1916 Session Information
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- Start Date: Jan 12 1916
- End Date: Mar 18 1916
- Notes: Session: January 12 to March 18, 1916
- Journal Link:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014926129;view=1up;seq=9
- Speaker:
Harry Rutherford Houston
- Clerk:
John William Williams
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| A. S. Adams | Franklin | Claims Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Berkley D. Adams | Charlotte | Agriculture and Mining (Chair) Appropriations Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Howard Percy Baker | Buckingham and Cumberland | Claims Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
| W. W. Baker | Chesterfield | Finance (Chair) House Expenses Public Property |
| A. O. Baum | Princess Anne | Agriculture and Mining Chesapeake and its Tributaries Labor and the Poor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| R. L. Beale | Caroline | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Harry C. Beattie | Henrico | Appropriations Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| J. Frederick Birrell | Alexandria City and Alexandria County | Claims (Chair) Appropriations Enrolled Bills Finance Privileges and Elections |
| G. Claude Bond | Scott | Courts of Justice
Executive Expenditures Retrenchment and Economy |
| H. L. Bonham | Smyth | Asylums and Prisons Public Property Retrenchment and Economy |
| George A. Bowles | Goochland and Fluvanna | Labor and the Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Richard Lewis Brewer Jr. | Nansemond | Appropriations (Chair) Chesapeake and its Tributaries Finance |
| Myon Edison Bristow | Gloucester | Chespeake and its Tributaries Enrolled Bills House Expenses Insurance and Banking |
| John Sinclair Brown | Roanoke County | Labor and the Poor Militia and Police Public Property |
| George L. Browning | Orange | Special, Private and Local Legislation (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Rules |
| Ephraim C. Buck | Washington and Bristol | House Expenses (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures |
| Joseph Benson Buhrman | Botetourt | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Richard L. Burke | Appomattox | Appropriations Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Schools and Colleges |
| William Rufus Cato | Sussex and Greensville | Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking Moral and Social Justice |
| Nathaniel Elliot Clement | Pittsylvania and Danville | Appropriations Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions Printing Special, Private and Local Legislation (Dates Unknown) |
| William Sheridan Coldiron | Lee | Labor and the Poor Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas C. Commins | King William and Hanover | Chesapeake and its Tributaries Claims Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Will A. Cook | Madison and Greene | Enrolled Bills Labor and the Poor Special, Private and Local Legislation |
| M. O. Cornett | Grayson | Enrolled Bills Immigration Schools and Colleges |
| William Parker Cousins | Norfolk City | Asylums and Prisons Claims Counties, Cities and Towns Militia and the Police |
| Lucian B. Cox | Norfolk City | Chesapeake and its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Insurance and Banking Public Property |
| John H. Crockett | Wythe | Agriculture and Mining Claims Counties, Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills |
| John Orr Daniel | Fauquier and Loudoun | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Executive Expenditures Retrenchment and Economy |
| Quinton Clarence Davis Jr. | Norfolk County | Counties, Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| R. L. Dodson | Pittsylvania and Danville | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Claims Retrenchment and the Economy |
| W. Glenn Edwards | Carroll | Executive Expenditures General Laws Immigration |
| T. Freeman Epes | Amelia and Nottoway | Courts of Justice Federal Relations General Laws Labor and the Poor |
| Ulysses Grant Flanagan | Montgomery and Radford | Appropriations Claims Militia and Police |
| G. Frederick Floyd | Northampton and Accomack | Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and its Tributaries Public Property |
| Edward R. Fuller | Richmond City | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Finance Schools and Colleges |
| Marshall Pendleton Gatewood | Amherst | Agriculture and Mining Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Religion |
| Kenneth N. Gilpin | Clarke and Warren | Executive Expenditures Finance Militia and Police |
| Bernard Carlyle Goodwin | Alleghany and Craig | Claims Enrolled Bills General laws |
| R. L. Gordon Jr. | Louisa | Courts of Justice Immigration Moral and Social Welfare |
| Berryman Green | Pittsylvania and Danville | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Insurance and Banking Special, Private and Local Legislation |
| Channing W. Hall | Norfolk County | Executive Expenditures Immigration Schools and Colleges |
| John Y. Harris | Dinwiddie | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Asylums and Prisons General Laws Immigration |
| David A. Harrison Jr. | Surry and Prince George | Public Property (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce |
| Norvell L. Henley | New Kent, Charles City, James City, York, Warwick, and Williamsburg | Appropriations Chesapeake and its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Graham B. Hobson | Richmond City | Appropriations Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
| Thomas M. Horsley | Nelson | Agriculture and Mining Library Privileges and Elections |
| Harry Rutherford Houston | Elizabeth City | Rules (Chair) |
| Edward W. Hudgins | Mecklenburg | Courts of Justice General Laws Labor and the Poor |
| Deane Hundley | King & Queen and Essex | Chesapeake and its Tributaries Claims Insurance and Banking Public Property |
| Theodore Augustus Jett | Northumberland and Westmoreland | Chesapeake and its Tributaries General Laws Labor and the Poor Moral and Social Welfare |
