1852-1853 Session Information
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- Start Date: Jan 12 1852
- End Date: Apr 11 1853
- Notes: Sessions: January 12 to June 7, 1852; November 22, 1852 to April 11, 1853
- Journal Link:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014925709
- Speaker:
Oscar Minor Crutchfield
- Clerk:
George Wythe Munford
Henry St. George Tucker Jr.
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| James Allen | Hampshire | Clerk's Office (Chair) |
| Joseph R. Anderson | Richmond City | |
| Ulysses N. Arnett | Marion | Claims Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Edwin S. Baker | Frederick | Banks Finance |
| Charles B. Ball | Loudoun | Banks Library |
| James Barbour | Culpeper | Courts of Justice Finance |
| Naason Bare | Rockingham | Register's Office Schools and Colleges |
| Jonathan M. Bennett | Lewis | Register's Office (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Montgomery Bottom | Pleasants and Ritchie | |
| Thomas E. Bottom | Amelia and Nottoway | Register's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John Bowyer | Putnam | Clerk's Office Library |
| Thomas J. Boyd | Wythe | Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Andrew Brooks | Franklin | Penitentiary |
| William H. Browne | King George and Stafford | Privileges and Elections |
| William A. Buckner | Caroline | Banks |
| John S. Burdett | Taylor | Register's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William F. Butler | Richmond City | Armory Banks |
| John Caddall | Pulaski | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills |
| Samuel Carpenter | Alleghany and Bath | First Auditor's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Luther G. Carrington | Loudoun | Claims Schools and Colleges |
| William C. Carrington | Richmond City | |
| John Carroll | Carroll | Militia Laws Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Zaccheus E. Cheatham | Appomattox | Claims |
| Bowling Clarke | Campbell | Banks |
| Charles F. Collier | Prince George and Surry | |
| Robert Craig | Roanoke | Courts of Justice |
| A. Judson Crane | Richmond City | |
| George Crow | Jackson | First Auditor's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| Oscar Minor Crutchfield | Spotyslvania | |
| Samuel G. Davis | Bedford | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Propositions and Grievances |
| John S. Davison | Warren | Armory Claims Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Hiram W. Dawson | Nelson | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Enrolled Bills |
| Richmond F. Dillard | Greensville and Sussex | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| Samuel Downing | Lancaster and Northumberland | Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert Dunlap | Braxton and Nicholas | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| Isaac B. Dunn | Washington | Privileges and Elections |
| William T. Early | Albemarle | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John Echols | Monroe | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
| William H. Edwards | Franklin | Claims |
| Elkanah Flanary | Lee and Scott | Agriculture and Manufactures Clerk's Office |
| William C. Flournoy | Prince Edward | |
| Andrew P. Fry | Kanawha | Banks Second Auditor's Office |
| Reuben Garretson | Mercer | Executive Expenditures
Militia Laws |
| Benjamin F. Garrett | Halifax | Finance Militia Laws |
| Wright Gatewood | Shenandoah | Propositions and Grievances |
| John T. Gibson | Jefferson | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Charles H. Gilmer | Russell | Schools and Colleges Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Joseph Gilmore | Rockbridge | Militia Laws Propositions and Grievances |
| John Goode Jr. | Bedford | Privileges and Elections |
| William Osborne Goode | Mecklenburg | Finance (Chair) |
| Wellington Gordon | Fauquier | |
| James W. Gray | Berkeley | Schools and Colleges |
| Hiram A. Greever | Smyth | Armory Militia Laws |
| Fendall Griffin | Henrico | Penitentiary Trade and Mechanic Arts |
| George Hairston | Henry | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Thomas B. Hamlin | Dinwiddie | Propositions and Grievances Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Clement Hancock | Charlotte | Bonds of Public Officers Roads and Internal Navigation |
| George W. Hardy | Lunenberg | Executive Expenditures Penitentiary |
| Tazewell Headen | Floyd | First Auditor's Office Privileges and Elections |
| William Hevener | Highland | First Auditor's Office Lunatic Asylums |
| William M. Howerton | Halifax | Privileges and Elections |
| Chester D. Hubbard | Ohio | Banks Penitentiary |
| Silas B. Hunton | Fauquier | Library
Schools and Colleges |
| John D. Imboden | Augusta | Privileges and Elections |
| Robert K. Irving | Buckingham | Library Privileges and Elections |
| Benjamin W. Jackson | Doddridge and Tyler | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| John J. Jackson Jr. | Wood | Privileges and Elections Second Auditor's Office |
| Minter J. Jackson | Gilmer and Wirt | Library Propositions and Grievances |
| William L. Lowther Jackson | Pleasants and Ritchie | Courts of Justice Finance |
| Edward James | Princess Anne | Armory Clerk's Office |
| George N. Johnson | Richmond City | |
| Alexander Jones | Chesterfield | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) |
| Garrison Jones | Marshall | Armory Trade and Mechanic Arts |
| John A. Jordan | Isle of Wight | Second Auditor's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| James B. Kee | Pendleton | Armory (Chair) Propositions and Grievances |
| Andrew Keyser | Page | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| Zedekiah Kidwell | Marion | Courts of Justice |
| John R. Kilby | Nansemond | Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
| William King | Washington | Banks Register's Office |
| Walter D. Leake | Goochland | County Organization (Chair) Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
