Draft:Virginia Legislature 1782
Sessions May 7 – June 23, 1781[1] 1782 October 22 – ?
The Virginia Legislature, the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate[citation needed], met in 1782. It passed various landmark bills. The session occured after the American Revolution and the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781.[2]
Members included John Marshall.[2] The legislature passed a bill allowing manumission.[3] A resolution commending George Washington and Lafayette for their military service and leadership.[4] It passed a resolution on "Virginia's Claim to Western Territory".[5]
George Washington wrote to the legislature January 5, 1782 regarding impressment.[6]
House of Delegates members
[edit]Committees included Trade, Religion, Courts of Justice, Propositions and Grievances, and Privileges and Elections
- James Allen member from 1782 from Prince Edward County
- Nelson Anderson member from 1782 from Hanover County
- Thomas Anderson member since 1778 from Buckingham County
- Michael Bailey member since 1782 from Sussex
- John Banister member since 1766 from Dinwiddie
- Taverner Beale Jr. 1782 1782 from Shenandoah
- Robert Bolling 1781 1791 from Dinwiddie
- George Booker 1782 1804 from Elizabeth City
- Squire Boone 1782 1782 from Jefferson
- John Bowdoin 1773 1783 from Northampton
- John Bowyer 1769 1802 from Rockbridge
- Charles Broadwater 1775 1783 from Fairfax
- William Brown 1780 1782 from Campbell
- Nathaniel Burwell 1778 1782 from James City
- William Cabell Jr. 1761 1788 from Amherst
- Arthur Campbell 1776 1788 from Washington
- David Campbell 1779 1782 Washington
- Charles Carter 1773 1783 Stafford
- John Carter 1782-1783 Loudoun
- Robert Wormeley Carter 1769 1782 Richmond County
- Michael Christian 1782 1782 Northampton
- Robert Clark/Clarke 1781 1786 Bedford
- George Clendinen 1781 1795 Greenbrier
- [[Richard Cocke 1782 1783 Surry
- John Coleman 1779 1787 Halifax
- Edwin Conway 1782 1782 Lancaster
- Wells Cowper 1782 1782 Nansemond
- John Cunningham 1778 1783 Augusta
- William Dandridge 1778 1787 New Kent
- Walker Daniel 1782 1782 Halifax
- Samuel Dedman 1782 1782 Mecklenberg
- Cole Digges 1780 1782 Warwick
- Dolphin Drew 1782 1782 Berkeley
- William DuVal 1782 1782 Louisa
- John Edmondson 1777 1783 Essex
- John Edwards 1781 1786 Lincoln
- Jesse Evans 1782 1794 Montgomery
- Alexander Fairfax 1782 1782 Fairfax
- Henry Field Jr. 1769 1782 Culpeper
- George Fitzhugh 1782 1782 King George
- Simon Frazier 1782 1782 Middlesex
- William Gatewood 1782 1798 Essex
- Robert Gilchrist 1782 1783 Caroline
- Kinchen Godwin 1780 1791 Nansemond Trade
- Parke Goodall 1780 1788 Hanover
- Francis Goode 1778 1782 Chesterfield
- James Gordon 1776 1788 Lancaster
- James Gordon Jr. 1782 1783 Richmond County
- Carter Henry Harrison 1782 1787 Cumberland
- Nathaniel Harrison 1781 1782 Prince George
- Edward Harwood 1781 1782 Warwick
- Benjamin Hayley 1782 1782 Orange
- John Heath Jr. 1782 1785 Lancaster
- John Heath 1782 1783 Northumberland
- Lynaugh Helm 1780 1782 Prince William
- Alexander Henderson 1782 1790 Fairfax
- James Henry 1782 1782 King and Queen
- Patrick Henry Jr. 1765 1789 Henry County
- Abraham/Abram Hite 1769 1783 Hampshire
- Issac Hite 1782 1782 Lincoln
- John Holcombe 1782 1782 Prince Edward
- John Hull 1778 1787 Northumberland
- George Huston 1782 1802 Rockingham
- John Hutchings Jr. 1756 1782 Norfolk Borough
- Thomas Jefferson 1769 1782 Albemarle
- Robert Johnson 1782 1782 Fayette
- Zachariah Johnston 1778 1798 Augusta
- James Kee 1781 1790 Surry Trade
- Robert Lawson 1778 1788 Prince Edward
- Arthur Lee 1781 1786 Prince William Courts of Justice (Chair)
- Richard Henry Lee 1756 1794 Westmoreland Trade (Chair)
- Richard Henry Lee 1758 1785 Westmoreland Privileges and Elections (Chair)
- Thomas Lewis 1776 1782 Botetourt
- George Lyne 1775 1782 King and Queen
- Frederick Maclin 1766 1782 Brunswick
- Thomas Madison 1780 1782 Botetourt
