1789 Session Information
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- Start Date: Oct 19 1789
- End Date: Dec 19 1789
- Notes: Session: October 19 to December 19, 1789
- Speaker:
Thomas Mathews
- Clerk:
John James Beckley
Charles Hay
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| John Allen | Surry | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Anderson | Buckingham | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| James W(allace) Ball | Lancaster | Religion |
| Richard Banks | Essex | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Burwell Bassett Jr. | New Kent | Courts of Justice |
| George Baxter | Rockingham | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| David Bell | Buckingham | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Blackwell Jr. | Fauquier | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Bland | Prince George | Propositions and Grievances |
| Cornelius Bogard | Randolph | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Bolling | Dinwiddie | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Booker | Elizabeth City | Claims Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Bowyer | Rockbridge | |
| Francis Boykin | Isle of Wight | |
| James Breckenridge | Botetourt | Courts of Justice |
| George Brent | Stafford | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Howell Briggs | Sussex | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| Andrew Buchannan | Stafford | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Hardin Burnley | Orange | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| Samuel Jordan Cabell | Amherst | Privileges & Elections |
| William Cabell Jr. | Amherst | Claims |
| John Caldwell | Nelson | Propositions and Grievances |
| Hugh Caperton | Greenbrier | |
| Clement Carrington | Charlotte | Courts of Justice |
| Edward Carrington | Powhatan | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| Thomas Carter | Russell | Religion |
| Matthew Cheatham | Chesterfield | |
| John Clark "e" | Campbell | Claims Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Green Clay | Madison | Claims |
| George Clendinen | Greenbrier | |
| John Clopton | New Kent | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Embry Coleman | Halifax | Claims |
| Notley Conn | Bourbon | Propositions and Grievances |
| Mordecai Cooke | Gloucester | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Cooper | Henry | |
| Francis Corbin | Middlesex | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| Andrew Cowen | Russell | |
| Walter Crockett | Montgomery | Propositions and Grievances |
| Edmund Custis | Accomack | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Custis | Accomack | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Isaac Davis | Orange | Propositions and Grievances |
| Dennis Dawley | Princess Anne | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Dawson | Spotsylvania | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Dix | Pittsylvania | |
| Samuel Edmiston "Edmondson" | Washington | Religion |
| Sterling Edmunds | Brunswick | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Edmunds | Sussex | Propositions and Grievances |
| Benjamin Eley | Isle of Wight | Propositions and Grievances |
| Abner Field | Jefferson | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Daniel Fisher | Greensville | |
| Daniel Fitzhugh | King George | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| Thomas Gaskins | Northumberland | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| John Giles | Nansemond | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Peterson Goodwyn | Dinwiddie | Propositions and Grievances |
| Edwin Gray | Southampton | Privileges & Elections Religion |
| John Guerrant Jr. | Goochland | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Gunnell | Loudoun | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Guy | Northampton | |
| Samuel Hairston | Franklin | |
| Benjamin Harrison V | Charles City | Privileges & Elections (Chair) Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Edmund Harrison | Prince George | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Harvey | Botetourt | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Hawkins | Fayette | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Heath | Hardy | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Alexander Henderson | Prince William | |
| Patrick Henry Jr. | Prince Edward | Courts of Justice (Chair) Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Hodges | Norfolk County | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Joseph Holmes | Frederick | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Samuel Hopkins | Mecklenberg | Claims Privileges & Elections |
| Peter Hull | Pendleton | |
| John Hunter | Campbell | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Jackson | Harrison | Claims Religion |
| David Jameson Jr. | Culpeper | |
| Roane John | King William | |
| Zachariah Johnston | Augusta | |
| Binns Jones | Brunswick | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| James Kee | Surry | Claims Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Richard Kennon | Mecklenberg | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Miles King | Elizabeth City | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Francis Kirtley | Rockingham | Religion |
| John Scarsbrooke Langhorne | Warwick | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Benjamin Lankford | Pittsylvania | Privileges & Elections Religion |
| Thomas Lawson | Princess Anne | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Lee Jr. | Westmoreland | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Ludwell Lee | Fairfax | Courts of Justice |
