1850-1851 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 2 1850
- End Date: Mar 31 1851
- Notes: Session: December 2, 1850 to March 31, 1851
- Speaker:
George Washington Hopkins
- Clerk:
George Wythe Munford
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Edmund R. Allen | Accomack | Clerk's Office (Chair) |
| James Arnold | King George | Register's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| Thomas P. August | Richmond City | Banks Finance |
| John S. Barbour Jr. | Culpeper | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| William R. Baskerville | Mecklenberg | Schools and Colleges |
| Christopher J. Beirne | Monroe | Penitentiary (Chair) Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| P. F. Boisseau | Amelia | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| Phillip A. Bolling | Cumberland | Courts of Justice |
| John J. Bowcock | Albemarle | Privileges and Elections Public Libraries |
| Thomas J. Boyd | Wythe | Finance |
| Eugenius L. Boydston | Marion | Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Francis M. Boykin | Isle of Wight | Lunatic Asylums Militia Laws Propositions and Grievances |
| Andrew Brooks | Franklin | Banks Claims |
| William A. Buckner | Caroline | First Auditor's Office (Chair) |
| William M. Burwell | Bedford | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Finance |
| Thomas Buswell | Page | Enrolled Bills Militia Laws |
| Thomas B. Butt | Norfolk County | Register's Office (Chair) |
| William Cackley | Pocahontas | Second Auditor's Committee Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Elisha Callison | Greenbrier | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Committee |
| John S. Calvert | Shenandoah | Bonds of Public Officers Penitentiary |
| John M. Campbell | Smyth | Schools and Colleges Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Thomas H. Campbell | Nottoway | Courts of Justice Public Libraries |
| Edward C. Carrington | Botetourt | Executive Expenditures |
| Isaac C. Carrington | Charlotte | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
| Luther G. Carrington | Loudoun | First Auditor's Office |
| John Carroll | Carroll | Propositions and Grievances Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Charles Carter | Albemarle | Schools and Colleges Treasurer's Accounts |
| Bowling Clarke | Campbell | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| Richard I. Cocke | Fluvanna | Courts of Justice |
| Joseph E. Cox | Petersburg | Rules (Chair) Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert Craig | Roanoke | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| Oscar Minor Crutchfield | Spotyslvania | |
| Andrew Damron | Alleghany | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| Hiram W. Dawson | Nelson | Penitentiary |
| Harvey Deskins | Floyd | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) |
| Richmond F. Dillard | Sussex | Armory |
| William Dillard | Amherst | Claims Public Libraries |
| Thomas R. Ditty | Westmoreland | Clerk's Office |
| James B. Dorman | Rockbridge | Militia Laws (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Talbot S. Duke | Jefferson | |
| Robert Dunlap | Fayette and Nicholas | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| James P. Edmundson | Montgomery and Pulaski | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas W. Edwards | Loudoun | Claims Finance |
| William H. Edwards | Franklin | Finance Lunatic Asylums |
| Buckner Fairfax | Preston | Agriculture and Manufactures Militia Laws |
| James H. Ferguson | Logan and Boone | Courts of Justice (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Louis C. H. Finney | Accomack | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) |
| Beverley R. Fleming | Halifax | Banks Propositions and Grievances |
| William C. Flournoy | Prince Edward | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William W. Forbes | Buckingham | Armory (Chair) |
| James S. Garrison | Princess Anne | Public Libraries Register's Office |
| Edward A. Goodwyn | Dinwiddie | First Auditor's Office Privileges and Elections |
| Lewis Grantham | Berkeley | Public Libraries (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James W. Gresham | Lancaster and Richmond County | Claims |
| Peter Guerrant | Goochland | Banks (Chair) |
| Richard N. Hall | Henrico | Penitentiary Schools and Colleges |
| Allen C. Hammond | Berkeley | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| Benoni E. Harrison | Prince William | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) |
| Robert T. Harvey | Mason, Putnam, Wirt, and Jackson | Militia Laws Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel L. Hays | Braxton, Lewis, and Gilmer | Claims (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert Henderson | Northumberland | Armory Register's Office |
| George Washington Hopkins | Russell County, and Washington County | |
| John W. Horner | Tyler, Doddridge, and Wetzel | Clerk's Office Propositions and Grievances |
| James R. Houser | King and Queen | Claims Register's Office |
| William M. Hume | Fauquier | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John D. Imboden | Augusta | Lunatic Asylums Privileges and Elections |
| William L. Lowther Jackson | Wood, Wirt, Ritchie, and Doddridge | Courts of Justice |
| Wellington Jenney | Marshall | Armory Treasurer's Accounts |
