1956 Session Information
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- Start Date: Jan 11 1956
- End Date: Sept 29 1956
- Notes: Sessions: January 11 to March 30, 1956; August 27 to September 29, 1956
- 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 |
| William Amos Alexander | County of Franklin | Agriculture Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Public Property |
| George Edward Allen Jr. | City of Richmond | Auditing Claims Education Finance |
| Norman C. Bailey | Counties of Madison, Culpeper and Orange | Insurance and Banking (Chair) Labor Roads and Internal Navigation Welfare |
| FitzGerald Bemiss | City of Richmond | Appropriations Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Joseph Earl Blackburn | City of Lynchburg | Courts of Justice Executive Expenditures Game and Inland Fisheries 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 |
| Earle Marshall Brown | County of Amherst; City of Lynchburg | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Interstate Cooperation Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Fred Carlyle Buck | County of Washington; City of Bristol | Enrolled Bills Insurance and Banking Mining and Mineral Resources Public Property |
| James Lyle Camblos | County of Wise | Appropriations Privileges and Elections Public Property |
| Orby Lee Cantrell | County of Wise | Counties Cities and Towns Executive Expenditures Public Property Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Eugene Tucker Carlton | City of Richmond | Claims Printing Public Institutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Russell Morris Carneal | Counties of Charles City, James City, New Kent, and York; City of Williamsburg | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries 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 |
| William Fields Carter | Counties of Henry and Patrick; City of Martinsville | Federal Relations Game and Inland Fisheries Insurance and Banking 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 Insurance and Banking |
| Willis Everett Cohoon | County of Nansemond; City of Suffolk | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
| 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 |
| Charles Brinson Cross Jr. | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Enrolled Bills Federal Relations Immigration |
| 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 Education Labor Rules |
| Felix Elmer Edmunds | Counties of Augusta and Highland; Cities of Staunton and Waynesboro | Enrolled Bills (Chair) Appropriations 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 |
| 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 | Public Property (Chair) Courts of Justice Immigration Public Institutions |
| 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 |
| Claiborne Duncan Gregory | Counties of Hanover and King William | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries House Expenses Public Property Welfare |
| Kossen Gregory | City of Roanoke | Finance House Expenses Mining and Mineral Resources Welfare |
| John Preston Harper | City of Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Immigration Militia and Police |
| 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, and Suffolk | Welfare (Chair) Appropriations Insurance and Banking Interstate Cooperation |
| Lawrence Harold Hoover | County of Rockingham; City of Harrisonburg | Counties Cities and Towns General Laws Privileges and Elections |
| Edward Morton Hudgins | County of Chesterfield; City of Colonial Heights | Counties Cities and Towns Federal Relations General Laws Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
| Charles K. Hutchens | City of Newport News | Finance (Chair) Labor Militia and Police Privileges and Elections Rules |
| Edwin Ralph James | City of Hampton | Currency and Commerce (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries 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 Finance Game and Inland Fisheries Welfare |
| Wilbur Talmadge Leary | County of Norfolk; City of South Norfolk | Retrenchment and Economy (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Library 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 |
| Charles Harrison Mann Jr. | County of Arlington | Courts of Justice Enrolled Bills Game and Inland Fisheries Immigration Insurance and Banking |
| Paul Wilbur Manns | Counties of Caroline, King George, Essex, and King and Queen | Counties Cities and Towns Education Federal Relations Game and Inland Fisheries |
| W. H. McFarland | Counties of Buchanan and Dickenson | Agriculture Game and Inland Fisheries Mining and Mineral Resources Public Property |
| 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 |
| Willard James Moody | City of Portsmouth | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Labor |
| Edgar Blackburn Moore | Counties of Clarke and Frederick; City of Winchester | Rules (Chair) |
