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State Senators
John T. Anderson, Botetourt County, 1840-41 and
1841-42.
John McCauley, Roanoke County, 1842 to 1849,
inclusive.
The State Senatorial District then comprised the
counties of Roanoke, Botetourt, Bath, Alleghany,
and Pocahontas.
In 1849 Highland County was included in the district
and John McCauley, of Roanoke County, was
elected for another term, from 1849 to 1851.
In 1851 the district was composed of the counties
of Roanoke, Alleghany, Botetourt, and Craig.
Douglass B. Layne, of Alleghany, represented the
district from 1851 to 1860, inclusive.
Robert M. Wiley, of Craig County, from 1851 to
1863.
The district was again changed to comprise the
counties of Roanoke, Montgomery, Craig, and Giles,
and was represented by George H. Peck, of Giles,
from 1865 to 1867.
Another change resulted in the elimination of
Montgomery County and the addition of Botetourt
County to the district, and Edmund Pendleton, of
Botetourt, was elected and served from 1869 to 1871.
The next move on the political checkerboard was
to drop Giles and add Alleghany. William M. Lackland,
of Botetourt, was elected from 1871 to 1875,
inclusive, and James W. Marshall, of Craig, from
1875 to 1879, inclusive.
In 1879 the Legislature again changed the district
and included the counties of Roanoke, Montgomery,
and Craig. Representatives were elected as follows:
James E. Eskridge, Montgomery County, 1879
to 1882.
Henry S. Trout, Roanoke City, 1883 to 1886.
D. F. Houston, Roanoke City, 1887-88.
John R. Johnson, Montgomery County, 1889-90.
James W. Marshall, Craig County, 1891-92.
J. Allen Watts, Roanoke City, 1893-94.
M. H. Claytor, Roanoke City, 1895 to 1898, inclusive.
Edward Lyle, Roanoke City, 1899 to 1902, inclusive.
Archer A. Phlegar, Montgomery County, 1903
to 1907.
John M. Hart, Roanoke City, 1907 to 1911.
John M. Hart, Roanoke City, reölected for a term
of four years in November, 1911.
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