Dalton, John N.

Herbert Harvell Bateman was born in Perquimans County, North Carolina, 7 August 1928. He graduated from the College of William and Mary and received his law degree from Georgetown University. He served in the Virginia Senate from 1968 until 1983 when he was elected to Congress.

• 1928 August 7: Born, Elizabeth City, North Carolina
• 1949: Graduated from the College of William and Mary
• 1951 - 1953 : Served in the U.S. Air Force
• 1954 May 29: Married Laura Yacob
• 1956: [?] Law degree from Georgetown University Law Center
• 1968: Elected to Virginia State Senate
• 1976: Changed political affiliation from Democratic to Republican
• 1982: Elected to U.S. Congress
• Committee Service State Senate:
• Standing Committees
• 1968 - 1982 : Courts of Justice
• 1968 - 1982 : Finance
• 1968 - 1971 : Enrolled Bills
• 1968 - 1971 : Fish & Game
• 1972 - 1976 : Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (Chaired)
• 1972 - 1982 : Transportation
• 1977 - 1982 : Rehabilitation and Social Services
• Study Commissions
• 1968 - 1971 : Court System Study
• 1968: State Aid to Public Schools
• 1970 - 1973 : Consumer Credit
• 1971: Narcotics and Drug Laws
• 1973: Public School Financing
• 1973 - 1975 : Milk Commission Study
• 1973 - 1982 : Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission [JLARC]
• 1975 - 1977 : Coastal Study
• 1976: Products Liability
• 1978 - 1980 : Sentencing
• 1978: Obscenity and Pornography
• 1978: Highway Maintenance
• 1979: Highway Funds Allocation
• 1978: Telephone Companies, Interstate Toll and Service Revenue
• 1978 - 1980 : Virginia Individual Income Structure
• 1979: Railways, The Hazards Posed by Debris
• 1979 - 1982 : Coal and Energy Commission
• 1980: Taxation of Leasehold Interests
• 1980; 1982: Virginia Independence Bicentennial
• 1981: Divorce Settlements
• 1982: JLARC-Review of General Government
• 1982: Fuller Road Ownership

From the guide to the Herbert H. Bateman Papers, 1946-1982, 1968-1982., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary)