1861-1863 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 2 1861
- End Date: Mar 31 1863
- Notes: Session: December 2, 1861 to March 31, 1862; April 1 to May 14, 1862; September 15 to October 3, 1862; January 7 to March 31, 1863
- Journal Link:
https://archive.org/details/journalhouse186118621862/page/n6
https://archive.org/details/journalhouse18621863/page/n7
- Speaker:
James Lawson Kemper
Hugh White Sheffey
- Clerk:
William Fitzhugh Gordon Jr.
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| William Ambers | Chesterfield | |
| Francis T. Anderson | Rockbridge | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John T. Anderson | Botetourt | Military Affairs (Chair) Library |
| M. L. Anderson | Albemarle | Executive Expenditures Lunatic Ayslums Propositions and Grievances |
| S.P. Bailey | Fauquier | |
| Richard H. Baker Jr. | Norfolk City | Executive Expenditures Library Privileges and Elections |
| James Barbour | Culpeper | Finance (Chair) Bonds of Public Officers |
| William R. Baskerville | Mecklenberg | Clerk's Office Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Colin Bass | Roanoke | Claims (Chair) Penitentiary Treasurer's Accounts |
| James Bayse | Lee, Scott, and Wise | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Second Auditor's Office |
| Thomas B. Bigger | Richmond City | |
| Charles Blue | Hampshire | Armory (Chair) Privileges and Elections Second Auditor's Office |
| James Boggs | Pendleton | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory Clerk's Office |
| John R. Booten | Page | Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
| Wood Bouldin | Charlotte | Courts of Justice Finance |
| William A. Bradford | Clarke | Lunatic Ayslums Military Affairs |
| Andrew Brooks | Franklin | Register's Office (Chair) |
| A. S. Buford | Pittsylvania | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Edward C. Burks | Bedford | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Courts of Justice Library |
| Samuel Carpenter | Alleghany and Bath | Clerk's Office Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Addison L. Carter | Lancaster and Northumberland | Privileges and Elections |
| R. H. Carter | Albemarle | |
| William G. Cazenove | Alexandria | Banks Library Treasurer's Accounts |
| John G. Cecil | Pulaski | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| David B. Clarke | Washington | Lunatic Ayslums Second Auditor's Office |
| S. A. Coffman | Rockingham | |
| H. N. Coleman Jr. | Nelson | Propositions and Grievances Second Auditor's Office |
| John J. Coleman | Fayette and Raleigh | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| Charles F. Collier | Petersburg | Courts of Justice Finance |
| Robert E. Cowan | Preston | |
| Robert Crockett | Wythe | Library Lunatic Ayslums Schools and Colleges |
| James W. Custis | Elizabeth City, Warwick, York, and Williamsburg | Lunatic Ayslums Schools and Colleges Treasurer's Accounts |
| Robert Dabney | Cumberland and Powhatan | Library Penitentiary |
| J. H. Daniel | King George and Stafford | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures Schools and Colleges |
| John Dudley Davis | Amherst | Claims Military Affairs Penitentiary |
| Robert J. Davis | Campbell | Banks Finance |
| R. B. Dice | Pendleton | |
| David C. Dunn | Washington | Banks Claims Penitentiary |
| John R. Edmunds | Halifax | Library (Chair) Banks Finance |
| William Eggleston | Giles | Military Affairs Privileges and Elections |
| Andrew B. Evans | Mathews and Middlesex | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Joshua Ewing | Lee and Wise | Armory Treasurer's Accounts |
| William W. Fleming | Highland | Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances |
| John G. Fletcher | Rappahannock | Armory Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| Thomas H. Flood | Appomattox | Finance First Auditor's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| J. M. Forbes | Fauquier | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| James Franklin | Scott and Wise | First Auditor's Office |
| Charles T. Friend | Chesterfield | Military Affairs Penitentiary Privileges and Elections |
| William O. Fry | Madison | |
| G. T. Garrison | Accomack | Library Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
| John Gatewood | Shenandoah | Bonds of Public Officers Finance |
| Hervey George | Tazewell | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas H. Gillespie | Tazewell | Claims Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
| John Gilmer | Pittsylvania | Courts of Justice Library |
| Douglas H. Gordon | Spotsylvania | Finance Library |
| Charles Grattan | Rockingham | Banks Claims Clerk's Office |
| Thomas C. Green | Jefferson | |
| Mathew Harrison | Loudoun | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| Henry Laurens Hopkins | Petersburg | |
| John H. Hopkins | Rockingham | Lunatic Ayslums Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
| Andrew Hunter | Jefferson | Courts of Justice Military Affairs |
| O. W. Huntt | Fairfax | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Armory Claims |
| Richard Irby | Amelia and Nottoway | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
| Green James | Botetourt | Banks Penitentiary |
| William Johnson | Barbour | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures Penitentiary |
| Warner T. Jones | Gloucester | Courts of Justice Military Affairs |
| Alexander Jordan | Bedford | Penitentiary Privileges and Elections Register's Office |
| M. R. Kaufman | Frederick | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| James Lawson Kemper | Madison | |
