South African Republic (Transvaal): 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 23 May 1849 - 25 May 1849 Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius 19 Sep 1849 - 19 Sep 1849 Jacob de Clercq (or Jacob le Clercq) (x) 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) (x) * 10 Sep 1850 - 10 Sep 1850 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter * 16 Oct 1850 - 16 Oct 1850 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) 10 Dec 1850 - 10 Dec 1850 Petrus Frans Jacobus Pretorius * 15 Jan 1851 - 21 Jan 1851 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) 15 Feb 1851 - 15 Feb 1851 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) * 5 May 1851 - 5 May 1851 Willem Hendrik Jacobsz (Jacobszoon) (x) 9 May 1851 - 9 May 1851 Willem Hendrik Jacobsz (Jacobszoon) (x) 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) (x) * 10 Jan 1852 - 10 Jan 1852 no presiding officer recorded * 12 Feb 1852 - 12 Feb 1852 JJP (Joachim) Prinsloo (x) 14 Feb 1852 - 14 Feb 1852 Pieter Ernst Kruger (x) * 17 Mar 1852 - 20 Mar 1852 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) 5 May 1852 - 6 May 1852 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) * 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 (x) 12 Jul 1852 - 12 Jul 1852 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) * 4 Oct 1852 - 4 Oct 1852 JJP (Joachim) Prinsloo (x) * 15 Nov 1852 - 15 Nov 1852 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) * 20 Nov 1852 - 20 Nov 1852 JJP (Joachim) Prinsloo (x) * 14 Mar 1853 - 24 Mar 1853 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) 13 Jun 1853 - 22 Jun 1853 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) 9 Aug 1853 - 13 Aug 1853 Henricus Albertus Pretorius * 19 Sep 1853 - 28 Sep 1853 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) 21 Nov 1853 - 6 Dec 1853 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) 4 Jan 1854 - 1 Feb 1854 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) * 27 Feb 1854 - 27 Feb 1854 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) * 4 Mar 1854 - 5 Mar 1854 no presiding officer recorded * [3] 3 Apr 1854 - 10 Apr 1854 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) * 7 Jun 1854 - 15 Jun 1854 Johannes Hermanus Grobler (Grobbelaar) (x) 16 Oct 1854 - 17 Oct 1854 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) * 6 Nov 1854 - 10 Nov 1854 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) * 2 Feb 1855 - 2 Feb 1855 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) * 13 Mar 1855 - 13 Mar 1855 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) * 1 Jun 1855 - 19 Jun 1855 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) 4 Jul 1855 - 5 Jul 1855 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) * 10 Sep 1855 - 11 Sep 1855 Henricus Albertus Pretorius (x) * 11 Sep 1855 - 18 Sep 1855 Henricus Albertus Pretorius (x) 5 Nov 1855 - 20 Nov 1855 Johannes Hermanus Grobler (Grobbelaar) (x) 27 Nov 1855 - 27 Nov 1855 CD (Cornelis) Potgieter (x) * 4 Mar 1856 - 11 Mar 1856 Johannes Hermanus Grobler (Grobbelaar) (x) 11 Mar 1856 - 11 Mar 1856 Hendrik Teodor Bührmann 27 May 1856 - 30 May 1856 Johannes Hermanus Grobler (Grobbelaar) (x) * 5 Jan 1857 - 6 Jan 1857 JP Furstenberg [4] [1] Presided at the session of the Provisional Volksraad (Provisionele Volksraad). [2] Possibly JE, JH, JP Steyn. [3] The record of the session was lost. [4] Possibly JG Furstenberg. Last updated on: 25 Jul 2011 05:36:37
