1885-1887 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 2 1885
- End Date: May 24 1887
- Notes: Sessions: December 2, 1885 to March 6, 1886; March 16 to May 24, 1887
- Journal Link:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014925931
- Speaker:
Charles Edward Stuart
- Clerk:
John Bell Bigger
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| John Acker | Rockingham | Claims Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections |
| Joseph J. Addington | Scott | Agriculture and Mining Finance Labor and Poor |
| Jacob W. Arnold | Rockbridge | Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
| James Bandy | Tazewell | Banks, Currency and Commerce Claims Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| James Barbour | Culpeper | |
| Harvey Black | Montgomery | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
| John C. Bohannan | Mathews and Middlesex | Asylums and Prisons Immigration Public Property |
| David W. Bolen | Carroll | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries |
| Samuel P. Bolling | Cumberland and Buckingham | Claims Committee
Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Committee Retrenchment and Economy Committee |
| George L. Borum | Nansemond | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Milita and Police |
| John Thompson Brown | Nelson | Courts of Justice Immigration Library Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John Alexander Buchanan | Washington | Asylums and Prisons Banks, Currency and Commerce Courts of Justice |
| William P. Burks | Bedford | Public Property (Chair) Claims Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Richard Henry Cardwell | Hanover | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Henry L. Carter | Richmond City | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Asylums and Prison Labor and Poor |
| James F. Chalmers | Isle of Wight | Agriculture and Mining Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John W. Cherry | Norfolk City | |
| D. M. Chichester | Fairfax | Agriculture and Mining Claims Enrolled Bills |
| Jesse J. Childress | Buchanan, Wise, and Dickenson | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Propositions and Grievances |
| Fielding R. Cornett | Grayson | Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
| Horace F. Crismond | Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg | Asylums and Prisons Banks, Currency and Commerce Milita and Police |
| T. Spicer Curlett | Lancaster and Richmond County | Banks, Currency, and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
| Walter J. Dabney | Albemarle | Executive Expenditures Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| James H. Darst | Pulaski and Giles | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Executive Expenditures Finance |
| Crispin Dickenson | Pittsylvania and Danville | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Immigration |
| Henry H. Downing | Clarke and Warren | Immigration (Chair) Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| James N. Dunlop | Richmond City | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Library Privileges and Elections |
| W. P. DuPuy | Prince Edward | Claims (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce Schools and Colleges , |
| A.W. Eastwood | King William | Agriculture and Mining Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Militia and Police |
| Edward Echols | Augusta | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Courts of Justice Labor and Poor |
| William Faulcon | Prince George and Surry | Executive Expendititures Committee Immigration Committee Public Property Committee |
| T. J. Fentress | Princess Anne | Cheapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures Retrenchment and Economy |
| James Henry Harrison Figgat | Botetourt | House Expenses (Chair) Courts of Justice Retrenchment and Economy |
| W. C. Franklin | Appomattox | Banks, Currency, and Commerce Enrolled Bills Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Abram Fulkerson | Washington | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Finance |
| L. D. Fulkerson | Lee | Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions House Expenses Officers and Offices at the Capitol - Schools and Colleges |
| J.M. Gills | Nottoway and Amelia | Labor and Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
| William A. Goad | Bedford | Counties, Cities and Towns Labor and Poor Public Property |
| Daniel A. Grimsley | Culpeper | Courts of Justice Finance |
| Alfred W. Harris | Dinwiddie | Courts of Justice Committee (Dates Unknown)
Immigration Committee Library Committee (Dates Unknown) Manufactures and Mechanics Arts Committee (Dates Unknown) Privileges and Elections Committee Retrenchment and Economy Committee (Dates Unknown) Schools and Colleges Committee |
| James Hay | Greene and Madison | Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
| Samuel H. Hoge | Patrick | Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections Public Property Schools and Colleges |
| Fred H. Holladay | Louisa | Agriculture and Mining Labor and Poor Privileges and Elections |
| Giles C. Huffman | Craig, Roanoke City, and Roanoke County | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Silas B. Hurt | Russell | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Propositions and Grievances Retrenchment and Economy |
| Austin Hylton | Floyd | Banks, Currency, and Commerce Propositions and Grievances Rules |
| W. Y. Johnson | Norfolk City | Banks, Currency and Commerce (Chair) Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Joseph R. Jones | Mecklenberg | House Expenses Labor and Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Charles F. Jordan | Rockbridge | Labor and Poor Offices and Officers at the Capitol Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
