1785-1786 Session Information
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- Start Date: Oct 17 1785
- End Date: Jan 21 1786
- Notes: Session: October 17, 1785 to January 21, 1786
- Speaker:
Benjamin Harrison Jr.
- Clerk:
John James Beckley
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| John Ackiss | Princess Anne | |
| Garland Anderson | Hanover | Claims Commerce Propositions and Greivances |
| William Anderson | Buckingham | Propositions and Greivances |
| William Armistead | New Kent | Commerce Propositions and Greivances |
| James Ball Jr. | Lancaster | Courts of Justice Propositions and Greivances |
| Williamson Ball | Richmond County | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Hickerson Barksdale | Buckingham | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Abraham Beacham | Northumberland | |
| Richard Bibb | Prince Edward | Claims Propositions and Greivances Religion |
| Abraham Bird | Shenandoah | |
| Edward Bland | Prince George | Commerce Propositions and Greivances |
| John Bowyer | Rockbridge | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| Michael Bowyer | Augusta | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| David Bradford | Ohio | Propositions and Grievances |
| Carter Braxton | King William | Commerce (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| Daniel Carroll Brent | Prince William | Courts of Justice Propositions and Greivances |
| William Brent | Stafford | |
| John Howell Briggs | Sussex | Commerce Courts of Justice Propositions and Greivances |
| Cuthbert Bullitt | Prince William | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| Lewis Burwell | Mecklenberg | Claims Religion |
| Samuel Jordan Cabell | Amherst | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Edward Carrington | Cumberland | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| Richard Cary Jr. | Warwick | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Wilson Miles Cary | Warwick | Propositions and Greivances |
| Thomas Claiborne | Brunswick | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| John Clark "e" | Prince Edward | Propositions and Greivances Religion |
| John Clark "e" | Campbell | Privileges and Elections |
| Robert Clark/Clarke | Bedford | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances Religion |
| George Clendinen | Greenbrier | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Isaac Coles | Halifax | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| Francis Corbin | Middlesex | |
| Isaac Cox | Nelson | |
| John Cropper | Accomack | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| William Curtis | Middlesex | Propositions and Greivances Religion |
| John Daniel | Charlotte | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Dillard | Henry | Propositions and Greivances |
| Andrew Donnelly | Greenbrier | |
| William Dudley | King and Queen | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Thomas Edmunds | Sussex | Commerce Propositions and Greivances |
| Thomas Edmunds | Brunswick | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| John Edwards | Lincoln | Claims |
| Joseph Eggleston | Amelia | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Greivances |
| Daniel Fitzhugh | King George | |
| Henry Fry | Culpeper | Propositions and Greivances Religion |
| Joshua Fry | Albemarle | Propositions and Greivances |
| Samuel Garland | Lunenberg | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| James Garrard | Fayette | Propositions and Grievances
Religion |
| William Garrard | Stafford | Propositions and Grievances
Religion |
| Thomas Gaskins | Northumberland | |
| William Gatewood | Essex | Claims Propositions and Greivances Religion |
| Parke Goodall | Hanover | Claims Propositions and Greivances Religion |
| John Gordon | Northumberland | Claims Commerce Propositions and Greivances |
| Christopher Greenup | Fayette | |
| Gawin Hamilton | Rockingham | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| George Hancock | Botetourt | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Benjamin Harrison Jr. | Surry | |
| Carter Bassett Harrison | Surry | Courts of Justice Propositions and Greivances Religion |
| Carter Henry Harrison | Cumberland | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Privileges and Elections Religion |
| William Harrison | Pittsylvania | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Samuel Hawes | Caroline | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Thomas Helm | Fauquier | Propositions and Greivances |
| John Hopkins | Rockingham | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Ralph Humphreys | Hampshire | |
| Moses Hunter | Berkeley | |
| James Innes | Williamsburg | |
| George Jackson | Harrison | |
| Thomas Johnson | Louisa | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| Zachariah Johnston | Augusta | Religion (Chair) Propositions and Greivances |
| Joseph Jones | Dinwiddie | Commerce Propositions and Greivances |
| Andrew Kincannon | Washington | |
| Miles King | Elizabeth City | Commerce Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| Benjamin Lankford | Pittsylvania | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Arthur Lee | Prince William | Commerce Courts of Justice |
| Henry Lee Jr. | Westmoreland | Commerce Courts of Justice |
| Richard Henry Lee | Westmoreland | Claims (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Bland Lee | Loudoun | Courts of Justice Propositions and Greivances |
| Benjamin Logan | Lincoln | |
| John Lucas | Greensville | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Hartwell Macon | New Kent | Propositions and Grievances |
