108th Virginia General Assembly
{{Short description|Virginia state legislature 1914-1916}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox legislative session
| name = 108th Virginia General Assembly
| image = Virginia Capitol 1916.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Virginia State Capitol (1912)
| body = Virginia General Assembly
| country = United States
| state = Virginia
| meeting_place =
| term_start = {{Start date|1914|1|14}}
| term_end = {{End date|1916|1|12}}
| before = 107th
| after = 109th
| website =
| chamber1 = Senate of Virginia
| membership1 = 40 senators
| control1 = Democratic Party
| chamber1_leader1_type = President
| chamber1_leader1 = J. Taylor Ellyson (D)
| chamber1_leader2_type = President pro tempore
| chamber1_leader2 = Edward Echols (D)
until December 19, 1914
C. Harding Walker (D)
from January 13, 1915
| chamber2 = Virginia House of Delegates
| membership2 = 100 delegates
| control2 = Democratic Party
| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker
| chamber2_leader1 = Edwin P. Cox (D)
| session1_start = {{Start date|1914|1|14}}
| session1_end = {{End date|1914|3|20}}
| session2_start = {{Start date|1915|1|13}}
| session2_end = {{End date|1915|3|19}}
}}
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.{{cite book |title=Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia: Session 1914|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAtNAAAAMAAJ|access-date=April 12, 2014|year=1914|publisher=Virginia State Library|location=Richmond}}{{cite book |title=Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia: Session 1914|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IaRMAAAAMAAJ|access-date=April 12, 2014|year=1914|publisher=Virginia State Library|location=Richmond}}{{cite book |title=Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia: Session 1915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXQ2AQAAMAAJ|access-date=April 12, 2014|year=1915|publisher=Virginia State Library|location=Richmond}}
Background
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Party summary
:Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section, below.
=Senate=
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! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=3 | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
! rowspan=3 | Total ! rowspan=3 | Vacant |
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| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | |
Democratic |
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nowrap style="font-size:80%" | End of previous session
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 33 | 0 | 5 ! 39 | 1 |
colspan=6 | |
style="font-size:80%" | Begin
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 35 | rowspan=7| 0 | rowspan=7| 5 ! 40 | 0 |
style="font-size:80%" | April 8, 1914
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 34 ! 39 | 1 |
style="font-size:80%" | April 13, 1914
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 33 ! 38 | 2 |
style="font-size:80%" | June 25, 1914
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 32 ! 37 | 3 |
style="font-size:80%" | December 19, 1914
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 31 ! 36 | 4 |
style="font-size:80%" | January 13, 1915
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 34 ! 39 | 1 |
style="font-size:80%" | January 23, 1915
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 35 ! 40 | 0 |
Latest voting share
! {{party shading/Democratic}} | {{percentage|35|40|0}} ! colspan=2 |{{percentage|5|40|0}} ! colspan=2 | |
colspan=6 | |
style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of next session
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 35 | 1 | 4 ! 40 | 0 |
Senate
=Leadership=
File:Virginia senate districts 1912.png
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! width="35%"|Office !colspan=2 width="65%"|Officer |
President of the Senate
| 75px | J. Taylor Ellyson (D) |
rowspan=2 |President pro tempore
| 75px | Edward Echols (D) |
75px
| C. Harding Walker (D) |
Majority Floor Leader
| 75px | Saxon W. Holt (D) |
Minority Floor Leader
| 75px | Edmund Parr (R) |
{{Clear}}
=Members=
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! width="10px"| ! width="60px"|District !colspan=2 width="225px"|Senator ! width="100px"|Party ! width="475px"|Constituency ! width="100px"|Began serving |
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| 1st | 50px | Washington, Smyth, and city of Bristol | 1914 |
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| 2nd | 50px | 1912 |
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| 3rd | 50px | Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 4th | 50px | Roanoke, Montgomery, and cities of Roanoke and Radford | 1908 |
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| 5th | 50px | Giles, Bland, Pulaski, and Wythe | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| 6th | 50px | Carroll, Grayson, and Patrick | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 7th | 50px | Craig, Botetourt, Allegheny, Bath, and city of Clifton Forge | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| 8th | 50px | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 9th | 50px | Augusta, Highland, and city of Staunton | 1906 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 10th | 50px | Shenandoah, Frederick, and city of Winchester | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 11th | 50px | 1908 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 12th | 50px | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 13th | 50px | Spotsylvania, Stafford, Louisa, and city of Fredericksburg | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 14th | 50px | Alexandria county, Prince William, Fairfax, and city of Alexandria | 1908 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 15th | 50px | Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock, and Orange | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 16th | 50px | Goochland, Powhatan, and Chesterfield | 1908 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 17th | 50px | Albemarle, Greene, and city of Charlottesville | 1908 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 18th | 50px | Appomattox, Buckingham, Fluvanna, and Charlotte | 1910 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 19th | 50px | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 20th | 50px | Campbell and city of Lynchburg | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 21st | 50px | Halifax | 1908 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 22nd | | Bedford, Rockbridge, and city of Buena Vista | 1914 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 23rd | 50px | Pittsylvania, Henry, and city of Danville | 1901 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 24th | 50px | Pittsylvania and city of Danville | 1904 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 25th | 50px | Mecklenburg and Brunswick | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| 26th | 50px | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 27th | 50px | Greensville, Sussex, Surry, and Prince George | 1901 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 28th | 50px | Nottoway, Amelia, Lunenburg, Prince Edward, and Cumberland | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 29th | 50px | Dinwiddie and city of Petersburg | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 30th | 50px | Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Nansemond | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 31st | 50px | Norfolk city | 1908 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 32nd | 50px | Caroline, Hanover, and King William | 1908 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 33rd | 50px | Norfolk county and city of Portsmouth | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 34th | 50px | King George, Richmond, Westmoreland, Lancaster, and Northumberland | 1899 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 35th | 50px | Henrico, New Kent, Charles City, James City, and city of Williamsburg | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 36th | 50px | Elizabeth City, York, Warwick, and city of Newport News | 1904 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 37th | 50px | Accomac, Northampton, and Princess Anne | 1912 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| rowspan="2" | 38th | 50px | rowspan="2" | Richmond city | 1914 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 50px | 1904 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| 39th | 50px | King and Queen, Middlesex, Essex, Gloucester, and Mathews | 1908 |
{{Clear}}
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=
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! width="35%" |Office !colspan=2 width="65%"|Officer |
Speaker of the House
| | Edwin P. Cox (D) |
Majority Floor Leader
| | Martin Williams (D) |
Minority Floor Leader
| | (R) |
{{Clear}}