1742-1747 Session Information
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- Start Date: May 6 1742
- End Date: Apr 18 1747
- Notes: The Assembly met from May 6 to June 19, 1742; from September 4 to October 24, 1744; from February 20 to April 12, 1746; from July 11 to 16, 1746; from March 30 to April 18, 1747, when it was repeatedly prorogued and then dissolved.
- Speaker:
John Robinson Jr.
- Clerk:
Peter Randolph
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| William Baker | Nansemond | Courts of Justice |
| Edward Barradall | College of William and Mary | |
| Charles Barrett | Louisa | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Bassett | New Kent | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Baylor | Caroline | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Beverley | Essex | Public Claims (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Samuel Blackwell | Northumberland | |
| Richard Bland | Prince George | Propositions and Grievances
Trade |
| John Bolling | Henrico | Public Claims |
| Edward Booker | Amelia | |
| Samuel Boush | Norfolk County | Trade |
| George Braxton | King and Queen | Trade (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| Samuel Buckner | Gloucester | |
| Carter Burwell | James City County | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Lewis Burwell | James City County | Propositions and Grievances |
| Lewis Burwell | Gloucester | Privileges and Elections
Propositions and Grievances |
| Andrew Campbell | Frederick | |
| John Cargill | Surry | Public Claims |
| George Carrington | Goochland | |
| Charles Carter Sr. | King George | Courts of Justice (Chair) Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Trade (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Chiswell | Hanover | Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel Cobbs | Amelia | Public Claims |
| Benjamin Cocke | Goochland | Courts of Justice |
| Richard Cocke | Surry | Public Claims Trade |
| John Colville | Prince William | Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| Edwin Conway | Lancaster | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Propositions and Grievances |
| Gawin Corbin | Middlesex | Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| William Crafford | Norfolk County | Public Claims |
| "Unknown" Cunningham | Unknown | |
| Rice Curtis | Spotsylvania | |
| Edward Digges | York | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Douglas | Accomack | Courts of Justice |
| Henry Downs | Orange | |
| Samuel Earle | Frederick | |
| "Unknown" Edwards | Unknown | |
| Jacob Elligood | Princess Anne | Public Claims |
| Francis Eppes | Prince George | Courts of Justice |
| Littleton Eyre | Northampton | Public Claims |
| William Fairfax | Prince William | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Fantleroy | Richmond County | Courts of Justice |
| Henry Fitzhugh | Stafford | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) |
| Joshua Fry | Albemarle | |
| James Garnett | Essex | Courts of Justice |
| William Gray | New Kent | Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Grey | Isle of Wight | Courts of Justice Public Claims |
| Matthew Harmanson | Northampton | Public Claims |
| John Harmer | Williamsburg | Public Claims Trade |
| Robert Harris | Hanover | Courts of Justice |
| Benjamin Harrison IV | Charles City | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Harrison | Prince William | Privileges and Elections |
| William Harwood | Warwick | Public Claims |
| Peter Hedgman | Stafford | Public Claims |
| John Hutchins | Norfolk Borough | Courts of Justice Trade |
| Richard Kennon | Charles City | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Lee | Westmoreland | |
| "Unknown" Lee | Unknown | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Lewis | Louisa | Courts of Justice |
| Lunsford Lomax | Caroline | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Philip Ludwell Jr. | Jamestown | Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| Daniel McCarty | Westmoreland | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Meriwether | Hanover | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Mitchell | Lancaster | Public Claims |
| Andrew Monroe | Westmoreland | |
| Bernard Moore | King William | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Nelson | York | |
| William Nelson | York | Trade (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| James Power | King William | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Peter Presley | Northumberland | Propositions and Grievances |
| Beverley Randolph | College of William and Mary | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Randolph | Henrico | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| William Randolph | Goochland | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| William Randolph III | Charles City | |
| Lemuel Riddick | Nansemond | Courts of Justice Trade |
| John Robinson Jr. | King and Queen | |
| John Ruffin | Surry | Public Claims Trade |
| Henry Scarburg | Accomack | Public Claims |
| Joseph Scott | Amelia | |
| John Simmons | Isle of Wight | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Slaughter | Orange | |
| Merit Sweney | Elizabeth City | Public Claims |
| George Taylor | Orange | Public Claims |
| Francis Thornton | Spotsylvania | Public Claims |
| Henry Turner | King George | Public Claims |
| Abraham Venable | Louisa | |
| Anthony Walke | Princess Anne | Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| John Wall | Brunswick | Public Claims |
| Benjamin Waller | James City County | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| William Waller | Spotsylvania | Courts of Justice |
| Lawrence Washington | Fairfax | Propositions and Grievances |
| James Waugh | Stafford | |
| Thomas West | King William | Courts of Justice |
| William Westwood | Elizabeth City | Public Claims |
| Beverley Whiting | Gloucester | Courts of Justice (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Francis Willis | Gloucester | |
| John Woodbridge | Richmond County | Propositions and Grievances |
| Ralph Wormeley IV | Middlesex | Propositions and Grievances |
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