1875-1877 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 1 1875
- End Date: Apr 4 1877
- Notes: Sessions: December 1, 1875 to March 29, 1876; December 6, 1876 to April 4, 1877
- Journal Link:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014925857;view=1up;seq=7
- Speaker:
James Marshall Hanger
- Clerk:
John Bell Bigger
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Clay Allen | Shenandoah | Courts of Justice Propositions and Greivances |
| E. J. Armstrong | Rockingham | Public Property (Chair) Finance (1876-1877) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James L. Arthur | Bedford | Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| John P. Aylor | Madison | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries |
| Edmund R. Bagwell | Accomack | Schools and Colleges (1875-1876) (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (1875-1876) Finance (1875-1876) |
| M.D. Ball | Alexandria | Banks, Currency and Commerce (1876-1877) Counties, Cities and Towns (1876-1877) |
| R. P. Barham | Petersburg | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| Thomas H. Barnes | Nansemond | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance |
| W.W. Berry | Bedford | Counties, Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills |
| T. Edwin Betts | Northumberland | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice (1876-1877) Finance |
| J. H. Bogart | Southampton | Executive Expenditures Library Propositions and Greivances Rules (1876-1877) |
| C. A. Bohannon | Mathews | Agriculture and Mining Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Privileges and Elections |
| Tazewell Branch | Prince Edward | Claims |
| Lemuel C. Bristow | Middlesex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Labor and the Poor |
| A. Broaddus | Page | Executive Expenditures Immigration Library |
| Socrates Brooks | Chesterfield | Courts of Justice Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
| Jesse S. Burks | Bedford | Agriculture and Mining Public Property |
| Samuel Carpenter | Alleghany and Craig | Labor and the Poor (Chair) Finance |
| John A. Carter | Loudoun | Immigration (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries |
| Peter Jacob Carter | Northampton | Agriculture and Mining Claims Committee (Dates Unknown) Militia and Police Committee (Dates Unknown) Retrenchment and Economy Committee |
| William P. Cecil | Tazewell | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice (1876-1877) Propositions and Greivances |
| George T. Clark | Surry | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| A.J. Clarke | Campbell | Retrenchment and the Economy (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Immigration |
| J. D. Clay | Halifax | Agriculture and Mining Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Charles B. Coale | Washington | Printing Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Robert A. Coghill | Amherst and Nelson | Courts of Justice (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| John L. Coleman | Lunenberg | Claims Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Aaron Comadore | Essex | Militia and Police |
| Aaron Commodore | Essex | Militia and Police Committee (Dates Unknown) |
| Miles Connor | Norfolk County | Militia and Police |
| Henry Cox | Powhatan | Labor and the Poor Committee (Dates Unknown)
Militia and Police Committee (Dates Unknown) Officers and Offices at the Capitol Committee |
| Richard H. Cox | King and Queen | Asylums and Prisons Federal Relations and Resolutions Propositions and Greivances |
| J.D. Craig | Augusta | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons |
| Richard G. Crank | Albemarle | Claims Counties, Cities and Towns |
| James P. Critz | Patrick | Agriculture and Mining (Chair) Executive Expenditures Finance |
| Robert H. Crockett | Wythe | Agriculture and Mining Finance (1876-1877) Immigration |
| W. W. Crump | Richmond City | Finance (1875-1876) (Chair) |
| T. Spicer Curlett | Lancaster | Labor and the Poor Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Isaac Dabbs | Charlotte County | Labor and the Poor |
| Martin Dalton | Carroll | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
| John A. Davidson | Bland | Counties, Cities and Towns Labor and the Poor |
| R. B. Davis | Petersburg | Counties, Cities and Towns Privileges and Elections |
| James H. Dooley | Richmond City | Propositions and Greivances (Chair) Courts of Justice Rules |
| Thomas M. Dunn | Albemarle | Asylums and Prisons Schools and Colleges |
| Benjamin F. Dyer | Henry | Immigration Labor and the Poor Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Henry Edmunds | Halifax | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance (1876-1877) |
| William A. Fiske | Portsmouth | Enrolled Bills Public Property |
| Joel W. Flood | Appomattox | Militia and Police Public Property |
| William H. Fowle | Alexandria | Banks, Currency and Commerce (1875-1876) Counties, Cities and Towns (1875-1876) |
| Isaac Chapman Fowler | Washington | Enrolled Bills Library Schools and Colleges |
| William Gaines | Hanover | Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
| Philip Gibson | King William | Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns |
| William F. Giddings | Chesterfield | Counties, Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills |
| William S. Gilman | Richmond City | Library (1875-1876) (Chair) Schools and Colleges (1876-1877) (Chair) Printing Schools and Colleges |
| William F. Gordon | Louisa | Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections |
| Alphonse A. Gray | Fluvanna | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Moses T. Greer | Franklin | Asylums and Prisons Claims |
| Peyton G. Hale | Grayson | Claims Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Joseph J. Hall | Princess Anne | Agriculture and Mining Public Property |
| Ross Hamilton | Mecklenburg | Executive Expenditures Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| James Marshall Hanger | Augusta | Rules (Chair) |
| Theodore William Hoenniger | Henrico | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons |
| J. L. Howard | Floyd | House Expenses (Chair) Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
| R.T. Hubard Jr. | Buckingham | Propositions and Greivances Schools and Colleges |
| John M. Hudgin | Caroline | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (1875-1876) Courts of Justice (1875-1876) Rules (1875-1876) |
| William F. Jackson | Amelia | Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
| Richard D. James | Goochland | Counties, Cities and Towns Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
| John W. Johnston | Botetourt | Courts of Justice Militia and Police Rules |
| Peter K. Jones | Greensville | Officers & Offices at the Capitol Committee
