1848-1849 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 4 1848
- End Date: Aug 17 1849
- Notes: Sessions: December 4, 1848 to March 19, 1849; May 28 to June 4, 1849; June 11 to August 17, 1849
- Journal Link:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014925675
- Speaker:
Henry Laurens Hopkins
- Clerk:
George Wythe Munford
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| James Allen | Hampshire | Claims Militia Laws |
| James P. Arnett | Marion | Schools and Colleges |
| William B. Aston | Russell | Propositions and Grievances |
| Elijah P. Baily | Giles and Mercer | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
| John S. Barbour Jr. | Culpeper | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| David Barnett | Montgomery and Pulaski | Clerk's Office |
| Benjamin Bassel | Harrison and Doddridge | Clerk's Office (Chair) |
| Thomas Basye | Northumberland | Armory |
| Lewis Beard | Loudoun | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
| Christopher J. Beirne | Monroe | Penitentiary (Chair) |
| William L. Boak | Berkeley | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| P. F. Boisseau | Amelia | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Edwin G. Booth | Nottoway | Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas J. Boyd | Wythe and Pulaski | Bonds of Public Officers |
| Josiah Boyers | Tyler, Doddridge, and Wetzel | Enrolled Bills Treasurer's Accounts |
| Francis M. Boykin | Isle of Wight | Banks Lunatic Asylums |
| John S. Burdett | Taylor | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William M. Burwell | Bedford | Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas Buswell | Page | Militia Laws Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Thomas B. Butt | Norfolk County | Register's Office (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Andrew H. Byrd | Bath and Highland | Agriculture and Manufactures
Treasurer's Accounts |
| B. W. Byrne | Braxton, Lewis, and Gilmer | Register's Office |
| William Cackley | Pocahontas | Second Auditor's Office |
| Wyatt Cardwell | Charlotte | Claims |
| John Carroll | Grayson and Carroll . | Propositions and Grievances |
| Zaccheus E. Cheatham | Appomattox | Claims Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Nathaniel C. Claiborne | Franklin | Courts of Justice |
| Thomas N. Clarke | Essex | Agriculture and Manufactures Penitentiary |
| Charles Clendenin | Mason, Putnam, Wirt, and Jackson | Claims Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Thomas C. Clopton | Gloucester | Clerk's Office Lunatic Asylums |
| Henry E. Coleman | Mecklenberg | Public Library Schools and Colleges |
| Henry B. Collins | Wood, Wirt, Ritchie, and Doddridge | Clerk's Office Enrolled Bills |
| Eustace Conway | Spotsylvania | Banks (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William M. Cook | Roanoke | Finance Propositions and Grievances |
| Leopold C. P. Cowper | Norfolk County | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| Richard F. Darracott | Hanover | Agriculture and Manufactures Public Library |
| T. J. DeCamps | Brooke and Hancock | Register's Office |
| William Dillard | Amherst | |
| James B. Dorman | Rockbridge | Militia Laws (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| Upton Edmondson | Lunenberg | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory |
| Thomas W. Edwards | Loudoun | Executive Expenditures |
| William H. Edwards | Franklin | Executive Expenditures |
| Buckner Fairfax | Preston | First Auditor's Office |
| Charles James Faulkner | Berkeley | Public Libraries (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| James H. Ferguson | Logan and Boone | Courts of Justice |
| Louis C. H. Finney | Accomack | Register's Office |
| John B. Floyd | Washington | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| William W. Forbes | Buckingham | Register's Office |
| Ira Fugate | Scott | Claims |
| Hervey George | Tazewell | Schools and Colleges Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| David Goff | Randolph and Barbour | First Auditor's Office |
| Samuel E. Goodson | Washington | |
| Thomas Grasty | Pittsylvania | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert G. Griffin | Southampton | First Auditor's Office |
| Charles Guerrant | Goochland | Agriculture and Manufactures Militia Laws |
| Robert C. Gustin | Morgan | Armory Clerk's Office |
| David Hargrave | Surry | Bonds of Public Officers Penitentiary |
| Addison Harper | Rockingham | First Auditor's Office |
| William O. Harris | Louisa | Bonds of Public Officers Claims |
| Benoni E. Harrison | Prince William | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Burr W. Harrison | Loudoun | Banks Claims Public Library |
| George W. Harrison | Brunswick | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| William D. Hart | Albemarle | Agriculture and Manufactures Schools and Colleges |
| Joseph F. Harvey | Westmoreland | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office |
| Edward H. Herbert | Princess Anne | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Finance |
| Asa Hiett | Hampshire | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) |
