1979 Session Information
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- Start Date: Jan 10 1979
- End Date: Mar 3 1979
- Notes:
- Speaker:
John Warren Cooke
- Clerk:
Joseph Howard Holleman Jr.
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| George Edward Allen Jr. | City of Richmond | Courts of Justice (Chair) Claims Privileges and Elections Rules |
| James Fredrick Almand | County of Arlington | Courts of Justice Militia and Police |
| Claude Wood Anderson | Counties of Amelia, Appomattox, Buckingham, Cumberland, and Prince Edward | Mining and Mineral Resources (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Finance Militia and Police Privileges and Elections |
| Luther Ray Ashworth | Counties of Charles City, Greensville, New Kent, Surry, and Sussex; City of Emporia | Conservation and Natural Resources (Chair) Agriculture Appropriations General Laws |
| Ralph Lewis Axselle Jr. | County of Henrico | Courts of Justice General Laws |
| Floyd Caldwell Bagley | Counties of Loudoun and Prince William; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice |
| Richard Marshall Bagley | City of Hampton | Appropriations (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Corporations Insurance and Banking Labor and Commerce |
| Gerald Lee Baliles | County of Henrico and City of Richmond | Appropriations Conservation and Natural Resources Corporations Insurance and Banking |
| Robert Bates Ball Sr. | County of Henrico | Appropriations Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Bernard Gibbs Barrow | City of Virginia Beach | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Conservation and Natural Resources Finance |
| Warren Everett Barry | County of Fairfax (part) | Appropriations Counties Cities and Towns General Laws |
| George Plummer Beard Jr. | Counties of Culpeper, Rappahannock, Madison, and Orange | Agriculture Finance |
| Earl E. Bell | Counties of Loudoun and Prince William; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park | Agriculture Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert S. Bloxom Sr. | Counties of Accomack and Northampton | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries General Laws |
| David Guy Brickley | Counties of Loudoun and Prince William; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park | Agriculture Finance Health Welfare and Institutions |
| Vincent Francis Callahan Jr. | County of Fairfax (part); Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church | Appropriations Claims Corporations Insurance and Banking Privileges and Elections |
| Archibald Algernon Campbell | Counties of Bland, Grayson, and Wythe; City of Galax | Finance (Chair) Conservation and Natural Resources Corporations Insurance and Banking Education |
| Orby Lee Cantrell | Counties of Dickenson, Lee, Scott, and Wise; City of Norton | Roads and Internal Navigation (Chair) Appropriations Counties Cities and Towns Mining and Mineral Resources |
| James S. Christian Jr. | City of Richmond | General Laws Nominations and Confirmations |
| John Warren Cooke | Counties of Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, and Middlesex | Rules (Chair) |
| James Paul Councill Jr. | Counties of Isle of Wight and Southampton; City of Franklin | Agriculture Claims Conservation and Natural Resources Education |
| Charles Richard Cranwell | County of Roanoke; Cities of Salem and Roanoke (part) | Militia and Police (Chair) Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Finance |
| Frederick Hillary Creekmore | City of Chesapeake | Claims Finance Labor and Commerce Privileges and Elections |
| Joseph P. Crouch | County of Campbell; City of Lynchburg (part) | Agriculture Conservation and Natural Resources Interstate Cooperation |
| James A. Davis | Counties of Bedford, Franklin, and Rockbridge; Cities of Bedford, Buena Vista, Lexington, and Lynchburg (part) | Agriculture Health Welfare and Institutions |
| Alan Arnold Diamonstein | City of Newport News | Appropriations Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Conservation and Natural Resources Education General Laws |
| Vivian Earl Dickinson | Counties of Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan, and Spotsylvania | Appropriations Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| C. Donald Dunford | Counties of Buchanan, Russell, and Tazewell | Agriculture Claims Corporations Insurance and Banking Finance Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Walter Herman Emroch | City of Richmond | Corporations Insurance and Banking Health Welfare and Institutions |
| Lewis Perley Fickett Jr. | Counties of Caroline, Hanover, and Stafford; City of Fredericksburg | Claims Education Health Welfare and Institutions Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Calvin W. Fowler | City of Danville | Appropriations General Laws Labor and Commerce Militia and Police |
| Ray Lucian Garland | City of Roanoke (part) | Education Finance Privileges and Elections |
| Jerry H. Geisler | Counties of Carroll, Floyd, and Montgomery; City of Radford | Appropriations Mining and Mineral Resources Privileges and Elections Rules |
| Arthur Rossa Giesen Jr. | Counties of Augusta, Bath, and Highland; Cities of Staunton and Waynesboro | Counties Cities and Towns General Laws Militia and Police Nominations and Confirmations |
