1855-1856 Session Information
Please turn your device to landscape view for wide tables like those below.
- Start Date: Dec 3 1855
- End Date: Mar 19 1856
- Notes: Session: December 3, 1855 to March 19, 1856
- Journal Link:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014925733
- Speaker:
Oscar Minor Crutchfield
- Clerk:
Henry St. George Tucker Jr.
-
Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| J. H. Anderson | Logan, Boone, and Wyoming | Militia Laws Second Auditor's Office |
| Ulysses N. Arnett | Marion | Penitentiary Treasurer's Accounts |
| Buckner Ashby | Clarke | Agriculture and Manufactures Militia Laws |
| George P. Baker | Frederick | Executive Expenditures Schools and Colleges |
| John S. Barnes | Marion | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| Colin Bass | Roanoke | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Claims |
| Landon C. Berkeley | Richmond County and Westmoreland | Penitentiary Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas M. Bondurant | Buckingham | Agriculture and Manufactures Banks |
| Arthur I. Boreman | Wood | Banks Bonds of Public Officers |
| S. Bosworth | Randolph | Enrolled Bills Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| John Brady | Ohio | Claims |
| E. T. Brandon | Preston | Militia Laws Penitentiary |
| John Brannon | Lewis | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| J. G. Brown | Rockingham | First Auditor's Office Penitentiary |
| William A. Burwell | Patrick | Library Privileges and Elections |
| William M. Burwell | Bedford | Library (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| William Bush | Charles City, James City and New Kent | Lunatic Asylums |
| Andrew H. Byrd | Highland | Trade and the Mechanic Arts (Chair) |
| R. C. Bywaters | Frederick | Enrolled Bills Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William M. Cabell | Nelson | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
| John S. Calvert | Shenandoah | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| G. W. Candler | Russell | Enrolled Bills Lunatic Asylums |
| Samuel Carpenter | Alleghany and Bath | Penitentiary (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William C. Carper | Upshur | Armory First Auditor's Office |
| John Carroll | Carroll | Clerk's Office (Chair) Militia Laws |
| Richard H. Carter | Fauquier | Claims (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| R. C. Caruthers | Monongalia | Enrolled Bills Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Bolivar Christian | Augusta | Bonds of Public Officers Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John H. Claiborne | Petersburg | Finance |
| Alexander Clarke | Monroe | Second Auditor's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| R. A. Claybrook | Lancaster and Northumberland | Agriculture and Manufactures Courts of Justice |
| John Collins | Pleasants and Ritchie | Register's Office |
| Henry Cox | Henrico | Agriculture and Manufactures Treasurer's Accounts |
| Job B. Crabtree | Lee | Claims Militia Laws |
| Charles J.F. Craddock | Halifax | Finance |
| G. L. Crammer | Ohio | Armory First Auditor's Office |
| John J. Crawford | Dinwiddie | Lunatic Asylums |
| James F. Crocker | Isle of Wight | Schools and Colleges Treasurer's Accounts |
| John S. Crockett | Wythe | Propositions and Grievances Treasurer's Accounts |
| Oscar Minor Crutchfield | Spotyslvania | |
| William Pope Dabney | Cumberland and Powhatan | Banks Library |
| Joseph Daniels | Barbour | Claims |
| A. W. G. Davis | Greenbrier | Militia Laws Treasurer's Accounts |
| John Dudley Davis | Amherst | Clerk's Office Penitentiary |
| Francis B. Deane Jr. | Campbell | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Daniel C. Dejarnette | Caroline | Claims Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John Dickenson | Grayson | Claims Second Auditor's Office |
| Hiram B. Dickinson | Richmond City | Armory |
| Hughes Dillard | Henry | Banks Courts of Justice |
| William E. Dodson | Mecklenberg | Claims |
| Robert L. Doyle | Rockbridge | Lunatic Asylums Privileges and Elections |
| John S. Draper | Pulaski | Clerk's Office Penitentiary |
| Benjamin C. Drew | Prince George and Surry | Militia Laws Penitentiary |
| Edward Dromgoole | Brunswick | Bonds of Public Officers Propositions and Grievances |
| William T. Early | Albemarle | Library Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John R. Edmunds | Halifax | Banks (Chair) Library |
| William H. Edwards | Franklin | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) |
| Perry J. Eggborn | Culpeper | Claims Clerk's Office |
| Henry K. Ellyson | Richmond City | Claims Roads and Internal Navigation Second Auditor's Office |
| John B. Floyd | Washington | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Library |
| Napoleon B. French | Mercer | Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
| Daniel Frost | Jackson | Executive Expenditures Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Muscoe R. H. Garnett | Essex and King & Queen | Finance (Chair) Library |
| Absalom George | Doddridge and Tyler | Executive Expenditures Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William M. Gillespie | Tazewell | Agriculture and Manufactures Privileges and Elections |
| William F. C. Gregory | Amelia and Nottoway | Courts of Justice |
| John W. Gurley | Southampton | Claims |
| Peter L. Hancock | Franklin | Clerk's Office Penitentiary |
| William H. Harding | Lancaster and Northumberland | Agriculture and Manufactures Penitentiary |
| George W. Hardy | Lunenberg | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Enrolled Bills |
| Wells J. Hawks | Jefferson | Clerk's Office Penitentiary |
| Alexander D. Haynes | Monroe | Lunatic Asylums Treasurer's Accounts |
