110th Virginia General Assembly

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]

110th Virginia General Assembly
← 109th 111th →
Virginia State Capitol (1912)
Overview
Legislative body	Virginia General Assembly
Jurisdiction	Virginia, United States
Term	January 9, 1918 (1918-01-09) – January 14, 1920 (1920-01-14)
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)

Background

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

  1 Independent

  4 Republicans

	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

Map of Virginia's senatorial districts as they were in 1918

Office	Officer
President of the Senate		J. Taylor Ellyson (D) until February 1, 1918
		Benjamin F. Buchanan (D) from February 1, 1918
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		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
			Louis O. Wendenburg	Democratic		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.

See also

• List of Virginia state legislatures

References

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