| Garnett St. Clair Moore | County of Pulaski | Courts of Justice Mining and Mineral Resources Officers and Offices at the Capitol Retrenchment and Economy |
| Lindsey Lee Moore | County of Pittsylvania | Agriculture General Laws Labor Welfare |
| Joseph C. Moxley | County of Grayson | Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Public Institutions Retrenchment and Economy |
| 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 |
| Maury Claiborne Newton Sr. | Counties of Bland and Giles | Currency and Commerce Enrolled Bills Insurance and Banking Library |
| Henry Clyde Pearson | County of Lee | Game and Inland Fisheries Militia and Police Officers and Offices at the Capitol Welfare |
| John Malcolm Peck Jr. | Counties of Botetourt and Craig | Agriculture Claims Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections |
| Nathaniel Willis Pendleton | County of Wythe | Agriculture Federal Relations Finance General Laws |
| Lucas Dallam Phillips | County of Loudoun | Agriculture Federal Relations Finance General Laws Public Property |
| Theodore Clay Pilcher | City of Norfolk | Claims Education Insurance and Banking 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 | Agriculture (Chair) Education Officers and Offices at the Capitol 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 | Public Institutions (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Education Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William Griffith Purcell | City of Richmond | Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Welfare |
| Randall Oscar Reynolds | County of Pittsylvania | Agriculture Claims Counties Cities and Towns Retrenchment and Economy |
| 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 | Finance General Laws Immigration Printing |
| James Walker Roberts | City of Norfolk | Militia and Police (Chair) Appropriations Immigration Roads and Internal Navigation |
| W. Ray Rouse | County of Smyth | Executive Expenditures Federal Relations Militia and Police Mining and Mineral Resources Retrenchment and Economy |
| Julian Hamilton Rutherfoord Jr. | City of Roanoke | Officers and Offices at the Capitol (Chair) General Laws Insurance and Banking Manufactures and Mechanic Arts |
| Toy Dixon Savage Jr. | City of Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Courts of Justice Currency and Commerce Executive Expenditures |
| Vernon Spitler Shaffer | County of Shenandoah | Claims Federal Relations Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police |
| Melvin Lankford Shreves | County of Accomack | Agriculture Currency and Commerce General Laws Immigration |
| Richard Maclin Smith | Counties of Brunswick and Lunenburg | Agriculture Counties Cities and Towns House Expenses Labor |
| Vernon Corbett Smith | County of Buchanan | Appropriations House Expenses Mining and Mineral Resources Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William Roy Smith | County of Dinwiddie; City of Petersburg | Appropriations Auditing Education Federal Relations |
| Kathryn Haesler Stone | County of Arlington | General Laws Immigration Public Institutions Welfare |
| William Francis Stone | Counties of Henry and Patrick; City of Martinsville | Printing (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Nominations and Confirmations |
| Lawrence R. Thompson | County of Campbell | Executive Expenditures Game and Inland Fisheries Labor Roads and Internal Navigation |
| James McIlhany Thomson | City of Alexandria | Immigration Nominations and Confirmations Officers and Offices at the Capitol Privileges and Elections |
| Nelson Reese Thurman | County of Roanoke | General Laws Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Militia and Police Mining and Mineral Resources |
| John Randolph Tucker Jr. | City of Richmond | Labor (Chair) Finance General Laws Retrenchment and Economy |
| Charles Montgomery Waldrop | Counties of Amelia, Powhatan, and Nottoway | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Agriculture Executive Expenditures Militia and Police |
| 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 |
| Harry Ray Webber | County of Alleghany; Cities of Covington and Clifton Forge | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Chase Stuart Wheatley Jr. | City of Danville | Education Finance Privileges and Elections Retrenchment and Economy |
| John Lewis Whitehead | County of Montgomery; City of Radford | Mining and Mineral Resources (Chair) Appropriations Education Federal Relations Immigration |
| 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 |
| William Littleton Winston | County of Arlington | Counties Cities and Towns Currency and Commerce Federal Relations Militia and Police |
| Jack Walter Witten | County of Tazewell | Counties Cities and Towns (Chair) Finance Manufactures and Mechanic Arts Mining and Mineral Resources 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.