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The 1788–89 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on January 7, 1789, as part of the 1788–1789 United States presidential election to elect the first President. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. However, one elector did not vote and another ...
January 18 – Briscoe Baldwin, planter and Virginia politician (died 1852) February 4 – Thaddeus Betts, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1839 to 1840 (died 1840) February 18 – Solomon Metcalf Allen, professor (died 1817) March 5 William S. Archer, U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1841 to 1847 (died 1855)
Virginia 6: Anti-Administration win: √ Isaac Coles (Anti-Administration) [1] Virginia 7: Anti-Administration win: √ John Page (Anti-Administration) [1] Spencer Roane Meriwether Smith Arthur Lee Francis Corbin: Virginia 8: Anti-Administration win
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.
On March 7, 1789, the Virginia General Assembly officially changed the spelling of Kentucke to Kentucky. The counties of the district frequently petitioned both the Virginia legislature and the Continental Congress seeking statehood. Finally successful, the Commonwealth of Kentucky was admitted to the United States as the 15th state in 1792. [4]
The first election for Virginia's 5th congressional district took place on February 2, 1789, for a two-year term to commence on March 4 of that year. In a race that turned on the candidates' positions on the need for amendments (the Bill of Rights) to the recently ratified U.S. Constitution, James Madison defeated James Monroe for a place in the House of Representatives of the First Congress.
The 1789 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on 30 November 1789 in order to elect the Governor of Virginia. Incumbent Governor of Virginia Beverley Randolph won re-election in the Virginia General Assembly as he ran unopposed.
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