- John Marshall 1782 1798 Fauquier
- Charles Martin 1782 1788 Monongalia
- David Mason 1758 1782 Sussex
- James Mason 1782 1783 Greensville
- Thomas Mathews 1781 1800 Norfolk County
- John May 1782 1782 Jefferson
- James McCraw 1782 1795 Halifax
- Everard Meade 1780 1783 Amelia
- John Francis Mercer 1782 1786 Stafford
- James Monroe 1782 1811 King George
- Andrew Moore 1780 1800 Rockbridge
- Bernard Moore 1782 1788 King William
- Thomas Moore 1780 1786 Middlesex
- John Mosby 1782 1785
- Littlebury Mosby 1779 1782
- William Green Munford 1781 1785 Charles City
- William Nalle 1780 1782 Rockingham
- Thomas Nelson Jr. 1761 1788
- Thomas Newton 1766 1796 Norfolk County
- William Norvell 1775 1792 James City County
- Abraham Outton 1782 1783 Accomack
- John Page 1781 1801 Gloucester
- John Page Jr. 1782 1782 Caroline
- Mann Page Jr. 1772 1797 Spotsylvania
- Josiah Parker 1778 1783 Isle of Wight
- Thomas Parramore 1782 1796 Accomack
- Charles Patteson 1776 1788 Buckingham
- John Payne 1752 1782 Goochland
- William Peachey 1778 1782 Lancaster
- James Pendleton 1782 1788 Culpeper
- Constant Perkins 1782 1788 Pittsylvania
- Francis Peyton 1769 1787 Loudoun
- William Pickett 1781 1792 Fauquier
- Benjamin Porter 1782 1782 Orange
- Elias Poston 1782 1798 Hampshire
- Joseph Prentis 1776 1788 York
- William Randolph 1782 1785 Mecklenberg
- James Reid 1780 1782 Greenbrier
- Holt Richeson 1779 1782 King William
- Thomas Roane 1781 1782 King and Queen
- William Robinson 1782 1782 Princess Anne
- John Rogers 1778 1783 Southampton
- William Ronald 1781 1792 Powhatan
- Hugh Rose 1777 1790 Amherst
- David Ross 1782 1783 Fluvanna
- Edmund Ruffin Jr. 1776 1788 Prince George
- Peter Saunders 1778 1785 Henry
- Robert Sayers 1780 1795 Montgomery
- John Shelton 1782 1782 Goochland
- Henry Skipwith 1782 1782 Cumberland
- Meriwether Smith 1775 1788 Essex
- Thomas Smith 1780 1785 Gloucester
- William Smith 1777 1782 Richmond County
- William Smith 1782 1782 Chesterfield
- Turner Southall 1778 1785 Henrico
- James Speed 1772 1782 Charlotte
- Adam Stephen 1780 1785 Berkeley
- William Stith 1781 1782 Brunswick
- Henry Stokes 1782 1783 Lunenberg
- French Strother 1776 1791 Culpeper
- John Tabb 1748 1782 Amelia
- John Talbot 1761 1782 Bedford
- John Taylor 1780 1787 Southampton
- Henry Tazewell 1775 1786 Williamsburg
- George Thompson 1779 1791 Fluvanna
- Charles Mynn Thruston 1782 1788 Frederick
- Thomas Towles 1782 1785 Spotsylvania
- John Tyler 1778 1786 Charles City
- Thomas Walke 1782 1788 Princess Anne
- Sylvanus Walker 1781 1782 Lunenberg
- Thomas Walker 1752 1782 Albemarle
- Joel Watkins 1780 1783 Charlotte
- John Watkins 1779 1782 Charlotte
- William Watkins 1778 1788 Dinwiddie
- Alexander White 1772 1786 from Frederick
- William White 1781 1788 from Louisa
- Edmund Wilkins 1781 1787 from Greensville
- Nathaniel Wilkinson 1776 1794 from Henrico
- John Scarsbrook Wills 1776 1787 from Isle of Wight
- Benjamin Wilson 1782 1785 from Monongalia
- John Wilson 1778 1782 from Pittsylvania
- George Wray 1780 1794 from Elizabeth City
- Isaac Zane 1773[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Virginia (1906). "Annual Reports of Officers, Boards and Institutions of the Commonwealth of Virginia".
- ^ a b "Chapter IV: In the State Legislature (1782-1788) | Virginia Museum of History & Culture".
- ^ Assembly, General. "An act to authorize the manumission of slaves (1782)". Encyclopedia Virginia.
- ^ "Founders Online: Virginia Delegates to George Washington, 8 January 1782". founders.archives.gov.
- ^ "Virginia House of Delegates, May 30, 1782, Resolution on Virginia's Claim to Western Territory". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ "George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Virginia Legislature, January 5, 1782, Regulating Act on Impressment". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ "House History". history.house.virginia.gov.