| William H. Jordan | Petersburg | Executive Expenditures Printing Propositions and Grievances |
| William I. Jordan | Halifax | Banks, Currency, and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns Propositions and Grievances |
| T. W. Keen | Pittsylvania and Danville | Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| James M. Lawson | Campbell and Lynchburg | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections |
| Joel B. Leftwich | Campbell and Lynchburg | Agriculture and Mining Finance Public Property |
| Alexander B. Lightner | Augusta | Agriculture and Mining Banks, Currency, and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns |
| Edward F. Lockett | Chesterfield and Powhatan | Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections |
| William G. Loving | Amherst | Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| R. M. Mallory | Brunswick | Executive Expenditures Library Propositions and Grievances |
| George A. Martin | Norfolk County | Claims Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas C. Matthews | Lunenberg | Agriculture and Mining Enrolled Bills Militia and Police |
| Robert G. Mauck | Page | Agriculture and Mining Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns |
| Robert M. Mayo | Northumberland and Westmoreland | Finance Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol (1885 - 1886 |
| Robert McCandlish Jr. | Petersburg | Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and Economy |
| Archibald M. McClintic | Alleghany, Bath and Highland | Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns Immigration |
| Thomas M. Miller | Chesterfield and Powhatan | Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
| John R. Moss | Buckingham | Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
| B(everly) B. Munford | Pittsylvania and Danville | Courts of Justice (Chair) Library Militia and Police |
| L M. Nance | New Kent and Charles City | Counties, Cities and Towns Retrenchment and Economy |
| R.R. Noblin | Halifax | Labor and the Poor (Chair) Executive Expenditures Finance |
| P. Henry O'Bannon | Rappahannock | Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns Finance |
| Nicholas P. Oglesby | Wythe | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Propositions and Grievances Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James D. Patton | Richmond City | Militia and Police (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Executive Expenditures |
| Alexander D. Payne | Loudoun and Fauquier | Courts of Justice Militia and Police Propositions and Grievances |
| Herbert G. Peters | Henry | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| Henry R. Pollard | King and Queen | Finance (Chair) Retrenchment and Economy |
| John W. H. Porter | Portsmouth | Retrenchment and the Economy (Chair) Enrolled Bills Finance Printing |
| John J.A. Powell | Fluvanna | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| Joseph B. Reid | Prince William | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Francis E. Rice | Shenandoah | Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Retrenchment and Economy |
| Edward Livingston Roberts | Smyth and Bland | Printing (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills (Dates Unknown) Labor and Poor |
| E. W. Row | Orange | Militia and Police Rules Schools and Colleges |
| Edward S. Ruggles | Stafford and King George | Finance House Expenses Schools and Colleges |
| John Franklin Ryan | Loudoun | Counties, Cities and Towns (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Privileges and Elections |
| Peter Saunders Jr. | Franklin | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Immigration |
| James E. Schoolfield | Pittslyvania and Danville | |
| W. J. Sebrell | Southampton | Immigration Labor and Poor |
| Leroy H. Shields | Norfolk City | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Cornelius T. Smith | Caroline | Claims House Expenses Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Harrison Southworth | Essex | Claims Immigration Public Property |
| Ashton Starke | Richmond City | Executive Expenditures Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert M. Stribling | Fauquier | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Claims Rules |
| Charles Edward Stuart | Alexandria City and Alexandria County | |
| Thomas Seddon Taliaferro | Gloucester | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| John W. Tavenner | Frederick and Winchester | Agriculture and Mining Counties, Cities and Towns Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Andrew J. Terry | Charlotte | Asylums and Prisons Counties, Cities and Towns Militia and Police |
| Jacob M. Thorne | Fairfax | |
| B. D. Tillar | Greensville and Sussex | Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills Public Property |
| R. N. Turner | Goochland | Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
| M. L. Van Doran | Albemarle | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Schools and Colleges |
| Edmund Waddill Jr. | Henrico | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Labor and Poor |
| J. B. Webb | Rockingham | Counties, Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Relations and Resolutions Library |
| Treackle T. Wescott | Accomack | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Retrenchment and Economy |
| Southey S. Wilkins | Northampton and Accomack | Immigration Militia and Police Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Alsop Wise | Elizabeth City, Warwick, James City and York | Labor and Poor
Privileges and Elections |
*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.