| William Kyle | Carroll | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Albert Laidley | Cabell | Schools and Colleges Second Auditor's Office |
| Wilson Lively | Monroe | Agriculture and Manufactures Register's Office Second Auditor's Office |
| James T. Lockridge | Pocahontas | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory Lunatic Ayslums |
| William T. Lundy | Greensville and Sussex | Banks Military Affairs |
| Seymour Lynn | Prince William | Agriculture and Manufactures Armory Clerk's Office |
| B.H. Magruder | Albemarle | |
| R. M. Mallory | Brunswick | Library Military Affairs Second Auditor's Office |
| John L. Lawrence Marye Jr. | Spotsylvania | |
| Mason Mathews | Greenbrier | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Claims Register's Office |
| R. A. Mayo | Henrico | |
| Samuel McCamant | Grayson | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| A. W. McDonald Jr. | Hampshire | Banks Military Affairs Treasurer's Accounts |
| Isaac E. McDonald | Logan, Boone, and Wyoming | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Z. S. McGruder | Henrico | Lunatic Ayslums Military Affairs Treasurer's Accounts |
| Phillip W. McKinney | Buckingham | Courts of Justice First Auditor's Office Library |
| Duncan McLaughlin | Braxton, Nicholas, and Clay | Armory First Auditor's Office |
| Frank Minor | Albemarle | Finance Library Schools and Colleges |
| Rice D. Montague | Montgomery | Penitentiary (Chair) Claims |
| C. W. Murdaugh | Norfolk County | Clerk's Office Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert E. Nelson | Fluvanna | Agriculture and Manufactures Clerk's Office Lunatic Ayslums |
| William G. T. Nelson | Louisa | Claims Enrolled Bills Library |
| Willoughby Newton | Richmond County and Westmoreland | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Finance |
| Burr P. Noland | Loudoun | Finance Schools and Colleges Treasurer's Accounts |
| John Orgain Jr. | Lunenberg | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Banks |
| Richards Payne | Fauquier | Agriculture and Manufactures Executive Expenditures Penitentiary |
| Philip Pittman | Shenandoah | Claims Military Affairs |
| Joseph H. Prince | Southampton | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel McD. Reid | Rockbridge | Clerk's Office (Chair) Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Robert A. Richardson | Mercer | Executive Expenditures Military Affairs |
| Nathaniel Riddick | Nansemond | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances Schools and Colleges |
| George E. Rives | Prince George and Surry | Lunatic Ayslums (Chair) Banks |
| Wyndham Robertson | Richmond City | Banks (Chair) Military Affairs |
| Israel Robinson | Berkeley | |
| John M. Rowan | Monroe | Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John C. Rutherfoord | Goochland | Courts of Justice (Chair) Bonds of Public Officers |
| Peter Saunders Jr. | Franklin | Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Robert C. Saunders | Campbell | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles J. Shannon | Smyth | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| Hugh White Sheffey | Augusta | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Library |
| George W. Sherrard | Montgomery | |
| Adam Small | Berkeley | |
| Edgar J. Spady | Northampton | Bonds of Public Officers First Auditor's Office Schools and Colleges |
| John Staples | Patrick | Penitentiary Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John O. Steger | Richmond City | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| William M. Tate | Augusta | First Auditor's Office Lunatic Ayslums Schools and Colleges |
| Francis G. Taylor | Hanover | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| Richard F. Taylor | Amelia and Nottoway | |
| Samuel W. Thomas | Warren | Clerk's Office Finance |
| Valentine Thrash | Floyd | Armory Executive Expenditures |
| Harrison B. Tomlin | King William | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Finance |
| Thomas T. Tredway | Prince Edward | Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| George Tyler | Caroline | Agriculture and Manufactures Propositions and Grievances |
| V. Vaden | Charles City, James City, and New Kent | Lunatic Ayslums Second Auditor's Office |
| Isaac Vermillion | Russell | Lunatic Ayslums Penitentiary |
| James Walker | Augusta | Banks Claims Treasurer's Accounts |
| George W. Ward | Frederick | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation Second Auditor's Office |
| Isaiah A. Welch | Kanawha | |
| George H. West | Halifax | Armory Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles Williams | Hardy | First Auditor's Office Register's Office |
| James L. Wilson | Isle of Wight | First Auditor's Office Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel M. Wilson | Norfolk County | Banks Claims |
| H. B. Woodhouse | Princess Anne | Claims Second Auditor's Office |
| John C. Woodson | Rockingham | First Auditor's Office Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John L. Woolfolk | Greene and Orange | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills Lunatic Ayslums |
| John F. Wootten | Henry | Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
| Henry C. Worsham | Dinwiddie | Enrolled Bills Lunatic Ayslums |
| George T. Wright | Essex and King & Queen | Armory Register's Office Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas H. Wynne | Richmond City | Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
*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.