110th Virginia General Assembly

{{Infobox legislative session

| name = 110th 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|1918|1|9}}

| term_end = {{End date|1920|1|14}}

| before = 109th

| after = 111th

| website =

| chamber1 = Senate of Virginia

| membership1 = 40 senators

| control1 = Democratic Party

| chamber1_leader1_type = President

| chamber1_leader1 = J. Taylor Ellyson (D)
until February 1, 1918
Benjamin F. Buchanan (D)
from February 1, 1918

| chamber1_leader2_type = President pro tempore

| chamber1_leader2 = C. Harding Walker (D)

| chamber2 = Virginia House of Delegates

| membership2 = 100 delegates

| control2 = Democratic Party

| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker

| chamber2_leader1 = Harry R. Houston (D)

| session1_start = {{Start date|1918|1|9}}

| session1_end = {{End date|1918|3|22}}

| session2_start = {{Start date|1919|8|13}}

| session2_end = {{End date|1919|9|9}}

}}

The 110th Virginia General Assembly was the meeting of the legislative branch of the Virginia state government from 1918 to 1920, after the 1917 state elections. It convened in Richmond for two sessions.{{cite book |title=The General Assembly of Virginia - Manual of the Senate and House of Delegates: Session 1918|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wy8TAAAAYAAJ|access-date=April 12, 2014|year=1918|publisher=Virginia State Library|location=Richmond}}{{cite book |title=Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia: Session 1918|url=https://archive.org/details/journalsenatevi00senagoog|access-date=April 18, 2014|year=1918|publisher=Virginia State Library|location=Richmond}}

Background

Party summary

:Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section, below.

=Senate=

[[File:Virginia Senate Composition, 1916-1917.png|thumb|375px|Senate Party standings (at the beginning of this session)

{{legend|#900000|4 Republicans}}]]

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style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! rowspan=3 \| ! colspan=3 \| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) ! rowspan=3 \| Total ! rowspan=3 \| Vacant
style="height:5px" \| 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 ! Independent ! Republican
nowrap style="font-size:80%" \| End of previous session \| {{party shading/Democratic}} \| 34 \| 1 \| 4 ! 39 \| 1
colspan=6 \|
style="font-size:80%" \| Begin \| {{party shading/Democratic}} \| 35 \| rowspan=5\| 1 \| rowspan=5\| 4 ! 40 \| 0
style="font-size:80%" \| December 21, 1918 \| {{party shading/Democratic}} \| 34 ! 39 \| 1
style="font-size:80%" \| January 28, 1919 \| {{party shading/Democratic}} \| 33 ! 38 \| 2
style="font-size:80%" \| March 25, 1919 \| {{party shading/Democratic}} \| 32 ! 37 \| 3
style="font-size:80%" \| August 13, 1919 \| {{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}} \| 34 \| 0 \| 6 ! 40 \| 0

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style="vertical-align:bottom;"

! rowspan=3 |

! colspan=3 | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

! rowspan=3 | Total

! rowspan=3 | Vacant

style="height:5px"

| 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

! Independent

! Republican

nowrap style="font-size:80%" | End of previous session

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 34

| 1

| 4

! 39

| 1

colspan=6 |

style="font-size:80%" | Begin

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 35

| rowspan=5| 1

| rowspan=5| 4

! 40

| 0

style="font-size:80%" | December 21, 1918

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 34

! 39

| 1

style="font-size:80%" | January 28, 1919

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 33

! 38

| 2

style="font-size:80%" | March 25, 1919

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 32

! 37

| 3

style="font-size:80%" | August 13, 1919

| {{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}} | 34

| 0

| 6

! 40

| 0

Senate

=Leadership=

File:Virginia senate districts 1916.png

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! width="35%"|Office

!colspan=2 width="65%"|Officer

rowspan=2 |President of the Senate

| 75px

| J. Taylor Ellyson (D)
until February 1, 1918

75px

| Benjamin F. Buchanan (D)
from February 1, 1918

President pro tempore

| 75px

| C. Harding Walker (D)

Minority Floor Leader

| 75px

| J. Powell Royall (R)

=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

style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

110th Virginia General Assembly

Background

Party summary

=Senate=

Senate

=Leadership=

=Members=

House of Delegates

=Leadership=

Changes in membership

=Senate=

See also

References