1783 Session Information
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- Start Date: May 5 1783
- End Date: Dec 22 1783
- Notes: Sessions: May 5 to June 28, 1783; October 20 to December 22, 1783
- Speaker:
John Tyler
- Clerk:
John James Beckley
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Adams Jr. | Campbell | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Allen | Surry | |
| Barttelot Anderson | Hanover | Propositions and Grievances |
| Garland Anderson | Hanover | Claims (November 1783) Commerce Propositions and Grievances Religion Trade/Public Claims |
| William Anderson | Louisa | Commerce (November 1783) (Chair) Claims (November 1783) Commerce Propositions and Grievances Trade/Public Claims |
| Isaac Avery | Northampton | Courts of Justice |
| James Ball Jr. | Lancaster | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Banister | Dinwiddie | Commerce |
| John Barker | Fauquier | |
| Hickerson Barksdale | Buckingham | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Richard Bibb | Prince Edward | Propositions and Grievances |
| Abraham Bird | Shenandoah | |
| George Booker | Elizabeth City | Claims (November 1783) Propositions and Grievances |
| John Bowdoin | Northampton | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Carter Braxton | King William | Commerce Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Trade/Public Claims |
| John Breckenridge | Botetourt | Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles Broadwater | Fairfax | |
| Alexander Scott Bullitt | Prince William | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| John Cabell | Buckingham | |
| Nicholas Cabell | Amherst | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Cabell Jr. | Amherst | Religion (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Arthur Campbell | Washington | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles Campbell | Rockbridge | |
| James Campbell | Montgomery | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Carrington | Cumberland | Religion (November 1783) (Chair) Claims (November 1783) Propositions and Grievances Religion Trade/Public Claims |
| Charles Carter | Stafford | Propositions and Grievances (November 1783) (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Edward Carter | Albemarle | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| John Carter | Loudoun | Claims |
| Wilson Miles Cary | Warwick | Privileges and Elections (November 1783) (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Clark/Clarke | Bedford | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Clayborne | Brunswick | |
| George Clendinen | Greenbrier | Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Cocke | Surry | Propositions and Grievances |
| Jesse Cogbill | Chesterfield | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| John Coleman | Halifax | |
| Thomas Coleman | King and Queen | |
| Isaac Coles | Halifax | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Collier | Charlotte | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Cowper | Nansemond | Commerce |
| John Critenton | Fayette | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Cunningham | Augusta | |
| William Curtis | Middlesex | |
| William Dandridge | New Kent | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Cole Diggs | Warwick | |
| William Dix | Pittsylvania | |
| Andrew Donelly | Greenbrier | |
| John Edmondson | Essex | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Edwards | Lincoln | |
| John Fauntleroy | Richmond County | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Gilchrist | Caroline | Claims (November 1783) Commerce Trade/Public Claims |
| Kinchen Godwin | Nansemond | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Goode | Chesterfield | Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel Goode | Mecklenberg | Propositions and Grievances |
| James Gordon Jr. | Richmond County | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Green | Jefferson | |
| Morias Hansborough | Jefferson | |
| Benjamin Harrison Jr. | Prince George | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Carter Henry Harrison | Cumberland | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Sterling Harwell | Sussex | |
| John Heath | Northumberland | Commerce Courts of Justice |
| Alexander Henderson | Fairfax | Claims
Commerce Courts of Justice |
| Patrick Henry Jr. | Henry County | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances (November 1783) Religion |
| Abraham/Abram Hite | Hampshire | |
| John Hopkins | Rockingham | |
| Moses Hunter | Berkeley | Claims |
| Hugh Innis | Henry | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Johnson | Louisa | |
| Zachariah Johnston | Augusta | Propositions and Grievances |
| Gabriel Jones | Rockingham | |
| Joseph Jones | King George | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Gray Judkins | Sussex | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| John Kearnes | Norfolk County | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| James Kee | Surry | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Thomas Kempe | Princess Anne | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| Benjamin Lankford | Pittsylvania | Claims (November 1783) Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Lawson | Prince Edward | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Arthur Lee | Prince William | |
