1897-1898 Session Information
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- Start Date: Dec 1 1897
- End Date: Mar 4 1898
- Notes: Session: December 1, 1897 to March 4, 1898
- Journal Link:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014926004;view=1up;seq=9
- Speaker:
John Franklin Ryan
- Clerk:
John Bell Bigger
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Henry C. Allen | Pittsylvania and Danville | Agriculture and Mining Executive Expenditures Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
| James Lewis Anderson | Richmond City | Courts of Justice House Expenses Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Louis C. Barley | Alexandria City and Alexandria County | Courts of Justice Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
| J. M. Bauserman | Shenandoah | Claims Courts of Justice Militia and Police Public Property |
| T. Weldon Berry | Stafford and King George | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| William H. Blakemore | Rockingham | Agriculture and Mining Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles T. Bland | Portsmouth | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Officers and Offices at the Capitol Privileges and Elections |
| George C. Bland | King and Queen | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Immigration |
| B. W. L. Blanton | Buckingham and Cumberland | Asylums and Prisons Claims Executive Expenditures Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| W. H. Boaz | Albemarle and Charlottesville | Immigration (Chair) House Expenses |
| J. E. Booker | Nansemond | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| George W. Browning | Fluvanna and Goochland | Labor and the Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
| E. P. Buford | Brunswick | Propositions and Grievances Public Property Retrenchment and the Economy |
| John P. Caldwell | Craig, Roanoke City and Roanoke County | Agriculture and Mining Public Property |
| Clarence J. Campbell | Amherst | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas J. Campbell | Washington | Agriculture and Mining Enrolled Bills House Expenses Library |
| William C. Carrington | Charlotte | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Library |
| E. M. Carter | Scott | Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures Schools and Colleges |
| John Chaplin | Greensville and Sussex | Counties, Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Immigration Retrenchment and the Economy |
| John W. Churchman | Augusta and Staunton | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Labor and the Poor |
| Thomas E. Clarke | Dinwiddie | Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
| Merritt T. Cooke | Norfolk City | Finance (Chair) Retrenchment and the Economy Rules |
| J. S. Craig | Rockbridge | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance |
| A. M. Darnall | Pittsylvania and Danville | Claims Immigration Propositions and Grievances |
| Isaac Diggs | King William and Hanover | Counties, Cities and Towns (Chair) Courts of Justice Labor and the Poor |
| William R. Duke | Albemarle and Charlottesville | Library Propositions and Grievances Schools and Colleges |
| Nathaniel B. Early | Greene and Madison | Courts of Justice Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
| Joseph L. Elswick | Buchanan, Dickenson, and Wise | Agriculture and Mining Banks, Currency and Commerce House Expenses Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Alvin T. Embrey | Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg | Courts of Justice Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
| John C. Featherston | Campbell | Agriculture and Mining Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
| A. B. Fitzpatrick | Nelson | Asylums and Prisons Militia and Police Public Property |
| Elben C. Folkes | Richmond City | Counties, Cities and Towns Labor and the Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| George G. Galleher | Prince William | Retrenchment and the Economy (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce Officers and Offices at the Capitol Privileges and Elections |
| Booker Garnett | Essex and Middlesex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties, Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills |
| W. A. Garrett | Henry | Counties, Cities and Towns Public Property Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Dexter Goad | Carroll | Executive Expenditures Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
| J. M. Gwyn | Smyth and Bland | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Banks, Currency and Commerce |
| W. S. Hale | Grayson | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
| W. D. Hanson | Russell | Agriculture and Mining Banks, Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| D. C. Hatcher | Loudoun and Fauquier | Claims (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Immigration Public Property |
| R. Randolph Hicks | Craig, Roanoke City, and Roanoke County | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Alexander R. Hobbs | Prince George and Surry | Executive Expenditures Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas B. Ivey | Petersburg | Printing (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Charles Henry Jennings | Washington | Banks, Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Tipton D. Jennings | Lynchburg | Finance Public Property Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Thomas N. Jones | Isle of Wight | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties, Cities and Towns Propositions and Grievances Retrenchment and the Economy |
| E. C. Jordan | Frederick and Winchester | Claims Counties, Cities and Towns Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles G. Kizer | Norfolk City | Claims Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Printing Roads and Internal Navigation |
