OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA FOR THE SESSION OF 1875-6. RICHMOND: R. F. WALKER, SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC PRINTING. 1875. VIRGINIA STATE DOCUMENT Public Documents University of Virginia Library HOUSE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1875. The House was called to order at 12 o'clock M., by J. Bell Bigger, clerk of the House of Delegates. Prayer by Rev. Joshua Peterkin, of the Episcopal church. The roll was called, and the following members answered to their names: Messrs. H. C. Allen, James L. Arthur, John P. Aylor, E. R. Bagwell, R. P. Barham, Thomas H. Barnes, T. Edwin Betts, John H. Bogart, C. A. Bohannon, Tazewell Branch, L. C. Bristow, A. Broaddus, Socrates Brooks, J. S. Burks, Samuel Carpenter, John A. Carter, A. I. Clarke, George T. Clarke, J. D. Clay, Charles B. Coale, Robert A. Coghill, John L. Coleman, Aaron Comadore, Henry Cox, Richard H. Cox, J. D. Craig, R. G. Crank, J. P. Critz, T. Spicer Curlett, Isaac Dabbs, Martin Dalton, John A. Davidson, R. B. Davis, James H. Dooley, Thomas M. Dunn, Benjamin F. Dyer, Henry Edmunds, William A. Fiske, Joel B. Flood, William H. Fowle, Isaac C. Fowler, William Gaines, Philip Gibson, W. F. Giddings, William S. Gilman, William F. Gordon, Alphonso A. Gray, Peyton G. Hale, Ross Hamilton, Marshall Hanger, T. W. Hoenniger, Joseph L. Howard, R. T. Hubard, Jr., J. M. Hudgin, Richard D. James, John W. Johnston, Peter K. Jones, George H. Jordan, W. P. M. Kellam, H. B. Kerrick, William J. Kindrick, B. W. Lacy, J. J. Lampkin, W. B. F. Leech, H. M. Lemmon, John Letcher, H. L. D. Lewis, James Lipscomb, John T. Lovell, J. E. Massey, William Matthew, P. H. McCaull, F. M. McMullan, George V. Moncure, Jonathan O. Morriss, William S. Morris, T. B. Nalle, N. W. Pierson, J. W. Poindexter, Thomas G. Popham, William Powell, William B. K. Price, James R. Purcell, Ira P. Robinett, Charles A. Ronald, R. D. Ruffin, Archer Scott, Langhorne Scruggs, James M. Sieg, James W. Sheffey, George L. Simpson, Robert M. Smith, Sidney Smith, William Smith, L. D. Starke, J. B. Stovall, J. B. Strayer, Samuel A. Swann, William B. Taliaferro, W. T. Taliaferro, R. H. Talley, Uriel Terrell, John F. Wall, A. W. Wallace, William M. Walker, William Watts, R. H. Whitaker, Charles U. Williams, P. B. Williams, W. A. Witcher, H. H. Withers, T. J. Wooldridge, and G. W. Young. One hundred and thirteen members present. A quorum being present, the clerk of the House of Delegates announced that the first business in order is the election of a Speaker. Mr. Coghill nominated Marshall Hanger, of the county of Augusta. Mr. Giddings nominated George W. Young, of the county of Mecklenburg. The roll was called with the following result: For Marshall Hanger, 94 13 1 |