| Benjamin Hiner | Pendleton and Highland | Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Laurens Hopkins | Powhatan | |
| James R. Houser | King and Queen | Claims |
| Joseph L. Howard | Floyd | |
| William Howard | James City, York and Williamsburg | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| Robert M. Hudson | Botetourt | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James Irvine | Campbell | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Henry P. Irving | Cumberland | Courts of Justice |
| Alexander Jones | Chesterfield | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| John R. Kilby | Nansemond | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| George W. Kyle | Buckingham | Register's Office |
| Richmond T. Lacy | Charles City and New Kent | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Public Library |
| James M. Laidley | Kanawha and Putnam | Executive Expenditures Propositions and Grievances |
| John A. Lancaster | Henrico | Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Michael B.D. Lane | Lee | Register's Office |
| Douglass B. Layne | Alleghany | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Henry Maclin | Greensville | Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John F. Maclin | Brunswick | Enrolled Bills Register's Office |
| Samuel B. Major | Halifax | Banks Propositions and Grievances |
| Hiram Martz | Rockingham County | Bonds of Public Officers Finance |
| Edmund W. Massey | Warren and Clarke | Armory Treasurer's Accounts |
| Joseph Mayo | Richmond City | Banks Courts of Justice Finance |
| Fielding McClung | Fayette and Nicholas | Second Auditor's Office |
| John Marshall McCue | Augusta | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| William R. McDonald | Marshall | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert C. Mitchell | Bedford | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Cassius Lee Moncure | Stafford | Courts of Justice (Chair) |
| William A. Moncure | Caroline | Clerk's Office |
| Frederick Moore | Cabell, Putnam, and Wayne | Claims |
| P. H. Mullins | Henry | Executive Expenditures |
| Morris D. Newman | Madison | Schools and Colleges |
| John E. Nicholson | Sussex | Lunatic Asylums Second Auditor's Office |
| Littleton Nock | Accomack | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Pannill Jr. | Orange and Greene | Privileges and Elections |
| James G. Paxton | Rockbridge | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles Perrow | Nelson | Executive Expenditures Propositions and Grievances |
| Philip Pittman | Shenandoah | Banks Claims |
| William Pitts | Ohio | Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Paulus Powell | Amherst | Claims (Chair) Banks |
| Samuel Price | Greenbrier | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Alfred Rector | Fauquier | Armory Second Auditor's Office |
| Robert G. Rives | Prince George | Public Library Roads and Internal Navigation |
| E. C. Robinson | Norfolk City | Banks Lunatic Asylums Militia Laws |
| Robert E. Scott | Fauquier | Courts of Justice |
| Joseph Segar | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Banks |
| Hugh White Sheffey | Augusta | Lunatic Asylums Privileges and Elections |
| Alexander K. Shepard | Mathews and Middlesex | Armory (Chair) |
| George W. Sibert | Shenandoah | Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Francis Lee Smith | Alexandria | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| George Stillman | Fluvanna | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Bonds of Public Officers |
| John B. Stovall | Halifax | Finance (Chair) |
| James French Strother | Rappahannock | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Richard M. Sydnor | Frederick | Finance |
| John W. Syme | Petersburg | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Caleb Tanzey | Monongalia | First Auditor's Office |
| Henry W. Wirtz Thomas | Fairfax | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Armory Claims |
| H. B. Thompson | Smyth | Bonds of Public Officers Treasurer's Accounts |
| John A. Thompson | Jefferson | Privileges and Elections |
| John W. Thompson | Botetourt | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Harrison B. Tomlin | King William | Privileges and Elections Public Library |
| George Townes | Pittsylvania | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Crawford Turner | Patrick | Penitentiary |
| Benjamin B. Vaughan | Dinwiddie | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Robert Wallace | King George | Second Auditor's Office |
| Egbert R. Watson | Albemarle | Privileges and Elections |
| William Webb Jr. | Lancaster and Richmond County | Clerk's Office |
| Felix B. Welton | Hardy | Claims |
| Robert J. T. White | Loudoun | Militia Laws |
| Stephen D. Whittle | Mecklenberg | Schools and Colleges (Chair) |
| John Wills | Campbell | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Algernon R. Wood | Frederick | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Enrolled Bills |
| William T. Wootton | Prince Edward | Schools and Colleges |
| William C. Worthington | Jefferson | Courts of Justice |
| George T. Yerby | Northampton | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
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