| Richard Henry Lee | Westmoreland | Claims (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Thomas Leftwich | Bedford | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Logan | Lincoln | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Macon | Powhatan | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Macon | Cumberland | |
| George Markham | Chesterfield | |
| John Marshall | Richmond City | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| Thomas Mathews | Norfolk Borough | |
| William McCleery | Monongalia | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| William McKee | Rockbridge | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William McMahan | Ohio | |
| Isaac Miller | Hampshire | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Miller | Madison | Propositions and Grievances |
| Matthew Myers | Lancaster | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Nelms | Northumberland | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Nelson | York | Claims |
| Anthony New | Caroline | Claims Privileges & Elections Religion |
| Sterling Niblett | Lunenburg | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Wilson Cary Nicholas | Albemarle | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Norvell | James City County | Religion (Chair) Privileges & Elections |
| John Overton | Louisa | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Mann Page | Gloucester | Courts of Justice |
| Isaac Parsons | Hampshire | Propositions and Grievances |
| Jonathan Parsons | Randolph | Claims |
| William Patton | Pendleton | Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Pawling | Lincoln | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Payne | Fluvanna | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Samuel Peachey | Amelia | Courts of Justice |
| Philip Pendleton | Berkeley | |
| Abraham Penn | Henry | |
| Batte Peterson | Greensville | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Pierce | James City | Religion |
| Thomas Pindell | Monongalia | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Francis Preston | Montgomery | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| John Prunty | Harrison | Claims |
| Edmund Randolph | Williamsburg | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Claims Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Religion |
| Peter Randolph | Amelia | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Randolph | Fauquier | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Joshua Rentfro | Franklin | |
| Samuel Richardson | Fluvanna | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Willis Riddick | Nansemond | Claims Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Roane | King and Queen | Propositions and Grievances |
| Alexander Robertson | Mercer | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Albert Russell | Loudoun | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles Scott | Fayette | Privileges & Elections |
| Miles Selden | Henrico | Claims Privileges & Elections |
| Robert Shield | York | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Charles Smith Jr. | Bourbon | Propositions and Grievances |
| Larkin Smith | King and Queen | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Smith | Louisa | Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Southall | Charles City | Religion |
| John Stevenson | Lunenberg | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Stringer | Northampton | Claims Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| French Strother | Culpeper | Claims Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Swearingen | Berkeley | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Taliaferro | King George | |
| John Tate | Augusta | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Tate | Washington | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Samuel Taylor | Mercer | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Benjamin Temple | King William | Privileges & Elections |
| William Terry | Halifax | Claims Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Buckner Thruston | Jefferson | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Tinsley | Hanover | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Bernard Todd | Charlotte | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Walker Tomlin | Richmond County | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Trigg | Bedford | |
| George Lee Turberville | Richmond County | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Underwood | Goochland | Claims Privileges & Elections |
| James Upshaw | Caroline | Propositions and Grievances |
| James Upshaw Jr. | Essex | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Isaac Vanmeter | Hardy | |
| Francis Walker | Albermarle | Claims Courts of Justice |
| Matthew Walton | Nelson | Claims |
| Henry Washington | Prince William | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Roger West | Fairfax | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas West | Warwick | Claims |
| Robert White | Frederick | Claims |
| James Wilkinson | Southampton | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Nathaniel Wilkinson | Henrico | Claims Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William C. Williams | Shenandoah | Courts of Justice |
| John Whitaker Willis | Spotsylvania | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Willis Wilson | Norfolk County | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Winston | Hanover | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Archibald Woods | Ohio | Claims Courts of Justice |
| John Woodson | Cumberland | Claims |
| Tarlton Woodson | Prince Edward | Propositions and Grievances |
| Ralph Wormeley | Middlesex | Privileges & Elections |
| Isaac Zane | Shenandoah |
*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.