1863-1865 Session Information
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- Start Date: Sep 7 1863
- End Date: Mar 15 1865
- Notes: Sessions: September 7 to November 2, 1863; December 7, 1863 to March 10, 1864; December 7, 1864 to March 15, 1865
- Journal Link:
https://archive.org/details/journalhouse186318631864/page/n7
- Speaker:
Hugh White Sheffey
- Clerk:
John Bell Bigger
William Fitzhugh Gordon Jr.
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| William Ambers | Chesterfield | First Auditor's Office (Chair) Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John T. Anderson | Botetourt | Military Affairs (Chair) Library |
| Richard H. Baker Jr. | Norfolk City | Library (Chair) Confederate Relations |
| Elisha Barksdale Jr. | Halifax | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| William R. Baskerville | Mecklenberg | |
| Benjamin W. Belsches | Greensville and Sussex | |
| Edwin Betts | Lancaster and Northumberland | Enrolled Bills |
| William J. Bland | Lewis | Confederate Relations Lunatic Ayslums |
| Wood Bouldin | Charlotte | Finance (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Rees T. Bowen | Tazewell, McDowell, and Buchanan | Finance Treasurer's Accounts |
| Ira L. Bowles | Charles City, James City, and New Kent | Armory Executive Expenditures |
| William Branch | Albemarle | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James V. Brooke | Fauquier | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| James W. Brownley | Norfolk County and Portsmouth City | Penitentiary and Lunatic Asylums (Chair) Privileges and Elections (Chair) Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) |
| Cyrus P. Bryan | Alleghany and Bath | Lunatic Ayslums Roads and Internal Navigation |
| P. C. Buffington | Cabell | Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| A. S. Buford | Pittsylvania | Banks (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| W. Burnett | Jefferson | Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
| David I. Burr | Richmond City | Armory Finance |
| William M. Burwell | Bedford | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Library Military Affairs |
| John D. Butler | Caroline | Library Schools and Colleges |
| M. R. P. Castleman | Clarke | |
| David Chalmers | Halifax | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| Alexander Coke | Princess Anne | Claims Second Auditor's Office |
| William B. Colston | Berkeley | |
| Robert E. Cowan | Preston | Confederate Relations Courts of Justice |
| F. W. Cox | Richmond County and Westmoreland | Clerk's Office Penitentiary |
| B. W. Crawford | Randolph and Tucker | Claims Penitentiary |
| C. J. P. Cresap | Preston | Propositions and Grievances Second Auditor's Office |
| Robert Crockett | Wythe | Lunatic Ayslums (Chair) Library Schools and Colleges |
| A. C. Cummings | Washington | Confederate Relations Military Affairs |
| James W. Custis | Elizabeth City, Warwick, York, and Williamsburg | Lunatic Ayslums Schools and Colleges |
| Francis B. Deane Jr. | Campbell | Banks Finance |
| Andrew J. Deyerle | Roanoke | Clerk's Office Schools and Colleges |
| Stephen M. Dickey | Grayson | Armory Treasurer's Accounts |
| David G. Douthat | Montgomery | Lunatic Ayslums Second Auditor's Office |
| John S. Draper | Pulaski | Claims Clerk's Office |
| George W. Duval | Jackson and Roane | Armory Military Affairs |
| Elias Edmonds | Lancaster and Northumberland | |
| Thomas A. Edwards | Ohio | Banks Privileges and Elections |
| Joseph J. English | Henrico | Banks Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Dudley Evans | Monongalia | Library Schools and Colleges |
| Robert B. Fauntleroy | Mathews and Middlesex | Enrolled Bills Penitentiary |
| J. M. Ferguson | Wayne | Executive Expenditures Treasurer's Accounts |
| William W. Fleming | Highland | Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances |
| John T. Fletcher | Rappahannock | Armory Penitentiary |
| Thomas H. Flood | Appomattox | Confederate Relations Finance |
| Absalom Fry | Giles | Armory First Auditor's Office |
| William O. Fry | Madison | Claims Privileges and Elections |
| John Gilmer | Pittsylvania | Bonds of Public Officers (Chair) Courts of Justice Library |
| Charles P. Goodall | Hanover | Claims Executive Expenditures |
| Thomas F. Goode | Mecklenberg | Courts of Justice Military Affairs |