| James Phillip Jones | Richmond City | General Laws Moral and Social Welfare Public Property |
| Ollie E. Jordan | Pulaski | Moral and Social Welfare (Chair) Finance Immigration Rules |
| S. T. A. Kent | Halifax | Counties, Cities and Towns (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Moral and Social Justice Public Property |
| Robert F. Leedy | Page and Rappahannock | Militia and Police (Chair) Currency and Commerce Finance General Laws |
| Stephen Henry Love | Lunenburg | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Federal Relations and Resolutions Moral and Social Justice Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Henry Clay Lowry | Bedford | Labor and the Poor (Chair) Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Special, Private and Local Legislation |
| M. K. Lowry | Stafford and King George | Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Public Property |
| Emmett Lee Mann | Chesterfield and Powhatan | Executive Expenditures General Laws Labor and the Poor |
| C. J. Meetze | Prince William | Immigration (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| J. Calvin Moss | Lynchburg | Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police Moral and Social Welfare |
| Philip W. Murray | Newport News | Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Finance Militia and Police |
| Joseph Simmons Musgrave Sr. | Southampton | Agriculture and Mining Asylums and Prisons Militia and Police |
| William M. Myers | Richmond City | Insurance and Banking (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
| Benjamin Franklin Noland | Loudoun | Confirmations (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Counties, Cities, and Towns Retrenchment and the Economy |
| Robert Opie Norris Jr. | Lancaster and Richmond County | General Laws (Chair) Chesapeake and its Tributaries House Expenses Retrenchment and Economy |
| Daniel W. Owen | Halifax | Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions Fiannce Labor and the Poor |
| Samuel M. Page | Albemarle and Charlottesville | Retrenchment and the Economy (Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Schools and Colleges |
| Edmund Parr | Patrick | Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Otto V. Pence | Shenandoah | Executive Expenditures Immigration Schools and Colleges |
| W. E. Phillips | Floyd | Agriculture and Mining Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| D. H. Pitts | Albemarle and Charlottesville | Appropriations Currency and Commerce Finance Moral and Social Welfare |
| James Hubert Price | Richmond City | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Robert W. Price | Petersburg | Asylums and Prisons Counties, Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John W. Ramsey | Henry | Claims Enrolled Bills Insurance and Banking Roads and Internal Navigation |
| J. Davis Reed | Portsmouth | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Library Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
| J. Harry Rew | Accomack | Chesapeake and its Tributaries (Chair) Courts of Justice Immigration Public Property |
| Wade Hampton Roberts | Dickenson and Wise | Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Retrenchment and Economy |
| Charles H. Rolston | Rockingham | Asylums and Prisons Immigration Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
| Robert A. Russell | Campbell | Asylums and Prisons Claims Courts of Justice |
| Anderson Everett Shumate | Giles and Bland | Appropriations Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions Privileges and Elections |
| Harry B. Smith | Culpeper | Confirmations Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| William White Sproul | Augusta and Staunton | Agriculture and Mining Confirmations Finance Retrenchment and Economy |
| Donald T. Stant | Washington and Bristol | Confirmations Courts of Justice Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
| John M. Steck | Frederick and Winchester | Library (Chair) Agriculture and Mining Appropriations Currency and Commerce |
| John W. Stephenson | Bath, Highland, Buena Vista, and Rockbridge | Library Moral and Social Welfare Special, Private and Local Legislation |
| Robert Henry Stubbs | Mathews and Middlesex | Chesapeake and its Tributaries Public Property Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
| L. B. Sutherland | Russell | Agriculture and Mining Labor and the Poor Retrenchment and Economy |
| Granville R. Swift | Spotslyvania and Fredericksburg | Confirmations General Laws Militia and Police |
| Herbert J. Taylor | Augusta and Staunton | Asylums and Prisons General Laws Immigration Militia and Police |
| Wallace Newton Tiffany | Fauquier | Currency and Commerce (Chair) House Expenses Privilges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| George G. Turner | Bedford | Agriculture and Mining Officers and Offices at the Capitol Privilges and Elections |
| William Bassett Valentine | Brunswick | Asylums and Prisons Claims Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
| William Bledsoe Walton | Hanover | Printing (Chair) Insurance and Banking Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
| Hugh A. White | Rockbridge and Buena Vista | Courts of Justice Finance Rules Special, Private and Local Legislation |
| Franklin Williams Jr. | Fairfax | Agriculture and Mining Moral and Social Welfare Schools and Colleges |
| R. Holman Willis | Roanoke City | Privileges and Elections (Chair) General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol Rules |
| Peter Winston | Prince Edward | Appropriations Asylums and Prisons Insurance and Banking Library |
| Ebb H. Witten | Tazewell and Buchanan | Immigration Printing Special, Private and Local Legislation |
| Frank J. Wright | Rockingham | Federal Relations and Resolutions Moral and Social Justice Retrenchment and Economy |
| Thomas B. Wright | Isle of Wight | Chesapeake and its Tributaries Labor and the Poor Manfuctures and Mechanic Arts Moral and Social Welfare |
*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.