105th Virginia General Assembly

The 105th Virginia General Assembly was the meeting of the legislative branch of the Virginia state government from 1908 to 1910, after the 1907 state elections. It convened in Richmond for one session.^[1]

105th Virginia General Assembly
← 104th 106th →
Virginia State Capitol (1912)
Overview
Legislative body	Virginia General Assembly
Jurisdiction	Virginia, United States
Term	January 8, 1908 (1908-01-08) – January 12, 1910 (1910-01-12)
Senate of Virginia
Members	40 senators
President	J. Taylor Ellyson (D)
President pro tempore	Edward Echols (D)
Party control	Democratic Party
Virginia House of Delegates
Members	100 delegates
Speaker	Richard E. Byrd (D)
Party control	Democratic Party
Sessions
1st January 8, 1908 (1908-01-08) – March 27, 1908 (1908-03-27)

Background

Party summary

Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section, below.

Senate

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic	Independent	Republican
End of previous session	-	-	-	-	-
Begin	34	0	6	40	0
August 4, 1909	33			39	1
Latest voting share	84.6%	15.4%
Beginning of next session	34	0	6	40	0

House of Delegates

Senate

Leadership

Map of Virginia's senatorial districts as they were in 1908

Office	Officer
President of the Senate		J. Taylor Ellyson (D)
President pro tempore		Edward Echols (D)
Majority Floor Leader		William W. Sale (D)
Minority Floor Leader		John C. Noel (R)

Members

	District	Senator		Party	Constituency	Began serving
	1st		Alanson T. Lincoln	Republican	Washington, Smyth, and city of Bristol	1908
	2nd		John C. Noel	Republican	Scott, Lee, and Wise	1904
	3rd		Roland E. Chase	Republican	Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell	1908
	4th		John M. Hart	Democratic	Roanoke, Montgomery, and cities of Roanoke and Radford	1908
	5th		A. Pendleton Strother	Republican	Giles, Bland, Pulaski, and Wythe	1908
	6th		John M. Parsons	Republican	Carroll, Grayson, and Patrick	1908
	7th		Floyd W. King	Democratic	Craig, Botetourt, Allegheny, Bath, and city of Clifton Forge	1908
	8th		George B. Keezell	Democratic	Rockingham	1896 (previously served 1884–1887)
	9th		Edward Echols	Democratic	Augusta, Highland, and city of Staunton	1906 (previously served 1889–1897)
	10th		Robert M. Ward	Democratic	Shenandoah, Frederick, and city of Winchester	1908
	11th		G. Latham Fletcher	Democratic	Fauquier and Loudoun	1908
	12th		Richard S. Parks	Democratic	Clarke, Page, and Warren	1908
	13th		F. Wilmer Sims	Democratic	Spotsylvania, Stafford, Louisa, and city of Fredericksburg	1906
	14th		R. Ewell Thornton	Democratic	Alexandria county, Prince William, Fairfax, and city of Alexandria	1908
	15th		F. Pendleton Carter	Democratic	Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock, and Orange	1908
	16th		John B. Watkins	Democratic	Goochland, Powhatan, and Chesterfield	1908
	17th		Nathaniel B. Early	Democratic	Albemarle, Greene, and city of Charlottesville	1908
	18th		William C. White	Democratic	Appomattox, Buckingham, Fluvanna, and Charlotte	1908
	19th		Aubrey E. Strode	Democratic	Amherst and Nelson	1906
	20th		Don P. Halsey	Democratic	Campbell and city of Lynchburg	1908 (previously served 1902–1904)
	21st		Henry A. Edmondson	Democratic	Halifax	1908
	22nd		J. Randolph Tucker	Democratic	Bedford, Rockbridge, and city of Buena Vista	1908
	23rd		William A. Garrett	Democratic	Pittsylvania, Henry, and city of Danville	1901
	24th		George T. Rison	Democratic	Pittsylvania and city of Danville	1904
	25th		James D. Elam	Democratic	Mecklenburg and Brunswick	1908 (previously served 1901–1904)
	26th		Greenville O. McAlexander	Republican	Franklin and Floyd	1908
	27th		Alexander R. Hobbs	Democratic	Greensville, Sussex, Surry, and Prince George	1901
	28th		William Hodges Mann	Democratic	Nottoway, Amelia, Lunenburg, Prince Edward, and Cumberland	1899
	29th		Charles T. Lassiter	Democratic	Dinwiddie and city of Petersburg	1906
	30th		Edward E. Holland	Democratic	Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Nansemond	1908
	31st		William W. Sale	Democratic	Norfolk city	1901
	32nd		Charles U. Gravatt	Democratic	Caroline, Hanover, and King William	1908
	33rd		John A. Lesner	Democratic	Norfolk county and city of Portsmouth	1908
	34th		C. Harding Walker	Democratic	King George, Richmond, Westmoreland, Lancaster, and Northumberland	1899
	35th		T. Ashby Wickham	Democratic	Henrico, New Kent, Charles City, James City, and city of Williamsburg	1906
	36th		Saxon W. Holt	Democratic	Elizabeth City, York, Warwick, and city of Newport News	1904
	37th		Ben T. Gunter	Democratic	Accomac, Northampton, and Princess Anne	1904
	38th		Elben C. Folkes	Democratic	Richmond city	1908
			Arthur C. Harman	Democratic		1904
	39th		John R. Saunders	Democratic	King and Queen, Middlesex, Essex, Gloucester, and Mathews	1908

Changes in membership

Senate

• August 4, 1909, William C. White (D-18th district) dies. His seat remained unfilled until the next regular session.

See also

• List of Virginia state legislatures