107th Virginia General Assembly

The 107th Virginia General Assembly was the meeting of the legislative branch of the Virginia state government from 1912 to 1914, after the 1911 state elections. It convened in Richmond for one session.^[1]

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	35	0	5	40	0
April 24, 1913	34			39	1
October 25, 1913	33			38	2
Latest voting share	7001868400000000000♠86.84%	7001131600000000000♠13.16%

Beginning of next session	35	0	5	40	0

Senate

Leadership

Map of Virginia's senatorial districts as they were in 1912

Office	Officer
President of the Senate		J. Taylor Ellyson (D)
President pro tempore		Edward Echols (D)
Majority Floor Leader		Saxon W. Holt (D)
Minority Floor Leader		Edmund Parr (R)

Members

District		Party	Constituency	Began serving
1st	David C. Cummings, Jr.	Democratic	Washington, Smyth, and city of Bristol	1912
2nd	John H. Catron	Republican	Scott, Lee, and Wise	1912
3rd	J. Powell Royall	Republican	Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell	1912
4th	John M. Hart	Democratic	Roanoke, Montgomery, and cities of Roanoke and Radford	1908
5th	Alexander G. Crockett	Democratic	Giles, Bland, Pulaski, and Wythe	1912
6th	Edmund Parr	Republican	Carroll, Grayson, and Patrick	1912 (previously served 1895-1899)
7th	William A. Rinehart	Democratic	Craig, Botetourt, Allegheny, Bath, and city of Clifton Forge	1912
8th	John Paul, Jr.	Republican	Rockingham	1912
9th	Edward Echols	Democratic	Augusta, Highland, and city of Staunton	1906 (previously served 1889-1897)
10th	Frank S. Tavenner	Democratic	Shenandoah, Frederick, and city of Winchester	1912 (previously served 1904-1908)
11th	G. Latham Fletcher	Democratic	Fauquier and Loudoun	1908
12th	R. S. Blackburn Smith	Democratic	Clarke, Page, and Warren	1912
13th	Richard C. L. Moncure	Democratic	Spotsylvania, Stafford, Louisa, and city of Fredericksburg	1912
14th	R. Ewell Thornton	Democratic	Alexandria county, Prince William, Fairfax, and city of Alexandria	1908
15th	Clyde T. Bowers	Democratic	Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock, and Orange	1912
16th	John B. Watkins	Democratic	Goochland, Powhatan, and Chesterfield	1908
17th	Nathaniel B. Early	Democratic	Albemarle, Greene, and city of Charlottesville	1908
18th	Sands Gayle	Democratic	Appomattox, Buckingham, Fluvanna, and Charlotte	1910
19th	Bland Massie	Democratic	Amherst and Nelson	1912 (previously served 1897-1906)
20th	Howell C. Featherston	Democratic	Campbell and city of Lynchburg	1912
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	William D. Blanks	Democratic	Mecklenburg and Brunswick	1912
26th	Valentine M. Sowder	Republican	Franklin and Floyd	1912
27th	Alexander R. Hobbs	Democratic	Greensville, Sussex, Surry, and Prince George	1901
28th	Robert K. Brock	Democratic	Nottoway, Amelia, Lunenburg, Prince Edward, and Cumberland	1912
29th	Patrick H. Drewry	Democratic	Dinwiddie and city of Petersburg	1912
30th	Junius E. West	Democratic	Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Nansemond	1912
31st	John A. Lesner	Democratic	Norfolk city	1908
32nd	Charles U. Gravatt	Democratic	Caroline, Hanover, and King William	1908
33rd	Samuel T. Montague	Democratic	Norfolk county and city of Portsmouth	1912
34th	C. Harding Walker	Democratic	King George, Richmond, Westmoreland, Lancaster, and Northumberland	1899
35th	Louis O. Wendenburg	Democratic	Henrico, New Kent, Charles City, James City, and city of Williamsburg	1912
36th	Saxon W. Holt	Democratic	Elizabeth City, York, Warwick, and city of Newport News	1904
37th	G. Walter Mapp	Democratic	Accomac, Northampton, and Princess Anne	1912
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

Changes in membership

Senate

April 24, 1913, David C. Cummings, Jr. (D-1st district) dies. His seat remained unfilled until the next regular session.
October 25, 2013, J. Randolph Tucker (D-22nd district) resigns to accept appointment as a federal judge in the Territory of Alaska. His seat remained unfilled until the next regular session.

References

↑ Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia: Session 1912. Richmond: Virginia State Library. 1912. Retrieved April 12, 2014.

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