1776 Session Information
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- Start Date: Oct 7 1776
- End Date: Dec 21 1776
- Notes: The delegates elected to serve in the convention of May 1776 were members of this session. There were numerous changes caused by death, resignation, acceptance of new offices, and sickness.
- Journal Link:
https://archive.org/details/journalofhouseof1776virg/page/n6
- Speaker:
Edmund Pendleton
- Clerk:
John Tazewell
George Wythe
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| William Acrill | Charles City | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Richard Adams/Adam | Henrico | Public Claims
Religion |
| Garland Anderson | Hanover | Public Claims Religion |
| Jesse Ball | Lancaster | |
| John Banister | Dinwiddie | Privileges & Elections |
| Edmund Berkeley | Middlesex | |
| Abraham Bird | Dunmore | Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Bland | Prince George | Privileges & Elections Religion Trade |
| John Bolling | Chesterfield | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Booker | Prince Edward | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| John Bowyer | Botetourt | Propositions and Grievances Public Claims Religion |
| Carter Braxton | King William | Religion (Chair) Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Brent | Stafford | Privileges & Elections Religion Trade |
| Cuthbert Bullitt | Prince William | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Lewis Burwell | Gloucester | Privileges & Elections Religion |
| John Cabell | Buckingham | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Cabell | Amherst | Propositions and Grievances Public Claims |
| Arthur Campbell | Fincastle | Propositions and Grievances Public Claims |
| Charles Carter | Stafford | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Archibald Cary | Chesterfield | |
| Richard Cary | Warwick | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Public Claims Religion |
| Wilson Miles Cary | Elizabeth City | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Josias/Josiah Clapham | Loudoun | Propositions and Grievances Public Claims |
| William Clayton | New Kent | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Public Claims |
| Allen Cocke | Surry | Privileges & Elections |
| Thomas Coleman | King and Queen | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Cowper | Nansemond | Privileges & Elections |
| John Cralle Jr. | Northumberland | Privileges & Elections |
| William Roscow Wilson Curle | Norfolk Borough | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Birkett Davenport | Culpeper | Public Claims |
| Dudley Digges | York | Religion |
| William Digges | York | Propositions and Grievances |
| James Edmondson | Essex | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Jesse Ewell | Prince William | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Public Claims Religion |
| Lodowick Farmer | Lunenberg | Privileges & Elections |
| Nicholas Faulcon Jr. | Surry | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Fitzhugh | King George | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Tarlton Fleming | Goochland | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Fleming | Cumberland | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Public Claims Religion |
| Charles Fulgham | Isle of Wight | Public Claims |
| David Garland | Lunenberg | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Henry Gee | Sussex | Privileges & Elections Public Claims |
| Matthew Godfrey | Norfolk County | Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| Bennett Goode | Mecklenberg | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| James Gordon | Lancaster | Propositions and Grievances Public Claims Religion |
| Edwin Gray | Southampton | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Public Claims |
| Corbin Griffin | York | Propositions and Grievances Religion Trade |
| Benjamin Harrison V | Charles City | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Privileges & Elections Religion |
| John Harvie | West Augusta | Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel Harwood | Charles City | Privileges & Elections |
| William Harwood | Warwick | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| James Henry | Accomack | Courts Privileges and Elections |
| Patrick Henry Jr. | Hanover County | |
| Abraham/Abram Hite | Hampshire | |
| Thomas Hite | Berkeley | |
| Thomas Jefferson | Albemarle | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Thomas Johnson | Louisa | Privileges & Elections Public Claims |
| Joseph Jones | King George | Courts of Justice (Chair) Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Gray Judkins | Sussex | Public Claims |
| Rodham Kenner | Northumberland | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Henry King | Elizabeth City | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Public Claims |
| Benjamin Lankford | Pittsylvania | Privileges & Elections Public Claims |
| Richard Henry Lee | Westmoreland | Public Claims (Chair) Privileges & Elections Religion Trade |
| Charles Lewis | Albemarle | Religion |
| Thomas Lewis | Augusta | Privileges & Elections |
| Patrick Lockhart | Botetourt | Public Claims |
| Charles Lynch | Bedford | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Lyne | King and Queen | |
| William Lyne | King and Queen | Privileges & Elections Public Claims Religion |
| Frederick Maclin | Brunswick | Propositions and Grievances |
| James Madison Jr. | Orange | Privileges & Elections Religion |
| George Mason IV | Fairfax | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Mayo | Cumberland | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Charles McCarty | Richmond County | Privileges & Elections |
| Samuel McDowell | Augusta | Propositions and Grievances Public Claims Religion |
| James Mercer | Hampshire | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| George Meriwether | Louisa | Privileges & Elections Public Claims Religion |
| James Montague | Middlesex | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| William Moore | Orange | Privileges & Elections Religion |
| Hudson Muse | Richmond County | Privileges & Elections Public Claims Religion |
| Thomas Nelson Jr. | York | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Carter Nicholas | James City County | Privileges & Elections (Chair) Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Norvell | James City County | Propositions and Grievances Religions |
| Mann Page Jr. | Spotsylvania | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Mann Page Jr. (III) | Gloucester | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Charles Patteson | Buckingham | Propositions and Grievances |
| Edmund Pendleton | Caroline | |
| Philip Pendleton | Berkeley | Propositions and Grievances Public Claims |
| Gabriel Penn | Amherst | Propositions and Grievances |
| Francis Peyton | Loudoun | Public Claims |
| Martin Pickett | Fauquier | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Peter Poythress | Prince George | Privileges & Elections Public Claims |
| Joseph Prentis | Williamsburg | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Thomas Read | Charlotte | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| Willis Riddick | Nansemond | Privileges & Elections |
| William Robinson | Princess Anne | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| Edmund Ruffin Jr. | Prince George | |
| Armistead Russell | New Kent | Public Claims |
| William Russell | Fincastle | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Savage | Northampton | Privileges & Elections |
| Nathaniel Littleton Savage | Northampton | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| James Scott | Fauquier | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Public Claims Religion |
| Charles Simms | West Augusta | Public Claims |
| Southey Simpson | Accomack | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Meriwether Smith | Essex | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Joseph Speed | Mecklenberg | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Bolling Starke | Dinwiddie | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| French Strother | Culpeper | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| John Syme | Hanover | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Tabb | Amelia | |
| John Talbot | Bedford | Courts of Justice Public Claims Religions |
| Henry Taylor | Southampton | Privileges & Elections |
| James Taylor | Orange | Privileges & Elections |
| James Taylor | Caroline | Religion |
| Richard Squire Taylor | King William | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| Henry Tazewell | Brunswick | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Public Claims |
| Nathaniel Terry | Halifax | Propositions and Grievances Public Claims |
| George Thornton | Spotsylvania | Privileges & Elections Public Claims |
| John Thoroughgood Jr. | Princess Anne | Privileges & Elections |
| John Tipton | Dunmore | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Augustine Washington | Westmoreland | Privileges and Elections Religion |
| Benjamin Watkins | Chesterfield | Public Claims |
| Micajah Watkins | Halifax | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Watts | Prince Edward | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Religion |
| John West Jr. | Fairfax | Propositions and Grievances |
| Nathaniel Wilkinson | Henrico | Propositions and Grievances Public Claims |
| Robert Williams | Pittsylvania | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Public Claims Religion |
| John S. Willis | Isle of Wight | Religion |
| John Scarsbrook Wills | Isle of Wight | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| John Wilson | Norfolk County | Propositions and Grievances Public Claims Religion Trade |
| John Winn | Amelia | |
| James Wood | Frederick | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Woodson | Goochland | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Isaac Zane | Frederick |
*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.