1871-1873 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 6 1871
- End Date: Apr 2 1873
- Notes: Sessions: December 6, 1871 to March 26, 1872; March 27 to April 5, 1872; December 4, 1872 to April 2, 1873
- Journal Link:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014925808
- Speaker:
James Marshall Hanger
- Clerk:
John Bell Bigger
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| John B. Allen | Botetourt | Claims Immigration Labor and the Poor |
| Matthew G. Anderson | Louisa | Counties, Cities and Towns Propositions and Grievances |
| Edmund R. Bagwell | Accomack | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Chesapeake and its Tributaries Finance |
| George E. Beaton | Southampton | Claims Executive Expenditures |
| George T. Berger | Pittsylvania | Banks, Currency and Commerce Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Silas G. Bernard | Franklin | Agriculture and Mining Public Property |
| E.S. Bishop | Lee | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons |
| Stith Bolling | Lunenberg | Chesapeake and its Tributaries (1872-1873) Immigration (1872-1873) |
| George W. Booker | Henry | Banks, Currency and Commerce (Chair) Courts of Justice Immigration |
| Thomas R. Borland | Norfolk City | Courts of Justice Retrenchment and the Economy |
| George Bouton | Madison | Finance Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Henry Bowen | Tazewell | Militia and Police Privileges and Elections Public Property |
| Lemuel C. Bristow | Middlesex | Chesapeake and its Tributaries Labor and the Poor Privileges and Elections |
| James V. Brooke | Fauquier | Courts of Justice (Chair) Resolutions |
| John G. Brown | Charlotte | Agriculture and Mining Labor and the Poor |
| John Thompson Brown | Richmond City | Asylums and Prisons Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Lewis H. Bryant | Grayson | Claims
Retrenchment and Economy |
| William A. Bryant | Prince William | Agriculture and Mining Claims Labor and the Poor Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Robert C. Burkholder | Campbell | Public Property (Chair) Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| John D. Butler | Caroline | Asylums and Prisons Retrenchment and the Economy |
| James L. Campbell | Bedford | Agriculture and Mining Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Jack Carter | Russell | Counties, Cities and Towns Finance Public Property |
| Peter Jacob Carter | Northampton | Agriculture and Mining Claims Committee (Dates Unknown) Militia and Police Committee (Dates Unknown) Retrenchment and Economy |
| Thomas J. Christian | Mathews | Counties, Cities and Towns Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William I. Clopton | Chesterfield | Courts of Justice Militia and Police Resolutions |
| Robert A. Coghill | Amherst and Nelson | Counties, Cities and Towns (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Asa Coleman | Halifax | Asylums and Prisons |
| A.B. Cottrell | Henrico | Claims Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Henry Cox | Powhatan | Labor and the Poor Committee (Dates Unknown)
Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol Committee (Dates Unknown) |
| James P. Critz | Patrick | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Executive Expenditures |
| A. C. Cummings | Washington | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Finance |
| Martin Dalton | Carroll | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Propositions and Grievances |
| R. T. Daniel | Richmond City | Finance (Chair) |
| McDowell Delaney | Amelia | Claims Retrenchment and Economy |
| George E. Deneale | Rockingham | Roads and Internal Navigation Rules |
| William A. Donald | Rockbridge | Chesapeake and its Tributaries Finance Retrenchment and the Economy |
| James H. Dooley | Richmond City | Courts of Justice Militia and Police |
| W. W. Douglass | Richmond County | Enrolled Bills Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Jesse Dungey | King William | Agriculture and Mining Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| J. A. Early | Albemarle | Counties, Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills |
| Wyatt M. Moseley Elliott | Appomattox | Militia and Police (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Immigration |
| Joseph P. Evans | Petersburg | Counties, Cities and Towns Privileges and Elections |
| G. B. Fitzgerald | Roanoke | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Schools and Colleges |
| Spencer D. Fletcher | Accomack | Agriculture and Mining Labor and the Poor |
| John Freeman | Halifax | Public Property |
| Abram Fulkerson | Washington | Asylums and Prisions (1872-1873) Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
| Reuben E. Gardner | Hanover | Retrenchment and the Economy Schools and Colleges |
| James S. Gilliam | Northumberland | Public Property Retrenchment and the Economy |
| William Gilliam | Prince George | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| William S. Gilman | Richmond City | Library Schools and Colleges |
| Joseph J. Graham | Wythe | Agriculture and Mining Propositions and Grievances |
| William F. Graves | Bedford | Counties, Cities and Towns Finance |
| Alphonse A. Gray | Fluvanna | Courts of Justice Resolutions |
| John N. Gresham | King and Queen | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| Frederick Griffith | Westmoreland | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Ross Hamilton | Mecklenburg | Executive Expenditures Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| James Marshall Hanger | Augusta | Rules (Chair) |
| William G. Hardesty | Clarke | Privileges and Elections Resolutions |
| George R. Head | Loudoun | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
| J. C. Hill | Albemarle | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Edward Irvine | Campbell | Labor and the Poor Resolutions |
| Edward James | Princess Anne | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and its Tributaries Labor and the Poor |
| Peter K. Jones | Greensville | Officers & Offices at the Capitol Committee (Dates Unknown)
Privileges and Elections |
| Rufus Sibb Jones | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Schools and Colleges |