| John Lemly | Monongalia | First Auditor's Office Register's Office |
| Charles S. Lewis | Harrison | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| Alfred Leyburn | Rockbridge | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| John W. Luke | Clarke | Agriculture and Manufactures Bonds of Public Officers |
| Edwin T. Mapp | Accomack | Library Propositions and Grievances |
| Hiram Martz | Rockingham County | Claims (Chair) Finance |
| William D. Massey | Alexandria | Banks Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Henry B. Maupin | Cabell | Executive Expenditures Lunatic Asylums |
| George M. McClure | Berkeley | |
| John McCullough | Mason | Armory Militia Laws |
| Andrew McDonald | Monongalia | Penitentiary (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| David McKinney | Scott | Claims Executive Expenditures |
| Gilbert S. Meem | Shenandoah | Banks Library |
| Andrew Michael Jr. | Morgan | Penitentiary Treasurer's Accounts |
| Fleming B. Miller | Botetourt and Craig | Courts of Justice (Chair) |
| Lewis A. Miller | Frederick | Library Lunatic Asylums |
| Benjamin Moor | Jefferson | Bonds of Public Officers Penitentiary |
| Thomas L. Moore | Harrison | Armory Privileges and Elections |
| Issac Morgan | Logan, Boone, and Wyoming | Agriculture and Manufactures Clerk's Office |
| John H. Morrison | Rappahannock | Clerk's Office Militia Laws |
| Richard J. Muse | Essex and King & Queen | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| James M. Newkirk | Berkeley | Agriculture and Manufactures Lunatic Asylums |
| Morris D. Newman | Madison | Enrolled Bills (Chair) |
| George L. Nicolson | Mathews and Middlesex | Finance Lunatic Asylums |
| Adam Nottingham | Pocahontas | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| William Old Jr. | Cumberland and Powhatan | Militia Laws Schools and Colleges |
| John M. Oldham | Ohio | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| William C. Parks | Grayson | Propositions and Grievances Second Auditor's Office |
| Spicer Patrick | Kanawha | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) |
| William B. Payne | Fluvanna | Militia Laws Trade and Mechanic Arts |
| Joseph K. Pendleton | Louisa | Claims |
| John P. Pierce | Charles City, James City and New Kent | Library Lunatic Asylums |
| David S. Pinnell | Upshur | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| Tapley Portlock | Norfolk County | Penitentiary Trade and Mechanic Arts |
| William B. Power | Brunswick | Executive Expenditures (Chair) |
| James F. Preston | Montgomery | Finance Militia Laws |
| Thomas J. Pretlow | Southampton | Bonds of Public Officers Lunatic Asylums |
| George R. C. Price | Hardy | Banks Militia Laws |
| Samuel Price | Greenbrier | Courts of Justice |
| William Prince | Fayette and Raleigh | Armory |
| Benjamin F. Renick | Greenbrier | |
| John T. Rice | Richmond County and Westmoreland | Enrolled Bills
Finance |
| William A. Richeson | Amherst | Enrolled Bills Library Penitentiary |
| Alexander Rives | Albemarle | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Robert G. Rives | Prince George and Surry | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) |
| Harrison Robertson | Norfolk City | Bonds of Public Officers Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Conway Robinson | Richmond City | Armory Courts of Justice |
| Charles W. Russell | Ohio | Courts of Justice |
| John C. Rutherfoord | Goochland | |
| Addison H. Saunders | Prince William | Lunatic Asylums Propositions and Grievances |
| John Scott | Preston | Bonds of Public Officers Penitentiary |
| Robert E. Scott | Fauquier | Courts of Justice |
| Joseph Segar | Elizabeth City, Warwick, York and Williamsburg | Library (Chair) |
| Thomas Shannon | Giles | Armory Library |
| Sebastian S. Slemp | Lee | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Edward Smith | Brooke and Hancock | Lunatic Asylums |
| Henry D. Smith | Russell | Claims |
| Stephen O. Southall | Prince Edward | |
| John M. Speed | Campbell | Courts of Justice Finance |
| Samuel G. Staples | Patrick | Propositions and Grievances Second Auditor's Office |
| William G. Stevens | Rockingham | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Sholto T. Stuart | Fairfax | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Elam D. Talbot | Barbour | Executive Expenditures Lunatic Asylums |
| William T. Taliaferro | Franklin | Militia Laws (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| John A. Tate | Augusta | Penitentiary Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John Taylor | Randolph | Penitentiary Treasurer's Accounts |
| Harrison B. Tomlin | King William | Privileges and Elections (Chair) |
| George Townes | Pittsylvania | Courts of Justice |
| Cyrus Vance | Harrison | |
| John H. Vawter | Monroe | Clerk's Office Propositions and Grievances |
| James Walker | Augusta | Lunatic Asylums Register's Office |
| Thomas Wallace | Petersburg | Banks (Chair) |
| Edwin Watson | Pulaski | |
| Jeremiah Wellman | Wayne | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office |
| David West | Wetzel | Agriculture and Manufactures Trade and Mechanic Arts |
| Simeon Wheeler | Norfolk County | Banks Militia Laws |
| Chastain White | Hanover | Courts of Justice |
| John B. White | Greene and Orange | Agriculture and Manufactures Trade and Mechanic Arts |
| Thomas B. White | Hampshire | Claims Treasurer's Accounts |
| Robert M. Wiley | Botetourt and Craig | Armory Claims |
| James H. Wilson | Prince Edward | Agriculture and Manufactures Library |
| James W. M. Witten | Tazewell | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) |
| William H. Wooding | Pittsylvania | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Lunatic Asylums |
| George T. Yerby | Northampton | Schools and Colleges (Chair) |
| William B. Zinn | Preston | First Auditor's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
*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.