South African Republic: Chairmen of the Volksraad: 1849-1857
Terms of offices correspond to the dates of sessions of the Volksraad except for those maked with an asterisk (*) corresponding to the dates of meetings of a standing committee (Commissie Raad) during the recess of the Volksraad. |
Voorzitter (President) van den Volksraad | Chairman (President) of the Volksraad |
23 May 1849 - 25 May 1849 |
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius |
19 Sep 1849 - 19 Sep 1849 |
Jacob de Clercq (or Jacob le Clercq) |
6 Dec 1849 - 12 Dec 1849 |
Piet Ernst Kruger [1] |
22 Jan 1850 - 30 Jan 1850 |
WC Swart |
26 May 1850 - 28 May 1850 |
Willem Hendrik Jacobsz (Jacobszoon) |
24 Aug 1850 - 24 Aug 1850 |
Willem Hendrik Jacobsz (Jacobszoon) * |
10 Sep 1850 - 10 Sep 1850 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * |
16 Oct 1850 - 16 Oct 1850 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter |
10 Dec 1850 - 10 Dec 1850 |
Petrus Frans Jacobus Pretorius * |
15 Jan 1851 - 21 Jan 1851 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter |
15 Feb 1851 - 15 Feb 1851 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * |
5 May 1851 - 5 May 1851 |
Willem Hendrik Jacobsz (Jacobszoon) |
9 May 1851 - 9 May 1851 |
Willem Hendrik Jacobsz (Jacobszoon) |
30 May 1851 - 30 May 1851 |
no presiding officer recorded * |
11 Jun 1851 - 11 Jun 1851 |
JNH Grobler * |
5 Jul 1851 - 5 Jul 1851 |
Johannes Christoffel Steyn [2] |
1 Sep 1851 - 3 Sep 1851 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter |
27 Nov 1851 - 29 Nov 1851 |
Willem Hendrik Jacobsz (Jacobszoon) * |
10 Jan 1852 - 10 Jan 1852 |
no presiding officer recorded * |
12 Feb 1852 - 12 Feb 1852 |
JJP (Joachim) Prinsloo |
14 Feb 1852 - 14 Feb 1852 |
Pieter Ernst Kruger * |
17 Mar 1852 - 20 Mar 1852 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter |
5 May 1852 - 6 May 1852 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * |
6 May 1852 - 6 May 1852 |
Andreas Theodorus Spies * |
7 May 1852 - 7 May 1852 |
C Viljoen * |
15 Jun 1852 - 25 Jun 1852 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter |
12 Jul 1852 - 12 Jul 1852 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * |
4 Oct 1852 - 4 Oct 1852 |
JJP (Joachim) Prinsloo * |
15 Nov 1852 - 15 Nov 1852 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * |
20 Nov 1852 - 20 Nov 1852 |
JJP (Joachim) Prinsloo * |
14 Mar 1853 - 24 Mar 1853 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter |
13 Jun 1853 - 22 Jun 1853 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter |
9 Aug 1853 - 13 Aug 1853 |
Henricus Albertus Pretorius * |
19 Sep 1853 - 28 Sep 1853 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter |
21 Nov 1853 - 6 Dec 1853 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter |
4 Jan 1854 - 1 Feb 1854 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * |
27 Feb 1854 - 27 Feb 1854 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * |
4 Mar 1854 - 5 Mar 1854 |
no presiding officer recorded * [3] |
3 Apr 1854 - 10 Apr 1854 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * |
7 Jun 1854 - 15 Jun 1854 |
Johannes Hermanus Grobler (Grobbelaar) |
16 Oct 1854 - 17 Oct 1854 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * |
6 Nov 1854 - 10 Nov 1854 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * |
2 Feb 1855 - 2 Feb 1855 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * |
13 Mar 1855 - 13 Mar 1855 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * |
1 Jun 1855 - 19 Jun 1855 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter |
4 Jul 1855 - 5 Jul 1855 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * |
10 Sep 1855 - 11 Sep 1855 |
Henricus Albertus Pretorius * |
11 Sep 1855 - 18 Sep 1855 |
Henricus Albertus Pretorius |
5 Nov 1855 - 20 Nov 1855 |
Johannes Hermanus Grobler (Grobbelaar) |
27 Nov 1855 - 27 Nov 1855 |
CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * |
4 Mar 1856 - 11 Mar 1856 |
Johannes Hermanus Grobler (Grobbelaar) |
11 Mar 1856 - 11 Mar 1856 |
Hendrik Teodor Bührmann |
27 May 1856 - 30 May 1856 |
Johannes Hermanus Grobler (Grobbelaar) * |
5 Jan 1857 - 6 Jan 1857 |
JP Furstenberg [4] |