Virginia Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789

[from CD-ROM: Letters of Delegates to Congress]
Thomas Adams
Elected: December 9, 1777
Did not attend December 1777 to January 1778
Attended: April 16 to May 31, 1778
Elected: May 29, 1778
Attended: June 1 to August 28, 1778
Attended: January 7-31, 1779
Attended: February 1 to April 28, 1779
John Banister
Elected: November 19, 1777
Did not attend November 1777 to January 1778
Attended: March 16 to May 31, 1778
Elected: May 29, 1778
Attended: June 1 to September 24, 1778 (on mission with Committee of Arrangement, ca. August 18 to September 21, 1778)
Did not attend October 1778 to January 1779
John Blair
Elected: June 14, 1781
Did not attend Congress
Did not attend Congress
Richard Bland Virginia
Elected: August 5, 1774; March 25, 1775
Attended: September 5 to October 24, 1774; May 10 to 23, 1775
Theodorick Bland, Jr. Virginia
Elected: June 21, 1780
Attended: August 30--31, 1780
Attended: September 1, 1780, to February 28, 1781
Elected: June 14, 1781
Attended: March 1 to August 31, 1781
Elected: June 15, 1782
Attended: September 1 to October 11, 1781; April 15 to July 31, 1782
Attended: August 1 to November 12? 1782; January 20? to March 11, 1783
Attended: March 12 to July 11?,July 29? to September 19, September 25-30, 1783
Attended: October 1-7, 1783
Carter Braxton
Elected: December 15, 1775
Attended: February 23 to May 15, 1776
Attended: May 16 to August 2? 1776
John Brown
Elected: October 23, 1787
Attended: November 20, 1787; January 21 to February 29, 1788
Elected: October 31, 1788
Attended: March 1 to July 9?; August 4?-12, 1788
Edward Carrington
Elected: November 15, 1785; November 7, 1786; October 23, 1787
Attended: March 3 to November 3, 1786; November 20 to December 4, 1786; March 26 to October 29; November 6-10, 1787; May 6? to October 10, 1788
John Dawson
Elected: October 31 1788
Attended: December 1, 1788
Cyrus Griffin
Elected: October 23, 1787; October 31, 1788
Attended: November 20, 1787; January 21 to February 29, 1788; December 1, 1788
William Fitzhugh
Elected: June 18, 1779
Attended: September 13-30, 1779
Attended: October 1-30, 1779
Did not attend in 1780
William Fleming
Elected: December 14, 1778
Did not attend December 1778 to January 1779
Attended: April 28 to May 31, 1779
Attended: June 1 to September 28, 1779
William Grayson
Elected: June 22, 1784
Did not attend in 1784
Attended: March 11 to August 17?; September 7 to November 4,
Elected: November 15, 1785
Attended: February 13 to March 7; March 22 to September 1? 1786 (on mission to New Jersey Assembly March 8-21, 1786)
Elected: November 7, 1786
Attended: November 20 to December 4, 1786; February 5 to October 29, 1787
Cyrus Griffin
Elected: May 29, 1778
Attended: August 19 to September 30, 1778
Attended: October 1-21?; December 23? 1778, to January 31, 1779
Attended: February 1 to May 31, 1779
Elected: June 18, 1779
Attended: June 1 to September 30, 1779
Attended: October 1, 1779, to March 31, 1780
Attended: April 1 to June 13? 1780
Elected: October 23, 1787; October 31, 1788
Attended: March 1 to November 15, 1788
Samuel Hardy
Elected: June 6, 1783; June 22, 1874
Attended: December 13-20? 1783; February 24 to June 4; June 26 to August 19, 1784
Attended: November 11 to December 24, 1784; January 17 to April 6; June 15? to August 29; September 13-27, 1785
Benjamin Harrison
Elected: August 5, 1774; March 25, 1775
Attended: September 5 to October 24, 1774; May 10 to July 29, 1775
Elected: August 11, 1775
Attended: September 19 to December 31, 1775 (traveled with the Committee of Conference, October 6 to November 2; and for the Naval Committee on a mission to Maryland, December 2-18?)
