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
- ^ 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.
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