Thomas Stegg

Thomas Stegg
1st Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
In office
1643–1643
Succeeded by Edward Hill, Sr.
Personal details
Died 1652
Atlantic Ocean, aboard the ship John
Occupation Merchant

Thomas Stegg (died 1652) was a Virginia merchant and politician. He was the first Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses in the 1643 session, when the Burgesses first met as a separate lower house of the Virginia General Assembly.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Kukla, pp. 35-36

References

  • Kukla, Jon (1981). Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1643–1776. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library. ISBN 0-88490-075-4.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.