1955 Session Information
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- Speaker:
Edgar Blackburn Moore
- Clerk:
Edward Griffith Dodson
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Howard H. Adams | Counties of Accomack and Northampton | Appropriations (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and Economy Rules |
| George Edward Allen Jr. | City of Richmond | Auditing Claims Education Finance |
| John Bradie Allman | County of Franklin | Militia and Police (Chair) Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Norman C. Bailey | Counties of Madison, Culpeper and Orange | Labor (Chair) Insurance and Banking Roads and Internal Navigation Welfare |
| Tennyson M. Bates | County of Wise | Currency and Commerce (Chair) Agriculture Appropriations Claims Mining and Mineral Resources |
| FitzGerald Bemiss | City of Richmond | |
| Daniel Woodrow Bird | Counties of Bland and Giles | Agriculture Mining and Mineral Resources Privileges and Elections Public Institutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Joseph Earl Blackburn | City of Lynchburg | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Library Public Property |
| John B. Boatwright Sr. | Counties of Buckingham, Appomattox and Cumberland | General Laws (Chair) Courts of Justice Federal Relations Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Armistead Lloyd Boothe | City of Alexandria | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures General Laws |
| Keys Silas Bordwine | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Counties Cities and Towns Enrolled Bills General Laws Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Orby Lee Cantrell | County of Wise | Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures Public Property |
| Russell Morris Carneal | Counties of Charles City, James City, New Kent, and York; City of Williamsburg | Claims Courts of Justice Public Institutions Welfare |
| Henry Stuart Carter | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Interstate Cooperation (Chair) Courts of Justice Education Game and Inland Fisheries |
| Stuart Barns Carter | Counties of Botetourt and Craig | Public Property (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| William Fields Carter | Counties of Henry and Patrick; City of Martinsville | Claims Federal Relations Public Property Welfare |
| Charles William Cleaton | County of Mecklenburg | Claims (Chair) Currency and Commerce Finance Immigration Insurance and Banking |
| George Moffett Cochran | Counties of Augusta and Highland; Cities of Staunton and Waynesboro | Nominations and Confirmations (Chair) Courts of Justice Education Welfare |
| Willis Everett Cohoon | County of Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
| Michael McHale Collins | County of Allegheny; City of Clifton Forge | Finance Labor Mining and Mineral Resources Privileges and Elections |
| Eveland Clair Compton | Counties of Albemarle and Greene | Agriculture Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures Finance |
| John Warren Cooke | Counties of Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Finance Nominations and Confirmations Privileges and Elections |
| Montague G. Cox | County of Grayson | Counties Cities and Towns Education Retrenchment and Economy Welfare |
| John Hanah Daniel | Counties of Charlotte and Prince Edward | Manufactures and Mechanic Arts (Chair) Appropriations Public Institutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Delamater Davis | City of Norfolk | House Expenses (Chair) Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Privileges and Elections |
| Harry B. Davis | County of Princess Anne; City of Virginia Beach | Education (Chair) Appropriations Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Executive Expenditures |
| Roy B. Davis | County of Halifax | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Appropriations Claims Labor Rules |
| Edmund Tompkins DeJarnette | Counties of Hanover and King William | Insurance and Banking (Chair) Game and Inland Fisheries Nominations and Confirmations Privileges and Elections |
| Felix Elmer Edmunds | Counties of Augusta and Highland; Cities of Staunton and Waynesboro | Appropriations Enrolled Bills Executive Expenditures Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Walter Carlton Elliott | County of Russell | Finance General Laws Labor Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Minetree Folkes Jr. | Counties of Chesterfield and Henrico; City of Colonial Heights | Currency and Commerce Privileges and Elections Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Thomas Newton Frost | Counties of Fauquier and Rappahannock | Agriculture Appropriations Claims Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Wrendo Marion Godwin | County of Accomack | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Agriculture Chesapeake and Its Tributaries General Laws |
| Henry Burr Gordon | City of Charlottesville | Immigration (Chair) Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Francis Blackman Gouldman | County of Spotsylvania; City of Fredericksburg | Courts of Justice Immigration Public Institutions Public Property |
| Conley Erwin Greear | County of Scott | Education Interstate Cooperation Labor Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Charles Edward Green Jr. | County of Bedford | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Education Executive Expenditures |
| Kossen Gregory | City of Roanoke | Finance House Expenses Mining and Mineral Resources Welfare |
| John Preston Harper | City of Norfolk | |
| George H. Hill | County of Warwick | Education Game and Inland Fisheries Immigration Insurance and Banking |
| Omer Lee Hirst | County of Fairfax; City of Falls Church | Claims Library Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Shirley Thomas Holland | Counties of Isle of Wight, Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Welfare (Chair) Appropriations Insurance and Banking Interstate Cooperation |
| Lawrence Harold Hoover | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
| Edward Morton Hudgins | County of Chesterfield; City of Colonial Heights | Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| William Moscoe Huntley | City of Richmond | Courts of Justice Game and Inland Fisheries Immigration Insurance and Banking |
| Charles K. Hutchens | City of Newport News | Finance (Chair) Labor Militia and Police Privileges and Elections Rules |
| William H. Irvine | County of Campbell | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Appropriations Auditing Game and Inland Fisheries Labor |
| Edwin Ralph James | City of Hampton | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Currency and Commerce General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Edward Emerson Lane | City of Richmond | Education Executive Expenditures Insurance and Banking Welfare |
| Paris Irby Leadbetter | Counties of Prince George and Surry; City of Hopewell | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Game and Inland Fisheries Welfare |
