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Overview

Legislative body

Virginia General Assembly

Jurisdiction

Virginia, United States

Term

January 9, 1918 – January 14, 1920

Senate of Virginia

Members

40 senators

President

J. Taylor Ellyson (D)
until February 1, 1918
Benjamin F. Buchanan (D)
from February 1, 1918

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 9, 1918 (1918-01-09) – March 22, 1918 (1918-03-22)
2nd	August 13, 1919 (1919-08-13) – September 9, 1919 (1919-09-09)

The 110th Virginia General Assembly was the meeting of the legislative branch of the Virginia state government from 1918 to 1920, after the 1917 state elections. It convened in Richmond for two sessions.^[1]^[2]

Background

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Party summary

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

Senate

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic	Independent	Republican
End of previous session	34	1	4	39	1

Begin	35	1	4	40	0
December 21, 1918	34			39	1
January 28, 1919	33			38	2
March 25, 1919	32			37	3
August 13, 1919	35			40	0
Latest voting share	88%	13%

Beginning of next session	34	0	6	40	0

Senate

Leadership

Office	Officer
President of the Senate		J. Taylor Ellyson (D) until February 1, 1918
President of the Senate		Benjamin F. Buchanan (D) from February 1, 1918
President pro tempore		C. Harding Walker (D)
Minority Floor Leader		J. Powell Royall (R)

Members

District		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	Lucien Keith	Democratic	Fauquier and Loudoun	1918
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
38th	Louis O. Wendenburg	Democratic	Richmond city	1912
39th	J. Douglass Mitchell	Democratic	King and Queen, Middlesex, Essex, Gloucester, and Mathews	1918

House of Delegates

Leadership

Office	Officer
Speaker of the House		Harry R. Houston (D)
Majority Floor Leader		R. Holman Willis (D)
Minority Floor Leader		Roland E. Chase (R)

Changes in membership

Senate

December 21, 1918, Sands Gayle (D-18th district) dies. Replaced by Samuel L. Ferguson at start of extra session.
January 28, 1919, Henry H. Downing (D-12th district) dies. Replaced by Robert F. Leedy at start of extra session.
March 25, 1919, James T. Lacy (D-21st district) resigns to accept appointment as Halifax County clerk. Replaced by Marshall B. Booker at start of extra session.

References

^ The General Assembly of Virginia - Manual of the Senate and House of Delegates: Session 1918. Richmond: Virginia State Library. 1918. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
^ Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia: Session 1918. Richmond: Virginia State Library. 1918. Retrieved April 18, 2014.

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House of Delegates

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Changes in membership

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