105th Virginia General Assembly

105th Virginia General Assembly
105th Virginia General Assembly
	Virginia State Capitol (1912)
Overview
Legislative body	Virginia General Assembly
Jurisdiction	Virginia, United States
Term	January 8, 1908 – January 12, 1910
Senate of Virginia
Members	40 senators
President	J. Taylor Ellyson (D)
President pro tempore	Edward Echols (D)
Party control	Democratic Party
Virginia House of Delegates
Members	100 delegates
Speaker	Richard E. Byrd (D)
Party control	Democratic Party
Sessions
1st
1st	January 8, 1908 – March 27, 1908

The 105th Virginia General Assembly was the meeting of the legislative branch of the Virginia state government from 1908 to 1910, after the 1907 state elections. It convened in Richmond for one session.^[1]

Background

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	-	-	-	-	-

Begin	34	0	6	40	0
August 4, 1909	33	0	6	39	1
Latest voting share	84.6%	15.4%

Beginning of next session	34	0	6	40	0

House of Delegates

Senate

Leadership

Map of Virginia's senatorial districts as they were in 1908

Office	Officer
President of the Senate		J. Taylor Ellyson (D)
President pro tempore		Edward Echols (D)
Majority Floor Leader		William W. Sale (D)
Minority Floor Leader		John C. Noel (R)

Members

District		Party	Constituency	Began serving
1st	Alanson T. Lincoln	Republican	Washington, Smyth, and city of Bristol	1908
2nd	John C. Noel	Republican	Scott, Lee, and Wise	1904
3rd	Roland E. Chase	Republican	Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell	1908
4th	John M. Hart	Democratic	Roanoke, Montgomery, and cities of Roanoke and Radford	1908
5th	A. Pendleton Strother	Republican	Giles, Bland, Pulaski, and Wythe	1908
6th	John M. Parsons	Republican	Carroll, Grayson, and Patrick	1908
7th	Floyd W. King	Democratic	Craig, Botetourt, Allegheny, Bath, and city of Clifton Forge	1908
8th	George B. Keezell	Democratic	Rockingham	1896 (previously served 1884–1887)
9th	Edward Echols	Democratic	Augusta, Highland, and city of Staunton	1906 (previously served 1889–1897)
10th	Robert M. Ward	Democratic	Shenandoah, Frederick, and city of Winchester	1908
11th	G. Latham Fletcher	Democratic	Fauquier and Loudoun	1908
12th	Richard S. Parks	Democratic	Clarke, Page, and Warren	1908
13th	F. Wilmer Sims	Democratic	Spotsylvania, Stafford, Louisa, and city of Fredericksburg	1906
14th	R. Ewell Thornton	Democratic	Alexandria county, Prince William, Fairfax, and city of Alexandria	1908
15th	F. Pendleton Carter	Democratic	Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock, and Orange	1908
16th	John B. Watkins	Democratic	Goochland, Powhatan, and Chesterfield	1908
17th	Nathaniel B. Early	Democratic	Albemarle, Greene, and city of Charlottesville	1908
18th	William C. White	Democratic	Appomattox, Buckingham, Fluvanna, and Charlotte	1908
19th	Aubrey E. Strode	Democratic	Amherst and Nelson	1906
20th	Don P. Halsey	Democratic	Campbell and city of Lynchburg	1908 (previously served 1902–1904)
21st	Henry A. Edmondson	Democratic	Halifax	1908
22nd	J. Randolph Tucker	Democratic	Bedford, Rockbridge, and city of Buena Vista	1908
23rd	William A. Garrett	Democratic	Pittsylvania, Henry, and city of Danville	1901
24th	George T. Rison	Democratic	Pittsylvania and city of Danville	1904
25th	James D. Elam	Democratic	Mecklenburg and Brunswick	1908 (previously served 1901–1904)
26th	Greenville O. McAlexander	Republican	Franklin and Floyd	1908
27th	Alexander R. Hobbs	Democratic	Greensville, Sussex, Surry, and Prince George	1901
28th	William Hodges Mann	Democratic	Nottoway, Amelia, Lunenburg, Prince Edward, and Cumberland	1899
29th	Charles T. Lassiter	Democratic	Dinwiddie and city of Petersburg	1906
30th	Edward E. Holland	Democratic	Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Nansemond	1908
31st	William W. Sale	Democratic	Norfolk city	1901
32nd	Charles U. Gravatt	Democratic	Caroline, Hanover, and King William	1908
33rd	John A. Lesner	Democratic	Norfolk county and city of Portsmouth	1908
34th	C. Harding Walker	Democratic	King George, Richmond, Westmoreland, Lancaster, and Northumberland	1899
35th	T. Ashby Wickham	Democratic	Henrico, New Kent, Charles City, James City, and city of Williamsburg	1906
36th	Saxon W. Holt	Democratic	Elizabeth City, York, Warwick, and city of Newport News	1904
37th	Ben T. Gunter	Democratic	Accomac, Northampton, and Princess Anne	1904
38th	Elben C. Folkes	Democratic	Richmond city	1908
38th	Arthur C. Harman	Democratic	Richmond city	1904
39th	John R. Saunders	Democratic	King and Queen, Middlesex, Essex, Gloucester, and Mathews	1908