Privileges and Elections Committee |
| George H. Jordan | Isle of Wight | Asylums and Prisons Executive Expenditures |
| W. P. M. Kellam | Richmond City | Enrolled Bills Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
| H. B. Kerrick | Fauquier | House Expenses Labor and the Poor Library (1876-1877) Retrenchment and the Economy |
| William J. Kindrick | Russell | Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Benjamin Watkins Lacy | Charles City and New Kent | Courts of Justice Rules Schools and Colleges |
| James J. Lamkin | Pittsylvania | Agriculture and Mining Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| W.B.F. Leech | Rockbridge | Public Property Schools and Colleges |
| Henry M. Lemmon | Sussex | Agriculture and Mining Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John Letcher | Rockbridge | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| H.L.D. Lewis | Clarke | Counties, Cities and Towns Finance |
| James F. Lipscomb | Cumberland | Executive Expenditures Committee |
| John T. Lovell | Warren | Printing (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections |
| William Lovenstein | Richmond City | Immigration (1876-1877) Roads and Internal Navigation (1876-1877) |
| John Edward Massey | Albemarle | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Labor and the Poor |
| William Mathew | Loudoun | Claims (Chair) Finance |
| Patrick H. McCaull | Pulaski | Claims Retrenchment and the Economy |
| C.R. McDannald | Bath and Highland | Enrolled Bills (1876-1877) Propositions and Greivances (1876-1877) |
| James M. McElroy | Lee | Executive Expenditures Labor and the Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Francis M. McMullan | Greene | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Schools and Colleges |
| George V. Moncure | Stafford | Agriculture and Mining Propositions and Greivances |
| William Morris | Campbell | Banks, Currency and Commerce Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Jonathan O. Morriss | Princess Anne | Agriculture and Mining Public Property |
| T.B. Nalle | Culpeper | Banks, Currency and Commerce Retrenchment and the Economy |
| John Neeley | Accomack | Counties, Cities and Towns (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Mann Page | Prince George | Claims Retrenchment and the Economy |
| John D. Parsons | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (1876-1877 Schools and Colleges (1876-1877) |
|
| Isaac A. Paul | Nelson | Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| R.O. Peatross | Caroline | Chesapeake and its Tributaries
Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| N. W. Pierson | Fairfax | Banks, Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures |
| John William Poindexter | Louisa | Asylums and Prisons |
| Thomas G. Popham | Rappahannock | Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
| E.C. Powell | Dinwiddie | Banks, Currency and Commerce (1876-1877) Claims (1876-1877) |
| William Powell | Franklin | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William B. K. Price | King George | Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
| James R. Purcell | Prince William | Immigration Militia and Police |
| William W. Raines | Richmond County | Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| Ira P. Robinett | Scott | Asylums and Prisons Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Charles A. Ronald | Montgomery | Militia and Police (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Robert Davis Ruffin | Public Property (1875-1876) | |
| Archer Scott | Nottoway | Claims |
| Langhorne Scruggs | Pittsylvania | Privileges and Elections (1876-1877) (Chair) Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
| Charles J. Shannon | Smyth | Privileges and Elections (1876-1877) Public Property (1876-1877) |
| James W. Sheffey | Smyth | Privileges and Elections (1875-1876) (Chair) Courts of Justice (1875-1876) Federal Relations and Resolutions (1875-1876) |
| W. M. Sibert | Rockingham | Agriculture and Mining Claims House Expenses |
| James M. Sieg | Bath and Highland | Finance (1875-1876) Privileges and Elections (1875-1876) |
| George L. Simpson | Alexandria | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Greivances |
| Henry E. Smith | Amherst | House Expenses Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James W. Smith | Buchanan and Wise | Banks, Currency and Commerce Labor and the Poor |
| Robert M. Smith | Elizabeth City and Warwick | Schools and Colleges |
| Sydney Smith | York and James City | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Counties, Cities and Towns |
| William Smith | Fauquier | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Finance |
| L. D. Starke | Norfolk City | Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| J. B. Stovall Jr. | Halifax | Banks, Currency and Commerce Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Joseph B. Strayer | Shenandoah | Asylums and Prisons Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Philip W. Strother | Giles | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| Alexander H.H. Stuart | Augusta | Finance (1876-1877) (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions (1876-1877) |
| Samuel A. Swann | Caroline | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William Booth Taliaferro | Gloucester | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| W.T. Taliaferro | Norfolk City | Finance Immigration |
| R. H. Talley | Henrico | Counties, Cities and Towns Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Uriel Terrell | Labor and the Poor Public Property |
|
| William M. Walker | Westmoreland | Immigration Propositions and Greivances |
| John F. Wall | Frederick | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Roads and Internal Navigation |
| A. W. Wallace | Spotsylvania | Library (1876-1877) (Chair) Library Propositions and Greivances |
| William Watts | Roanoke | Banks, Currency and Commerce (Chair) Finance |
| Robert H. Whitaker/Whittaker | Brunswick | Public Property |
| Smith J.R. White | Caroline | Executive Expenditures (1876-1877) Public Property (1876-1877) |
| Charles U. Williams | Richmond City | Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance (1876-1877) Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| P. B. Williams | Frederick | Labor and the Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| W. A. Witcher | Pittslyvania | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
| H. Howard Withers | Campbell | Counties, Cities and Towns Militia and Police |
| T. J. Wooldridge | Hanover | Asylums and Prisons Executive Expenditures House Expenses |
| George W. Young | Mecklenberg | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Propositions and Greivances |
*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.