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 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
Sessions
1st May 5, 1777 – June 28, 1777 2nd October 20, 1777 – January 24, 1778

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
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
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

• List of Virginia state legislatures