Attended: January 1 to May 15, 1776 (traveled on mission to New York City, January 26 to February 11)
Attended: May 16 to August 10, 1776
Elected: October 10, 1776
Attended: November 5 to December 31, 1776
Attended: January 1 to April 30, 1777
Elected: May 22, 1777
Attended: May 1-2?; May 30? to September 18, 1777
Attended: September to October 9? 1777
John Harvie
Elected: May 22, 1777
Did not attend May to September 1777
Attended: October 15, 1777, to January 31, 1778 (on mission with committee at camp, January 24 to February 27, 1778)
Attended: February 1 to March 18? 1778 (on mission with committee at camp, ca. January 24 to February 26, 1778)
Elected: May 29, 1778
Attended: July 13 to September 30, 1778
Attended: October 1-16? 1778
James Henry
Elected: December 14, 1779
Did not attend October 1779 to March 1780
Attended: April 21 to July 6, 1780
Elected: June 21, 1780
Did not attend September 1780 to February 1781
Did not attend in 1781
Patrick Henry
Elected: August 5, 1774; March 25, 1775
Attended: September 5 to October 24? 1774; May 18 to July 29, 1775
Elected: June 18, 1779
Did not attend in 1779
Did not attend October 1779 to March 1780
Did not attend in 1780
Thomas Jefferson
Elected: March 27, 1775
Attended: June 21 to July 31, 1775
Elected: August 11,1775
Attended: October 2 to December 28, 1775
Attended: May 14-15, 1776
Elected: June 20, 1776
Attended: May 16 to August 15, 1776
Attended: August 16 to September 2, 1776
Did not attend in 1777
Elected: June 6, 1783
Attended: November 4; December 13, 1783 to May 3, 1784
Gabriel Jones
Elected: June 18, 1779
Did not attend Congress
Joseph Jones
Elected: May 22, 1777
Attended: August 11 to September 18, 1777
Attended: September to December 20? 1777
Did not attend in 1778
Elected: December 14, 1779
Did not attend October 1779 to March 1780
Attended: April 24 to August 31, 1780
Elected: June 21, 1780
Attended: September 1-7, 1780; January 29-February 28, 1781
Elected: June 14, 1781
Attended: March 1-22, May 10 to August 31, 1781
Elected: June 15, 1782
Attended: September 1, 1781, to May 1, 1782
Attended: September 5 to October 18?; November 18, 1782, to March 11, 1783
Attended: March 12-18?, March 24 to May 5?, August 27? to September 4, September 13-22? 1783
Attended: October 6-8, 1783
Elected: November 7, 1786
Declined
Arthur Lee
Elected: December 29, 1781; June 15, 1782
Attended: February 19 to April 20, June 27 to July 31, 1782
Attended: August 1 to October 4, 1782; January 27 to March 11, 1783
Attended: March 12 to April 1, April 23 to May 12, July 16 to September 19, September 25?-30, 1783
Elected: June 6, 1783
Attended: October 1 to November 4; December 13, 1783 to April 12, 1784; May 5 to June 3, 1784
Francis Lightfoot Lee Virginia
Elected: August 15, 1775
Attended: September 13 to December 31, 1775
Attended: January 1 to May 15, 1776
Elected: June 20, 1776
Attended: May 16 to August 15, 1776
Attended: August 16 to December 31, 1776
Attended: January 1 to February 27; April 2-30, 1777
Elected: May 22, 1777
Attended: September 1777 to January 31, 1778
Attended: May 1 to September 18, 1777
Attended: February 1 to May 30, 1778
Elected: May 29, 1778
Did not attend June to September 1778
Attended: November 9, 1778, to January 31, 1779
Attended: February 1 to April 16, 1779
Henry Lee
Elected: November 15, 1785; December 1, 1786; October 23, 1787
Attended: February 1 to April 28; June 1? to November 3, 1786; April 19 to May 10?; July 17 to October 29, 1787; July 29 to September 13, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Elected: August 5, 1774; March 25, 1775
Attended: September 6 to October 26, 1774; May 10 to August 2, 1775
Elected: August 11, 1775
Attended: September 24 to December 23, 1775
Attended: March 11 to May 15, 1776
Elected: June 20, 1776
Attended: May 16 to June 13, 1776
Attended: August 27 to December 31, 1776
Attended: January 1 to February 27; April 2?-30, 1777
Elected: June 24, 1777
Attended: May 1 to June 15; August 12 to September 18, 1777
Attended: September to December 6, 1777
Elected: January 23, 1778
Attended: May 1-31, 1778
Elected: May 29, 1778
Attended: June 1 to September 30, 1778
Attended: October 1 to November 2, 1778
Attended: February 20 to May 24, 1779
Elected: June 22, 1784
Did not attend June to October 1784
Attended: November 1 to December 24, 1784; January 11 to August 16?; September 29 to November 4,1785
Elected: November 15, 1785; November 7, 1786
Did not attend November 1785 to November 1786
Attended: July 9 to August 1?; September 24? to October 29, 1787
Elected: October 23, 1787
Attended: July 29 to September 13, 1788
James Madison, Jr.
Elected: December 14, 1779
Attended: March 20-31, 1780
Attended: April 1 to August 31, 1780
Elected: June 21, 1780
Attended: September 1, 1780, to February 28, 1781
Elected: June 14, 1781
Attended: March 1 to August 31, 1781
Elected: June 15, 1782
Attended: September 1, 1781, to July 31, 1782
Attended: August 1 to October 4, 1782; January 27 to March 11, 1783
Attended: March 12 to April 26, May 5 to June 21, July 1-4?, July 22-26, August 27? to September 4, September 13-25, 1783
Attended: October 6-11; October 14-17? October 22-? 1783
Elected November 7, 1786; October 23, 1787
Attended: February 12 to may 2 (attended Constitutional Convention May 14 to September 17); September 25 to October 29; November 22, 1787; January 21 to February 29, 1788
Elected: October 31, 1788
Attended: July 17 to October 15, 1788
George Mason
Elected: May 22, 1777
Did not attend Congress
Declined
James Mercer
Elected: June 18, 1779
Attended: September 9-30, 1779
Attended: October 1 30, 1779
John Francis Mercer
Elected: December 18, 1782
Attended: February 6 to March 11, 1783
Attended: March 12 to April 11?, April 18 to July 11?, August 7?-9

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