108th Virginia General Assembly

The 108th Virginia General Assembly was the meeting of the legislative branch of the Virginia state government from 1914 to 1916, after the 1913 state elections. It convened in Richmond for two sessions.

108th Virginia General Assembly
← 107th 109th →
Virginia State Capitol (1912)
Overview
Legislative body	Virginia General Assembly
Jurisdiction	Virginia, United States
Term	January 14, 1914 (1914-01-14) – January 12, 1916 (1916-01-12)
Senate of Virginia
Members	40 senators
President	J. Taylor Ellyson (D)
President pro tempore	Edward Echols (D) until December 19, 1914 C. Harding Walker (D) from January 13, 1915
Party control	Democratic Party
Virginia House of Delegates
Members	100 delegates
Speaker	Edwin P. Cox (D)
Party control	Democratic Party
Sessions
1st January 14, 1914 (1914-01-14) – March 20, 1914 (1914-03-20) 2nd January 13, 1915 (1915-01-13) – March 19, 1915 (1915-03-19)

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	33	0	5	39	1
Begin	35	0	5	40	0
April 8, 1914	34			39	1
April 13, 1914	33			38	2
June 25, 1914	32			37	3
December 19, 1914	31			36	4
January 13, 1915	34			39	1
January 23, 1915	35			40	0
Latest voting share	88%	13%
Beginning of next session	35	1	4	40	0

Senate

Leadership

Map of Virginia's senatorial districts as they were in 1914

Office	Officer
President of the Senate		J. Taylor Ellyson (D)
President pro tempore		Edward Echols (D) until December 19, 1914
		C. Harding Walker (D) from January 13, 1915
Majority Floor Leader		Saxon W. Holt (D)
Minority Floor Leader		Edmund Parr (R)

Members

	District	Senator		Party	Constituency	Began serving
	1st		Benjamin F. Buchanan	Democratic	Washington, Smyth, and city of Bristol	1914 (previously served 1893-1897)
	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		William T. Paxton	Democratic	Bedford, Rockbridge, and city of Buena Vista	1914
	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		James E. Cannon	Democratic	Richmond city	1914
			Arthur C. Harman	Democratic		1904
	39th		John R. Saunders	Democratic	King and Queen, Middlesex, Essex, Gloucester, and Mathews	1908

Changes in membership

Senate

• April 8, 1914, John M. Hart (D-4th district) resigns to accept appointment as Collector of Internal Revenue for the Western District of Virginia. Replaced by William L. Andrews at start of extra session.
• April 13, 1914, Richard C. L. Moncure (D-13th district) resigns to accept appointment as Collector of Internal Revenue for the Eastern District of Virginia. Replaced by C. O'Conor Goolrick at start of extra session.
• June 25, 1914, Samuel T. Montague (D-33rd district) resigned to become postmaster of Portsmouth. Replaced by William C. Corbitt at start of extra session.
• December 19, 1914, Edward Echols (D-9th district) dies. Replaced by William H. Landes at start of extra session.

House of Delegates

Leadership

Office	Officer
Speaker of the House		Edwin P. Cox (D)
Majority Floor Leader		Martin Williams (D)
Minority Floor Leader		(R)

See also

• List of Virginia state legislatures