| Isaac Goodycoontz | Floyd | First Auditor's Office Treasurer's Accounts |
| George Graham | Washington | Register's Office Schools and Colleges |
| L. S. Hall | Wetzel | Penitentiary Privileges and Elections |
| John T. Harris | Rockingham | Finance |
| Luther D. Haymond | Braxton, Nicholas, Clay and Webster | Bonds of Public Officers Courts of Justice |
| Thomas S. Haymond | Marion | Penitentiary (Chair) Finance |
| V. Hendrick | Kanawha | Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John J. Henshaw | Loudoun County | Military Affairs (Chair) |
| William E. Herndon | Putnam | Clerk's Office Roads and Internal Navigation |
| J. S. Hiett | Hampshire | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills |
| Andrew L. Hill | Norfolk City | Banks (Chair) Executive Expenditures (Chair) Propositions and Grievances (Chair) |
| James M. Hoge | Marshall | Confederate Relations |
| L. W. Holden | Harrison | Banks Enrolled Bills |
| James H. Horton | Scott and Wise | Agriculture and Manufactures Register's Office |
| Alfred Hugh | Ohio | Lunatic Ayslums Penitentiary |
| F. C. S. Hunter | King George and Stafford | Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
| Robert W. Hunter | Berkeley | Bonds of Public Officers Privileges and Elections |
| O. W. Huntt | Fairfax | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Claims |
| James Hutcheson | Mason | Armory Banks |
| F. D. Irving | Cumberland and Powhatan | Confederate Relations Courts of Justice |
| Green James | Botetourt | Banks Penitentiary |
| James B. Johnson | Carroll | Agriculture and Manufactures |
| William Johnson | Barbour | Agriculture and Manufactures Treasurer's Accounts |
| Warner T. Jones | Gloucester | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Military Affairs |
| Alexander Jordan | Bedford | Penitentiary Privileges and Elections Register's Office |
| M. R. Kaufman | Frederick | Claims (Chair) Propositions and Grievances |
| A.M. Keiley | Petersburg | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James Kenney | Rockingham | Courts of Justice Library |
| William J. Kindrick | Russell, Wise, and Buchanan | Armory Register's Office |
| John W. Lewis | Halifax | |
| Benjamin R. Linkous | Fayette and Raleigh | Armory First Auditor's Office |
| Wilson Lively | Monroe | Register's Office (Chair) Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office |
| William T. Lundy | Greensville and Sussex | Banks Military Affairs |
| George W. Lurty | Harrison | Register's Office |
| W. B. Lynch | Loudoun | Claims Clerk's Office |
| B.H. Magruder | Albemarle | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Courts of Justice Library |
| E. D. Maguire | Wood | |
| Daniel Marr | Campbell | Courts of Justice |
| John L. Lawrence Marye Jr. | Spotsylvania | Courts of Justice Finance |
| Mason Mathews | Greenbrier | Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Claims Executive Expenditures |
| John Marshall McCue | Augusta | Lunatic Ayslums Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| J. S. K. McCutchen | Gilmer, Wirt, and Calhoun | Claims First Auditor's Office |
| James M. McElroy | Lee and Wise | Agriculture and Manufactures Enrolled Bills |
| Phillip W. McKinney | Buckingham | Courts of Justice Library |
| Samuel J. McMillan | Doddridge and Tyler | Agriculture and Manufactures First Auditor's Office |
| William L. McNeil | Pocahontas | Agriculture and Manufactures Second Auditor's Office |
| R. E. Meade | Brunswick | Executive Expenditures Library |
| Jacob S. Melvin | Jefferson | Armory Enrolled Bills |
| David Miller | Lee, Scott, and Wise | Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
| Alexander Monroe | Hampshire | Armory Military Affairs |
| Stephen A. Morgan | Marion | Roads and Internal Navigation Treasurer's Accounts |
| Samuel J. Mullens | Henry | Agriculture and Manufactures Treasurer's Accounts |
| C. W. Murdaugh | Norfolk County | Clerk's Office Privileges and Elections |
| Richard E. Nash | Norfolk County and Portsmouth City | Claims (Chair) |
| C. A. Nelson | Prince William | Confederate Relations Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert E. Nelson | Fluvanna | Agriculture and Manufactures Library Lunatic Ayslums |
| James A. Nighbert | Logan, Boone, and Wyoming | Armory |
