1940 Session Information
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- Start Date: Jan 10 1940
- End Date: Mar 23 1940
- Notes: Session: January 10 to March 23, 1940
- Speaker:
Grover Ashton Dovell
- Clerk:
Edward Griffith Dodson
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Marvin Hill Abernathy | County of Brunswick | Agriculture Insurance and Banking Labor Public Property |
| Howard H. Adams | Counties of Northampton and Accomack | Retrenchment and Economy (Chair) Appropriations Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| William Harrison Adams | City of Richmond | Printing, Public Property (Chair) Finance Insurance and Banking |
| Robert Frederick Baldwin Jr. | City of Norfolk | Insurance and Banking Militia and Police Printing Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Leon M. Bazile | Counties of Hanover and King William | Executive Expenditures Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Cralle Fauntleroy Blackwell | County of Lunenburg | General Laws Printing Privileges and Elections Special Private and Local Legislation |
| John B. Boatwright Sr. | Counties of Appomattox and Buckingham | Federal Relations and Resolutions General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Albert Orlando Boschen | City of Richmond | Asylums and Prisons (Chair) Appropriations Claims Enrolled Bills |
| Edward L. Breeden Jr. | City of Norfolk | Appropriations Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills |
| Jacob Ralph Breneman | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Agriculture Currency and Commerce Finance House Expenses |
| David K. E. Bruce | County of Charlotte | Courts of Justice Finance Library Militia and Police |
| George Dewey Buchanan | Counties of Wise and Dickenson | Counties Cities and Towns Immigration Militia and Police Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Frank Wellington Burks | County of Bedford | Moral and Social Welfare (Chair) Agriculture Federal Relations and Resolutions Public Property Retrenchment and Economy |
| Maitland Hunt Bustard | City of Danville | Courts of Justice (Chair) Interstate Cooperation Rules Special Private and Local Legislation |
| Quincy A. Calhoun | County of Smyth | Agriculture Asylums and Prisons Mining and Mineral Resources Public Property |
| T. Elliott Campbell | Counties of Caroline and King George | Federal Relations and Resolutions (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation Special Private and Local Legislation |
| William Hazzard Wigg Cassell | City of Portsmouth | Claims General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
| Benjamin Edgar Chapman | County of Roanoke | House Expenses (Chair) General Laws Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Squire Merriman Chitwood | Counties of Bedford, Franklin and Floyd | General Laws (Chair) Enrolled Bills Immigration Schools and Colleges |
| William Cutlar Clark | County of Pittsylvania | Agriculture Claims Labor Moral and Social Welfare |
| Willis Everett Cohoon | County of Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Public Property |
| I. Newton Coleman | County of Dinwiddie | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Agriculture Library Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| John Tinsley Coleman Jr. | County of Nelson | Special, Private and Local Legislation (Chair) Claims Courts of Justice Interstate Cooperation Privileges and Elections |
| Edgar Ren Conner | Counties of Stafford and Prince William | Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Samuel R. Crockett | County of Wythe | Counties Cities and Towns Immigration Labor Retrenchment and Economy |
| T. Franklin Daniel | City of Lynchburg | Militia and Police (Chair) Appropriations Privileges and Elections Special Private and Local Legislation |
| James J. Davidson | Counties of Giles and Bland | Asylums and Prisons Claims Mining and Mineral Resources Public Property |
| Harry B. Davis | County of Princess Anne | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Schools and Colleges |
| Levin Nock Davis | County of Accomack | Asylums and Prisons Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills General Laws |
| Roy B. Davis | County of Halifax | Claims (Chair) Agriculture Labor Privileges and Elections |
| Worley E. Delp | County of Grayson | Agriculture Enrolled Bills Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Elbert White Dodd | Counties of Botetourt and Craig | Agriculture Asylums and Prisons Finance Moral and Social Welfare |
| Grover Ashton Dovell | Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City and York; City of Williamsburg | Rules (Chair) |
| Walter Washington Edwards | County of Carroll | Enrolled Bills Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Charles Rogers Fenwick | County of Arlington | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Militia and Police |
| William McLeod Ferguson | County of Warwick; City of Newport News | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures General Laws |
| Earl A. Fitzpatrick | City of Roanoke | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills |
| Minetree Folkes Jr. | City of Richmond | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce General Laws Retrenchment and Economy |
| James Newton Garrett | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Counties Cities and Towns General Laws Immigration Retrenchment and Economy |
| Virgil Hamlin Goode Sr. | County of Franklin | Agriculture Currency and Commerce General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Bernard C. Goodwin | County of Alleghany; City of Clifton Forge | Executive Expenditures General Laws Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources Privileges and Elections |
| Marvin Lee Gray | Counties of Sussex and Greensville | Counties Cities and Towns Labor Moral and Social Welfare Schools and Colleges |
| Charles Orville Hammack | Counties of Northumberland and Westmoreland | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Immigration Public Property |
| W. A. Harris | County of Spotsylvania; City of Fredericksburg | Counties Cities and Towns Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Carl Brown Hines | County of Lee | Asylums and Prisons Insurance and Banking Labor Mining and Mineral Resources |
| J. Howard Holleman | Counties of Surry and Prince George; City of Hopewell | Counties Cities and Towns (Chair) House Expenses Moral and Social Welfare Retrenchment and Economy |
| Walter Lee Hopkins | City of Richmond | Appropriations Executive Expenditures Library Privileges and Elections |
| Hugh White Huff | County of Pulaski | Executive Expenditures Printing Privileges and Elections Schools and Colleges |
| Edward Thomas Humphries | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Currency and Commerce (Chair) Appropriations Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles M. Hunter | County of Tazewell | Mining and Mineral Resources (Chair) Confirmation Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles K. Hutchens | City of Newport News | Claims Finance Labor Militia and Police Moral and Social Welfare |
