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Domestic News July 4, 1855

Star Of The Kanawha Valley

Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia

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Results of the Virginia state election in May 1855, detailing elected members to the House of Delegates by county and to the Senate by district, with Know-Nothings marked by asterisks and others as Democrats.

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Virginia Election, May, 1855.

HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

Accomac—Watson,*
Albemarle—William Wood,* Wm. Farly.*
Alexandria—Taylor.*
Alleghany and Bath—Sam'l Carpenter
Amelia and Nottoway—W. F. C. Gregory.
Amherst—Davis.*
Appomattox—C. H. Jones.
Augusta—Adam McChesney.* A. Bolivar Christian,* John D. Imboden.*
Barbour—Joseph Daniels.
Bedford—W.M. Bufwell.* S. P. R. Moorman.*
Berkeley—Hoge. R. D. Seamen.
Botetourt and Craig—F. H. Mays, R. M. Wiley.
Braxton and Lewis—Triplett.*
Brooke and Hancock—O. W. Langfitt.*
Brunswick—Edward Dromgoole
Buckingham—Thomas M. Bondurant.*
Cabell—H. J. Samuels, independent.
Campbell—F.U. Deane,* M. B. Nowlin*
Caroline—Daniel C. Dejarnette.
Carroll—John Carroll.
Charles City, James City and New Kent—Wm. Buck*
Charlotte—Roberts.
Chesterfield—Jeremiah Hobbs.
Clarke—Buckner Ashby.
Culpeper—Perry J. Eggborn.*
Cumberland and Powhatan—W. P. Dabney.
Dinwiddie—John J. Crawford.
Doddridge and Tyler—Absby George.
Elizabeth City York Warwick and Williamsburg—Joseph Segar.*
Essex and King and Queen—M. R. H. Garnett
Fairfax—James Thrift.*
Fauquier—Bail Shumate,* Richard H. Carter.*
Fayette and Raleigh—Wm. Tyree.*
Floyd—John Hewell.
Fluvanna—James M. Isbell.
Franklin—William H. Edwards.
Giles—A. G. Pendleton.
Gilmer and Wirt—Peregrine Hays.
Gloucester—Walter T. Jones.
Goochland—John C. Rutherford.
Grayson—John Dickinson.
Greenbrier—David.*
Greene and Orange—John H. Lee,
Greensville and Sussex—William T. Lundy.
Halifax: A. Edmund, C. Craddock.
Hampshire—Asa Elliott, Isaac Parsons
Hanover—Wm. Ison.
Hardy—F. R. Walton.
Harrison—Robt Johnson, A. S. Holden.
Henrico—Henry Cox.*
Henry—Hughs Dillard.
Highland—A. J. Byrd.
Isle of Wight—James F. Crocker.
Jackson—Daniel Cox.*
Jefferson—W.J. Banks,—Towner.
Kanawha—John Thompson,* B. H. Smith.
King George and Stafford—John S. Douglas.
King William—Harrison B. Tomlin.
Lancaster and Northumberland—W. H. Harding.*
Lee—Job B. Crabb, Dr. Riggs.
Lewis—John Brandon.
Logan, Boone and Wyoming—J. H. Anderson.
Louisa—Joseph K. Pendleton.
Loudoun—Two names unknown.
Lunenburg—George W. Hardy.*
Madison—James L. Kemper.
Marion—John S. Barbee, C. N. Arnett.
Marshall—R. C. Holiday.*
Mason—G. B. Thomas, independent.
Mathews and Middlesex—G. L. Nicholson.
Mecklenburg—William E. Rolison.
Mercer—N. French
Monongalia—J. Lane, R. Carnthers.
Monroe—Chas. Haynes.*
Montgomery—C. A. Ronald
Morgan—Lemuel Swords.*
Nansemond—Nathaniel Riddick.*
Nelson—W. M. Cabell.*
Norfolk City—W. D. Roberts.*
Norfolk County—C. W. Murdaugh,* Max. Herbert,*
Northampton—E. J. Brady.*
Ohio—James Paull, John Brady, G. L. Cranmer.*
Page—Main Spitler.
Patrick—William A. Burwell
Pendleton—James B. Kee.
Petersburg—J. H. Claiborne.
Pittsylvania—Richard M. Kirby. T. W. Walton.
Pleasants and Ritchie—John Collins.
Pocahontas—Adam Nottingham.
Preston—J. A. F. Main, E. T. Brander.
Prince Edward—Thomas T. Tredway.
Prince George and Surry—Drew
Princess Anne—John Woodhouse.*
Prince William—Charles E. Sinclair.
Pulaski—John S. Draper.
Putnam—Robert N. B. Thompson.
Randolph—S. Bosworth
Rappahannock—Edwards T. Jones.
Richmond City—H. K. Ellyson,* H. B. Dickinson, R. C. Standard.*
Richmond County and Westmoreland—Berkeley.*
Roanoke—Colin Bass.
Rockbridge—L. Doyle Patterson
Rockingham—J. M. B. Sprinkle,—Brown, William B. Yancy.
Russell—G. W. Chandley,—Kelly.
Scott—J. T. McIver.
Shenandoah—Calvert Pitman.
Smyth—Thomas L. Preston.
Southampton—J. W. Gudley.
Spotsylvania—Oscar M. Grutchfield.
Taylor—Newton.
Tazewell—William M. Gillespie.
Upshur—Carper.
Warren—Samuel W. Thomas.
Washington—Wm K. Heiskell, John B. Floyd.
Wayne—Jeremiah Wellman.
Wetzel—David West.
Wood—Arthur I. Boreman.*
Wythe—David Graham.

