1879-1880 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 3 1879
- End Date: Mar 9 1880
- Notes: Session: December 3, 1879 to March 9, 1880
- Speaker:
Benjamin Watkins Lacy
- Clerk:
John Bell Bigger
Patrick H. McCaull
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Adams | Campbell and Lynchburg | Counties, Cities and Towns Militia and Police Printing |
| William T. Akers | Patrick | Printing (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Propositions and Greivances |
| David F. Bailey | Washington | Courts of Justice (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions Schools and Colleges |
| B. Johnson Barbour | Orange | Finance Immigration Schools and Colleges |
| H.F. Bell | Mathews and Middlesex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties, Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance |
| Edward David Bland | Prince George and Surry | Agriculture and Mining Committee (Dates Unknown) Claims Committee (Dates Unknown) Enrolled Bills Committee (Dates Unknown) Executive Expenditures Committee Officers and Offices at the Capitol Committee (Dates Unknown) Propositions and Grievances Committee (Dates Unknown) Retrenchment and Economy Committee (Dates Unknown) Schools and Colleges Committee |
| John W. Bulman | King and Queen | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Executive Expenditures Federal Relations and Resolutions Immigration |
| S.B. Burgess | Northumberland and Westmoreland | Claims (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| John Hampden Chamberlayne | Richmond City | Federal Relations and Resolutions Library Propositions and Greivances Public Property |
| S. B. Chapman | Gloucester | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Propositions and Greivances Schools and Colleges |
| David M. Claytor | Bedford | Claims Executive Expenditures Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Robert A. Coghill | Amherst | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| George William Cole | Essex | House Expenses Labor and Poor Committee |
| Johnson Collins | Brunswick | Federal Relations and Resolutions Committee
Public Property Committee |
| Jasper S. Colly | Buchanan and Wise | Claims House Expenses Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Thomas H. Cross | Nansemond | Propositions and Greivances (Chair) Courts of Justice Finance Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Martin Dalton | Carroll | Enrolled Bills Labor and the Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| E. P. Dandridge | Frederick and Winchester | Counties, Cities and Towns Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
| William J. Dickenson | Russell | Immigration (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| Amos Dickerson | Floyd | Labor and the Poor (Chair) Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Thomas A. Downs | Northampton and Accomack | Agriculture and Mining Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
| R.T.W. Duke | Albemarle | Executive Expenditures Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Shed Dungee | Cumberland and Buckingham | Officers and Offices at the Capitol Committee Public Property Committee |
| John Echols | Augusta and Staunton | Asylums and Prisons Banks, Currency and Commerce Finance |
| John W. Edmonds | Accomack | Asylums and Prisons Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| Griffin F. Edwards | Portsmouth | Public Property (Chair) Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures |
| William M. Ellis | Montgomery | House Expenses Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Schools and Colleges |
| William Dennis Evans | Prince Edward | Banks, Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Committee (Dates Unknown) Executive Expenditures Committee |
| Richard R. Farr | Fairfax | Counties, Cities and Towns (Chair) Finance Schools and Colleges |
| James B. Ficklin | Buckingham | Agriculture and Mining Militia Schools and Colleges |
| William A. J. Finney | Pittsylvania and Danville | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
| Alexander B. Fitzpatrick | Nelson | Claims House Expenses Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections |
| John D. Fray | Greene and Madison | Counties, Cities and Towns Propositions and Greivances |
| James A. Frazier | Rockbridge | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Executive Expenditures Finance |
| J. C. Gibson | Culpeper | Counties, Cities and Towns Public Property Rules |
| H.M.L. Goode | Charlotte | Asylums and Prisons Schools and Colleges |
| G.R. Gray | Halifax | Agriculture and Mining Claims Public Property |
| Duff Green | Stafford and King George | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Labor and the Poor |
| Roger Gregory | King William | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William E. Haden | Fluvanna | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| William H. Hall | Norfolk City | Enrolled Bills Library Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Ross Hamilton | Mecklenburg | Claims Immigration Retrenchment and the Economy |
| James Marshall Hanger | Augusta and Staunton | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections Rules |
| Hezekiah Harmon | Smyth and Bland | Labor and the Poor |
| Reuben N. Harrison | Rockingham | Agriculture and Mining Banks, Currency and Commerce Militia and Police Retrenchment and the Economy |
| W. E. Harwood | Petersburg | Asylums and Prisons Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation Rules |
| George R. Head | Loudoun | Federal Relations and Resolutions Labor and the Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| John N. Hopkins | Henrico | Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol Propositions and Greivances |
