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View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... All 10 Virginia seats to the United States House of ... 1788 and 1789; 1789 Virginia's 5th congressional ...
Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738–1789) – Governor of Virginia, signer of Declaration of Independence Nettspend (born 2007-2008) – Rapper Ralph Northam (born 1959) – 73rd Governor of Virginia
The first session of the first House of Representatives came to order in Federal Hall, New York City on March 4, 1789, with only thirteen members present. The requisite quorum (thirty members out of fifty-nine) was not present until April 1, 1789. The first order of business was the election of a Speaker of the House.
The following table lists the 90 people who were elected to Congress: 1st Continental, 2nd Continental, or Confederation, between 1774 and 1789, but who did not participate, as well as the year(s) of their election.
The 1851 Constitution increased terms to four years [4] and made the office elected by the people, rather than the legislature. [5] The commencement of the Governor's term was moved to the first day in February by the 1902 Constitution, [ 6 ] and then to the Saturday after the second Wednesday in January by the 1971 and current Constitution .
The following list is of the delegates to the Virginia ratifying convention and their vote on ratification. [15] [16] A total of 170 delegates were elected. Of these, 168 voted on ratification: 89 for, 79 against. [16] The delegates included representatives from modern-day Kentucky and West Virginia, which were part of Virginia at the time.
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 ...
This category includes people associated with Virginia during the American Revolution. People in this category should not also be placed in Category:Virginia colonial people, unless they were notable before the Revolutionary era (i.e. before about 1765).