1877-1879 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 5 1877
- End Date: Apr 2 1879
- Notes: Sessions: December 5, 1877 to March 14, 1878; December 4, 1878 to April 2, 1879
- Journal Link:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014925865
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014925873;view=1up;seq=7
- Speaker:
Henry Clay Allen
- Clerk:
John Bell Bigger
Patrick H. McCaull
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| John S. Adams | Cumberland | Claims Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William T. Akers | Patrick | Asylums and Prisons Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Henry Clay Allen | Shenandoah | Rules (Chair) |
| Joseph Reid Anderson | Richmond City | Federal Relations Finance Militia and Police |
| Charles Henry Ashton | King George | Asylums and Prisons Privileges and Elections |
| A.C. Attkisson | Chesterfield | Courts of Justice |
| James Barbour | Culpeper | Finance (Chair) Rules |
| George Smith Bernard | Petersburg | Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert E. Bland | Prince George | Executive Expenditures Officers and Offices at the Capitol Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Thomas S. Bocock | Appomattox | Courts of Justice Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| C.A. Bohannan | Mathews | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Library Privileges and Elections |
| William A. Brown | Franklin | Labor and the Poor Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Samuel Burger | Botetourt | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Roads and Internal Navigation |
| W.E. Burnham | Campbell | Labor and the Poor Privileges and Elections |
| John R. Carter | Loudoun | Agriculture and Mining Public Property |
| Peter Jacob Carter | Northampton | Agriculture and Mining Committee (Dates Unknown) Claims Militia and Police Committee Retrenchment and Economy Committee (Dates Unknown) |
| John P. Chase | Buchanan and Wise | Agriculture and Mining Public Property |
| George T. Clarke | Surry | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| Robert A. Coghill | Amherst and Nelson | Courts of Justice (Chair) Federal Relations Rules |
| John L. Coleman | Lunenberg | Claims Enrolled Bills |
| Richard H. Cox | King and Queen | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Militia and Police |
| Richard G. Crank | Albemarle | Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| George K. Crutchfield | Richmond City | Labor and the Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
| T. Spicer Curlett | Lancaster | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Militia and Police |
| Willis J. Dance | Powhatan | Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| John A. Davidson | Bland | House Expenses (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Militia and Police |
| H. Davis | Pittsylvania | Federal Relations Printing Propositions and Greivances |
| William J. Dickenson | Russell | Banks, Currency and Commerce Propositions and Greivances |
| Amos Dickerson | Floyd | Labor and the Poor Militia and Police |
| Benjamin F. Dyer | Henry | Federal Relations Labor and the Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| John Echols | Augusta | Militia and Police (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Finance |
| Henry Edmunds | Halifax | Retrenchment and the Economy (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| Luther R. Edwards | Southampton | |
| William Dennis Evans | Prince Edward | Enrolled Bills Committee Executive Expenditures Committee |
| Richard R. Farr | Fairfax | Claims Rules Schools and Colleges |
| T. T. Fauntleroy Jr. | Frederick | Federal Relations (Chair) Courts of Justice |
| James B. Ficklin | Buckingham | Agriculture and Mining Counties, Cities and Towns |
| Oswald B. Finney | Accomack | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties, Cities and Towns |
| Isaac Chapman Fowler | Washington | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Finance Printing |
| James A. Frazier | Rockbridge | Banks, Currency and Commerce Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas V. Fry | Madison | Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections |
| Lee S. Fulkerson | Lee | Executive Expenditures Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and the Economy |
| S.M. Fulton | Grayson | Claims Counties, Cities and Towns |
| H.M.L. Goode | Charlotte | Asylums and Prisons Executive Expenditures |
| William F. Graves | Bedford | Finance House Expenses Militia and Police |
| B.C. Gray | Richmond City | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce |
| Charles T. Green | Fauquier | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Privileges and Elections |
| John M. Gregory | Charles City and New Kent | Executive Expenditures Retrenchment and the Economy |
| A.S. Grigsby | Campbell | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
| Joseph J. Hall | Princess Anne | Labor and the Poor (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries |
| Ross Hamilton | Mecklenburg | Privileges and Elections |
| James Marshall Hanger | Augusta | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Propositions and Greivances Rules |
| William G. Hardesty | Clarke | Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
| H.H. Harrison | Sussex | Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Reuben N. Harrison | Rockingham | Agriculture and Mining Claims |
| L.E. Harvie | Amelia | Agriculture and Mining (Chair) Finance |
| Robert Healey | Middlesex | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Schools and Colleges |
| David S. Henkel | Shenandoah | Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
| W.W. Henry | Richmond City | Library (Chair) Courts of Justice Schools and Colleges |
| Samuel P. Henson | Louisa | Executive Expenditures Federal Relations Immigration |
| Harman Hiner | Bath and Highland | Counties, Cities and Towns Labor and the Poor |
| Alexander Hunter | Alexandria | Asylums and Prisons Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Richard D. James | Goochland | Public Property (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns |
| Waddie T. James | Franklin | Claims Schools and Colleges |
| Abel T. Johnson | Accomack | Finance Propositions and Greivances |
| James D. Johnston | Giles | Courts of Justice Federal Relations Privileges and Elections |
