2nd Virginia General Assembly

The Second Virginia General Assembly convened from May 5, 1777, to January 24, 1778, in two regular sessions.[1]

2nd Virginia General Assembly
1st 3rd
1845 engraving based on drawings of the second capitol at Williamsburg
Overview
Legislative bodyVirginia General Assembly
Meeting placeVirginia Capitol, Williamsburg, Virginia
TermOctober 7, 1776 – December 21, 1776
Senate
Members24
SpeakerArchibald Cary
House of Delegates
Members128
SpeakerGeorge Wythe
Sessions
1stMay 5, 1777 – June 28, 1777
2ndOctober 20, 1777 – January 24, 1778

Major events

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Sessions

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  • 1st Regular session: May 5, 1777 – June 28, 1777[1]
  • 2nd Regular session: October 20, 1777 – January 24, 1778[1]

Leaders

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Senate leadership

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Assembly leadership

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Members

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Members of the Senate

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Members of the Senate of Virginia for the First Virginia General Assembly:[1]

Class Counties Senator Notes
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

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Members of the Virginia House of Delegates for the Second Virginia General Assembly:[1]

County Delegate Notes
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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Swem, Earl G.; Williams, John W., eds. (1918). A register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776-1918, and of the Constitutional Conventions. pp. 3–5.
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