SENATORS ELECTED

From Rockingham and Pendleton—George E. Deneale.
Sussex, Southampton and Greensville—Jeremiah Cook
Dinwiddie, Amelia and Brunswick—William F. Thompson.
Lunenburg, Nottoway and Prince Edward—T. H. Campbell.
Pittsylvania—W. H. Woodson.
Henry, Patrick and Franklin—Archibald Stuart
Hanover and Henrico—J. W. Ware
Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex—John W. Catlett.
King and Queen, King William and Essex—Henry B. Douglas.
Stafford, King George and Prince William—L. M. Taliaferro.
Madison, Culpeper, Orange and Greene—Tho's N. Welch
Louisa, Goochland and Fluvanna—W. M. Ambler.
Jefferson and Berkeley—Francis Yates
Frederick, Clarke and Warren—Oliver R. Funsten.
H. Paxton.
Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Montgomery and Pulaski—Hanover Deskins.
and Pulaski—T. E. Smyth, Wythe and Washington—Thomas M. Tate
Mason Jackson, Cabell, Wayne and Wirt—Fleet Smith.
Wetzel, Marshall, Marion and Tyler—James G. West.
Monongalia, Preston and Taylor—J. B. Huddleston.
Accomac and Northampton—O. P. Finney.*
Norfolk and Princess Anne—P. H. Murphy*
Campbell and Appomattox—Thomas H. Flood
Loudoun—Noble S. Branson. *
Boone, Logan, Kanawha, Putnam and Wyoming—Andrew S. Parks*
I.—Middlesex, Westmoreland, Richmond, Essex, King and Queen, Accomac; Northampton, Elizabeth City; York, Warwick, James-City, Williamsburg, New Kent, Northumberland, Matthews, Gloucester, and Lancaster—Thomas H. Bayly.
II. —Greensville, Prince George, Chas. City, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Princess Anne, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Sussex, Surry and Southampton—J. S. Millson.
III.—King William, Caroline, Henrico Richmond city. Chesterfield, Hanover Louisa and Goochland—John S. Skinner.
IV.—Prince Edward, Lunenburg, Charlotte, Cumberland, Powhatan Nottoway Mecklenburg, Brunswick Amelia Dinwiddie and Petersburg—W. O. Goode.
V.—Pittsylvania, Henry, Patrick Halifax, Franklin, Campbell and Appomattox—Thomas S. Bocock.
VI.—Buckingham, Fluvanna, Nelson Albemarle, Bedford, Greene. Amherst and Madison—Paulus Powell
VII.—Alexandria, Orange, Spotsylvania- King George, Fauquier, Stafford Rappahannock, Prince William, Fairfax, and Culpeper—William Smith.
VIII.—Loudoun, Frederick, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley, Jefferson, Clarke. Warren. and Page—Charles J. Faulkner.
IX. —Highland, Bath, Rockingham, Rockbridge, Augusta, Hardy. Pendleton, and Shenandoah—John Ferguson
X.—Hancock. Pleasants, Tyler, Monongalia, Marshall, Brooke, Marion, Ohio, Preston, Taylor, and Wetzel—Zepheniah Kipwell.
XI.—Upshur, Barbour, Randolph, Wirt Putnam, Kanawha. Jackson, Mason Cabell, Lewis. Harrison. Braxton. Wood. Ritchie, Doddridge and Gilmer—John S. Carlile.*
XII.--- Craig, Boone, Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, Monroe Botetourt, Roanoke, Wayne, Alleghany, Wyoming, Montgomery, Floyd, Giles Greenbrier, Mercer, Pocahontas and Logan—Jesse W. Ep. Monson.
XIII. Washington, Lee, Scott, Russell; Smyth, Wythe, Grayson, Carroll, Tazewell and Pulaski—Fayette McMullin LES.

The Know-Nothings in foregoing Districts are indicated by an asterisk *; all others Democrats. Those counties marked thus I denote where the Member of Congress resides.

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Politics

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Virginia Election 1855 House Of Delegates Senate Know Nothings Democrats

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Event Date

May 1855

Outcome

election results with know-nothings indicated by asterisks and others as democrats.

Event Details

Comprehensive list of elected members to the Virginia House of Delegates by county/district and Senators by district in the May 1855 election.

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