1796 Session Information
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- Start Date: Nov 8 1796
- End Date: Dec 27 1796
- Notes: Session: November 8 to December 27, 1796
- Speaker:
John Wise
- Clerk:
John Stewart
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Gerard Alexander | Prince William | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Mark Alexander | Mecklenberg | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Allen | James City | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Andrew Anderson | Augusta | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Andrews | Williamsburg | Courts of Justice (Chair) Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Robert B. Armistead | New Kent | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Maxwell Armstrong | Harrison | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| George Arnold | Harrison | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Barnes | Richmond County | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| David Bates | Halifax | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| James Baytop | Gloucester | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Reuben Beale | Madison | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Beale | Richmond County | |
| William Bentley | Powhatan | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Allen Bernard | Fluvanna | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Bowyer | Rockbridge | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Boyce | Surry | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Elisha Boyd | Berkeley | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| James Bradley | Washington | |
| Carter Braxton Jr. | King William | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| James Breckenridge | Botetourt | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Daniel Carroll Brent | Stafford | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Humphrey B. B. Brooke | Essex | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Jesse Brown | Mecklenberg | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Brown | Bath | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Buckner | Caroline | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Burrus | Amherst | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William H. Cabell | Amherst | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Fielding Calmes | Hampshire | |
| Francis J. Carter | Wythe | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Carter | Pittsylvania | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Carter | Patrick | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Caruthers | Rockbridge | |
| Wilson Miles Cary | Elizabeth City | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Hunter Cavendish | Greenbrier | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Joshua Chaffin | Amelia | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Chamberlayne | New Kent | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Matthew Cheatham | Chesterfield | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Chenowith | Randolph | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Isaac Chrismon | Lee | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Dandridge Claiborne | King William | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Clark "e" | Pittsylvania | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas M. Clarke | Campbell | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Claughton | Northumberland | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Clendinen | Kanawha | |
| Anderson Cocke | Cumberland | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Charles Cocke | Lee | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Connell | Ohio | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Henry Corbin | Middlesex | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| James Cureton | Prince George | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Isaac Davis | Orange | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Davis | Pendleton | |
| John Dent | Monongalia | |
| Raleigh William Downman | Lancaster | |
| William Dudley | Warwick | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William H. Dulaney | Shenandoah | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| James Dupuy Jr. | Nottoway | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel DuVal | Franklin | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Eggleston | Amelia | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Ellzey Jr. | Loudoun | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Evans | Monongalia | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Evans | Accomack | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Nicholas Faulcon | Surry | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Adam Fisher | Hardy | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Nathaniel Fox | Stafford | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Gatewood | Essex | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Goodrich | Isle of Wight | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Goodwyn | Greensville | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Peterson Goodwyn | Dinwiddie | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Robert Goodwyn | Southampton | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Gordon | Northumberland | |
| Berryman Green | Halifax | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Greene | Randolph | |
| Thomas Griffin | York | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Guerrant Jr. | Goochland | Claims (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Joseph Haden | Fluvanna | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Hall | Gloucester | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel Hancock | Bedford | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Collier Harrison | Charles City | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Hatcher | Cumberland | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Hill | Madison | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Houlder Hudgins | Mathews | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Peter Hull | Pendleton | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Hutcheson | Greenbrier | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Ingles | Montgomery | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Jackson | Grayson | Claims Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Augustine Jennings | Fauquier | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Benjamin Johnson "Johnston" | Orange | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| George Johnson | Louisa | |
| Thomas Johnson | Russell | |
| Minitree Jones | Grayson | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Alexander King | Hampshire | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Miles King | Elizabeth City | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Religion |
| Francis Kirtley | Rockingham | Claims Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Sharpe Lamkin | Lunenberg | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Langhorne | Warwick | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| David Lanier | Henry | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Lee Jr. | Westmoreland | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Bland Lee | Loudoun | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| William Leftwich Jr. | Bedford | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Lemon | Berkeley | Propositions and Grievances |
| James Machir | Hardy | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Madison | Botetourt | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Marshall | Richmond City | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Joseph Martin | Henry | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Massenberg | Sussex | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| George Mayo | Chesterfield | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Mayo | Henrico | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William McGuire | Frederick | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Alexander McRae | Dinwiddie | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Meriwether | Louisa | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Miller | Goochland | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Jones Monroe | Albemarle | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| William Morris Jr. | Kanawha | |
| John Moseley | Buckingham | |
| William Moseley | Powhatan | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Newton | Norfolk Borough | Courts of Justice
Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Newton Jr. | Norfolk County | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Willoughby Newton | Westmoreland | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Wilson Cary Nicholas | Albemarle | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Nimmo | Princess Anne | |
| Mann Page Jr. | Spotsylvania | |
| Thomas Parramore | Northampton | |
| Isaac Parsons | Hampshire | |
| Gabriel Penn | Patrick | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| James Penn | Campbell | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Daniel Perkins | Washington | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Perkins | Buckingham | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Pierce | James City | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| John Pope | Prince William | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Richard Price | Russell | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Price | Henrico | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Purnall | Prince Edward | |
| John Quarles | Norfolk County | |
| Josiah Riddick | Nansemond | |
| Willis Riddick | Nansemond | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Roberts | Culpeper | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Alexander Robertson | Augusta | Propositions and Grievances |
| Warning Peter Robertson | Nottoway | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Ruffin | Brunswick | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Alexander Scott | Fauquier | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| William Segar | Middlesex | Claims Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Lyne Shackleford | King and Queen | |
| Martin Shearman | Lancaster | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles Simms | Fairfax | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| James Singleton | Frederick | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Augustine J. Smith | Fairfax | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Smith | Mathews | |
| Alexander Smyth | Wythe | Claims Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Gideon Spencer | Charlotte | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Starke | Hanover | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Stevenson | Lunenberg | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Stratton | Northampton | |
| Charles Stuart Sr. | King George | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| George Keith Taylor | Prince George | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| James Taylor | Montgomery | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Taylor | Caroline | Religion (Chair) Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Philip Rootes Thompson | Culpeper | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Tinsley | Hanover | Claims Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| James Wade | Prince Edward | Claims Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Waller | York | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Edward Warren | Charles City | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Washington | Brunswick | |
| Lewis Waugh | King George | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Wayte | Rockingham | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles Wells | Ohio | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John White | Bath | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Wilkins | Greensville | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| James Wilkinson | Southampton | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Whitaker Willis | Spotsylvania | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Mills Wills | Isle of Wight | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| John Wise | Accomack | |
| Thomas Wishart Jr. | Princess Anne | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Josiah Woods | Franklin | Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Wyatt | Charlotte | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Benjamin Wyche | Sussex | Claims Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles Yancey | Buckingham | |
| Henry Young | King and Queen | Claims Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
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