List of Speakers of the Virginia House of Burgesses
The Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses was the presiding officer of the House of Burgesses, the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly during the period in which Virginia was a colony of the Kingdom of England and, after 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain.

List of Speakers of the Virginia House of Burgesses

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Table Section Text: The Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses was the presiding officer of the House of Burgesses, the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly during the period in which Virginia was a colony of the Kingdom of England and, after 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Order	Name	County or city	Born	Term began	Term ended	Died

1st	Thomas Stegg	Charles City County	unknown	1643	1643	1652

2nd	Edward Hill Sr.	Charles City County	unknown	1644	1645	1663 (ca.)

3rd	Edmund Scarborough	Northampton County	1617 (ca.)	1645	1646	1671

4th	Ambrose Harmer	James City County	unknown	1646	1646	1647 (ca.)

5th	Thomas Harwood	Warwick County	unknown	1647	1649	1652

1650	1651

6th	Edward Major	Nansemond County	1615	1652	1652	1655 (ca.)

7th	Thomas Dew	Nansemond County	unknown	1652	1652	1691 (ca.)

8th	Walter Chiles	James City County	unknown	1653	1653	1653

9th	William Whitby	Warwick County	unknown	1653	1653	1655

2nd	Edward Hill Sr.	Charles City County	unknown	1654	1655	1663 (ca.)

10th	Francis Moryson	James City County	bef. 1628	1656	1656	1680/81

1657	1657

11th	John Smith	Warwick County	1620	1658	1658	1663

2nd	Edward Hill Sr.	Charles City County	unknown	1659	1659	1663 (ca.)

12th	Theodorick Bland	Charles City County	1629	1660	1660	1671/72

13th	Henry Soane	James City County	unknown	1661	1661	1661

14th	Robert Wynne	Charles City County	1622	1662	1674	1675

1675	1675

15th	Augustine Warner Jr.	Gloucester County	1642/43	1676	1676	1681

16th	Thomas Godwin	Nansemond County	unknown	1676	1676	1677/78

15th	Augustine Warner Jr.	Gloucester County	1642/43	1677	1677	1681

17th	William Travers	Rappahannock County	unknown	1677	1677	1679

1678	1678

18th	Mathew Kemp	Gloucester County	unknown	1679	1679	1682

19th	Thomas Ballard	James City County	1630	1680	1682	1690

1683	1683

20th	Edward Hill Jr.	Charles City County	1637	1684	1684	1700

21st	William Kendall	Northampton County	unknown	1685	1685	1686

22nd	Arthur Allen	Surry County	unknown	1686	1688	1710

1689	1690

23rd	Thomas Milner	Nansemond County	unknown	1691	1693	1694

1694	1695

24th	Philip Ludwell Jr.	James City County	1672	1695	1696	1726/27

25th	Robert Carter	Lancaster County	1662/63	1696	1697	1732

26th	William Randolph	Henrico County	1650	1698	1698	1711

25th	Robert Carter	Lancaster County	1662/63	1699	1699	1732

27th	Peter Beverley	Gloucester County	1668 (ca.)	1700	1705	1728

28th	Benjamin Harrison III	Charles City County	1673	1705	1706	1710

1707	1709

27th	Peter Beverley	Gloucester County	1668 (ca.)	1710	1714	1728

29th	Daniel McCarty	Westmoreland County	1679	1715	1718	1724

1719	1719

30th	John Holloway	York County 1720–22 Williamsburg 1723–26 York County 1728–34	1666 (ca.)	1720	1734	1734

31st	Sir John Randolph	Williamsburg	1693 (ca.)	1734	1736	1737

1737	1737

32nd	John Robinson Jr.	King and Queen County	1705	1738	1765	1766

33rd	Peyton Randolph	Williamsburg	1721	1766	1775	1775

Sentence(s)

Thomas Godwin served as the Speaker of the House of Burgesses from 1676.

final_sentence: Thomas Godwin served as the Speaker of the House of Burgesses from 1676.