| James Madison Jr. | Orange | Courts of Justice (Chair) Commerce Privileges and Elections Religion |
| Bernard Markham | Chesterfield | Propositions and Greivances Religion |
| Robert Marshall | Isle of Wight | |
| Thomas Mathews | Norfolk Borough | Commerce Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| John Mayo | Henrico | Claims Privileges and Elections |
| William Mayo Jr. | Powhatan | Claims Commerce |
| John Francis Mercer | Stafford | Commerce Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| Andrew Moore | Rockbridge | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| Thomas Moore | King and Queen | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Nathaniel Nelson | York | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Anthony New | Caroline | Propositions and Greivances |
| Wilson Cary Nicholas | Albemarle | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Norvell | James City County | Privileges and Elections Religion |
| John Page | Gloucester | Commerce Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| Thomas Parramore | Accomack | Claims Commerce Propositions and Greivances |
| Jeremiah Pate | Halifax | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| David Patteson | Chesterfield | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| Philip Pendleton | Berkeley | |
| Thomas Pettus | Mecklenberg | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Pettyjohn | Monongalia | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Francis Peyton | Loudoun | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Pickett | Fauquier | Claims
Commerce Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Pope | Jefferson | |
| Charles Porter | Orange | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Joseph Prentis | York | Commerce Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| John Prunty | Harrison | |
| Thomas Mann Randolph (Sr.) | Goochland | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| Edmund Read | Charlotte | Propositions and Greivances |
| John Rentfro | Henry | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Moore Riddick | Nansemond | Propositions and Greivances |
| Willis Riddick | Nansemond | Claims Commerce Propositions and Greivances |
| Thomas Ridley | Southampton | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| John Roberts | Jefferson | |
| Christopher Robertson | Lunenberg | Propositions and Greivances |
| William Ronald | Powhatan | Commerce |
| Hugh Rose | Amherst | Commerce Courts of Justice Religion |
| Edmund Ruffin Jr. | Prince George | Commerce Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| William Russell | Washington | |
| Daniel Sandford | Norfolk County | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Sayers | Montgomery | |
| David Scott | Monongalia | Propositions and Grievances |
| David Shepherd | Ohio | |
| Samuel Sherwin | Amelia | Claims Propositions and Greivances Religion |
| Charles Simms | Fairfax | Commerce Courts of Justice Propositions and Greivances |
| Meriwether Smith | Essex | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Greivances |
| Thomas Smith | Gloucester | Privileges and Elections
Propositions and Greivances Religion |
| Henry Southall | Charles City | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Griffin Stith | Northampton | Courts of Justice Propositions and Greivances |
| French Strother | Culpeper | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances Religion |
| Archibald Stuart | Botetourt | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| David Stuart | Fairfax | Privileges and Elections |
| George Stubblefield | Spotsylvania | Propositions and Greivances |
| Charles Moil Talbot | Campbell | Propositions and Greivances |
| James Tapscott | Lancaster | Propositions and Greivances |
| John Taylor | Southampton | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Henry Tazewell | Williamsburg | |
| Benjamin Temple | King William | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| George Thompson | Fluvanna | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| William Thornton | King George | Commerce Courts of Justice Propositions and Greivances |
| Charles Mynn Thruston | Frederick | Commerce |
| Bennet Tompkins | Northampton | |
| Daniel Trigg | Montgomery | |
| John Trigg | Bedford | |
| George Lee Turberville | Richmond County | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Greivances |
| John Tyler | Charles City | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Propositions and Greivances Religion |
| Thomas Underwood | Goochland | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| Isaac Vanmeter | Hampshire | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Anthony Walke | Princess Anne | |
| William Walker | James City | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| William Watkins | Dinwiddie | Claims Commerce Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances Religion |
| Worlich Westwood | Elizabeth City | Commerce Propositions and Greivances |
| Alexander White | Frederick | |
| William White | Louisa | |
| Edmund Wilkins | Greensville | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Nathaniel Wilkinson | Henrico | Propositions and Greivances |
| John Whitaker Willis | Spotsylvania | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Greivances |
| Elias Wills | Fluvanna | Commerce |
| John Scarsbrook Wills | Isle of Wight | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Willis Wilson | Norfolk County | Claims Propositions and Greivances |
| Isaac Zane | Shenandoah |
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