2nd Virginia General Assembly
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 1845 engraving based on drawings of the second capitol at Williamsburg | |||||
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| Legislative body | Virginia General Assembly | ||||
| Meeting place | Virginia Capitol, Williamsburg, Virginia | ||||
| Term | October 7, 1776 – December 21, 1776 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 24 | ||||
| Speaker | Archibald Cary | ||||
| House of Delegates | |||||
| Members | 128 | ||||
| Speaker | George Wythe | ||||
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The Second Virginia General Assembly convened from May 5, 1777, to January 24, 1778, in two regular sessions.[1]
Major events
Sessions
- 1st Regular session: May 5, 1777 – June 28, 1777[1]
- 2nd Regular session: October 20, 1777 – January 24, 1778[1]
Leaders
Senate leadership
- Speaker of the Senate: Archibald Cary[1]
Assembly leadership
- Speaker of the Assembly: George Wythe[1]
Members
Members of the Senate
Members of the Senate of Virginia for the First Virginia General Assembly:[1]
| Class | Counties | Senator | Notes |
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| 1 | Amelia, Chesterfield, & Cumberland | Archibald Cary | |
| Brunswick, Lunenburg, & Mecklenburg | John Jones | ||
| Charles City, James City, & New Kent | Burwell Bassett | ||
| Henrico, Goochland, & Louisa | Thomas Mann | ||
| Augusta & Dunmore | Sampson Mathews | ||
| Lancaster, Richmond, & Northumberland | Richard Mitchell | ||
| 2 | Isle of Wight, Surry, & Prince George | Theodorick Bland | |
| Charlotte, Halifax, & Prince Edward | Paul Carrington | ||
| Gloucester & Middlesex | Warner Lewis | ||
| Spotsylvania, Orange, & Culpeper | James Walker | ||
| Loudoun & Fauquier | William Ellzey | ||
| Frederick, Berkeley, & Hampshire | Robert Rutherford | ||
| 3 | Dinwiddie, Southampton, & Sussex | Edwin Gray | |
| Botetourt & Fincastle | William Fleming | ||
| Hanover & Caroline | James Taylor | ||
| Essex, King William, & King and Queen | George Brook | ||
| Prince William & Fairfax | Henry Lee | ||
| Monongalia, Yohogania, and Ohio | David Rogers | ||
| 4 | Accomac & Northampton | Southey Simpson | |
| Princess Anne, Norfolk, & Nansemond | James Holt | ||
| Buckingham, Albemarle, & Amherst | William Cabell | ||
| Bedford & Pittsylvania | Edmund Winston | ||
| Elizabeth City, Warwick, & York | Augustine Moore | ||
| Westmoreland, Stafford, & King George | Thomas Ludwell Lee |
Members of the House of Delegates
Members of the Virginia House of Delegates for the Second Virginia General Assembly:[1]
| County | Delegate | Notes |
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| Accomac | James Henry | |
| James Arbuckle | ||
| Albemarle | John Harvie | |
| Thomas Jefferson | ||
| Amelia | Thomas Bolling Munford | |
| John Winn | ||
| Amherst | Hugh Rose | |
| Gabriel Penn | ||
| Augusta | John Poage | |
| Samuel McDowell | ||
| Bedford | John Talbot | |
| Charles Lynch | ||
| Berkeley | Philip Pendleton | |
| Thomas Hite | ||
| Botetourt | John Bowyer | |
| Patrick Lockhart | ||
| Brunswick | Frederick Maclin | |
| Henry Tazewell | ||
| Buckingham | Charles Patteson | |
| John Cabell | ||
| Caroline | Edmund Pendleton | |
| Thomas Lowry | ||
| Charles City | Benjamin Harrison | |
| William Acrill | ||
| Charlotte | William Hubard | |
| John Clayton | Elected in place of James Speed | |
| James Speed | ||
| Chesterfield | John Bolling | |
