Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-25
nY-GoNu STATESMEN.
Rich nOnd and Virginia In thr 'oh-
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incidental items.
The First Continental Congress as
sembled in philadelphia September D.
INA The States. rather Colonies. h@l
not then been divided into congressional
districts. Virginia had seven members
who were: Peyton Randolph tWho was
elected PresidenO, Richard Henry Lee
George WASHINGTON. Patrick Henry h.cn-
ard Bland Benjamin Harrison, ana IL
mund Pendleton.
The second session commenced To Ph'la-
delphia, May TO- 1915 tho day on %hlch
Ticondo-oga was capture Feyton i."n-
dolph was reelected President, Dut was
called home 20 preside over the lesis l-
tive body OF his own state. and John
Hancock was made President. lhen
T-,ornas Jefferson. Francis Lghtfoot
II omas Nelson. and George WY .ne were
among tho virginia members, who were
ne.essarily changed
when the Articles OF Confederation were
afterwards adopted they provided tnat
the DELEGATES 90 Congress should be eject
cd by The State Legislatures annually
that no state should have less than two
delegates. nor more than seven; and mat
no person should be delegate FOR more
than three years In any term oI SIX
years.
washington had 70 take command
Of the army. Henry was made Governor
and PenIleton and Wythe were early
called 20 the state judiciary lae Con-
tinental Congress existed from l..t TO
lIS8. inclusive.
In lU6 Carter Braxton became 4 mem
Der. In lI7 Joseph Jones and Mann
PAGE were members. ln lNo 4Aomaa
Adams. John Bau.ster. Cyrus Griffin,
John Harvie. and lfereWether Smith were
among tho members In 100 Wl.ltm
Fitzhuel William Fleming. James AeI-
Ger. Thomas Nelson. 0eln) ami hl-
uund Randolph were members. In l'sy
Thaoderick Bland, James Henry. joseph
Jones, 0gain) and James Madison. IT,
we're among the delegates. ia Ed Ar
thur Lee became 4 member. I'D ~
John j. Mercer was appointed. To lc'
Samuel Hardy Thomas Jefferson, l1salnJ
and James Monroe were members. ln
1884 William Grays0n and Il. d.. Lee
GgainJ were there. In us Edward car
rinaton and Henry Lee were ne 81 menu
bers In 1856 James Madison. Jr, was
there again. Tn 1881 John Brown ana
Cyrus Griffin. again) were among me
members. In 1858 the Continental Con-
cross came o. its end by the adoption
OF the Federal Constitution, which gave
Vlrairla ten representative, Ghe largest
number Of all the States) until an APP
portioument could be made at the ratio
Of one member 20 every 10000. Tho Con-
tnenta Congress had met ln c.6l+ ol-
fereat places. and at various dates. Nir-
ginla had given IL three OF its Prcsi-
Cent--viz, peyt1n Randolph Richard
H. Lee. and Cyrus Griffin. The ten rep
resentatives OF Nir-u.a, from March .
17.9. % March 4. 1871. in what was called
the First United States Congress, were:
Theodorlcl Bland. John Brown. Isaac
Coles; William j. Giles. in the place or
Theoderi7k Bland. who had died. Richard
Bland Lee James Madison. Jr.. AN
drew Moore. John Page Josiah Parker,
and AleXanies White.
SUBSEQUENT CONGRESSES.
Second Cor gress-slmu Griffin and
Abraham L. yenable were new members
Third Coueress-Ielac Coles. )agln)
Thomas Claiborne. George Hancock,
Carter %. Harrison. john Heath, Joseph
Neville Anthony NCH, John Nicho' rs,
Francis Preston, Robert Rutherford. ana
Francis Walker were new members; but
Virginia then had nineteen delegates.
Fourth Congress- 1876 3l-HicharG Brent,
Samuel J. Cabeli; John CIopion. un-
successfully contested by BIrWel Base
sett. OF New Kent county; ana George
Jackson were new uoma -rs. John Cloi-
ton is about the first one who can be
assigned TO the Richmond District. once
be beat Poyton Randolph.
Fifth COugres s-Cl0pt0n was there
again. and the new members We're; Ma
thew Clay. John Dawson, Joseph Ess.es-
ton. Thomas Evans. David Holmes, wall
ter Jones James Machir. Daniel Nor
gan. Abram Trisg. and John Tr.gg.
Sixth Congress-ClCoton was succeeded
by John Marshall. who resigned IN 1870,
and Litdeton Waller TazeweA was elect
cd en- his place. The other new mem-
beers re samuel G0ole, Edwin Gray
and Henry Lee
Seventh Clopton was sent
back and was elected continuously down
through tho Thirteenth Congress. 1S,5-lL
He died in December 1916 and was Sue
ceeded by John Tyler who retained bis
seat until the Seventeenth Congress,
1Sg5-25 Then came in Andrew Stevenson,
who was made Speaker. and served in
Congress until his resignation, June =
I23L John Robertson lNhig). " Rich
m0ud. was elected I'm his place and con-
tnued 20 be until 1882 when he declined
70 be q candidate.
went F--lAA III A.IlI- reese Aaf'- "a aiAAl ~
Bolts OWhig. Of Henrico, was elected
and also 10 the Twenty-seventh. But 10
the Twenty-oghth John winston Joncs
GemocraO. OF Petersburg, was elected
and made Speaker. Bolts contested uu-
successfully his election. Nr. Jones Lad
been I'm Congress. was man OF ability
and pleasing address. and a fine speaker
The State had been re4istricted IN
March, 1888. and Chesterfield. ia which
county he then resided. hal been put IN
the Sixth the Richmond District IN or
der TO overcome the Wing majority in
that city
Tweuty-ninth Congress. ls5'47-James
A. Seldom beat Bolts, but IN the
Thrtieth Bolts got In age. n. For the
Thlrty-hrst Seldom beat him The second
time seldom was a Democrat ana had
resided 90 Richmond but removed % his
country seat ia. Goochiaud county.
For the Thlrty-secoud. Thlrty-thir9.
and Thirty-fcurth Congresses John s.
Caskie. q young Democrat 0t Richmond,
triumphed over Bolts and other oppo-
nents. But IN the Thirty-sixth Congress,
lS59@l, Daniel C.. De Jarnette Demo
craft. of Caroline county, became bis sue
cessor, and withdrew when the Tate un-
pleasautness" broke out
Then there was q vacancy IN the
representation Of Virginia Ia Washing
ton until 1889 and ISL. when Charles IL.
Porter Democrat. Of Richmond. was
led and allowed 20 take HIS seat B.
Johnson barbour had been previously
elected but the privilege OF serving his
constituents was denied him. Re had
been an old-lns Wing, and lived IN
Orange county; was man OF high
| literary culture. and 4 fine orator John
Amber Smith succeeded Porter. and was
succeeded boy Gilbert q. Walker John
s. Wise was elected congressman-at
/ large. whilst waiting FOR reapnointment
Cfuce the State rar reclaimed roesaeefnr,