| Burr P. Noland | Loudoun | Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas C. Parramore | Accomack | Bonds of Public Officers Privileges and Elections |
| James Patterson | Franklin | Penitentiary Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph H. Pendleton | Ohio | Finance Military Affairs |
| Philip Pittman | Shenandoah | Claims Privileges and Elections |
| Paulus Powell | Amherst | Confederate Relations Finance |
| William H. Pretlow | Southampton | Bonds of Public Officers Confederate Relations Treasurer's Accounts |
| Andrew Radcliff | Harrison | |
| William W. Randolph | Clarke | First Auditor's Office Military Affairs |
| Samuel McD. Reid | Rockbridge | Clerk's Office (Chair) Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Robert A. Richardson | Mercer | Armory (Chair) Military Affairs |
| Nathaniel Riddick | Nansemond | Agriculture and Manufactures (Chair) Propositions and Grievances |
| John H. Rixey | Culpeper | First Auditor's Office Penitentiary |
| Wyndham Robertson | Richmond City | Confederate Relations (Chair) Military Affairs |
| John A. Robinson | Taylor | Privileges and Elections Treasurer's Accounts |
| John M. Rowan | Monroe | Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
| George W. Rust | Page | Confederate Relations Lunatic Ayslums |
| John C. Rutherfoord | Goochland | Courts of Justice (Chair) Bonds of Public Officers |
| David J. Saunders | Richmond City | Banks Penitentiary |
| E. T. Saunders | Pendleton | Enrolled Bills Second Auditor's Office |
| Fleming Saunders | Franklin | Agriculture and Manufactures Library |
| Thomas M. Scott | Northampton | Library Second Auditor's Office |
| B. H. Shackleford | Fauquier | Confederate Relations Military Affairs |
| Hugh White Sheffey | Augusta | |
| John M. Shelton | Nelson | Agriculture and Manufactures Lunatic Ayslums |
| George W. Sherrard | Morgan | Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
| H. E. Smith | Amherst | First Auditor's Office Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas J. Smith | Russell, Wise, and Buchanan | First Auditor's Office Propositions and Grievances |
| Harold Snowden | Alexandria | Lunatic Ayslums Schools and Colleges |
| John Staples | Patrick | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| D. B. Stewart | Monongalia | Military Affairs Second Auditor's Office |
| Richard F. Taylor | Amelia and Nottoway | Executive Expenditures Schools and Colleges |
| Travis W. Taylor | Prince George and Surry | Schools and Colleges Second Auditor's Office |
| Samuel W. Thomas | Warren | Clerk's Office Finance |
| John H. Thompson | Smyth | Propositions and Grievances Register's Office |
| Eugenius Tibbs | Pleasants and Ritchie | Claims Second Auditor's Office |
| Harrison B. Tomlin | King William | Finance Military Affairs |
| Thomas T. Tredway | Prince Edward | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Library |
| R. H. Turner | Warren | |
| James Walker | Augusta | Banks Claims |
| John C. Walker | Rockingham | Clerk's Office Propositions and Grievances |
| Moses Walton | Shenandoah | Bonds of Public Officers Claims Clerk's Office |
| George W. Ward | Frederick | Second Auditor's Office (Chair) Banks Confederate Relations Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Isaiah A. Welch | Kanawha | Agriculture and Manufactures Treasurer's Accounts |
| N. W. White | Brooke and Hancock | Lunatic Ayslums Privileges and Elections |
| Robert J. White | Rockbridge | Penitentiary Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles Williams | Hardy | Confederate Relations Enrolled Bills First Auditor's Office |
| James L. Wilson | Isle of Wight | Finance Privileges and Elections |
| Samuel M. Wilson | Norfolk County | Banks Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas W. Winn | Lunenberg | Agriculture and Manufactures Clerk's Office |
| F. V. Winston | Louisa | Bonds of Public Officers Privileges and Elections |
| Willis H. Woodley | Upshur | Register's Office Schools and Colleges |
| John L. Woolfolk | Greene and Orange | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Lunatic Ayslums Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry C. Worsham | Dinwiddie | Enrolled Bills Lunatic Ayslums Propositions and Grievances |
| George T. Wright | Essex and King & Queen | Armory First Auditor's Office Register's Office Schools and Colleges |
*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.