| Peregrine Hays | Gilmer and Wirt | Lunatic Asylums Propositions and Grievances |
| William K. Heiskell | Washington | Banks |
| Maximilian Herbert | Norfolk County | Armory Executive Expenditures |
| Asa Hiett | Hampshire | Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Jeremiah Hobbs | Chesterfield | Executive Expenditures Propositions and Grievances |
| John Blair Hoge | Berkeley | Banks |
| Andrew S. Holden | Harrison | Bonds of Public Officers Schools and Colleges |
| R. C. Holliday | Marshall | Armory Second Auditor's Office |
| George P. Holman | Fluvanna | Agriculture and Manufactures Schools and Colleges |
| Pleasant Howell | Floyd | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| John D. Imboden | Augusta | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Robert Johnston | Harrison | Banks Finance |
| Crawford H. Jones | Appomattox | Agriculture and Manufactures Library |
| Edward T. Jones | Rappahannock | Library Schools and Colleges |
| Warner T. Jones | Gloucester | Courts of Justice Militia Laws |
| James B. Kee | Pendleton | Armory (Chair) |
| Joseph Kelly | Russell | Armory First Auditor's Office |
| James Lawson Kemper | Madison | Militia Laws (Chair) Courts of Justice Library |
| Richard M. Kirby | Pittsylvania | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Obadiah W. Langfitt | Brooke and Hancock | Library Privileges and Elections |
| William Lantz | Monongalia | Armory |
| John H. Lee | Greene and Orange | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Library |
| William T. Lundy | Greensville and Sussex | Agriculture and Manufactures Register's Office |
| Francis Mallory | Norfolk City | Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John A. F. Martin | Preston | Enrolled Bills Finance |
| F. H. Mays | Botetourt and Craig | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Adam McChesney | Augusta | Banks Lunatic Asylums |
| James T. McIver | Scott | Armory |
| Samuel P. R. Moorman | Bedford | Lunatic Asylums |
| C. W. Murdaugh | Norfolk County | Schools and Colleges |
| William Nelson | Hanover | Enrolled Bills Finance |
| Charles W. Newlon | Taylor | Register's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| George L. Nicolson | Mathews and Middlesex | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Finance |
| Adam Nottingham | Pocahontas | Register's Office (Chair) |
| M. B. Nowlin | Campbell | Armory First Auditor's Office |
| Isaac Parsons | Hampshire | Armory Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Andrew Patterson | Rockbridge | Finance Register's Office |
| James Paul | Ohio | Courts of Justice |
| Albert G. Pendleton | Giles | Courts of Justice (Chair) |
| Joseph K. Pendleton | Louisa | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Philip Pittman | Shenandoah | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| Humphrey B. Powell | Loudoun | Finance Library |
| Thomas L. Preston | Smyth | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Nathaniel Riddick | Nansemond | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Propositions and Grievances |
| Hiram Riggs | Lee and Scott | Lunatic Asylums |
| Joseph H. Roberts | Charlotte | Claims |
| Charles A. Ronald | Montgomery | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| Charles Ruffner | Kanawha | Enrolled Bills Militia Laws |
| John C. Rutherfoord | Goochland | Banks Courts of Justice |
| Henry J. Samuels | Cabell | First Auditor's Office |
| R. D. Seaman | Berkeley | Lunatic Asylums |
| John Seddon | King George and Stafford | Banks |
| Joseph Segar | Elizabeth City, Warwick, York and Williamsburg | Banks Lunatic Asylums |
| Bailey Shumate | Fauquier | Lunatic Asylums |
| Charles E. Sinclair | Prince William | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Benjamin H. Smith | Kanawha | Finance |
| Edgar J. Spady | Northampton | Schools and Colleges |
| Mann Spitler | Page | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Armory |
| J. M. R. Sprinkle | Rockingham | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Robert C. Stanard | Richmond City | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Lawrence B. Taylor | Alexandria | Banks |
| Griffith B. Thomas | Mason | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills |
| Samuel W. Thomas | Warren | Finance |
| Robert N. B. Thompson | Putnam | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James Thrift | Fairfax | Executive Expenditures Militia Laws |
| Harrison B. Tomlin | King William | Courts of Justice |
| T. Harris Towner | Jefferson | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas T. Tredway | Prince Edward | Propositions and Grievances |
| Marshall Triplett | Braxton and Nicholas | Lunatic Asylums Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| William Tyree | Fayette and Raleigh | Clerk's Office Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Lemuel Vanorsdall | Morgan | Penitentiary Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Thomas W. Walton | Pittsylvania | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office |
| Arthur Watson | Accomack | Lunatic Asylums Propositions and Grievances |
| Jeremiah Wellman | Wayne | Penitentiary Privileges and Elections |
| Felix B. Welton | Hardy | Finance |
| David West | Wetzel | Claims |
| Robert M. Wiley | Botetourt and Craig | Militia Laws Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas Wood | Albemarle | Schools and Colleges |
| John Woodhouse | Princess Anne | Privileges and Elections Trade and the Mechanic Arts |
| Robert L. Wright | Loudoun | Militia Laws Schools and Colleges |
| William B. Yancey | Rockingham | Agriculture and Manufactures 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.