1853-1854 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 5 1853
- End Date: Mar 4 1854
- Notes: Session: December 5, 1853 to March 4, 1854
- Speaker:
Oscar Minor Crutchfield
- Clerk:
Henry St. George Tucker Jr.
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph R. Anderson | Richmond City | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John S. Barnes | Marion | Militia Laws Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Barnes | Tazewell | Claims |
| Joseph Barrett | Logan, Boone, and Wyoming | Enrolled Bills Militia Laws |
| Colin Bass | Roanoke | Armory |
| Andrew Beirne | Monroe | Clerk's Office Schools and Colleges |
| C. S. Bekem | Washington | Propositions and Grievances Schools and Colleges |
| John H. Blake | Mathews and Middlesex | Claims |
| H. R. Bogle | Tazewell | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| John Brannon | Lewis | Privileges and Elections |
| Edward S. Brown | Cumberland and Powhatan | Privileges and Elections |
| William H. Browne | King George and Stafford | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Algernon S. Buford | Pittsylvania | Banks Bonds of Public Officers |
| Jesse S. Burks | Bedford | Militia Laws Schools and Colleges |
| Charles W. Button | Jefferson | Penitentiary |
| Andrew H. Byrd | Highland | Privileges and Elections Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John C. Campbell | Ohio | Finance |
| Joseph H. Carter | Lee and Scott | Claims |
| Richard H. Carter | Fauquier | Claims |
| John H. Cassin | Hardy | Penitentiary |
| Zaccheus E. Cheatham | Appomattox | Claims (Chair) |
| Isiah Cherry | Norfolk County | Claims Militia Laws |
| Gresham Choice | Franklin | Militia Laws Second Auditor's Office |
| A. B. Christian | Augusta | Bonds of Public Officers Roads and Internal Navigation |
| David A. Claiborne | Halifax | Library Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Bowling Clarke | Campbell | Clerk's Office (Chair) Banks |
| Thomas C. Clopton | Gloucester | |
| Charles F. Collier | Prince George and Surry | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Ira B. Coltrane | Carroll | Register's Office |
| Henry S. Combs | Monongalia | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
| James A. Cowardin | Richmond City | Finance |
| Robert M. Craig | Pulaski | Militia Laws Treasurer's Accounts |
| John J. Crawford | Dinwiddie | Clerk's Office Lunatic Asylums |
| Madison L. Crockett | Smyth | Finance Militia Laws |
| William D. Crouch | Botetourt and Craig | Banks Second Auditor's Office |
| Beverly Crump | Charles City, James City, and New Kent | Armory Library |
| Oscar Minor Crutchfield | Spotyslvania | |
| Hiram W. Dawson | Nelson | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Lunatic Asylums |
| Francis B. Deane Jr. | Campbell | Roads and Internal Navigation Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Daniel C. Dejarnette | Caroline | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John Dickenson | Grayson | Armory Second Auditor's Office |
| Hanson Dorsey | Warren | Lunatic Asylums Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Samuel Downing | Lancaster and Northumberland | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures |
| John Duncan | Scott | Privileges and Elections Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Isaac B. Dunn | Washington | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) |
| G. B. Dyche | Morgan | Penitentiary |
| Edwin H. Edmunds | Brunswick | Agriculture and Manufactures Militia Laws |
| Perry J. Eggborn | Culpeper | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Henry K. Ellyson | Richmond City | Armory Penitentiary |
| John W. M. Ely | Lee | First Auditor's Office |
| Travis H. Epes | Amelia and Nottoway | Bonds of Public Officers Claims |
| Andrew C. Ferguson | Russell | Privileges and Elections |
| Oswald B. Finney | Accomack | Lunatic Asylums Propositions and Grievances |
| William S. Fowler | Louisa | Lunatic Asylums Privileges and Elections |
| M. Gallahue | Jackson | Treasurer's Accounts |
| Thomas M. Gally | Ohio | Banks Treasurer's Accounts |
| Muscoe R. H. Garnett | Essex and King & Queen | Library (Chair) Finance |
| Wright Gatewood | Shenandoah | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) |
| James D. Gibson | Jefferson | Finance |
| James F. Given | Braxton and Nicholas | Claims |
| John W. Goss | Albemarle | Clerk's Office Schools and Colleges |
| Joseph J. Gravely | Henry | Penitentiary Treasurer's Accounts |
| Clement Hancock | Charlotte | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Lewis D. Hancock | Wythe | Banks |
| W. W. Hancock | Chesterfield | Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
| George W. Hardy | Lunenberg | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) |
| Robert T. Harvey | Putnam | Penitentiary (Chair) |
| Alpheus F. Haymond | Marion | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| John E. Hays | Gilmer and Wirt | Propositions and Grievances Second Auditor's Office |
| Thomas J. Hewett | Brooke and Hancock | Schools and Colleges |
| Andrew S. Holden | Harrison | Bonds of Public Officers Library |
| Charles Horner | Wetzel | Executive Expenditures First Auditor's Office |
| John Howell | Floyd | Armory |
| John J. Jackson Jr. | Wood | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| James B. Kee | Pendleton | Armory (Chair) |