| Wilbur Talmadge Leary | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Library Retrenchment and Economy Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Baldwin Gerald Locher | Counties of Rockbridge and Bath; City of Buena Vista | Game and Inland Fisheries (Chair) Agriculture Appropriations Public Institutions |
| John Ashton MacKenzie | City of Portsmouth | Enrolled Bills Finance Game and Inland Fisheries Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| James Maynard Magruder | County of Arlington | Counties Cities and Towns (Chair) Federal Relations House Expenses Insurance and Banking Interstate Cooperation |
| Charles Harrison Mann Jr. | County of Arlington | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Game and Inland Fisheries Immigration |
| Paul Wilbur Manns | Counties of Caroline, King George, Essex, and King and Queen | Counties Cities and Towns Education Federal Relations Game and Inland Fisheries |
| Lewis Archer McMurran Jr. | County of Warwick; City of Newport News | Federal Relations (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Frank Peyton Moncure | Counties of Prince William and Stafford | Auditing (Chair) Courts of Justice General Laws Retrenchment and Economy |
| Edgar Blackburn Moore | Counties of Clarke and Frederick; City of Winchester | Rules (Chair) |
| Garnett St. Clair Moore | County of Pulaski | Mining and Mineral Resources Officers Courts of Justice a |
| Lindsey Lee Moore | County of Pittsylvania | |
| George Lelon Munford | Counties of Greensville and Sussex | Labor Nominations and Confirmations Privileges and Elections Public Property |
| William Tayloe Murphy Sr. | Counties of Northumberland, Westmoreland, Lancaster, and Richmond | Appropriations Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Game and Inland Fisheries Insurance and Banking |
| Walter A. Page | City of Norfolk | Printing (Chair) Courts of Justice Library Privileges and Elections |
| Henry Clyde Pearson | County of Lee | Game and Inland Fisheries Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol Welfare |
| Nathaniel Willis Pendleton | County of Wythe | Agriculture Federal Relations Finance Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Glyn Ronald Phillips | Counties of Buchanan and Dickenson | Agriculture Immigration Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources Public Property |
| Lucas Dallam Phillips | County of Loudoun | Federal Relations Finance General Laws Public Property |
| Theodore Clay Pilcher | City of Norfolk | Claims Insurance and Banking Labor Welfare |
| Frederick Gresham Pollard | City of Richmond | Appropriations Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol Retrenchment and Economy |
| Samuel Eliba Pope | County of Southampton | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) Agriculture Education Printing Public Institutions |
| Charles Daniel Price | Counties of Page and Warren | Agriculture General Laws Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Joseph Edwin Proffit | Counties of Carroll and Floyd | Agriculture Executive Expenditures Interstate Cooperation Public Institutions Retrenchment and Economy |
| Harold Hidmore Purcell | Counties of Fluvanna, Goochland and Louisa | Education Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Institutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William Griffith Purcell | City of Richmond | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Welfare |
| Arthur Harrison Richardson | County of Dinwiddie; City of Petersburg | Library (Chair) General Laws Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Institutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| John Franklin Rixey | City of Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Claims Counties Cities and Towns Immigration |
| James Walker Roberts | City of Norfolk | Appropriations Immigration Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Ernest Robertson | County of Roanoke | Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills General Laws Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| W. Ray Rouse | County of Smyth | Executive Expenditures Federal Relations Mining and Mineral Resources Retrenchment and Economy |
| Julian Hamilton Rutherfoord Jr. | CIty of Roanoke | General Laws Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Toy Dixon Savage Jr. | City of Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures |
| Vernon Spitler Shaffer | County of Shenandoah | Claims Federal Relations Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
| Harold Brown Singleton | County of Amherst; City of Lynchburg | Public Institutions (Chair) Courts of Justice Insurance and Banking Public Property |
| Richard Maclin Smith | Counties of Brunswick and Lunenburg | Agriculture Counties Cities and Towns House Expenses Labor |
| Vernon Corbett Smith | County of Buchanan | House Expenses Insurance and Banking Mining and Mineral Resources Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William Roy Smith | County of Dinwiddie; City of Petersburg | Appropriations Education Enrolled Bills Federal Relations |
| William B. Spong Jr. | City of Portsmouth | Education Federal Relations General Laws Public Property |
| Kathryn Haesler Stone | County of Arlington | General Laws Immigration Public Institutions Welfare |
| William Francis Stone | Counties of Henry and Patrick; City of Martinsville | Game and Inland Fisheries General Laws Nominations and Confirmations Printing |
| Lawrence R. Thompson | County of Campbell | |
| John Randolph Tucker Jr. | City of Richmond | Retrenchment and Economy (Chair) Finance General Laws Labor |
| Charles Montgomery Waldrop | Counties of Amelia, Powhatan, and Nottoway | Agriculture (Chair) Executive Expenditures Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Theodore Garnett Walton | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Agriculture Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Charles Weldon Wampler Jr. | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Agriculture Finance Labor Officers and Offices at the Capitol Public Property |
| John Cobourn Webb | County of Fairfax; City of Falls Church | Appropriations Labor Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Retrenchment and Economy |
| Chase Stuart Wheatley Jr. | City of Danville | Counties Cities and Towns Finance Militia and Police Retrenchment and Economy |
| Hunt Millner Whitehead | County of Pittsylvania | Agriculture Currency and Commerce Militia and Police Public Property |
| John Lewis Whitehead | County of Montgomery; City of Radford | Appropriations Education Federal Relations Immigration Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Robert Whitehead | Counties of Nelson and Amherst | Executive Expenditures (Chair) Claims Education Finance |
| Joseph J. Williams Jr. | County of Henrico | Courts of Justice (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Printing Public Institutions Rules |
| Jack Walter Witten | County of Tazewell | Mining and Mineral Resources (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Institutions |
*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.