110th Virginia General Assembly

110th Virginia General Assembly
← 109th 111th →
Virginia State Capitol (1912)
Overview
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)

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.

Party summary

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

Senate

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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

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

Office	Officer
President of the Senate	75px	J. Taylor Ellyson (D) until February 1, 1918
	75px	Benjamin F. Buchanan (D) from February 1, 1918
President pro tempore	75px	C. Harding Walker (D)
Minority Floor Leader	75px	J. Powell Royall (R)

Members

	District	Senator		Party	Constituency	Began serving
	1st	50px	John P. Buchanan	Democratic	Washington, Smyth, and city of Bristol	1916
	2nd	50px	John M. Goodloe	Republican	Scott, Lee, and Wise	1916
	3rd	50px	J. Powell Royall	Republican	Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell	1912
	4th	50px	William L. Andrews	Democratic	Roanoke, Montgomery, and cities of Roanoke and Radford	1915
	5th	50px	E. Lee Trinkle	Democratic	Giles, Bland, Pulaski, and Wythe	1916
	6th	50px	M. Price Webb	Republican	Carroll, Grayson, and Patrick	1916
	7th	50px	William A. Rinehart	Democratic	Craig, Botetourt, Allegheny, Bath, and city of Clifton Forge	1912
	8th	50px	George N. Conrad	Democratic	Rockingham	1916
	9th	50px	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	50px	Henry H. Downing	Democratic	Clarke, Page, and Warren	1916
	13th	50px	C. O'Conor Goolrick	Democratic	Spotsylvania, Stafford, Louisa, and city of Fredericksburg	1915
	14th	50px	R. Ewell Thornton	Democratic	Alexandria county, Prince William, Fairfax, and city of Alexandria	1908
	15th	50px	Clyde T. Bowers	Democratic	Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock, and Orange	1912
	16th	50px	Thomas S. Hening	Democratic	Goochland, Powhatan, and Chesterfield	1916
	17th	50px	Nathaniel B. Early	Democratic	Albemarle, Greene, and city of Charlottesville	1908
	18th	50px	Sands Gayle	Democratic	Appomattox, Buckingham, Fluvanna, and Charlotte	1910
	19th	50px	Aubrey E. Strode	Democratic	Amherst and Nelson	1916 (previously served 1906-1912)
	20th	50px	Walter E. Addison	Democratic	Campbell and city of Lynchburg	1916
	21st	50px	James T. Lacy	Democratic	Halifax	1916
	22nd	50px	A. Willis Robertson	Democratic	Bedford, Rockbridge, and city of Buena Vista	1916
	23rd	50px	William A. Garrett	Democratic	Pittsylvania, Henry, and city of Danville	1901
	24th	50px	George T. Rison	Democratic	Pittsylvania and city of Danville	1904
	25th	50px	William H. Jeffreys, Jr.	Democratic	Mecklenburg and Brunswick	1916
	26th	50px	Beverly A. Davis	Republican	Franklin and Floyd	1916
	27th	50px	Sidney B. Barham, Jr.	Democratic	Greensville, Sussex, Surry, and Prince George	1916
	28th	50px	George E. Allen	Democratic	Nottoway, Amelia, Lunenburg, Prince Edward, and Cumberland	1916
	29th	50px	Patrick H. Drewry	Democratic	Dinwiddie and city of Petersburg	1912
	30th	50px	Junius E. West	Democratic	Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Nansemond	1912
	31st	50px	Earl C. Mathews	Democratic	Norfolk city	1916
	32nd	50px	Charles U. Gravatt	Democratic	Caroline, Hanover, and King William	1908
	33rd	50px	William C. Corbitt	Democratic	Norfolk county and city of Portsmouth	1915
	34th	50px	C. Harding Walker	Democratic	King George, Richmond, Westmoreland, Lancaster, and Northumberland	1899
	35th	50px	Julien Gunn	Democratic	Henrico, New Kent, Charles City, James City, and city of Williamsburg	1916
	36th	50px	Saxon W. Holt	Democratic	Elizabeth City, York, Warwick, and city of Newport News	1904
	37th	50px	G. Walter Mapp	Democratic	Accomac, Northampton, and Princess Anne	1912
	38th	50px	James E. Cannon	Democratic	Richmond city	1914
		50px	Louis O. Wendenburg	Democratic		1912
	39th	50px	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.