| Samuel B. Kello | Southampton | Enrolled Bills Lunatic Asylums |
| James Lawson Kemper | Madison | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| John Kirkpatrick | Rockbridge | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| John O. Knox | Mecklenberg | Schools and Colleges Treasurer's Accounts |
| Absalom Koiner | Augusta | Banks Militia Laws |
| J. B. Laugh | Monongalia | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| John H. Lee | Greene and Orange | Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Jesse Lupton | Hampshire | Clerk's Office |
| Samuel B. Major | Halifax | Propositions and Grievances Treasurer's Accounts |
| Francis Mallory | Norfolk City | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James Malone | Pleasants and Ritchie | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office |
| John A. F. Martin | Preston | Finance |
| Hiram Martz | Rockingham County | Finance (Chair) |
| James W. Mason | Albemarle | Agriculture and Manufactures Register's Office |
| Robert A. Mayo | Henrico | Banks (Chair) Penitentiary |
| George M. McClure | Berkeley | Claims |
| Andrew McComas | Cabell | Library |
| A. G. McGuffin | Alleghany and Bath | Agriculture and Manufactures First Auditor's Office |
| Louis McKenzie | Alexandria | Banks |
| John B. McLeod | Frederick | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills |
| William M. Meadors | Mercer | Armory |
| Gilbert S. Meem | Shenandoah | Militia Laws (Chair) Banks |
| Lewis A. Miller | Frederick | Lunatic Asylums Schools and Colleges |
| John W. Minor | Loudoun | Militia Laws Propositions and Grievances |
| John C. Mitchell | Richmond County and Westmoreland | Armory First Auditor's Office |
| Albert G. Moody | Isle of Wight | Armory Executive Expenditures |
| Thomas L. Moore | Harrison | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Benjamin Morgan | Clarke | Armory |
| John H. Morrison | Rappahannock | Executive Expenditures Schools and Colleges |
| Adam Nottingham | Pocahontas | Register's Office (Chair) Penitentiary |
| Isaac Parsons | Hampshire | Claims Militia Laws |
| Spicer Patrick | Kanawha | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Banks |
| William B. Payne | Fluvanna | Claims Militia Laws |
| William H. Perkins | Buckingham | Finance Register's Office |
| John Phares | Randolph | Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Robert H. Power | Elizabeth City, Warwick, and York | Lunatic Asylums |
| Bushrod Price | Marshall | Penitentiary |
| William Prince | Fayette and Raleigh | Propositions and Grievances Second Auditor's Office |
| Samuel P. F. Randolph | Doddridge and Tyler | Armory |
| William W. Reese | Bedford | First Auditor's Office Privileges and Elections |
| Benjamin F. Renick | Greenbriar | Propositions and Grievances |
| William A. Richeson | Amherst | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Penitentiary |
| Nathaniel Riddick | Nansemond | Clerk's Office Propositions and Grievances |
| John C. Rutherfoord | Goochland | Banks Courts of Justice |
| Henry I. Seibert | Berkeley | Executive Expenditures |
| Thomas Shannon | Giles | Executive Expenditures |
| Zedock Shields | Taylor | Register's Office |
| Bailey Shumate | Fauquier | Lunatic Asylums |
| Charles E. Sinclair | Prince William | Courts of Justice |
| James H. Skinner | Augusta | Courts of Justice Lunatic Asylums |
| Daniel Smith | Kanawha | Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Edward Smith | Brooke and Hancock | Lunatic Asylums |
| Stephen O. Southall | Prince Edward | Schools and Colleges |
| Mann Spitler | Page | Claims |
| J. M. R. Sprinkle | Rockingham | Armory |
| Samuel G. Staples | Patrick | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| Waller R. Staples | Montgomery | Courts of Justice Library |
| William G. Stevens | Rockingham | Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Washington Summers | Upshur | Clerk's Office Register's Office |
| Morris L. Tabb | Norfolk County | Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Elam D. Talbot | Barbour | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William T. Taliaferro | Franklin | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures |
| James McD. Taylor | Rockbridge | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Timothy Taylor | Loudoun | Finance |
| Griffith B. Thomas | Mason | Enrolled Bills |
| J. Tiffany | Monroe | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| Harrison B. Tomlin | King William | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Library |
| William Vinson | Wayne | Penitentiary |
| Thomas Wallace | Petersburg | Courts of Justice (Chair) Banks Finance |
| W. R. S. Weaver | Greensville and Sussex | Armory |
| Robert M. Whaley | Fairfax | Enrolled Bills Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Chastain White | Hanover | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Andrew J. Whitehead | Pittsylvania | Privileges and Elections |
| Robert M. Wiley | Botetourt and Craig | Claims Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John Woodhouse | Princess Anne | Privileges and Elections |
| George T. Yerby | Northampton | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Finance |
| William B. Zinn | Preston | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) |
*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.