| Warner T. Jones | Gloucester | House Expenses (Chair) Chesapeake and its Tributaries Courts of Justice Militia and Police |
| Joseph Jorgenson | Prince Edward | Immigration Retrenchment and the Economy Schools and Colleges |
| James H. Kelly | Spotsylvania | Printing (Chair) Chesapeake and its Tributaries Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Henry M. Keyser | Page | Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and its Tributaries |
| E. D. Kincheloe | Fauquier | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Grievances |
| C. W. Lassiter | Nansemond | Claims Printing |
| John W. Lawson | Isle of Wight | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Propositions and Grievances Rules |
| B. F. Lewis | Prince William | Asylums and Prisons Counties, Cities and Towns Immigration |
| Alexander B. Lightner | Augusta | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons |
| Paul Lightner | Bath and Highland | Executive Expenditures Propositions and Grievances |
| James F. Lipscomb | Cumberland | Executive Expenditures |
| William Lovenstein | Henrico and Richmond City | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce Immigration |
| William Matthew | Loudoun | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Finance Rules |
| John Walter Boyd Matthews | Petersburg | Claims |
| Francis M. McMullan | Greene | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and its Tributaries Executive Expenditures |
| William G. Miller | Rappahannock | Enrolled Bills Public Property |
| G.G. Minor | Henrico | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
| Thomas J. Munsey | Bland | Enrolled Bills Labor and the Poor |
| S. Chapman Neale | Alexandria | Courts of Justice Library Schools and Colleges |
| Armistead S. Nickens | Lancaster | Agriculture and Mining Committee (Dates Unknown) Militia and Police |
| James H. Noble | Buckingham | Enrolled Bills Labor and the Poor Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Norton | York and James City | Asylums and Prisons Labor and Poor |
| William S. Nowlin | Campbell | Banks, Currency and Commerce Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| C. T. O'Ferrall | Rockingham | Courts of Justice Militia and Police |
| Richard Gault Leslie Paige | Norfolk County | Propositions and Grievances |
| Marshall Parks | Norfolk City | Immigration (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William H. Patterson | Charles City | Public Property Resolutions |
| John B. Payne | Floyd | Executive Expenditures Public Property |
| Allen Pearce | Alexandria | Banks, Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures |
| William T. Perkins | Dinwiddie | Banks, Currency and Commerce |
| William Thomas Poague | Rockbridge | Library (Chair) House Expenses Schools and Colleges |
| William Powell | Franklin | Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William P. Queen | Scott | Executive Expenditures Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Munford W. Radford | Bedford | Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
| C. P. Ramsdell | Surry | Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Meshack Ratliff | Buchanan and Wise | Agriculture and Mining Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| H. H. Riddlebarger | Shenandoah | Printing Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and the Economy |
| H. H. Robertson | Alleghany and Craig | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Thacker Rogers | King George | Executive Expenditures Labor and the Poor |
| Charles S. Roler | Augusta | Enrolled Bills Immigration Schools and Colleges |
| Joseph C. Russell | Brunswick | Counties, Cities and Towns Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| James Sangster | Fairfax | Finance Labor and the Poor Public Property |
| Langhorne Scruggs | Pittsylvania | Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
| C. T. Smith | Nelson | Banks, Currency and Commerce Claims |
| James W. Smoot | Shenandoah | Banks, Currency and Commerce Claims |
| John C. Snidow | Giles | Finance House Expenses Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| George H. Southall | Nottoway | Finance Militia and Police |
| G. B. Stephens | Albemarle | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons |
| N. C. St. John | Smyth | Courts of Justice Resolutions |
| J. B. Stovall Jr. | Halifax | Banks, Currency and Commerce Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| John R. Strother | Culpeper | Claims (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| W. T. Sutherlin | Pittsylvania | Agriculture and Mining (Chair) Finance |
| J. B. T. Suttle | Stafford | Counties, Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Resolutions |
| Samuel A. Swann | Caroline | Banks, Currency and Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| William R. Taliaferro | Orange | Library Privileges and Elections Resolutions |
| Samuel W. Thomas | Warren | Resolutions (Chair) Finance House Expenses |
| C.E. Thompson | Hanover | Labor and the Poor (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| E. M. Tidball | Frederick | Retrenchment and the Economy (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns |
| Henry Turpin | Goochland | Counties, Cities and Towns Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| James H. Van Auken | Sussex | Asylums and Prisons Executive Expenditures Immigration |
| John W. Walke | Chesterfield | Asylums and Prisons
Privileges and Elections |
| James A. Alexander Walker | Pulaski | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Resolutions |
| John F. Wall | Frederick | Chesapeake and its Tributaries (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas S. Watson | Louisa | Agriculture and Mining House Expenses Library |
| Samuel Watts | Portsmouth | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| Watson R. Wentworth | Essex | Chesapeake and its Tributaries Militia and Police Public Property |
| Gabriel C. Wharton | Montgomery | Roads and Internal Navigation Rules |
| Hazael Williams | Amherst | Claims Public Property |
| George W. Young | Mecklenberg | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and its Tributaries Propositions and Grievances |
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