| James Samuel Glasscock | City of Suffolk | Nominations and Confirmations (Chair) Courts of Justice Health Welfare and Institutions Labor and Commerce |
| John David Gray | City of Hampton | Health Welfare and Institutions (Chair) Conservation and Natural Resources Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Rules |
| George W. Grayson | Counties of James City and York; Cities of Poquoson and Williamsburg | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Counties Cities and Towns Education Labor and Commerce Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Raymond R. Guest Jr. | Counties of Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, and Warren; City of Winchester | Agriculture Conservation and Natural Resources Finance Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Evelyn Momsen Hailey | City of Norfolk | Agriculture Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Conservation and Natural Resources Counties Cities and Towns Health Welfare and Institutions |
| Franklin Perkins Hall | City of Richmond | Counties Cities and Towns Labor and Commerce Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert E. Harris | County of Fairfax (part) | Claims Corporations Insurance and Banking Roads and Internal Navigation |
| George H. Heilig Jr. | City of Norfolk | Corporations Insurance and Banking Education General Laws Labor and Commerce Nominations and Confirmations |
| Elise Brookfield Heinz | County of Arlington; City of Alexandria | Conservation and Natural Resources General Laws |
| Richard R.G. Hobson | City of Alexandria | Courts of Justice Labor and Commerce Privileges and Elections |
| Robison B. James | County of Henrico | Counties Cities and Towns Education Nominations and Confirmations |
| Johnny Savas Joannou | City of Portsmouth | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance Health Welfare and Institutions |
| Joseph A. Johnson | Counties of Smyth and Washington; City of Bristol | Agriculture Counties Cities and Towns Labor and Commerce Mining and Mineral Resources |
| George Wilson Jones | County of Chesterfield; City of Colonial Heights | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Conservation and Natural Resources Counties Cities and Towns Finance |
| Joan Shepherd Jones | Counties of Amherst and Nelson; City of Lynchburg (part) | Claims Education Health Welfare and Institutions |
| Gladys B. Keating | County of Fairfax (part) | Counties Cities and Towns Militia and Police |
| Benjamin J. Lambert III | City of Richmond | Education Militia and Police |
| Joseph A. Leafe | City of Norfolk | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Conservation and Natural Resources Courts of Justice Finance |
| Willard Lincoln Lemmon | Counties of Smyth and Washington; City of Bristol | Education (Chair) Appropriations Mining and Mineral Resources |
| L. Cleaves Manning | City of Portsmouth | Counties Cities and Towns (Chair) Appropriations Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Charles Hardaway Marks | County of Prince George; City of Hopewell | Claims (Chair) Corporations Insurance and Banking Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Rules |
| Mary Aydelotte Marshall | County of Arlington | Counties Cities and Towns Health Welfare and Institutions Privileges and Elections Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Glenn Brooks McClanan | City of Virginia Beach | Agriculture Corporations Insurance and Banking General Laws Interstate Cooperation |
| Dorothy Shoemaker McDiarmid | County of Fairfax (part); Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church | Agriculture Appropriations Education |
| Donald Allen McGlothlin Sr. | Counties of Buchanan, Tazewell and Russell | Courts of Justice General Laws Mining and Mineral Resources Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Alexander Benedict McMurtrie Jr. | County of Chesterfield; City of Colonial Heights | Corporations Insurance and Banking Courts of Justice Education Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Thomas Johnson Michie Jr. | Counties of Albemarle, Greene and Fluvanna; City of Charlottesville | Counties Cities and Towns Education Health Welfare and Institutions |
| Clinton Miller | Counties of Rockingham, Page, Shenandoah; City of Harrisonburg | Claims Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Theodore V. Morrison Jr. | City of Newport News | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (Chair) Corporations Insurance and Banking Courts of Justice Finance Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas Warren Moss Jr. | City of Norfolk | General Laws (Chair) Corporations Insurance and Banking Courts of Justice Militia and Police |
| James Brady Murray | Counties of Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna; City of Charlottesville | 1982 (Chair) Conservation and Natural Resources General Laws Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Gary Rowland Myers | City of Alexandria | Education Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Joseph William O'Brien Jr. | Cities of Chesapeake, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach | Interstate Cooperation (Chair) Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Conservation and Natural Resources Education |
