1895-1896 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 4 1895
- End Date: Mar 5 1896
- Notes: Session: December 4, 1895 to March 5, 1896
- Journal Link:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014925931
- Speaker:
John Franklin Ryan
- Clerk:
John Bell Bigger
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Isaac C. Adams | Patrick | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Labor and the Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| John R. Armstrong | Henry | Immigration Labor and the Poor Militia and Police |
| T. J. Banks | Carroll | Agriculture and Mining Labor and the Poor Retrenchment and the Economy |
| E. L. Baptist | Mecklenburg | Federal Relations and Resolutions Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
| Sidney Baxter Barham | Prince George and Surry | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Library |
| David D. Batten | Princess Anne | Asylums and Prisons Library Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Henry Berger | Pittsylvania and Danville | Agriculture and Mining Enrolled Bills Immigration |
| W W. Berkeley | Craig, Roanoke City, and Roanoke County | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Charles T. Bland | Portsmouth | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Printing |
| George C. Bland | King and Queen | Asylums and Prisons Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| W. L. Blanton | Caroline | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| W. H. Boaz | Albemarle and Charlottesville | Printing (Chair) Finance Immigration |
| J. E. Booker | Nansemond | Library (Chair) Finance Retrenchment and the Economy Schools and Colleges |
| Julian Bryant | Richmond City | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Courts of Justice Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Joseph H. Buhrman | Botetourt | Claims Immigration Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph M. Butt | Washington | Claims Propositions and Grievances Public Property |
| J. Alston Cabell | Richmond City | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| W. H. H. Cocke | Pittsylvania and Danville | Banks, Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections Public Property |
| Malcolm A. Coles | Northumberland and Westmoreland | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| Merritt T. Cooke | Norfolk City | Finance (Chair) Retrenchment and the Economy |
| J. S. Craig | Rockbridge | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures Immigration Schools and Colleges |
| Isaac Diggs | King William and Hanover | Counties, Cities and Towns (Chair) Courts of Justice Labor and the Poor |
| Joseph L. Dorton | Scott | Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures Public Property |
| T. B. Einstein | Montgomery | Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections |
| John W. Fishburne | Albemarle and Charlottesville | Courts of Justice Labor and the Poor Schools and Colleges |
| William E. Foster | Norfolk City | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
| George G. Galleher | Prince William | Counties, Cities and Towns Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and the Economy |
| S. Y. Gilliam | Dinwiddie | Banks, Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Charles J. Gose | Russell | Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
| George W. Graves | Greene and Madison | Agriculture and Mining Library Militia and Police Public Property |
| J. W. Gregory | Pittsylvania and Danville | Labor and the Poor (Chair) Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
| W. S. Hale | Grayson | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| J. L. Hannah | Craig, Roanoke City, and Roanoke County | Agriculture and Mining Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
| H. T. Harris | Nelson | Retrenchment and the Economy (Chair) Finance Immigration |
| B. R. Harrison | Amherst | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Carter H. Harrison | Chesterfield, Manchester, and Powhatan | Labor and the Poor Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Randolph Harrison | Lynchburg | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Courts of Justice Rules |
| John S. Harwood | Richmond City | Banks, Currency and Commerce (Chair) Claims Finance |
| D. C. Hatcher | Loudoun and Fauquier | Agriculture and Mining Claims Counties, Cities and Towns Executive Expenditures |
| Howard Hathaway | Lancaster and Richmond County | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice |
| Wylie Jones Hubard | Buckingham and Cumberland | Banks, Currency and Commerce Courts of Justice Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| George Jefferson Hundley | Nottoway and Amelia | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas B. Ivey | Petersburg | Banks, Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills House Expenses Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
| S. B. Keesee | Halifax | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Labor and the Poor Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Baker P. Lee | Elizabeth City and Accomack | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Rules |
| W. B. F. Leech | Rockbridge | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Richard Lewis | Culpeper | Asylums and Prisons Claims Counties, Cities and Towns Executive Expenditures Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
| S. Wilkins Matthews | Accomack | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Labor and the Poor Propositions and Grievances |
| Addison Maupin | Henrico | Asylums and Prisons Counties, Cities and Towns Public Property |
