109th Virginia General Assembly

109th Virginia General Assembly
108th 110th

Overview
Jurisdiction Virginia, United States
Term January 12, 1916 (1916-01-12) – January 9, 1918 (1918-01-09)
Senate of Virginia
Members 40 senators
President J. Taylor Ellyson (D)
President pro tempore C. Harding Walker (D)
Party control Democratic Party
Virginia House of Delegates
Members 100 delegates
Speaker Harry R. Houston (D)
Party control Democratic Party
Sessions
1st January 12, 1916 (1916-01-12) – March 18, 1916 (1916-03-18)

The 109th Virginia General Assembly was the meeting of the legislative branch of the Virginia state government from 1916 to 1918, after the 1915 state elections. It convened in Richmond for one session, which started on January 12, 1916, and ended on March 18, 1916.[1][2]

Background

The 1916 General Assembly took place during the latter half of Henry Carter Stuart's governorship. It was the last full session during which J. Taylor Ellyson served as lieutenant governor and president of the state senate; as of 2013, he is the only person in Virginia history to have served three terms in that office.

On November 1, 1916, seven months after the body adjourned, statewide prohibition went into effect. Senator G. Walter Mapp and temperance advocate James Cannon, Jr. (not to be confused with Senator James E. Cannon) drafted the final bill after voters endorsed a referendum in September 1914.

Party summary

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

Senate

Senate Party standings (at the beginning of this session)
  35 Democrats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Vacant
Democratic Independent Republican
End of previous session 35 0 5 40 0
Begin 35 1 4 40 0
December 7, 1917 34 39 1
Latest voting share 87.2% 12.8%
Beginning of next session 35 1 4 40 0

House of Delegates

House Party standings (at the beginning of this session)
  84 Democrats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Vacant
Democratic Independent Republican
End of previous session - - - 100 0
Begin 84 1 15 100 0
Latest voting share 84% 16%
Beginning of next session 84 1 15 100 0

Senate

Leadership

Map of Virginia's senatorial districts as they were in 1916
Office Officer
President of the Senate J. Taylor Ellyson (D)
President pro tempore C. Harding Walker (D)
Minority Floor Leader J. Powell Royall (R)

Members

District Senator Party Constituency Began serving
1st John P. Buchanan Democratic Washington, Smyth, and city of Bristol 1916
2nd John M. Goodloe Republican Scott, Lee, and Wise 1916
3rd J. Powell Royall Republican Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell 1912
4th William L. Andrews Democratic Roanoke, Montgomery, and cities of Roanoke and Radford 1915
5th E. Lee Trinkle Democratic Giles, Bland, Pulaski, and Wythe 1916
6th M. Price Webb Republican Carroll, Grayson, and Patrick 1916
7th William A. Rinehart Democratic Craig, Botetourt, Allegheny, Bath, and city of Clifton Forge 1912
8th George N. Conrad Democratic Rockingham 1916
9th Cornelius T. Jordan Independent Augusta, Highland, and city of Staunton 1916
10th Harry F. Byrd Democratic Shenandoah, Frederick, and city of Winchester 1916
11th Theodore C. Pilcher Democratic Fauquier and Loudoun 1916
12th Henry H. Downing Democratic Clarke, Page, and Warren 1916
13th C. O'Conor Goolrick Democratic Spotsylvania, Stafford, Louisa, and city of Fredericksburg 1915
14th R. Ewell Thornton Democratic Alexandria county, Prince William, Fairfax, and city of Alexandria 1908
15th Clyde T. Bowers Democratic Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock, and Orange 1912
16th Thomas S. Hening Democratic Goochland, Powhatan, and Chesterfield 1916
17th Nathaniel B. Early Democratic Albemarle, Greene, and city of Charlottesville 1908
18th Sands Gayle Democratic Appomattox, Buckingham, Fluvanna, and Charlotte 1910
19th Aubrey E. Strode Democratic Amherst and Nelson 1916
(previously served 1906-1912)
20th Walter E. Addison Democratic Campbell and city of Lynchburg 1916
21st James T. Lacy Democratic Halifax 1916
22nd A. Willis Robertson Democratic Bedford, Rockbridge, and city of Buena Vista 1916
23rd William A. Garrett Democratic Pittsylvania, Henry, and city of Danville 1901
24th George T. Rison Democratic Pittsylvania and city of Danville 1904
25th William H. Jeffreys, Jr. Democratic Mecklenburg and Brunswick 1916
26th Beverly A. Davis Republican Franklin and Floyd 1916
27th Sidney B. Barham, Jr. Democratic Greensville, Sussex, Surry, and Prince George 1916
28th George E. Allen Democratic Nottoway, Amelia, Lunenburg, Prince Edward, and Cumberland 1916
29th Patrick H. Drewry Democratic Dinwiddie and city of Petersburg 1912
30th Junius E. West Democratic Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Nansemond 1912
31st Earl C. Mathews Democratic Norfolk city 1916
32nd Charles U. Gravatt Democratic Caroline, Hanover, and King William 1908
33rd William C. Corbitt Democratic Norfolk county and city of Portsmouth 1915
34th C. Harding Walker Democratic King George, Richmond, Westmoreland, Lancaster, and Northumberland 1899
35th Julien Gunn Democratic Henrico, New Kent, Charles City, James City, and city of Williamsburg 1916
36th Saxon W. Holt Democratic Elizabeth City, York, Warwick, and city of Newport News 1904
37th G. Walter Mapp Democratic Accomac, Northampton, and Princess Anne 1912
38th James E. Cannon Democratic Richmond city 1914
Louis O. Wendenburg Democratic 1912
39th John R. Saunders Democratic King and Queen, Middlesex, Essex, Gloucester, and Mathews 1908

