James City, York and Williamsburg | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| Edward B. Jacobs | Warren and Clarke | Militia Laws Second Auditor's Office |
| Daniel Jasper | Prince William | Finance |
| Chapman Johnson | Augusta | Banks Penitentiary |
| Joseph Johnson | Harrison and Doddridge | Clerk's Office (Chair) Banks |
| Alexander Jones | Chesterfield | Courts of Justice |
| John Winston Jones | Chesterfield | Courts of Justice |
| Hugh H. Kelly | Nansemond | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| Richmond T. Lacy | Charles City and New Kent | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| John A. Lancaster | Henrico | Penitentiary (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James Lanier | Pittsylvania | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) |
| Douglass B. Layne | Alleghany | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) Penitentiary |
| Henry Maclin | Greensville | Enrolled Bills Public Library |
| John F. Maclin | Brunswick | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Samuel B. Major | Halifax | Executive Expenditures Propositions and Grievances |
| Hiram Martz | Rockingham County | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Joseph Mayo | Richmond City | Banks Courts of Justice Finance |
| John F. McElhenney | Russell | First Auditor's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| Allen McGinnis | Cabell and Wayne | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Addison McLaughlin | Braxton, Lewis, and Gilmer | Privileges and Elections |
| Joseph McMurran | Jefferson | Claims |
| John C. Meredith | Louisa | Bonds of Public Officers Claims |
| Andrew Michael | Morgan | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| Richard Cassius Lee Moncure | Stafford | Courts of Justice |
| William A. Moncure | Caroline | Claims |
| Issac Morgan | Logan and Boone | Agriculture and Manufactures First Auditor's Office |
| William H. Morison | Scott | Claims |
| Charles L. Mosby | Campbell | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William M. Moseley | Buckingham | Executive Expenditures |
| Cincinnatus W. Newton | Norfolk City | Militia Laws (Chair) |
| M. B. Nowlin | Campbell | |
| Wylie H. Oldham | Marshall | Register's Office (Chair) Claims |
| George Pannill Jr. | Orange and Greene | Banks Clerk's Office |
| Andrew Parks | Kanawha | Courts of Justice Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles Perrow | Nelson | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| Paulus Powell | Amherst | Banks Claims |
| Samuel Price | Greenbrier | Courts of Justice |
| Alfred Rector | Fauquier | Agriculture and Manufactures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert G. Rives | Prince George | Clerk's Office |
| Lawrence Roane | Essex | Armory (Chair) Lunatic Asylums |
| George J. Roberts | Charlotte | Bonds of Public Officers |
| John Scott | Preston | First Auditor's Office |
| Robert E. Scott | Fauquier | Courts of Justice (Chair) |
| Reaves S. Scruggs | Bedford | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| William Seymour | Hardy | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Hugh White Sheffey | Augusta | Lunatic Asylums Privileges and Elections |
| Edgar Snowden | Alexandria | Banks |
| James M. Stephenson | Wood, Ritchie and Doddridge | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Finance |
| James E. Stewart | Berkeley | Finance Militia |
| George Stillman | Fluvanna | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Bonds of Public Officers |
| John W. Stone | Princess Anne | Armory Claims |
| John B. Stovall | Halifax | Finance Privileges and Elections |
| James French Strother | Rappahannock | |
| Henry Sturm | Randolph and Barbour | Treasurer's Accounts |
| John W. Syme | Petersburg | Banks (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Richard M. Taliaferro | Franklin | Penitentiary Public Library |
| Caleb Tanzey | Monongalia | Armory |
| Thomas M. Tate | Smyth | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Finance Lunatic Asylums |
| Henry W. Wirtz Thomas | Fairfax | Courts of Justice |
| John A. Thompson | Jefferson | Privileges and Elections Second Auditor's Office |
| John W. Thompson | Botetourt | Agriculture and Manufactures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William M. Thornton | Cumberland | Banks Executive Expenditures |
| Harrison B. Tomlin | King William | Agriculture and Manufactures Privileges and Elections |
| Whitmell P. Tunstall | Pittsylvania | Public Library (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Crawford Turner | Patrick | First Auditor's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| E. B. Turner | Henry | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Travis J. Twyman | Madison | Schools and Colleges |
| John H. Vawter | Monroe | Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
| John F. Wall | Frederick | Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert Wallace | King George | Finance |
| George Walton | Wythe and Pulaski | Bonds of Public Officers Schools and Colleges |
| Egbert R. Watson | Albemarle | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Public Library |
| William Webb Jr. | Lancaster and Richmond County | Clerk's Office Second Auditor's Office |
| James G. West | Tyler, Doddridge, and Wetzel | Bonds of Public Officers Enrolled Bills |
| Robert J. T. White | Loudoun | Clerk's Office Enrolled Bills Militia Laws |
| Stephen D. Whittle | Mecklenberg | Courts of Justice |
| Benjamin W. Womack | Prince Edward | Schools and Colleges Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Algernon R. Wood | Frederick | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Public Library |
| David P. Wright | King and Queen | Claims Lunatic Asylums |
| Henry S. Wunder | Shenandoah | First Auditor's Office |
| George T. Yerby | Northampton | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
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