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
| 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 |
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