| Richard Henry Lee | Westmoreland | Claims (November 1783) (Chair) Trade (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Richard Henry Lee | Westmoreland | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Thomas Lumpkin | Bedford | Propositions and Grievances |
| James Mason | Greensville | |
| Stevens Thomson Mason | Loudoun | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Thompson/Thomson Mason | Stafford | Courts of Justice (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Mayo Jr. | Powhatan | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| James McCraw | Halifax | Propositions and Grievances |
| Andrew Meade | Brunswick | |
| Everard Meade | Amelia | Propositions and Grievances |
| James Montgomery | Washington | |
| Andrew Moore | Rockbridge | |
| William Moore | Orange | Claims (November 1783) Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Religion Trade/Public Claims |
| William Green Munford | Charles City | Religion |
| William Nelson | James City | Commerce (Chair) Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Newton | Norfolk Borough | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| George Nicholas | Albemarle | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Norvell | James City County | Claims Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Abraham Outton | Accomack | |
| John Page | Gloucester | |
| Mann Page Jr. | Spotsylvania | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Josiah Parker | Isle of Wight | Commerce Propositions and Grievances Trade/Public Claims |
| Thomas Parramore | Accomack | |
| James Pendleton | Culpeper | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Pettus | Mecklenberg | |
| Timothy Peyton | Fayette | |
| William Pickett | Fauquier | |
| John Pollard | King George | |
| Elias Poston | Hampshire | |
| John Powell | Fluvanna | Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Prentis | York | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Preston | Montgomery | Propositions and Grievances |
| Drury Ragsdale | King William | Claims (November 1783) Propositions and Grievances |
| Edward Ragsdale | Lunenberg | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Mann Randolph (Sr.) | Goochland | Propositions and Grievances |
| Edmund Read | Charlotte | |
| Spencer Roane | Essex | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| John Rogers | Southampton | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Ronald | Powhatan | Commerce Propositions and Grievances Trade/Public Claims |
| David Ross | Fluvanna | Commerce Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Trade/Public Claims |
| Edmund Ruffin Jr. | Prince George | |
| Daniel Sandford | Norfolk County | Propositions and Grievances |
| Johnny Scott | Orange | Propositions and Grievances |
| David Shepherd | Ohio | |
| Samuel Sherwin | Amelia | Propositions and Grievances |
| Maurice Smith | Middlesex | |
| Thomas Smith | Gloucester | Claims (November 1783) Propositions and Grievances |
| Turner Southall | Henrico | Propositions and Grievances |
| Adam Stephen | Berkeley | |
| Henry Stokes | Lunenberg | Propositions and Grievances |
| French Strother | Culpeper | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Archibald Stuart | Botetourt | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| John Taylor | Caroline | Courts of Justice
Propositions and Grievances |
| John Taylor | Southampton | Claims (November 1783) Propositions and Grievances Trade/Public Claims |
| Henry Tazewell | Williamsburg | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| John Thornton | Northumberland | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Thoroughgood Jr. | Princess Anne | Commerce |
| Charles Mynn Thruston | Frederick | Commerce Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Henry Todd | King and Queen | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Towles | Lancaster | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Towles | Spotsylvania | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Tyler | Charles City | |
| Thomas Underwood | Goochland | Claims (November 1783) Commerce Propositions and Grievances Trade/Public Claims |
| James Wall | Greensville | |
| Caleb Wallace | Lincoln | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| John Ward | Campbell | |
| Joel Watkins | Charlotte | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Watkins | New Kent | Claims (November 1783) Propositions and Grievances Trade/Public Claims |
| William Watkins | Dinwiddie | Claims (November 1783) Propositions and Grievances Religion Trade/Public Claims |
| Alexander White | Frederick | Courts of Justice |
| Nathaniel Wilkinson | Henrico | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Scarsbrook Wills | Isle of Wight | Commerce Courts of Justice |
| Benjamin Wilson | Monongalia | Propositions and Grievances |
| Francis Worman | Monongalia | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Wray | Elizabeth City | Claims (November 1783) Commerce Propositions and Grievances Religion Trade/Public Claims |
| Ebenezer Zane | Ohio | |
| Isaac Zane | Shenandoah |
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