House of Delegates

Leadership

Office Officer
Speaker of the House Harry R. Houston (D)
Majority Floor Leader R. Holman Willis (D)
Minority Floor Leader Marion K. Lowry (R)

Members

Constituency Delegate Party
Accomac (part) J. Harry Rew Democratic
Albemarle
Charlottesville
David H. Pitts Democratic
Samuel M. Page Democratic
Alexandria City
Alexandria County
J. Frederick Birrell Democratic
Alleghany
Craig
Bernard C. Goodwin Democratic
Amherst T. Freeman Epes Democratic
Appomattox M. P. Gatewood Democratic
Amelia
Nottoway
Richard L. Burke Democratic
Augusta
Staunton
Herbert J. Taylor Democratic
W. W. Sproul Democratic

Bath
Highland
Buena Vista (part)
Rockbridge (part)

John W. Stephenson Democratic
Bedford H. C. Lowry Democratic
George G. Turner Democratic
Botetourt J. B. Buhrman Republican
Brunswick W. B. Valentine Democratic
Buckingham
Cumberland
H. P. Baker Democratic
Campbell Robert A. Russell Democratic
Caroline R. L. Beale Democratic
Carroll W. Glenn Edwards Republican
Charlotte Berkley D. Adams Democratic
Chesterfield (part) W. W. Baker Democratic
Chesterfield (part)
Powhatan
Emmett Lee Mann Democratic
Clarke
Warren
Kenneth N. Gilpin Democratic
Culpeper Harry B. Smith Democratic
Dickenson
Wise
W. H. Roberts Republican
Dinwiddie John Y. Harris Democratic
Elizabeth City Harry R. Houston Democratic
Fairfax Franklin Williams, Jr. Democratic
Fauquier (part) W. N. Tiffany Democratic
Fauquier (part)
Loudoun (part)
John O. Daniel Democratic
Floyd W. E. Phillips Republican
Franklin A. S. Adams Democratic
Frederick
Winchester
John M. Steck Democratic
Giles
Bland
Anderson E. Shumate Democratic
Gloucester M. E. Bristow Democratic
Goochland
Fluvanna
George A. Bowles Democratic
Grayson M. O. Cornett Republican
Halifax S. T. A. Kent Democratic
Daniel W. Owen Democratic
Hanover (part) W. B. Walton Democratic
Henrico Harry C. Beattie Democratic
Henry John W. Ramsey Democratic
Isle of Wight Thomas B. Wright Democratic
King and Queen
Essex
Deane Hundley Democratic
King William
Hanover (part)
Thomas C. Commins Democratic
Lancaster
Richmond County
Robert O. Norris, Jr. Democratic
Lee W. S. Coldiron Republican
Loudoun (part) B. F. Noland Democratic
Louisa R. Lindsay Gordon, Jr. Democratic
Lunenburg Stephen Henry Love Democratic

Constituency Delegate Party
Lynchburg J. Calvin Moss Democratic
Madison
Greene
Will A. Cook Independent
Mathews
Middlesex
R. H. Stubbs Democratic
Mecklenburg Edward W. Hudgins Democratic
Montgomery
Radford
U. G. Flanagan Republican
Nansemond Richard L. Brewer, Jr. Democratic
Nelson Thomas M. Horsley Democratic
Newport News Philip W. Murray Democratic
New Kent
Charles City
James City
York
Warwick
Williamsburg
Norvell L. Henley Democratic
Norfolk City W. P. Cousins Democratic
Lucian B. Cox Democratic
Norfolk County Quinton C. Davis, Jr. Democratic
Channing W. Hall Democratic
Northampton
Accomac (part)
G. Frederick Floyd Democratic
Northumberland
Westmoreland
T. A. Jett Democratic
Orange George L. Browning Democratic
Page
Rappahannock
Robert F. Leedy Democratic
Patrick Edmund Parr Republican
Petersburg Robert W. Price Democratic
Pittsylvania
Danville
N. E. Clement Democratic
R. L. Dodson Democratic
Berryman Green Democratic
Portsmouth J. Davis Reed Democratic
Prince Edward Peter Winston Democratic
Princess Anne A. O. Baum Democratic
Prince William O. E. Jordan Democratic
Pulaski C. J. Meetze Democratic
Richmond City Edward R. Fuller Democratic
Graham B. Hobson Democratic
James P. Jones Democratic
William M. Myers Democratic
James H. Price Democratic
Roanoke City R. Holman Willis Democratic
Roanoke County J. Sinclair Brown Democratic
Rockbridge (part)
Buena Vista (part)
Hugh A. White Democratic
Rockingham Charles H. Rolston Democratic
Frank J. Wright Republican
Russell L. B. Sutherland Republican
Scott G. Claude Bond Republican
Shenandoah Otto V. Pence Republican
Smyth Hezekiah L. Bonham Republican
Southampton J. S. Musgrave Democratic
Spotsylvania
Fredericksburg
Granville R. Swift Democratic
Stafford
King George
Marion K. Lowry Republican
Surry
Prince George
David A. Harrison, Jr. Democratic
Sussex
Greensville
William Rufus Cato Democratic
Tazewell
Buchanan
Ebb H. Witten Republican
Washington
Bristol
E. C. Buck Democratic
Donald T. Stant Democratic
Wythe John H. Crockett Democratic

Changes in membership

Senate

References

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