1784-1785 Session Information
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- Start Date: May 3 1784
- End Date: Jan 7 1785
- Notes: Sessions: May 3 to June 30, 1784; October 18, 1784 to January 7, 1785
- Speaker:
John Tyler
- Clerk:
John James Beckley
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| John Ackiss | Princess Anne | |
| James Adams | Campbell | |
| John Allen | Surry | Propositions and Grievances |
| Barttelot Anderson | Hanover | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| Garland Anderson | Hanover | Claims Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Anderson | Louisa | Commerce Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Armistead | New Kent | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| James Ball Jr. | Lancaster | |
| Phillip Barbour | Jefferson | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Berryman | Lancaster | Commerce Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Richard Bibb | Prince Edward | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Bibb | Prince Edward | |
| Edward Bland | Prince George | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| John Booker Jr. | Amelia | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Bowyer | Rockbridge | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Michael Bowyer | Augusta | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| John Breckinridge | Montgomery | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Brent | Stafford | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| John Howell Briggs | Sussex | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Alexander Scott Bullitt | Prince William | |
| Edmund Byne | King and Queen | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Nicholas Cabell | Amherst | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Edward Carrington | Cumberland | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Edward Carter | Albemarle | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| Landon Carter | Richmond County | |
| Wilson Miles Cary | Warwick | Religion (May 1784) (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Matthew Cheatham | Chesterfield | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Claiborne | Brunswick | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Dandridge Claiborne | King William | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Clark "e" | Prince Edward | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Robert Clark | Bedford | Claims |
| George Clendinen | Greenbrier | |
| John Coleman | Halifax | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Isaac Coles | Halifax | Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas Collier | Charlotte | Propositions and Grievances |
| Francis Corbin | Middlesex | Commerce Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| John Crittenden | Fayette | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Cropper | Accomack | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Curtis | Middlesex | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Dix | Pittsylvania | |
| Andrew Donnelly | Greenbrier | |
| Thomas Edmunds | Sussex | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Edmunds | Brunswick | Propositions and Grievances |
| Littleton Eyre | Northampton | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| John Fauntleroy | Richmond County | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Gaskins | Northumberland | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Gatewood | Essex | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Glenn | Lunenberg | Propositions and Grievances |
| Kinchen Godwin | Nansemond | Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel Goode | Mecklenberg | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Grayson | Prince William | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Gawin Hamilton | Rockingham | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Hancock | Botetourt | Privileges and Election Propositions and Grievances |
| Carter Bassett Harrison | Surry | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Carter Henry Harrison | Cumberland | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Samuel Hawes | Caroline | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Hays | Rockbridge | Privileges and Elections |
| John Heath Jr. | Lancaster | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Alexander Henderson | Fairfax | Claims |
| Patrick Henry Jr. | Henry County | Privileges & Elections (Nov.1984) (Chair) Commerce Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Hopkins | Rockingham | Propositions and Grievances |
| James Hubard | Gloucester | Claims Commerce Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Ralph Humphreys | Hampshire | Propositions and Grievances |
| Moses Hunter | Berkeley | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Zachariah Johnston | Augusta | Privileges and Elections Religion |
| Albridgeton Jones | Southampton | Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Jones | King George | Courts of Justice (May 1784) (Chair) Commerce Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Joseph Jones | Dinwiddie | Claims Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| John Kearns | Norfolk County | Claims Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| Abraham Keller | Shenandoah | |
| Miles King | Elizabeth City | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| John Langhorne | Warwick | Propositions and Grievances |
| Benjamin Lankford | Pittsylvania | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Henry Lee | Westmoreland | Claims (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Richard Bland Lee | Loudoun | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Henry Lee | Westmoreland | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Logan | Lincoln | |
| James Madison Jr. | Orange | Commerce (Chair) Courts of Justice (Nov. 1784) (Chair) Commerce Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Bernard Markham | Chesterfield | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Marshall | Fauquier | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Marshall | Isle of Wight | |
| Thomas Mathews | Norfolk Borough | Commerce (Nov. 1784) (Chair) Claims Commerce Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Mayo Jr. | Powhatan | Claims Privileges and Elections |
| William Meredith | Amherst | Propositions and Grievances |
| James Montgomery | Washington | |
| Jacob Morton | Charlotte | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Mosby | Fayette | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Green Munford | Charles City | |
| Nathaniel Nelson | York | Claims Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| John Nicholas Jr. | Buckingham | Propositions and Grievances |
| Wilson Cary Nicholas | Albemarle | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Norvell | James City County | Religion (Nov. 1984) (Chair) Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Mann Page Jr. | Spotsylvania | Privileges and Elections (May 1784) (Chair) Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Thomas Parramore | Accomack | |
| Charles Patteson | Buckingham | |
| James Pendleton | Culpeper | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Batte Peterson | Greensville | Propositions and Grievances |
| Francis Peyton | Loudoun | Courts of Justice |
| William Pickett | Fauquier | |
| Benjamin Pope | Jefferson | Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles Porter | Orange | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Joseph Prentis | York | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Thomas Mann Randolph (Sr.) | Goochland | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Randolph | Mecklenberg | Religion |
| Samuel Richardson | Fluvanna | Propositions and Grievances |
| Willis Riddick | Nansemond | Propositions and Grievances |
| Spencer Roane | Essex | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| William Ronald | Powhatan | Commerce |
| Edmund Ruffin Jr. | Prince George | Commerce Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Russell | Washington | Propositions and Grievances |
| Daniel Sandford | Norfolk County | |
| Peter Saunders | Henry | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Sayers | Montgomery | |
| David Shepherd | Ohio | |
| Samuel Sherwin | Amelia | Claims Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| George Slaughter | Lincoln | Propositions and Grievances |
| Larkin Smith | King and Queen | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Smith | Gloucester | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Turner Southall | Henrico | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Adam Stephen | Berkeley | |
| Anthony Street | Lunenberg | Propositions and Grievances |
| French Strother | Culpeper | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Archibald Stuart | Botetourt | Courts of Justice Religion |
| John Taylor | Caroline | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Taylor | Southampton | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Tazewell | Williamsburg | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Benjamin Temple | King William | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Roger Thompson | Fluvanna | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Thornton | Northumberland | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Thornton | King George | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Bennet Tompkins | Northampton | Claims |
| Thomas Towles | Spotsylvania | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Trigg | Bedford | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Tyler | Charles City | |
| Thomas Underwood | Goochland | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Isaac Vanmeter | Hampshire | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Walke | Princess Anne | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Walker | James City | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| James Wall | Greensville | Religion |
| John Ward | Campbell | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Bailey Washington Jr. | Stafford | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Watkins | New Kent | Claims Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| William Watkins | Dinwiddie | Claims Commerce Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Thomas West | Fairfax | |
| Alexander White | Frederick | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William White | Louisa | Claims Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Nathaniel Wilkinson | Henrico | Claims Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Scarsbrook Wills | Isle of Wight | Commerce Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Benjamin Wilson | Monongalia | |
| James Wood | Frederick | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Francis Worman | Monongalia | |
| George Wray | Elizabeth City | Commerce Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Ebenezer Zane | Ohio | |
| Isaac Zane | Shenandoah | Courts of Justice |
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