| John M. Jewett | Jefferson | Second Auditor's Committee |
| Mortimer H. Johnson | Taylor | Banks Finance |
| Alexander Jones | Chesterfield | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) |
| James B. Kee | Pendleton and Highland | Armory |
| Edward D. Kernan | Russell | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| John R. Kilby | Nansemond | Public Libraries Schools and Colleges |
| Burdett A. Lewis | Brunswick | Courts of Justice |
| Charles S. Lewis | Harrison and Doddridge | Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
| Hiram Martz | Rockingham County | Second Auditor's Committee (Chair) Finance |
| Edmund W. Massey | Warren and Clarke | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| William D. Massey | Alexandria | Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Alexander H. McClintic | Bath and Highland | Claims Lunatic Asylums |
| John Marshall McCue | Augusta | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Samuel D. McDearmon | Appomattox | Privileges and Elections |
| Alexander Monroe | Hampshire | Public Libraries Register's Office |
| Robert L. Montague | Mathews and Middlesex | Bonds of Public Officers Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
| Theodorick Morris | Henry | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| Richard J. Muse | Essex | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
| Griffith D. Neal | Pittsylvania | Propositions and Grievances Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William J. Neblett | Lunenberg | Armory |
| Morris D. Newman | Madison | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| George A. W. Newsom | Southampton | Militia Laws |
| Nelson Page | Cumberland | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures |
| Spicer Patrick | Kanawha and Putnam | Lunatic Asylums |
| Andrew Patterson | Rockbridge | Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| George W Pearis | Giles and Mercer | First Auditor's Office |
| Joseph K. Pendleton | Louisa | Claims Privileges and Elections |
| Philip Pittman | Shenandoah | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| William B. Power | Brunswick | Bonds of Public Officers Executive Expenditures |
| Robert G. Rives | Prince George | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation Rules |
| William J. Robertson | Patrick | Penitentiary |
| Charles W. Russell | Ohio | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert E. Scott | Fauquier | Courts of Justice |
| William C. Scott | Powhatan | Register's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| Joseph Segar | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Sebastian S. Slemp | Lee | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| George W. Southall | James City, York, and Williamsburg | Courts of Justice Lunatic Asylums |
| John M. Speed | Campbell | Banks Courts of Justice Finance |
| Robert Speer | Scott | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory |
| John B. Stovall | Halifax | Finance (Chair) Rules |
| James French Strother | Rappahannock | Courts of Justice
Finance Rules |
| Sholto T. Stuart | Fairfax | Bonds of Public Officers |
| Simon S. Stubbs | Norfolk City | Banks |
| William P. Stump | Hampshire | Claims Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Henry Sturm | Randolph and Barbour | Agriculture and Manufactures Claims |
| Charles F. Suttle | Stafford | Clerk's Office First Auditor's Office |
| Richard M. Sydnor | Frederick | Agriculture and Manufactures Bonds of Public Officers |
| William Booth Taliaferro | Gloucester | Courts of Justice |
| Harrison B. Tomlin | King William | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Rules |
| Daniel Tompkins | Bedford | Propositions and Grievances Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Lemuel Vanorsdall | Morgan | Clerk's Office |
| John F. Wall | Frederick | Banks Militia Laws |
| Francis Warman | Monongalia | Finance |
| Jeremiah Wellman | Cabell, Putnam, and Wayne | Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges Treasurer's Accounts |
| Nathaniel Wells | Brooke and Hancock | Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Felix B. Welton | Hardy | Claims Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| James W. Wheadon | Surry | Clerk's Office Second Auditor's Committee |
| Simeon Wheeler | Norfolk County | Courts of Justice Lunatic Asylums |
| Chastain White | Hanover | Schools and Colleges Second Auditor's Committee |
| Thomas H. Wilcox | Charles City and New Kent | Armory Privileges and Elections Treasurer's Accounts |
| Edwin A. Williams | Mecklenberg | Propositions and Grievances Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John Willis | Orange and Greene | Lunatic Asylums Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Baxter R. Wilson | Greensville | Clerk's Office Lunatic Asylums |
| Vincent Witcher | Pittsylvania | Executive Expenditures Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James W. M. Witten | Tazewell | Agriculture and Manufactures Banks Privileges and Elections |
| Robert L. Wright | Loudoun | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Committee |
| William B. Yancey | Rockingham | Armory Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| George T. Yerby | Northampton | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
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