1st Virginia General Assembly

Virginia legislative term for 1776 February 2026 January 2025 1st Virginia General Assembly Second_Capitol_at_Williamsburg_Virginia.jpg 1845 engraving based on drawings of the second capitol at Williamsburg Virginia General Assembly Virginia Capitol, Williamsburg, Virginia October 7, 1776 December 21, 1776 2nd Senate 24 Speaker Archibald Cary House of Delegates 128 Speaker Edmund Pendleton October 7, 1776 December 21, 1776 The First Virginia General Assembly convened from October 7, 1776, to December 21, 1776, in regular session. https://archive.org/details/registerofgenera00virg A Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918, and of the Constitutional Conventions Commonwealth of Virginia 1918 Swem Earl G. Williams John W. 1–3 December 29, 2021 This session took place while the Second Continental Congress was still in session. Major events December 25, 1776: George Washington lead about 2,400 soldiers across the Delaware River to launch a surprise attack on the British Army at Trenton, New Jersey. December 26, 1776: George Washington and his army surprised about 1,500 Hessian auxiliaries at the Battle of Trenton and took over 900 prisoners. Sessions 1st Regular session: October 7, 1776December 21, 1776 Leaders Senate leadership Speaker of the Senate: Archibald Cary Assembly leadership Speaker of the Assembly: Edmund Pendleton Members Members of the Senate Members of the Senate of Virginia for the First Virginia General Assembly: Class Counties Senator Notes 1 Amelia, Chesterfield, & Cumberland Archibald Cary Brunswick, Lunenburg, & Mecklenburg John Jones 1 Charles City, James City, & New Kent John Armistead 1 Henrico, Goochland, & Louisa Thomas Mann 1 Augusta & Dunmore Sampson Mathews Lancaster, Richmond, & Northumberland Richard Mitchell 1 Election was ruled invalid October 25, 1776. 2 Isle of Wight, Surry, & Prince George Theodorick Bland Theodorick Bland of Cawsons Charlotte, Halifax, & Prince Edward Paul Carrington Paul Carrington (judge) Gloucester & Middlesex Warner Lewis 1 Spotsylvania, Orange, & Culpeper Edward Stevens Edward Stevens (general) Loudoun & Fauquier William Ellzey 1 Frederick, Berkeley, & Hampshire Robert Rutherford Robert Rutherford (congressman) 3 Dinwiddie, Southampton, & Sussex David Mason 1 Botetourt & Fincastle William Christian William Christian (Virginia politician) Hanover & Caroline Thomas Lomax 1 Essex, King William, & King and Queen George Brook 1 Prince William & Fairfax Henry Lee Henry Lee II West Augusta David Rogers 1 4 Accomac & Northampton Isaac Smith 1 Princess Anne, Norfolk, & Nansemond James Holt 1 Buckingham, Albemarle, & Amherst William Cabell William Cabell (American Revolution) Bedford & Pittsylvania Edmund Winston 1 Election was ruled invalid October 9, 1776. Elizabeth City, Warwick, & York David Jameson David Jameson (governor) Resigned to join the Governor's privy council December 1776. Westmoreland, Stafford, & King George Thomas Ludwell Lee Members of the House of Delegates Members of the Virginia House of Delegates for the First Virginia General Assembly: County Delegate Notes Accomac Southey Simpson 1 James Henry James Henry (Continental Congress) Albemarle Charles Lewis Charles Lilburn Lewis Thomas Jefferson Amelia John Tabb 1 John Winn 1 Amherst Joseph Cabell 1 Gabriel Penn 1 Augusta Thomas Lewis 1 Samuel McDowell Bedford John Talbot 1 Charles Lynch Charles Lynch (judge) Berkeley Philip Pendleton Philip Pendleton (soldier) Thomas Hite 1 Botetourt John Bowyer 1 Patrick Lockhart 1 Brunswick Frederick Maclin 1 Henry Tazewell Buckingham Charles Patteson 1 John Cabell 1 Caroline Edmund Pendleton James Taylor 1 Charles City William Acrill 1 Samuel Harwood 1 Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison V Departed during October, elected delegate to Congress. Charlotte Thomas Read 1 Chesterfield John Bolling 1 Benjamin Watkins 1 Culpeper Birkett Davenport 1 French Strother Cumberland John Mayo 1 William Fleming William Fleming (judge) Dinwiddie John Banister John Banister (lawyer) Bolling Starke 1 Dunmore Abraham Bird 1 John Tipton John Tipton (Tennessee frontiersman) Elizabeth City Wilson Miles Cary 1 Henry King 1 Essex Meriwether Smith James Edmondson 1 Fairfax John West Jr. 1 George Mason Fauquier Martin Pickett 1 James Scott 1 Fincastle Arthur Campbell Arthur Campbell (Virginia soldier) William Russell William Russell (Virginia politician) Frederick James Wood James Wood (governor) Isaac Zane 1 Gloucester Lewis Burwell 1 Mann Page 1 Goochland John Woodson 1 Tarlton Fleming 1 Halifax Nathaniel Terry 1 Micajah Watkins 1 Hampshire James Mercer James Mercer (jurist) Abraham Hite 1 Hanover Garland Anderson 1 John Syme 1 Henrico Nathaniel Wilkinson 1 Richard Adams 1 Isle of Wight John S. Wills 1 Charles Fulgham 1 James City Robert C. Nicholas Robert Carter Nicholas Sr. William Norvell 1 King and Queen Thomas Coleman 1 William Lyne 1 King George Joseph Jones Joseph Jones (Virginia politician) William Fitzhugh King William Carter Braxton Richard Squire Taylor 1 Lancaster Jesse Ball 1 James Gordon 1 Loudoun Francis Peyton Josiah Clapham 1 Louisa George Meriwether 1 Thomas Johnson 1 Lunenburg David Garland 1 Lodowick Farmer 1 Mecklenburg Joseph Speed 1 Bennett Goode 1 Middlesex Edmund Berkeley 1 James Montague 1 Nansemond Willis Riddick 1 William Cowper 1 New Kent William Clayton 1 Armistead Russell 1 Norfolk Matthew Godfrey 1 John Wilson 1 Northampton Nathaniel L. Savage 1 George Savage 1 Northumberland Rodham Kenner 1 John Cralle 1 Orange James Madison William Moore 1 Pittsylvania Benjamin Lankford 1 Robert Williams 1 Prince Edward William Watts 1 William Booker 1 Prince George Richard Bland Died October 26, 1776. Peter Poythress 1 Resigned due to illness October 17, 1776. Edmund Ruffin 1 Prince William Cuthbert Bullitt Jesse Ewell 1 Princess Anne William Robinson 1 John Thoroughgood 1 Richmond Hudson Muse 1 Charles M. Carty 1 Southampton Edwin Gray Henry Taylor 1 Spotsylvania Mann Page George Thornton 1 Stafford Charles Carter 1 William Brent 1 Surry Allen Cocke 1 Nicholas Faulcon 1 Sussex Henry Gee 1 Gray Judkins 1 WarwickWilliam Harwood, Jr. Richard Cary 1 West Augusta John Harvie Charles Simms 1 Westmoreland Richard Henry Lee John A. Washington John Augustine Washington York Corbin Griffin 1 William Digges 1 Williamsburg Joseph Prentis Norfolk Borough William Roscow 1 Wilson Curle 1 Employees Senate Clerk: John Pendleton Jr. House Clerk: John Tazewell See also List of Virginia state legislatures References External links Virginia General Assembly website Category:1776 in Virginia Category:Virginia legislative sessions