| George H. Jordan | Isle of Wight | Claims (Chair) Asylums and Prisons |
| Jonas S. Kelly | Washington | Retrenchment and the Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Henry M. Keyser | Page | Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| William Kyle | Carroll | Agriculture and Mining Public Property |
| Benjamin Watkins Lacy | Charles City and New Kent | Courts of Justice |
| John B. Lady | Rockbridge | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Alexander G. Lee | Elizabeth City & Warwick | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Retrenchment and the Economy |
| John T. Lovell | Warren | Printing (Chair) Federal Relations Privileges and Elections |
| Nathan C. Luck | Bedford | Enrolled Bills Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Charles P. McCabe | Loudoun | House Expenses Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Patrick H. McCaull | Pulaski | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Roads and Internal Navigation |
| A.B. McConnell | Scott | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| John A. McCraw | Halifax | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures Immigration |
| John R. McDaniel | Campbell | Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Francis M. McMullan | Greene | Counties, Cities and Towns (Chair) Propositions and Greivances |
| T. L. Michie | Albemarle | Banks, Currency and Commerce Schools and Colleges |
| Samuel H. Moffett | Rockingham | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Finance |
| George V. Moncure | Stafford | Propositions and Greivances Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Granville L. Moorman | Bedford | Agriculture and Mining Banks, Currency and Commerce |
| George A. Mushbach | Alexandria | Banks, Currency and Commerce Propositions and Greivances |
| A. Myers | Norfolk City | Propositions and Greivances Schools and Colleges |
| Edwin Nelson | Prince William | Counties, Cities and Towns Privileges and Elections |
| Robert Norton | James City and York | Asylums and Prisons Committee
Federal Relations and Resolutions Committee (Dates Unknown) Labor and Poor Committee Privileges and Elections Committee (Dates Unknown) Schools and Colleges Committee (Dates Unknown) |
| Robert Norton | James City and York | |
| Nicholas P. Oglesby | Wythe | Executive Expenditures Finance |
| Green T. Pace | Counties, Cities and Towns Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
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| Humphrey J. Parrish | Louisa | Agriculture and Mining House Expenses Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Charles Pitts | Richmond County | Enrolled Bills Federal Relations Library |
| Thomas G. Popham | Rappahannock | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Immigration |
| James L. Powell | Spotsylvania | Propositions and Greivances Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Samuel H. Pulliam | Richmond City | Asylums and Prisons Counties, Cities and Towns |
| John P. Ragland | Halifax | Agriculture and Mining Public Property |
| William A. Reese | Greensville | Immigration Library Propositions and Greivances |
| E.C. Robinson | Norfolk City | Propositions and Greivances (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Schools and Colleges |
| J.H. Robinson | Portsmouth | Banks, Currency and Commerce (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Robert S. Ryland | King William | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
| William Sandidge | Amherst | Claims Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Charles J. Shannon | Smyth | Immigration (Chair) Claims |
| William J. Shelburne | Montgomery | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Schools and Colleges |
| Samuel S. Shriver | Nansemond | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Federal Relations Immigration |
| W.B.G. Shumate | Fauquier | Agriculture and Mining Finance |
| E. H. Smith | Dinwiddie | Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| J. H. Smith | Albemarle | Enrolled Bills Labor and the Poor |
| J. W. Southward | Henrico | Claims House Expenses |
| Michael P. Spessard | Alleghany and Craig | Asylums and Prisons Banks, Currency and Commerce |
| P.B. Starke | Brunswick | Federal Relations Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
| George S. Stevens | Nelson | Courts of Justice Public Property |
| W.S. Sykes | Norfolk County | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties, Cities and Towns Schools and Colleges |
| William Booth Taliaferro | Gloucester | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Courts of Justice Militia and Police |
| W.T. Taliaferro | Norfolk City | Banks, Currency and Commerce Finance |
| A.J. Taylor | Fluvanna | Counties, Cities and Towns Executive Expenditures |
| William Taylor | Henrico | Banks, Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills |
| Henry S. Trout | Roanoke | Counties, Cities and Towns Privileges and Elections |
| D.N. VanLear | Augusta | Agriculture and Mining Claims |
| George Walker | Northumberland | Courts of Justice Militia and Police |
| Joseph Walker | Chesterfield | Federal Relations Immigration |
| William M. Walker | Westmoreland | Officers and Offices at the Capitol Propositions and Greivances |
| Thomas P. Wallace | Orange | Propositions and Greivances Schools and Colleges |
| Charles M. Walsh | Petersburg | Banks, Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills |
| P.C. Waring | Essex | Agriculture and Mining Library Retrenchment and the Economy |
| J.H. Watson | Pittsylvania | Enrolled Bills |
| Nimrod Whitacre | Frederick | Banks, Currency and Commerce Labor and the Poor Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Smith J.R. White | Caroline | Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
| Thomas M. White | Hanover | Agriculture and Mining Militia and Police |
| John J. Wilkinson | Pittsylvania | Counties, Cities and Towns (1878-1879) Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (1878-1879) |
| Joseph A. Wingfield | Hanover | Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills |
| Ezra Witmer | Nottoway | Immigration Public Property |
| James R. Witten | Tazewell | Claims Counties, Cities and Towns |
| Charles Wright | Caroline | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and the Economy |
| George W. Young | Mecklenberg | Banks, Currency and Commerce Public Property |
*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.