| David W. O'Bryan | Counties of Caroline, Hanover, and Stafford; City of Fredericksburg | Courts of Justice Militia and Police |
| Lewis Wardlaw Parker Jr. | Counties of Brunswick and Mecklenburg | Agriculture Claims Corporations Insurance and Banking Finance |
| William Thomas Parker | City of Chesapeake | Education |
| Bonnie Lineweaver Paul | Counties of Page, Rockingham, and Shenandoah; City of Harrisonburg | Agriculture General Laws Labor and Commerce |
| Martin Howard Perper | County of Fairfax (part); Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church | Claims Finance |
| Albert Lee Philpott | Counties of Henry, Patrick and Pittsylvania; City of Martinsville | Corporations Insurance and Banking (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Rules |
| Owen Bradford Pickett | City of Virginia Beach | Appropriations Health Welfare and Institutions Privileges and Elections |
| Kenneth R. Plum | County of Fairfax (part); Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church | Education Militia and Police |
| Lacey E. Putney | Counties of Bedford, Franklin and Rockbridge; Cities of Bedford, Buena Vista, Lexington and Lynchburg (part) | Agriculture Appropriations Privileges and Elections |
| Ford Carter Quillen | Counties of Dickenson, Lee, Scott and Wise; City of Norton | Agriculture (Chair) Courts of Justice Mining and Mineral Resources Privileges and Elections |
| William Peters Robinson Sr. | City of Norfolk | Education Health Welfare and Institutions Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Raymond R. Robrecht | County of Roanoke; Cities of Roanoke (part), and Salem | Courts of Justice Labor and Commerce Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Calvin Garner Sanford | Counties of King George, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland | Agriculture Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Labor and Commerce Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Richard Lawrence Saslaw | County of Fairfax (part) | Corporations Insurance and Banking Labor and Commerce Militia and Police |
| Eva Mae Flemming Scott | Counties of Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, and Nottoway | Counties Cities and Towns Labor and Commerce Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Robert Cortez Scott | City of Newport News | Claims Health Welfare and Institutions |
| Norman Sisisky | City of Petersburg | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance Health Welfare and Institutions Labor and Commerce |
| Franklin Marshall Slayton | Counties of Charlotte and Halifax; City of South Boston | Appropriations Courts of Justice Health Welfare and Institutions |
| Alson Howard Smith Jr. | Counties of Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, and Warren; City of Winchester | Appropriations Conservation and Natural Resources Corporations Insurance and Banking |
| Erwin Seymour Solomon | Counties of Augusta, Bath, and Highland; Cities of Staunton and Waynesboro | Corporations Insurance and Banking Finance Militia and Police |
| Chester Jefferson Stafford | Counties of Craig, Giles, and Pulaski | General Laws Health Welfare and Institutions Nominations and Confirmations |
| Warren Glenn Stambaugh | County of Arlington | Finance Health Welfare and Institutions Interstate Cooperation Labor and Commerce |
| Spiros Wallace Stieffen | Counties of James City and York; Cities of Hampton, Poquoson, and Williamsburg | Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Finance |
| Claude Vince Swanson | Counties of Henry, Patrick, and Pittsylvania; City of Martinsville | Agriculture General Laws Labor and Commerce Roads and Internal Navigation |
| William Ward Teel | Counties of Carroll, Floyd, and Montgomery; City of Radford | Corporations Insurance and Banking Health Welfare and Institutions Labor and Commerce Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Mary Sue Terry | Counties of Henry, Patrick, and Pittsylvania; City of Martinsville | Conservation and Natural Resources Education |
| Robert L. Thoburn | County of Fairfax (part) | Agriculture Conservation and Natural Resources |
| Alfred Victor Thomas | City of Roanoke (part) | Conservation and Natural Resources General Laws Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Raymond E. Vickery Jr. | County of Fairfax (part); Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church | Conservation and Natural Resources Counties Cities and Towns General Laws Mining and Mineral Resources |
| Robert E. Washington | City of Norfolk | Labor and Commerce (Chair) Claims Counties Cities and Towns Militia and Police Roads and Internal Navigation |
| Joshua Warren White Jr. | City of Norfolk | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Appropriations Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Interstate Cooperation Rules |
| Shirley Vance Wilkins Jr. | Counties of Amherst and Nelson; City of Lynchburg (part) | Health Welfare and Institutions Mining and Mineral Resources |
| William Thomas Wilson | Counties of Alleghany and Botetourt; Cities of Clifton Forge and Covington | Corporations Insurance and Banking General Laws Labor and Commerce |
*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.