| William H. May | Alexandria City and Alexandria County | Claims Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Retrenchment and the Economy |
| James K. McCann | Frederick and Winchester | Agriculture and Mining Counties, Cities and Towns Labor and the Poor |
| William Plummer McRae | Petersburg | Militia and Police (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| James McC. Miller | Fluvanna and Goochland | Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions Propositions and Grievances Schools and Colleges |
| John B. Miller | Rappahannock | Agriculture and Mining (Chair) Labor and the Poor Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Haynes Lawrence Morgan | Smyth and Bland | Asylums and Prisons Courts of Justice Labor and the Poor |
| J. H. Murfee | Greensville and Sussex | Banks, Currency and Commerce Militia and Police Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Thomas B. Murphy | Richmond City | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties, Cities and Towns House Expenses Public Property |
| M. S. Newberne | Norfolk County | Claims (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties, Cities and Towns |
| John C. Parker | Southampton | Courts of Justice Immigration Privileges and Elections Public Property |
| Richard S. Parks | Page and Rappahannock | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| B. G. Patterson | Rockingham | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Propositions and Grievances |
| Franklin Pierce | Isle of Wight | Asylums and Prisons Banks, Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
| Theodore C. Pilcher | Fauquier | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce Claims |
| R. S. Powell | Brunswick | Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Temple Powell | New Kent, Charles City, James City, York, Warwick, and Williamsburg | Counties, Cities and Towns Finance Immigration |
| DuVal Radford | Bedford | Asylums and Prisons Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Library |
| A. F. Rambo | Washington | Asylums and Prisons Public Property |
| W. F. Reddy | Richmond City | Counties, Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Henry C. Rice | Charlotte | Asylums and Prisons Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
| W. A. Rinehart | Alleghany, Bath, and Highland | Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William J. Rogers | Stafford and King George | Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Retrenchment and the Economy |
| John Franklin Ryan | Loudoun | Rules (Chair) |
| W. A. Sager | Shenandoah | Claims Counties, Cities and Towns |
| Edward Watts Saunders | Franklin | Courts of Justice (Chair) Militia and Police Rules |
| S. R. Sayers | Wythe | Asylums and Prisons Officers and Offices at the Capitol Retrenchment and the Economy |
| John R. Segar | Essex and Middlesex | House Expenses (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties, Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Crawford W. Simms | Augusta and Staunton | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| W. T. Simpson | Campbell | Counties, Cities and Towns Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Charles Smith | Northampton and Accomack | Public Property (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Privileges and Elections |
| E. W. Smith | Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Claims |
| James W. Smith | Tazewell | Banks, Currency and Commerce Counties, Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| Colin Stokes | Prince Edward | Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
| J. B. Stovall Jr. | Halifax | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Rules |
| Sterling Crawford Stratton | Campbell and Appomattox | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Claims Schools and Colleges |
| S. S. Surgener | Lee | Finance Labor and the Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| William B. Sutherland | Buchanan, Dickenson, and Wise | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| John Newstead Tabb | Gloucester and Mathews | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Labor and the Poor Schools and Colleges |
| Charles C. Taliaferro | Orange | Finance Immigration Schools and Colleges |
| S. S. Thomas | Clarke and Warren | Propositions and Grievances Retrenchment and the Economy Schools and Colleges |
| S. T. Turner | Floyd and Franklin | Agriculture and Mining House Expenses Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| R. G. Turpin | Bedford | Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections |
| Henry J. Wale | Louisa | Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections |
| Silas H. Walker | Augusta and Staunton | Asylums and Prisons Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
| J. I. White | Pittsylvania and Danville | |
| Joseph E. Edward Willard | Fairfax | Immigration (Chair) Courts of Justice Finance |
| James W. Williams | Pulaski and Giles | Enrolled Bills Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas F. Williams | Lunenburg | Agriculture and Mining Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| B. L. Winston | Hanover | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Propositions and Grievances |
| R. G. Wood | Chesterfield, Manchester, and Powhatan | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures Federal Relations and Resolutions Public Property |
| S. H. Wood | Pittsylvania and Danville | Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance House Expenses Retrenchment and the Economy |
| W. Harvey Zirkle | Rockingham | Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Printing |
*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.