The House of Burgesses (/ˈbɜːrdʒəsɪz/) was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia...

the modern-day successor to the colonial House of Burgesses, which first met at Jamestown in 1619. The House is divided into Democratic and Republican...

office five times, serving two terms in the Virginia House of Burgesses and two terms as President of the United States. He is the only independent elected...

or the representative of a borough in the English House of Commons. This usage of "burgess" has since disappeared. Burgesses as freemen had the sole...

Father of the United States. Born into Virginia's wealthiest and most powerful family, Randolph served as speaker of Virginia's House of Burgesses, president...

Hatcher was an English immigrant to America and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. William Hatcher (abt. 1613 - bef 1680) emigrated from England...

William Kempe (burgess), see List of members of the Virginia House of Burgesses William Kemp (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles...

Mount Burgess in Canada Church Burgesses, an English charitable organisation House of Burgesses, Virginia, U.S. The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh...

supervising his lands, family, and slaves. He briefly served in the House of Burgesses and involved himself in community affairs, sometimes serving with...

is a list of members of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1619 to 1775 from the references listed at the end of the article. The members of the first...

The speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses was the presiding officer of the House of Burgesses, the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly during...

Harrison family of Virginia at their homestead, the Berkeley plantation. He served an aggregate of three decades in the Virginia House of Burgesses, alternately...

settled in Charles City, Virginia and was a burgess in the first general assembly of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1619 with whom he is sometimes erroneously...

served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, in the House of Burgesses representing Lancaster County before the creation of Middlesex County...

had his men take aim at the burgesses viewing the street spectacle from the windows of nearby houses. When the burgesses invited Bacon into their Long...

Commissioner (and former Speaker of the House of Burgesses) Francis Moryson once addressed Custis as "honest Jack", although some of his neighbors alluded to...

but he returned to Virginia two weeks later to preside over the House of Burgesses. John Hancock was elected to fill the vacancy, but his position was...

Jamestown Island, who was an Ancient planter and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in Jamestown, Virginia for Mulberry Island in 1632/33. William...

support of older slaves and requiring special permission for freed slaves to remain within the state. "Burgesses and Delegates". Virginia House of Delegates...

House of Burgesses representing at various times Middlesex and King and Queen County. Two descendants of the same name would also serve in the House of...

state that he used 160 gallons of rum to treat 391 voters to bumbu during campaigning for the Virginia House of Burgesses in July 1758. Oxford English Dictionary...

term in the House of Burgesses and whose portrait was painted by John Heselius. The longest-surviving of five sons of William Fitzhugh of Bedford plantation...

a judge in Cumberland County, Virginia who served in the Virginia House of Burgesses for more than a decade, working with John Robinson and Peyton Randolph...

Library 1978) pp. 47, 48, 51 Norris p. 151 "Members of the House of Burgesses". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Richmond, Virginia: The Virginia...

Virginia lawyer since 1757, Blair represented the College of William and Mary in the House of Burgesses (while his father served on the Governor's Council)...

elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he quickly became notable for his inflammatory rhetoric against the Stamp Act of 1765. In 1774, Henry served...

Capt. Lawrence Washington, a militia captain and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. His paternal grandparents were Lt. Col. John Washington (c...

issued a proclamation dissolving the House of Burgesses on April 8, 1775. The last Governor of the Province of North Carolina was Josiah Martin, who...

the House of Burgesses, as would many later owners. While Augustine Warner Jr. operated the plantation and served as speaker of the House of Burgesses, rebels...

The other branch of government was a General Assembly that included the Council and a House of Burgesses that included two "burgesses" from every town...