| Jesse Cogbill | ||
| Culpeper | Birkett Davenport | |
| French Strother | ||
| Cumberland | Joseph Carrington | Selected to replace Fleming |
| William Fleming | Became deputy attorney | |
| Beverley Randolph | ||
| Dinwiddie | John Banister | |
| Bolling Starke | ||
| Dunmore | Abraham Bird | |
| John Tipton | ||
| Elizabeth City | Worlich Westwood | |
| Miles King | ||
| Essex | John Edmondson | |
| William Smith | ||
| Fairfax | Philip Alexander | |
| George Mason | ||
| Fauquier | Martin Pickett | |
| Hugh Nelson | ||
| Fluvanna | Thomas Napier | |
| William Miles Cary | ||
| Frederick | John Smith | |
| Isaac Zane | ||
| Gloucester | Lewis Burwell | |
| Mann Page | ||
| Goochland | John Woodson | |
| Thomas Underwood | ||
| Halifax | Nathaniel Terry | |
| Micajah Watkins | ||
| Hampshire | Joseph Neavill | |
| Abraham Hite | ||
| Hanover | Garland Anderson | |
| John Syme | ||
| Henrico | Nathaniel Wilkinson | |
| Richard Adams | ||
| Henry | Robert Hairston | |
| Abraham Penn | ||
| Isle of Wight | John S. Wills | |
| Charles Fulgham | ||
| James City | Robert C. Nicholas | |
| William Norvell | ||
| Kentucky | John Todd | |
| Richard Callaway | ||
| King and Queen | Thomas Coleman | |
| William Lyne | ||
| Henry Todd | ||
| King George | Joseph Jones | |
| Thomas Jett | ||
| King William | Carter Braxton | |
| William Dandridge Claiborne | ||
| Lancaster | Cyrus Griffin | |
| James Gordon | ||
| Loudoun | Thomson Mason | |
| Josiah Clapham | ||
| Louisa | George Meriwether | |
| James Dabney | ||
| Lunenburg | John Glenn | |
| Thomas Pettus | ||
| Mecklenburg | Henry Delony | |
| Joseph Speed | ||
| Middlesex | Beverley Daniel | |
| James Montague | ||
| Monongalia | John Corbley | |
| John Pierce Duvall | ||
| Montgomery | Walter Crockett | |
| John Montgomery | ||
| Nansemond | Willis Riddick | |
| William Cowper | ||
| New Kent | Richmond Allen | |
| Lewis Webb | ||
| Norfolk | Matthew Godfrey | |
| John Wilson | ||
| Northampton | Nathaniel L. Savage | |
| Thomas Parsons | ||
| Northumberland | William Eskridge | |
| Daniel Muse | ||
| Ohio | David McClure | |
| George McCulloch | ||
| Orange | Charles Porter | |
| William Moore | ||
| Pittsylvania | Abraham Shelton | |
| Peter Perkins | ||
| Prince Edward | William Booker | |
| John Morton | Replaced having been elected Sheriff | |
| Thomas Flournoy | Chosen to replace John Morton | |
| Prince George | Edmund Ruffin Jr. | |
| Benjamin Harrison Jr. | ||
| Prince William | Cuthbert Bullitt | |
| Jesse Ewell | ||
| Princess Anne | William Robinson | |
| John Thoroughgood | ||
| Richmond | William Smith | |
| Williamson Ball | ||
| Southampton | Henry Taylor | |
| Richard Kello | ||
| Spotsylvania | Beverley Winslow | |
| George Thornton | ||
| Stafford | Charles Carter | |
| William Fitzhugh | ||
| Surry | William Browne | |
| John Hartwell Cocke | ||
| Sussex | Henry Gee | |
| Gray Judkins | ||
| Warwick | Cole Digges | |
| Francis Leigh | ||
| Edward Harwood | ||
| Washington | Anthony Bledsoe | |
| William Cocke | ||
| Westmoreland | Richard Henry Lee | |
| Richard Lee | ||
| Yohogania | John Cannon | |
| Joshua Wright | ||
| York | Thomas Nelson Jr. | |
| Joseph Prentis | ||
| Williamsburg | George Wythe | |
| Norfolk Borough | William Roscow | |
| Wilson Curle |
Employees
- Senate Clerk: John Pendleton Jr.
- House Clerk: John Tazewell
See also
References
External links
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