| George H. Jewett | Chesterfield, Manchester and Powhatan | Claims Officers and Offices at the Capitol Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Jonas S. Kelly | Washington | Retrenchment and the Economy (Chair) Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Benjamin Watkins Lacy | Charles City and New Kent | Rules (Chair) |
| John B. Lady | Rockbridge | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Schools and Colleges |
| Neverson Lewis | Chesterfield, Manchester and Powhatan | Claims Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| Lewis Linkenhoker | Botetourt | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Labor and the Poor Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
| William Lovenstein | Richmond City | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James Lyons Jr. | Richmond City | Asylums and Prisons Banks, Currency and Commerce Claims Schools and Colleges |
| Charles J. Mathews | Pulaski and Giles | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
| David F. May | Petersburg | Banks, Currency and Commerce (Chair) Propositions and Greivances Public Property |
| A.B. McConnell | Scott | Asylums and Prisons Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Henry S. Menefee | Rappahannock | Asylums and Prisons Federal Relations and Resolutions Propositions and Greivances |
| T. L. Michie | Albemarle | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Samuel H. Moffett | Rockingham | Finance (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Granville L. Moorman | Bedford | Agriculture and Mining Immigration Militia and Police |
| George W. Morgan | Campbell and Lynchburg | Enrolled Bills Labor and the Poor Privileges and Elections |
| George A. Mushbach | Alexandria City and Alexandria County | Enrolled Bills Labor and the Poor Library |
| William N. Nelson | Clarke and Warren | Agriculture and Mining Banks, Currency and Commerce Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
| Charles E. Nicol | Prince William | Labor and the Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Robert Norton | Elizabeth City, Warwick, James City, York and Williamsburg | Asylums and Prisons Committee
Chesapeake and its Tributaries Federal Relations and Resolutions Committee Labor and Poor Committee Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections Committee Schools and Colleges Committee |
| Littleton Owens | Princess Anne | Propositions and Greivances Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Richard Gault Leslie Paige | Norfolk County | Counties, Cities and Towns Labor and the Poor Privileges and Elections |
| William M. Palmer | Halifax | Agriculture and Mining Immigration Propositions and Greivances Retrenchment and the Economy |
| William C. Parks | Grayson | Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol Printing Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and the Economy |
| William H. Payne | Loudoun and Fauquier | Militia and Police (Chair) Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures |
| Luke Perdue | Franklin | Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills |
| Charles Pitts | Lancaster and Richmond County | Banks, Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Joseph B. Pope | Southampton | Enrolled Bills Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
| William S. Redd | Henry | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William H. Revercomb | Alleghany, Bath and Highland | Propositions and Greivances Public Property |
| A.P. Rowe | Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg | Counties, Cities and Towns Immigration Militia and Police |
| Robert Sayers | Wythe | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Claims Rules |
| Archer Scott | Nottoway and Amelia | Enrolled Bills Propositions and Greivances |
| Campbell Slemp | Lee | Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns Schools and Colleges |
| E. H. Smith | Dinwiddie | Labor and the Poor Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and the Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
| George E. Smith | Lunenberg | Counties, Cities and Towns Finance Privileges and Elections |
| Henry D. Smith | Greensville and Sussex | Agriculture and Mining Immigration |
| Michael P. Spessard | Craig and Roanoke | House Expenses (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons |
| Jurman L. Stratton | Goochland | Agriculture and Mining Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties, Cities and Towns Militia and Police |
| Joseph B. Strayer | Shenandoah | Agriculture and Mining (Chair) Militia and Police |
| Robert M. Stribling | Fauquier | Executive Expenditures Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William H. Turner | Norfolk City | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Finance Immigration |
| George M. Waddill | Isle of Wight | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills |
| Henry J. Wale | Louisa | Agriculture and Mining Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James A. Watkins | Appomattox | Library Militia and Police Public Property |
| J.H. Watson | Pittsylvania and Danville | Asylums and Prisons Immigration Militia and Police Privileges and Elections Public Property |
| Smith J.R. White | Caroline | Banks, Currency and Commerce Claims Enrolled Bills |
| Henry T. Taylor Wickham | Hanover | Enrolled Bills Militia and Police Propositions and Greivances |
| John J. Wilkinson | Pittsylvania and Danville | Agriculture and Mining Public Property Retrenchment and the Economy |
| S.B. Witt | Richmond City | Asylums and Prisions Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
| James R. Witten | Tazewell | Library (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Labor and the Poor |
| William Overall Yager | Page | Executive Expenditures 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.