| Joseph C. Hutcheson | County of Shenandoah | Currency and Commerce Library Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
| William H. Irvine | County of Campbell | Labor (Chair) Agriculture Auditing Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
| A. Owen King | County of Halifax | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Agriculture Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Gordon Lewis | Counties of King and Queen, Essex and Middlesex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills General Laws Labor |
| Macon Melville Long Sr. | County of Wise | Appropriations Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Charles C. Louderback | Counties of Page and Warren | Insurance and Banking (Chair) Appropriations Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
| James Bland Martin | Counties of Gloucester and Mathews | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures General Laws Militia and Police |
| George Alvin Massenburg | County of Elizabeth City; City of Hampton | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Moral and Social Welfare Rules |
| James Harden Massie | County Amherst | Agriculture Asylums and Prisons Claims Moral and Social Welfare |
| Edward O. McCue Jr. | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Burnett Miller Jr. | Counties of Rappahannock and Culpeper | Courts of Justice Insurance and Banking Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Francis Pickens Miller | County of Fairfax | Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Immigration |
| Edgar Blackburn Moore | Counties of Clarke and Frederick; City of Winchester | Confirmation (Chair) Finance Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
| Frank Moore | County of Rockbridge; City of Buena Vista | Appropriations (Chair) Insurance and Banking Retrenchment and Economy Rules |
| Preston Brooks Moses | County of Pittsylvania | Immigration Public Property Schools and Colleges Special Private and Local Legislation |
| Charles Wesley Moss | City of Richmond | Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance |
| William Tayloe Murphy Sr. | Counties of Lancaster and Richmond | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William Newton Neff | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Claims Finance Rules Schools and Colleges |
| Nathaniel James Perkins | Counties of Goochland and Fluvanna | Library (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Schools and Colleges |
| Emmett H. Poindexter | County of Louisa | Insurance and Banking Labor Militia and Police Schools and Colleges |
| George Alexander Pruner | County of Russell | Executive Expenditures General Laws House Expenses Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Ceylon Grey Quesenbery | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Appropriations General Laws Interstate Cooperation Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Beverley Heth Randolph Jr. | City of Richmond | Appropriations Federal Relations and Resolutions General Laws Moral and Social Welfare |
| Benjamin Rowzie Roberts | County of Mecklenburg | Appropriations Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking |
| James Moody Robertson | City of Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions |
| Samuel Dagnell Rodgers | City of Petersburg | Finance (Chair) Asylums and Prisons Auditing Moral and Social Welfare |
| Howard Cochran Rogers | County of Loudoun | Agriculture Counties Cities and Towns Labor Moral and Social Welfare |
| Maurice D. Rosenberg | City of Alexandria | Auditing Counties Cities and Towns General Laws House Expenses Militia and Police |
| Richard Willing Ruffin | City of Norfolk | Immigration (Chair) Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Finance |
| Ernest Waller Sanford | Counties of Cumberland and Prince Edward | Asylums and Prisons Immigration Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
| Walter Harold Scott | City of Roanoke | Appropriations Asylums and Prisons Insurance and Banking Retrenchment and Economy |
| Marvin Pretlow Sebrell | County of Southampton | Appropriations Asylums and Prisons Officers and Offices at the Capitol Schools and Colleges |
| Herbert McKelden Smith | County of Augusta; City of Staunton | Confirmation Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Finance Militia and Police |
| Vernon Corbett Smith | Counties of Russell and Buchanan | Confirmation Mining and Mineral Resources Moral and Social Welfare Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles L. Spangler | County of Patrick | Agriculture Insurance and Banking Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
| John Benjamin Spiers | County of Montgomery; City of Radford | Courts of Justice Federal Relations and Resolutions Immigration Schools and Colleges |
| Harrison Payne Spotswood | Counties of Orange and Madison | Agriculture Labor Moral and Social Welfare Schools and Colleges |
| Thomas Bahnson Stanley | County of Henry; City of Martinsville | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts, Interstate Cooperation (Chair) Appropriations Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Allie Edward Stakes Stephens | County of Isle of Wight | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Courts of Justice Interstate Cooperation Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Privileges and Elections |
| Tate Boys Sterrett | Counties of Rockbridge, Bath and Highland; City of Buena Vista | Agriculture (Chair) Confirmation Federal Relations and Resolutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| L. Lake Triplett | County of Fauquier | Appropriations Claims Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
| Charles Montgomery Waldrop | Counties of Amelia and Nottoway | Executive Expenditures Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
| Claiborne H. Walton | City of Portsmouth | Counties Cities and Towns Labor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Special Private and Local Legislation |
| George Marvin Warren | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Claims Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Llewellyn Gordon White | Counties of Albemarle and Greene; City of Charlottesville | Appropriations Enrolled Bills Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Joseph J. Williams Jr. | County of Henrico | Asylums and Prisons Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Printing |
| Thomas Blair Wolfe | County of Scott | Federal Relations and Resolutions Finance Mining and Mineral Resources Retrenchment and Economy |
| Elwood Floyd Yates | Counties of Chesterfield and Powhatan | Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills Retrenchment and Economy Schools and Colleges |
| Howard S. Zigler | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Insurance and Banking Officers and Offices at the Capitol Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
*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.