| W. Hopkins Ligon | Campbell and Appomattox | Counties, Cities and Towns Executive Expenditures Federal Relations and Resolutions Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| William O. Lovelace | Halifax | Printing Propositions and Grievances Public Property |
| James Mann | Nottoway and Amelia | Claims Courts of Justice Militia and Police |
| William Henry Mann | Petersburg | Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| S. Wilkins Matthews | Accomack | Labor and the Poor (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Propositions and Grievances |
| Addison Maupin | Henrico | Public Property (Chair) Retrenchment and the Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
| S. R. McClanahan | Culpeper | Asylums and Prisons Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| A. L. Minter | Bedford | Banks, Currency and Commerce Claims Counties, Cities and Towns Militia and Police |
| E. E. Montague | Elizabeth City and Accomack | Banks, Currency and Commerce Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice |
| Thomas B. Murphy | Richmond City | House Expenses (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance |
| N. H. Neblett | Lunenburg | Asylums and Prisons Enrolled Bills Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
| M. S. Newberne | Norfolk County | Banks, Currency and Commerce (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Labor and the Poor |
| Harry B. Owen | Chesterfield, Manchester, and Powhatan | Banks, Currency and Commerce Immigration Propositions and Grievances |
| William M. Palmer | Halifax | Asylums and Prisons Officers and Offices at the Capitol Retrenchment and the Economy |
| John C. Parker | Southampton | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Courts of Justice Labor and the Poor |
| Richard S. Parks | Page and Rappahannock | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Courts of Justice Retrenchment and the Economy |
| George E. Passmore | Lunenburg | |
| William B. Pendleton | Louisa | Claims Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Theodore C. Pilcher | Fauquier | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Banks, Currency and Commerce Labor and the Poor |
| Thomas Temple Powell | New Kent, Charles City, James City, York, Warwick, and Williamsburg | Banks, Currency and Commerce Courts of Justice Immigration Schools and Colleges |
| William D. DeJarnette Quesenberry M.D. | Caroline | Asylums and Prisons Federal Relations and Resolutions Militia and Police Rules |
| W. F. Reddy | Richmond City | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| John Franklin Ryan | Loudoun | Rules (Chair) |
| Edward Watts Saunders | Franklin | Courts of Justice (Chair) Retrenchment and the Economy Rules |
| S. R. Sayers | Wythe | Asylums and Prisons Officers and Offices at the Capitol Retrenchment and the Economy |
| George W. Settle | Rappahannock | Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles Smith | Northampton and Accomack | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Labor and the Poor Privileges and Elections |
| John P. Smith | Mecklenburg | Agriculture and Mining Banks, Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Labor and the Poor |
| George Tabscott Snead | Princess Anne | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Immigration Privileges and Elections |
| William B. Spratt | Tazewell | Agriculture and Mining Enrolled Bills Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| K. B. Stoner | Botetourt | Enrolled Bills Finance Militia and Police |
| James N. Stubbs | Gloucester and Mathews | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Rules |
| S. S. Surgener | Lee | Finance Labor and the Poor |
| D. M. Switzer | Rockingham | Counties, Cities and Towns Propositions and Grievances Public Property |
| J. S. Taylor | Patrick | Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections |
| S. S. Thomas | Clarke and Warren | Militia and Police (Chair) Claims Roads and Internal Navigation |
| S. T. Turner | Floyd and Franklin | Finance Immigration Labor and the Poor |
| R. G. Turpin | Bedford | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims |
| Cyrus Harding Walker | Northumberland and Westmoreland | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Silas H. Walker | Augusta and Staunton | Agriculture and Mining (Chair) Finance Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Charles M. Wallace Jr. | Richmond City | Courts of Justice Immigration Militia and Police |
| Asa D. Watkins | Prince Edward | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Schools and Colleges |
| C. G. Watson | Pittsylvania and Danville | Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Schools and Colleges |
| R. Carter Wellford | Lancaster and Richmond County | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance Immigration |
| G. C. Wharton | Montgomery | Finance Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Joseph E. Edward Willard | Fairfax | Courts of Justice Finance Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| James W. Williams | Pulaski and Giles | Library (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
| William G. Williams | Orange | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections |
| W. T. Wilson | Pittsylvania and Danville | Asylums and Prisons Labor and the Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| R. W. Winborne | Rockbridge | Courts of Justice Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
| B. L. Winston | Hanover | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Archibald Finley Withrow | Counties, Cities and Towns Finance Public Property |
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| R. G. Wood | Chesterfield, Manchester, and Powhatan | Agriculture and Mining Counties, Cities and Towns Executive Expenditures Library |
*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.