1788 Session Information
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- Start Date: Jun 23 1788
- End Date: Dec 19 1788
- Notes: Sessions: June 23 to June 30, 1788; October 20 to December 19, 1788
- Speaker:
Benjamin Harrison V
Thomas Mathews
- Clerk:
John James Beckley
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| John Allen | Surry | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Anderson | Buckingham | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| James W(allace) Ball | Lancaster | |
| Henry Banks | Greenbrier | |
| James Barnett | Botetourt | |
| Burwell Bassett Jr. | New Kent | |
| Laurence Battaile | Caroline | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Baxter | Rockingham | |
| Abraham Beacham | Northumberland | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Bedford | Charlotte | |
| Abraham Bird | Shenandoah | |
| Theodorick Bland | Prince George | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Bolling | Dinwiddie | Propositions and Grievances |
| Davis Booker | Amelia | |
| George Booker | Elizabeth City | Propositions and Grievances |
| Francis Boykin | Isle of Wight | |
| Robert Breckenridge | Jefferson | Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Brent | Stafford | Privileges and Elections |
| John Howell Briggs | Sussex | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Daniel Brodhead Jr. | Jefferson | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Andrew Buchannan | Stafford | |
| Cuthbert Bullitt | Prince William | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Hardin Burnley | Orange | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Lewis Burwell | Mecklenberg | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Cabell | Buckingham | |
| Samuel Jordan Cabell | Amherst | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Cabell Jr. | Amherst | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Privileges and Elections Religion |
| William Overton Callis | Louisa | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles Campbell | Rockbridge | Propositions and Grievances |
| Edward Carrington | Powhatan | Commerce Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Carter | Russell | |
| Matthew Cheatham | Chesterfield | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Clark "e" | Campbell | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Green Clay | Madison | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Clendinen | Greenbrier | |
| Lemuel Cocke | Surry | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Notley Conn | Bourbon | |
| Thomas Cooper | Henry | |
| Francis Corbin | Middlesex | Commerce Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Andrew Cowen | Russell | |
| Edmund Custis | Accomack | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Dandridge | New Kent | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Hezekiah Davisson | Harrison | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Dawson | Spotsylvania | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel Dew | Hampshire | |
| Joel Early | Culpeper | |
| John Early | Franklin | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel Edmiston "Edmondson" | Washington | |
| Elias Edmonds | Fauquier | |
| Elias Edmunds | Fauquier | |
| Thomas Edmunds | Sussex | |
| Benjamin Eley | Isle of Wight | |
| John Elliot | Randolph | |
| Baker Ewing | Lincoln | |
| Daniel Fisher | Greensville | Commerce Courts of Justice Religion |
| Daniel Fitzhugh | King George | |
| Edward Garland | Lunenberg | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Garland | Hanover | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Goode | Chesterfield | |
| James Gordon Jr. | Orange | |
| Edwin Gray | Southampton | |
| William Grayson | Prince William | Commerce Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel Griffin | Williamsburg | Commerce Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Guerrant | Goochland | Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Guy | Northampton | |
| Benjamin Harrison V | Charles City | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| Edmund Harrison | Prince George | |
| William Heath | Hardy | |
| Patrick Henry Jr. | Prince Edward | Courts of Justice (Chair) Commerce Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Nathaniel Hunt | Halifax | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Hunter | Campbell | Propositions and Grievances |
| Roane John | King William | |
| Richard Johnson | Lunenberg | |
| Zachariah Johnston | Augusta | Religion (Chair) Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Binns Jones | Brunswick | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Kempe | Princess Anne | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Kennedy | Madison | Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Kennon | Mecklenberg | Claims |
| Miles King | Elizabeth City | Privileges and Elections |
| Francis Kirtley | Rockingham | Propositions and Grievances |
| James Knox | Lincoln | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Laidley | Monongalia | |
| John Scarsbrooke Langhorne | Warwick | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Benjamin Lankford | Pittsylvania | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Lee | Bourbon | Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Henry Lee | Westmoreland | Claims (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Bland Lee | Loudoun | Commerce Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Leftwich | Bedford | Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Lewis | Nelson | |
| John Lowrey | Washington | |
| William Lowther | Harrison | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Macon | Hanover | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Markham | Chesterfield | Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles Martin | Monongalia | |
| Thomas Mathews | Norfolk Borough | |
| William McClung | Nelson | |
| John McDowell | Fayette | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Martin McFerran | Botetourt | |
| William McKee | Rockbridge | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William McMahan | Ohio | |
| Andrew Meade | Brunswick | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| James Monroe | Spotsylvania | Commerce Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Bernard Moore | King William | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Richard Morris | Louisa | |
| William Nelson | York | Claims Commerce |
| Anthony New | Caroline | Claims Commerce Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Wilson Cary Nicholas | Albemarle | Privileges and Elections |
| William Norvell | James City County | Privileges and Elections |
| William Nutt | Northumberland | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Page | Gloucester | Commerce (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Robert Parker | Hampshire | |
| Jonathan Parsons | Randolph | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Payne | Fluvanna | |
| George Pegram | Dinwiddie | |
| Philip Pendleton | Berkeley | |
| Abraham Penn | Henry | |
| Constant Perkins | Pittsylvania | |
| Batte Peterson | Greensville | |
| John Pierce | James City | Claims Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Pinkard | Lancaster | |
| Jabez Pitt | Accomack | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Levin Powell | Loudoun | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Francis Preston | Montgomery | Privileges and Elections |
| Edmund Randolph | Williamsburg | |
| Peter Randolph | Amelia | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Mann Randolph (Sr.) | Goochland | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Joshua Rentfro | Franklin | Propositions and Grievances |
| Willis Riddick | Nansemond | |
| Alexander Robertson | Mercer | |
| William Ronald | Powhatan | Privileges and Elections |
| Anderson Scott | King and Queen | Propositions and Grievances |
| John B. Scott | Charlotte | |
| Miles Selden | Henrico | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Solomon Shepard | Nansemond | |
| Robert Shield | York | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| Larkin Smith | King and Queen | Propositions and Grievances |
| Meriwether Smith | Essex | Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas Smith | Gloucester | Claims
Commerce Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Southall | Charles City | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Stringer | Northampton | |
| French Strother | Culpeper | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| David Stuart | Fairfax | |
| William Stuart | Fauquier | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Swearingen | Berkeley | |
| John Tate | Augusta | Propositions and Grievances |
| Creed Taylor | Cumberland | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel Taylor | Mercer | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Thompson | Fluvanna | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Thornton | King George | Claims Commerce Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Walker Tomlin | Richmond County | Propositions and Grievances |
| Daniel Trigg | Montgomery | |
| John Trigg | Bedford | |
| James Trotter | Fayette | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Lee Turberville | Richmond County | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| James Upshaw Jr. | Essex | Propositions and Grievances |
| Isaac Vanmeter | Hardy | |
| Thomas Walke | Princess Anne | |
| Francis Walker | Albermarle | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Augustine Washington | Westmoreland | |
| Thomas Watkins | Halifax | |
| James Webb | Norfolk County | |
| Roger West | Fairfax | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas West | Warwick | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| James Wilkinson | Southampton | Propositions and Grievances |
| Nathaniel Wilkinson | Henrico | Claims Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Willis Wilson | Norfolk County | |
| John Shearman Woodcock | Frederick | Claims Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Archibald Woods | Ohio | |
| John Woodson | Cumberland | |
| Tarlton Woodson | Prince Edward | |
| Ralph Wormeley | Middlesex | Commerce Propositions and Grievances |
| Isaac Zane | Shenandoah |
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